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.

PhysicsQED:

Kobo kobo kobo, I'm disappointed. You usually seem good at picking little holes wherever you can and building mountains out of small details but in this case you're just wrong.

This is what the constitution actually says:

"140. (1) A person elected to the office of President shall not begin to perform the functions of that office until he has declared his assets and liabilities as prescribed in this Constitution and he has taken and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance and the oath of office prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution.

(2) The oaths aforesaid shall be administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria or the person for the time being appointed to exercise the functions of that office. "



Now how does one "declare his assets and liabilities as prescribed in this Constitution"?


In this manner:


"Declaration of assets

11.

- (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, every public officer shall within three months after the coming into force of this Code of Conduct or immediately after taking office and thereafter -

(a) at the end of every four years; and

(b) at the end of his term of office, submit to the Code of Conduct Bureau a written declaration of all his properties, assets, and liabilities and those of his unmarried children under the age of eighteen years."


And the meaning of this?

Assets are declared

a) within 3 months of taking office or "immediately" after (not before) taking office

and

b) 4 years after taking office

and

c) after leaving office

GEJ declared his assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau in May 2010 after becoming president in February of 2010 and has not left office since then. Maybe you'll have a case four years from when he took office or when GEJ leaves office, but until then, you're just blowing hot air on this particular issue like the Ghanaian professor was.

I know this is not too difficult to understand, Kobo.

Please try and open your own eyes next time.

Eziachi:

Like I said, I would rather concentrate on the issue of the thread rather than the age of a faceless name on the internet. Meaningless to me and a waste of my time.
People like me and Prof Aryeteey are no longer comfortable with African mediocre rulers, no matter where ruler comes from.
Here in the West, we are seen as Africans first before anything else. So what this idiotic rulers do or do not do affect all of us, hence we are proud of Mandela, because his name gives us a measure of respect and integrity, irrespective of his country.

PhysicsQED:

Read Ayittey's discussions on those "Yahoo groups" discussions. The man is pretentious as hell and even slightly delusional. My respect for him is limited.

brabus:

How come you're not on Dana flight? M*ron!
Why did he declared his asset in May 2010 afterall he did so when he was sworn-in with President Yar'adua in 2007. They both did and it wasn't up to 4 years.

Cook up another lie for your master!!! Nigerians are no fool.

Mekusnwa: The way you guys talk as if Gej's govt has not done anything on roads baffles me. Systematically, some people in Nairaland keep hiding the truth from the public. But I will make bold to list GEJ's achievement on roads so that genuine minded people will know and take steps to verify while the haters and BH Nairalanders,will find another opportunity to reign in their insults and abuses. In just one year, precisely 2011 budget, Gej was able to award and also complete some of the road projects across the country viz; Owerri-Onitsha, Afikpo-Okigwe, 9th mile, Auchi-Okene, Benin-Ore-Lagos(80%), Apapa-Oshodi expressway awarded to Julius Berger, Kaduna eastern Byepass, Kano Byepass, Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia, Obi-Awe-Lafia, Kano - Maidugri, Kolo- Nembe-brass, Zaria-Funtua-Gusau which is above 101 km. let's be factual please

Limaoscar: Prof. Ayittey should first sweep around His own front door before trying to sweep around that of others.

Is Prof.John Evans Fifi Atta-Mills a better President than GEJ?

Hell No!....especially with those His "Ecomini, Econimi Opi-pi-pi-pi"...... blanks He fires around in their paliament.

Abeg ....park well Jor.

PhysicsQED: Kobo, you are incorrigible and I wonder why I even bother with you sometimes.

GEJ was against revealing his asset declaration (declaring publicly) in 2007, but went ahead with it because Yar'Adua, his boss, wanted that.

GEJ is against revealing his asset declaration now. The constitution does not require public declarations of one's assets.

The Freedom of Information Act would be useful in forcing the CCB to reveal information on GEJ's assets except that:

"Specifically, Section 153 of the Constitution establishes a Code of Conduct Bureau to ensure, among other things, that all public officers, as defined in Part II of the Fifth Schedule, declare their assets on assuming office and immediately their terms of office expire. Paragraph Three of Part 1 (A) of the Third Schedule, empowers the Bureau to receive declarations made by all public officers, examine same and keep them in custody. Paragraph 3(C) says the Bureau shall have the power to "retain custody of such declarations and make them available for inspection by any citizen of Nigeria on such terms and conditions as the National Assembly may prescribe."

The Constitution trumps the Freedom of Information Act so the CCB people are correct on blaming any withholding of information on the National Assembly's failure to describe under what particular terms and conditions the CCB may release Jonathan's information.

If making it mandatory that asset declarations to the Code of Conduct Bureau are revealed to the public is a good way to fight corruption - it might have some impact - then every government official at every single level of government should make them public. I don't understand why people assume that the president of the country is the only potential thief.

You don't have any point here. You should be asking why the Constitution was written in a way that the National Assembly has to dictate how and under what conditions declarations of assets may be released for inspection by citizens instead of going on about imaginary constitutional violations.

You're just too lazy to dig up information for yourself, like that professor. This is my last response to you on this thread.

He didn't call Jona a madman. He only quoted our constitution, and our constitution has been there before GEJ. But wait, when a leader, a president becomes kind of GEJ, what do you really call them. He shouldn't have gone to school at all. And to think of it that this man will be there for the next 3 years. Mehn, I don die.

Is GEJ better than Mills in governing his people?

