President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan made history yesterday as he became the first Nigerian Leader to ring the closing bell at the Newyork Stock Exchange (NYSE). Recall that in 2009, Late President Yar Adua was the first Nigerian Leader to Ring the Opening bell on the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exchange. He Took to his Facebook Page and posted this after ringing the closing bell…..

“Goodluck Jonathan
Today, I had the honour of ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange after I had heralded to global captains of industry Nigeria’s efforts in recent times that has made our nation a prime destination for foreign investment and one that ensures some of the highest Return on Investments (RoI) in the world. This is just the beginning of greater things to come for our country and our continent. The foundation of planning which we laid at the inception of our administration is being strengthened for greater service delivery for our people. My attention has just been drawn to some modest but positive steps in the education sector. In 2010, the pass rates for our National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examinations was 15.84%. To address the abysmal failure and general decay in education we convened an emergency education summit in 2010 to deliberate on why we had fallen so far back and how best can we move up? We took the report from that conference and began implementing some of the recommendations. The education sector had the highest sectoral allocation in the budget the following year and has remained among the topmost in allocation since then. On Friday the 20th of September 2013, the results of our efforts began to manifest. This year, 69.57% of Nigerian students passed the 2013 Senior School Certificate Examinations. We cannot relent. While we continue to negotiate with ASUU so that never again will strikes be an impediment to the realization of our children's educational aspiration, it is important that we keep our eyes on the ball: a holistic turn around in our education. As we make progress in every sector of our economy: Transportation, Aviation, Agriculture, Power, Finance, Energy Security and all others it is not celebration time until all our citizens can feel the progress in our communities and our constituencies. We must pay greater attention to education. As I said on this page on April 10, 2012 when I commissioned the first of 400 Almajirinci Model Schools in Gagi, Sokoto state “a nation does not become wealthy by what it has under the ground rather the wealth of nations are today measured by what is between the ears of her citizens”. To the world I say, we have the most industrious humans on earth and we are ready for business. To fellow Nigerians, our collective work for change is not done. Lets us not be discouraged by the attempt to drag us into partisan politics when the urgent issue of the moment is governance. GEJ”

President Jonathan is in Newyork for the United Nations summit.
President Jonathan also met with President Obama. The meeting was held in the LyndonnB Johnson suite in Waldorf-Asstoria. “For you to fix the world, you must fix Africa. For you to fix Africa, you must fix Nigeria”. That’s the message our dear President Jonathan greeted President Obama with as they start their bilateral meeting. Obama condemned the attack on Kenyan mall. President Jonathan will be addressing the U.N today.

source---- http://www.hovabuzz.com/news/488-for-you-to-fix-the-world-you-must-fix-nigeria-this-was-president-jonathan-s-message-when-he-met-pres-obama

wandeok:
President Jonathan also met with President Obama. The meeting was held in the LyndonnB Johnson suite in Waldorf-Asstoria. “For you to fix the world, you must fix Africa. For you to fix Africa, you must fix Nigeria”. That’s the message our dear President Jonathan greeted President Obama with as they start their bilateral meeting. Obama condemned the attack on Kenyan mall. President Jonathan will be addressing the U.N today. After ringing the closing bell for the Newyork stock Exchange, He was on Richard Quest’s show on “Quest means business” on CNN. Here are some of the answers he gave to the questions he was asked….

On what the Nigerian Government is doing to curtail attacks from Boko Haram

“Terror attack anywhere in the globe is terror attack on all of us” he said. He said the Nigerian security officers were not trained to fight terrorism, when the attack started it was very difficult but now they are meeting up with the challenges and they have brought boko haram attacks to a minimal level and they will still do more.

On Pres. Obama’s exclusion on Nigeria on his second visit to Africa

He said Nigerians are not angry and there are no hard feelings. And he (Obama) personally invited him when he was the Acting President 2010. Nigerian relationship with U.S is very smooth and they will continue to maintain that robust relationship and support each other.

On crude oil theft



“we suffer from criminal vandalism” he said. He said the Government is using physical, electronic devices to curtail crude oil theft.

source---- http://www.hovabuzz.com/news/488-for-you-to-fix-the-world-you-must-fix-nigeria-this-was-president-jonathan-s-message-when-he-met-pres-obama

Mr. President!
What were you elected to do?
Wait on Obama to come and do your work for you?
Smh
I tire for these people o!

Wetin concern America with fixing Nigeria? eh?
America is interested in one thing and one thing only!
AMERICAN INTEREST
Get that into your head Mr. Man!

Pangea:

Mr. President!
What were you elected to do?
Wait on Obama to come and do your work for you?
Smh
I tire for these people o!

This daily pathetic jokes no funny anymore.. How low and ridiculous can they get?

The truth of the matter is that some primary school pupils are better than all our politicians all combined. And I have a strong belief that corruption can make a brilliant soul go retarded.

Mr GEJ, I neva knew U were such a wonderful orator but let the truth be told, travelling around the world just to break the record of ringing bells, addressing general assembly and having a guard of honour ain't what the country need especially now that ASUU is on strike, boko haram and Ombatse are on rampage, kidnapping and total security breakdown, political disharmony everywhere. Pres Jo should try fixing 9ja 1st.

