In everything I do I make a conscious decision to put Nigeria first whether it is in my dressing or the food I eat, or even the music I listen to. I am totally sold out on Nigeria.

42 senior special assistants, 52 special assistants and 12 personal assistants. [color=#550000]Two of the personal assistants are Malian and Senegalese tailors who sow the president’s clothes.

>> In 2007, the then Vice President Goodluck Jonathan bowed to public opinion and released details of his assets totalling N295, 304, 420. The declaration took place before Muktar N. Dodo of the Abuja High Court on May 30. Mr Jonathan had no foreign accounts or assets.

>> The total worth of Mr Jonathan’s private residences was N67, 990,000 according to that declaration. The buildings include a four- bedroom duplex in Kpansia, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, valued at N15 million; a four-flat storey building extension of the family house in Yenagoa valued at N10 million and his seven bedroom village home at Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area, which was bombed days before his inauguration as Vice President, valued at N18 million and a five-bedroom personal residence in Gwarinpa, Abuja valued at N24, 990,000.

>> Under vehicles and household items, Mr Jonathan declared assets worth N41.8 million.

They include a BMW car in Abuja valued at N15 million,

generators, electronics, air conditioners, furniture, kitchen utensils and others in Kpansia, Yenagoa and Gwarimpa, Abuja valued at N26 million. The car was declared as a gift while the other items were declared to have been procured from savings.

>> Jonathan also declared vacant and undeveloped plots worth N60.538 million. They include five undeveloped plots of land in Bayelsa State, two undeveloped plots of land in Cadastral Zone BO2 and AO6 in Abuja. He disclosed also a yearly income of N62, 072, 200. These comprise investments in stocks in 16 Nigerian blue chip companies managed by City-Code Trust & Investment Company Limited. His investments also cover four 16-seater passenger boats which he hires to companies and other agencies. The Vice President’s total cash in Nigerian banks (Bank PHB, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, UBA and others) is put at N58, 984, 123. He stated that the total income includes personal savings and income from his investments including performing stocks and hiring of the boats.

All my children, every last one of them school in Nigeria

Jonathan, in a comment on his Facebook page, entitled, “The core of who I am” said public office, to him, was not a means to adding value to the holder, adding that people with that type of mentality were only borrowing moral authority from the office they occupied

I am totally sold out on Nigeria

-GEJ

And that is why I communicate with you because next to the Almighty God, the Nigerian people are my power source and, just as an electrical appliance will not work when not connected to its power source, so also can I not work effectively if I am not connected with you, the good people of Nigeria.

Becomrichn:

Jonathan can not buy foreign property in most countries, even if he has the money because most of this countries have law that only resident can own a property.

olas2u:

Olodo you dont know anything

Justcash:

Jonathan has been impressive so far.
He got the right to boast about having everything in Nigeria because it is difficult to find politicians that does not have properties, or several accounts abroad. Almost every governor have Orchard Green Bank accounts abroad. Some are even Citizens of other countries e. g. Americans, British etc.

Little wonder why my own party, APGA, and some other parties have adopted Jonathan as their candidate.

THE MAN IS TRYING. HIS LEADERSHIP IS BREAKING SERIOUS RECORDS THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR OTHER POLITICIANS TO EMULATE.

Eziachi:

If you don't own any property abroad Mr Goodluck, it is because you are born into a very poor peasant fishing family managing life like every other person without any money.  It is because you are a poor salaried teacher until won the lottery into the Nigerian politics.

So, why should anyone expect you to own a property in your village, worth more abroad?
Just tell us where you got the 50 thousand dollars you gave Pastor Bakare and his group for taxi money from? We had been asking this question for months without any answers.

Stop pontificating about what you don't have, because you don't merit or deserve to have them in the first instance, hence not a big deal or an achievement.

Eziachi:

If you don't own any property abroad Mr Goodluck, it is because you are born into a very poor peasant fishing family managing life like every other person without any money.  It is because you are a poor salaried teacher until won the lottery into the Nigerian politics.

So, why should anyone expect you to own a property in your village, worth more abroad?
Just tell us where you got the 50 thousand dollars you gave Pastor Bakare and his group for taxi money from? We had been asking this question for months without any answers.

Stop pontificating about what you don't have, because you don't merit or deserve to have them in the first instance, hence not a big deal or an achievement.

Eko Ile:

This is how you rate an infective and incompetent leader?

Jos is still burning and Nigerians are still dying, but this clueless man is running his mouth as if Jos is not part of Nigeria or any of his responsibility.


His part and government is corrupt and inept and this same shameless and corrupt president sent a public official paid by the Nigerian taxpayers to welcome a convicted criminal from prison.


Nigerians are indeed funny animals, I even question you people's mental capacity sometimes,

Justcash:

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when GEJ came into power, he met Jos, Niger-delta, Abia state and Boko Haram burning?

