From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE,
Abuja
Special Adviser to the President on
Ethics and Values, Mrs. Sarah Jibril,
has described those who delight in
insulting President Goodluck
Jonathan as lacking home training,
good manners and ethical maturity.
While commending Jonathan for not
responding to every insult that comes
his way, she stated that insulting the
president of the country is a bad
definition of politics, adding that it
boils down to philosophical
bankruptcy or ignorance.
Jibril, while fielding questions from
newsmen at a roundtable on cultural
diplomacy in Nigeria and Africa,
organised by her office, said choosing
to criticise rather than make
contributions boils down to personal
ego.
She stated: “It (insulting the
president) boils down to
philosophical bankruptcy or
ignorance. It is a matter of personal
ego for people to criticise rather than
make contributions. It is the
responsibility of the government to
re-educate them.
“I appreciate that Mr. President is not
responding to every insult that is
coming up. Our business in
government is to tolerantly, patiently
and lovingly continue to educate
people explaining what we are trying
to do.
“Insulting the president is a bad
definition of politics. There is a way
you can raise observations. But I
think they would have much more
human civilisation input that you are
talking to a person you voted for and
you have avenue of advice but you
take it personally to insult the
president of the Federal Republic of
your country, it means that person is
showing the lack of home training,
good manner and ethical maturity.
“They are better advised to now show
that indeed they can observe some
inputs that must be used. At the
same time, they must also show that
they have decorum of self-respect
and national respect.”
Earlier at opening of the roundtable,
Jibril described ethics and values as
cornerstones of national unity.
She said Nigerians deserved
commendations for living together for
100 years without breaking up,
expressing the confidence that
despite Nigeria’s diversity, the nation
would not break up, adding that with
the beginning of another centenary,
the nation was on the threshold of a
new beginning.
Jibril commended members of the
National Assembly for their stance
against same marriage, saying no
Nigerian growing up ever witnessed a
male horse mating with another male
horse nor an hen mating with another
end, adding that no pressure from the
West should make Nigeria change her
mind.
Chairman of the roundtable discuss,
Emeka Ejiafor, noted that the greatest
challenge in the country today
bothers on ethics and values.
He stressed that attitudinal change
was key to the transformation of
Nigeria. “We should not be exporting
corruption. You don’t need to acquire
what you don’t deserve. The police
and military we have is a product of
the society we have.”
He added that it was hypocritical for
public servants to join in shouting
corruption in government circles
when 80 per cent of houses in Abuja,
for instance, is owned by them, urging
them to change for real.
Representative of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Uche Ajuku
Okeke, said what was wrong with
ethics and value in Nigeria was
because the actors were high on the
talk and low on the doing.
Okeke, who is the Director of Training
and Staff Welfare in the Ministry,
noted that several tradition practice is
low on talk but high on the doing.
She advised that Nigeria should
emulate the Chinese, who sell their
culture through their cuisine and
making more money from it than
crude oil, saying it was high time
Nigeria induce compliance by
attaching conditions to the services
provided.
“Inducing compliance through
demand driven conditions will
transform the country for the better,”
he said.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/jonathans-critics-lack-home-training-sarah-jibril/

ceo4eva:
She advised that Nigeria should
emulate the Chinese, who sell their
culture through their cuisine and
making more money from it than
crude oil /

lmaoooooo

Nigeria, how do u get illiterate clowns like this to not only come out in public to talk on ur behalf, but also to address you as followers and them, leaders?

Nigerians need to start exporting Jallof Rice and cassava bread. Lmao smh

Hmmmmmn, this gravy train is faster than Lagos / Kano passenger service. Sarah has is coming out of rehab!!!!! Hurrah

Those are the heavy weight and thinkers in GEJ administration.

She contested the last presidential election and got only 1 vote... Her family members didnt even vote for her.

ISpiksDaTroof: Nigerians need to start exporting Jallof Rice and cassava bread. Lmao smh

Do you always talk from your b.utt?

How Far?:


Do you always talk from your b.utt?

You ran away from the other thread where those young men had u for lunch.

ISpiksDaTroof: You ran away from the other thread where those young men had u for lunch.

On the contrary they ran away when I exposed them as Yorubas and not Edo state citizens.

This woman should just shut up. Female president wanna be...lol

She jst wanna be in the news. Ignore her guys, she has nothing relevant to say. what's the latest on stella odua??

jjcbuthot: Those are the heavy weight and thinkers in GEJ administration.

She contested the last presidential election and got only 1 vote... Her family members didnt even vote for her.

Yet here she is running her mouth all over the place. I wonder where how she sleeps anytime she remembers.

On the real though why dont GET act like the leader he is supposed to be and see if the insults won't reduce

jjcbuthot: Those are the heavy weight and thinkers in GEJ administration.

She contested the last presidential election and got only 1 vote... Her family members didnt even vote for her.

LOL..

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