Babangida administration provides the best in term of services and infrastructure.
If any of your democratic government has done better since 1999, bring the fact and evidence.

Below details represent Babangida Administration achievements in 8 years.

Just take a good look at what a Military Man did to position his country (IBB)

- He created Yobe state,
- He created Katsina state,
- He created Taraba state,
- He created Jigawa state,
- He created Kebbi state
- He created Enugu state,
- He created Edo state,
- He created Delta state,
- He created Osun state.
- He created Akwa Ibom state,

- He created Federal Road Safety Corps
- Created Primary Health care in Nigeria

- He created State Security Service (SSS)
- He created National Intelligence Agency (NIA)
- He created Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA).

- He built Asorock Villa.

- He built Third Mainland Bridge, the largest bridge on the continent at the time.

- He completed the Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station.

- He constructed Toja Bridge in Kebbi.

- He created the Jibia Water Treatment Plant.

-He built Challawa Cenga Dam in Kano.

- Kano - Abuja Dual Carriageway FCT, Abuja.
- Dam in Kano Others includes:

1. ECOWAS Headquarters Secretariat Abuja.

2. He constructed International Conference Centre Abuja.

3. Constructed FHA Estates Nationwide.

4. Constructed High Court Buildings in the States.

5. Constructed Fed Secretariat in 36 States/Abuja.

6. Constructed 2 Political Party Office in 36 States.

7. Constructed the 4 Divisional Headquarters, Nigeria Army.

8. Constructed Military Barracks in Abuja.

9. Constructed Army School of Armour Bauchi.

10. Nigeria Army Amphibious school Calabar.

11. Constructed Quarters for the 4 GOCs

12. Constructed Nigerian Navy Dockyard.

13. Constructed Nigeria Dockyard Snake Island.

14. Constructed Estate for workers of Federal Ministry of Works Housing & FMWH) Nationwide + FCT & Gwagwalada.

15. Constructed Site & SVC’s Satellite towns of 20. Constructed Federal Supreme
Isheri, Lagos, Gwagwalada, Abuja, Prototype Housing Schemes.

16. Constructed FEPA Hdqrt, Abuja.

17. FEPA Zonal Offices Nationwide & Central Laboratory, Yaba Lagos.

18. Constructed National Eye Centre, Kaduna.

19. Aluminium Smelter Company Ikot Abasi.

20. Constructed Federal Supreme Court, Abuja.

21. Constructed the Ajaokuta Steel Project Engineering Works.

22. Constructed Abuja International Airport Phase 1&2.

23. Constructed the National Assembly Abuja.

24. Constructed the Presidential Villa Abuja.

25. National Intelligence Agency(NIA) Headquarters.

26. State Security Services(SSS) Abuja.

27. Constructed Federal Mortgage Bank Hqrtr, Lagos.

29. Federal Mortgage Bank branches nationwide.

30. Constructed CBN Headquarters Abuja.

31. Security & Minting Hdqters Abuja.

32. Constructed Jabi District Abuja.

33. Abuja Central Area Phase 1&2.

34. Constructed Asokoro Area.

35. Constructed Secretariat Buildings for States created in 1991.

36. Houses of Assembly Complex for each States created in 1991.

37. Judiciary Buildings for States created in 1991.

38. Constructed Maitama Gen Hospital Abuja.

39. Wuse Gen Hospital Abuja.

40. State House Hospital Abuja.

41. National Hospital in the States.

42. Gusau Water Supply Scheme.

43. Asokoro Water Supply.

44. Kubwa Water Supply.

45. Abuja Municipal Water supply.

46. Gboko-Yandev Water Works.

47. Boreholes for 1004 Housing.

*And one school of thought will want me to believe that the worst civilian rule is better than the best military regime.*

He did all these in 8 years, paid fuel subsidy, maintained a good dollar to Naira exchange and paid pension/ salary to workers.

But after 24 years of democracy, we are worst of as a nation.

Abeg get away

When I tell people that though the military government was corrupt but it paid Nigerians better than so called democracy, I was born in the military regime and I was in secondary school when democracy came back and I saw the difference how these politicians began wrecking the country worse than the military...

So I laugh when people praise the nonsense they call democracy that has only worsened the country since it started...

According to history huge stealing of Public funds began with him

Dey play 😂

IBB has stubbornly refused to apologise for his government’s annulment of the June 12 elections and other mistakes of his military government, and dashing the hopes of millions of Nigerians who cast their votes for Abiola, an uncommon philanthropist who connected well with the masses and one whom majority of the people believed would take the country to El Dorado.

Meanwhile, aside the June 12 annulment, I believe Babangida also needs to come clean and confess the part he played in the gruesome killing of Dele Giwa, one of our country’s most critical, colourful and brilliant journalists of his time and indeed, one of the best editors and columnists Nigeria has produced. Giwa, you will recall, was killed through a letter bomb delivered by agents of the state in his Talabi Street, in Ikeja in 1986.
As if all these atrocities weren’t bad enough, Babangida, in a media interview he later granted, would describe himself as “evil genius” with a flourish of demonic pride and irritating arrogance. Maradona was what Nigerians dubbed him for his political dribbling and cunning.


Now, while his government remains one of the most corrupt governments ever in Nigeria, it’s a national tragedy that leaders like Babangida including the ministers of his regime have not been brought to justice. Is it that leaders in Nigeria, especially former Presidents, can’t be arrested and brought to justice for their crimes against the country like it is done in other developed climes? Is that the standard we forever want to set in Nigeria?

We made giant strides under IBB and Abacha. The so-called civilian rule is nonsense. The corruption we criticised the military regimes for has simply been multiplied astronomically under useless civilians like the current BAT and his predecessor, with absolutely nothing to compensate the pupulace with in terms of infrastructure, projects, subsidies, etc.

he began the stealing.

