I just remembered having read this article by Sonola Olumhense on Saharareporters, a week before Mr President's swearing-in, at the start of his presidency, and decided to look for it and post it here.

Please let us debate, has he kept his promises to Nigerians or not

Starting next Sunday, you could call Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan the Busiest Man in the World, or BMW. That is the day the clock will start ticking for him until May 2015 when his successor is expected to be sworn in.

As everyone now knows, as the presidential elections approached, Jonathan was overflowing with promises. The first category of promises applied to the general issues. He promised such things as electricity, security, jobs, and education, as well as to transform the economy and combat corruption.
The second concerned specific strategic “plans”:

• A five-year plan to revolutionize agriculture and establish industries in the country (Oturkpo, Benue State February 17);

• A four-year development plan that would open up the South-South geo-political zone (Calabar, Cross River State, March 7); it includes a blueprint for coastal roads and railways;

• A five-year development plan to accelerate development in the country (Asaba, 25 February);

• Roads and other basic infrastructure to be developed in four years (Akure, March 2).

• Road construction to take new five-year structure, ending yearly budgetary allocations (Ibadan, February 9);

• Five-year strategic plan for road projects (Bida, February 22).

• A holistic review of the nation’s our education policy (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, March 12)

Dispensing the third category of promisory notes, Jonathan seemed determined to give unto each Nigerian in the next four years and sometimes right away, a remarkable slice of fulfillment, with promises that teased and tantalized. Here, in state by state order, are a few:

In Aba on February 12, he promised to stamp out kidnapping; provide facilities that would boost the enterprising spirit of the Igbo; upgrade the Enugu airport to international level; dredge the River Niger; build a dry port in Aba for Igbo businessmen; complete the Second Niger Bridge; rehabilitate all the main roads into Abia; tackle the erosion crisis; and make Aba the Ground Zero of eventual aircraft production in Nigeria.

In Uyo on March 7, he promised to build coastal roads and rail from Lagos to Calabar.

In Awka on Feb 26, he said he would construct all the major roads which link Anambra with its neighbors; complete the ongoing aero-dynamic survey of gas in the Anambra River basin, which [leading to] power supply, then Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry”; complete the second Niger Bridge; and complete the Onitsha Inland Port. Nigerians would not be talking about generators after his four years in office, he vowed.

In Bauchi on February 9, he promised to intensify oil and gas exploration in the North-East Zone; boost agriculture, power and water supply; provide dams and power projects; establish two universities in the region; construct schools with modern facilities for 9.5 million Almajiris; and combat rising terrorism in the area.

In Asaba on February 26, he announced that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation would create jobs for over 5,000 youths in the region; promised to transform the Nigerian oil and gas industry and make it the destination of choice for investors in Africa; convene a stakeholders meeting across the country where communities will be able to determine their priority programmes.
In Dutse, on March 17: Jonathan promised to establish airports in all the states without airports, with Jigawa as his starting point.

In Abakaliki on Feb 25, he promised the South East geo-political zone priority attention, especially in fixing its dilapidated road network and in healthcare delivery; dualize the Enugu-Abakaliki Express Road within one year; convert the Federal Medical Centre in Abakaliki to a teaching hospital.

In Enugu on February 12, he promised to stamp out kidnapping, ensure facilities that would enhance the enterprising spirit of the Igbo; upgrade the Enugu airport to international level; dredge the River Niger; build a dry port in Aba for easy access to Igbo traders; and complete the Second Niger Bridge.
In Birni Kebbi on March 20, he promised to establish schools for Almajiris, boost agricultural produce, ensure the take-off of the Federal University in Kebbi next year.

In Lokoja on February 21, he promised to revive the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and the Itakpe Iron Ore Company; explore the agricultural potential of the state to boost food security; establish a new federal university; ensure the speedy completion of the Lokoja-Abuja road project, and dredge the lower and upper River Niger.

In Ilorin also on Feb 21, Jonathan promised to end discrimination along ethnic and religious lines; tackle poverty; agricultural transformation of Kwara State; rehabilitation of the nation’s railway system; rehabilitation of the Ilorin-Mokwa road. He would also revitalize ailing industries and grant loans to farmers (objectives for which, he said, funds had already been earmarked).

In Lafia on February 7 at the North Central Zone launching of his campaign, Jonathan promised to end chronic power shortages; improve health and education; ensure food self-sufficiency; manage oil revenues better; create a Sovereign Wealth Fund. He would also clampdown on kidnappers and criminals; pursue law breakers to the ends of the Earth, and ensure there would be no sacred cows. He guaranteed a university in every state; proper care for communities along the water ways; and construction of a refinery.

