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The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by Authentize: 12:15pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Obafemi Awolowo University Students Boo, Stone President Jonathan In Ife There was unrest on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State, southwest Nigeria, on Friday, 28 November, 2014 as students of the institution hauled stones and sticks at President Goodluck Jonathan during his visit to the campus. President Jonathan, notable traditional rulers in the southwest and politicians had attended the Yoruba Unity Summit organised by the Committee on Yoruba Progress, southwest geo-political zone of the country where the president was endorsed for his re-election in the 2015 general election. But the placard-wielding students of the institution who had converged at the Oduduwa Hall, venue of the conference to protest what they termed “rot in the educational sector” booed and stoned President Jonathan while entering the presidential chopper few minutes after the summit. The irate protesters were shouting “ole” “ole” (“thief”, “thief”) at the president and other notable politicians who attended the event. They displayed placards with inscriptions like: “We Condemn Jos Killing of Students, Students Are Not Chicken”, Don’t Sell Education As You Sold Electricity.”, We Demand Total Reversal of 2014 Hiked School Fees, We are Not Responsible For Jonathan’s Ineptitude.” among other inscriptions. The students who were in their hundreds barricaded the road leading to the school’s sports centre where the chopper wearing the seal of the Federal Government and marked Nigerian Air Force, NAF-280, requesting that President Jonathan should address them before departing the campus. In the ensuing unrest, the convoy of President Jonathan was delayed for few minutes as the students refused the President and his entourage passage to board the chopper despite pleadings by some security operatives. Also, the Governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose who attempted to pacify the angry students was booed as students chorused ‘thief on him. The vehicle conveying the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade was not spared as students sat at the front of his vehicle for minutes before he was eventually allowed passage. While the President was boarding the chopper, some students continue to aim pebbles at the chopper before they were dispersed by security operatives. although none of the thrown missiles touched the president. Some students who had examinations also expressed their displeasure at the condition they were subjected to owing to President Jonathan’s visit to the campus. Most of the students had to walk long distance to their examinations’ venues as there was no vehicular movement on campus and its environs. Meanwhile, a segment of the Yoruba people at the conference endorsed President Jonathan for a second term of office even as they urged him to help recover their political and social values. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by WSModel: 12:16pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Front Page Please Ooooo 2 Likes |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by polowo4lif: 12:17pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
This Na Front Page Material true true... 1 Like |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by Nobody: 12:18pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Interesting 1 Like |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by 4much: 12:18pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Shame really catch me for Jonathan cos me sef dey there 5 Likes |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by Nobody: 12:21pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Disgrace of the first Order. The Topic sef "Jonathanian Disgrace" People can form headline oooo!! |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by gtrust: 12:24pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Pictures (video) of YOU & Jonathan otherwise...OP is 1 Like |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by vedaxcool(m): 12:26pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Shame and disgrace is the lot of the evil doers! 3 Likes |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by Nobody: 12:28pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Don't worry oga Joe... jimoh Ibrahim don promise u 7m vote 1 Like |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by argon500: 12:29pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
pinshure or stf....... Btw, who are the Jonathians cos I school in Malta |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by omenka(m): 3:22pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
polowo4lif:You and the dude who commented above you must be new on this forum. |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by omenka(m): 3:26pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
vedaxcool:unfortunately, this administration has become inured to anything shameful and disgraceful. Imagine Okupe caught telling lies straight face on twitter, yet he carries on like nothing even happened. That is how bad it has become! 1 Like |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by atlwireles: 4:24pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Another well package lie. Shameless bitter liars. 1 Like |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by Johnnyessence(m): 4:32pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
above are d APC manifestoes let support their bid to rescue this country from crumbling. NATIONAL SECURITY Urgently address capacity building of law enforcement agents in terms of quantity and quality as this is critical in safeguarding the sanctity of lives and property; Establish a well-trained, adequately equipped and goals driven Serious Crime Squad to combat terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, militants, ethno-religious and communal clashes nationwide; Begin widespread consultations to amend the Constitution to enable States and Local Governments to employ State and Community Police to address the peculiar needs of each community. This would mean setting boundaries for Federal, State and Community Police through new Criminal Justice legislation to replace the Criminal Code, the Penal Code and the Police Act. Push for more support in the security and economic stability of the sub-region [ECOWAS] and AU as a whole and maintain a strong, close and frank relationship with West Africa, South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, and other African countries. JOB CREATION AND THE ECONOMY Maintain sound macro-economic policy environment, run an efficient government and preserve the independence of the Central Bank; Restore and strengthen financial