Saturday, September 5, 2015

USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: The 'Spartan' Nigerian Ruler : Magnificent Facebook Thread on Comparative Semantics and Comparative Political Economy Exemplified by Nigeria


 

 

 

Garba Shehu declaring his boss assets publicly told a shocked world that Buhari is living a "Spartan lifestyle".
How does a man with 30 million naira ($150,000) in his bank account,who owns 2 houses in Kaduna,2 in Daura,1 each in Kano and Abuja,plots of land in Kano,Port Harcourt and ''an orchard and a ranch with 270 head of cattle, 25 sheep, five horses and a variety of birds'' live a Spartan lifestyle?
In addition he "had shares in Berger Paints, Union Bank and Skye Bank".

This gentleman apparently never heard of Uruguayan president Jose Mujica declaration of asset five years ago in 2010.The only asset to his name was a 1987 Volkswagen Beetle.

Mr Garba Shehu,why have you made the entire world laugh at us?What made you bring this shame on us sir?

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  • Nathaniel Ohiozojie Evborein Chika Omeje...My thouguts exactly...I feel for the Nigerian people...
  • Chika Omeje These guys still think they are campaigning for election where Buhari borrowed 27 million to buy the APC nomination forms,where he had no house in Abuja or elsewhere except a mud house in Daura...I feel more for Nigerians Nathaniel Ohiozojie Evborein .We are damned.
  • Samuel O Achorz He have started to behave like doyin okukpe
  • Ember Lim Candidate for yaba left
  • Ifeoma Ken-Okonkwo Chika , your eyes is opening gradually
  • Nwadibia Chukwunonso Maybe , À 'spartan' life when compared to the worth of a minister, Senator or even LGA chairman in Nigeria.
  • Yomi Okusanya Scott Compared to many civil servants never mind former heads of state , he's not only living a 'spartan' life ...He can comfortably be described as being very poor...and you know it .. I guess that's how a lot of people will see it. ..
    • Chika Omeje MAS,so you have the strength to laugh?
    • Mudasiru Adebayo Salami My Bros you've got to see the positive side of events sometimes or else heart problem may not be too far from one. I am a Heart Surgeon and I know our emotional states affect our cardiac health.
    • Chika Omeje Na wa o.No hope for the poor in Nigeria.
    • Mudasiru Adebayo Salami Chika Bro I am an eternal and realistic optimist. The poor indeed have hope in Nigeria as evidenced by improved business among those whose trade depends on power supply. The amount of money spent on buying petrol for generators has nosedived due to influence of good leadership. We can raise eyebrows concerning the unexpected wealth of Muhammadu Buhari and humongous wealth of Professor Yemi Osinbajo but that should not detract us from their force of example in public asset declaration. What should be our concern is what can we contribute as citizens?

      The key steps are for each citizen to work hard and excel in his chosen area of endeavor while supporting the country and current leadership in any way we can. That support however should not be blind. For constructive criticism is one of the branches of patriotism.