Ayee Idris: why would a Ghanaian come and abusing our president sef? Not supporting GEJ,but i take some degree of offense at a foreigner addressing my president with such impetus. one may insult his father or his alma-mata but let a stranger do this same and all hell breaks loose. thats how i feel about this issue. Professor sir, please address my president with some respect, 2ndly, its none of your business. face your "perfect" country and leave mine for me. Have we reached the level that a foreigner would insult our president and is celebrated??

why would a Ghanaian come and abusing our president sef? Not supporting GEJ,but i take some degree of offense at a foreigner addressing my president with such impetus. one may insult his father or his alma-mata but let a stranger do this same and all hell breaks loose. thats how i feel about this issue. Professor sir, please address my president with some respect, 2ndly, its none of your business. face your "perfect" country and leave mine for me. Have we reached the level that a foreigner would insult our president and is celebrated??

tjcrown:

why did you refuse or fail to say AMEN to the prayer that YOUR LIFE WILL BE RUN IN A MANNER GOODLUCK IS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY. You are all over the space singing President's praise. Even if you are his relative or you are being the number of response you post per day, you need to be diplomatic with your response. Let me ask you; Do you know the number of people being murdered and maimed on a weekly basis and my president could not curb it? Do you know the number of citizens- graduates wallowing in a abject poverty? Do you that more than 2 trillion naira subsidy fraud is more than Nigeria annual budget and my president is still dining and wining with the suspects ( Anyway, they financed his campaign)? Do you know the cost of travelling for international meeting with more than 100 delegates and the cost to you and i? Nobody is asking for perfection from GEJ but just to solve our basic problems.

Please, MR Melakwu or what, even if you have been paid, have mercy on 150 million nigerians, the youngs and olds. Do you know, I have a friend in Dana Air crash and our president did not sack the aviation minister who failed to monitor airline for safety. This guy had less than a year old kid, what do you think will become this little angel fate, when his dad was killed by ineptitude and corruption of our leaders. You know the crash was avoidable but alas it was not averted. You may ask me if i expect GEJ to stay at the airport and check the aircraft? Obviously NO! Thats why he has a minister responsible for that role and when she failed to perform, she should be sacked with immediate alactrity. But can your president sack her? Of course no. Do you know why? she financed GEJ campaign and she sponsors door to door campaign and thats the reason live of hundreds is sacrificed. God will pay you back in your own coin.

tjcrown:

why did you refuse or fail to say AMEN to the prayer that YOUR LIFE WILL BE RUN IN A MANNER GOODLUCK IS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY. You are all over the space singing President's praise. Even if you are his relative or you are being the number of response you post per day, you need to be diplomatic with your response. Let me ask you; Do you know the number of people being murdered and maimed on a weekly basis and my president could not curb it? Do you know the number of citizens- graduates wallowing in a abject poverty? Do you that more than 2 trillion naira subsidy fraud is more than Nigeria annual budget and my president is still dining and wining with the suspects ( Anyway, they financed his campaign)? Do you know the cost of travelling for international meeting with more than 100 delegates and the cost to you and i? Nobody is asking for perfection from GEJ but just to solve our basic problems.

Please, MR Melakwu or what, even if you have been paid, have mercy on 150 million nigerians, the youngs and olds. Do you know, I have a friend in Dana Air crash and our president did not sack the aviation minister who failed to monitor airline for safety. This guy had less than a year old kid, what do you think will become this little angel fate, when his dad was killed by ineptitude and corruption of our leaders. You know the crash was avoidable but alas it was not averted. You may ask me if i expect GEJ to stay at the airport and check the aircraft? Obviously NO! Thats why he has a minister responsible for that role and when she failed to perform, she should be sacked with immediate alactrity. But can your president sack her? Of course no. Do you know why? she financed GEJ campaign and she sponsors door to door campaign and thats the reason live of hundreds is sacrificed. God will pay you back in your own coin.

Beaf:

Do you think your beloved fool, Ayittey values Mandela? Lol!
He is on record as having dissuaded Mandela for running for SA Presidency, calling Mandela lazy; a person who led SA to put black people in power and become corrupt! Ayittey is an old man who goes around telling lies on the internet. You are really just like Ayittey.

Dude, those of us who have known Ayittey over the years, know him to repeatedly portray himself as a black hater, white lover; a man deficient in judgment, sense and understanding.
I am not surprised that you admire him.

kutchs: Why cant the Goddamn prof face wotz happening in his country? If his country Ghana is working why does his president Mills need to go to the US for medical checkup? I thought everything is working in Ghana?

Ayee Idris: why would a Ghanaian come and abusing our president sef? Not supporting GEJ,but i take some degree of offense at a foreigner addressing my president with such impetus. one may insult his father or his alma-mata but let a stranger do this same and all hell breaks loose. thats how i feel about this issue. Professor sir, please address my president with some respect, 2ndly, its none of your business. face your "perfect" country and leave mine for me. Have we reached the level that a foreigner would insult our president and is celebrated??

HNosegbe: I would really like to meet someone who studied under him, or whose project he supervised.

Limaoscar: Prof. Ayittey should first sweep around His own front door before trying to sweep around that of others.h

Is Prof.John Evans Fifi Atta-Mills a better President than GEJ?

Hell No!....especially with those His "Ecomini, Econimi Opi-pi-pi-pi"...... blanks He fires around in their paliament.

Abeg ....park well Jor.

jumobi1: Nothing wrong with the Professors assessment. Just because Ghana isn't doing way better than Nigeria doesn't mean he can't criticize our government.
I am sure none of us criticize other peoples flaws because we all have flaws.