Christian worshippers at the National Christian Centre in Abuja today mocked and laughed at President Goodluck Jonathan when he described his government as second only to the United States of America in its commitment to fighting corruption.

The President was speaking during the church service, during which several of his ministers, advisers, women organisations, political apologists, chairmen of commissions, and former Heads of State Yakubu Gowon and Olusegun Obasanjo were in attendance.

“Our commitment to the fight against corruption is second to that of America’s commitment. We are very committed to it and everybody knows.”

As soon as he said this, members of the congregation looked at him incredulously and began to chuckle and laugh, as if they had just heard the punch line to a new joke.

But his appointees and friends tried to save the moment by clapping. It was unclear whether they were clapping for the joke, or in cheers, but a senior member of the government who spoke anonymously with our correspondent after the service, said Jonathan was merely deceiving himself.

“Who does not know that this government is weak when it comes to fighting corruption? I think Jonathan is deceiving himself and not Nigerians,” he said smiling.

During the service, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, told the President and members of his cabinet to treat members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect as terrorist, wondering why the government was treating them with kid gloves.

Meanwhile, President Jonathan is to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence inside the presidential Villa.

It was learnt that the reason for this, as was the case last year, is to avoid a recurrence of the October 1, 2010 bombing in Abuja where several bombs exploded while President Jonathan and foreign dignitaries gathered at the Eagles Square to celebrate the event.

Coming ahead of his address to the nation tomorrow on the occasion of Nigeria’s 52nd anniversary as an independent nation, President Jonathan’s statement about his commitment to combating corruption seems certain to lead to a new round of jokes among Nigerians.

Asked to comment on the statement today, a New York based analyst simply described himself as “FHLA.” Asked the meaning of that, he said, “I am Fighting Hypocrisy Like the Americans.”

It would be recalled that last Monday at a conference of the Nigerian Institute of Management in Abuja, President Jonathan told Nigerians he is now ready to fight corruption with everything at his disposal.

“My administration will fight corruption and associated social vices until they are exterminated from our body polity,” he said, opening the conference.

He then left for the United Nations General Assembly, where the American press promptly identified his delegation as one of the most financially reckless, his Pierre Hotel suite alone costing Nigeria $10,000 per night. The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, occupied suites in two different hotels, one at the Four Seasons Hotel for $5,000 per night; and the other at Mr. Jonathan’s hotel for $3,000 per night.

Reporting on Nigeria’s squandermania, America’s National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), said, “Nigeria’s delegation is keeping five vehicles parked outside the Pierre Hotel where the cheapest room is about $800 a night – or roughly what most Nigerians earn in two years."

A SaharaReporters investigation found that the NNPC delegation actually rented a total of 10 limousines in New York for its seven visiting officials, at a daily cost of $1,800 per day. It was five of those vehicles that NBC found idling at Pierre.

“If Mr. Jonathan is going to ‘fight corruption and associated social vices until they are exterminated’,” a Nigerian newspaper columnist said today, “he is going to have a very large battlefield, and also a lot of opportunities for Nigerians to laugh at a bad joke.”

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/fighting-corruption-americans-worshippers-mock-jonathan-church-service

Sighs! Shakes head.

Grand Comedian Of the Federal Republic (GCFR)

f(u)cking rettard

GEJ get jokes shaa . . . . he kinda reminds me of a backward 'Idi aAmin'

His facial expressions by themselves are a mockery

lol

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Country of Jokers.
*Meanwhile this space has since been sold*

For a Nigerian leader to openly say this on returning from a lavish trip in New York city, more worse in the pulpit of the lord, is absolutely shameless, sort of fruit of ignorance our leaders demonstrate. This only tells you the level of his thought process.