      Muhammadu Buhari's government has a unique opportunity to heal the divisive wounds of Nigeria by enthroning good governance and accountability. By the time we all see concrete programmes, performance, infrastructural development, justice and massive job creation no propaganda from enemies of the nation will work again. Everyone loves a winner and here lies the opportunity to heal the wounds of the past by extending hands of fellowship to all. A little pity and encouragement for those who refuse to see any good in the 'other' may also go a long way to turn hearts to good.
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    • Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju Amen- Mudasiru Adebayo Salami -By the time we all see concrete programmes, performance, infrastructural development, justice and massive job creation no propaganda from enemies of the nation will work again.'
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  • Adaugo Falcon Uzoma It definitely looks like the offices of the "presidential mouthpieces" are cursed ones. Imagine the idiocy.
  • Ndi Syke Chuks Nwasike What Garba Shehu is saying is that PMB stole less than the others. But seriously, the assets declaration ought to include assets owned by spouses and children of the officers. It's acknowledged that his family lives in the UK. Are they living on rented property?
  • Retson A. O. Tedheke Ndi Syke Chuks Nwasike; I wonder when studying in the UK becomes living in the UK?
  • Peace Jude Garba Shehu mixing information on assets declaration and an image laundering campaign in one place is mundanity redefined.
  • Chika Omeje Ndi Syke Chuks Nwasike,even at this,the world consider this as stupendous wealth.The world have seen Jose Mujica asset decalartion in 2010 and a comparison is not even feasible...........................................................................................................''In a sworn statement detailing his assets, Mr Mujica said he has no bank accounts or other assets and put his small flower farm in his wife's name, only possessing the ageing car, worth £1,300.
    Mr Mujica, a former leftist guerrilla, took office in March and he is popular in the small ranching nation for his modest lifestyle and down-to-earth attitude.
    The 75-year-old president's sworn statement, made public this week, shows Mr Mujica has no debt – or savings – and does not own any other property.
    Mr Mujica's presidential salary is £8,000 per month, but he donates most of that to the ruling leftist coalition and a public housing programme.
    He has refused to move to the official presidential residence, opting to stay in the simple home his senator wife owns on the outskirts of the capital, Montevideo.''
  • Inno Uzuh Cfr Alléluia ! Corruption is getting a shellacking from this govt! Gbam.
  • Kelechi Deca @Chika Omeje, your deductions are wrong based on the assumption that 'living a spartan life' can not be a matter of choice. Often times when someone is described in such terms, it means that person can afford not to.It is in most cases, matters of choice. You dont say that a poor man is living a spartan lifestyle because his poverty so conditioned him to.There are enough case studies to stand that down. The millionaire founder of IKEA lives a spartan life. He flies economy class, and still drives his 1992 Volvo 244 of which he has two.

    Warren Buffet, reputedly the second richest human being on planet earth is still living in a three bedroom he bought for $30,500 in 1958. He drives a Lincoln Town car which those who are conversant with the US know is seen as 'pure water' as it is one of the cheapest there is.....

    There are so many other millionaires like that.Frugality can be a choice, so Buhari can have a billion and still chose to live a frugal lifestyle....
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    • Chika Omeje "spartan" means: simple and harsh, lacking in anything that makes life easier or more pleasant. You know it comes from Sparta;the powerful Greek city state, where people were not interested in comfort or luxury
      So how could you tell the world       Kelechi Deca that Buhari lives a harsh, strict existence, with no frills or superfluous luxuries or pleasures. Usually its going to mean to live a life minus all the frills. a rather basic existence. neither wanting nor needing the lavish extras that many of the materialistic people desire.
    • Kelechi Deca Chika Omeje, check the meaning of living a Spartan lifestyle, not the meaning of Spartan, the two are not the same.... living a Spartan lifestyle means living a life of discipline, self denial, living a simple, frugal, minimalist lifestyle. Eating only what is needed to kept the body fit. And that is the life Buhari is said to be living. I interviewed him in 2004, I was shocked when I got to his house.
    • Chika Omeje So what is the difference between this and what i posted earlier KD? How is a life of '' ''self denial, living a simple, frugal, minimalist lifestyle'' reflected in the list of Buhari's assets above?
    • Kelechi Deca You are still getting it wrong. Why not ask how Warren Buffet is living such a lifestyle even with being the second richest man in the world.....your assumptions are wrong, totally wrong because it is a choice, it means you can live the opposite lifestyle if you so chose....
    • Chika Omeje I think you are the one mixing this up Kelechi.Bringing in Warren Buffet etc is contradicting what Shehu is telling the world.Buffet et al are just following age old business strategy.Wealth is not created just by investing, but also by avoiding unnecessary expenses. It does not make one spartan rather, it makes one frugal. This frugality has helped him grow his wealth year on year.
    • Kelechi Deca How come not all millionaires follow same strategy, how come Donald Trump is not following same strategy, how come only less than 20 billionaires in the world are said to be living frugal lifestyles. It means that it is not the common path, contrary to your view..
    • Osita Udenson Chika, I am with Kelechi on this one. The question is what is his lifestyle relative to his wealth?
    • Chika Omeje Fair enough Osi,his lifestyle as long as we know doesn't suggest anything like him living a spartan life.That statement is unfortunate in a country where people die because they do not have money to buy prescribed drugs or even food.
    • Olanike Onyekachi Adexa And it's Buhari's fault that the people don't have enough to buy drugs. Maybe he should donate all his wealth and money to hospitals. Smh
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    • Chika Omeje No one is forcing him to donate his wealth.Ordinary Nigerians are gobsmacked that a government spokesman would describe someone living the life of PMB as spartan.That is where the core complaints lie ma'am.
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    • Olanike Onyekachi Adexa Spartan means frugal. Didn't you see all the dictionary definitions? Phew!
      Compared to other past leaders, his lifestyle is spartan.
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    • Kelechi Deca Anybody who knows Buhari is aware of his frugal lifestyle. The first time I had an interview with him, I was shocked how sparsely furnished his sitting room was and that was after being head of state, chair PTF etc
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    • Osita Udenson Chika, what has people dying got to do with Buhari? Surely, you'd expect from one who occupied top offices for decades to have amassed some wealth. What he has is not out of the ordinary.
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    • Ojutiku Julius Olusegun Maybe, if he had been declared a beggar, some people would have been pleased! hahaha, we are talking about a military general here for God sake, a man who has held the best and most "juicy" positions in Nigeria... I think he is a poor man! check his contemporaries out, look out for their wealth
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    • Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju I wonder if Kelechi Deca and others who share his views are not being inaccurate on what 'lifestyle' means.

