President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said those who stole Nigeria dry are angry with his government and so have recruited the services of militants in the Niger Delta to fight his government.
President Buhari in a group photo with Nigerians professionals residing in the US. He said this while addressing a group of Nigerians professionals residing in the US.
He added “We got into trouble as a country, because we did not save for the rainy day. For example, between 1999 and 2015, when we produced an average of 2.1 million barrels of oil per day, and oil prices stood at an average of $100 per barrel, we did not save, neither did we develop infrastructure.
“Suddenly, when we came in 2015, oil prices fell to about 30 dollars per barrel. I asked; where are the savings? There were none.Where are the railways? The roads? Power? None.
I further asked; what did we do with billions of dollars that we made over the years? They said we bought food. Food with billions of dollars? I did not believe, and still do not believe. In most parts of Nigeria, we eat what we grow.”
Buhari noted People in the South eat tubers, those in the North eat grains, which they plant, and those constitute over 60 per cent of what we eat. So, where did the billions of dollars go?
We did a lot of damage to ourselves by not developing infrastructure when we had the money. Talking of our military, they earned respect serving in places like Burma, Zaire, Sudan, Liberia, Sierra-Leone, and then, suddenly, that same military could no longer secure 14 out of 774 local governments in the country.
Insurgents had seized them, calling them some sort of caliphate, and planting their flags there; till we came, and scattered them.
We raised the morale of our military, changed the leadership, re-equipped and retrained them; USA, Britain, and some other countries helped us, and today, the pride of our military is restored”he said Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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And those who threatened to make Nigeria ungovernable sponsored Boko haram to disrupt Jonathan's government.
ReplyDeleteAnd a stupid anonymous cannot see that there was Boko haram issue before Jonathan became Nigerian president.
DeleteAre you not happy that a gov't riddled with so massive corruption never recorded in the history of this nation was disrupted? Who knows where we would be today @ $30 per barrel oil price with several billions of $ in private accounts of only 0.05% of the whole population?
DeleteAfterall as per GEJ himself, in his regime people became billionaires. Everybody else chop sand.
DeleteSai baba. The Lord will surely see us through as a nation.
ReplyDeletePlease give him efcc chairman and get a better person for president
ReplyDeleteAmeachi in the governors forum did not let them save and was the biggest looter so what is he doing in your government? Nigerians are so gullible and simple minded that they cannot see a blatant hypocrite
ReplyDeleteIf you saw nothing, pls resign and let some other person take over but you will not becos you there I still left to steal
ReplyDeleteSai Buhari just killed all those militants and there supporters. If it's going to turn to war we are stand by. Hausa and Yoruba ready for them. We go level both south south and southeast period.
ReplyDeleteGo and level your generation...idiot..
DeleteFor the Hausas, they can be on stand by, but for the yorubas,when the chips are down,they will always keep an escape rout(in Igbo we call it Apiam way).
Deletea government already for shifting blames has already failed before d inception of office..they arranged fake missing chibok girls..boosted bokoharam ...all for d sake of desperate power take ...U don take power now fulfil all ur promise ...story land.nonsense
ReplyDeleteFoolish talk, even the US,UK, International world are in on this your fake missing girls.
DeleteBuhari is a useless old man. An old man uses wisdom. Condemning past government doesn't add anything to us rather than action. Remember, what you sow you will reap. People are waiting for you to leave office and start digging you.
ReplyDeletePeople are crying now because they are used to stealing our common resources.It is a shame that South South remains in a deplorable state despite resources committed through both NNPC and Ministry of Niger Delta. That tells me that most people of South south are chronic thieves
DeleteU anonymous 7:01 are d useless one. How much did d past govt give to u. After 4yrs of PMB, u can start running ur trap. Sai Baba go ahead. Enlightened Nigerians are behind u.
DeleteBuhari is a failure and bereft of ideas that can foster and muster good leadership. A total failure and clueless illiterate!
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Sai Baba! We know o. They have even come out in form of Ijaw youths to say they did it because Efcc was investigating Tompolo and they will continue because of Patience. God will not allow them
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