confidence by putting in place a more robust monitoring, supervising and regulating of all financial institutions; Make our economy one of the fastest growing emerging economies in the world with a real GDP growth averaging 10% annually; Embark on vocational training, entrepreneurial and skills acquisition scheme for graduates along with the creation of Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme to create at least 1 million new jobs every year, for the foreseeable future; Integrate the informal economy into the mainstream and prioritize the full implementation of the National Identification Scheme to generate the relevant data; Expand domestic demand and consider undertaking associated public works programmes; Embark on export and production diversification including investment in infrastructure; promote manufacturing through agro based industries and expand sub-regional trade through ECOWAS and AU; Make Information Technology, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Entertainment key drivers of our economy; Balance the economy across regions by the creation of 6 new Regional Economic Development Agencies (REDAs) to act as champions of sub-regional competitiveness; Put in place a N300bn regional growth fund (average of N50bn in each geo-political region) to be managed by the REDAs, encourage private sector enterprise and support to help places currently reliant on the public sector; Amend the Constitution and the Land Use Act to create freehold/leasehold interests in land along with matching grants for states to create a nationwide electronic land title register on a state by state basis; Create additional middle-class of at least 2 million new home owners in our first year in government and 1 million annually thereafter; by enacting a national mortgage system that will lend at single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses. CONFLICT RESOLUTION, NATIONAL UNITY, SOCIAL HARMONY Establish a Conflict Resolution Commission to help prevent, mitigate and resolve civil conflicts within the polity; Bring permanent peace and solution to the Niger Delta and other conflict prone areas such as Plateau, Taraba, Bauchi, Borno and Abia in order to engender national unity and social harmony; Initiate policies to ensure that Nigerians are free to live and work in any part of the country by removing state of origin, tribe, ethnic and religious affiliations and replace those with state of residence. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY Modernize the sector and change Nigeria from being a country of self-subsistence farmers to that of a medium/commercial scale farming nation/producer; Create a nationwide food inspectorate division with a view to improving nutrition and eliminating food- borne hazards; Inject extra N30bn to the Agricultural sector to create more agro-allied jobs by way of loans at nominal interest rates for capital investment on medium and commercial scale cash crops; Guarantee a minimum price for selected crops and facilitate storage of agricultural products as and when necessary. INDUSTRIALIZATION Formulate a robust industrialization policy and provide a conducive environment for a private sector led industrial base for the economy, promote entrepreneurship that would help usher in new industries, new jobs, new knowledge and utilization of information and communication technologies; Create growth centers through the promotion of industrialization in all regions by encouraging the use of local resources. Promote innovation by investing heavily in research, development, science and technology. Support diversification of our economy from export of primary materials to value added goods through supporting the establishment of a solid industrial base. Ensure that key agricultural products such as cocoa and rubber go through value addition as opposed to exporting raw materials for industries in other countries. INFRASTRUCTURE Undertake an urgent review of the Public Private Partnership(PPP) enabling environment with a view to addressing the legal, regulatory and operational challenges including introducing enabling legislation where necessary. In addition, we shall create a National Infrastructural Development Bank to provide loans at nominal interest rates exclusively for this sector to help rebuild our infrastructure and provide gainful employment; Generate, transmit and distribute from current 5,000 – 6,000 MW to at least 20,000 MW of electricity within four years and increasing to 50,000 MW with a view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted power supply within ten years, whilst simultaneously ensuring development of sustainable/renewable energy; Embark on a National Infrastructural Development Programme as a PPP that will ensure the (a) construction of 3,000km of Superhighway including service trunks and (b) building of up to 4,800km of modern railway lines – one third to be completed by 2019; Enact new legal and regulatory frameworks to establish independent regulation and incentives to accelerate public and private sector investment in seaports, railways and inland waterways; Embark on PPP schemes with a view to ensuring that at least one functioning airport is available in each of the 36 states. OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY Make the industry and Nigeria one of the world leading/cutting edge centers for clean oil and gas technologists, scientists, mega structure installation, drilling, processing, production engineers supported with best services and research facilities; Fully develop the sector’s capacity to absorb more of the nation’s new graduates in the labour market. The sector will produce more home-grown world class engineers and scientists; Modernize the NNPC and make it the national energy champion. Consider breaking it up into more efficient, commercially driven units and strip it of its regulatory powers and enable it tap into international capital market; Enforce the government master plan for oil companies to end flaring that pollutes the air and damages people’s health and ensure that they sell at least half of their gas production within Nigeria; Speedily pass the much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and ensure that local content issues are fully addressed; Make Nigeria the world’s leading exporter of LNG through the creation of strategic partnerships. EDUCATION Fully implement and enforce the provisions of the Universal Basic Education Act with emphasis on gender equity in primary and secondary school enrollment whilst improving the quality and substance of our schools; Targeting up to 15% of our annual budget for this critical sector whilst making substantial investments in training quality teachers at all levels of the educational system; Implement performance based education as against the current certificate based qualification; Enhance