Buhari to drop title of general on May 29

                                          

With effect from May 29, 2015, the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, will drop the title “general” from his name.
The retired Army general, has chosen to be addressed as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Council, Mallam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, on Sunday.
The statement read, “As from May 29, 2015, the President-elect and Vice President- elect are to be respectively known and addressed as Muhammadu Buhari, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The media team also unveiled the official portraits of the incoming President and Vice President.
Buhari is the second retired army general to drop general from their names on assumption of office as President.
The first was General Olusegun Obasanjo who exchanged the title with Chief, on assumption of office as civilian President in 1999.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar also opted to drop “Alhaji” from his name during his time as Nigeria’s Vice President.

                                

Former Minister of Petroleum, Prof. David Tam-West has vowed to join Nigerians to crucify General Muhammadu Buhari, the president-elect if he does not lead by example.
In an interview with TheNews, David-West stated that Nigerians should not see Buhari as a magician.
He emphasized that no government does nothing or everything, hence, Buhari’s government should be judged by his commitment to change, sincerity and programme for change ‘”Buhari should be judged; first, take corruption, is he corrupt?, Did he lead by example? I’m sure he will lead by example. If not, I will join Nigerians to crucify him’’ he rattled.
David-West describes Buhari’s victory as a God-given.
According to the Professor, Buhari is one of the shining hopes for Nigerians due to masses-oriented agenda.
Speaking on the lingering fuel crisis, David-West said it is criminal for any government to sell and allows petrol above the official price of N80 per litre.
He is angered by the fact that NNPC mega stations that are supposed to sell at a control price now join others to fleece Nigerians by selling at higher prices ‘”All these madness will son stop because Buhari promised to build four refineries and repair the old ones”he said.
Speaking on the epileptic power supply in the country, David-West said the government should ensure that electricity companies provide meters; possible free of charge to their customers “Estimated bill is fraudulent and wicked” he emphasized.
Given Buhari’s antecedents, David-West is optimistic Nigeria will experience progress. He however, cautioned Nigerians not to expect miracle.

Corrupt govt worse than armed robbery – Buhari

                                       

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that a currupt government is worse than armed robbery.
“I believe that a bad and corrupt government is a much danger to national security as armed robbers, kidnappers and terrorists. I want to commend our armed forces for their recent successes over the Boko Haram.” Buhari said.
He spoke at an APC’s Town Hall meeting on security, held at the Barcelona Hotel, Abuja, on Wednesday.
He explained that by his training and experience, the concept of security must be holistic.
According to him, it goes beyond having the best Police Force and the military; it involves sound economic management which includes zero tolerance for corruption as well as leadership by example.
The ex-military ruler stressed that the safety and welfare of all citizens which he said was the primary purpose of government anywhere in the world, could be better pursued and achieved when the right government is in place.
Buhari said, “The total security concept reflects directly on improving the quality of the lives of our people and rebuilding the economy.
“Even if we have the best police, we will not be able to guarantee total security as long as 53 per cent of our youths remain unemployed and 70 per cent of our people are living below the poverty line.
“These are all the issues that my party and myself are committed to. It is along this line that we have promised a regretting plan for the North East of Nigeria. It is based on ensuring that never again will our country experience the type of human tragedy currently going on in that part of the country.”
He explained that during his short stint as military head of state, he increased Nigeria’s refineries from one with a capacity to refine 50,000 barrel per day to four with refining capacity of 450,000 barrel per day without borrowing a single kobo from anywhere.
The APC presidential candidate also explained how he resisted foreign and domestic pressures to devalue the Naira and remove subsidy on petroleum products in December 1983.
He challenged anybody who had contrary information about this to come out and tell Nigerians.

Buhari once again declines presidential debate organized by Channels TV, Arise TV and NPAN

                                     

APC Presidential candidate Gen. Buhari has declined the invitation to attend a presidential debate organized by Channels TV in conjunction with the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN and Arise TV, which was supposed to hold tomorrow February 3rd.
Speaking on Channels TV this morning, the APC Director of strategy, Dele Alake, said Buhari will not be attending the debate because their party believes some media organizations have been compromised. He said that they can not vouch for the independence of some organizers of the debate but refused to he disclose those that he claims have been compromised