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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by yasaa(m): 4:41pm On Nov 19, 2012
No Politician was entirely truthful on the outside, but Goodluck Jonathan is an honest man in the inside, at least to his wife. Lolz
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by Mustay(m): 4:54pm On Nov 19, 2012
Dee60:

And he was sincere to tell Nigerians the truth that they all have been evading: Nigeria is broke! Remi and not anyone else was also the first to point out the subsidy gaps and how a mighty hole was being created at NNPC. he must have been forced to resign because he exposed the FG. Abati may follow very soon if fails to read between the lines.


He resigned after his portfolio was changed to another ministry - if I recall, he was transferred to special duties and then, resigned.
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by farem: 4:55pm On Nov 19, 2012
toluxa1:

Abi oooo. Nigerians sometimes behave silly. He has come out to tell the whole truth now, and its still a problem to some. Haters
toluxa1:

Abi oooo. Nigerians sometimes behave silly. He has come out to tell the whole truth now, and its still a problem to some. Haters
toluxa1:

Abi oooo. Nigerians sometimes behave silly. He has come out to tell the whole truth now, and its still a problem to some. Haters
you dont know what it means for government spokesperson to talk. In any sane government, the likes of Abati is deemed incontrovertible. But with illiterate Phd's government, it is lies, hypocrisy, and confusion.
I have never taken this president serious right from the time of his s-election campaign. I have never been proved wrong ever since! All I hear is 'we will'., by year 2013, 2014 or the shit like those. He should tell us how far with facts and figures.

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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by otokx(m): 4:55pm On Nov 19, 2012
The haters would always hate, if Reuben Abati feels slighted he can turn in his resignation.

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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by Dee60: 4:57pm On Nov 19, 2012
Don't lie on anyone's behalf!
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by politician(m): 4:58pm On Nov 19, 2012
The president did not lie!!

He was not just telling the truth!!

Abati and his media aides did the job they were hired to do---- clean jona's mess!!

They were hired to always make jonah look good with nigerians, lie if necessary, just make the boss look good!!

And for jona to call these guys liars, its either he wants to get rid of them or he is just a retardeen like demdem always maintain!

The president has a good heart, he really wants to effect positive changes in the nation but he is just too SLOW in the head!! A RETARDEEN!!

He lacks the charisma, panache and strong character to be a president.

A real man (even a military head-of-state) would have parried the questions, post an innuendo and just tell us the obvious without saying that his aides lied.... And Jona was not just that!!

We all knew they were liars... And lied on your behalf!!

He is weak and that is not good enough to be president though Ȋ̝̊̅ really believe he has a good heart!!
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by Dee60: 5:05pm On Nov 19, 2012
yasaa: No Politician was entirely truthful on the outside, but Goodluck Jonathan is an honest man in the inside, at least to his wife. Lolz

The blame must go to the those who claimed they lied on behalf of the man. Did anyone force them to lie? Were they not the initiators of the lies?
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by nagoma(m): 5:08pm On Nov 19, 2012
malc619: This isn't good for the Image of the President

hE HAS NEVER BEEN HONOURABLE. HE WILL DENY EVEN SOME OF THE THINGS HE HE SAID ON THE MEDIA CHAT.MARK MY WORD.

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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by taharqa: 5:09pm On Nov 19, 2012
MUMU-ish peeps! PM dat recently said d Scotland Yard 'confirmd' the arrest of d wife of Oyo State governor and wrote a 'beautiful' story about she was caught and arraignd (which all turnd-out to be completely false) is now telling u dat 2 'anonymous' Presidency 'sources' said d President is a 'liar' and that they dont like working with him, and sm of u are running with dis story and even debating it!..... Anyways, not surprisd- this is NL, a forum increasely known for discussing Rumours passionately and with a group of sm Mods who are themselves FOOL-ish who put such sillly Rumours on d frontpage..... Keep wasting time though
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by bubadaniel13: 5:10pm On Nov 19, 2012
Whose report are we to believe?GEJ is the only President that we have,whether Abai has spoken the President's statement is final,there is nothing like lie here....
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by Nobody: 5:12pm On Nov 19, 2012
Between GEJ and Abati, whoever resigns shows the other person as the liar. Let's wait and see. Not holding my breadth though. grin

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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by Afolabs101: 5:47pm On Nov 19, 2012
taharqa: MUMU-ish peeps! PM dat recently said d Scotland Yard 'confirmd' the arrest of d wife of Oyo State governor and wrote a 'beautiful' story about she was caught and arraignd (which all turnd-out to be completely false) is now telling u dat 2 'anonymous' Presidency 'sources' said d President is a 'liar' and that they dont like working with him, and sm of u are running with dis story and even debating it!..... Anyways, not surprisd- this is NL, a forum increasely known for discussing Rumours passionately and with a group of sm Mods who are themselves FOOL-ish who put such sillly Rumours on d frontpage..... Keep wasting time though

I agree with you on the oyo first lady story, cause even pm news came out to say they were wrong but this is totally different.