He curtailed Abia's kidnapping issue and Niger delta oil pipeline rampage within his time. He is Concretely tackling the madness in Jos and the North as we can see. What else do you expect him to do that he is not doing. Please tell me what you would do to Jos if you were in his shoes? Are you expecting him to bomb the Beroms and Hausa/Fulanis? You definitely being insincere by saying that he is doing nothing about Jos.

Well as for welcoming Bode George from Jail, there is no where that it is written that the president welcomed BJ from Jail. PDP and their officials did. It is not GEJ's fault that they did. And he has done his part by ensuring that BJ served out his punishment in jail for stealing.

GEJ is one of the best that we have ever had in Nigeria. He may not be comparable to the Obamas of this world, but he is definitely breaking records as Nigeria's leader. Who ever dreamt to have a Leader that looks up to his own people?

I respect your view, but You need to stop being unnecessarily critical.[/b]

seanet02:

Where is the logic in this post of yours? Under the very watchful eyes of GEJ OGUN state house of Assembly was closed down for the past 6 months without recourse to sensibility, under the very watchful eyes of GEJ, Nigerias excess crude oil account was plundered to just $25 million dollars with no development to show for it, under GEJ Nigerias capital was bombed on our independence day despite the fact that British intelligence Agencies have alerted us 48 before the incident, after the bombing GEJ throw caution to the winds and declared that he knows the people behind the bomb blast and that they Politicians yet the guy being prosecuted for this is not a politician, GEJ cronies point accusing fingers at IBB As the man behind it, yet no arrest was effected, GEJ turns around to proclaim the same IBB as his Father and Mentor meaning GEJ values his Presidency than the lives of Nigerians who lost their lives in the bomb blast he pointed accusing fingers at his mentor. He came to the south west and labelled the leaders of the Region Rascals. Men if you don't have any other thing to say Abeg go and sleep. Your contradictions may be because of Brain overheating. So go sleep.

Justcash:

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And those were the only things that you noticed about GEJ's administration? I bet Fashola should be said to be anti-developmental because Doctors went on strike (Patients died), Roads that were Supposedly repaired by him crumbled right infront of you , Mushin is yet to look like VI, Criminals still rob and assassinate people in Lagos state etc?
What is the use of you judging GEJ because the SSS, Policemen and Military men that he deployed failed to do their jobs well?
What do you want him to do about Ogun, when Ogun citizens have the right to sue their government to court for that action? You think it is just easy for GEJ to enter a state and control things. He is not a dictator.
Why are you blaming him for no development, when the excess crude oil account money that you were blabbing about was taken out, shared to states, and ministries for some developments? You seem to forget that Nigeria wanted to burn because that Money was untouched, and Nigerians questioned the need of keeping the money, calling it illegal in some cases.
What sort of development do you want to see within 9 months that have not been done? You'd be senseless to be expecting Nigeria to develop within 9 months.
Did GEJ tell you that he is a Magician? Is it even not in front of you that power supply rose to 3,800 and 4,000 MW recently due to billions of naira investments in t he sector?
What else do you want him to do about Jos that he is not doing?
How does calling ACN Politicians rascals amount to calling Western region's leaders rascals?
Why OBJ with all his gra gra no arrest IBB and others, despite the overwhelming evidence that he had? You think it is just easy to arrest people without adequate evidence. It is not his duty to arrest people. He is not despotic. It is the duty of the security men to do that. And they arrested people for that bomb blast. You are definitely not satisfied because the people you want in jail were not arrested abi? GEJ will not do that for you.

You are not being fair. You would not even achieve anything in 2 years, apart from stealing money obviously, if you were given  the same chance. You think say na moi moi to develop Nigeria. You seem not to know how deep the rot in Nigeria is. [/b]

Justcash:


Having been an ex-deputy governor (To Alams) of Bayelsa state, and a governor at a point, is enough for him to have accounts in every country in the world. He is using everything that he has to score political points. That is expected. After all people like Tinubu are using his statement to score political points against him. It is politics. Look at Achike Udenwa. He was a poor Teacher too before Politics, but the man not gat accounts abroad like mad.

Eziachi:

Udenwa came from a very well off family, in fact his late brother Anthony was a millionaire as far back as 1980.  He also married into one of the richest families in Orlu. Udenwa lives in mansion both in Amaifeke and Port Harcourt before the return of politics in 1999. He contested for NPP primary for Orlu federal constituency in 1983 but failed,I wonder were Jonathan was in 1983?
Having said that, this doesn't qualify Udenwa himself to have choiced properties abroad based on his personal wealth as a governor. I am only trying to stop you comapring the two men because their lives before the return of politics, couldn't have been more different in term of personal  wealth and social backgrounds.