hbabe:

I understood what he was saying and so did Christine Amanpour; and not once did she need him to repeat his statement.  He is a Nigerian, an Ijaw man for that matter so what accent did you expect him to have? Dutch or French?  
As someone has pointed out already, he did not need an interpreter and that shows he communicated well.

mobuch:

Hbabe.

i also understood what he said, but his his style and method of speech delivery is not yet up the level of a president

Sun of god:

Mobuch,

The way you worded the post was not ideal. I comes across as criticism.

Hence the 'violent' response you recieved from some posters. Possibly some people are now blinded and will not see anything bad in what Jonathan does and says from now on.

But you have highlighted something that needs addressing - and hopefully Jonathan has genuine guys around him that will point out his weaknesses. Surrounding yourself with 'Yes men' is no good.

It was a CCN interview being broadcast to the whole world - so his English needed to be spot on.

And he could have requested the interview questions before so he could prepare.

If he was giving an interview in Nigeria to a Nigerian audience nobody would comment if he spoke the same way - because even if he spoke broken English nobody would complain.

eina:

mobuch you want everyone to speak like an american before he or she can be certified speaking like a president abi?

mobuch:

everyone does not have to speak like an american to have a good accent, but the more educated you are, the more important it becomes for you to relegate your  faulty accent to the background

namski:

@poster, I find it difficult to agree with you, much as I believe that Goodluck Jonathan could have done better in the interview. However my own view will be that he probably was a bit unprepared for the interview and therefore did not give the questions the required level of articulation. He no doubt, appeared a bit nervous as well, but having said this, the sincererity of his answers is what matters most.

On the issue of accent, please let us as Nigerians stop putting people down because of their accent. Even English people have accent - go up to north England and the accent is completely different from that of the south, yet you dont hear them make such comments as we experience in Nigeria over this accent or that accent. Please are we now the owners of the language, for heaven sake it is still a second language to us and as far as you are understood, it does not matter how you bloody pronouce any word.

If I have to rate Jonathan on his interview performance with Amanpour, I will give him 6.5 out of 10. He was ok and answered the questions he was asked.

mobuch:


my brother,
Obj makes  grammatical errors but he flows with the occasion, and his errors are excusable because of his  level of education,
yara adua has thick northern accents, but u and i know that northern accent is better than Southern Accent.


Man, Goodluck is  PHd holder, there are mistakes he should not make with his level of education and exposure.

mobuch:


of course i failed JAMB once, so wats d big deal??

linuxuser:

Mr. Good English. Even your posts betrays your level. You are trying to correct the Ag. President. Did you notice that you do not even know how to spell? Loom at your quote above and pin point your own error yourself.


So you failed JAMB once? How do we know its not 10 times. Please learn to put off the rubbish in your own eyes before trying to take off that of others. Make sense?

SapeleGuy:

It is a sign of the problems we face that some of us are more interested in the style of the interview triumphing over the substance.

Most Nigerians like Goodluck for some of the things his critics hate such as humility, likeability and the absence of gra gra.

He will continue to confound his critics. Remember a few weeks ago some of you said he was mugu/mumu - he has since shown you otherwise. Now it is his accent.

Get used to the accent - you will be hearing more of it as president beyond 2011.

krendo:

He should have spoken in Ijaw or Pidgin and then gone with an interpreter to translate to english.

Beaf:

Stop sounding like something someone kicked into the trash can. Your criticism's all over NL are full of bile and the green monster's bite.
It seems you only registered on NL with one mission in mind, I have never seen you post anything that is not a criticism of Jonathan in all your 30 posts.
Learn to be constructive.

krendo:

Its called democracy

You have no right to censore or modify my views on issues.

Let their be an end to this useless glossy honeymoon based on nothing. It is time to start asking serious questions of the new President.

Not every American like Obama, why can't I air my views on Jonathan?

It is called democracy.

krendo:

He should have spoken in Ijaw or Pidgin and then gone with an interpreter to translate to english.