sheyguy: The main misunderstanding here is from the OP, the is a big difference between supporting Gej and Defending Gej, in fact most of his supporters defend him blindly 99% of the time. There is nothing bad in supporting a kid that is performing badly in his or her career neither is it wrong to defend him or her if a genuine and valid excuse exist. In the case of GEJ here, his supporters defend him with non-existing or invalid excuses or better yet attack anyone who tries to criticise GEJ constructively.

getukudo:

Lots of school drop outs here on NL I swear! LMAO!

Elueme: My guy have asked yourself y nobody has not quoted you? Because you cannot sale a bad market and the IBB news is a stale one.. IBB had the opportunity of being the best president this ountry could have produced owing to his understanding of the entity Nigeria and his intelligence but he hose to plunge Nigeria into unredeemable and a love child .... Tell me how one the decrees and policies help the country? He created states good but he didn't put structures that could mk such institutions tools to national development but rather more hostilities and hatred ensued all cos of hidden agenda on his part...ican go on and on... Work hardernxt time

jmaine:

How can we define criticising constructively (sic) , without applauding constructively ? . . . .

Cos that is where the invalidity in your assumption of a constructive "hate" criticism lies . . .

sheyguy:
By "criticizing GEJ constructively", i mean pointing out what is actually wrong as a 'wrong' with the hope of getting a positive change that will benefit all. When i use the word criticism it does not have to be one that comes outa of hate. U can criticize a kid for cramming something like a passage when u you know he is suppose to understand and digest the passage in case he has to draw new conclusion from the fact in the passage, that does not mean you hate the kid. In short, u can criticise a person as a form of correction. It does not have to be outa hate . . .

noblezone:
In their world, fuel must sell at the same price across Nigeria from Port Harcourt to Borno yet they inisit that their is nothing like subsidy. Such retarded thoughts never allowed them to see simple logic that if fuel must sell @ a flat rate, then government must subsidize it because of trasportation at least.

They could not see beyound their need for "free" things to understand that such madness in the name subsidy policy introduced by their greedy elders of their specie is a major factor to the plundering of Nigeria.

And when Jonathan brought the best solution to the madness by stoping the subsidy policy, the madness in them was unleashed.

Shame on them!

phildon: George Orwell not Owen. Well, I can see fee dee fee in your sense, ode!

jmaine:

Another Handicaped Goat . . .

kpolli: Funny how the original post had only 3 likes, while the others that disagree had more likes

Jambsupport:

anoda cheap donkey

Jambsupport:

dey ll wake up 2d truth someday. dolts

jmaine:

Attention seeking pig . . .You are duly noticed .. . .

Jambsupport:
old fool gej as$ licker

merengue: For once, you people should try and stay in the middle and analyze things objectively. GEJ can and should do better, this is the era of the social media, the citizen journalist, nothing is hidden, almost nothing is sacred. The list of GEJ's achievements is like a bad comedy script. I fail to see how any of this is different from what any other Nigerian ruler including the mass murderer (Abacha), the bully (OBJ), the King Kong of all criminals (IBB) and others have done. A case in point is IBB and a list of his accomplishments:

Babangida's Achievements; Chronicles of an Over Achiever


Building a New Ultra Modern City - Abuja

IBB realized the vision of Abuja as Federal capital city by providing its most vital infrastructure and moving the seat of government from Lagos in 1991.

Telecommunications

Mobile telecommunications, which is so commonplace today in Nigeria, was introduced as a result of the liberalization of the telecom industry by the Babangida administration, an initiative that over the years has made massive impact on the Nigerian economy.

Privatization

The privatization of the broadcast industry, the licensing of private universities and airlines; the liberalization of the banking industry, including the establishment of community banks (now micro-finance institutions), rank among his best legacies.

Economic Policy

The Babangida economic policy was predicated most importantly on the need to reverse the downward trend of the economy and arrive at a realistic exchange rate for the naira. The Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) was a necessary strategy to achieve economic recovery. It was not a capitulation to the dictates of the World Bank and IMF, but a critically-considered plan aimed at providing the platform for successfully recapturing the inflationary trend within a stipulated period of economic emergency. Deregulation, privatization and economic self reliance were key elements in the policy thrust. In the process most of the poorly-performing government-owned enterprises were sold off to private investors. The new policy also did away with the regime of import licensing which in turn allowed the entry of essential commodities into the country, thus ending the long and tiring queues, which Nigerians, for some years, had to endure for food.

