“What happened that year was that the Federal Government budgetted N300 billion for roads. But the money was never released to the Ministry of Works. There are a lot of misunderstanding and misinformation, and government, before now, has failed to engage the public, to explain the concrete issues. Many things are perceived. Like this one, they are taken as true, and over the years, they take root in the hearts of some people, and so people believe the man is a thief.”

Jonathan reduced insurgency by 70% in 2012

Okupe said the Jonathan administration is succeeding in containing the Boko Haram insurgency, both in terms of number of attacks and frequency, and buttressed this with statistics between January and November, this year.

According to him, citing newspaper reports and security agencies as sources, eight attacks were recorded in January, nine in February, seven in March, eight in April, five in May, seven in June, six in July, five in August, four in September, seven in October, four in November.

He also dismissed the argument in certain quarters that inadequate intelligence was responsible for the attacks by the Boko Haram sect, saying the capacity of the nation’s security agencies in this regard, and the equipment that have been acquired for this astonish even foreign powers considered to be leaders in this area.

Said he: “Due to the increased capacity of security agencies in the area of intelligence gathering, I can report that over 70 per cent of planned insurgent attacks were foiled before actualisation. These are largely unreported because they did not happen and this is a good thing.

“The intelligence arm of our security agencies has deployed massive modern technology to preempt and destabilise these criminal elements who intended causing harm.”

byrron: yet educated carrier tribal demented Nigerians on nairaland will still fail to see that the people ruining this country are drawn from the 36 states of the federation.
Aneni,gej,doyin okupe and all other political criminals in this country are drawn from every part of the country.
the earlier some du.mb skulls realizes this fact and stop bringing tribal sentiments in all political issues the nearer our collective emancipation at hand

Virgin Finder:

Your written English is poor!

tatosh: I wish I could have a one on one with this Fat Pig called Okupe I desperately want to kill him with my bare hands

Easy Tiger, our time will come and we'll get him.

k2039: [color=soyouquotedme]Your ascertion made maximum sense. [/color]

sashbaby: what can anenih/anini do come 2015 elections. Gej and his brig ands should know that u can't fool people all the time.

k2039:

[color=soyouquotedme]Some Nigerians are fools, evident by the comments you will see by people praising him in spite of his failures.

I'm afraid if we have more fools, GEJ is likely to retain his sit.

That's why I have been campaigning with my signature. [/color]

PointB: Is Okupe lying here or not? This certainly should be verifiable. Thankfully, the FOI laws can help clear this.
Unless some terrible happens in the remaining few days, I think the frequency and ferocity of Boko Haram attack reduced in 2012, compared to 2011. I think the security agencies should take some credit for this. I hope the do better in the coming year.
As for Okupe, the guy is just doing his job. Speaking for government is a difficult task, Dora was there!

Sincere 9gerian: Mr President needs Aneni and some other politicians to win PDP primary come 2015. GEJ did the sensible thing that any other person would have done- find a balance between political influence and performance. You need POLITICAL INFLUENCE to win PDP primary and PERFORMANCE to win general elections. If GEJ didn't appoint Aneni into NPA board, na @DemDem, Gbawe, Lai Muhammed, Speaker Tambuwar or Buhari him for appoint? Those who allege Aneni stole money should take him to court. The ACN states and ACN members of the NASS can sue Aneni to court for failing to tarr any southwest roads that was budgeted for and funds released for its construction. Otherwise, the propagandist should allow us to hear word. Small time dem go also allege that I stole N1,000billion.
Na Sincere 9gerian talk dis one.

merengue:

This dude never fails to crack me up, . You said on another thread that OBJ does not have the power to unseat GEJ because he is no longer relevant and even lost his polling booth. Now the same Anenih who was resoundingly thrashed by Oshiomhole even in his own polling booth is needed to win elections in 2015. Logic has suffered.

banki: @POINT B... Dora was the minister of information, olusegun adeniyi was the special adviser, please tell me why mr president has so many people like okupe, maku,abati,omokri etc and lately olisah metuh defending him and speaking on his behalf.... and costing the people of nigeria alot of money by thier employment as special assistants and senior speciall assitants.... whats the difference between thier job functions dont you think the president is not being insincere in his desire to cut costs....

k2039: [color=soyouquotedme]Can k2039 find anything good in GEJ's presidency?, absolutely NO.
Worst still, Selfworth and Sincere 9gerian will come and defend their boss' stupidity.

I give up on GEJ's presidency.

The theory I proposed still holds true, it's evident that it has been tested to be true, I just need to subject the theory to more rigorous test before it finaly becomes a law
The retardeen's theory.
www.nairaland.com/1142505/gej-nigerians-think-slow-because#13545448 [/color]

Elueme: Why will this dude find anything good in the president when there's nothing good about him? The last time I checked charity began from home, so have a Self reevaluation to believe in yourself before believing anything else. For Okupe's speech, I concur to a large extent.

ochukwuma15: Goodluck Jonathan has a PHD from a nigerian university, no doubt about that, but i think it's time we take a closer look at that certificate and the institution that awarded it to him.

Having said that, i will like to let Nigerians know that the appointment of chief Tony Anenih as the chairman of NPA is a mistake. Instead of attacking Jonathan for the mistake(we know that 99 percent of his decisions are mistakes and errors), we should question Anenih for accepting the offer and our legislatures for approving it.

As for Doyin Okupe, i reserve my comment because i don't talk to people that were born on saturdays.

Wishing Nigerians prosperous New Year in advance............ Chuks writes from Enugu, Nigeria.

Sincere 9gerian: Mr President needs Aneni and some other politicians to win PDP primary come 2015. GEJ did the sensible thing that any other person would have done- find a balance between political influence and performance. You need POLITICAL INFLUENCE to win PDP primary and PERFORMANCE to win general elections. If GEJ didn't appoint Aneni into NPA board, na @DemDem, Gbawe, Lai Muhammed, Speaker Tambuwar or Buhari him for appoint? Those who allege Aneni stole money should take him to court. The ACN states and ACN members of the NASS can sue Aneni to court for failing to tarr any southwest roads that was budgeted for and funds released for its construction. Otherwise, the propagandist should allow us to hear word. Small time dem go also allege that I stole N1,000billion.
Na Sincere 9gerian talk dis one.

joseph1832:
So according to you Anenih's appointment was based on the fact that he can help GEJ win PDP primaries come 2015?

GEJ didn't appoint him because he's the man for the job? Because he has outstanding integrity and credibility? Because he's a committed, dedicated and patriotic Nigerian?. Nope was appointed just so GEJ can win 2015 PDP primaries? Kai I tiya for this kind talk oh....

If you say GEJ appointed Anenih just cause of PDP primaries, do you now honestly think he GEJ or Anenih gives a damn about the common man?

byrron: yet educated carrier tribal demented Nigerians on nairaland will still fail to see that the people ruining this country are drawn from the 36 states of the federation.
Aneni,gej,doyin okupe and all other political criminals in this country are drawn from every part of the country.
the earlier some du.mb skulls realizes this fact and stop bringing tribal sentiments in all political issues the nearer our collective emancipation at hand

Virgin Finder:

Your written English is poor!

joseph1832:
So according to you Anenih's appointment was based on the fact that he can help GEJ win PDP primaries come 2015?

GEJ didn't appoint him because he's the man for the job? Because he has outstanding integrity and credibility? Because he's a committed, dedicated and patriotic Nigerian?. Nope was appointed just so GEJ can win 2015 PDP primaries? Kai I tiya for this kind talk oh....

If you say GEJ appointed Anenih just cause of PDP primaries, do you now honestly think he GEJ or Anenih gives a damn about the common man?