President Buhari Lied
Against Jonathan on
Christmas Day!
By Reno Omokri
On Christmas Day of
2016, President
Muhammadu Buhari
hosted leading citizens
of the Federal Capital
Territory led by the
minister of the FCT,
Muhammad Bello, and
during the visit he
returned to his old
habit of blaming and
said, and I quote,
“there was no money
saved, no infrastructure
built, and power is still
our main problem.”
This is patently untrue
and without mincing
words, President
Buhari lied.
Former President
Jonathan left $2.07
billion in the Excess
Crude Account when
he handed over to
President Buhari on
May 29, 2015. He also
left Foreign reserves
of $29. 6 billion for the
incoming government
in May 2015.
If ex President
Jonathan left no
savings, with what
money did President
Muhammadu Buhari
use to bail out those
states that could not
pay salary (mostly APC
states) after he
assumed office in May
2015? Of course the
Central Bank of
Nigeria did not print
money! That money
came from
somewhere.
On Tuesday the 26th
of July, 2016, President
Buhari commissioned
the $1.457bn Abuja-
Kaduna standard
gauge rail project. This
was a project built
and COMPLETED by
the Jonathan
administration. It is a
187 kilometer railway
that enables Nigerians
to live in Kaduna and
work in Abuja. Is this
not infrastructure?
The only federal
university in President
Buhari’s state is the
federal university
Dutsin-Ma was built
by former President
Jonathan who also
built 11 other federal
universities in
Zamfara, Yobe,
Nasarawa, Kogi,
Taraba, Gombe,
Jigawa, Kebbi, Ebonyi,
Bayelsa and Ekiti
states.
By building 12 new
federal universities
and 165 almajiri
schools and renovating
507 additional
secondary schools all
over Nigeria through
the Universal Basic
Education Commission,
the Jonathan
administration not
only increased access
to education, the
policy also had the
intended side effect of
putting hundreds of
thousands of youths to
work which
stimulated the
economy and
contributed to GDP
growth. Are these not
infrastructure?
To prove that former
President Jonathan
prudently and
judiciously developed
all parts of Nigeria, I
will now list, state by
state, the
infrastructure that the
Jonathan
administration
invested in every state
of Nigeria. I challenge
President
Muhammadu Buhari
to contradict me.
In Abia, Jonathan
completed power
plants in Aba and
Alaoji and
reconstructed and
reopened Ohafia
barracks to stem
kidnapping.
In Adamawa Jonathan
constructed 5 Almajiri
schools and the NAF
Comprehensive Sec
School and a Terminal
at the Yola airport.
In Anambra Jonathan
completed Onitsha
River Port, repaired
Onitsa-Owerri Rd and
kick started the
process of the 2nd
Niger Bridge.
In Akwa Ibom
Jonathan established a
new Federal
Polytechnic in Ukana
and the Nkari Earth
dam and rehabilitated
FG rds.
In Bauchi Jonathan
equipped the
Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa Teaching
Hospital Bauchi and
built 5 Almajiri
schools.
In Benue Jonathan is
building the Loko-
Oweto bridge,
completed the
Makurdi Water Supply
Scheme supplying to 1
million people.
In Borno, Jonathan has
fought desertification
with the Great Green
Wall Project and
rehabilitated the Uba –
Mbalala Road. He also
set up the Presidential
Initiative for the
Northeast and the
Victims Support Fund
which raised ₦59
billion for the
Northeast.
Interestingly, it is
from this PINE that a
certain Babachir
Lawal is accused of
pilfering ₦270 million
from.
In Cross River
Jonathan rehabilitated
the Margaret Ekpo
Int’l Airport and
Modernised the
University of Calabar
Teaching Hospital.
In Delta Jonathan has
taken Itakpe-Ajaokuta-
warri railway to 80%
completion and kick
started the $16B Gas
City Project at
Ogidigben
In Ebonyi Jonathan
established the Fed
University in Ndufe –
Alike, repaired over
250km of roads and
built power
substations.
In Edo Jonathan
completed the Ihovbor
power Station,
reconstructed the
Benin-Ore-Sagamu and
equipped UBTH.
In Ekiti Jonathan
established the
Federal University in
Oye – Ekiti, and
repaired hundreds of
kilometers of Federal
Rds.
In Enugu Jonathan
gave the S. East their
first International
Airport and revived
the PH-Enugu rail line.
In Gombe Jonathan
established the
Federal University in
Kashere and built 5
Almajiri schools.
In Imo Jonathan
rehabilitated the Sam
Mbakwe International
Airport and completed
power stations and
built sub stations.
#GEJisworking.
In Jigawa Jonathan
established the
Federal University in
Dutse, built 5 Almajiri
schools and built silos.
In Kano Jonathan
revived the Lagos-
Kano rail, built 5
Almajiri schools,
renovated the MAKIA
Int’l Airport and built
silos.
In Kaduna, Jonathan
has just completed the
Standard Gauge Kad-
Abj rail that enables
you work in Abuja
and live in Kd.
In Katsina Jonathan
established the
Federal University in
Dutsin-ma, built 5
Almajiri schools and
multiple silos.
In Kebbi Jonathan
established the
Federal University in
Kalgo, built 5 Almajiri
schools and multiple
silos.
In Kogi Jonathan
established the new
Federal University in
Lokoja, and completed
the Geregu power
plant.
In Kwara Jonathan
revived Jebba-Kano &
Ilorin–Offa rail lines,
built Almajiri schools,
ongoing reconstruction
Ibadan Ilorin Rd.
In Lagos Jonathan
revived the Lagos-
Kano rail, introduced
inter city air
conditioned diesel
trains and is
rehabilitating MMIA.
In Nasarawa Jonathan
established a new
Federal University in
Lafia and rehabilitated
the Lafia–Makurdi Rd.
In Niger Jonathan
dredged River Niger
up to Baro, Baro Port
at 95% completion,
Zungeru power plant
ongoing.
In Ondo Jonathan
completed and
commissioned the 500
MWs Omotosho Power
Plant Phase 2 &
renovated the Akure
airport.
In Ogun Jonathan
rehabilitated the
Sagamu-Ore road as
well as the Ijebu Igbo
Ajegunle–Araromi–Ife-
Sekona Road (Section
II).
In Osun Jonathan re-
equipped OAUTH,
constructed silos, built
power substations,
repaired Efon Alaaye-
Erinmo Ijesha-Iwarga
Rd.
In Oyo Jonathan is
reconstructing (not
repairing) Lag-Ibadan
Rd and has
commenced
constructing the Lag-
Ibadan hi-speed rail.
In Plateau Jonathan
repaired the Vom-
Manchok Rd,
construction of earth
dam in Heipang and
power substations.
In Rivers Jonathan
revived the PH-Enugu
Rail, Rehabilitating the
PH International
Airport & upgraded
Uniport Teaching
Hospital.
In Sokoto Jonathan is
fighting desertification
with the Great Green
Wall and built 5
Almajiri schools.
In Taraba Jonathan
established the
Federal University in
Wukari and
constructed the
Kashimbila Multi-
Purpose Dam Project.
In Yobe Jonathan
established Fed
University of Gashua,
Almajiri schools &
Gashua–Hadejia 132KV
double circuit
trasnsmission line.
In Zamfara Jonathan
established the
Federal University
Gusau, built multiple
Almajiri schools and
constructed silos.
Omokri is the founder of the Mind of Christ
Christian Center in California, author of
Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God and Why Jesus
Wept and the host of Transformation with Reno
Omokri .
