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Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by ifihearam: 6:14pm On Jan 24, 2013
Rastamann: No achievement.

What has his administration done to create jobs, alleviate poverty, tackle corruption, improve infrastructure, etc. This man is a complete failure!

Are you a learner??
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by Toktee(m): 6:15pm On Jan 24, 2013
ifihearam:

You are a cow
And what are you,a chimp?
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by Nobody: 6:15pm On Jan 24, 2013
The Goverment of Nigeria do not care about her citizen and they can die for all they care, provided the dollars, euros, and pounds never stops rolling in, We Nigerians we are on our own.A Nigerian ambassador to one of the European countries actually said that to my face before,that we Nigerians are on our own.

Goodluck Jonathan is that kind of president that will vote N10bn for 6 federal universities but will give N30bn for the entertainment industry. They say it is a loan but is the the entertainment industry the most endangered? What about the health and education sectors?

He is the type of president that will vote N1.3bn for furniture in less than a year after his house was renovated for him and a similar amount spent by the deceased president on the same house? Insensitive? Selfish?

He is the kind of president that will provide intervention fund for the textile industry and less than one week later lift the ban on the importation of textile!

He is the kind of president that will set up six universities premised on a silly reason that every state should have one, created additional three when all the existing ones are in a state of uselessness due to huge under-funding?

He is the kind of president that will spend an entire $4.5bn in excess crude oil account in less than eight months; arguing that the account is illegal but the people have not seen anything he did with the money.

He is the kind of president that will spend N10bn or N17bn on an anniversary with nothing to write home about. Ghana spent less than N200m and the impact is still on 2 years later.

He is kind of president that will spends 1,7 million daily on food allowance while so many citizens hardly takes food twice a day , a man wanted to jump into lagoon few months back because of lacks of what to eat.

Nigeria successfully paid for a Chinese satellite lunched in Russia.Command centre based in UK as a result of poor electricity supply in Nigeria and the first photographs from the Satellite is not the flood in Ibadan or Lagos, Yenagoa, Kano but a view of Auckland, New Zealand! Same you can also get from "GOOGLE MAP". Epic! Only in Nigeria can such be celebrated as a LANDMARK.It take Idiots to Be Ruled By Fools.

The major reason political races in Nigeria are marked by high voltage violence is that occupants of political offices see themselves, and are seen, as lottery winners. In the public imagination, public office is simply an occasion to quaff, gorge and luxuriate at public expense. It’s an all-expenses paid pleasure trip with few, if any, duties, tasks or responsibilities.A friend of mine jokes that he’d start taking Nigerian politicians seriously only when they stop scheming to grab power by all means. “The day it becomes difficult to persuade people to run for various political offices in Nigeria – from local government councilor to president – is the day I’d start respecting those who present themselves as candidates.Heaven or hell are created by people. Evil people create hell. Good people create heaven. Our country is run by evil people that are creating hell all over. It is up to the good to create heaven. We need to stop depending upon political leaders, time to take a tough decisions to free ourselves from bloodsuckers.

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Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by Toktee(m): 6:16pm On Jan 24, 2013
ifihearam:

Are you a learner??
Make a meaning dude,dnt just make noise
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by princemaicheal: 6:17pm On Jan 24, 2013
ifihearam: In less than 3years as the president,please give the president a break in no distance time Nigeria will be a dream come true.
Is this a joke?do you know how much Nigeria has realised in those years?The culture of impunity is driving the country to the brick of collapse.The president should know that we expected more from him.At least,economic performance should be viewed by how much of those indicators translated to the livestyle of its citizens.They say as at 2011 we were seen as the 4th fastest growing economy in the world,how much of growth could we have had if they were no global economy meltdown?At this point where we should be making alot of progress due to the impact of the meltdown on most gaint economy in the world,we are talking about 7% or 8% growth.We are not ignorant any longer about the happenings around us and the world,we are better informed than in the 80s and 90s.Its better they(ie.The President and his team) start delivering,otherwise,the army of an unemployed youth(most expecially graduates)will turn the events of Boko-Haram to childs play.We love him and pray for him but he must start taking bold steps towards effecting a change in critical sectors of the economy.God bless Nigeria!
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by tomakint: 6:18pm On Jan 24, 2013
Common guys (Jonathan haters)let's face it, what would now happen if Jonathan emerges as the President come 2015? I am just asking don't take it personal cool

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Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by ifihearam: 6:26pm On Jan 24, 2013
Rastamann: No achievement.

