It is shocking that agents of the administration have started with their
propaganda to deceive Nigerians. Only yesterday, Alhaji Lai Muhammed
came out to praise the government and even stated that it has done a lot
more than his predecessor. I believe that we should all look into the
administration to determine the scector that Buhari performed. Please
forgive me for the "lenghty write-up"
Corruption
It is
on record that since President Buhari took over power from Dr Goodluck
Jonathan, he is yet to initiate any high profile corruption case nor
vigorously pursued those he inherited. Buhari inherited the case against
exGov Timpre Sylva, disgraced Adamawa state exGov Muritala Nyako, his
son Abdulaziz Nyako. He also inherited the case against exMinister Femi
Fani Kayode, exGov Ali Modu Sheriff and immediate past Governor of
Jigawa state Sule Lamido(and his sons). The case of Sylva is well
publicised. Murtala Nyako was impeached for corruption and fled the
country in 2014. He was declared wanted by EFCC in Feb 4, 2015 along
with his son Abdulaziz Nyako. The exGov "magestically" returned to
Nigeria 24hrs after Buhari took over. He reported himself to EFCC, drank
coffee with the commission staffs and came out smiling. He has been
granted "administrative bail" by the same commission that declared him
wanted 5months ago. His son Abdulaziz was also declared wanted in Feb
for N15billion fraud and was arrested in his hiding in Gombe state two
weeks later. Funny enough the APC gifted him Adamawa South Senatorial
ticket which they won. Nothing is heard of his case since Buhari took
over. Modu Sheriff was first invited in April 23 by EFCC. He declined
the invitation. The EFCC under Jonathan on May 24 announced that they
will declare him wanted. Jonathan left power and Sheriff appeared from
nowhere to visit EFCC. He himself went there to drink coffee and walked
out. Nothing is heard of his case again. Buhari also inherited the case
against FFK which EFCC under Jonathan had been pursuing with vigour.
However, Buhari's EFCC failed to show up in court on the day of
judgement. In fact, it was FFK's lawyer that was "begging" the judge to
pass judgement on Thursday June 18. For the case of Sule Lamido, the
EFCC had arrested his two sons for laundering N10billion in Nov 2013
which was linked to their father. Buhari inherited the case but the
exGov "surrendered" himself to EFCC under Buhari, drank his own coffee
and walked out gallantly. Not a single high profile corruption case that
Buhari inherited is being pursued vigorously. The EFCC swooped on Ikedi
Ohakim the ex-Imo state Governor few days ago and released him almost
immediately. No case was heard about the former governor afterward.
In
addition to the above, President Buhari is yet to initiate arrest and
prosecution of any low profile case. The interrogation of NNPC officials
was as a result of the May 18 directive that the exPetroleum Minister
Diezani Madueke sent to EFCC after getting approval of then President
Goodluck Jonathan. The 14 foreigners that are being tried for oil theft
were arrested on March 8 under Jonathan by the Navy. They were later
handed over to EFCC. The case of CBN fraudsters that are being tried for
N8billion fraud was actually started in September 2014. The EFCC
started their investigation in November 2014 and their arraignment
followed after rigorous investigation. All these are under Jonathan. How
many corruption cases has Buhari started? How can Buhari spokesperson
claim Buhari has achieved more?
Security
Between Feb 13
and May 29, Nigeria recorded huge success against BH terrorists. Since
Buhari took over, BH have struck more than 12 times, killing over 600
Nigerians as a result. The case of the Chibok girls is not even being
talked of. So in what way has Buhari achieved more than Jonathan in
Security?
Economy:
Since May 29, Nigeria's economy has
been on the decline. According to The Punch, As of Thursday June 18,
three weeks after the inauguration of the President on May 29, the value
of equities listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange had declined by
N238bn or 2.04 per cent, while the NSE All-Share Index fell by 2.47 per
cent or 849.87 basis points.(Punch 19, June 2015). There is no policy
framework on the economy as at today. Nigeria is floating on
Auto-piloting system. So what has Buhari achieved?
Infrastructure, Education and Political Stability
Since
taking over government, Buhari is yet to mix "cement and sand together"
not to talk of kick starting infrastructural project. Nothing has even
been heard of electrixity so far. Similarly, new policy direction has
been heard on Education. The government and the party almost held the
country and the National Assembly to ransom all because their preferred
candidates lost principal office positions. This almost created a
political chaos.
What has Buhari really achieved in these sectors?
Propaganda:
The
government and their agents seem to be determined to "rule" the country
according to the tenet of propaganda. Earlier this month, APC senior
chief Nasir elrufai told the world that officers of past administration
have started returning stolen money. Because it is was a lie, he
couldn't name any official. He didn't even mention the amount returned,
time the money was returned, and the receiving party.
The
government is also trying to deceive Nigerians that they are winning the
war on terrorism because foreign governments pledged support. However,
they failed to tell Nigerians that the rhetoric support of foreign
government is not new. In fact on May 14 2014, world powers pledged to
Nigeria under Dr Jonathan that they will support the anti-terrorism war It is also hypocritical and "propagandious" for President Buhari to count his "tour" as achievement just to deceive Nigerians.
The
NNPC recently announced that the refineries "WILL" start working by
next month (in their bid to give Nigerians the false hope that the
government is working). However, they failed to tell Nigerians that
President Buhari did not have a SINGLE input in the refineries turn
around maintenance. In fact, he had no clue about what the contract
papers look like. Anyway, the refinery is not working yet, we shall
discuss more when it start to work.
In the first week of the
administration, to appear transparent, the government tried to play on
our intelligence by trying to use the secret Asset Declaration with CCB
to equate the Public Asset Declaration. In fact, the spokesman of Buhari
even boasted that by "declaring with the CCB, the President and his
Vice had fulfilled their pledge". Nigerians resisted and insisted on
seeing Buhari and Osinbajo Assets. They(APC) came up with another story
that they are waiting for the 30days verification of CCB. Though we know
their lies, we are counting on days and we shall remind them at the
appropriate time.
I want to use this medium to appeal to the APC
administration to forget the propaganda idea because we will not allow
them such luxury. Nigerians should be rest assured that we will not stop
to put the government to their toes despite the intimidation and verbal
assault from some of their supporters.
Ramadan Kareem To All Muslims
God Bless Us All