In Lagos on February 28, Jonathan promised to partner with Lagos State in the interest of its continuous growth and the nation’s economic buoyancy. “We have taken this period to study what we are going to do and by your mandate in May 29, we will hit the ground running,” he said.

In Jos on February 17, he promised “a straight fight” against poverty; to create wealth by improving power and water supply; to build more dams and complete ongoing ones in order to boost irrigation farming in Plateau; to complete the Vom-Manchok-Jos road to boost economic links between Plateau and Kaduna states; to encourage more agricultural research institutes; refocus on solid mineral development.

In Minna on Feb 15, he promised to establish three power projects in the state at a cost of $2.1bn (about N315bn).

In Port Harcourt on February 12, at the launching of his South-South Campaign, he promised to commence “transformational changes” in the South-South; said the NNPC had begun investing in the petrochemical industry in the region; that the people in the region would be given a voice in the oil and gas sector. He promised to make the Niger Delta region the hub of the petrochemical industry in Africa.

In Abeokuta, on March 12, he promised to revive the railway system; revive ailing refineries; build new refineries.

In Akure on March 2, Jonathan promised that the bitumen deposits in the state would be exploited for economic development and employment generation; to provide funds for small and medium scale enterprises, mechanised farming and agro-based industries; and to partner with relevant agencies to harness the agrarian nature of the State “to open up the flank of semi and mechanized farming in the State to engender a paradigm shift from subsistence farming to reliable modern agricultural practices.”

In Osogbo on March 2, he promised to complete the Lagos-Jebba rail project right away; complete the Ife-Ijesa dam; enhance agricultural irrigation; provide farmers with adequate information; invest in petrochemicals, mining, research and development.

In Ibadan on February 9, at the SouthWest launch of the campaign, he promised to: run a transparent government; treat all citizens equally; respect law and order; turn around the nation's bad road network.
In Gusau on March 15, he promised to establish a federal university of technology within one year.

Jonathan’s fourth and final confetti carton of promises seemed designed to overwhelm anyone who had not yet folded under the avalanche:

• N50 billion set aside in 2011 Budget to facilitate employments for the youths (Ondo, March 2);

• build car manufacturing or assembly plants (meeting with leaders of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Abuja, March 21);

• Revive ailing oil refineries and build new ones (Abeokuta, March 12)

• Collaborate with state governments to explore the solid minerals sector (Gusau, March 15);

• Spend N350 billion in building small dams across the North in the next four years to stimulate “massive irrigational farms” (Northern Economic Summit, Kaduna, March 19);

• Expand and develop the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry to provide about one million jobs (one-man presidential “debate,” March 31, Abuja);

• Make Nigeria an exporter of rice (Presidential Summit on Job Creation, Abuja, April 12);

• Crackdown on piracy in the entertainment industry (Presidential Summit on Job Creation, Abuja, April 12)

This is an abbreviated description of Jonathan’s election campaign which seemed designed to tell the immediate listener whatever he wanted to hear, and to ensure he receives the keys to the presidential palace and the Central Bank next Sunday.

I have saved his most memorable promise, made in Onitsha on February 27, for last: "I do not make empty promises in my campaign because whatever I promise to do, I had already carried out adequate study to make sure I can accomplish it in the next four years."

Source: http://saharareporters.com/column/non-governing-governance-3-4-mountain-promises-sonala-olumhense

He has refused to keep virtually everything.

A leopard cannot change its spots. A retardeen shall always be a retardeen. Foo.l at 40 is f.ool forever

you guys should leave GEJ alone i pray he wins in 2015, cus is not easy ruling a very stubborn nation like Nigeria cus i am really sure that if you were in his shoes you wouldn't have done anything

That's Jona 4 u, the number one fraudster

ernpero okeke: you guys should leave GEJ alone i pray he wins in 2015, cus is not easy ruling a very stubborn nation like Nigeria cus i am really sure that if you were in his shoes you wouldn't have done anything

My friend, to be president, na by force? If he knows he is clueless, why cant he clear the road for someone who is more capable? He is like the dog in the manger.

See this thread for fulfilment of most of those promises https://www.nairaland.com/1203651/when-president-jonathan-promises-he

Another technical knock out for haters.

Sincere 9gerian: See this thread for fulfilment of most of those promises https://www.nairaland.com/1203651/when-president-jonathan-promises-he

Another technical knock out for haters.