Rural Development

Rural development was a very key aspect of the Babangida regime�s economic plan for Nigeria. Approximately 90,857.40 kilometres of feeder road were constructed, thus opening up hundreds of rural communities to the rest of the country for the first time; electricity, water supply and improved health services reached many more rural folk than ever before. Most of those projects were implemented by DFRRI � the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure, an agency created by the Babangida administration.

Gender Equality

The Babangida administration was the first to implement a gender sensitive agenda. It created a National Commission for Women that later became the Ministry of Women Affairs. Many women were appointed to key positions in national institutions, among which was the first female vice-chancellor of a Nigerian university; and women occupied strategic portfolios in the Federal Cabinet for the first time. The Better Life for Rural Women, a programme which was anchored by the late First Lady, Hajiya (Dr.) Maryam Babangida, was highly successful in mobilizing women to rise to the challenge of economic empowerment.

MAMSER

MAMSER (Mass Mobilization for Self-reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery), was and still remains the best ever exercise in political re-orientation undertaken by any administration in Nigeria. Its central goal was to canvass nationwide support for the Babangida administration�s Political Transition Programme and to promote self-sufficiency in the nation�s economy.

Youth Employment

In order to halt the ever increasing rate of unemployment among the youth, the Babangida administration created the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in 1987. Its main task was to alleviate their suffering and provide them with the necessary skills to be self-employed. By 1997 nearly 107,000 youths had received the benefits of this initiative, and many more still do.

Consultative Government

Despite heading a military regime President Ibrahim Babangida ran the most consultative administration ever in the annals of Nigerian history. Before deciding on the IMF loan, the issue was subjected to a nationwide public debate. When the people gave a resounding NO verdict Babangida went along with their wishes and called off further negotiations. The commencement of the Political Transition Programme in 1988 was also preceded by a nationwide quest to find the right political system for the nation. Conducted by the Political Bureau to a highly enthusiastic participation by the public, the debate produced very concrete suggestions for the establishment of a more balanced and united Federation, and the key elements distilled there-from served as the template for the subsequent structural and constitutional realignment of the Nigerian nation.

National Unity

The Babangida administration, conversant with the geo-politics of Nigeria, particularly the fears of ethnic domination and marginalization, sought to correct the perceived structural imbalances of the Federation by the creation of more states. Eleven states of Nigeria, two of which were born in 1987 (Akwa Ibom, Katsina) and the latter in 1991 (Abia, Anambra, Delta, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Osun, Yobe and Taraba); and over 200 new Local Government Areas, owe their existence to this August effort.

Foreign Policy

Under the Babangida administration Nigeria demonstrated to the world its capacity to play the highest leadership role in African affairs. The formation of the West African Peace Monitoring Force, ECOMOG (a Babangida initiative), anchored by bold and heroic Nigerian troops, brought peace to war-torn Liberia and Sierra Leone, an achievement that further cemented the role of Nigeria as the great protector and promoter of international peace.

