@Imranmuhdz In summary, it was difficult for him to gain power, but now that he holds it, he controls all the institutions. He has assured his loyalists that both his re-election and theirs are 100% guaranteed whether Nigerians vote for them or not.
You guys seem not to understand the game. One group of thugs will be vulnerable & another will be powerful. Do you know why?
Govt institutions (Police, Army, Civil Defense) will back one group & oppose the other. Gangsters are on the throne; maybe Nigeria will be lucky in 2031.
@InibeheEffiong One thing about Tinubu is that he doesn't pretend to be a democrat. We need to wake up to the reality that there is nothing the opposition can do. When he was not the President, he was above the law, the institutions & you can imagine now that he is the Commander-in-Chief.
Nigeria just needs a leader who will prioritize obeying the rule of law.
If our institutions are allowed to function the way they should, I believe 90% of our problems are gone.
A former Gov. Yahaya Bello ordering members of Kogi State House of Assembly to sit on the floor and directing them to pass anything without questioning that comes from Usman Ododo.
And we have human beings defending this calamity as democracy?
Nigeria will get to where it is headed.
@Morris_Monye These should be included in the Act:
1. A death sentence for anyone who rigs or steals ballot boxes
2. Life imprisonment for anyone who threatens voters
3. Life imprisonment for vote buying
4 Electronic voting
5. INEC should not be the only one to sue ballot snatchers& riggers
@OurFavOnlineDoc I so much love this content but no amount of it can change the minds of these guys because they have sold their hearts to the devil!
They believe they need to collect their shares from the National cake & the only way they can achieve it is to align with the oppressors!
For me, it is the way he was confidently saying rubbish. Seun was trying to wake someone who was pretending to be sleeping!
I just pity the victims of Nigeria's system who are applauding him, Eyan Ti Reno. Lol
Peter obi greatest idea is nothing but a fallacy.
From “consumption to production” is a mere word that do not function in any society. If there is no consumption, there will be poverty, because prosperity is built on the back of consumption.
I supported the late President on that policy & it was well thought of, but you guys ought to know that when there are no consequences for stealing our commonwealth, we won't have any result.
You are absolutely right, Doc., and I won’t attempt to counter your point. Instead, I’ll just take this opportunity to share something I have some knowledge of regarding this issue.
To be honest, I am with the Federal Government on this one. Many of the interventions you rightly highlighted, such as fertilizers and farm equipment, were actually provided by the previous administration under the late President Buhari, particularly through initiatives like the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. Billions of Naira were allocated to farmers with the goals of achieving food security, reducing poverty, and curbing unemployment and insecurity.
But we all know what happened.
Although the public may not be fully aware of the extent, many of these programs were grossly abused. Some farmers received loans running into billions, some even up to ₦6 billion, but instead of investing in agriculture, many diverted the funds to other sectors like oil and gas, bureau de change, and other luxury ventures. Those who actually farmed? After harvesting, they hoarded their produce, waiting for prices to spike so they could make exaggerated profits, at the expense of the same masses the initiative was meant to support.
After ABP, the government went further by closing the borders to food importation, a move aimed at encouraging local production because the money to farm was allocated adequately. As someone who was directly at the receiving end, I can confidently say that no single policy attracted more criticism for the late President Buhari than the border closure.
Despite his honest and well-intentioned explanations, the policy was misunderstood and widely attacked—even when the signs of success were evident, rice importation dropped and many Nigerians were pulled out of extreme poverty.
The unfortunate truth is that the beneficiaries of the initiatives failed the government and the people. They didn’t help stabilize food prices. Instead, they formed cartels, manipulated supply and created artificial scarcity to make outrageous profits.
Now, with the current economic hardship, the government has to make tough choices. Yes, food import waivers have consequences, and ideally, they shouldn’t be the go-to option. But given the betrayal of trust by key players in the local value chain, it has become the only immediate relief available to reduce hunger and suffering in the short term.
The long-term solution still lies in reviving and properly monitoring agricultural interventions, but for now, the people need to feed, first.