Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Reno Omokri has
accused President Muhammadu Buhari of lying to Nigerians in his
Democracy Day speech. Omokri, in a series of tweets on Tuesday, spoke on alleged lies under
the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, adding that the
President possibly broke the Guinness World Record on lies.
Omokri wrote, ”1-Buhari lied by claiming to increase foreign
reserves. PMB met a reserve of $32 billion on May 29, 2015. In 3 years
he has borrowed ₦11 trillion. This is more than PDPborrowed in 16 years
combined. It is from this debt that he has ‘increased’ our reserve
#BuhariDemocracyDayLies.
”2-Buhari lied by claiming Integrated Personnel And Payment
Information System (IPPIS) as an achievement of his government. IPPIS
was initiated, started, implemented and completed by the Jonathan
administration.
”3-Buhari lied that he “inherited a weak economy”. He inherited the
world’s 3rd fastest growing economy, according to @CNNMoney. He failed
to appoint a cabinet for 6 months. It weakened the economy and led to
recession.
”4-Buhari lied when he said Nigerians are enjoying increased power
supply. This is such an obvious lie. He has not built a single power
station. The last power station built in Nigeria was built by Jonathan. I
ask you, has your power improved?
”5-Buhari lied saying Boko Haram‘s capacity is ‘degraded’. It runs
counter to the testimony of the #DapchiGirls who testified that Boko
Haram now have planes and they land them within Nigeria.Boko Haram
didn’t have planes under Jonathan.
”6-Buhari lied by saying he has improved the education sector. By his
third year Jonathan had built 120 Almajiri schools and 12 universities.
Giving out licenses to the private sector to build a polytechnic is not
an achievement. Buhari should be ashamed.
”7.-Buhari lied by claiming 7000 Megawatts power as achievement. The
devil will have trouble beating that lie. Nigeria under Buhari is not
even regularly transmitting half that number. Perhaps he means IGP’s
‘TRANSMISSION’ and not electric power transmission .
”8-Buhari lied by claiming the construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge
as an achievement. No bridge has been constructed. No contract has been
awarded. The ₦2 billion released was money earmarked by Jonathan not
Buhari.
”9-Buhari lied by claiming US FAA Category 1 status as an
achievement. Nigeria attained US FAA Category 1 on October 23, 2010
under former President Jonathan. Here is the proof. Buhari is desperate
for achievements.
”10-Buhari lied by claiming the visa on arrival policy as his
achievements. This policy was unveiled in 2013 by Olusegun Aganga,
Jonathan’s minister of industry. Read about it here in this 2013
interview.
”11-Buhari lied when he said he has reduced inflation. In truth,
inflation increased by 50% from 9.8% when Buhari took over in May 2015,
to 13.34%. The last time Nigeria enjoyed single digit inflation rate was
under ex President Jonathan #BuhariDemocracyDayLies
”12-Buhari lied about the so called unprecedented FIRS tax revenue
and customs receipt. When you factor in the devaluation of the Naira by
the Buhari government. The revenues made is actually about half the
revenues made in 2014 when Naira was ₦150 to $1.
”13-Buhari said the ₦2.7trillion capital expenditure for 2016 and
2017 combined is a record.₦2.7 trillion is worth $8 billion today. It is
not up to the ₦1.6 trillion Jonathan allocated for capital expenditure
in 2013 which was equivalent to $9.6 billion #BuhariDemocracyDayLies.
”14-Buhari lied by saying Nigeria is more secure under him. According
to the Global Terrorism Index, Nigeria is now the THIRD most terrorised
nation in the world. We were number 4 under Jonathan. We have moved 1
step backward. Herdsmen now kill more than BH
”15-Buhari lied that he has reduced corruption in Nigeria. According
to Transparency International, Nigeria is more corrupt under Buhari than
it was at ANYTIME during the Jonathan administration. We have moved 12
steps backwards from 136 to 144 on TI’s CP.”