Other Notable Reforms and People-Oriented Programmes

Abrogation of Decree No 4 (Protection of Public Officers Against False Accusation Decree) 1984
Abrogation of import and export licencing regime
Dissolution of Nigerian National Supply Company
Abolition of commodity marketing boards
Elimination of price control
Reduction of import duties on newsprint
Ban on the importation of rice
Ban on importation of wheat
Establishment of the National Planning Commission
Institutionalizing Central Bank autonomy
Establishment of the Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM)
Deregulation of capital and financial markets
Establishment of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC)
Establishment of National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND)
Abolition of fixed exchange rate for the naira
Establishment of the Peoples Bank
Licencing of more banks and finance houses
Introduction of community banking system
Introduction of bureaux de change
Establishment of stable tariff regime
Introduction of civil service reforms
Establishment of the Political Bureau and conduct of nationwide public debate on the IMF loan
Introduction of two party political system
Introduction of Open Ballot and Option A4 voting System
Introduction of Local Government Reform
Educational sector reform and the Introduction of 6-3-3-4 System
Establishment of more federal Universities and Polytechnics
Establishment of the Technical Committee on Privatization and Commercialization of Public Enterprises under which 55 public enterprises, including nine banks, were privatized through public offers on the Nigerian Stock Exchange
Reform of obsolete colonial laws; and abrogation of law making ��wandering�� an offence
Establishment of the Urban Mass Transit Progamme
Institution of the Primary Healthcare Progamme
Establishment of the National Commission for Women
Establishment of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Enactment of Copyright Law and establishment of Copyright Council
Allocation of oil prospecting acreages to Nigerian oil companies
Establishment of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority
Establishment of special supervised Agicultural and Industrial Credit Schemes
Establishment of the Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the creation of the Calabar EPZ
Conduct of the 1991 National Population Census
Establishment of the Federal Road Safety Corps
Establishment of the National Health Insurance Scheme
Establishment of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC)
Establishment Of the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC), now the Niger Delta Development Commission
Establishment of the National Boundary Commission
Establishment of National Communications Commission
Establishment of the National Broadcasting Commission
Institutionalizing of the National Housing Fund
Establishment of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
Establishment of Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission
Reorganization of Nigerian Police into zonal commands
Establishment of National Guard
Reduction in the size of the military
Reorganization of security services into three arms from the former single Nigerian Security organization, i.e. State Security Service, National Intelligence Agency, Defence Intelligence Agency
Resumption of diplomatic relations with Israel
Establishment of Technical Aid Corps
Major Projects Completed
Federal Government Secretariat (Phase 1 & 11), Abuja
International Conference Centre, Abuja
Abuja International Airport (Phase 1 & 11)
The Presidential Villa, Abuja
National Assembly Complex, Abuja
The Supreme Court Complex, Abuja
Lagos Third Mainland Bridge
Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road dualization
Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri-Ore standard-gauge railway line
Digital telecommunication gateways: Lanlate (North), Enugu (East), Lagos (West)
Onne Fertilizer Plant in Rivers State
Kaduna Superphosphate Fertilizer Plant
Warri Petrochemical plant
Elesa Eleme Petroleum Refinery in Rivers State
Kaduna Petrochemical plant
The Escravos-Lagos Gas pipeline
Jebba and Shiroro hydro-electricity projects
Egbin Thermal Power Station in Lagos
Challawa Gorge Dam
Nigeria House in New York, USA
Ajaokuta Steel Plant (Phase 1)
The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project, Bonny
The Oso Condensate Plant in Akwa Ibom State
NNPC headquarters in Abuja
Aluminium Smelter Plant in Akwa Ibom State
NigerDock (Africa�s largest dry dock), Snake Island
Nigerian Machine Tools Manufacturing Co., Oshogbo
Military cantonments, Abuja
National Intelligence Agency administration headquarters
Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company factory, Abuja

werepeLeri: You support someone, I support someone, but why do you see my support for GEJ as an offence? Why does it bother you? Why do you cry and sob and call people who support GEJ names? It beats me how a sane person will see people's support for GEJ as an offence. Why? Sometimes I just laugh it off as a product of a deranged soul. Why do you think like a lizard like that?

jaybee:

@OP

Please correct this warped impression of 'support'. your hypothesis is just too simplistic; and a failed attempt to make discerning minds look unreasonable. you paint a picture of competition where there are supporters on all side. This is not a sport match where we have supporters of opposing sides. in a sport game, you are entitled to support your team irrespective of the results, in some cases, the more your team is loosing, the more the sound of your support, so as not to let the loss affect the enjoyment of the game, thereby loosing both ways. (however, in Nigeria we have seen a situation where supporters of super eagles booed them strongly when they are not performing to expectation, considering the resources and time spent on them).

The case of GEJ is that of governance; the security of lives and property, welfare of people, their future, their destiny. it goes beyond hand clapping and superficial drum supports. we have only one president; he is not competing with anyone. so your hypothesis of 'You support someone, I support someone' does not arise. who is the other 'someone' are you talking about?

I'm not sure you understand the difference between support defense. what you so-called supporters are doing is just messy and illogical attempts to defend the indefensible actions and inactions of a president who does not give a damn. a president who is failing uncontrollably. the country is worse of than he met it. doing so little and achieving very small. just as if there is no president?

Now to your question. you are not supporting GEJ, you are trying to justify his poor showing. have you ever heard of the phrase "falure is an orphan"? that is why GEJ doe not have the 'supporters' you are talking about. that is is why sane people would normally not understand the rationale for the blind support for GEJ. that is why people differ with those who claim to be supporters of GEJ. that is why people would normally not be happy with those who are drumming GEJ's support while he is leading the country to the abyss.

GEJ has been given the required quantum of support (undevided), all the powers (any thing you can think of) to succeed as a presiden. what support are you talking about? a president does not need people to dedicate their lives clapping for him or drumming his support. he is supposed to carry out his functions as stipulated in the constitution. every other citizen should also do his own bit. that's all.

