When people come on this street to heap our economic misfortune on the last 5years of @mbuhari I shudder at the deliberate and malicious intent of people to rewrite history. Many states, in the 80s were producing not only for export but also for domestic consumption. Nigeria
has had to grapple with institutional & systemic corruption pervading every facet of our business and social life. One after the other these businesses that contributed to our GDP in the 80s started leaving in droves. Shagari's team started our death dance. Car plants all closed.
With their closure all other component manufacturers(Tyres, battery, glass, car seats)had their businesses suffer a natural and painful death. With their death came massive job losses. Dunlop, Mitchelin, Thermocool closed shop after years of struggling to barely survive.
Oil with all attendant blessings killed all other sectors. The lure of quick money was too much. Nobody was interested in knowing why many of our NATIONAL BRANDS were closing shop. IBB ran multiple failed economic policies before SAP and devaluation finally broke our backs. In
his own words, he was surprised that 'Nigeria was still standing" after the multiple gangrape of the treasury. Many of the politicians that are today howling about poverty or failed government policies have either directly or through their parents brought upon us, this sad fate.
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The SAP riot of 1989 still remains fresh and a watershed of some sort. The level of poverty SAP threw Nigerians to was unimaginable. IBB & Falaye became the face of insensitive hardship caused by government. In all, YOUTHS did not go on a stealing spree. Soldiers arrested, police
brutalized the people. Student union leaders were rounded up. NLC was for better part compromised. Foreign fees could no longer be settled due to devaluation. Inflation was crazy from the inception of SAP in July 1986 (from 5,4% in 1986 to 40,9% in 1989). Things were hard.
Naira was between N0.90k/N1 to $1 in the 70s till about mid 80s. By 1986 it was about N7 to a $1 by 1989 it was N14 or so to the $. Poverty was everywhere. But our values never included STEALING. We did not break into malls, shops nor destroy public properties.
I had just finished my MSc from LASU in the year 2000. I actually went for my MSc to better position me for job hunting. At the end, I wrote and sent out many applications in search for a job. My hope still on the possibility of getting a contract renewal from Mobil Producing.
That never did happen. One faithful day, a despatch messenger service came knocking at my gate to drop off a letter offering me employment. I was happy but had no recollection of ever applying to the company as I had sent in my application to several places. I reported as
requested at 8am. The facilitator of the company I was made to realise was at Abuja but had insisted I wait for him. I waited till 5pm! I did not have the luxury of anger or frustration. I waited. He called at about 5pm asking that I go and return the following day. No apologies.
The truth is simple, @atiku cannot give what he does not have. What he has, we do not need nor even want.
Unless proven otherwise, Atiku remains a flamboyant documented fraud. To have people queue behind his supposed roadmap is a testament that vultures are relentless in their
hunger to pick the state treasury dry. While has VP, @atiku till date has not told Nigerians what he did that was exceptionally brilliant and Nigeria gained points from his wisdom. But instead we had him using the BPE to share state asset and under selling many other assets. The
friends that he alluded to during the campaigns, let us pick some of them. What would have happened if he had won. It is safe to postulate that @benmurraybruce would have gotten away with his #11b debt and AMCON would not be able to touch him. Diezani will be in government today
When you are methodical, speed is relative in comparison to results. When @MBuhari said he does not mind being called Baba "Go slow", he had actually developed methodical schematics and he has not allowed herd mentality to derail his focus. Now @NCDCgov has 13 labs from 6. Daily
@TrackaNG is now informing 🇳🇬ns that truly @NigeriaGov is making use of the Social Register to pay some Nigerians with pictures. Also informing on lapses observed. Same program many said is non-existent. @DefenceInfoNG has started to get needed armament to face Boko Haram. In
revenue earnings non oil exports now account for 74% of total revenue base. Agreed oil still remains the largest foreign exchange earnings. But we have started to change the narrative. Rice revolution is the reason why we are not on our knees today dying of hunger. The PFI