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President Muhammadu Buhari granted an interview to Al Jazeera English while on his official trip to Qatar. The interview was aired on Saturday, March 5, 2016 to the chagrin of Nigerian around the globe. Here are six quick notes:<\/p>\n
\u2022 On why he should continue to fund his children in foreign schools while restricting foreign exchange for most families that have pupils in schools abroad, Buhari acknowledges its \u201ctough luck\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2022 On presenting the \u201cworst budget\u201d ever, Buhari blames it on sabotage by technocrats, and also denies knowledge of details of his budget when challenged on specifics, such as amount budgeted for books for the VP, and the Aso Rock Clinic. He accused the interviewer of assuming better knowledge of his budget.<\/p>\n
\u2022 On security votes, which had been source of corruption, which we had been told were scrapped. he defended the need for the security votes, and promised to punish anyone found misappropriating the funds.<\/p>\n
\u2022 On why no convictions since his much vaunted fight on corruption, he queried the motives of his critics, and why similar expectations were not made of previous administrations.<\/p>\n
\u2022 On whether Nigeria will join the Saudi Arabia led Islamic Coalition Force Against Terrorism, he said YES, which is in contradiction to what we were previously told. When asked if this decision was insensitive to the desire of Christians that make up 50% of Nigeria\u2019s population, Buhari retorted [with hate] that Christians complaining should \u201cGo fight terrorism in Nigeria, or fight militants in the South\u201d. Those complaining Christians he referred to as religious bigots.<\/p>\n
\u2022 On Buhari\u2019s promise to defeat Boko Haram, he was declared a \u201cfailure\u201d, to which he angrily declared \u201cI haven\u2019t failed, I haven\u2019t failed, I haven\u2019t failed\u2026\u201d. His rationale was that Boko Haram now only has capabilities to attack and kill only civilians, but not police posts and military institutions. What low value placed on Nigerian lives by the President charged with the responsibility of protecting them. By the way, Boko Haram bombed a police headquarters in Adamawa last month.<\/p>\n
\u2022 On the killing of IPOB peaceful protesters by Nigeria\u2019s armed forces, Buhari wickedly refused to watch the video when offered. He accused the movement of \u201cinterfering with movement of troops and the economy\u201d, and declared the movement as \u201cjoking with Nigeria\u2019s security and Nigeria will not tolerate it\u201d. He then cajoled them, since we are in a democracy, to organize and vote for a \u201cstate within a state\u201d<\/p>\n
The level of inconsistencies, ignorance, and insensitivity displayed by this president, for lack of better word, is pathological.<\/p>\n
Culled from Trentonline.<\/p>\n
By Edward Oparaoji<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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