muami: The government sends a 'large' delegation to Brazil, we condemn. The government sends no delegation to Olympics yet we do not commend.

VoodooDoll:


Why should we commend? Do you clap for a 52 year old man just because he has learnt to differentiate his buttocks from his elbow?

Let's wait and see, I'm sure some clowns somewhere will still find an event they will want to visit in London!

Our reporter says an anti-corruption investigation was launched after the 2010 football World Cup because of the exorbitant bill for officials who travelled to South Africa.

kiyosaki1: What is there to commend ,do you realised that the same sport minister during the press briefing said there is nothing wrong in officials being more than athletes .I think he even made mentioned of boxing though I can recollects his defence can't wait for 2015 to vote out the vagabonds in power

muami:

If you criticized the 52 year man because he could not differentiate his buttocks from his elbows then you have a duty to commend him he learns to do it. Otherwise, the motive behind your earlier criticisms (and indeed future criticisms) becomes suspect. In fact, it would be in order to begin to suspect that you had a hand in his initial lack of knowledge!

The move was to cut costs and stop the jamborees of the past, he said.

Kobojunkie: Make we wait now . . . we still have some weeks before Olympics. Na usually last minuter we hear dem dey send 300 delegates . . . so make una wait oo.

Kobojunkie: Make we wait now . . . we still have some weeks before Olympics. Na usually last minuter we hear dem dey send 300 delegates . . . so make una wait oo.

TrueNaijaguy:

So you are patiently praying and waiting for the government to fail so you can laugh at them. Of what benefit will it be to you? 'Bad belle' does not pay in any way. The government is not perfect and its only natural if we constructively citisize and also commend when necessary.

thANK U FOR THE REASONABLE POST. THOUGH NOT A FAN OF GEJ GOVT, BUT WEN ITS TIME TO COMMEND LETS DO SO , EVEN IF ITS JUST ALITTLE

This is a laudable feat, why wait for it to fail?

dedeike: @kobojunkie, it's obvious you would never see anything good in this GEJ beacuse you are paid to rubbish all his efforts on Nairaland. I don't expect you to be objective. Doing so might strip you of your only means of livelihood. Anytime I log onto Nairaland, you re always attacking one GEJ policy or another. I begin to wonder whether anyone will be so desperate in this hatchet job without a fee. I do not begrudge you for doing the job of your paymasters but I advice you to be more discreet about it. This is necessary so that you will restore a modicum of credibility to your posts. A situation where you just jump to criticise anything GEJ leaves you hollow and foolish in the eyes of right thinking members of this forum. Take the issue on hand for example, no body has asked for a national merit award to be conferred on Jonathan for canceling Govt's official delegation to the London Olympics. It's just a matter of acknowledging that govt is beginning to realize that it's no longer business as usual. This cancellation marks a clear departure from the past when tax payers money was used to sponsor over bloated govt delegations to sports events. Every objective mind will commend this step and move unto the next one. It is testamentary of the transformation agenda that govt is opening up probes into every sector, setting up independent committees to carry out sensitive assignments, merging agencies and cutting the cost of governance. This is one of those measures. We should applaud it and move ahead

TrueNaijaguy:

So you are patiently praying and waiting for the government to fail so you can laugh at them. Of what benefit will it be to you? 'Bad belle' does not pay in any way. The government is not perfect and its only natural if we constructively citisize and also commend when necessary.

This is a laudable feat, why wait for it to fail?

afam4eva: It's not like Nigerian athletes will make any impact anyway, so they could as well stop the team from going. See the way our olympic athletes were embarrased in Benin republic.

dedeike: @kobojunkie, it's obvious you would never see anything good in this GEJ beacuse you are paid to rubbish all his efforts on Nairaland. I don't expect you to be objective. Doing so might strip you of your only means of livelihood. Anytime I log onto Nairaland, you re always attacking one GEJ policy or another. I begin to wonder whether anyone will be so desperate in this hatchet job without a fee. This is one of those measures. We should applaud it and move ahead