      Lifestyle refers to the totality of all your activities as demonstrating your attitude to life.

      Can you cannot be spartan and be wealthy?

      Perhaps.

      But in the context of Nigeria, where the issue is wealth acquisition in terms of attitude to materail belongings, it could be misleading to describe Buhari as spartan.
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  • Ken A-Ojie Chika Omeje no fall my hand biko! the law of relativity and choice is not an abstract concept o!
    Being a Spartan could be by choice and in fact relative too. Money is not the all and everything for some people. For some it is contentment in the simplicity of existing and existence that gives them the buzz...
    • Chika Omeje And by your observation Monk Ken and in all honesty ,would you say you woulfd qualify PMB's worth and lifestyle as Spartan?
    • Ken A-Ojie Relative to people of his status and class... If the declaration is absolutely true... I will emphatically say YES
    • Chika Omeje Well,in my own instance ,i never believed he was that wealthy.I have thought him to be in the same league with Jose Mujica or even Michael Okpara,the former premier of defunct Eastern region who died penniless.
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    • Chika Omeje Had no single house to his name and had to beg to be able to pay for his fees as a medical students in Scotland.Wealth acquisition is also by choice Monk Ken.
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    • Olanike Onyekachi Adexa You assumed. Nobody told you that. A man with young children will have no tangible investments? A former head of state? Huh!
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    • Ken A-Ojie Chika haba! I can't believe you would be playing this naïve about the reality of life.

      I can only say you chose to believe what you wanted to believe. The man never claimed to borrow to live or was in penury... Bros pack up this fight. You no get chance of winning biko!
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    • Ojutiku Julius Olusegun Ken, you nailed it jare. Maybe Chika expected him to be a tenant somewhere after all his achievements as a man.
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  • Ademola H Adigun Yomi Okusanya Scott the word is not in the context of comparison. Spartan has a meaning.
  • Ejiro Henry Abeke The assets is declared isn't it?
    Both femi and Garba are misfits. They should have been shown the way out long before now.

    Now, coming to terms with reality, we can classify the president as relatively poor compared to other past leaders we have in this country and what civil service men/women steal from public offices.

    Well done Mr. President.
    Long live Nigeria!
  • Ken A-Ojie Ademola H Adigun, to absorb context from any definition is naïve and paves the path to error of judgment. That is not rocket science in my opinion
  • Ebus Ichie Chika ur head needs to be examined. Check into the nearest psychiatric hospital. I'm telling you this as a brother, and as a doctor
  • Kelechi Deca Poor people are never said to be living Spartan lifestyles because being poor ensure they live so, only rich people are so described.And we have a long list of such people.

