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What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 3:27pm On May 01, 2013
Most of the people who insult, abuse and call the President derogatory names are always quick to point to alleged "sins" of President Jonathan. What are these "sins"? Are these "sins" commensurate with the degree of abuses and insults?

First lets explore some of the common alleged "sins" of the president.

1 Fuel price hike: I understand the emotions and sentiments associated with fuel price hike but the REALITY is that fuel is a COMMODITY and like any other commodity, the price of fuel must change from time to time. Unfortunately because of increasing crude oil price, that change is upwards most times. In addition, since Independence almost every govt had to adjust the price of petrol upwards.
https://www.nairaland.com/1275528/history-fuel-price-increase-nigeria

The only two govts that didn't hike the price of petrol were that Buhari and Yar Adua, and the reasons were OBVIOUS. Buhari truncated a democratically elected govt and it was only sensible not to tamper with price of petrol to avoid the additional headache of civil unrest. In the case of Yar Adua, the election that brought him to power was the most fraudulent in the history of Nigeria. Therefore, the govt had to use slight reduction in price of fuel to buy some credibility. This fact was well captured in the recently released book of Olusegun Adeniyi, the then spokesperson of the Yar Adua govt. He wrote:

"it was the reduction of d pump price of fuel from #65 to #60 dat triggered the increase in subsidy payments. Yar'adua used dat reduction to gain some level of legitimacy,following wide condemnations that trailed hs election.
The FIFA under 17 world cup in Nigeria in 2009 prevented Yar Adua from total removal of subsidy cos he didnt want Nigerians to protest while we had foreigners in our midst. He travelled to Saudi 2days before d policy could be effected & never came back. (Olusegun Adeniyi - Politics,Power And Death)

Also the recently elected govt of Ghana increased fuel price just few days after elections. Ghaninians have not started calling their president names because of that

In the light of the above, the question then is why should GEJ be crucified for doing what was inevitable? Why the insults and name calling for fuel price hike?

2 The president is not fighting corruption: GEJ has been accused of not fighting corruption. Instances such as pardon of Alams and failure of the president to declare his assets are the common instances. I admit GEJ has not be RADICAL in terms of fighting corruption. GEJ has not gone all out flogging and bundling governors, ministers and former presidents/head of states into prisons. But are those expectations REALISTIC? Can those such happen in a democracy? Even if it can happen in a democracy, does GEJ have the political base to do all of those? How many governors (even the over hyped ones) have fought corruption in that manner in their states? Is there any law prohibiting governors from fighting corruption?

GEJ may not have taken RADICAL measures to curb corruption but we cannot deny the TRANSPARENCY in govt business in the last few years. We must not forget the ongoing prosecution of fuel subsidy thieves (including the son of PDP chairman), pension thieves, bank chief executives, political exposed persons, legislators enmeshed in bribery scandal, etc.

We must not forget that the job of the president ends with investigation and prosecution. It is the job of the judiciary to convict or acquit suspects as the case maybe. The new Chief Justice of the federation is trying to cleanse the judiciary of corrupt judges. We hope she succeeds as that'll help fast track prosecution of corruption cases.

In addition, we must not forget that corruption has existed since independence. In fact, corruption was one of reasons for the first military coup.

On the issue of declaration of asset, the position of the LAW is that the president and other public office holders should declare their assets to the code of conduct bureau, NOT to the public. While it may not be wrong if the president goes EXTRA mile to declare his assets public, I consider it as PLAYING TO THE GALLERY. Public declaration of the assets of the president CANNOT and can NEVER curb corruption. For instance, Yar Adua declared his assets publicly but it did not stop the govt from sacking Ribadu and shielding Ibori from prosecution. It was under the same Yar Adua govt that Hilary Clinton said "the EFCC has fallen"

Personally, I hate playing to the gallery. If we want to curb corruption through public declaration of assets, we have to amend the laws for ALL public officials to declare their assets publicly. Of what use is will it be if GEJ declares his assets publicly, while the senate president, speaker, governors do not? The RIGHT thing to do is for ALL to declare their assets publicly. That is what all Nigerians should ask the NASS to do. It is their responsibility to amend the law. Why is no one interested in that?

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 3:30pm On May 01, 2013
As for the case of the pardon of Alams, though morally wrong, but it was a bitter pill the govt of GEJ has to swallow at this point in time. Presidents all over the world do grant pardon and most are controversial.

In conclusion, GEJ is certainly not perfect but the degree of HATE some people display towards the president is definitely disproportional to whatever "sins" the president may have committed. The curses, insults and derogatory names are misplaced and BASELESS.

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by gbanikiti(m): 3:42pm On May 01, 2013
what are the sins of SICKCERE 9GERIAN?


