WHO IS AFRAID OF BUHARI?

I write this because of millions of Nigerians
who are below 30 and who constitute a
significant chunk of our voting population.
This is the ICT generation that is largely
ignorant about the events of the Buhari era
(1983-85) and so can be misinformed and
misled by needless propaganda. I have sat
with many in the under-30 bracket and
those slightly above who only have faint
recollections of the Buhari era and the level
of ignorance about that era is amazing.
Before being MILITARY Head of State, Buhari
had been Governor of one of the Northern
States (under Obasanjo’s Military
government) as well as Minister for
Petroleum. He later served as Chairman of
PTF under Abacha.
Please consider the following unassailable
facts:
* he birthed and supervised the
establishment of our existing refineries.
* there was no religious crisis while he was
Head of State. It started under his successor
IBB!
* in his time as Head of State he reduced
inflation from 23% to 4%, by fiscal
discipline and a homegrown economic team
(not achieved under any other era, even
military).
* JJ Rawlings of Ghana took over 2yrs
before him, and killed all the corrupt leaders,
while Buhari only sentenced the corrupt
leaders here to prison
* Under his watch as PTF Chairman, what he
did in road construction in that short period
hasn’t been matched by 12yrs of the PDP
* hospitals and universities around the
country never witnessed as much benefits
as they got from the PTF from any
government after or before his time.
* despite serving in senior capacity in the
oil sector, first as Minister for Petroleum and
then Petroleum Trust Fund, Buhari has no
petrol station, much less a rig, refinery or an
oil block like so many of our leaders.
* He could have retired into nauseating
opulence like an IBB or Danjuma or even
OBJ but didn’t
* Instead of hobnobbing with the high and
mighty, he has cast his lot with the ordinary
man most of who follow him out of hope
and belief in his values. People who know
him have said of him… “All I need from
Buhari is his word, I can take it to the bank”.
* he is the only politician in the North today
who fills rallies without renting a crowd.
The Kaduna rally of 2nd March is eloquent
proof!
* He refused to collect an allowance while
serving as Chairman of the PTF because he
said since he was already drawing a
pension from government, his conscience
would not allow him to draw another salary
from the purse of the same government
* He is the only former head of state that
does not own property or land in Abuja.
* Every attempt to rubbish him through
probes in time past eneded up vindicating
him! The man who was asked by OBJ to
take over the running of PTF before it was
scrapped with the aim of probing and
indicting Buhari, was the one who ended up
being prosecuted for misappropriating
$100m of PTF funds! Buhari again, was
vindicated
* He has OPENLY challenged those who
accuse him of religious fundamentalism to
come out and show proof. No one has till
today, taken up the challenge. His personal
driver of many years is a Christian from
Plateau State!
* Nigeria was only invited to OIC in
observer status. IBB took us into full
membership. This is a quote from a 2001
write-up by Prof Omoruyi, one of
Babangida’s hatchet men. “The period of
General Babangida (1985-1993)
represented the beginning of unmitigated
Islamization of Nigeria. General Babangida
was one of the loyal followers of General
Murtala. This was why General Babangida
took the fateful decision in 1986 to face the
Nigerian Christians in particular and
Nigerians in general with the plan of
Muslims. He without the approval of the
governing organs of the Federal Military
Government organized a mission led by a
non-member of the Government, the Sultan
of Sokoto to formally admit Nigeria into the
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).
When the Chief of General Staff, Commodore
Ebitu Ukiwe complained that he knew
nothing about it and definitely said that he
could not remember the matter coming to
the Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC), he
was shown his way out.
* His government initiated the War Against
Indiscipline that has made environmental
cleanliness, queuing up, not urinating by the
roadside etc features of our national life
even till today
Does it then surprise you why corrupt
people would be spreading such heinous
rumours about Buhari? He is a threat to
them and they know what he is capable of
doing to corruption and corrupt people
when he comes into office! So shine your
eyes and make the right decision.
If honesty and probity are the things you
want for Nigeria, now is the time to choose
right. When you cast your vote for the
BUHARI/BAKARE ticket, you would have cast
one vote for two honest men.
Now that you know better, will you please
educate another person BY FORWARDING
THIS TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN

Bashir Ahmad
bashirgy@yahoo.com
+2348032493020