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“why President Jonathan Cannot Continue In 2015”. By JOE IGBOKWE by Sheriffc(m): 8:29pm On Nov 11, 2014
All the history books I have read tell me
that when a nation is in crisis a great
leader must emerge to reposition and
restructure the system for the better. I
recall the great depression in the 1930s
in the United States and how Mr
Franklin D. Roosevelt had a turning
point in his political career when he was
elected the President of the United
States in 1932. The 1929/30 great
depression provided an opportunity for
him to emerge. America was in deep
economic crisis. Millions lost their jobs
as factories closed down. The banking
system collapsed. There was total loss
of faith in America. They needed a great
and strong President. They voted in
Roosevelt. He gave Americans the NEW
DEAL.
All things considered, Nigeria is today at
a crossroads and something needs to
give way. From all indications, from all
angles and from all calculations it is
obvious now that if we continue with
PDP and President Jonathan, the Titanic
called Nigeria may hit an iceberg.
President Jonathan’s ambition to
continue to seek re-election after
completing the late President Yar’Adua
eight years portends grave danger for
Nigeria. That ambition, if it becomes a
reality, means that southern Nigeria
would have ruled Nigeria for 18 years by
2019. This is not what we struggled for
from 1984 to 1999. This is a threat to
national stability and national cohesion,
and a distortion of Nigeria’s political
equation and equilibrium. It will at once
bring to the fore the north and south
divide and political dichotomy. The
explosive north/south religious tensions
will rise. Consequently, this inordinate
ambition will put a knife on things that
have held us together as one political
entity.
Nigerians who are worried by the level
of corruption and open stealing in
Nigeria may not want President
Jonathan to continue for another four
years. Corruption is threatening our
political, economic and social life.
Investment funds are in private pockets,
the system is not working and people
who deserve nothing are pocketing
billions and are asking us to go to hell.
They abuse us on a daily basis,
threatening our lives and dare us to
challenge them. Great countries all over
the world have been built through
discipline and hard work but corruption
has torn great nations down.
Another great reason why President GEJ
cannot continue in 2015 is the inability
of his government to stop impunity, and
political brigandage. Public servants
and ordinary citizens have caused
colossal damage to Project Nigeria and
asked us to do our worst. Wanted
criminals and drug barons use our law
enforcement agents to oppress, repress
and suppress the poor and steal our
votes, and challenge us to dare them.
As I write this, insecurity has become
the greatest problem facing Nigeria.
Boko Haram has killed nearly 12,000
Nigerians, young and old, in the past six
years, and yet the end is not in sight.
The insurgents have made our security
agencies, including our once highly
rated standing army, look like a rag-
tagged army. Our soldiers now run away
from these insurgents. Today we hear of
mutinies, we hear of our soldiers being
captured and disarmed and we hear of
recruits disobeying generals in the
army. This nonsense must stop. This
national drift must stop now or Nigeria
goes under.
In 1999, the PDP-led federal
government met more than 3, 000
megawatts of electricity and, after
almost 16 years, Nigeria has gone under
3, 000mw despite the obvious and
painful truth that we have invested
billions of dollars in the power sector.
Compare this with Governor Fashola’s
Lagos which has built its five power
stations — Akute IPP, Alausa IPP,
Mainland IPP, Island IPP, and Lekki IPP
— in a very short time, with a minimum
amount of money to power critical
sectors like courts, hospitals, schools,
government offices etc. We need new
competent and strong hands to run
Nigeria now before it is too late.
Again, never in the history of this
country has a sitting head of state
played up ethnic and religious politics
the way President Jonathan has done.
He has completely divided Nigeria along
religious and ethnic lines, pitting
Christianity against Islam, leaders
against leaders, youths against youths,
fathers against fathers and mothers
against mothers. He hardly visits the
northern part of Nigeria as commander-
in-chief. He goes about with corrupt
bishops and ethnic chauvinists and
display hate to other religions. His body
language suggests that he is telling the
world that Nigeria is no longer a secular
state. This dangerous drift must stop.
Crude oil theft under President Jonathan
has assumed a frightening dimension.
Reports have it that never in the history
of this country have we had it so bad.
This year alone, this country lost huge
crude oil to oil thieves, more than what
we have lost in five previous years. We
heard it from reliable sources that the
President seems to pretend to be
looking the other way while people
mainly from his ethnic stock steal the
country dry with reckless abandon. He
seems to be telling them that “this is
your time, go and take as much as you
can before I go. If I go you may not
have this opportunity again in your
lifetime”.
Abuse of power and privileges is another
tangible reason why Nigerians must
reject Jonathan as President beyond
2015. We saw this in Ekiti State, we saw
it in Ondo State. We saw it in Anambra
State, Adamawa, Osun, Nasarawa, Niger
states etc. These are states where PDP
has interest and they are ready to sink
the boat to get what they want. The
Speaker, House of Reps, just moved
from PDP to APC and IGP has ordered
the withdrawal of his security details.
Now, did IGP withdraw security details
from Mimiko, Peter Obi and the national
legislators from Anambra State who
moved to PDP? This is double standard!
This is executive lawlessness and, at
best, executive desperation.
We have seen Asari Dokubo and Chief
Edwin Clark abusing and threatening
and cursing other Nigerians because
they criticized their President, and yet
President Jonathan looks the other way.
Now the President must know that he is
the President of 170 million Nigerians
and not President of Ijaw people alone.
I can just continue but time and space
will not permit me. I suggest that elder
statesmen, the Council of State and
stakeholders must look for a strong
President in 2015 if they still believe in
the Project Nigeria. President Jonathan
cannot just continue. We want a strong,
disciplined and committed leadership in
2015.