What has his administration done to create jobs, alleviate poverty, tackle corruption, improve infrastructure, etc. This man is a complete failure!

In terms of job creation. On February 13 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan launched the Public Works Women and Youth Empowerment Programme, an intervention programme designed to employ 370,000 youths in the year 2012 with 30% of those jobs being reserved for women
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by ifihearam: 6:27pm On Jan 24, 2013
Rastamann: No achievement.

What has his administration done to create jobs, alleviate poverty, tackle corruption, improve infrastructure, etc. This man is a complete failure!

In terms of job creation. On February 13 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan launched the Public Works Women and Youth Empowerment Programme, an intervention programme designed to employ 370,000 youths in the year 2012 with 30% of those jobs being reserved for women.

Will be back with infrastructure and corruption
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by manfred10(m): 6:33pm On Jan 24, 2013
tomakint:
Son, I am tossing you a challenge, kindly name one person that will 'fix' Nigeria if Jonathan is that bad, according to you!
People like you are very insincere.Before I name 5 or more people who can do better than Jonathan let's look at some of his precedents.Jonathan was governor, he never achieved anything.His wife was caught twice laundering money in the USA,he has refused to publicly declare his assets(fraud) etc. People who can take this country out of the doldrums include Buhari,Oshiomhole,Marwa,Akpabio,Duke,Fayemi,Fashola,Umar.If you were not sentimental you would have seen far

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Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by ifihearam: 6:34pm On Jan 24, 2013
Since the present administration under President Goodluck Jonathan took charge of the affairs of this country, it has worked assiduously not only to transform the lives of Nigerians but also enhance the image and prestige of the country abroad.

A lot has been achieved in the intervening period with the transformation agenda of the administration. Despite these achievements, there is unbridled cynicism on the part of some individuals who have taken it upon themselves to mislead Nigerians by making unfounded and baseless allegations against this administration.

The purpose of this campaign of misinformation and disinformation is to blind Nigerians to the sure and steady progress President Jonathan’s administration has made in the eighteen months that it has been in power, to improve the quality of governance and deliver on the promises it made to the people.

In the main, the strategy of these cynics, ‘latter-day saints’ and emergency activists has involved peddling falsehood on the true state of the government’s war on corruption, among other issues of national importance. They have posited that contrary to what government would have Nigerians believe, that the present administration is not pulling its weight in the war against corruption. They have even gone as far as suggesting that President Jonathan lacks the political will to engage corruption head on.

We seem to be living in a socio-political atmosphere of cynicism where theatrical actions, showmanship and other grandstanding are misinterpreted to mean political will in addressing a situation. This government does not believe in just arresting people for the sake of drama or playing to the gallery nor does it harbor the idea of deploying the anti-corruption agencies as tools to witch hunt political opponents, which were undisputable familiar practices in the past.

In this briefing we will show clearly the efforts the Jonathan administration is making to stamp corruption out of national life.

All over the world, governments seriously desirous of tackling the menace of corruption usually adopt a holistic strategy which encompass some or all of the under listed benchmark:

• Enacting enabling laws, which clearly define what corruption is and spell out punitive measures

• Establishing an executive agency, which is transparent in its operations and is subject to the rule of law

• Creating by law, the enabling environment for whistle blowing (FOI).

• Enhancing the judicial process such that existing laws, processes and procedures do not hamper the dispensation of justice

• Plugging all socio-economic loopholes within the system by eliminating bottlenecks and increasing access to social goods and services

• Gradually reducing incentives for corruption prevailing in society through institutional reforms, combating poverty, developing manpower and empowering citizens.

• Putting up efficient and effective well co – ordinate policies and programmes to combat poverty, create wealth, develop manpower and empower the youth through job creation.

Going through the benchmarks enumerated above, it is clear to all that the first two measures were already in place by the time the Jonathan administration came into being and the steps being taken by President Jonathan confirm that he is systematically addressing the remaining five, while under his tenure he did strengthen the EFCC, ICPC operational framework.

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

The signing of the Freedom of Information Act into law by President Jonathan in May 2011 represents a watershed in the anti-corruption crusade in Nigeria.  This piece of legislation, which had been virtually stalled by successive administrations since 1999, was signed into law by Mr. President to usher Nigeria into the league of countries where transparency in governance is entrenched and citizens are granted unfettered access to information about government activities.

