TIME TO SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE

Many congratulations to Tanzania's newly elected president John Magufuli. He was born in 1959 and previously served as a Minister of Works in the previous government. Nicknamed the "Bulldozer" the new president has indeed been making drastic changes and it is time for the whole world to sit up and take notice. He scrapped out independence day celebrations so that the money that was set aside for that can be used to help people dying of cholera and also to help clean up the environment. He went on an unannounced trip to the national hospital and found patients lying on the floor. He then fired the Hospital Director and hired a new one. president Magufuli also ordered that 300 beds be bought for the patients he found lying on the floor. Now, that is what i call good leadership. A good leader does not allow people to sugar coat things for him or allow his ministers to take him to the best parts of the country he rules. A good leader is the one who keeps people on their toes and inspires them to work very hard. A good leader goes on unannounced visits to really notice the state of his country. President John Magufuli is making history by implementing austerity measures in Tanzania so that all the citizens in the country benefits.

Here a look at what the "Bulldozer" has been up to:

1.  He ordered the cost of the party to inaugurate new parliaments to be slashed from $100 000 to $7 000
2. He has ordered restrictions on all foreign travel by public officials
3.  He has ordered cuts in tax exemptions
4.  He reportedly refused gifts from people congratulating him when he won the presidency
5. He sacked the head of the main state hospital after he found patients lying on the floor 
6. He dissolved the governing board at the state hospital after discovering that main machines were not working and ordered the new director to get them repaired
7. Magufuli walked to the Finance Ministry and ordered that people must do their jobs after he found some people absent
8. He scrapped independence day celebrations and said the money should be used for a clean up campaign considering the citizens of Tanzania have been dying from cholera AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS HAVE BEEN SCRAPPED IN TANZANIA
9. He scrapped Christmas cards to save costs and said the money should be used to pay off government debts
10. He has promised to create a special court to oversee all cases relating to corruption

 AND ALSO when he was the Minister of works he built the desperately needed roads in Tanzania.
He is reputed to be a no nonsense and results driven politician. President Magufuli is indeed a man of action and all African leaders and indeed all world leaders should sit up and take notice.

THE TANZANIANS VOTED WISELY.


XOXO MS VEE
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