Babangida is talking a lot more about gas flaring these days as he did as Head of State, but he paid his own lip service and Abacha, in spite of his battles with Niger Delta Environmentalists, paid lip service to ending gas flaring.
Obasanjo in his turn, set deadlines, and so has Yar’Adua, who has more or less been neutral to virtually every issue bogging the nation.

We demolished the school’s dilapidated structures and constructed new ones. We also built a modern toilet. I also established a new school at Baruwa, that is Community Primary School, Baruwa and also at Community Primary School, Isefun, new classrooms were also built for them. At each of these schools we sank borehole and build modern toilet.

By Henry Umoru & Racheal Kantiyok Abuja – The Federal Government said yesterday that arrangements have been concluded for the signing of an agreement with the Chinese government that would make the latter take full responsibility for all fake and adulterated products being imported into the country aimed at ensuring that Nigerians get quality products. […]

EFCC’s swooping of parastatal heads on allegation of misappropriation of funds and subsequent arraignments in courts without regards to due processes only but point to the fact that there is either a conspiracy from some quarters to achieving some selfish agenda or that the actions are intended to carry out a clean sweep exercise in the Ministry with the aim of replacing present professional administrators with political cronies.

AS expected, the twin evils of corruption and bad leadership, yesterday, dominated bilateral talks between President Umaru Yar’Adua and the visiting US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton who arrived Abuja Tuesday evening on a two-day trip to Nigeria.