One of the world’s foremost economists, Professor George Ayittey has lashed out at the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ), describing him as “a joke” and a mediocre President after his (GEJ’s) encounter with the media last night.

According to Professor Ayittey, Nigeria “deserves a better leader”, judging by GEJ’s poor, almost unfortunate responses to some of the questions posed to him by the Nigerian media last night.
The Professor indicated that GEJ’s refusal to declare his assets and his failure to tackle the Boko Haram crisis suggest that he is of an unsound mind.

He therefore called on Nigerians to rid themselves of GEJ as soon as possible.
He said: “Nigerians should not put up with such mediocrity and should mount a RECALL GEJ campaign. They should check Chapter VI of their Constitution. See Sections 143 and 144 about removing the President and Vice-President from office other than through elections”.
“137; 1c: “A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if under the law in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind.”


Professor Ayittey, a Ghanaian economist, author, president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC, professor at American University, and an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, made this known on twitter this morning.
Read the entire tweet below:

Professor George Ayittey

“Look, this GEJ guy is a joke – a meretricious mediocrity. Nigerians deserve a better leader. Fancy his statements and responses to questions in a media chat on June 24, 2012:

• He has not visited Borno state, the center of Boko Haram attacks, because the airport there was not functional at the time he planned to visit. “And we did not want to land somewhere and fly in to Maiduguri with a helicopter for obvious reasons.”


[Why is the airport not functioning? Why hasn’t it been fixed? And are there no ROADS into Borno State?]

• Asked why he had not declared his assets, Mr. Jonathan replied in an impatient tone, stating “I don’t give a damn” about declaration of assets. He related that he had gone to the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to caution “that we should not play to the hands of some people [by openly declaring their assets].” Mr. Jonathan added, “That is a matter of principle and I am not going to declare. It is not the president declaring his asset that will end Boko Haram.”
• The president said it’s a matter of principle and whether he is criticised from “head to toe” he will not declare his assets. “It is not right,” he said. “I didn’t want even want to declare my assets as VP” but was forced by the then president, Umara Musa Yar’Adua. He said asset declaration is “not the right thing to do.”

[Damn it, it is a constitutional requirement to declare your assets, Mr. President. See Chapter VI, Part 1, Section 140 of Nigeria’s Constitution: “Declaration of assets and liabilities, oaths of President.” And what the hell has Boko Haram got to do with declaration of assets?]

• Agriculture: The president said his government is revolutionizing agriculture in Nigeria.”We are giving cotton seeds free in the North” he said.

[This is the most crass definition of an “agricultural revolution” – by providing free seeds.]

• The President said the government is doing very well in railway construction. “You may not know, but we are working,” he said. He added that his government has made a “significant progress” in railway construction. “You should commend us,” he adds.

[What “significant progress” has been made in railway construction? How many Nigerians are working on railway construction with the contract given to Chinese firms?]

• UNILAG name change: The president said what he did, in terms of law, was correct. You change the name first, then send the bill to the National Assembly later, he argues. “What we did, was the normal procedure,” he said.

[No, Mr. Presient, you had it backward. Before you change the name of University of Lagos (UNILAG), you consult with the university and the student body, which you did NOT do.]

• Crude Oil Theft: “The stealing of crude oil is a Nigerian phenomenon,” the president said. He adds that it has gone cancerous. “We will stop it, but it is like allowing a cancerous cell to grow into a major tumor.”

[Mr. President, theft of crude oil is a CRIME, not a “Nigerian phenomenon or a disease afflicting Nigerians. Describing it that way means you are CLUELESS about how to solve it.]

Nigerians should not put up with such mediocrity and should mount a RECALL GEJ campaign.
They should check Chapter VI of their Constitution. See Sections 143 and 144 about removing the President and Vice-President from office other than through elections.

137; 1c: “A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if under the law in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind.” Link: http:///MSxUws ”

Professor Ayittey holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon, an M.A. from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba. He has taught at Wayne State College and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.
He held a National Fellowship at the Hoover Institution in 1988-89, and then joined The Heritage Foundation as a Bradley Resident Scholar.