This is the fulcrum upon which good governance rests in all known democracies and it is noteworthy that the present administration took the bull by the horns to lay this very important foundation for the war against corruption in Nigeria in the early months of its inception and 24 hours after the bill was presented to him by the National Assembly.

You will agree with me that without a legal framework for whistle – blowing, the fight against corruption would be meaningless.

 

PENSION REFORMS

Before the Jonathan administration came on board, the pension funds administration regime was one the major channels through which public funds running into hundreds of billions of Naira were misappropriated by corrupt officials.

Problems associated with the pension management system include embezzlement, falsification of records, Ghost pensioners, obsolete administrative structure and denial of pensioners their due entitlements. This was what necessitated the setting up of the presidential pension Reform Task Team.  Since June 2010, the activities of this important task force resulted in the following:

v Detection and deletion of over 73,000 Ghost/Fake pensioners from the Head of Service/police pension office.

v Recovery and saving of over N225 billion from two pension offices.

v Capturing biometric details of over 170,000 pensioners.

v Stoppage of a monthly theft of over N4 billion from the National treasury.

v Reducing fraud by saving a monthly sum of over N500 million Naira through the police monthly pension releases, which represents 50 percent of the erstwhile N1billion monthly disbursements.

v Discovery of over 50,000 unpaid pensioners and immediate payment of their entitlement.

v Discovery of over N2.7billion fraud by the Nigeria Union of Pensioners.

v Seizure of about 200 properties including choice hotels and cash worth billions of Naira from corrupt public officials.

v Arrest and on-going prosecution of pension fraud suspects by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

v Introduction of a more efficient tamper-proof pension funds management system.

You will agree with me that the looting of our common patrimony through the pension payment scheme had been in existence for decades without any major step taken to expose this ill and combat it.  It is therefore noteworthy that President Jonathan courageously tackled this problem, which is in keeping with his promise of tackling corruption in the public sector.  I must add that the Pension Reform resulted in a reduction of recurrent expenditure as a sum of N74billion was factored into the 2012 budget from funds recovered by the Task Team.

 

 

 

FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT REFORMS

In view of the largely agrarian character of our local economy, procurement and distribution of fertilizer under a government subsidy regime was a major channel of corruption before the Jonathan administration came on board.  You will all recall the various fertilizer scams witnessed in the country especially in the last two decades.  This ugly trend has however been arrested by a well thought-out policy of the Federal Government as part of Mr. President’s Transformation Agenda.

Before now, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development procured and distributed fertilizers to farmers. The government system was corrupt, undermined the private sector, and did not deliver fertilizers to genuine farmers, but to political farmers and the fertilizers were exported. Only 11 percent of farmers got the government-distributed fertilizers due to corruption and rent seeking. This created a bad image for Nigeria. With the intervention of Mr. President, the corrupt system, which has been endemic for over 40 years, was totally dismantled by September 2011. Fertilizers and seeds are now sold by the companies directly to farmers, not to government. This has eliminated the middle men and rent seekers from the system.

It has removed racketeering and enhanced farmers’ access to the commodity.  What government did in this area was to leverage on the expanding public access to mobile telecommunication devices to facilitate quicker access to fertilizers.  This has increased fertilizer access to 94% from the previous 11%.  Our fertilizers no longer find their way to neighboring countries while the term ‘fertilizer scam’ is gradually being removed from our National lexicon.

This radical reform as well as other measures will ultimately boost the Agricultural Sector, lead to more job creation and attract foreign investment.

 

POWER SECTOR REFORMS

This is another area where Nigerians ought to appreciate the efforts of the Goodluck Jonathan administration in reducing incentives for corruption and ensuring better service delivery.

Having in mind that this is one sector where input hardly justified output and in view of the fact that the power sector has been variously mentioned in the various corruption index reports by international agencies, President Goodluck Jonathan gave a great push to reforming this sector in a radical manner.  The unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria into 18 successor companies and the open processes of privatizing them are the hallmark of all modern government transactions, which Nigeria had bought into being. With the involvement of the private sector in this very important industry, the Nigerian power sector is being made internationally competitive and less open to corruption. The sanitization of this important sector encouraged the Exim bank of the United States of America to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Government which will provide an investment window of 1. 5 billion dollars to the industry.This is the first time such a quantum of funds is being committed to any single project in Africa by the US Exim bank.

 

OIL AND GAS SECTOR REFORMS

The fight against corruption in the oil and gas sector of the Nigerian economy is perhaps the most fundamental of the current administration’s effort at combating crimes against the Nigerian economy.