    The founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg still drives an Acura because he clai    m it is safe and not ostentatious,he wears the same gray t-shirt and hoodie to work every day. His wedding to longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan took place in his backyard, and the pair was seen digging in at a McDonald's on their Italian honeymoon.He is well known to live a minimalist lifestyle..

    As the owner of the technology-service giant, Wipro, Azim Premji is worth more than $12 billion. Yet he is said to monitor the number of toilet-paper rolls used in Wipro facilities and demands that employees switch off the lights when leaving their offices. Premji often takes a three-wheel auto rickshaw(Keke) from the Bangalore airport when returning from business trips, and drives a 1996 Ford.

    David Cheriton, the Stanford professor who has an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion from Google shares, hates the idea of living like a billionaire.

    Christy Walton, the widow of the heir to Walmart fortune lives a Spartan lifestyle inspite of Walmart money. Her net worth is $27.9 billion.

    There are so many others. It is a choice.
    • Femi Adebajo Right on, Kelechi. A short trip to Ijebu will illustrate to any doubter the concept of living frugally or a spartan existence despite considerable wealth.
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  • Lekan Wasiudeen Really Chika ? at his age? and a former General, past Minister of Petroleum and Head of State Federal Republic of Nigeria. You must be kidding me.
    • Chika Omeje No Lekan,it is rather based on the notion we built of him being completely without any reasonable means.
    • Chika Omeje Which obviously is untrue.
    • Femi Adebajo I never had a notion of General Buhari 'being completely without any reasonable means' and would be surprised if anyone else did. He retired as a general after being a middle ranking officer since the late 1960s. He draws a general's pension and the emoluments of a former Head of state.
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    • Ojutiku Julius Olusegun How can you say he has no reasonable means? How much is allowances as a former head of state? Haba?
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  • Mohammed Said Jidda Uruguay is not Nigeria. Iran is not Nigeria. Where there is no law and where there is no incentive to be good. And where death awaits the corrupt.

    150, 000 dollars after campaign contributions and pensions. In a country where the CBN and NNPC is the presidents ATM.
    He remained above board by choice. He is among the few who operate a true post conventional morality.
    • Chika Omeje If such comparison is right,we may also see see GEJ as holy because his administration never stole a tenth of what Abacha stole
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    • Ibrahim Ciroma You don't know that yet Chika Omeje. I think you are completely wrong in your comparative analysis. Are you saying that Buhari as former Head of State, former state Governor, former Petroleum minister and former PTF Chairman should not have N30 million to his name? Are you suggesting Buhari did not know how to make money legitimately except through salaries and pensions? You surprised me on this one Chika.
    • Chika Omeje Mallam Ibrahim Ciroma i am not saying PMB is not legitimately entitled to his wealth.what i am saying is that his life cannot be qualified as a ''spartan'' or deprived .
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    • Ibrahim Ciroma Well, I do not know your definition of "spatan" but Buhari is not known for ostentatious or flamboyant lifestyle. He could have lived ostentatiously if he chose to, but he chose not to.
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  • Aba Kristilolu Thanks Chika. I'm sharing this.
  • Sam Chris I guess he's right; when compared with Gowon, Obasanjo et al, President Buhari is living a Spartan life.
  • Mohammed Said Jidda When compared to most african leaders.
  • Mohammed Said Jidda The man has the potential to be is in the class of Muallimu, Madiba..
  • Obiano Chinedu Illiteracy is a cause, when unexposed men speak shame becomes a guest lol
  • Mohammed Husain Spartan lifestyle by Nigerian rich government serving elite class. You must make comparison in context, Chika.
  • Uche Peter Umez spartan has a new definition
  • Obiano Chinedu Spartan now means mild wealth... Funny Nigerians and hilarious attempts to cover sham and erroneous statement
    • Chika Omeje Spartan now means living a very comfortably nearly all your life but not being as lavish as the stealing,corrupt Nigerian political elite.Ifugo interpretation Wandon.Odiegwu o
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  • Kelechi Deca Spartan lifestyle is not the absence of wealth or riches. It basically describes the adoption of a frugal minimalist living inspite of the wealth and riches. We should understand this in context.
    • Chika Omeje and Buhari life does not qualify as such Kelechi.That he is not as stupendously rich as his contemporaries doesn't qualify journalists describing his life as spartan.
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  • Raymond Onwaeze @Chika am surprised u are taking dis road. Are u an apostle of d old order? For a start PMB declaring his assets is a sea change in transparency matched only by Pres YarA'dua since 1960. GEJ was only forced to do so as VP. As Pres, he never 'gave a dam...See More
    • Chika Omeje Oga,i am sure the world was shocked because i saw and read the expression of shock.He may not have stolen money like his predecessors but he never lived a spartan life.Garba Shehu failed woefully in his delivery.
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  • Uche Peter Umez Dear All, let's not be fooled, there's nothing spartan about $150k, if you want spartan come see my uncle living spartan in the village, with no N70,000 to his name.
  • Mohammed Husain Was your uncle's lifestyle out of choice? Spartan is a choice, not compulsion.

