Buhari’s many achievements opposition pretend not to see, a Salami Oyedele’s response

“Shame to you all agents of corruption and doom and stop deceiving yourselves. Thank God Buhari and Atiku are both tested and Nigerians have their records we shall open them on election day.”

Lanre Jiboye responded to a Facebook post by Salami Oyedele, a former NBC auditor, and the following dialogue follows.  For your information, Salami Oyedele is a die-hard PMB supporter/followers and spent majority of his working life with NBC in Finance and Audit, he retired as an auditor in audit department). Just for your digest on how the debates on 2019, characterised by ethnic and religious sentiments and biases on the part of some players, are being tackled.

Unedited comment from Lanre Jiboye, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporter, to Salami Oyedele goes thus:

When will you wake up from this slumber…. of buharimaicsm. As far as you are concern Buhari is right others are wrong. You always find excuse to justify him n heap faults on others. This won’t go far….If Buhari is what you say…..is Apabio a saint? What has Buhari n APC done?. Is that the Style of Anti Corruption you support…selective??. Continue.,…Congrats.

Response, equally unedited, from Salami Oyedele, the diehard Buhari’s supporter, to PDP’s Lanre Jiboye goes thus:

Lanre you should understand that we have different exposures, training and background so our perceptions and skill of judgement can’t be the same. Are you saying if you sentimentally have sympathy for PDP then I must share and accept your views.Never.

I based my view on objectivity. Verifiable evidence and physical appraisal and performance measurement. On individual integrity, profile and performance are what I based my judgment. While on the parties I compare their performances, physical verifiable achievements, and the socioeconomic impacts.

I don’t believe in subjective or sentimental views. Because some people are saying things that are not constructive and verifiable then I should follow them. Never its not synonymous with my professional background. If some people rise up and say you are a thief then I should not find out and justify their claims.

Yes we all have assumption that all politicians are thieves but until this is proved they are assumed innocent.

PDP created efcc monster to look into corruption, financial improprieties, and money laundry. They did their best by getting jail terms and at the end of jail terms they come out to enjoy their loots.

But APC improved on this by ensuring recovery of the looted fund through PDP created monster efcc and whistle blowers. We all saw physical recovery. As a compatriot Nigerian without political and religion biased we should commend the efforts.

But if you think its not an achievement or you don’t see it as any performance then you subscribe to corruption. 16 woeful years of PDP handed 14 local governments to Boko harm with thousands of innocent lives sent to early graves and millions in IDP camps. 

Today the situation has been drastically reduced to the barest minimum at a big price of innocent gallant soldiers that laid their lives for you and me to live and they left widows and orphans behind for nobody cares. Yet you don’t see any impact of the present govt.

On various roads and infrastructures money draining projects for 16years without completion and the present govt see the economic benefits to the public took them as priorities and completed them and embarked on new ones yet you see nothing good about this administration. The projects are there for you to call your friends at different locations to confirm but since you are biased that buhari is a Muslim, Fulani with Islamic agendas. You choose to see nothing done by buhari.

You remember your reactions on your posting on false CAN publication on Police examination which the CAN later denied but no apology from you to me on this.

Again window dressed economy by PDP soon exposed to know that almost all the States in the federation are owing salaries and pensions for up to 24 months of wasteful spending and leakages. Buhari chose putting sanity into this area and gave the states bail out funds about three times to defray this.

Rather than attacking the governors and the PDP for financial frivolousity and recklessness you still don’t see anything done by the government because his a Muslim you don’t like but forgetting that he got popular votes to be there and not fulanis or religion imposition.

Biafra soldiers entitlement which PDP failed to pay Buhari paid and also the pdp grounded Airways staff. Remember they are human being like you.

On agriculture from the past administration none could actualise the objectives except the present especially on a staple food rice that almost brought down economy – Lake rice amongst others. Billions dollars were saved on this to keep our exchange rate stable. Despite a rise in crude oil price with attendant increase in the cost of its derivatives yet the pump price remained same.

Today the present govt is able to achieve recognition of naira internationally to settle import bills starting from China while Britain too almost completed. This is a great achievement. I am one of the beneficiaries. Lot of savings are recorded compared with dollar settlement.

To you because buhari is a Muslim you don’t see it as achievement. Lots of policies change to ease business are taking advantage of by prospective business men. Govt approved $20000 quarterly for small scale enterprise to import goods anywhere in the world. Go to your bank to ask for ‘Form Q’ to confirm and get back to me. I introduced my daughter to this and she’s using it to import women air attachment from China. She started with $1000 (N365000) and gets her delivery by DHL without any stress.

Most people sit down and follow band wagons of propaganda to hide their talents and opportunities out there for their future but looking for white collars jobs shouting unemployment yet foreigners are here taking advantage and the ibos.

I praise the ibos in this area of enterprise compared with Yorubas sitting at home with their certificates expecting manners to fall. If at my age close to 70 years still struggle not waiting for any returns from my children after 37 years of meritorious service, I don’t see what’s wrong with buhari saying that the youths are lazy.

Their is no govt in the world that are employers of labours but they create conducive business environment.

You will recall that many businesses or companies collapsed under PDP from Nigeria Airway, Nitel sold off by Atiku with over 200000 laid off. Also Michelin and Dunlop and Textiles factories turn to worshiping houses. To mention but few for now to justify my support for buhari.

Finally this doesn’t mean APC is perfect they have their SWOT to look into but PDP is not a substitute to solve Nigeria problems.

Today I thank God in his mercy that Atiku is the best PDP could produce. Who says there is no living God. Buhari is old, Fulani man, a Muslim that wants to islamise Nigeria and a herder. Atiku is a young man, a Christian that will Christianise Nigeria, he is an IBO man and a Yoruba farmer. Tell me who says God is not living.

Shame to you all agents of corruption and doom and stop deceiving yourselves. Thank God Buhari and Atiku are both tested and Nigerians have their records we shall open them on election day.

You can see why we can’t share same view or be together. Truth, fact , honesty, performance measurement and transparency is the watch word. I will never choose darkness and corruption where free Monies from looted treasury are seen as good economy in the hands of few cabals.

Written by Salami Oyedele, for auditor NBC.