You will all recall that in line with global best practices and the principal aim of the Nigerian Extractive industry and Transparency Initiative (NEITI), President Jonathan recently forwarded the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to the National Assembly for passage into law. Furthermore, the fuel subsidy regime, which had been a conduit pipe through which huge funds were siphoned from the National treasury, has been subjected to forensic scrutiny by various agencies and committees set up by Mr. President in the last twelve months.

It is of utmost importance to note that the report of the Aig- Imoukhuede Presidential committee on verification and reconciliation of subsidy claims and payments led to the arrest and arraignment of a number of individuals and firms by the EFCC. What further proof of political will is greater than the fact that sons of the present and former chairmen of the president’s political party are among those currently being prosecuted before competent courts of law over oil subsidy related corruption charges?

It is also on record that the president, upon receipt of the House of Representatives subsidy probe panel report, forwarded same to relevant security agencies with a firm instruction that there must be no sacred cows in the prosecution of culpable individuals and corporate entities.

The on-going implementation of this and the determination to do the same for the reports of other committees like the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force, the Dotun Suleiman committee charged with fashioning a corporate governance code for transparency, good governance and global best practices in the NNPC and oil companies, and the Kalu Idika Kalu committee on how to improve commercial viability and efficiency of our refineries, will undoubtedly result in the saving of huge sums of money hitherto stolen by corrupt public officials.

These are initiatives, which had not been taken by any previous government and for which President Jonathan ought to be commended by every patriotic Nigerian.

By the time the Petroleum Industry Bill is passed into law, Nigeria would have successfully broken the jinx of being a nation where global business rules and practices are flouted with impunity. Estimated annual earnings of 680 billion dollars would be added to our Gross Domestic product. Crude oil theft and other sharp practices are also being combated with much vigour by various security and regulatory agencies on the president’s instructions.

 

ELECTORAL REFORMS

The electoral system in any nation is a mirror of what values are held sacrosanct by the government and people.

We are all living witnesses to the monumental fraud, bribery, violence and other forms of corrupt practices, which pervaded the Nigerian electoral process before the last general elections.

It is to the credit of President Goodluck Jonathan that this important process has been sanitized in a manner unprecedented in our political history.

The reform carried out in this sector is responsible for the conduct of elections assessed by local and international observers as credible, free and fair.  The President, as you are all aware has upheld the sanctity of the electoral process by refusing to compromise global standards in any manner.  He has come out to congratulate winners of elections and promised to work with them even when his political party had lost in such elections.

For instance, under the old electoral dispensation, Governors like Adams Oshiomhole and Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, who belong to opposition parties, would simply have found it impossible to be re-elected. But thanks to the reforms instituted by this administration, which apart from increasing the funding of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has also through its other agencies, enlightened the Nigerian electorate on their rights and obligations, the wishes of voters are now supreme.

He has given the national electoral body a free hand to carry out its statutory duties without any form of direct or indirect manipulation. It takes a man who is committed to eradicating political corruption to do this in view of the apparent desperation of some politicians to capture power at all cost.

 

PORTS REFORMS

I also want to address your mind to a similar courageous anti-corruption initiative of the Jonathan administration in the on-going reform of the Nigerian ports.

Opportunities for bribery, documents forgery and other sharp-practices in the Nigerian ports have been substantially removed through a number of measures introduced by both the Ministries of Finance and that of Transport.

A Presidential committee on ports reform and monitoring has worked assiduously to reduce congestion in our ports. As of today, these efforts have resulted in the shortening of the time required to clear goods at the Nations ports from 4-6 weeks to less than 7 days with the ultimate goal of a 24-hour goods clearing policy.  The reform in this sector is, among other things, aimed at:

v Improving efficiency and transparency in ports operations and management in line with international best practices.

v Reduce charges and promote competition.

v Facilitate the development of the transport sector.

v Eliminate ports congestion.

v Reduce government’s financial burden.

 

JOB CREATION

The various initiatives of this administration to combat fraud and corruption may not eventually yield much result if jobs are not created and opportunities given to people to make a living in legitimate ways. This is why monies saved from the partial removal of petroleum subsidy in January 2012 is being injected into infrastructural development and job creation  under the Subsidy Re – investing Programme (SURE – P). The programme, which is being chaired by a distinguished Nigerian with impeccable record of integrity in public service will result in the creation of 50,000 jobs under the Graduate Internship Scheme in the next one year.

