Okija_juju: Watched the darn thing live yesternight on CNN



Why would CNN choose some retards to film?! That Okoko girl was just speaking fhune and overly excited to be filmed by CNN. She even claimed they had 4 generators at home.


IMO, Light situation in my area has improved. I havent had need to put on my generator at night in over a month. I have an inverter but between the Inverter and NEPA light, I always have power all night when I am home.

tchaik:

have you had Power for straight 24 Hrs #uninterrupted?
And where exactly do you reside in Benin?

taharqa: I reside in d Ugbowo and Upper Mission areas; and power has very very significantly improvd in those areas and MOST parts of Benin, except for d FEW things when there are national systems issues like I said. THIS IS FACT. They interruptd light about 20mins ago and just restord it now- this is not unusual to us here where I stay for almost a yr.... NO body talkd about 24hrs CONSTANT supply, dat is not even possible for MANY parts of Nigeria even b4 2015; am talking of significant improvements and real work done. GEJ inheritd a DEAD power sector for Goodness' sake, and only a complete IJIOT wud expect him (or anybody for that matter) to clear d decays of decades in 2yrs. WHAT THA FUVK IS WRONG WITH US

Okija_juju: Watched the darn thing live yesternight on CNN



Why would CNN choose some retards to film?! That Okoko Yoruba girl was just speaking fhune (with 'How' being pronounced as 'ow') and she was overly excited to be filmed by CNN. She even claimed they had 4 generators at home.


IMO, Light situation in my area has improved from the norm. I havent had need to put on my generator at night in over a month. I have an inverter but between the Inverter and NEPA light, I always have power all night when I am home. Infact, at night, if the light goes out, its always turned back on in under 30 minutes..

nusetron: @taqhara,@tchalk no 1 is saying power situation hasn't improved slightly, but why must a president pay millions of naira 4 cheap publicity when he knows d improvement isn't a marked 1. Obviously he bragged on air about lagos and amanpour decided 2 visit lagos. Leave ur sentiment aside n please 4get abt benin 4 now and think abt d general populace, evaluate their thoughts and u will know Jonathan just made a mockery of the nigerian populace. 2 cap it all I grew up in lagos and power wasn't this bad prior 2 now, so if lagosians say jona no try, ABEG TAKE IT FROM THEM. Cos its simply d GOSPEL TRUTH

4va3sa22na:

Don't tell me Tinubu forcks that lady!!!

Ngwakwe: Nobody on this board is an I'd.iot or monkey.

Let's argue for or against Amanpour's assertions while being civil and respecting each others opinion without insults and name calling or abuse.

We have the transcript of her interview with GEJ, let's analyze/ decrypt the dialogue with the information on the ground.

Let there be no blind support for GEJ or criticism spur by hatred against GEJ.

AjanleKoko: $60,000 to expose yourself in the eyes of the world?
How dumb can a president get?

Sincere 9gerian: Whether HATERS like it or not, the fact on ground is that public power supply has improved. The last time there was a survey of power supply situation in different parts of the country on this same NL, the VERDIT was unambiguous.
https://www.nairaland.com/1144376/public-power-supply-continues-improve

If we repeat the same survey today, the verdict will remain same. Only haters and fools will regard an interview of 3 or 4 persons by CNN as an assessment of power supply situation in the country.

That power has improved does not mean EVERY PART of the country now has stable power. It means MANY parts of the country now has stable power, unlike before.

Mr president said this much during the interview- that power has improved but we'r not there yet.

Thanks to @kokobeware for helping us with the text of relevant parts of that interview:

"We are not quite where we should be, and of course you know the power infrastructure is
one investment that you must complete the (inaudible) before the bulb can light. You must generate, you
must transmit, you must (inaudible), and even if you have the money and the political will to do so, you
cannot do it overnight. And we are working very hard and I promise you that, before the end of this
year power will be reasonably stable in Nigeria. This is something that has been a problem for years, for
years. So, you cannot correct it overnight. It takes time, even if you have the money.....President Jonathan (during the latest CNN interview)

Rhino.5dm:



^^^

Does stupidity comes to you naturally? This is what he said



Thinking CNN is a place where heavy ediots congregate to appease their monumental failure with wild dream and high stories.

Yeah, she was in the street of LAGOS and guess what? Next time, don't lie to CNN and expect to go free.

By the way, am still running my generator. Fool.

mikewills: For those that complain that only 3 people were interviewed in Lagos by CNN, the fact is this.
1. Interview 3 people in London about power, the answer will be positive
2. Interview 3 people in Kuala Lumpur about power, the answer will be positive
3. Interview 3 people in Houston about power, the answer will be positive
4. Interview 3 people in Accra about power, the answer will be positive
5. Interview 3 people in Cape Town about power, the answer will be positive
These are cities I've lived in and power is awesome.

Interviewing 3 people for a 1 minute interview on prime time TV is "a lot" of people. Moreover, they can only interview in cities whose name rings a bell with the audience.
Forget that Ikpoba Hill/Benin nonsense. That place no dey map of mentionable cities.