1.After being chased out of Sahara Reporters and The Punch, he came to nairaland to spread lies about the achievements of Jonathan and his incompetent and clueless government.

2.He came to nairaland to attack and discredit the good achievements of opposition parties in Nigeria ie ACN, APGA, CPC and ANPP.

3.The most annoying of all is that he actually absconded from medical duties to lick Jonathan's balls. Needless should i say why there are high rates of mortality in hospitals.

To be continued......

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Rossikk(m): 4:02pm On May 01, 2013
Sincere 9gerian:
In addition, we must not forget that corruption has existed since independence. In fact, corruption was one of reasons for the first military coup.

Corruption existed in Nigeria long before independence. It actually reduced drastically after independence, hence the investment in mass education and infrastructure that we see today where no such thing existed under British rule (1897-1960).

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 4:09pm On May 01, 2013


GEJ is the corruption that all Nigerians including insincere9gerian should fight. It's much more than GEJ being corrupt, he is the corruption.

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by gbanikiti(m): 4:15pm On May 01, 2013
GOODLUCK JONATHAN IS CORRUPTION PERSONIFIED!

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 4:18pm On May 01, 2013
Prof Corruption:

GEJ is the corruption that all Nigerians including insincere9gerian should fight. It's much more than GEJ being corrupt, he is the corruption.


I busrt into laughter too when I saw the topic. As you can see, insincere9gerian is a confused fellow who is tired of defendinding the indifensible. Most Jonathan apologists know he has squandered all the goodwill given to him after the death of Yar'Adua. He is more interested dividing the country by creating chaos in order to hold on to power.

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 4:25pm On May 01, 2013
Sincerely Sick Nigerian or whatever you call yourself, we know you are being paid to spread lies all over the internet but I have to say the person paying you is a ret*ard for paying an ignoramus like you to do the job.

We will not bother arguing with you over the sins of your paymasters because that is a futile exercise and that will only help you accompanish your job of spreading more lies, showcasing your ignorance and deceiving the gullible. Rather we will prepare to vote out your paymasters and send you and all of them to jail. This is a useless thread created by a brainless idi*ot to justify a ret*ard's dumb policies.

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 4:36pm On May 01, 2013
The USUAL haters are here attacking IDs and foaming at the mouth. They cant contribute to the topic because their heads are EMPTY and their minds are obsessed with hate and the word- corruption

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Tolexander: 4:36pm On May 01, 2013
He brought facebook to nigeria instead of nairaland, eskimi or hi5!

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by gbanikiti(m): 4:37pm On May 01, 2013
Sincere 9gerian: As for the case of the pardon of Alams, though morally wrong, but it was a bitter pill the govt of GEJ has to swallow at this point in time. Presidents all over the world do grant pardon and most are controversial.
Did you actually write this crap? WTF! Now i know you are seriously sick and need urgent medical attention. whoever did this to you may God have mercy on him.

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by gbanikiti(m): 4:41pm On May 01, 2013
Sincere 9gerian: The USUAL haters are here attacking IDs and foaming at the mouth. They cant contribute to the topic because their heads are EMPTY and their minds are obsessed with hate and the word- corruption
blah, blah, blah.... here he goes again! eyaaaa! why are you crying na? your days on nairaland will soon be over! tick tock tick tock.......

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 4:42pm On May 01, 2013
Sincere 9gerian: The USUAL haters are here attacking IDs and foaming at the mouth. They cant contribute to the topic because their heads are EMPTY and their minds are obsessed with hate and the word- corruption
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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by chukel(m): 4:45pm On May 01, 2013
Pls, let dis thread die naturally. Nobody should respond to diz irredeemable fools in government and their cohorts. Let's just scroll to d topic, ignore without replying. Dat way we shall keep them redundant. The real question is- what are amaechi's sins. Let's also learn to ignore their responses in other threads. And pls, u shud stop calling insincere nigerian a doctor cos he is not one. He may be a trado, quack or a med school dropout. If he were a doctor, he wil not descend so low. He has no esteem whatsoever.

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 4:47pm On May 01, 2013
chukel: Pls, let dis thread die naturally. Nobody should respond to diz irredeemable fools in government and their cohorts. Let's just scroll to d topic, ignore without replying. Dat way we shall keep them redundant. The real question is- what are amaechi's sins. Let's also learn to ignore their responses in other threads.

