Thread by @SweetShantel

"U CAN'T PUT A CROWN ON A CLOWN AND EXPECT A KING."

KINDLY REFRESH UR MEMORY.
Is History Being Repeated?

In 1983:
$1 = N1
£1 = N2

Volkswagen Beetle = N1400

Food was in abundance

Kids were in schools

You don't need Visa to travel to UK

1/11

Businesses were booming with a vibrant economy & people were gainfully employed

No illegal arrests or media trials

Rule of law was maintained etc.

After 1983 coup d'état, he & his group struck, under the pretence of wanting to tackle "perceived"
widespread corruption
2/11

Within a few months :
$1 = N15
£1 = N40

Volkswagen Beetle car = N8000

Kids dropped out of school because their parents couldn't afford their school fees anymore.

You must get a visa to travel to UK

Businesses closed down & relocated to other countries.
3/11

Food items were rationed,as people queued up for essential commodities

Many Nigerians lost their jobs bcoz the economy collapsed

Innocent Nigerians were arrested for free speech & human rights violated with impunity under "DECREE 4"

The Constitution was suspended etc
4/11

He blamed Shehu Shagari's administration for the mess.

He blamed corruption, yet he jailed only the then Vice President Dr. Alex Ekwueme bcoz He was from the 5% (Igbo) but left the President Alhaji Shehu Shagari in his palace bcoz He's from the 97% (Hausa Fulani).
5/11

But when another coup threw him out in 1985, within few months, Nigerians started smiling again.

Our kids returned to school, food was in abundance again, Nigerians got their jobs back & the economy was revived etc.
6/11

In 2015:
$1 = N175-190
£1 = N289-320

Cars were affordable, with local
manufacturers smiling to the bank

Food was in abundance (at least a bag of rice was N7000)

Kids were in school

Businesses were booming with vibrant economy rated #1 in Africa after recapitalization.
7/11

No illegal arrests or media trials etc.

On 29 May, 2015, when he was 'Jega-ed' into power

$1 = N315-510
£1 = N550-610

Local car manufactures shut down their plants due to harsh operating economic conditions.
8/11

Famine was unleashed on Nigerians and a bag of rice rose to N22,000

Minimum wage remained N18,000

Kids dropped out of schools

Businesses closed down.

Millions lost their jobs

Inflation is in double digits (18%) & Fulani herdsmen are killings Nigerians everyday etc.
9/11

Just like in 1985, he's blaming corruption and his predecessor for the same mess he created within few months of assumption of office.

We are now in 2018, eagerly awaiting 2019

THE CHOICE IS OURS.
LET CHANGE THE CHANGE

"U CAN'T PUT A CROWN ON A CLOWN AND EXPECT A KING."
10/11

Facts are sacred...
This is food for thought for the Nigerian Youths(that are not lazy)

BE WISE WITH YOUR PVC
GO GET YOUR PVC
DON'T SALE YOUR PVC
#67MillionYouth
#BuhariMustGo
11/11