    spartan
    ˈspɑːt(ə)n/Submit
    adjective
    showing or characterized by austerity or a lack of comfort or luxury.
    "the accommodation was fairly spartan"
    synonyms: austere, harsh, hard, frugal, stringent, rigorous, arduous, strict, stern, severe, rigid; More
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  • Ladesope Ladelokun Spartan means grinding poverty to you.Pathetic.
  • Femi Adebajo This is unnecessary nitpicking and totally off the mark. A spartan lifestyle is entirely compatible with even great wealth, never mind the modest possessions in this declaration. Bill Gates is an example. Of course, you could be pedantic and accuse President Buhari of not living a spartan existence if he was spraying his millions, riding all his horses together in a noisy cavalcade round town.
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  • Gift Onyinye When you are not versatile in a topic..do not dare go into it .
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  • Femi Adebajo Chika: Did the asset declaration include details of his lifestyle too? Or is it possible to input one's lifestyle from one's assets? Would all those who have 30 million naira in the bank exhibit the same lifestyle? Is there a manual for determining this?
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    • Chika Omeje I suppose we should be asking Garba Shehu.His suggests spartan to include living similar lifestyle of ordinary Daura residents who find everyday life challenging.There is nothing in Buhari's lifestyle(at least in the public domain) that suggests a spartan living.He's always been part of the privileged Nigerians though we may say he is not as flamboyant
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    • Chika Omeje In the same vein we can contend that Abdulsalam Abubakar also live a spartan life as we don't see him living similar life to James Ibori shortly before his incarceration.
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  • Femi Adebajo http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spartan
    Spartan definition, Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its...
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    • Chika Omeje See other definitions Femi.........spar·tan
      ˈspärtn/Submit
      adjective
      showing the indifference to comfort or luxury traditionally associated with ancient Sparta.
      "spartan but adequate rooms"
      synonyms: austere, harsh, hard, frugal, stringent, rigorous, strict, stern, severe; More
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  • O Bi Nna He doesn't understand the word SPARTAN in a literal sense maybe...pardon his sense of submission
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  • Emeka Iwugo Buhari worth more than he declare and he is not a saint. How much is her wife wrist watch? As an ex head of state federal govt is paying him millions of Naira monthly plus other allowances.
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  • Emeka Iwugo Only thief declare missing land and 3 mud house he inherited from his mum. Funny
  • Mohammed Husain spartan
    ˈspɑːt(ə)n/Submit
    adjective
    showing or characterized by austerity or a lack of comfort or luxury.
    "the accommodation was fairly spartan"
    synonyms: austere, harsh, hard, frugal, stringent, rigorous, arduous, strict, stern, severe, rigid; More
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    • Chika Omeje How does that pan out with what Garba Shehu tried to teach us after listing PMBs enormous wealth?There is simply no frugality in PMBs acquisitions.He has houses in 3 major cities and almost all parts of Nigeria.He owns a ranch,an orchard and shares in leading firms in Nigeria,.
    • Mohammed Husain You exaggerated. In Nigerian terms that's not enormous wealth. I agree he is comfortable, but disagree that he has houses in 'almost all parts of Nigeria'.
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  • Frank Osakwe For all those saying that Chika Omeje's 'eyes is now opening' or such stupid comments, this is not a game where you do anything to prove a point. The difference between Chika and GEJ supporters is that Chika is ready to say the truth even if it means admitting that Buhari is not exactly who he thought he was. If Buhari turns out to be yet another mistake, that doesn't make GEJ the right person. It just means we are still looking for answers.
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    • Chika Omeje Succint Frankie.Many thanks.The problem is that most Nigerians are aligned to individual,party,ethnicity ,religion or region.They don't believe one can still make a choice between two people based solely on their character.
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  • Christian Onyemaechi Nebo Hahahahahahaha....''spartan lifestyle indeed''...make I CHANGE position piss well well for police station fence...hahahahahaha...
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  • Yomi Okusanya Scott Ademola H Adigun and your point would be what exactly regarding my above comparison and response to Chika 's status here ? And the definition of Spartan is what ?