Let me seize this opportunity to clear a misconception about the nature and activity of this committee. The SURE-P committee is not like the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund of the Abacha regime. The committee was put together carefully, being made up of Nigerians of impeccable character and proven integrity. Their role is to ensure the judicious deployment of the funds accruing from the partial removal of subsidy on petroleum products so that Nigerians can track where the money goes. They do not originate projects, rather they fund projects already identified by various Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government. Therefore, the question of probable project duplication does not arise.

The Youth enterprise with innovation in Nigeria, YOUWIN programme, is creating wealth making opportunities for young Nigerians by helping them to develop and execute business plans. The second phase of this scheme which was launched by Mr. President in September is providing opportunities for six thousand young graduates selected in a very transparent and value driven manner.

In the Agricultural sector, there is an aggressive job creation drive which is targeted at creating about 3.5 million jobs by 2014.Specially targeted in this programme are youths between age 18 and 35. This will also increase local production of food and raw materials, guaranteeing food security and resuscitating agro based local industries. The soundness and transparency of this initiative has attracted global partnership of international agencies like the World Bank, USAID, DFID, African Development Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

With increased power out-put resulting from ongoing reforms in the power sector and increased interest of investors in the sector,small and Medium scale industry will thrive and prosper thereby creating more jobs for our teeming youths. This will create an economically stable polity and enhance the attainment of the 7th benchmark in effectively tackling corruption.

 

LEGAL AND JUDICIAL REFORMS

One major area which has been focused by critics of the present anti-corruption process is in the area of securing convictions of suspects accused of economic crimes within a reasonable time frame.  This has also been a major concern to the president.

You will recall that on the occasion of the swearing in of Justice Aloma Mukhtar as Chief Judge of the Federation in July this year, President Jonathan admonished the new CJ to consider the creation of special courts and designation of special judges to adjudicate on corruption cases.  In addition, the President as the head of the Executive Arm of government has also initiated a reform of the criminal justice system as a means of plugging loop holes often exploited by counsels to delay trial of persons accused of corruption.

A major step in this direction is putting together of the Administration of Criminal Justice (ACJ) Bill 2012 by the office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice.

The bill, which is currently before the National Assembly, seeks to ensure that the system of administration of criminal justice in Nigeria promotes speedy dispensation of justice, protection of the society from crime, and protection of the rights and interests of the defendant and the victim.

When passed into law, it will therefore eliminate incidents of frivolous injunctions, interlocutory motions, adjournments and other abuse of court processes by counsel employed by suspects in corruption cases.

I want to add that the set of laws and procedures involved in this reform have not been reviewed in almost fifty years.

Most of these reforms will require either constitutional amendments or a review of existing laws, which may take a little time in view of the intricacies of our democratic process. The President is nevertheless committed to ensuring that necessary reforms are carried out in our judicial system to add fillip to the fight against corruption.

Permit me to state that from the foregoing that in the annals of this country no government has shown greater courage or commitment to tackle corruption that the administration of Goodluck Jonathan.

Arising from his efforts, which has exposed corruption in both the public and private sector, the cynics and mischief makers in our midst are accusing Mr. President of presiding over corruption when in actual fact he should be commended for exposing it like no leader before him.

The recent KPMG report, which these cynics have gleefully quoted as having said that Nigeria is the most corrupt country in Africa, actually had something positive to say about the Jonathan administration’s war on corruption, which unfortunately, they have deliberately kept from Nigerians. That report notes that in the last once year the number of fraud cases in the country for the period under review fell from 520 to 503.

For those who consider the difference insignificant they would do well to consider the difference in terms of amount saved this country. KMPG says the value of fraud in naira terms decreased from N495 billion to N300 billion, a whopping N195 billion difference.

The audit body also corroborated the statement made last week by Ibrahim Lamorde, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that legal bottlenecks were frustrating the war on corruption when Olumide Olayinka, Head of Risk Consulting of KPMG Nigeria said:

“The general belief in Nigeria is that the legal system is not effective enough. There have been a lot of cases involving the banking and the Oil & Gas sectors or government that lead to prosecution. The current noticeable trend is that many cases either end with a plea bargain or are simply closed without any conviction”. This is the major area which President Jonathans reform in the judicial sector is meant to address.

