Nigeria's Gov't Today and its Predecessors - Questions to be Answered by Cmr Friday Bako

Before you compare the present administration to the previous ones or blame the past democratic administrations from 1999 to 2015, sincerely and honestly answer the posers below;

1. Is Nigeria better now compared to previous administrations? Is life better under the present administration than the previous ones?

2. Is our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) now higher compared to previous administrations?

3. What is the standard of living now compared to previous administrations?

4. What is our power supply and has it improved compared to previous administrations?

5. What is our unemployment ratio now compared to previous administrations?

6. What is our inflation rate now compared to previous administrations?

7. What is our per capita income now compared to previous administrations?

8. What is our FDI Index now, has it improved or depleted?

10. Has the cost of living improved or increased?

11. How effective, efficient and friendly are our current economic and fiscal policies (if any exist)?

12. How effective is the cabinet of the Present government and how have are they contributing to the economic growth of Nigeria?

13. What is our economic growth now and what is the place of our economy in Africa as compared to previous administrations?

14. Are we attracting Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) or repelling and depleting the existing?

15. What is our exchange rate now and how strong is our currency now when compared to previous administrations?

16. How conducive is our business environment now compared to previous administrations?

17. What are the policies, programmes and plans in place to turn around the economic situation of Nigeria?

18. Was there economic during the previous administrations?

19. Are businesses making good profits now compared to the previous administrations?

20. How are business sustainability in the present administration compared to the previous and were businesses closing down during the past administration as compared to now?

If you answer the posers above will be happy.

For now, President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has not demonstrated that it can take Nigeria out of the quagmire they brought to the Nation and the pains, sufferings and economic hardships the people are going through as it lack the sound fiscal and monetary policies to make lives better and take Nigeria to enviable height and make it compete favorable well with its contemporaries.

The President's utterances to the International community has repelled many foreign investors from coming to invest in Nigeria by giving the impression that Nigerians are corrupt even when he knows the investors will not come to do businesses with him or the FG alone but with other Nigerians and residents alike.

He must learn to portray the people he govern in good light and not tarnish their reputations as every Country has those with integrity and others with questionable characters.

The President should manage his utterances effectively. He can do so by promoting, protecting, projecting and portraying the Country and citizens well before the International community and prospective investors.

Before you therefore blame the past administrations of the rot in the system, note that our President, Alh. Muhammadu Buhari was part of the past administration when he held sway as Governor, Minister and Head of State. So is the Senate President, Speaker House of Representatives, Senators, Members House of Representatives, sitting Governors, Ministers, Commissioners, Political party Chairmen and many appointees all in PDP and APC part of the past rot.

I remain loyal and patriotic to Nigeria and not to any leader, because that is what patriotism entails.

Let us not be economical with the truth, there is no way the present administration can be compared to the previous in terms of sound/reliable fiscal and economic policies and the parameters mentioned above.

Thanks

Cmr. Friday Bako