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:07pm On May 01, 2013
Rats are already trying to infest this thread even I'm yet to complete the opening the post. Let me QUICKLY kill the rats that are all of a sudden appearing from different hole so as to give room to contributions from NORMAL human beings

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:10pm On May 01, 2013
Sincere 9gerian: Rats are already trying to infest this thread even I'm yet to complete the opening the post. Let me QUICKLY kill the rats that are all of a sudden appearing from different hole so to give room to contribution from NORMAL human beings

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:10pm On May 01, 2013
chukel: Pls, let dis thread die naturally. Nobody should respond to diz irredeemable fools in government and their cohorts. Let's just scroll to d topic, ignore without replying. Dat way we shall keep them redundant. The real question is- what are amaechi's sins. Let's also learn to ignore their responses in other threads. And pls, u shud stop calling insincere nigerian a doctor cos he is not one. He may be a trado, quack or a med school dropout. If he were a doctor, he wil not descend so low. He has no esteem whatsoever.
One of the notorious rats already on his knees pleading for mercy. Ok. Go and sin no more

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:14pm On May 01, 2013
For me He is simply not brilliant enough to run even a Local Government

Leadership is not about PhD (Phony Hollow Diploman)

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:19pm On May 01, 2013
Sincere 9gerian:
One of the notorious rats already on his knees pleading for mercy. Ok. Go and sin no more


Insincere9gerian, chop your money but quit the foolery.

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:23pm On May 01, 2013
Nashville: Sincerely Sick Nigerian or whatever you call yourself, we know you are being paid to spread lies all over the internet but I have to say the person paying you is a ret*ard for paying an ignoramus like you to do the job.

We will not bother arguing with you over the sins of your paymasters because that is a futile exercise and that will only help you accompanish your job of spreading more lies, showcasing your ignorance and deceiving the gullible. Rather we will prepare to vote out your paymasters and send you and all of them to jail. This is a useless thread created by a brainless idi*ot to justify a ret*ard's dumb policies.
Another Tinubu's rat on rampage. Why do you always fret at the sight of my powerful ID? Tinubu does not pay you to display timidity here

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:23pm On May 01, 2013
mikeansy: For me He is simply not brilliant enough to run even a Local Government

Leadership is not about PhD (Phony Hollow Diploman)

True talk!

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:26pm On May 01, 2013
Sincere 9gerian:
Another Tinubu's rat on rampage. Why do you always fret at the sight of my powerful ID? Tinubu does not pay to be timid on NL.



What's Tinubu got to do with this thread now? grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by eggheaders(m): 5:28pm On May 01, 2013
insecure oloriburuku.the sins of your boss and his ball lickers is just countless.firstly was is gross incompetent in not thinking policies through before opening that gutter he called mouth to spew it to the public.e.g independence day bombing ,maulag change,banning of the super eagles and loads of decision making goofs.back to fuel subsidy issue,countless expert has said the Nigerian government ain't subsidizing fuel but corruption.why did the subsidy payment skyrocket after election?why are close presidential allies indicted and are not prosecuted e.g diezani,Stella oduah and others.where are the palliatives the government boast about during the fuel subsidy crisis.the subsidy thing was used to fund the otueke drunkard election.Ghana ain't using fuel to power generators and other basic things we use fuel for here and couple with their regulated transportation pricing system.then to corruption Nigerian public officers and politicians has never been this bold in stealing public funds like before.reason is either gej is stealing bigger and didn't want his a55 expose that why he is turning a blind eye to other thieves or he is incompetent or the two reasons.couple with countless report of misappropriation of funds by his goverment from both foriegn and local observers.second the handling of the insecurity situation of the country is so poor that even a carpenter would have done a better job than gej.the economy is only growing on papers but the reality on ground is that more people are been initiated to the cult of grinding poverty.couple with the way he is trying to divide nigerians along ethnic and religious line for his selfish political gains e.g CAN inducement with cash to keep spewing rubbish about security situation in the country,plus the silent approval of some of his prominent kinesmen turning the presidency to an ijaw affair.plus the way he respond to all critics like he ain't get job doing as the president.I can go on and on.i am giving you just this litttle to ponder on.

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:30pm On May 01, 2013
eggheaders: insecure oloriburuku.the sins of your boss and his ball lickers is just countless.firstly was is gross incompetent in not thinking policies through before opening that gutter he called mouth to spew it to the public.e.g independence day bombing ,maulag change,banning of the super eagles and loads of decision making goofs.back to fuel subsidy issue,countless expert has said the Nigerian government ain't subsidizing fuel but corruption.why did the subsidy payment skyrocket after election?why are close presidential allies indicted and are not prosecuted e.g diezani,Stella oduah and others.where are the palliatives the government boast about during the fuel subsidy crisis.the subsidy thing was used to fund the otueke drunkard election.Ghana ain't using fuel to power generators and other basic things we use fuel for here and couple with their regulated transportation pricing system.then to corruption Nigerian public officers and politicians has never been this bold in stealing public funds like before.reason is either gej is stealing bigger and didn't want his a55 expose that why he is turning a blind eye to other thieves or he is incompetent or the two reasons.couple with countless report of misappropriation of funds by his goverment from both foriegn and local observers.second the handling of the insecurity situation of the country is so poor that even a carpenter would have done a better job than gej.the economy is only growing on papers but the reality on ground is that more people are been initiated to the cult of grinding poverty.couple with the way he is trying to divide nigerians along ethnic and religious line for his selfish political gains e.g CAN inducement with cash to keep spewing rubbish about security situation in the country,plus the silent approval of some of his prominent kinesmen turning the presidency to an ijaw affair.plus the way he respond to all critics like he ain't get job doing as the president.I can go on and on.i am giving you just this litttle to ponder on.