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Re: “why President Jonathan Cannot Continue In 2015”. By JOE IGBOKWE by Trut(m): 8:35pm On Nov 11, 2014
GEJ declaration is given APC heart attack.
Re: “why President Jonathan Cannot Continue In 2015”. By JOE IGBOKWE by fes2ga: 8:47pm On Nov 11, 2014
My friend listen to Governor Akpabio's speech, he said and I quote " The road to 2015 is going to be very rough"
Re: “why President Jonathan Cannot Continue In 2015”. By JOE IGBOKWE by eightsin(m): 12:15am On Nov 12, 2014
And who is this strong, disciplined and committed leader?

Sheriffc:
All the history books I have read tell me
that when a nation is in crisis a great
leader must emerge to reposition and
restructure the system for the better. I
recall the great depression in the 1930s
in the United States and how Mr
Franklin D. Roosevelt had a turning
point in his political career when he was
elected the President of the United
States in 1932. The 1929/30 great
depression provided an opportunity for
him to emerge. America was in deep
economic crisis. Millions lost their jobs
as factories closed down. The banking
system collapsed. There was total loss
of faith in America. They needed a great
and strong President. They voted in
Roosevelt. He gave Americans the NEW
DEAL.
All things considered, Nigeria is today at
a crossroads and something needs to
give way. From all indications, from all
angles and from all calculations it is
obvious now that if we continue with
PDP and President Jonathan, the Titanic
called Nigeria may hit an iceberg.
President Jonathan’s ambition to
continue to seek re-election after
completing the late President Yar’Adua
eight years portends grave danger for
Nigeria. That ambition, if it becomes a
reality, means that southern Nigeria
would have ruled Nigeria for 18 years by
2019. This is not what we struggled for
from 1984 to 1999. This is a threat to
national stability and national cohesion,
and a distortion of Nigeria’s political
equation and equilibrium. It will at once
bring to the fore the north and south
divide and political dichotomy. The
explosive north/south religious tensions
will rise. Consequently, this inordinate
ambition will put a knife on things that
have held us together as one political
entity.
Nigerians who are worried by the level
of corruption and open stealing in
Nigeria may not want President
Jonathan to continue for another four
years. Corruption is threatening our
political, economic and social life.
Investment funds are in private pockets,
the system is not working and people
who deserve nothing are pocketing
billions and are asking us to go to hell.
They abuse us on a daily basis,
threatening our lives and dare us to
challenge them. Great countries all over
the world have been built through
discipline and hard work but corruption
has torn great nations down.
Another great reason why President GEJ
cannot continue in 2015 is the inability
of his government to stop impunity, and
political brigandage. Public servants
and ordinary citizens have caused
colossal damage to Project Nigeria and
asked us to do our worst. Wanted
criminals and drug barons use our law
enforcement agents to oppress, repress
and suppress the poor and steal our
votes, and challenge us to dare them.
As I write this, insecurity has become
the greatest problem facing Nigeria.
Boko Haram has killed nearly 12,000
Nigerians, young and old, in the past six
years, and yet the end is not in sight.
The insurgents have made our security
agencies, including our once highly
rated standing army, look like a rag-
tagged army. Our soldiers now run away
from these insurgents. Today we hear of
mutinies, we hear of our soldiers being
captured and disarmed and we hear of
recruits disobeying generals in the
army. This nonsense must stop. This
national drift must stop now or Nigeria
goes under.
In 1999, the PDP-led federal
government met more than 3, 000
megawatts of electricity and, after
almost 16 years, Nigeria has gone under
3, 000mw despite the obvious and
painful truth that we have invested