 

CONCLUSION

Clearly, the war on corruption is being engaged head-on and systematically with the requisite political will and vigour and it will take the commitment of all and not just President Jonathan and his team, to see it to fruition. I therefore enjoin all stakeholders in the Nigerian project to support these initiatives and reforms as a sure route to a successful war on corruption in public offices .This was the same route, which nations that have successfully reduced corruption to its barest minimum took.

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Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by onyengbu: 6:39pm On Jan 24, 2013
Kamanda:

Offcourse,your displays here on NL exposes you and your other 'names' as a shameless paid agent of the presidency.

Heartless,Rotten Maggot.

Folks like you should be dragged on the streets naked,beaten,hung upside down and burnt.Bombaklat.

[size=18pt]If you do all that to him for supporting GEJ what then should be done to you for supporting a maniacal, coupist, mujahidan terrosit like BUHARIA?!! grin[/size]
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by ifihearam: 6:48pm On Jan 24, 2013
manfred10: People like you are very insincere.Before I name 5 or more people who can do better than Jonathan let's look at some of his precedents.Jonathan was governor, he never achieved anything.His wife was caught twice laundering money in the USA,he has refused to publicly declare his assets(fraud) etc. People who can take this country out of the doldrums include Buhari,Oshiomhole,Marwa,Akpabio,Duke,Fayemi,Fashola,Umar.If you were not sentimental you would have seen far

If you were reasonable the likes of buhari,marwa,duke,akpabio will not even surface,don't have time to dig each one of them now but please tell me what happened to petroleum trust funds which buhari ws in charge of.or should I elucidate?
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by ifihearam: 6:49pm On Jan 24, 2013
onye_ngbu*:


[size=18pt]If you do all that to him for supporting GEJ what then should be done to you for supporting a maniacal, coupist, mujahidan terrosit like BUHARIA?!! grin[/size]

Help me ask am.
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by anti9JA: 6:57pm On Jan 24, 2013
Those Pulling The Jonathan String, click The Kaduna Mafia to learn the shocking truth
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by najoke: 7:01pm On Jan 24, 2013
Parnassuss: Its a simple question of 'how has Gej's tenure positively affected you?'

my answer is 'it hasn't.' No beef, just fact.

10,000 likes
The above is the only honest comment/feedback so far. can the pro GEJ pls honestly tell us how this adminstration has positively affected them......this is a big opportunity for u guys to shut the Anti GEJ guys up
Thank you.



@ifihearam & co

...........waitn patiently
And pls dont make us grow grey hair on airmpit b4 we get ur response

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Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by skyp(m): 7:09pm On Jan 24, 2013
I heard one shocking news this after that the electricity has inprove from 3700 to 4200mgs and my shock is that, you mean inspite of all the noise we been hearing about power inprovement yet we have not even achieve 5000 megawatts.
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by Symphony007: 7:11pm On Jan 24, 2013
ifeci:

Yes indeed! we have produced the richest Farooks, Otedolas & Diezani Allison Madueke in the last few years & with the widening gap between the rich and the poor; I believe thats what you mean by 7%!
well if you read a little margazine called forbes you'll see the people listed there are hard working nigerians who earned their money and your entire premise of rising inequality is shambolic, read all the global reviews, nigeria is gradually growing africa's largest middle class. Yes, poverty is still in existence just like in other countries, we just need to continue our work even better to continue raising the poor in middle class and subsequently create a safety net for the poor. And by the way to luminate you a little. 7% growth rates does'nt have anything to do with inequality, it's a thing called GDP.

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Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by ifihearam: 7:22pm On Jan 24, 2013
na_joke:

10,000 likes
The above is the only honest comment/feedback so far. can the pro GEJ pls honestly tell us how this adminstration has positively affected them......this is a big opportunity for u guys to shut the Anti GEJ guys up
Thank you.



@ifihearam & co

...........waitn patiently
And pls dont make us grow grey hair on airmpit b4 we get ur response

Personally,there is a remarkable improvement in the power sector in my place thanks to this administration,I can boast of power supply for 17hrs daily .
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by kolokolobi(m): 7:25pm On Jan 24, 2013
Okay...gej is doing so much to fight corruption and his atorney general does not know what to do with farouk lawan's case file 5 months on. Seriously must you 40 laptop guys try to rub this Poo. In our face.........please.
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by Nobody: 7:25pm On Jan 24, 2013
ifihearam:

Help me ask am.

They think Nigerians will be fooled forever.
The day we take our country back people like this man will have a front row space before the Hangmen.

He sets up a silly propaganda network online with himself handling many I.D's on NL,Saharareporters and elsewhere

.You can tell from the repetitiveness of 'facts and figures' that it's the same guy making comments and replying and hailing his own comments.