If only you knew how IBB & co. destroyed your future and future generations, you would stop praising their superficial achievements.

The thievery antecedent was traced to his admin.

The famous 419 reign in his time, oya talk

chefremy:
IBB has stubbornly refused to apologise for his government’s annulment of the June 12 elections and other mistakes of his military government, and dashing the hopes of millions of Nigerians who cast their votes for Abiola, an uncommon philanthropist who connected well with the masses and one whom majority of the people believed would take the country to El Dorado.

Meanwhile, aside the June 12 annulment, I believe Babangida also needs to come clean and confess the part he played in the gruesome killing of Dele Giwa, one of our country’s most critical, colourful and brilliant journalists of his time and indeed, one of the best editors and columnists Nigeria has produced. Giwa, you will recall, was killed through a letter bomb delivered by agents of the state in his Talabi Street, in Ikeja in 1986.
As if all these atrocities weren’t bad enough, Babangida, in a media interview he later granted, would describe himself as “evil genius” with a flourish of demonic pride and irritating arrogance. Maradona was what Nigerians dubbed him for his political dribbling and cunning.


Now, while his government remains one of the most corrupt governments ever in Nigeria, it’s a national tragedy that leaders like Babangida including the ministers of his regime have not been brought to justice. Is it that leaders in Nigeria, especially former Presidents, can’t be arrested and brought to justice for their crimes against the country like it is done in other developed climes? Is that the standard we forever want to set in Nigeria?

President and other head of service are treated as gods rather than MERE civil servant..

UNTIL we start seeing the number 1 position as just a worker. Someone who ordinary banker should b more envy than. Then we are not getting it right.

You shouldn’t be looking at buildings and institutions that were created .
You should be looking at the driving macro- and micro-policies of the administration and their effects .
Don’t focus on what you can see , look at the unseen


Let’s talk about SAP

The SAP IDEOLOGY & RATIONALE

”The Babaginda government decided to throw the decision of whether to take the IMF loan to the general public through a debate. This was because the leadership felt that taking the loan would involve some hardships on the citizens; and not taking the loan will have the same effect since creditors would no longer permit further imports of raw materials for the industries. Those who participated in the debate represented different stakeholders in the society. There was the group from the organised private sector who were business individuals, those from the academia, religious organisation, socio-cultural societies and individuals with different social and ideological backgrounds. While many like the nationalists, communists and the academia wanted the government to reject the IMF and its conditionality, some like the bankers and the industrialists saw the need for the loan.

Essentially every Nigerian agreed that the economy demands restructuring. They agreed that it was too much dependent on foreign inputs; that agriculture was neglected; that the dependence on one export commodity should be halted. It must however be noted that this was the first time in the history of the nation for all stakeholders to be involved in the decision making process that would ultimately affect the lives of the general populace.

After the popular debate, the Government adopted in June 1986 a comprehensive structural adjustment program (SAP) that signalled a radical departure from previous reform efforts. It emphasized reliance on market forces and the private sector in dealing with the fundamental problems of the economy. The SAP was originally intended to last for two years, but was extended when it was realized that implementing many of the reforms required more time. Nigeria’s adjustment efforts were supported by three stand-by arrangements with the IMF, but the government decided not to use the Fund’s resources. The World Bank also supported the adjustment program though a US$450 million trade policy and export diversification loan.

The objectives of the SAP were, among others, to:
• restructure and diversify the productive base of the economy so as to reduce dependency
on the oil sector and imports;
• achieve fiscal and balance of payments viability over the medium term; and
• promote non-inflationary economic growth.


The growth and inflation objectives for 1987-88 were a real GDP growth of 3-4 per cent and a reduction of inflation to 9 per cent per year on an average annual basis. It was thought that the anticipated devaluation of the naira would have a considerable impact on consumer prices.

The key policies designed to achieve these objective were:
• Strengthening of hitherto strong and relevant demand management policies;
• Adoption of measures to stimulate domestic production and broaden the supply base
of the economy;
• The setting up of a Second-Tier Foreign Exchange Market (SFEM) as a mechanism of
realistic exchange rate and consequently, the alteration of relative prices to enhance efficiency in resource allocation, and to promote domestic-based production and non- oil exports;
• Further rationalisation and restructuring of tariffs in order to aid industrial diversification;
• The liberalization of the external trade and payments system-dismantling of price, trade and exchange controls;
• The elimination of price controls and commodity boards;
• The decontrol of interest rates; and
• The rationalization and restructuring of public sector enterprises and overhauling of
the public sector administrative structure.

In general, the various policy measures incorporated in SAP have been pursued to varying degrees of implementation coupled with a number of complementary polices and programmes. Some of these were geared toward alleviating the unintended effects of adjustment and to provide relief to the people. Some of the programmes and policies include the establishment of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in 1986; a SAP relief package introduced in 1989; the establishment of the Urban Mass Transit Programme in 1988; establishment of the People’s and Community banks in 1989/90; the establishment of the Directorate of Food, Road and Rural Infrastructure (DFRRI) in 1986; a reflationary budget package in 1988; the 1991/1992 relief package for public sector officers; the reform of the civil service; and the Better Life for Rural Dwellers’ Programme in 1989.”

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THE SAP RESULTS

The very best

I laugh at people who glorify IBB or any military government. Its just that Nigeria is not a serious country, otherwise, all past military Presidents such IBB, Obasanjo, Buhari etc, should be in jail

To sieze power by the gun is a a crime. Its like an armed Robber who steals money and uses it to help people. The fact that he stole the money renders any good he did with it useless

The fact that a military man steals power by the gun renders whatever he did with that power useless

IBB should be in jail