He founded The Free Africa Foundation in 1993, to serve as a catalyst for reform in Africa.
In 2008 Dr. Ayittey was listed by Foreign Policy as one of the “Top 100 Public Intellectuals” who “are shaping the tenor of our time”. He lives in Lorton, Virginia.
What do you make of his comments? Is Professor Ayittey justified in his criticism of GEJ?

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2012/06/26/gej-guy-joke-meretricious-mediocrity-nigerians-deserve-better-leader-ghanaian-professor/

hmmm...
wetin concern d prof about nigerian politics...
instead he should face his own country issues...
mtchwe..

THANK YOU PROF

GEJs DAYS OF DISGRACING US ARE NUMBERED

Anyone who the Lord appointed to be the next president is what I prayed for.clueless or not.illiterate or not.Phd or not. Lord take away power from the principalites that rules behind the scene in Jesus name. Power down power.

lol... Ghanaian prof. Taking panadol ova 9ja headache

God punish the Professor Ayittey and his generation

shrek4:
One of the world’s foremost economists, Professor George Ayittey has lashed out at the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ), describing him as “a joke” and a mediocre President after his (GEJ’s) encounter with the media last night.

According to Professor Ayittey, Nigeria “deserves a better leader”, judging by GEJ’s poor, almost unfortunate responses to some of the questions posed to him by the Nigerian media last night.
The Professor indicated that GEJ’s refusal to declare his assets and his failure to tackle the Boko Haram crisis suggest that he is of an unsound mind.

He therefore called on Nigerians to rid themselves of GEJ as soon as possible.
He said: “Nigerians should not put up with such mediocrity and should mount a RECALL GEJ campaign. They should check Chapter VI of their Constitution. See Sections 143 and 144 about removing the President and Vice-President from office other than through elections”.
“137; 1c: “A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if under the law in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind.”


Professor Ayittey, a Ghanaian economist, author, president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC, professor at American University, and an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, made this known on twitter this morning.
Read the entire tweet below:

Professor George Ayittey

“Look, this GEJ guy is a joke – a meretricious mediocrity. Nigerians deserve a better leader. Fancy his statements and responses to questions in a media chat on June 24, 2012:

• He has not visited Borno state, the center of Boko Haram attacks, because the airport there was not functional at the time he planned to visit. “And we did not want to land somewhere and fly in to Maiduguri with a helicopter for obvious reasons.”


[Why is the airport not functioning? Why hasn’t it been fixed? And are there no ROADS into Borno State?]

• Asked why he had not declared his assets, Mr. Jonathan replied in an impatient tone, stating “I don’t give a damn” about declaration of assets. He related that he had gone to the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to caution “that we should not play to the hands of some people [by openly declaring their assets].” Mr. Jonathan added, “That is a matter of principle and I am not going to declare. It is not the president declaring his asset that will end Boko Haram.”
• The president said it’s a matter of principle and whether he is criticised from “head to toe” he will not declare his assets. “It is not right,” he said. “I didn’t want even want to declare my assets as VP” but was forced by the then president, Umara Musa Yar’Adua. He said asset declaration is “not the right thing to do.”

[Damn it, it is a constitutional requirement to declare your assets, Mr. President. See Chapter VI, Part 1, Section 140 of Nigeria’s Constitution: “Declaration of assets and liabilities, oaths of President.” And what the hell has Boko Haram got to do with declaration of assets?]

• Agriculture: The president said his government is revolutionizing agriculture in Nigeria.”We are giving cotton seeds free in the North” he said.

[This is the most crass definition of an “agricultural revolution” – by providing free seeds.]

• The President said the government is doing very well in railway construction. “You may not know, but we are working,” he said. He added that his government has made a “significant progress” in railway construction. “You should commend us,” he adds.

[What “significant progress” has been made in railway construction? How many Nigerians are working on railway construction with the contract given to Chinese firms?]

