Each year, the teacher consistently made the same mistakes she made in her first year without any effort to correct the mistakes all the years. The story teller sums up the moral lesson from his story: "A person who does not try to improve in his or her work becomes complacent and mediocre."
The story reminds me of President Goodluck Jonathan. After 3 and half years in office, the president’s report card is esthetically designed with false vows.
With the renewed slaughter of innocent Nigerians, no one is in doubt that Boko Haram is on the rampage. Each time Boko Haram unleashed its offensive, the president’s response and reaction to the carnage has been a reinforcement of vows. The more killings by Boko Haram, the more vows the president pledges.
To see how incapacitated and paralyzed the president has become in dealing with the Boko Haram insurgency, I decided to do a content analysis of media reports of his responses to Boko Haram and other burning national issues. What I found is repetition of vows and no action. Since repetition is the key to retention, the president has become parrot diseased in his speeches and responses to crises.
Here we go:
[b]• Jonathan Vows to Contain Jos Crisis (AllAfrica, July 19, 2010).
• Jonathan vows to consolidate the gains of the (Niger Delta) amnesty (CNIELTS, Feb. 15, 2010).
• Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan vows to hold clean elections (Christian science Monitor, April 13, 2010).
• New Nigerian President Vows Electoral Reform Before New Year’s Vote (Voice of America, May 7, 2010).
• Jonathan Vows to Tackle Erosion in South East (AllAfrica, Feb. 24, 2011).
• Jonathan Vows to Prosecute Those Behind Violence (AllAfrica, April 15, 2011).
• Jonathan Vows to end Boko Haram menace (AFP, April 19, 2012).
• Jonathan Vows major changes for Nigeria (Dailymotion, April 20, 2011).
• Jonathan Vows to Return Nation to Order (Vanguard, April 21, 2011).
• Nigeria: President Jonathan vows to address falling education standard (West African Democracy Radio, May 18, 2011).
• Nigerian President Vows to Strengthen Democratic Rule (Voice of America, May 30, 2011).
• Corruption: No more sacred cows, Jonathan vows (Vanguard, July6, 2011).
• Nigerian President vows to bring terrorism under Control, go after group that bombed UN building. (Associated Press, August 27, 2011.
• UN Building Bombing- Jonathan Vows to Track Down Bombers (Daily Trust, August 28, 2011).
• Jonathan Vows To Crush Terror Groups, Says Sponsors of Terror groups now unveiled (Nigeria Tribune, Sep. 23, 2011).
• Jonathan vows to fix public institutions, Says strong institutions recipe for Nigeria’s Greatness (The Sun, Sep. 28, 2011).
• President Jonathan Vows to Combat Security as Nigeria Celebrates its 51st Independence Day. (IQ4 News, October 1, 2011).
• Jonathan Vows to get bombers (Vanguard, October 2, 2010) .
• President Jonathan vows war on crime, saying he had put in place a new national security strategy, (Africa Review, October 2, 2011).
Jonathan vows war on crime as Nigeria turns 51 (Africa Review, October 3, 2011).
• As Boko Haram changes gear, Mars Eid-El-Kabir celebrations in North, Jonathan vows to protect Nigerians (national Daily Newspaper, November 6, 2011).
• Christmas carnage in Nigeria, Nigeria’s president vows to bring those responsible to justice. (CNN, Dec., 25, 2011).
• President Jonathan Vows To Exterminate Boko Haram (blanknewsonline, December 26, 2011).
• Jonathan vows to "crush terrorists" (Reuters, Dec. 31, 2011).
• Jonathan vows to protect Nigerians (National Daily, Nov. 6, 2011).
• Jonathan vows vengeance to "crush the terrorists" who set off a series of bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day (Mail & Guardian, South Africa, Dec 31, 2011).
• "…It’s fight to finish, Jonathan vows (The Punch, January 1, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to work for the welfare and wellbeing of all Nigerians (Newsdiary, January 16, 2012).
• Jonathan Vows to Check Destabilization Plot (ThisDay, Jan 17, 2012).
• We’ll wipe out Boko Haram – Jonathan (The Punch, January 23, 2012).
• Jonathan vows stronger relations between Nigeria and Ethiopia (Channels TV, Jan 31, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to increase petrol refining capacity (The Moment, Feb 3, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to sack appointees over 2015 campaign (ThisDay, Feb 21, 2012).
• Jonathan vows Justice (The Nation, Jan 23, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to replicate Asian Tiger Feat in Nigeria (Channels TV, March 26,2012).
•Revenge attacks follow Nigeria Church blasts, Goodluck Jonathan …vows to end the spate of mindless attacks and killings" Al Jazeera (March 12, 2012).
•  Jonathan vows to fast-track power master plan (News Diary Online, March 26, 2012).
• Jonathan Vows to End Boko Haram Menace in June (Yonhap News Agency, South Korea, March 28, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to end culture of favoritism (Premium Times, April 12, 2012).
• I will deal with Boko Haram, Jonathan vows (April 13, 2012).
• Jonathan to sack heads of MDAs for distorting 2012 budget (Premium Times, April 13, 2012)
• Jonathan vows "to sack heads of departments and parastatals indicted for lobbying members of the National Assembly for upward review of their budget (The Nation, April 14, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to correct structural defects in education (Vanguard, April 15, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to end Boko Haram Menace (AFP News, April 19, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to eradicate polio by 2015 (Channels TV, April 24, 2012).
• Fuel Subsidy report: Presidency vows to bring culprits to book (The Punch, April 26, 2012).
• Jonathan Vows To Punish Oil Thieves (Nigerian Pilot, April 26, 2012).
• President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that his administration will not shield any corrupt person from investigation or prosecution by the antigraft agencies in the country (News Diary, May 4, 2012).[/b]
It is evident from President Jonathan’s tales of vows that all he has been doing in the last 36 months or so is whitewashing the pump which will not purify the water.
 Mr. President, to overwork one’s own faults is to miss a valuable free education.

Courtesy: Bayo Oluwasanmi can be reached at byolu@aol.com

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