deluxecad:

I support the single tenure proposition. I just want the president to be more forceful or emphatic, he has enormous power available to him as the Commander-in-Chief.

OAM4J:

I have no regret proposing single term



President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday that the criticisms that trailed his proposed six-year single term had not made him to regret his action.

Mr President, i thought u said you didnt initiate it in the first instance


While maintaining that four years were too short, the President urged his critics to wait for the bill which he said he had not even forwarded to the National Assembly.

With due Respect Mr President, can u kindly shhhhaaarrrap. FOUR years is more than enough to get us kicking big time and by the way u will definately be using more than four yrs  by the end of your tenure in 2015. This statement of urs is irresponsible. Now, useless governors are saying the same.


President Jonathan who further said that the endless bloodletting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, was not in any way connected to religion, however, noted that he would not rule out the fact religion played a role in it.

Honestly Mr President, just admit you are clueless about what to do about this issue. You have no solution. It has dragged for so long? Save us all these rhetorics and resign ok.


According to him, there will soon be an improvement in the power sector. However, he said he would not disclose the megawatts to be produced or the amount to be injected to revive the ailing sector.

We av been hearing this for ages now. You wont disclose because u honestly dont know. You are definately not in charge. why cant you just admit to Nigerians or better still refer us to Okonjo (your prime minister). i know she will be in better position to tell us

Jonathan also said the Federal Government was deeply worried by the security problems dogging the country, but assured Nigerians that the problems would decrease.

Na today.


On the issue of a convocation of a Sovereign National Conference as being clamoured by some Nigerians, the President said he supported an avenue where Nigerians could discuss.

He said, “Yes, of course, I support that Nigerians must discuss. Nigerians have been discussing. I have asked the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to look into the requests of Nigerians. We are going to set up a committee.

SNC is what we need. lets discuss the foundation of this country. if we want to be together not. NASS cant give us that. Your PDP cohorts in the NASS has never had the interest of the people so u are wrong that we have been talking. The bulk of the discussions there are for themselves. This shouldnt be too dificult for a PHD holder like u. i know u will nevr converge an SNC becos u dont have such BALLS

Speaking on the issue of corruption, he said his government would not stop indicted officials from being prosecuted.

but when notin is done to indict them nko? Get an external auditor inside NNPC and The ffl ministries (petroleum, power, works and housing, presidency etc) then u will understand that Nigerians have re-defined the defination of corruption. to be honest, u are simply not sincere about corruption. Just like your days in Bayelsa, likewise u have imported into the federal level.

“Nigerians have elected me for four years. They should watch what will happen in that direction,” he stated.

We've started counting since May 2010 when to us your Presidency strarted. so far, its been Failure Galore. You can still redeem ursef though.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201109132465228

twinstaiye:

Didnt they say Nigeria is difficult to rule?  Here is a man who had been there even before he was elected, he is saying from his little experience, single term is better and that the moment a politician is swear in to an office, all in his mind is the second term, the urge to do what he is elected for is not the priority, and all he will do is to do his work with the second term at the back of his mind.  He was elected to work, and to me, since we are not the same, we should not expect him to do everybody bids.  Meanwhile, he appears to become the President of this country when Nigeria was in the middle of internet literacy, so this criticisms should be understandable.

twinstaiye:

Didnt they say Nigeria is difficult to rule?  Here is a man who had been there even before he was elected, he is saying from his little experience, single term is better and that the moment a politician is swear in to an office, all in his mind is the second term, the urge to do what he is elected for is not the priority, and all he will do is to do his work with the second term at the back of his mind.  He was elected to work, and to me, since we are not the same, we should not expect him to do everybody bids.  Meanwhile, he appears to become the President of this country when Nigeria was in the middle of internet literacy, so this criticisms should be understandable.

kulutempa:

Really?   If a politician delivers on his promises to the electorate, he doesn't have to worry about being re-elected.  His deeds would speak for him.  That is the difference between Fashola who was re-elected, and Akala, who wasn't, despite devoting all of his waking hours to bagging a second term.    Only unserious politicians and leaders would come up with such claptrap.  If GEJ dramatically transforms Nigeria during his tenure, I would personally campaign for his re-election.   The single term tenure is an excuse for lazy and good for nothing politicians to remain in power.

splitnaija:

Sorry, no time to read GEJ's rhetorics anymore because I hear another bomb is about going off in my neighbourhood. I'm running for cover now!!! Good luck Naija.