• UNILAG name change: The president said what he did, in terms of law, was correct. You change the name first, then send the bill to the National Assembly later, he argues. “What we did, was the normal procedure,” he said.

[No, Mr. Presient, you had it backward. Before you change the name of University of Lagos (UNILAG), you consult with the university and the student body, which you did NOT do.]

• Crude Oil Theft: “The stealing of crude oil is a Nigerian phenomenon,” the president said. He adds that it has gone cancerous. “We will stop it, but it is like allowing a cancerous cell to grow into a major tumor.”

[Mr. President, theft of crude oil is a CRIME, not a “Nigerian phenomenon or a disease afflicting Nigerians. Describing it that way means you are CLUELESS about how to solve it.]

Nigerians should not put up with such mediocrity and should mount a RECALL GEJ campaign.
They should check Chapter VI of their Constitution. See Sections 143 and 144 about removing the President and Vice-President from office other than through elections.

137; 1c: “A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if under the law in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind.” Link: http:///MSxUws ”

Professor Ayittey holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon, an M.A. from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba. He has taught at Wayne State College and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.
He held a National Fellowship at the Hoover Institution in 1988-89, and then joined The Heritage Foundation as a Bradley Resident Scholar.

He founded The Free Africa Foundation in 1993, to serve as a catalyst for reform in Africa.
In 2008 Dr. Ayittey was listed by Foreign Policy as one of the “Top 100 Public Intellectuals” who “are shaping the tenor of our time”. He lives in Lorton, Virginia.
What do you make of his comments? Is Professor Ayittey justified in his criticism of GEJ?

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2012/06/26/gej-guy-joke-meretricious-mediocrity-nigerians-deserve-better-leader-ghanaian-professor/

wetin concern garri over banku ?

this man should face his own president in Ghana that goes begging IMF for money

ROSSIKE:
this man should face his own president in Ghana that goes begging IMF for money

Bro, we reason alike. Follow me back. Av been following ur write ups.

unbeatenmueez:
Anyone who the Lord appointed to be the next president is what I prayed for.clueless or not.illiterate or not.Phd or not. Lord take away power from the principalites that rules behind the scene in Jesus name. Power down power.

Did God partake in the last voter registration?

What is tha Bleep wrong with this black chacoal man...
Do yu know the meaning of an unsound mind, in fact yu must be on a cheap weed to called our president of the giant of africa an unsound mind...

Don't yu know that among our past rulers so far in nigeria,jonathan is the best among the best so far..

Did buhari bribes yu to castigate and call our president a joke..
Both of yu must be on a high weed of constant smoking and failing to see what jonathan has done for nigerians,

Can yu says that to an american president?idiat

If nigerians re castigating and insulting their president,it does not give a black ghanians,the right to do so cos they didn't vote for him neither re they a citizens of a proud nigeria..

We re proud of what president goodluck jonathan has done so far..
So to hell with yu and focus on ghana whose economy and monetery is facing a dilenma..

Hit them up

GEJ till GOD knows when......

even outsiders know

emmysoftyou:
What is tha Bleep wrong with this black chacoal man...
Do yu know the meaning of an unsound mind, in fact yu must be on a cheap weed to called our president of the giant of africa an unsound mind...

Don't yu know that among our past rulers so far in nigeria,jonathan is the best among the best so far..

Did buhari bribes yu to castigate and call our president a joke..
Both of yu must be on a high weed of constant smoking and failing to see what jonathan has done for nigerians,

Can yu says that to an american president?idiat

If nigerians re castigating and insulting their president,it does not give a black ghanians,the right to do so cos they didn't vote for him neither re they a citizens of a proud nigeria..

We re proud of what president goodluck jonathan has done so far..
So to hell with yu and focus on ghana whose economy and monetery is facing a dilenma..

Hit them up

GEJ till GOD knows when......

you read but don't think how will buhari have hand in it? So someone cannot speak his own opinion? .a 2012 article is making u catch feelings? Na wa

iamord:
Did God partake in the last voter registration?