The President's spokesperson came out to make a statement, the President then comes on TV and contradicts this, on three different issues, now we're discussing it. How is that discussing rumors?? We all read the statements when they came out in the news and we all heard GEJ contradict them during his media chat.

BTW, all those saying that Abatti gave those statements without the approval of GEJ, really?? A Special Adviser on Media will come out and make a statement on behalf of the President saying that the Government are holding talks with boko haram without clearance from the President and Commander-in-Chief? Even if this is what happened, Abatti would have been fired immediately.

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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by totorimi: 5:55pm On Nov 19, 2012
Abati should get ready to be booted out any moment from now period.

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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by esere826: 5:58pm On Nov 19, 2012
@OP

The issue of Power and security didnt strike me as being different in position.

The president simply made it clear within the presidential media chat context that the Malitoba contract was being reviewed despite its hiccups and that the results would be favourable to the Canadian company. I bet the Candians have brought out their champagne glasses with that news

In the issue of negotiation with the BokoHaram group, GEJ took the official position that they were not negotiating with them. This is an official position which prevents moral harzards. Any negotiation with the sect is therefore an informal one that will not be on official record

But the issue of Patience recovery was where GEJ took a different position. I guess he couldn't hide his joy at his wife's recovery and blew that one. Best wishes and speedy recovery to her smiley

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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by takedat(m): 6:09pm On Nov 19, 2012
taharqa: MUMU-ish peeps! PM dat recently said d Scotland Yard 'confirmd' the arrest of d wife of Oyo State governor and wrote a 'beautiful' story about she was caught and arraignd (which all turnd-out to be completely false) is now telling u dat 2 'anonymous' Presidency 'sources' said d President is a 'liar' and that they dont like working with him, and sm of u are running with dis story and even debating it!..... Anyways, not surprisd- this is NL, a forum increasely known for discussing Rumours passionately and with a group of sm Mods who are themselves FOOL-ish who put such sillly Rumours on d frontpage..... Keep wasting time though
It was culled from Premium Times and not PM News! Read carefully before commenting my friend

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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by thegoodjoehunt(m): 7:12pm On Nov 19, 2012
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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by kokoA(m): 7:19pm On Nov 19, 2012
Na dem sabi. Confused oga Confused workers. Smh!
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by omenka(m): 7:27pm On Nov 19, 2012
Elueme: What do we want now? When Abati and Osinlu made those diplomatic statements, Nigerians shouted they were lying. The president has comeup to clear the air and tell Nigerians the plain truth, some are crying. What exactly do you want, a pathologically lying president? Smh

How gullible Nigerians could be. Smh. Don't you know you cannot divorce the presidential spokesman from the president? Whenever the presidential spokesman makes statements onthe record its equivalent to the president making thesame statement HIMSELF!
The presidential spokesman can't utter a single word to the press without the express endorsement of the president! So if Abati tells us today that the colour of the president's boxers are black and tomao the president himself comes out to say they are red, it ammounts to double speaking! It means the president LIED initialy!
As I expect the gullible bootlickers like the poster above wldnt understand this.
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by ujchief(m): 8:09pm On Nov 19, 2012
gulfer: When Jonathan says YES, he means NO; read my LIPs!
Now i know what he meant when he said there is provision for subsidy in 2013 budget!
This fresh air is choking!
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by opabukun(m): 8:12pm On Nov 19, 2012
For those of you calling for d resignation of Abati, DO U,wen u just star eating? U probably finish eating b4 resigning to bed.
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by Nobody: 8:19pm On Nov 19, 2012
No matter how good or perfect a system is, those whose mind have been programmed to find only faults will ALWAYS see faults. Some persons mind have been programmed to find only faults in ALL that Mr president does. Such persons are irredeemble. The truth is that whether these persons like it or not, Jonathan is the president today and will remain so till 2015. If he decides to seek re-election, he'll win hands down. Irrespective of what HATERS think, irrespective of what FAULT-FINDERS think, Jonathan is performing and will continue to perform. ACN and CPC supporters can continue to HATE and CONVULSE online.
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by thegoodjoehunt(m): 8:28pm On Nov 19, 2012
Please, I'll like to get peoples views:

Please what do you guys think is the number One problem holding our country down.


https://www.nairaland.com/1107858/what-think-number-one-problem#13029060
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by DTaj: 8:32pm On Nov 19, 2012
This regular flip-flop attitude does not do the President's image any good.