    Never mind my above comparison, let me reiterate and clarify , YES Buhari can be described as indeed living a Spartan lifestyle however way you dice it . Literally , figuratively , contextually ..Do you disagree with that assertion ni ? .
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    • Chika Omeje Yomi, PMBs life can never rightly be described as spartan.Not in a country where my mother struggles to find kerosene to cook her dinner.
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  • Ademola H Adigun Well I do not know enough about that. Certainly not a luxurious life. But I have been to one or more of those houses. I would not say Spartan. Not luxurious.
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    • Chika Omeje Precisely.This is defending the indefensible.This statement from Garba Shehu is a national insult.
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    • Yomi Okusanya Scott Exactly ..so you can now see why being described as living a spartan life is relative and contextual ....

      Chika Omeje stop trying to be clever by half here abeg. When you are in a hole , stop digging. ..Where is the Buhari defence here ...The point       ...See More
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    • Jay Jay I quit arguing with him a long time ago cos it always ends awkwardly. If your mum was struggling for kerosene and u feeling funky 'worldwide' that's a shame. I should think u got the resources to make ur mother comfortable. ...not a thing to flaunt. How many Nigerian Presidents have N30m in their accounts? Even governors would now be too ashamed to declare their billions not to talk of Sarah the No. 3 man.
      Buhari ain't just Spartanic he's simply exemplarily glorious in personality.
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  • Ifeoma Ken-Okonkwo @ Frank Osakwe it's only people with low life, uncouth or with inferior complex dat will term other people contribution as 'stupid' . Make your and get off, you don't to be insulting on anoth
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  • Ifeoma Ken-Okonkwo Make your point and get off. Learn to be civilised. People are contributing bcos Chika makes sense with his write ups.
  • Frank Osakwe Talk is cheap Ifeoma Ken-Okonkwo. Since you've been particularly affected by my comment, maybe you should edit your writing before you post it. 'dat' is actually spelt 'that'. 'make your and get off' doesn't make any sense to me. You must think that you're the queen of Africa to feel that easily insulted?
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  • Eric Eseroghene Obadjere Mathew, I am surprised at the shameless boldness with which some of u diehard supporters and co-travellers of GEJ/PDP criticise PMB? Is so insane! Any LGA chairman under PDP of today has assets by far more than what is attached to PMB a former and curr...See More
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  • Obiano Chinedu Eric, GEJ/PDP was unitary and not sectional or nepotistic. GEJ government allowed freedom of speech and worship. Today what do we have in Buhari/APC? How can buhari in his old age and as an elder states man refuse to be a father to the nation? How can he appoint only northerners to head all the sensitive positions in Nigeria. You cannot use illegality to correct illegality buhari has gone against the constitution. Hausa Fulani oligarchy is back to life because tinubu was a gullible cow... Jagaban handed the keys of slavery back to bigots.
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  • Ladi Iromini The most important thing to understand from PMB'S assets declared is he worked for his money. Let others former heads of state and presidents declear their assets, then you will understand and appreciate what Garba Shehu meant by that statement.
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  • Fatimah Jibrin Sambo ' Spartan' in the Nigerian context that is. Have we not accepted that we have special definitions for contexts here?
    You must submit though, for a former NIGERIAN HOS, a governor and minister, this is very modest?
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    • Chika Omeje It is modest when compared to the worth of other heads of state.That is because we have accepted that the head of state own the country.My grouse is comparing this to living a ''spartan'' miserable existence by motor mouth Garba Shehu.If he had used another description,no one would raise an eyebrow.