teacher training and improve the competence of teachers along with vigorous national inspection; Make learning experiences more meaningful for children and make education more cost-effective; Develop and promote effective use of innovative teaching methods/materials in schools; Ensure a greater proportion of expenditure on university education is devoted to Science and Technology with more spaces allocated to science and technology oriented courses; Establish at least six new universities of science and technology with satellite campuses in various states; Establish technical colleges and vocational centers in each state of the federation; Provide more conducive environment for private sector participation in all levels of education; Establish six centers of excellence to address the needs of special education; HEALTHCARE Prioritize the reduction of the infant mortality rate by 2019 to 3%; reduce maternal mortality by more than 70%; reduce HIV/AIDs infection rate by 50% and other infectious diseases by 75%; improve life expectancy by additional 10 years on average through our national healthy living program; Increase the number of physicians from 19 per 1000 population to 50 per 1000; increase national health expenditure per person per annum to about N50,000 (from less than N10,000 currently); Increase the quality of all federal government owned hospitals to world class standard within five years; Invest in cutting edge technology such as telemedicine in all major health centers in the country through active investment and partnership programs with the private sector; Provide free ante-natal care for pregnant women, free health care for babies and children up to school going age and for the aged and free treatment for those afflicted with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS; Boost the local manufacture of pharmaceuticals and make non adulterated drugs readily available. SENIOR CITIZENS, YOUTH SPORTS AND CULTURE Ensure timely payment of retirement benefits for all pensioned senior citizens and create a poverty safety net for all aged citizens above the age of 65; Provide the opportunities for youths to realize, harness, and develop their full potentials and to facilitate the emergence of a new generation of citizens committed to the sustenance of good governance and service to the people and the country; Establish world class sports academy and training institutes and ensure that Nigeria occupies a place of pride in global sports and athletics; Revive the Nigerian football league and put incentives in place to make it as competitive as other national leagues; Put in place measures to identify talents early and ensure their participation in local and international games to enable them become professionals; Mandate schools and communities to create playgrounds/sports centers with needed equipment to develop skills; Assist Nollywood to fully develop into world class movie industry that can compete effectively with Hollywood and Bollywood in due course. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT Ensure the rights of women are protected as enshrined in our Constitution; Guarantee that women are adequately represented in government appointments and provide greater opportunities in education, job creation and economic empowerment; Recognize and protect women empowerment and gender equality with special emphasis on economic activities in development and in rural areas; Promote the concept of reserving a minimum number of seats in the National Assembly for women. ENVIRONMENT Ensure compliance with policies and measures to halt the pollution of rivers and waterways in the Niger Delta and other parts of the country; Create shelter belts in states bordering the Sahara Desert to mitigate and reverse the effects of the expanding desert; Support and accelerate the implementation of regional water transfer initiatives across the country; Adopt a holistic approach to erosion and shoreline protection across the country; Create teams of volunteers to plant and nurture economically viable trees in arid regions; Restructure the Ecological Fund Office to enable it meet today’s environmental challenges; Regulate the timber industry to ensure that double the number of trees felled are planted by the loggers; Ensure full compliance with town-planning and environmental laws and edicts. FOREIGN POLICY Make regional integration a priority within ECOWAS including free trade with a view to ensuring that a common tariff and currency are achieved by 2020 under Nigeria’s guidance and leadership; Maintain strong, close and frank relationships within the Gulf of Guinea, the Commonwealth, South Africa and the rest of the world; Establish a new special relationship with the leading emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) and other strategic partners around the world. http://www.allprogressivescongress.org/manifesto |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by Iceman296: 4:46pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
You call it Jonathan's Disgrace? Abi The students disgrace. They simply showed how Foolish they are . 2 Likes |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by Swizdoe(m): 5:54pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Whether he was booed or not..... He remains the proverbial rejected stone in the southwest... He can relocate aso rock to southwest for all we care, he still won't get enough votes. |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by vedaxcool(m): 5:59pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
omenka: Indeed Nigeria has sunken low under jonathan, hopefully Nigeria's true values will hold them to account! |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by Nobody: 6:03pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
omenka:does ur life revolve round the dos and donts of jonathan? are u this frustrated? Nl's got da repution for being host to a lotta grumpus.. @op,those students actions amounted to sheer stuppidity n fooolishness..students in institutions in volitile regions wont employ such disgraceful means to drive home their demands.. |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by Nobody: 6:10pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
omenka:lol...but then,I don't believe that P.Gej was booed. Nigerians are too timid and scared. That's why the system isn't working. There is rot in every sector. |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by benuejosh: 7:47pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
Johnnyessence:please summarise. |
Re: The Jonathanian Disgrace...i Was There!!! by jamace(m): 8:02pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
The students welcomed GEJ. There was no booing. https://www.nairaland.com/2020837/oau-students-union-leaders-appreciate |
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