OAM4J:

I have no regret proposing single term

President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday that the criticisms that trailed his proposed six-year single term had not made him to regret his action. The President also described the United State Government cables released by whistleblower, WikiLeaks, as “beer parlour gossips”.

Jonathan, who spoke during a Presidential Media Chat, in Abuja added that he was a leader committed to the transformation of the country.

He said, “I have no regret over the single term proposal. It is to stabilise the polity. Tell me the country that will stabilise its economy without first stabilising its polity? Some analysts say it is corruption that is the country’s problem. But some (also) say from 1960 till date, we have not got any stable polity. I am not saying single tenure alone will bring about a stable polity. But (it is good) because of the circumstances we have in the country now, and in order to reduce tension. “If you elect somebody today as a chairman of a council or a governor, he will do everything to make sure he wins re-election. Within the party, he will want to get a structure that will favour him. That is the first problem we normally have. For them to work with people at the party, this issue of second term should be jettisoned because politics is built on the structures of the party.”

He said transformation could be painful but any leader who wished his country well would not be weighed down by criticisms.

According to him, the proposal is aimed at stabilising the polity against the political unrest usually witnessed every four years.

While maintaining that four years were too short, the President urged his critics to wait for the bill which he said he had not even forwarded to the National Assembly.

“Even in that report, we said seven years. My thinking is that seven years for president, seven years for governor and six years for the national assembly. I think four years are too short; six years better. I have not submitted any bill to the National Assembly. Before people comment on it, they should see the bill. People are only feasting on rumours,” he said.

The President, who said he could not ignore WikiLeaks because his name had been mentioned, added that there was no iota of truth in what the whistleblower reported about him and his wife. He also implied that he did not believe the criticisms that one of his aides reportedly made against him in the cables.


“The issue of WikiLeaks is like beer parlour gossip. It claimed that my wife was arrested with $13.5m at Lagos airport. You cannot ignore it if your name is mentioned, but you can not say that because WikiLeaks says something you must castigate that person. I am thinking people have different kinds of WikiLeaks.”

President Jonathan who further said that the endless bloodletting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, was not in any way connected to religion, however, noted that he would not rule out the fact religion played a role in it.

While stressing that no human being, Christian or Muslim, had the power to kill the other, he added that the use of force would be counter-productive in ensuring peace in the state.

He said, “The problem in Jos is not between religious groups. But it (religion) is now playing a role. Religious difference is like a wind that spreads the fire. Nobody has the power to kill, either you are a Christian or a Muslim. Enforcing the law doesn’t bring peace in any place until the people themselves agree to have peace and that is what we want to achieve. We are meeting with the governor of the state and the Chief of Defence Staff on Tuesday.”

According to him, there will soon be an improvement in the power sector. However, he said he would not disclose the megawatts to be produced or the amount to be injected to revive the ailing sector.

Jonathan also said the Federal Government was deeply worried by the security problems dogging the country, but assured Nigerians that the problems would decrease.

“No doubt, the security challenges discourage investors from coming into the country to invest. I can assure Nigerians that the problems will continue to decrease. Both the police, SSS and the military are doing a lot of work and they are up to the task,” he said.

On the issue of a convocation of a Sovereign National Conference as being clamoured by some Nigerians, the President said he supported an avenue where Nigerians could discuss.

He said, “Yes, of course, I support that Nigerians must discuss. Nigerians have been discussing. I have asked the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to look into the requests of Nigerians. We are going to set up a committee.

“The areas that are still controversial, we will look at it. We will always encourage discussion because people should have the opportunity to talk. It is when people do not discuss that there is a problem.”

Speaking on the issue of corruption, he said his government would not stop indicted officials from being prosecuted.

“Nigerians have elected me for four years. They should watch what will happen in that direction,” he stated.