For doubters, the President's spokesman can NEVER issue a public statement without the President's approval! Segun Adeniyi, who held the same position during the Yar'adua era stated in his book the many instances where he had to review his press statements with President Yar'Adua over and over again before they were issued to the public.

Sometimes, I feel that there are quite a number of blind supporters of the President on Nairaland who will never see any thing wrong in the President's glaring mistakes. Admitting to clear blunders (which the President and his aides committed this time) would have been more honorable...

The President came across as a liar during that media chat. If it was one instance, it could be assumed as a slip. But on three (3) different issues! That was outright dishonesty. And I am not his supporter or otherwise...

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Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by kaycrystal(m): 8:35pm On Nov 19, 2012
Sincere 9gerian: No matter how good or perfect a system is, those whose mind have been programmed to find only faults will ALWAYS see faults. Some persons mind have been programmed to find only faults in ALL that Mr president does. Such persons are irredeemble. The truth is that whether these persons like it or not, Jonathan is the president today and will remain so till 2015. If he decides to seek re-election, he'll win hands down. Irrespective of what HATERS think, irrespective of what FAULT-FINDERS think, Jonathan is performing and will continue to perform. ACN and CPC supporters can continue to HATE and CONVULSE online.

In the history of the developed countries, there were exceptional leaders, in the history of our dear country, wot do we have, ill prepared leaders (looters!) and also by the side the so called best president naija never had!
guess what the common denominator is; a lazy, self righteous and believing people that hopes that an inadequately prepared person will somehow become a good president!

u are a classic example.....
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by Nobody: 8:41pm On Nov 19, 2012
ocelot2006: So, they disagree with the president. Uhmm..one question though-how come they've not resigned in protest?

Don't mind them. The noble thing for them to do is to resign if they are pissed off.
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by mayoroflag(m): 8:43pm On Nov 19, 2012
Whoever is helping to peddle this allegations - whether true or not - has most likely sacked Reuben Abati on a later date....
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by Nobody: 8:46pm On Nov 19, 2012
Elueme: What do we want now? When Abati and Osinlu made those diplomatic statements, Nigerians shouted they were lying. The president has comeup to clear the air and tell Nigerians the plain truth, some are crying. What exactly do you want, a pathologically lying president? Smh

Don't mind Nigerians. They are confused.
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by thegoodjoehunt(m): 9:20pm On Nov 19, 2012
gregg2: Nobody told Premiumtimes anything.
This story is one of those concocted lies to diminish
the president's sincere chat with Nigerians. Haters on the loose.


Whether Anyone told Premiumtimes anything or not is not the issue here. The issue is that statements approved by the President of Nigeria was contradicted by the President Of Nigeria.

The question is did he approve the lies Ruben Abati told Nigerians?
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by thegoodjoehunt(m): 9:25pm On Nov 19, 2012
solomonkane: As much as GEJ messes up, its difficult to blame him on this one. Did they consult with the president before releasing these statements or did they think of themselves as omniscient and went ahead to release these press statements without consulting with their principal? These are questions that need answers;

SCENARIO A:

If GEJ was aware and had approved of these statements, then GEJ is a liar who has just thrown Abati and Osinlu to the wolves to deflect attention from himself and can't be trusted so they should resign.

SCENARIO B:

If Abati & Osinlu believing themselves to be consummate all knowing professionals decided to belittle their boss by making statements on his behalf without his knowledge, then GEJ is an innocent bystander and both Abati & Osinlu over reached & should be fired.


Do you actually believe that Abati can make false messages from the President from his own initiative and the President will not do anything about it? I don't.
Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by thegoodjoehunt(m): 9:34pm On Nov 19, 2012
Gombs:

Ǖя̩̥̊ point is terrifying...and permit to say dumb...now,aw many times haf such corrections hapnd?

On boko haram we r bin played?...u for real?

U seee bro,u jst hating,to be frank...GEJ ώɑ̣̣̝̇̇ƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇ perfect yday.dnt knw abt u,but twas a chat not a debate not press conference...hp u get d difference

It wasn't just a chat like the ones we have with our friends. In this chat, he was speaking to Nigerians and what is said there should be taken seriously. No matter what format the President uses to address his people, it should be serious.

Re: Presidency Officials Accuse Jonathan Of Lying To Nigerians by zikclassiq(m): 10:32pm On Nov 19, 2012
He obviously has been reading books from the greek philosopher, CONFUCIUS.

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