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Can you believe this? Achievement on Nairaland? Laughable

Sincere 9gerian: See this thread for fulfilment of most of those promises https://www.nairaland.com/1203651/when-president-jonathan-promises-he

Another technical knock out for haters.

This paid goon!!! When will you ever be objective?

Sincere 9gerian: See this thread for fulfilment of most of those promises https://www.nairaland.com/1203651/when-president-jonathan-promises-he

Another technical knock out for haters.

Sir...you were EMBARRASSED on that thread.

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Michaeljones36:

Sir...you were EMBARRASSED on that thread.

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Michaeljones36:

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You wanted fulfilment of promises and now you'v seen it. What next? Attack this fantastic ID as usual. Lol..

Meanwhile, thanks to the person that created this thread. He/she reminded me of one of the many threads that haters hate to see https://www.nairaland.com/1203651/when-president-jonathan-promises-he
I brought the thread back to scare the shit out of haters again. Lol..

Sincere 9gerian:
You wanted fulfilment of promises and now you'v seen it. What next? Attack this fantastic ID as usual. Lol..

Meanwhile, thanks to the person that created this thread. He/she reminded me of one of the many threads that haters hate to see https://www.nairaland.com/1203651/when-president-jonathan-promises-he
I brought the thread back to scare the shit out of haters again. Lol..

Goodluck Jonathan Declaration for Presidency Speech
18 September 2010
“…We will fight to create jobs, for all Nigerians!”

Nigeria targets 600,000 jobs as N15tr gas project begin.
[The Guardian, March 25, 2011]

NIGERIA’s march towards getting into the bracket of top global economic powers got a boost yesterday as President Goodluck Jonathan launched a gas-driven economic roadmap. He (said) that the aggressive and forceful nature of his administration’s ambition to re-industrialise the country was akin to a revolution, which could turn around Nigeria’s economic fortune with a potential to creating over 600,000 jobs.

Presidential debate: about one million jobs for Nigerians (The Punch, April 1, 2011)

(Jonathan) said the expansion and development of the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry would provide about one million jobs for Nigerians even as he hinted that a job creation roadmap would be unveiled next week as a step towards achieving job creation for Nigerians.

We’II create employment opportunities, Jonathan tells Ambassador (Radio Nigeria, July 16, 2011)

President Goodluck Jonathan says Government is developing a policy that will require a certain category of goods to be produced locally to boost employment. President Jonathan told the out-going Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Toshitsugu Uesawa, that the policy would help to develop the economy and improve the purchasing power of Nigerians.

Nigeria: I’m Here to Create Jobs - Okonjo-Iweala (Vanguard, August 18, 2011)

Former Managing Director of the World Bank, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was sworn-in yesterday by President Goodluck Jonathan as the Minister of Finance declared that her main priority as she resumed duties was to create jobs, which was a key component of the president’s transformation agenda.

Reuben Abati, “100 Days of Promising Less and Delivering More: The Jonathan Transformational Agenda,” 7 September 2011: “To give effect to Mr. President’s statement that improving the economy and creating jobs is of the highest priority to this administration, a 15-man Economic Implementation Team was put in place under the Chairmanship of President Jonathan.”

Nigeria’s gas project will create jobs for youths - Alison-Madueke (Sweetcrude, September 10, 2011)

The Nigerian government’s gas project is designed to engage youths in gainful employment, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke has said. Speaking in Abuja on Friday at the ongoing sectoral presentations to mark President Goodluck Jonathan’s 100 days in office, the minister said the project would create direct and indirect jobs for Nigerians, especially in the downstream sector of the industry.

President Jonathan Assures on Job Creation (234NEXT, September 30, 2011)

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said his administration aims at creating more sources of income and strengthening the economic power of Nigerians. Mr. Jonathan said this while speaking to Mr Klaus Schwab, the Founder/Executive of the World Economic Forum, WEF, during one of his numerous meetings and consultations in New York, USA.

FG To Create 50,000 Jobs (The Nigerian Mail, October 11, 2011)

THE Federal Government, yesterday, said it will create about 50,000 new jobs and 6,000 young entrepreneurs within the next three years, with the launch of the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YOU WIN) project. According to Minister for Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the project, which will be launched simultaneously in the six zones in Nigeria to enable youths in all states participate, is in line with the president’s vision of economic development.

Jonathan targets 110,000 jobs in four years

Business Day, 12 October 2011

The Federal Government has started the implementation of its job creation agenda, with the launch of a new employment generation scheme, which targets to create between 80,000 to 110,000 sustainable jobs over the next four years.

