Pataki:

Jonathan has opposers all across the nation. Please don't play this deceitful game. Why would the wife of a President vacate Aso Rock for 11 days, head down to the South-south and constitute herself as a national nuisance there?

THE MOST ILLITERATE FIRST LADY NIGERIAN EVER HAD.
WHY CAN'T HER FELLOW WIDOW ADVICE THIS PIG?

Awake9ja: the truth remains that SNG tried for GEJ but the main person that strikes the blow that kills the giant is Professor Dora Akunyili,

she even pays for it heavily, starting from ministerial screening to resigning as a FEC member.
you see the picture very well, how many of SNG members has any attack on them after their protest.
they have nothing to loose that is why their contribution is so little in making GEJ president.

SAUL took the Israel to war front against philistians but it took David to deliver the victory so the credit goes to David.

modecaia engineered queen esther into taking steps to liberate the Jews and she did so the victory belongs to Queen Esther not modecaia.

YOU NEED TO REASON LIKE AN ADULT.
YOU DON'T ENTHRONE THE ROOF OF A HOUSE BECAUSE IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND IGNORE THE FOUNDATION.
PROTESTS PUT PRESSURE ON AKUNYILI TO SAY THE TRUTH.
YOU DO NOT HOLD THAT WOMAN IN HIGH ESTEEM THAN ME.
BUT HER LIES TO COVER UP YARADUA'S SAGA WAS A BIG SLAP ON HER FACE.
IF NOT FOR THOSE WHO PUT PRESSURE ON THE PRESIDENCY (DORA INCLUSIVE), THE CABALS WERE UP TO SOMETHING.
THOSE WHO ENGINEERED A THING ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THOSE WHO CARIED IT OUT.
THAT IS WHY YOUR MANAGERS AND DIRECTORS ARE PAID MORE THAN THOSE DOING THE PHYSICAL JOB.
IN CASE YOU WERE STILL A TEENAGER IN 2009, THIS IS 2013. SO LEAVE THAT THEORY.
IT BETRAYS YOUR LOGIC.

Awake9ja: if there is any person or group to receive reward of making GEJ president its that iron woman "Dora Akunyili"

she is not from my tribe nor state but I point at truth whenever I see one.

I don't deny the fact that SNG didn't make an impact but she "Dora" get the job done.

WE even found out later that most of the SNG was into the protest for a political reasons(TUNDE BAKARE etc).

so let us give honor to whom honor is due,
some people deserves a hand shake while some deserves I big PRIZE.
A hand shake is a sign of appreciation and a Prize is a sign of REWARD.

It is well-documented that Dora Akunyili acted cynically with the knowledge available to her and other 'insiders' (Yar Adua was in a coma) to ingratiate herself with the new kid on the block i.e GEJ.

Ask yourself why GEJ, loyal to a fault towards his crew, had nothing at all for Akunyili. Explain that one. GEJ who rewarded clearly incompetent individuals for lesser efforts would have ignored a woman who helped him become President especially as she is generally deemed to be competent?

The word is that GEJ, along with virtually everyone else, was put off by her cynical opportunism and that is why he cut her off and she remains cut-off till today. In Akunyili, they all saw a political climber too quick to shout " the king is dead. long live the king".

You should face fact and accept that your Akunyili "saved GEJ" fantasy has never gained the attendant reward from the man who should be most grateful to Akunyili, i.e GEJ, because such is not what really happened. Those involved, as direct stakeholders, saw through the cynical opportunism of Akunyili and this is why she remains an untrusted pariah till today.