Yes,

When i did, He did.

The prof. should proffer solution to the Ghana's economic problems first, before trying to advice Nigeria.

Nigeria deserve a better leader ( president ), though not in the person of GMB ( Buhari ).

The option we've left would still be to manage GEJ.






.

iamord:
you read but don't think how will buhari have hand in it? So someone cannot speak his own opinion? .a 2012 article is making u catch feelings? Na wa

in nigeria,anytin can happen,buhari is a desperate politician who felt that if he didnt become the president dis year then it s over for him...

Cant yu see the way osibanjo,his runningmate is preaching politically far more better than when he s preaching religiously to meet heaven...

Both of them re desperate human in disguise...
So anything can happen since social network is an easy communication via messages and chatting...
Anything can happen bro...

luvinhubby:

Yes,

When i did, He did.

and what happens to the other citizens? Did satan do it along with them?

emmysoftyou:
in nigeria,anytin can happen,buhari is a desperate politician who felt that if he didnt become the president dis year then it s over for him...

Cant yu see the way osibanjo,his runningmate is preaching politically far more better than when he s preaching religiously to meet heaven...

Both of them re desperate human in disguise...
So anything can happen since social network is an easy communication via messages and chatting...
Anything can happen bro...

pls don't fall for cheap conspiracies !am not saying buhari can't do what ever but .. This is not it! Even if you are a GEJ supporter u have to see issue transparently and with a clear view

iamord:
and what happens to the other citizens? Did satan do it along with them?

Sorry, i can't answer for them, i can only speak for myself

Emperor007:
The prof. should proffer solution to the Ghana's economic problems first, before trying to advice Nigeria.

Nigeria deserve a better leader ( president ), though not in the person of GMB ( Buhari ).

The option we've left would still be to manage GEJ.






.

THIS RESPONSE IS TYPICAL OF PDP GOONS.THATS WHAT THEY SAY WHEN GEJ CLUELESSNESS IS EXPOSED AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.THEY SAY IT TO INTIMIDATE PEOPLE NOT TO VOTE THEM OUT OF POWER...BUHARI UNTILL PDP SOLVE POWER PROBLEM AFTER 16YRS RULE AND UNTILL STEALING BECOME CORRUPTION

iamord:
Did God partake in the last voter registration?

. Nothing is behind Him bro,God appeared in form of a man to saved Us? So d same God can appeared in form of man to vote His will person to take power. Therefore the spirit of the Lord is everywhere and I knw He is on course to change the situation of Nigeria.

emmysoftyou:
What is tha Bleep wrong with this black chacoal man...
Do yu know the meaning of an unsound mind, in fact yu must be on a cheap weed to called our president of the giant of africa an unsound mind...

Don't yu know that among our past rulers so far in nigeria,jonathan is the best among the best so far..

Did buhari bribes yu to castigate and call our president a joke..
Both of yu must be on a high weed of constant smoking and failing to see what jonathan has done for nigerians,

Can yu says that to an american president?idiat

If nigerians re castigating and insulting their president,it does not give a black ghanians,the right to do so cos they didn't vote for him neither re they a citizens of a proud nigeria..

We re proud of what president goodluck jonathan has done so far..
So to hell with yu and focus on ghana whose economy and monetery is facing a dilenma..

Hit them up

GEJ till GOD knows when......

Nonsense .Are nigerians nt more charcoal-like than Ghanaians?

unbeatenmueez:
. Nothing is behind Him bro,God appeared in form of a man to saved Us? So d same God can appeared in form of man to vote His will person to take power. Therefore the spirit of the Lord is everywhere and I knw He is on course to change the situation of Nigeria.

oga! The change is in your hands! And no one else

Emperor007:
The prof. should proffer solution to the Ghana's economic problems first, before trying to advice Nigeria.

Nigeria deserve a better leader ( president ), though not in the person of GMB ( Buhari ).

The option we've left would still be to manage GEJ.






.

Manage GEJ What rubbish! How can a sane fella spill this crap!