So Obama is now the sub-president of Nigeria? At this point, it is crystal clear that our president has no business being in Aso rock. Imagine a democratically elected president of a sovereign nation begging another president to come fix his country . Oga jona,while you're begging for your "mess of porridge",remember the story of Esau. I can't imagine a south african or even a ghanaian president begging USA to come fix their country. Giant of Africa indeed!:-x

Can this truly be a joke? It is 6.21 am let me go back to sleep

He's so ridonkulous.

Pangea:

Mr. President!
What were you elected to do?
Wait on Obama to come and do your work for you?
Smh
I tire for these people o!

Wetin concern America with fixing Nigeria? eh?
America is interested in one thing and one thing only!
AMERICAN INTEREST
Get that into your head Mr. Man!

Bro, do not misconstrue the president's statement. It was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who said : 'The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.'

We know that America acts out of self-interest; nevertheless, we need their help to effectively combat the enormous security challenges we are facing in this country.

ronalmagic10:

Bro, do not misconstrue the president's statement. It was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who said : 'The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.'

We know that America acts out of self-interest; nevertheless, we need their help to effectively combat the enormous security challenges we are facing in this country.

Since he knows his limitation, let him kindly resign and give room to people who are capable.
Enough of this charade!

i comment for commenting sake, I don't even know what you guys are talking about.

It's Official, OUR President Is A Time-Keeper!

When is the President coming back to Nigeria? I'm never going to complain again about him keeping his mouth shut about issues because I believe that's the best thing he can do for this country.

Why does this guy always score his performance high by himself? Meanwhile those of us in Nigeria know how bad things are in the country. Our education sector is one of the worst in the world and that's what our president is using to paint progress in his administration. Can you beleieve this?
Oil theft has gone to astronomical heights because Jonathan looks the other way. Criminals like Tompolo have become so wealthy from stealing crude oil and then getting paid for protecting it. So also many other nonetities from the southsouth including Edwin clark.
Obasanjo made businessmen like Dangote,Otedola, Adenuga stupendously wealthy and the economy is benefiting greatly from them. Under jonathan, criminals, militants and political jobbers have become stupendously rich with little or no benefit to the economy.
Those of us who have brains should look around and ask ourselves is Jonathan the kind of president we want? Has anybodys life changed as a result of good governance?
Evidently things cannot be worse than what Nigeria is going through presently under Jona.

Oh GEJ ! You broke my heart *weeps in american accent*

Mr President,do yourself a favour and kindly sit down in the cozy comfort of Aso Rock and wait for Obama to come and fix your country for you!


This is the height of cluelessness! America have proven time and again that they only have their personal,selfish interest in mind and don't care about developing those countries they have exploiting. Get that into your brain!

I want to be a Time Keeper when I grow up.

GEJ knows what he is saying so you all should stop running your mouth. The corruption and problems in Nigeria are mainly influenced by. Britain and America just like they do all over the world. If you aint into international politics to know what's happening then take panadol and chill

So true. People are yet to figure out the importance of Nigeria in today's world.

Good Morning Nigerians

Having read the pieace of information frm the above website, I will want to believe that Mr. President did not directly meant is counter-part from the United States of American "Barrack Obama" should come physically to help fix Nigeria, I am sure wat he meant is that there should be some kind of dipolmatic agreement, bilateral agreement, trainings agreement, Mou, etc to help out, I maybe wrong though.

Thus sayeth the Bell Ringer!

The only time I'd be surprised about this man's utterance is when he makes an intelligent remark befitting for a president.

tatosh: Our education sector is one of the worst in the world.

And you know this having conducted extensive research in the over 250 countries that make up our planet.

Or...(much more likely) it's a claim you've pulled, without the merest pretence at research, from the deepest recesses of your stinking butt.

Where is Native Doctor Ifeanyi aka Insincere 9gerian..I dey laugh oooo.

i haff die

see this man sha

“For you to fix the
world, you must fix Africa. For you
to fix Africa, you must fix Nigeria” .

I don't know where this feeling of indispensableness came from and this is common with most Nigerians. We go dey call ourselves giant of Africa when we don't have what it takes to ascribe ourselves such title. The fact is if Nigeria ceases to exist today, Africa will not fall.

It's very obvious most respondents here failed English language.

GEJ was not even talking about Obama when he used "you", simply putted he meant " To fix the world, u must fix Africa, to fix Africa, Nigeria must be fixed".

GEJ use of "you" was for a better understanding to his listener, and making sentences like that is common with Nigerians, so leave the man alone.

WildChild00: Having read the pieace of information frm the above website, I will want to believe that Mr. President did not directly meant is counter-part from the United States of American "Barrack Obama" should come physically to help fix Nigeria, I am sure wat he meant is that there should be some kind of dipolmatic agreement, bilateral agreement, trainings agreement, Mou, etc to help out, I maybe wrong though.

guy no dey speak grammar to us. na small pikin we be, your Oga Jona is clueless. what a shame to Nigeria, that someone else president should come and fix your country. serious i tire for this man oh

*dies*

Obj and Donald Duke ran for presi...Obj won(Nigerians voted him)
Igbinedion governed for 4yrs,squandering was done...WAS GIVEN ANOTHER 4YRS and he continued from where he stopped.
Some deltans still celebrated ibori's birthda wen he is in prison for mass squandering and theft of their state funds
Some yoruba's still call Obj their God!
Elected governor of abia state runs a very poor and unimaginative governance and some say he is" WORKING"
The truth is we are suffering from our corrupt decisions!remove sentiments from 2015 let the obvious best candidate win.