Had Dora truly done what you claimed, there is no way at all GEJ would have frozen her out so coldly considering many who did nothing for him and actually stood on the sideline when he was in trouble were consequently rewarded once GEJ was substantive President. Read below and note the truth as to why Akunyili, despite the "saved GEJ" action you ascribe to her, is in the cold till today with nowhere to go amongst her own colleagues.


http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/guest-articles/the-screening-of-dora-akunyili.html

The Screening Of Dora Akunyili
Print Email POST 30 MARCH 2010 LAST UPDATED ON 30 MARCH 2010 BY D.K. MERIJE HITS: 2500

THE SCREENING OF DORA AKUNYILI

Loyalty. This is one of the most priced commodities in Nigerian politics today. Knowing when (and how) to show and knowing when (and how) to switch political loyalty is the difference between life and death politically. Atiku’s years of loyalty to Shehu Musa Yar’Adua earned him the PDP Vice-Presidential ticket in 1999 and 2003. It was the same Anenih that justified the incarceration of OBJ under Abacha that metamorphed into OBJ’s “Mr Fix-It”. Everybody understands; showing and switching loyalty, if done right, pays politically.

So, Dora Akunyili could be forgiven for, suddenly, distancing herself from Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, politically, in the heat of the saga surrounding the President’s health. It was a deft political strategy. Even though she had been very close to the ailing President and had had no qualms in the past with toeing the government line (even against the interests of “the people”) by now championing a course that was both populist and capable of ingratiating her with the rising fortunes of the then Vice-President, she was exploiting a “win-win” situation. She would both redeem her image with the people and advance her personal status by switching political loyalties.

It worked. Even though some people were quietly disgusted by the brazen about turn, it was difficult to accuse her of being a political opportunist when she had also, simultaneously, taken the moral high ground. Moreover, as pointed out above, everyone understands that switching loyalties, when done right, is an acceptable thing in Nigerian politics.

Dora’s real problems began with the further steps she took after the story of her controversial memo had “leaked” to the public. She started running her mouth; branding other people “a cabal” and presenting herself as the only courageous and upright person in the Cabinet. It took the efforts of a lot of people to push Jonathan into the position of acting President; civil society, the media and the Senate combined to make it happen. But Dora Akunyili hugged the lime-light. It was one thing to circulate an internal memo; it was another thing to go to town with a loud speaker against the same government that was paying your salary. Her actions alienated a lot of people who were, otherwise, in agreement with her memo. She was, in effect, burning her candle from both ends; provoking her enemies and offending her friends. A groundswell of opposition quietly built to her re-nomination as a Minister.


She did not make the first list of ministerial nominees published by the media. This was despite her prominent role in pushing for Jonathan’s elevation to the status of acting President. Other prominent pro-Jonathan elements, like Senator Bala Mohammed, made the list. Dora was probably left out because of the controversy her utterances had generated and the fact that she had demonstrated how loose a canon she could be. But she has always been a polarizer; you either hate her or you love her. Proving her capacity as a political survivor, she got included in the list sent to the Senate at the last minute.

But she faced little sympathy in the Senate. There seemed to be a silent agreement to nail her; to expose her as an over-ambitious political climber who would do, and say, anything to advance her own position. The obvious arrow head for the plot would be the Senators from Yar’Adua’s own state, Katsina. Dora’s presentation, dripping with her usual self-assurance bordering on arrogance, did not help her precarious situation. She leaned slightly on the podium, beginning with the words, “I am Dora Akunyili…”, spoken with provocative force. The first Senator to be called to question her was the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Kanti Bello. He was supposed to coldly ask questions that would bring Dora’s professionalism and conduct as the Minister of Information into question- Do you think the way you handled the situation was in the nation’s best interest? Don’t you think you played a bit too much to the gallery? The Senate would have quietly looked the other way and let Dora sweat for “over-doing” things. The former Minister would have been made to eat humble pie and learn to manage her zealotry better.

But Senator Kanti Bello fumbled. He lost his objectivity and his cool. Three times the Senate President gave him an opportunity to ask a calm question that would put Dora’s professionalism squarely on the table but the Senator from Katsina let his personal feelings get in the way. He berated Dora in a way that bordered on offensive. Nigeria is a complex country, littered with dangerous fault lines. The Senator was asking his question across one of Nigeria’s most explosive fault lines; North/South. He was a muslim Northern male questioning a Christian Southern female. His provocative tone completely changed the dynamics of the screening of Dora Akunyili. Suddenly, both female and Southern senators were taking offence at the Senate Chief Whip’s manner. In a second, considerable support swung the way of Dora Akunyili. Voices began to be raised, shouting down the Chief Whip. Dora should take a bow and go! Proceedings were adjourned abruptly. Dora Akunyili took a bow and went.