billions of dollars in the power sector.
Compare this with Governor Fashola’s
Lagos which has built its five power
stations — Akute IPP, Alausa IPP,
Mainland IPP, Island IPP, and Lekki IPP
— in a very short time, with a minimum
amount of money to power critical
sectors like courts, hospitals, schools,
government offices etc. We need new
competent and strong hands to run
Nigeria now before it is too late.
Again, never in the history of this
country has a sitting head of state
played up ethnic and religious politics
the way President Jonathan has done.
He has completely divided Nigeria along
religious and ethnic lines, pitting
Christianity against Islam, leaders
against leaders, youths against youths,
fathers against fathers and mothers
against mothers. He hardly visits the
northern part of Nigeria as commander-
in-chief. He goes about with corrupt
bishops and ethnic chauvinists and
display hate to other religions. His body
language suggests that he is telling the
world that Nigeria is no longer a secular
state. This dangerous drift must stop.
Crude oil theft under President Jonathan
has assumed a frightening dimension.
Reports have it that never in the history
of this country have we had it so bad.
This year alone, this country lost huge
crude oil to oil thieves, more than what
we have lost in five previous years. We
heard it from reliable sources that the
President seems to pretend to be
looking the other way while people
mainly from his ethnic stock steal the
country dry with reckless abandon. He
seems to be telling them that “this is
your time, go and take as much as you
can before I go. If I go you may not
have this opportunity again in your
lifetime”.
Abuse of power and privileges is another
tangible reason why Nigerians must
reject Jonathan as President beyond
2015. We saw this in Ekiti State, we saw
it in Ondo State. We saw it in Anambra
State, Adamawa, Osun, Nasarawa, Niger
states etc. These are states where PDP
has interest and they are ready to sink
the boat to get what they want. The
Speaker, House of Reps, just moved
from PDP to APC and IGP has ordered
the withdrawal of his security details.
Now, did IGP withdraw security details
from Mimiko, Peter Obi and the national
legislators from Anambra State who
moved to PDP? This is double standard!
This is executive lawlessness and, at
best, executive desperation.
We have seen Asari Dokubo and Chief
Edwin Clark abusing and threatening
and cursing other Nigerians because
they criticized their President, and yet
President Jonathan looks the other way.
Now the President must know that he is
the President of 170 million Nigerians
and not President of Ijaw people alone.
I can just continue but time and space
will not permit me. I suggest that elder
statesmen, the Council of State and
stakeholders must look for a strong
President in 2015 if they still believe in
the Project Nigeria. President Jonathan
cannot just continue. We want a strong,
disciplined and committed leadership in
2015.
Re: “why President Jonathan Cannot Continue In 2015”. By JOE IGBOKWE by KriTic24A: 5:58am On Nov 12, 2014
That was the bitter truth.
Surely, haters will never see any sense in it but to always hate.

Wether we like it or not, it will later be the turn of another minority.

Whatever goes round will eventually comes round.

No permanent night, no permanent day.
It's a matter of time.

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Re: “why President Jonathan Cannot Continue In 2015”. By JOE IGBOKWE by miiraaj: 6:20am On Nov 12, 2014
eightsin:
And who is this strong, disciplined and committed leader?


Definitey not GEJ.
Re: “why President Jonathan Cannot Continue In 2015”. By JOE IGBOKWE by eightsin(m): 2:22pm On Nov 12, 2014
miiraaj:


Definitey not GEJ.

Neither GMB.
Re: “why President Jonathan Cannot Continue In 2015”. By JOE IGBOKWE by Princewill1(m): 2:30pm On Nov 12, 2014
TRUCK LOAD OF TRASH! In this part of the country,we don't take opinions of a DISOWNED person seriously.Thank U!

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