Why Fed Govt must create jobs, expand economy, by Jonathan (The Nation, October 26, 2011)

President Goodluck Jonathan, five governors and four ministers yesterday met with key Australian investors in the mining and steel sector on how Nigeria can grow its economy beyond oil and gas. He said the increasing population of youths has made it imperative for the Federal Government to create jobs and expand the economy or else they might engage the government.

Jonathan: We Must Create Jobs or Risk Revolution (ThisDay, November 29, 2011)

President Goodluck Jonathan Monday admonished public office holders to bring smiles to the faces of Nigerians or risk what he called possible youth revolt in the country. “In the coming years, youths will revolt against any president or state government if we do not come up with policies that will create jobs,” he said.

Nigeria: FG to Create 370,000 Jobs in 2012 (Leadership, February 14, 2012)

President Goodluck Jonathan announced yesterday that all was now set for the federal government to generate 370,000 jobs across the country before the end of the year. This, he said, was made possible by the Public Works and Women/Youth Employment (PW/WYE)), a project which is a component of the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE). Each State of the federation is expected to get 10,000 jobs out of the 370,000.

President Jonathan pledges to create millions of jobs through “scientific farming” (News Agency of Nigeria, April 28, 2012)

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja launched the high-quality cassava-based bread with a pledge to create millions of jobs for youths through “scientific farming”.

Jonathan Targets 3.5m Jobs from Agric Sector by 2015 (ThisDay, May 1, 2012)

President Goodluck Jonathan has said his administration is targeting about 3.5 million jobs from the agricultural sector by 2015, out of which 1.3 million will be from cassava processing.

Nigeria to create 74,000 jobs for physically challenged groups (WorldStage Newsonline, January 31, 2012)

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday promised to create at least at least 74, 000 jobs for physically challenged persons and other vulnerable groups under the under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Scheme (SURE).

Giving the assurance at an interactive forum with the Joint National Association of Persons Living with Disabilities (JONAPWD), led by their National President, Mr Danlami Basharu, in Abuja, the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said…the 74,000 jobs, which account for 20 per cent of the 370,000 jobs to be created in the Public Works component of the SURE programme would be targeted at both the skilled and unskilled in the vulnerable community, adding that 10,000 of these would be devoted to the youths nationwide.

2012 Budget Speech By President Jonathan

(National Assembly, 13 December 2011)

•“This year marked another milestone in our democratic experience, with the successful elections and peaceful transition. We now need to build on the mandate that Nigerians have entrusted to us to deliver the dividends of democracy through stronger economic reforms to deliver growth and create jobs.”

•“My Administration is pressing forward with key structural reforms…government will come up with policies to encourage investment in the downstream sector through liberalization so as to create jobs for our people.”

•“…This Administration has adopted enabling measures to support the development of private sector-driven marketing institutions, and push for policies that would promote our agriculture to create jobs.”

•“This Budget seeks to act, not only to create jobs, but to also lay a solid foundation for sustainable economic growth which would deliver the dividends of democracy to our people.”

•“As you may recall, Government initiated a new multifaceted National Job Creation Scheme the provision of seed funding of N50 billion in the 2011 Budget. Implementation of this programme has commenced in earnest.”

•“Government is focused on stimulating entrepreneurial activity and setting a framework for young people with creative tendencies to showcase their business acumen, build capacity and create jobs…YouWin will lead to the creation of about 100,000 jobs through support to our young entrepreneurs.”

•‘This programme is targeted to, not only create a new generation of innovative real sector entrepreneurs in Nigeria, but, in the medium term, also generate jobs for youths across the country.”

Source http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85938:jobs-jobs-jobs&catid=38:columnists&Itemid=615[/quote]

President Jonathan pledges to create millions of jobs through “scientific farming” (News Agency of Nigeria, April 28, 2012)

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja launched the high-quality cassava-based bread with a pledge to create millions of jobs for youths through “scientific farming”.

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Sincere 9gerian:
You wanted fulfilment of promises and now you'v seen it. What next? Attack this fantastic ID as usual. Lol..

Meanwhile, thanks to the person that created this thread. He/she reminded me of one of the many threads that haters hate to see https://www.nairaland.com/1203651/when-president-jonathan-promises-he
I brought the thread back to scare the shit out of haters again. Lol..

Mr Man, tis very simple... How many of the promises here has the president fulfilled Stop quoting phantom thread and face the question.

retardeen

Omo see ghost promises!

ol na paper, ebele is like an actor who only reads what the script writers(abati) wrote

The more things change, the more they stay the same.