The Nigerian on the streets cannot understand GDP,percentage Growth,Sure P and all these Bulls-hit on paper.
They don't have Jobs
They cannot pay school fees
They cannot pay house rents
They cannot pay transport fares
They have no electricity
For them,life is HELL.

They know the President,Other political appointess have these things they lack.
AND THEY ARE ANGRY but patietly waiting for their time to strike.
I hope you are ready to pay the price for your LIES, Mr RENO OMOCKERY-Special Assistant to the president on New Media.

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Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by najoke: 7:26pm On Jan 24, 2013
ifihearam:

Personally,there is a remarkable improvement in the power sector in my place thanks to this administration,I can boast of power supply for 17hrs daily .


Bless u for d quick response
Hope other Pro GEJ are feeln this "never before experienced" achievement aand other achievement
But......May we know ur "place" so that others can confirm ur "cliam"
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by Nobody: 7:34pm On Jan 24, 2013
taharqa: Actuali according to 2 bodies NBS and World Bank, Poverty and Unemployment rates hv DECREASED slightly bw 2010 and 2012; whilst MAN says Capacity Utilization of Industries increasd in 2011, just as 400 new industries came on stream. Will find d figures on Export soon...

My friend do you live in Nigeria?Dont propagate nonsense,The countries industrial sectors are not doing well has a result of power,and dumping of goods to compete with them.Unemployment figures are very high.You are still talking of 4 thousand megawatts recently,can you industrialize with that kind of generation you are selling a bad market.GEJ 2 years is gone,the remaining years will be for politics he cannot achieve anything again.
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by OmoTier1(m): 7:38pm On Jan 24, 2013
taharqa: All these ACN and CPC people make small shame just make una contest just one of d figures d @OP and odas presentd, in stead of engaging in meaningless frivolous talks. Just a little shame...
For a poster that calls UK's PM description of Nigeria as the fourth fastest growing nation as achievement why would one waste 1joule of energy responding to him/her?
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by Wadeoye(m): 7:42pm On Jan 24, 2013
ifihearam:

Mugu

IfiheaRAM, you will never disappoint me.
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by deletrue: 7:46pm On Jan 24, 2013
take dat: Well done, GEJ's choir of praise-singers! For government to exist, it must be present in your life. All these are paper achievements!
you will continue to wait till thy kingdom come. What governments all over world do is to create enabling environment for its citizens and that is what this writer is saying and telling you block head. You want jonah to buy you garri, meat, fish etc and bring to you. The problem with you and your likes is laziness. Come on, things to do for a live are already provided by this government. A typical yoruba person. Refuse to be lazy. Remember, no food for lazy man.
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by Nobody: 7:47pm On Jan 24, 2013
Kamanda:

They think Nigerians will be fooled forever.
The day we take our country back people like this man will have a front row space before the Hangmen.

He sets up a silly propaganda network online with himself handling many I.D's on NL,Saharareporters and elsewhere

.You can tell from the repetitiveness of 'facts and figures' that it's the same guy making comments and replying and hailing his own comments.

The Nigerian on the streets cannot understand GDP,percentage Growth,Sure P and all these Bulls-hit on paper.
They don't have Jobs
They cannot pay school fees
They cannot pay house rents
They cannot pay transport fares
They have no electricity
For them,life is HELL.

They know the President,Other political appointess have these things they lack.
AND THEY ARE ANGRY but patietly waiting for their time to strike.
I hope you are ready to pay the price for your LIES, Mr RENO OMOCKERY-Special Assistant to the president on New Media.

He his of the young generation i hope he can learn fast and grow and take up more responsibilities that will impact postively.as at now na jjc
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by Onlinebiz2012: 7:47pm On Jan 24, 2013
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by addey(m): 7:50pm On Jan 24, 2013
ifihearam: MAJOR ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE JONATHAN ADMINISTRATION

The Economy

Improvement in Economic Indices - In October 2011 International Ratings agency, Fitch Ratings revised the country’s Outlook upwards from Negative to Stable.

Standard and Poor’s another internationally respected and independent ratings agency, revised Nigeria's ratings from stable to Positive.

Signing into law the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Bill 2010 (Local Content Bill) which has increased Local Content in the Oil and Gas sector.

