3 YEARS DOWN THE LINE - NOTHING AS CHANGE

in politics •  7 years ago 

In 2015 we all calling for a change of government because we felt like the political party ruling is then was not up to the tasks, we came all out to vote out the current government then which I think was one of nigerians greatest achievement. Since our independent the people democratic party(PDP)as been in power for over 14years but all changed in 2015 when all progressive congress party(APC)won the general elections.

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We nigerians felt like we already have enough of the same party ruling us over and over again and by voting them out we thought it was going to get better for good but it wasn't that. We so sure the party we voted in was going to perform better due to the past history of their aspirant (Gen. Muhammad Buhari) although all we wanted at time was change of government.

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Three years down the line now, another election coming up next year and the change we all voted for I haven't seen it.

I feel most of our leaders are self centred and they don't even care to know what happening to the people who voted them, party doesn't differ either the people democratic party(PDP) or all progressive congress(APC) they are all the same thief with different strategies. I don't belong to any party and I don't care to know what their ambition may looks like, three years down the line nothing to show for it that simply means they have failed in flying colours.

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I remember when the all progressive congress(APC) was doing their campaign they made few promises to we nigerians and I will like to name few of them.

Our president categorically said all this:

  • I will stop importation of refined products.
  • Three million job per year.
  • I will revive all our refinery in my first one year in office and build more to produce more for our domestic consumption.
  • One free meal daily, for public primary school pupils.
  • I will increase minimum wage and place every graduate on salary for extra 1 year after their youth service.
  • I will reduce fuel price to 45naira per litre.
  • I will pay 23 million nigeria #5,000 monthly.
  • Stabilizing the naira.
  • Pledges free education to all nigerians.
  • Pledges to wipe out corruption in the first year "says if nigeria doesn't kill corruption, corruption will kill nigeria"

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Not to mention all progressive congress(APC) manifesto.

Few months after all we heard was the country was in economic recession. The national bureau of statics(NBS) confirmed that nigeria is in its worst economic recession in 29 years and I wonder how we get there.

Here are the few reasons they gave for it:

  • The activities of militant and pipeline vandals.
  • The existence of wasteful and abuse prone subsides.
  • Economic policies of the present administration.
  • The delay and controversies of the 2016 budget.
  • Nigeria over dependence on foreign products
  • Inability of the previous administration(led by goodluck jonathan) to save.

I won't dispute the fact that this current government kept his promises against fighting corruption by announcing the recovery of #3.4 trillion in one year but what is the extent of it all when they actually went ahead to borrow over $486 million from world bank.

When I was growing up I was told the youth are the leaders of tomorrow, but now am grown up and I can't find any youth ruling the country.

Nigeria politics is just like a circle where certain people choose how the country will be run without caring about the poor.

They said the youth are the leaders of tomorrow but how come a 70 years plus old man is ruling us and he even want to go for the second term, does the post looks like his ancestors throne?

I'm not a politician nor am I political, but it pains me seeing how things are been run here in nigeria. don't have words to say again but am only hoping for a better nigeria. I remain my humble self @drayhazz
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The man lied to us.. Kai!

great post

Nice one @drayhazz, the truth is that we have some set of people who came together with the aim to collect power at all cost; these people called APC doesnt have knowledge about what governance or what good governance is all about.

During their campaign in 2015, l never believed in APC because l know too well that all their promises and manifesto is unrealistic and it takes a wise man to know that. They finally won the election with propaganda and rigging. The worst of it all was that after assuming office, they continued with their propaganda and blaming past government for their failures. When we Nigerians say that APC is a scam; instead of a postive change, they have affected every Nigerians with negative change, hardship and what have you.

Please @drayhazz, point of correction, APC and it Buhari led Federal government is not fighting corruption in anywhere, what they are doing is fighting opposition members. We keep seeing on daily basis how members of the party and those appointed by Buhari administration are involved in different corruption and corrupt practices but none of them has been arrested or those money recovered.

Is on record that those who are in APC are made saints by Mr. President; opposition members are the ones that are corrupt. If not, how can someone from opposition party with corruption case (s) decides to move to the APC for his case to be buried and we have seen many of such under this government and immediately they join APC, their sins are washed away and they become saints.

In the past few days, we have seen cases where thesame shameless APC members come out to tell Nigerians that snake swallowed 36 million naira and in another case where another said monkey swallowed money in his farm and many of such corruption cases both the ones which are known and unknown which has been covered under the carpet.

Do they think that we are fools! They have turn Nigeria into a subject of mockery to the whole world. The solution to all these is for us to go get our voters card now so that we can show them the exit door come 2019 general election; and this will make the incoming government to be under pressure to perform, knowing fully well that failure to perform well they will be voted out.

Bold post guy

So painful we found ourselves in a failed state..
My heart bleeds for Nigeria
I pray God bless us for Good leaders...!

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