Spirit of Okija:

Wow!!

Interesting to note... I guess you have earned the right to be pissed off with him.. Fire away!!

Beaf: I've known Dr Ayittey for a long time and the man is both an id!ot and a loud mouth. He is one of those self-hating Africans that argues stup!dly, hates black people and idolises whites.

He is much like NL's "junkie."

KnowAll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFWUHw9OffI

Charity they say should always begin at home.

Why don't d busy body Proff, focus his pervertious lens on President Mills handicap who makes GEJ look like a local champion.

bayooooooo: How can people be calling interview with four people from friendly media houses public speaking? Far from it.

Four, plus the millions of others watching don't forget. ALL presidents and Prime Ministers are trained on public speaking and interview skills. ALL of them are. They are trained on how to come across, how to deliver what they say in a clear and concise manner which gets the point across and endears people to them.



GEJ responses were not coherent, no thorough articulation and barefaced justification of lies went unchallenged. His responses to a lot of questions did not portray him as someone with deep knowledge on those issues. I expected to hear more on agriculture, more on power generation, more on security with a detailed reassuring explanation but it was all shadows. OBJ's media chats were full of "em em eh", "God willing" but at the end of day detailed explanation would be provided. He obviously has issue giving a clear coherent explanation of his government activities which is quite surprising to say the least for an academic and a PhD holder. Coming on the heels of his widely applauded sacking of Azazi and Bello, one would have expected GEJ to consolidate on that and make a good account of his stewardship but the reverse was the case.

He should serialize media chat for his ministers on rotating basis to brief Nigerians on the activities of their ministries. Perhaps we get more info from that and the lines can truly be made open for all Nigerians to phone in.

PhysicsQED:

My goodness. This is really becoming a waste of time.

Yar'Adua revealed his declaration of assets to the public. Yar'Adua did that. NOT the CCB. It is not mandated by the constitution. Get that through your head.

If you can't even admit that Yar'Adua made the decision to publish his declaration of assets, you're just in la la land and there's no point discussing anything with you further.

Fhemmmy:

I am not even pissed at him, i am pissed at myself and the rest of Nigeria that has seen all these nonsense as the normal thing, recycling block heads as leaders.

Beaf:

You are too old to talk stup!dly, sir.
Respect yourself. Thank you.

Pukkah:

Whereas President Jonathan is not under any legal obligation to publicly declare his assets, I think the stand he has taken is not in sync with his transformation agenda. You cannot achieve transformation by doing business as usual. He must be ready to do things in a different way in order to achieve something different or transformational especially on the much-needed need to battle corruption, achieve transparency in governance and lead by examples. It is not debatable that everything rises and falls on leadership.

Sincerely, the position he took on asset declaration, the accompanying the body language and the belligerent 'I don't give a damn' do not augur well for the need to instal a New Order in Nigeria. These are the issues and not so much on the legality or otherwise of the declaration. Nigeria is hungry for purposeful, transformational and revolutionary leadership.

Or what exactly does our President have against public declaration of assets? Who is afraid of public declaration of assets?

HNosegbe: Media Chat: Ghanaian Professor Blasts Goodluck Jonathan, Says: “This Guy is a Joke”




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 suggests that he is of an unsound mind,


This useless man parading himself as a professor should be arrested for impersonation,cos he can't be a prof,if he really is then he is definitely a disgrace to the academic world for allowing himself to be a made a mockery of,allowing himself to be a tool of falsehood hired to trade in his conscience and integrity if he has any calls for serious concerns,if such men cn now be used by enemies of state for the sole purpose of discrediting the present govt goes a long way to show how much some of us have lost self esteem.


In the words of the demented,sponsored 'prof' he exhibited his ignorance of so many issues he raised here.Like machinery out to impress his paymaster he burst into series of senile and

Professor Ay,




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:

“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. President, 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.

http://samuelobour.com/2012/06/25/media-chat-ghanaian-professor-blasts-goodluck-jonathan-says-this-guy-is-a-joke/#.T-jEA2vvGQQ.facebook

londoner: Ayittey is a respected man and scholar and we should not dispute that, but he had a moment of phrasing his comments like someone in a barbershop would. He should not have called GEJ a madman(knowing the insult of that as an African man) and he for sure should not have called on Nigerians to overthrow him outside of elections, knowing fully well the current disunity and uneasiness we are having in the country.

These are not ideas and suggestions that should be thrown around lightly, especially not by someone who is supposed to be educated and an academic.

Pukkah:

Whereas President Jonathan is not under any legal obligation to publicly declare his assets, I think the stand he has taken is not in sync with his transformation agenda. You cannot achieve transformation by doing business as usual. He must be ready to do things in a different way in order to achieve something different or transformational especially on the much-needed need to battle corruption, achieve transparency in governance and lead by examples. It is not debatable that everything rises and falls on leadership.