Our Jona who art in Aso
Rock,Clueless is thy
Name,thy Income
come,let your Cassava
bread be given to us as it
is in Aso Rock,Give us our
garri, our daily bread,And
forgive us who call you
Retardeen, As you forgive
Patience who tresspass
against English,And lead
us not into kidnapping,
but deliver us from
kidnappers,For thine is
Aso Rock ,Okupe and
Abati,forever and ever,
Amen

Clown........

ooseven: I thought worshippers only focused on God in church. Since when did political analysis become part of church service??

Comments like this make me wonder why Seun did not create a "dislike" button in addition to the standard like one.

Me sef don laff tire for here!

nonoski: Grand Comedian Of the Federal Republic (GCFR)

now dat got me laffin..jus lyk his sycophant praise singers who are OLE OLE OF NIGERIA(OON).

Demdem: Even in the house of God, the retardeen is a Joke.

I was actually waiting for your comment! GEJ don suffer for NL I swear!

Jona...! It is better to have a brain and have no shoes, than to have a multitude of shoes and no brain. You have made it clear to the world that Dame is a reflection of your reasoning. By the way, Dame, get well soon.

This man no dey respect himself, he opens himself to ridicule with his comments.

If indeed its true he said dat after U.S.A,nigeria is fighting corruption d most(Sincerely i seriously doubt this despite SR many scoops in d past),it means d man takes d position of president of nigeria to be a joke,where u can behave any way dat pleases u,talk without any thought processing& go to bed wt no cares in d world.
I wait for an independent verification of his exact statement concerning govt's efforts on corruption,not d congregation's reaction,bc if it turns out true,there is a lot to b sed about such disregard of both facts on d ground& d position of d president

I'm not suprised.... Odechukwu at his best... Guess abati did not edit the script well

GEJ is really a comedian.

1. Subsidy funds, nothing happens!
2. He caught a thief but his administration failed to prosecute (Farouk Lawan)
3. He got his own share from Malabu oil proceed (OPL245 saga).
4. He got his wife appointed to an unmerited position of permanent secretary.
5. Pension Scam is still hanging on his adminstration shoulders
6. He does not give a damn about public declaration of assets.

He's really fighting corruption.

berem: I was actually waiting for your comment! GEJ don suffer for NL I swear!

It has been updated. Not my fault ooo. Can u imagine such comments from him and the jerry curl pastor that officiated didn't caution him afterwards. I think oritshejafor should be de-robbed.

[size=18pt]To God who made me, I only read the first two lines of the story when I burst into an uncontrollable laughter. But i'm not mocking oga GEJ anyway.[/size]

Demdem:

It has been updated. Not my fault ooo. Can u imagine such comments from him and the jerry curl pastor that officiated didn't caution him afterwards. I think oritshejafor should be de-robbed.

by now we should know that our presido doesn't think before he makes speech! Now I see the reason why the UN hall was virtually empty when he was yarning dust! Kai! I rather prefer a gbagaunist like Patience Jonathan to make a speech than GEJ who keeps talking like a drunk!

He doesn't understand the content of his prepared speeches.

berem: by now we should know that our presido doesn't think before he makes speech! Now I see the reason why the UN hall was virtually empty when he was yarning dust! Kai! I rather prefer a gbagaunist like Patience Jonathan to make a speech than GEJ who keeps talking like a drunk!

For this reason, I think Abati should be sacked. Knowing how weak the retardeen is while talking. Its expected that he prep his boss accordingly. Now the retardeen is now being ridiculed because Abati simply didn't do what he is being paid to do.

mehnnn, this GEJ is getting it from all sides. . . . na wa!!

NO responsible citizen will mock his president even if he is wrong. His effort were enough i agree but i frown face @those who took my president for a ride.

Did he mean second to none in terms of population?
Now i know the kind of President we are managing. Oh retardeen!!!

informatix: NO responsible citizen will mock his president even if he is wrong. His effort were enough i agree but i frown face @those who took my president for a ride.

Oga, leave tori. Our president, the retardeen's statement is dumb. That's the plain truth.