It is not yet over, though. The Senate would still have to decide whether or not to confirm her nomination. There are two options. Option A- the indignation a lot of Senators felt at the way Senator Kanti Bello questioned Professor Dora Akunyili would hold and guarantee her the Senate confirmation. Option B- the offended Senators would be pacified and made to remember that, regardless of how Kanti Bello put it, the original point he was making was that Dora Akunyili may have let her personal ambition get the better of her in the handling of a national crisis; an opinion that many of them hold. If that happens, the Senate would block her confirmation. Either way, Dora is going to get a brutal education in Nigerian politics. The same one that Anambra State handed down to Professor Soludo. It takes more than being a “super star” to get this job done. For one, you have to show loyalty and when you switch loyalty, you have to do so with care.

In the end, Dora Akunyili would probably be rescued by Kanti Bello’s mistakes. But let her not be deceived by it, she would have only escaped by the skin of her teeth. Changing Nigeria is not the same thing as fighting fake drugs. To her patriotic zeal and intellectual prowess let her add the ability to take on her foes without alienating her friends. If Dora does not learn how to control her propensity to want to be the biggest star in the room, she may discover that her greatest legacy would remain the eight years she spent in NAFDAC. When she left she took her shine with her and NAFDAC was back to what it was before she got there. That is exactly the point Obama was making when he said that Nigeria needs strong institutions not strong men- or women. Super stars may play really well but if no one builds the team, nothing changes, really.

Abagworo,I swear,you are politically deficient just like your master,Okorocha el-clown. Let's not forget the big players in the game that brought GEJ in power......AKUNYILI....rings a bell ?

And by the way,Dora was not frozen out; she quit her minister job to go contest for senate,which she lost to Ngige. Get your facts right. Why are yorubas so deceitful ?

^^ What is this fool saying? Which tribe has the monopoly of betrayals? It is not your fault, na Tecno and Mtn free browsing cause am.

When Wole Soyinka was risking comfort, life and resources, people like Bipi Evans and the G4, Doin Okupe, Ruben Abati, Wike and all the Nairalands Jonathan and patience fan club were sitting quiet in the comfort of their homes. But now that the prof has spoken his mind about the excesses of the Jonathans, he is now unintelligent, bias and after Niger Delta oil.
So how much of Niger Delta oil did president Jonathan give the prof for being one of the few persons that supported his becoming acting president? And how did the president say thank you to professor wole soyinka?

wirinet: When Wole Soyinka was risking comfort, life and resources, people like Bipi Evans and the G4, Doin Okupe, Ruben Abati, Wike and all the Nairalands Jonathan and patience fan club were sitting quiet in the comfort of their homes. But now that the prof has spoken his mind about the excesses of the Jonathans, he is now unintelligent, bias and after Niger Delta oil.
So how much of Niger Delta oil did president Jonathan give the prof for being one of the few persons that supported his becoming acting president? And how did the president say thank you to professor wole soyinka?

E BI WON?
ASK THEM?

MAY BE WE CAN HEAR GOOD AR FAIR RESPONSE.

wirinet: When Wole Soyinka was risking comfort, life and resources, people like Bipi Evans and the G4, Doin Okupe, Ruben Abati, Wike and all the Nairalands Jonathan and patience fan club were sitting quiet in the comfort of their homes. But now that the prof has spoken his mind about the excesses of the Jonathans, he is now unintelligent, bias and after Niger Delta oil.
So how much of Niger Delta oil did president Jonathan give the prof for being one of the few persons that supported his becoming acting president? And how did the president say thank you to professor wole soyinka?

Yeah, that was before during his Younger age, but as of now he lost his bearing, the best thing Yoruba can do for him now is to Check him into any nearby Mental Hospital before Prof reach Market.