That being said, the main culprit(s) for our lack of power is not GEJ but Babangida, Abacha, Abdulsalam and 2nd Version Obasanjo who failed to invest in the power sector even with the massive sums of money allocated to the sector.

GEJ's crime is his lack of public speaking skills to properly frame the issues in a context that would have been advantageous to him.

mikewills: For those that complain that only 3 people were interviewed in Lagos by CNN, the fact is this.
1. Interview 3 people in London about power, the answer will be positive
2. Interview 3 people in Kuala Lumpur about power, the answer will be positive
3. Interview 3 people in Houston about power, the answer will be positive
4. Interview 3 people in Accra about power, the answer will be positive
5. Interview 3 people in Cape Town about power, the answer will be positive
These are cities I've lived in and power is awesome.

Interviewing 3 people for a 1 minute interview on prime time TV is "a lot" of people. Moreover, they can only interview in cities whose name rings a bell with the audience.
Forget that Ikpoba Hill/Benin nonsense. That place no dey map of mentionable cities.

That being said, the main culprit(s) for our lack of power is not GEJ but Babangida, Abacha, Abdulsalam and 2nd Version Obasanjo who failed to invest in the power sector even with the massive sums of money allocated to the sector.

GEJ's crime is his lack of public speaking skills to properly frame the issues in a context that would have been advantageous to him.

Dibiachukwu: Amancunt has no business delving into Nigeria's business. Then CNN devils should mind theirs. Where were all these foreign media and concerned Nigerian friends, when OBJ was massacring whole villages in ODI. They interviewed him numerously but never asked him about that. To me, the fact that all the western devils are all up on their toes against Jonathan, should tell all intelligent Nigerians that Johnathan my be doing something right. Have we all forgotten how BBC faked an interview with yaradua, when the man was dead. Have we forgotten that these people are the same people pushing against the PIB bill. Do you think they would let go, without a bit of winching. Look out they have set up a base in Niger. From there, they would disguise themselves as alqueada, and equip boko haram with the most sophisticated terrorist weapons. Niger - Nigeria border is the most porous. Keep these people away from your country, or they would turn you into refugees. Watch out for the escalation of boko haram activities in the coming month. CHUKWU DUO ALAIGBO, CHUKWU DUO NAIJIRIYA. Tough times ahead. Ihejirika CHUKWU GA EDU GI. JOHNATHAN CHUKWU KUZIE GI.

taharqa: Exactly. That's what a CHRONIC LIAR does when: when caught at a Lie, try anoda one. You said previously dat He said to CNN that there was 24/7 uninterruptd power in Lagos, so I gave u d FULL uncut transcript of d interview so you cud point it out. You left that and postd part of what he said (and true to d ACN propagandist you are, didnt post d remaining part of his full statement), thereby DELIBERATELY distorting what he said to serve yr agenda. I askd previously if sm of u do not hv even d slightest SHAME when lying or spreading propagand??.... And you guys shld stop this lie that you guys 'appreciated' Barth Nnaji when he was power minister. When many persons were commending him here, a few of you were casting him and calling him a LIAR and even a Thief; he only became an emergency 'HERO' to u guys when he was sackd (or was it, resignd) cos then it provided an opportunity to do what u Scums always wantd doing: Bash GEJ. While he was there and performing, he was insultd by a few of u cos doing otherwise wud hv rubbed off positively on GEJ which of course is impossible; when he left and many real Nigerians were complaining for good reasons, Nnaji suddenly became a 'HERO' and d 'best power minister eva' cos it can be usd to bash GEJ. Its same reasons why u guys' No 1 enemy, OBJ, suddenly became a 'HERO' and a 'STRONG Leader'- Nigeria's best in a long while- cos he critizd GEJ a few times. If d DEVIL himself pens an article straight from helll, sm of u guys wud immediately open a thread with d article and with d help of sm MODS push it to d FP, as long as d Devil has smthing evil to say about GEJ. Suddenly, d Devil too becomes a 'HERO'!!!.... *smh*

taharqa: Just watched the programme Now and am DISGUSTED at the extremely 'bad Journalism' that she put together in that short clip.

She gathered just 3 persons in Lagos and asked them to say something about their power supply, and all of them said that power had not increased and that they had not had light for 3 weeks!!! Those are the views of an average Nigerian, right? *smh*.

I stay in Benin and Power has improved on my end for many many months now except for some few times when there are National issues, like last Friday till Wednesday this week when we had a terrible supply probably cos of the new Benin-Onitsha Transmission Line repairs. THIS IS FACT.

Amanpour just behaved as badly as that other CNN presenter (the Kenya Guy- I have forgotten his name) who presented an extremely wrong programme on the Niger Delta crisis some years ago, and just like this programme also gathered FAKE persons to conduct his interviews. Nigeria protested, He was SACKED and that ended his International career. She ought to know better.

ehie: The girl in the first pic is stunning oh!