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The whole truth is that God in his
infinite mercies (has) endowed
General Mohammadu Buhari with a lot
of sterling qualities. He has the
height, he has the gait, he has the
handsomeness, he has the brain, he
has the honesty and above all he has
the patriotism. Therefore General
Mohammadu Buhari can always glow
with pride. I would like to thank
Globacom for borrowing their
statement of trade. Antecedence of
individuals is very important in
human history, therefore General M.
Buhari's antecedence speak for
itself.
Whenever the history of corporate
Nigeria is written and will be
written, General Mohammadu Buhari's
contribution will be written in
Gold. The whole truth is that
General Mohammadu Buhari is light
years way ahead and above his peers
just as he is shoulders high above
them in height.
Let us look at his contribution to
the national development of the
Nigerian state.
I am being objective in this
analysis so that nobody will accuse
me of being pro-Buhari or something.
Apart from the 2.8 billion Naira
that was said to have disappeared in
NNPC in 1978 while General Buhari
was the chairman, I cannot recall
for now any corruption that can
ascribed to this tall lanky General
who for once cannot be called a
General of fortune. Before I started
putting this pen to paper, I have
surveyed the internet to check what
comments and write ups have talked
about General Buhari being corrupt.
I have not found one single corrupt
practise directly linked to his
person. Even the 2.8 billion Naira
was simply said to have disappeared
under his watch while corporate
responsibility naturally falls on
his shoulders. That is why I said
General Buhari can continue to glow
with pride for now.
What Nigerian so called public
officers forget is that history is
always here with us forever and
therefore it is not the issue of
being I was the first military
president or I was the senate
president at one time or the other.
I like supporting my presentation
with facts and not emotions and
sentiments. Therefore I refer my
readers to please go to the internet
and read the Petroleum industry in
Nigeria and see what is said about
whom and who did what to destroy
Nigeria.
The facts are clear, Major General
Mohammadu Buhari has the Midas touch
to turn Nigeria round for good if
antecedence are anything to go by.
In a lighter mood we used to say in
those days BUHARI is an acronym for
Brought us happiness and removed
indiscipline. Then suddenly there
was indiscipline brought back!
What I am saying in essence is that
General Buhari's exploits as GOC 3rd
Division of the Nigerian Army when
he chased out the Chadian rebels out
of Nigeria in 1981/82 was simply
outstanding. That General Buhari as
a military Head of State brought
sanity into the Nigerian system is
still being clamoured and yearned
for 24 years after he left power
abruptly. That he still brought his
Midas touch to the PTF as chairman
with power to approve just 50
million Naira contract is still
there for every one to see. Despite
all the sensitive and money making
positions he has held including
being the governor of the former
Northern Eastern state and Head of
State, I have not seen on the
internet or in any media for that
matter any unexplained wealth or
palatial house or houses linked with
General Buhari.
Another puritan like him that I can
think of is probably General Yakubu
Gowon, somebody needs to prove me
otherwise. Good honest people are
brought out of retirement to salvage
situations and Nigeria cannot be
different if the truth be told. The
French did it with Charles de Gaulle
why not Nigeria? General Buhari so
far has been the only former Head of
State that can wag his tail and walk
freely in Nigeria without looking
over his shoulders.
While former leaders came to line
their pockets with the national
wealth, promote themselves to
Generals of fortune and above all
name some important streets and
edifices and towns in Nigeria after
themselves and their wives and
children, it was not so with General
Buhari, he was driven by patriotic
zeal to serve Nigeria, even after
being the Head of State for 20
months, he never promoted himself to
a four-star general like others who
came before or after him. Compare
him to his successors or even
predecessors who hardly did they
stage their coup d'etat their first
duty to state was promoting
themselves to General and creating
the office of First Lady whatever
that means to steal the national and
commonwealth.
Therefore if the truth which is
bitter be told, General Mohammadu
Buhari is a patriotic Nigeria and is
outstanding amongst his peers and
colleagues and therefore can always
glow with pride. His contribution to
national development has made
history to be on his side even in
the future.
Ndiameeh Babrik
ndiame_2005@yahoo.co.uk
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