BARELY hours to Christmas Day, President
Goodluck Jonathan, speaking at the
foundation laying of the Living Faith
Foundation’s Bible College in Kaduna, had a
message for Nigerians:
“Let me assure all of you and indeed all
Nigerians that 2013 will be better for us than
2012 in all aspects of the nation’s history.
The new year shall be better for us in terms
of job creation, wealth creation and improved
security among others,” he said.
In one breath the President was challenging
Nigerians to dare to hope that the oft-
repeated promises to deliver dividends of
democracy would be actualised in the New
Year. At same time, his comments appeared
to be an admission that his large cabinet had
fallen short in meeting the expectations of
longsuffering Nigerians in every area from
security, to job creation to provision of
electricity and basic infrastructure like roads.
In a moment of defensiveness in the face on
unrelenting criticism earlier this year,
Jonathan vowed that he and his cabinet would
no longer rely on the assessment of the
media, but rate the government’s
performance by themselves.
In the real world that hardly makes sense
because the entire cabinet put together
cannot muster more than 50 votes, whereas
the opinions of millions of voting Nigerians
who don’t sit in the cabinet room would
ultimate determine whether the
administration has done well enough to be
given another chance.
This Sunday we begin an assessment of the
Jonathan cabinet by allowing the people and
experts in relevant areas to rate ministers on
a scale of A to F.
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For me
A list ministers - none.
B - Former power minister (Barth Nnaji), Information minister (Labaran Maku)
C- Agric Minister (Akinwunmi Adesina),
F- The rest.