VoodooDoll: Supporting mediocrity, failure, corruption, insecurity, abuse of office, sycophancy, nepotism, and blatant treason is OFFENSIVE.

Jambsupport:
old fool gej as$ licker

Elueme: With all fairness the only lapses I see in this administration is insecurity.. So far with all sincerity and we know it's politically orchestrated.. The president is too good, cos if if we're him I would have done either of the two things;
1) I will leave them to destroy their land and disintegrate the country for them to leave in penury all their life or
2) I will order a genocide and face the ICC..
what a nonsense!

Jambsupport:
old fool gej as$ licker

comradefery: Just the way u and co conspirators are cursed for constituting nuissance here through the upload of false reports about Jonathan?

hillsate: All these GEJ goons should go and hug [/s] GEJ [/s] transformer. If support for GEJ is not purely out ethnic or regional bias but out of fulfilling electoral promises then it is okay. But I assure you that all support for GEJ is out of ethnic sentiments. He has not delivered any electoral promise. All these GEJ goons should go and hug GEJ transformer. If support for GEJ is not purely out ethnic or regional bias but out of fulfilling electoral promises then it is okay. But I assure you that all support for GEJ is out of ethnic sentiments. He has not delivered any electoral promise.All these GEJ goons should go and hug GEJ transformer. If support for GEJ is not purely out ethnic or regional bias but out of fulfilling electoral promises then it is okay. But I assure you that all support for GEJ is out of ethnic sentiments. He has not delivered any electoral promise.

bbpreye: The subsidy theft happened during OBJ's tenure and no one knew about it. Now GEJ has opened everything thing for all nigerians to see, and ''very-slowpokes'' are here critisizing the humble man. All I can say is may God give him the strength to guide this nation to our promised land. By 2019 when GEJ will leave office NL's will know his value..

*Sipping ogogoro and freshfish peppersoup*

LIVE from Otueke

merengue: @thegoodjoehunt: Thank you very much for pointing out the obvious. @Elueme: Where in the quotation is it written that I think IBB is better? [b]Try and read before commenting, opinions are free but stupidity is indefensible. In what asylum is can calling someone the "Don of all criminals" a recommendation?. I posted those "achievements" to put in clear perspective that GEJ hasn't done anything different from that which has been done in the past. [/b]I am the master of my opinion and am firmly in the middle on this GEJ issue, neither he nor Buhari have what it takes to fix Nigeria and I hope to be proven wrong.

Stallion77:

Not good. Torkaka....can nairalanders be civil for once? After my post u will see a long thread consisting of insults which characterises nairalanders especially frm those who see themselves as anti-GEJ. They won't disappoint me. Watch and see.

Jambsupport:
old fool gej as$ licker

sheyguy:
By "criticizing GEJ constructively", i mean pointing out what is actually wrong as a 'wrong' with the hope of getting a positive change that will benefit all. When i use the word criticism it does not have to be one that comes outa of hate. U can criticize a kid for cramming something like a passage when u you know he is suppose to understand and digest the passage in case he has to draw new conclusion from the fact in the passage, that does not mean you hate the kid. In short, u can criticise a person as a form of correction. It does not have to be outa hate . . .

Sisi_Kill: I'm sure no one thinks it is an offense to support GEJ, no sir!

What is offensive how you people are not truthful enough to admit when he has CLEARLY mis-stepped

What is offensive is how you shout down people who criticize him for his OBVIOUS mis-steps.

What is Offensive is the fact you guys CLEARLY care little about how well he does his job, what matters is the fact that he is your tribesman.

I could go on and on but I am sure you get the gist.

Support all him all you want, no one gives a rat's potaootie but don't take the rest of for fools by trying to circumvent reality in his favor.

9ja voice: i wil still suport GEJ ahead of Buhari anytime.
Buhari the fool at 40s(during his reign in 1984 couldn't roll on the country unless IDIAGBON)
how can i trust him with my life at 70s, ofcourse a fool at 40 is a fool forever.

Anyway we know the people involve in destroying the GEJ administration.
they lost their target positions in GEJ administration,so they plan to ally with the core-north to gain back power in 2015.

Yes GEJ has failed us in our expectations of him, but its too early to judge him.
compare GEJ with everything CORE-NORTH has to offer,he remains the best.

The southern Region that keep allying with the core-north are sowing a deadly seed and are warned to desist from it.
else they will come here to insult other southern region as they are doing now and during their planed protest with core-north.