Apparently embarrassed by what
he saw at Nigeria’s Police College,
on last Friday, President Goodluck
Jonathan could not but lament
openly, asking why people were
being subjected to a treatment fit
for chickens in the poultry.
The unscheduled visit by
Jonathan was a rare one and it
afforded the nation’s number
one citizen the opportunity to
see first hand, the very sorry
state of the institution built some
73 years ago. A very dependable
source privy to the visit quoted
the exact words of Mr. President.
An obviously miffed Jonathan
could not but ask:
“Why are you treating people like
poultry chicken”?
The visit, which was as a result of
a promotional documentary
being aired on Channels TV and
which the president had seen,
lasted less than one hour.
Sunday Vanguard learnt that
when the documentary first
aired and Jonathan saw it, “he
could not believe what he was
seeing”.
It was gathered that the
Presidency could not understand
why the television network could
be allowed to publicise the rot
that had gone on in the
institution for so long.
Jonathan in a Police college
hostel
Jonathan in a Police college
hostel
In fact, Sunday Vanguard learnt
that some mischief was already
being woven around the
documentary until it was made
clear to the president that the
network was in partnership with
the police authorities.
Jonathan was made to
understand that the reason for
the publicity, bad as it may
appear, “is to sensitise corporate
bodies to the massive needs of
the institution, such that when
the Channels’ Forum is held on
Tuesday as scheduled, there
would have been enough
sensitization exercise.
Also, information suggests that,
contrary to the impression that
some people had tried to create,
which was that the documentary
was meant to embarrass the
Jonathan administration, “it was
actually meant to be a supportive
engagement”.
In fact, according to the process
of engagement being instituted
for the partnership, corporate
bodies would not be expected to
make financial donations.
Rather, interested partners
would pick a project (either
rehabilitation of the hostels or
construction of buildings) and
fund it directly for the benefit of
the institution.
Sunday Vanguard was told that
“it was after the president was
made aware of the modus
operadi of the Channels/Police
partnership that he decided to
pay the surprise visit.”
Already, there are strong
indications that the Presidency
would buy into the partnership.
“The president would be very
supportive of any activity or sets
of activities that would ensure a
worthy restoration of the
institution”, a Presidency source
said yesterday.
Asked about the initial feeling of
embarrassment, the Presidency
source quipped: “I do not think
that is the attitude of Mr.
President.
“Mind you, that institution has
been there for some 73 years.
President Jonathan just got to
office some two and a half years
ago; the incumbent Inspector
General of Police is just about a
year and a half in office too.
Would it be wise to blame these
two individuals for something
that had gone on for that long.
Mr. President is the first in recent
history to visit the place; the
incumbent IG has deemed it fit to
accept to partner with the
television network and, but for
that, the massive interest it has
generated may not have
happened”.
Sunday Vanguard learnt that
while Jonathan was airborne en
route Abidjan, the Cote D’Ivoire
capital, for the ECOWAS meeting
on the Mali crisis, he was said to
have caught the sight of an
obviously worried man.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/police-college-visit-why-are-you-treating-people-like-poultry-jonathan/

why are you also treating nigerians as pond fish Mr Zoologist.
I just cant understand why he will always tried lamenting anytime he gets to an ugly scene as if the rectification of the ugliness of the scene is based on lamentation. We understand prophet Jeremiah also lamented in the Bible, but he did his best by taking steps.
Well, what do you expect from a president that was emotionally voted for just because he had no shoes?
You just came in over 2years ago, i understand, but please do your best. Lamenting is not a solution though we are human.