Ø As a direct result of that law Royal Dutch Shell awarded a N7.8 billion ($49.9 million) contract to a Nigerian firm, S.C.C Limited, for the manufacture of high pressure line pipes that would otherwise have been awarded to a foreign firm.

Ø As a result of this law, Exxon Mobil awarded an off shore platform contract to a local firm, NigerDockNig. PLC that would otherwise have been awarded to a foreign firm.

Initiating the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). A seed capital of $1 billion was provided to kick start the fund as well as establish three sub funds- the Nigeria Infrastructure Fund; the Future Generations Fund and the Stabilization Fund which will be the pillars of the SWF.

Launched the Youth Enterprise with innovation in Nigeria (YOUWIN) initiative on the 11th October 2011 which is the administration's job creation centre piece.

Ø On Thursday April 12, 2012, 1,200 Nigerian youths emerged winners of the competition following a transparent process. Each winner receives a business start up grant of between 1 to 10 million Naira.

Foreign exchange reserves rose to $37.02bn by May 14, 2012, the highest level in 21 months.

On March 29th, 2011, The UK Government in London described Nigeria as the fourth fastest growing economy in the world.

On February 13 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan launched the Public Works Women and Youth Empowerment Programme, an intervention programme designed to employ 370,000 youths in the year 2012 with 30% of those jobs being reserved for women.

The Federal Government under President Jonathan has secured investment commitments worth 4.89 Trillion Naira.

Launched the NigComSat-1Rsatellite which will help expand Internet Bandwidth, monitor the weather and provide early warning to prevent natural disasters like floods, crop monitoring and urban planning. It has the attendant benefit of reducing the over $1 billion spent in purchasing Internet Bandwidth from abroad.

Nigeria’s banking industry rescued and stabilized by the establishment of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) in the year 2010.

MasterCard made Nigeria its regional headquarters for its West/East and Indian Ocean islands zone raising the profile of Nigeria’s e-commerce industry.

Nigeria’s GDP grew by a record 8.29% during the last quarter of 2010 and by over 7% in 2011. In the first quarter of 2012 Nigeria had verifiably become the fourth fastest growing economy in the world as recently attested to by several multilateral bodies and trading partners.

Revival of the Textile industry via the 150 billion Naira Textile Industry Bailout. As a result the United Nigerian Textile Limited was reactivated amongst others and 2000 employees re-engaged.

Non oil exports from 2010 (standing at $2.3 Billion) and subsequent years are ten times what they were in 2000 (which were $200 Million) as a direct result of this administration’s intervention in the Textile Industry and Real Sector.

It better u go to your village in Bayelsa and tell your people this stupid story of yours. Senior muntula
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by fkaz(m): 7:52pm On Jan 24, 2013
All this blah blah is not the issue, let him fight corruption, let our judiciary prosecute high profile case, let him suspend anybody in his cabinet that had been accused of corruption.
South africa, uk has done it for us. Let him send one high profile nigerian to jail.
You list 16 achievement without mentioning, fight against corruption, that shows the president is not fighting corruption.

ACCOUTABILY is what we want

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Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by najoke: 8:03pm On Jan 24, 2013
na_joke:

10,000 likes
The above is the only honest comment/feedback so far. can the pro GEJ pls honestly tell us how this adminstration has positively affected them......this is a big opportunity for u guys to shut the Anti GEJ guys up
Thank you.



@ifihearam & co

...........waitn patiently
And pls dont make us grow grey hair on airmpit b4 we get ur response

Almost 1hr now and just 1 response or is my internet so bad dt its not updating the PRO GEJ post?
They have listed all sort of achievement and we gave them d opportunity to shut the ANTI GEJ up, we get a response but he refuse to giv us a location
Abi una internet connection is bad like my own

Bunch of clowns who live life of self deceit......17 hrs of electricity my foot
I am out of here joo.....
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Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by onyengbu: 8:04pm On Jan 24, 2013
na_joke:

10,000 likes
The above is the only honest comment/feedback so far. can the pro GEJ pls honestly tell us how this adminstration has positively affected them......this is a big opportunity for u guys to shut the Anti GEJ guys up
Thank you.



@ifihearam & co

...........waitn patiently
And pls dont make us grow grey hair on airmpit b4 we get ur response

Believe it or not it has!!!!
I save a fortune on fuel cost every month and I ended up employing one more because of that. It was made possible by GEJ?
next question please........
Re: Major Economic Achievements Of Goodluck Jonathan Administration by warrior101: 8:05pm On Jan 24, 2013
Ehen? Ok.
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