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    • Penshd Ibiminji Darego "Spartan. Owns several vehicles amongst luxuries of life.... Na wa ooooooo
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  • Ahmed Mamudu Chika, I hope this definition of Spartan will correct your error. A spartan lifestyle has NOTHING to do with wealth. In fact a lot of wealthy people are famous for living spartan lifestyles....
    Ahmed Mamudu's photo.
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    • Chika Omeje I have seen the various definitions of Spartan and none nullifies the original meaning in which this post was premised.
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  • Fatima Jabir Some people have made up their minds to hate and criticise our president so what ever good he does will never please them. how do we expect to have change or move our country forward when people refuse to accept the president ?agreed he is not a saint but he is one of d best option we have.I want us to realise that Nigeria is bigger than any leader or political group. unless we stop this tribal and religious sentiments we will never get it right. This government has 4yrs tenure and if they don't performs we have the rights to kick them out. so why the noise? We still have to have Nigeria after buhari what happens afterwards is any one thinking about that?pls Nigeria before anything. follow the change train regardless of who is at the helm of affairs. Be a change agent not an enemy.Do your own part to make Nigeria better. or can you run the country better or dear critics?
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    • Emenike Nwankwo PhD-Engineering iN A TRUE DEMOCRACY, LEADERS MUST EXPECT NO LESS THAN 50% OF THE PEOPLE TO BE HATEFUL OR NEGATIVE CRITIQUES. BUAHRI IS NO DIFFERENT. geJ AND EVEN obJ WENT THROUGH SAME FATE.
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  • Lanre Egbeyemi It is all relative to where you are in your life and where you live.Compared to Babangida who was also a past military Dictator this is Spartan living.In the context of larger Nigerian Society it is not.I bet put together His total assets in us$ terms will be less than $2m again in the larger world economic context this is not much
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  • Emenike Nwankwo PhD-Engineering Shehus perspective is the Nigerian politician. He assumed that comparison is with other politician and not Buahri as an average father and citizen. Now they have the task on ensuring that an average nIGERIAN WILL ATTAIN THIS LEVEL OF SPARTAN LIFESTYLE WITH SUCH SUMS IN THEIR ACCOUNTS AND SUCH ASSETS AROUND THE NATION.
  • Ken A-Ojie ALL THESE BUHARI SPARTANLETS SEF MAKE UNA LEAVE MY Chika ALONE O!

    My don't mind them o jare come back to our monastery for mending and rehabilitation...

    Ordinary Spartan error una wan turn am to maytayas!

    Person no dey offend una and leave to see another day? Mtscheeeeee in Spartan language!
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  • Ja'afar Baba Muhammad Raymond Onwaeze God bless you, a country where former HOS is bidding for PHCN and nobody could raise an eyebrow! You've said it all, nothing else to add.
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  • Ejike Uche If Garba Shehu refuse to insult our intelligence he won't get paid so I understand his predicament.
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  • Nkechi Madonna Brother Ejike this is the mentality that we as Nigerian need to change. The media of the Presidency should not exaggerate or magnify nor feel like it is their responsibility to do so and that if not it will mean they are not doing their job effectively. They have an ethical responsibility to speak facts truthfully. When they do otherwise they create challenges and bring upon themselves and the President unnecessary criticism. All they had to tell the public was what was declared and leave it up to the public to analyze that the President's assets was modest in comparison to his counterparts, not try to make it seem like the President was a poor man or living the life of a monk which he definitely is not. Our President by the assets he has declared falls into the privileged and elite class. How many average Nigerians can boost of the number of homes or cars or landed property or shares that he has? Remain blessed.
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