What a punch on insincere9gerian's forehead!

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Demdem(m): 5:37pm On May 01, 2013
Sins grin
Cassava bread and energy bulbs. grin

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:38pm On May 01, 2013
Demdem: Sins grin
Cassava bread and energy bulbs. grin

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:47pm On May 01, 2013
An appeal filed by the imprisoned former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori to have his prison term slashed, has been listed for hearing tomorrow at the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in London.

The case will be heard by Lord Justice Treacy and Mr. Justice Edwards-Stuart, Recorder Of Leeds sitting as a judge of the Court Of Appeal criminal division.

Last year, Mr. Ibori was sentenced to 14 years in jail by a Southwark Crown Court judge after he pleaded guilty to stealing about $250 million which he laundered through banks in the United Kingdom. The monies, which were stolen from the coffers of Delta State while he was governor there, were lavished on a Bombardier jet, luxury cars, expensive homes in London, and jewelry.

The assets he purchased with the laundered funds are currently the subject of a court-ordered forfeiture around the globe including the US, South Africa and Dubai.

After he fled Nigeria, Mr. Ibori was arrested in May 2010 in Dubai on an international warrant of arrest, and later extradited to the United Kingdom to face trial the money laundering charges.

Before his conviction and imprisonment, Mr. Ibori’s sister, Christine Ibie-Ibori; his wife, Theresa Ibori; and his mistress, Udoamaka Okoronkwo-Onuigbo, were also convicted. They were each jailed for five years for acting as accomplices in the extensive money laundering operations of the former governor.
Also jailed was Ibori’s lawyer, Bhadresh Gohil. Other jailed accomplices include Daniel McCann, and Lambertus De Boer.

In a prior trial in Nigeria that was manipulated by the government of Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan, Ibori was acquitted of all of the 170 charges he faced that were basically the same as the one the former governor faced in England.

“As things stand, Ibori was only to spend seven years in jail in England,” an analyst pointed out in New York today. “If through some well-paid and clever lawyering that sentence happens to be reduced by a couple of years, Ibori would in the end only have missed a few PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) lunches.

As Dipreye Alamieyeseigha has proved, Mr. Jonathan will grant him state pardon and give him the GCFR. He will run for the Senate and just like old times, rejoin his criminal old band
!”

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/james-ibori%E2%80%99s-jail-term-appeal-hearing-tomorrow
Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:47pm On May 01, 2013
payless:

I busrt into laughter too when I saw the topic. As you can see, insincere9gerian is a confused fellow who is tired of defendinding the indifensible. Most Jonathan apologists know he has squandered all the goodwill given to him after the death of Yar'Adua. He is more interested dividing the country by creating chaos in order to hold on to power.
Coming from an ACN boy, we understand
Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Abagworo(m): 5:47pm On May 01, 2013
Trying to hold on to power by force is his major problem. He seems so bent on holding on to power and is doing everything possible including what he is doing to Amaechi today without minding if people will die or it will cause chaos in the country. What he did to Sylva too is evidence of tyrany. A patriot goes for the wish of the masses and not his personal desires. Obasanjo could easily have put Nigeria into chaos and remained in power but as a patriot he decided to relinquish power for the peace of the nation. Jonathan as a man looks patriotic but I believe some people benefiting from his Government are making him this heartless. Some say its his wife but I doubt that.

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Re: What Are The "Sins" Of President Jonathan? by Nobody: 5:57pm On May 01, 2013
Sincere 9gerian:
Coming from an ACN boy, we understand

What a deflated clown! You are drowning in lack of knowledge. I voted PDP few times when I was in Nigeria. Some of my family members also did many times. I was one of Jonathan's supporters after the demise of Yar'Adua. My brain is not clouded like yours when it comes to having independent mind when considering candidates for election. I am never blinded by partisan, ethnic or religious sentiments like you. Your Principal (Retardeen, Odechukwu, Egbere, Otueke drunkmaster) has squandered the goodwill given to him after the death of his boss. Now we have no choice not only to destroy him before the 2015 election but also put him behind bar.

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