Sincerely, the position he took on asset declaration, the accompanying the body language and the belligerent 'I don't give a damn' do not augur well for the need to instal a New Order in Nigeria. These are the issues and not so much on the legality or otherwise of the declaration. Nigeria is hungry for purposeful, transformational and revolutionary leadership.

Or what exactly does our President have against public declaration of assets? Who is afraid of public declaration of assets?

bayooooooo: How can people be calling interview with four people from friendly media houses public speaking? Far from it.

GEJ responses were not coherent, no thorough articulation and barefaced justification of lies went unchallenged. His responses to a lot of questions did not portray him as someone with deep knowledge on those issues. I expected to hear more on agriculture, more on power generation, more on security with a detailed reassuring explanation but it was all shadows. OBJ's media chats were full of "em em eh", "God willing" but at the end of day detailed explanation would be provided. He obviously has issue giving a clear coherent explanation of his government activities which is quite surprising to say the least for an academic and a PhD holder. Coming on the heels of his widely applauded sacking of Azazi and Bello, one would have expected GEJ to consolidate on that and make a good account of his stewardship but the reverse was the case.

He should serialize media chat for his ministers on rotating basis to brief Nigerians on the activities of their ministries. Perhaps we get more info from that and the lines can truly be made open for all Nigerians to phone in.

londoner: Ayittey is a respected man and scholar and we should not dispute that, but he had a moment of phrasing his comments like someone in a barbershop would. He should not have called GEJ a madman(knowing the insult of that as an African man) and he for sure should not have called on Nigerians to overthrow him outside of elections, knowing fully well the current disunity and uneasiness we are having in the country.

These are not ideas and suggestions that should be thrown around lightly, especially not by someone who is supposed to be educated and an academic.

londoner:


I agree, the I don't give a damn attitude was not helpful and he should have explained his position differently. I also agree that he is not helping himself or building up much good will with Nigerians by giving them room to question whether he is actually sincere in his quest to govern differently.

Having said that.......is the average Nigeria actually up in arms about this declaration of assets issue at the moment?

PhysicsQED:

As I've said before, the best thing for GEJ to do to do earn any respect on this issue would be to send a bill to the national assembly requiring every single government official or 'public officer' from the lowest of the low all the way to the very top - himself - to periodically publish their asset declarations for public inspection by citizens in an independent or protected publication devoted specifically to such information. But from what I've seen from GEJ so far I don't think he really has the guts to do that.

londoner: @Pukkah...I don't disagree with your points, but to be honest even if he had declared his assets periodically even, the average Nigerian would actually accuse him of providing false accounts.

If it shows him not to have amassed billions to himself, they will never believe it to be true.This is Nigeria, where it is believed, anything can be falsified....and most of the time can be.

Even though it will not make any difference imo, he should have declared them perhaps, because it is not just Nigerians who would look for this as an indicator of a new way of doing things in Nigeria.

Eziachi:
This thread is not about anybody's age and if I am desperately seeking respect, I knew where to go to find one. So, your respect or lack of it, absolutely is non issue for me and means nothing to me.
Concentrate on the thread issue, air your opinion as everybody else, I don't have to like or hate it. It your right.
And don't patronise me with your unsolicited hypocritical respect.

londoner: Ayittey is a respected man and scholar and we should not dispute that, but he had a moment of phrasing his comments like someone in a barbershop would. He should not have called GEJ a madman(knowing the insult of that as an African man) and he for sure should not have called on Nigerians to overthrow him outside of elections, knowing fully well the current disunity and uneasiness we are having in the country.

These are not ideas and suggestions that should be thrown around lightly, especially not by someone who is supposed to be educated and an academic.

Pukkah:

From his conduct so far especially in the area of articulating his thoughts into words, he's yet to demonstrate the supposed doctorate degree. He can hardly give a five-minute extempore speech without gaffes and avoidable errors.

Demdem:

Egbon razist, shut the ffuck up with this age jargons and let's face the topic of discussion jor. Nonsense.

Beaf:

You sound just as dull and petty as Ezeachi.

Beaf:

Age is meant to breed wisdom, not derision and contempt.
I hope one day, wisdom will mean something to you, so you don't end up a dried out noise maker like Ayittey.

londoner: Ayittey is a respected man and scholar and we should not dispute that, but he had a moment of phrasing his comments like someone in a barbershop would. He should not have called GEJ a madman(knowing the insult of that as an African man) and he for sure should not have called on Nigerians to overthrow him outside of elections, knowing fully well the current disunity and uneasiness we are having in the country.

These are not ideas and suggestions that should be thrown around lightly, especially not by someone who is supposed to be educated and an academic.

Spirit of Okija:

Someone just disrespected an entire Country and you salute him?!

You are worse than an infidel..

putro: Nigeria is a Zoo.