Endorsement Of President Jonathan Is An
Endorsement For Mediocrity By Joe Igbokwe
Hello Nigerians, we just have to get up and go. I
do not know about you but I cannot trust
President Jonathan with another four years of
mediocrity and impunity. I cannot trust President
Jonathan with another four years of incompetence
and timidity. I cannot continue to be led to
believe that in a nation of 160 million people
President Jonathan is the best we can throw up.
The President has tried his best and he has to be
voted out.
BY JOE IGBOKWE
SEP 24, 2014
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A gainst all sound reasoning, permutations and
calculations from all those who wish Nigeria well
that the leadership of PDP will rise above
mediocrity, and impunity in choosing its flag
bearer in 2015 presidential elections, the never do
wells gathered last week to endorse President
Goodluck Jonathan as the candidate of the party.
To make matters worse, the leadership of PDP
said there will be no Presidential primaries since
President is their sole candidate who cannot be
challenged. I consider this an act of desperation,
a celebration of impunity and it supports Senator
George Akume’s assertion that “the chain of
ethical liability is unbroken” in Nigeria
In 1999 Nigeria generated about 4000mw of
electricity and nearly after 16 years we are still
under 4000mw. Now, are we making progress
that we need to sustain this continuity? Security
of lives and property was 90% efficient in 1999
and today that great progress has been eroded,
trivialized, decimated and desolate. We have lost
more lives to carelessness in the last 16years
than under military from 1985 to 1999. As I write
this our nearly 300 Girls are still in captivity. Boko
Haram has killed more than 3000 innocent
Nigerians. Now are we making progress in the
areas of security to warrant this continuity mess?
Matters were not helped when the president has
been changing Service Chiefs at the drop of a hat
as if one is changing slippers. When you have
such instability in the nations Security
architecture then everything is lost.
Recently, the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS
announced a job vacancy for 3000 people and
nearly six million Nigerians applied. NIS tried to
do an open aptitude test in public spaces and the
bizarre arrangement backfired. Nearly 30
Nigerians died as result of stampede that greeted
the awkward and primitive arrangement. Not only
that the recruitment turned tragic, we at once
exposed our low and miserable lazy attitude and
conduct to world and our image nosedived and
morals approached zero level. Again in the face
this mounting unemployment situation can
Nigerians believe this continuity brigandage?
From the Presidency to the National Assembly
dominated by the PDP, from the Petroleum
Industry to the Aviation Industry, from the
Ministry of Works to the Civil Service as a whole,
from the Defense Ministry to the External Affairs
etc, its corruption and impunity all the way. A
quantum of Nigeria’s budgetary allocations every
year end into the private pockets. Recently they
took a private jet belonging to Pastor Oritsejafor
and loaded it with 93million dollars for onward
delivery to South Africa for an unknown
transaction. If not for the prying eyes of the
South African Security personnel’s nobody would
have known anything about it. Even as I write
this there has not been any serious explanation
on how we got to this sorry pass that we have to
traffic and abuse the United States dollars. Now
in the face of this outright provocation can you
subscribe to this continuity madness in the 21st
century?
How can we be talking about continuity in the
face of abysmal miserable performance in the
midst of plenty? Why must PDP continue to talk
about continuity when all our infrastructures
across the country have broken down with no
hope to fix them in sight? How can we still be
talking about retaining a non performer and an
incompetent leader in a nation of nearly 160
million people? Do we know that a day is very
important in the life of a country, like Nigeria talk
less of when you have to waste four or eight
years in the hands of a totally helpless and
hopeless leader? How can the leaders of a very
important country in Africa continue to travel
abroad for mere medical check up when we have
the capacity to build at least six world class
hospitals in six zones of the country? How can we
continue to lose students to quack universities in
Ghana when we can build world class universities
in Nigeria and invite other Africans to come here
to study? How can we continue to take the insult
that none of our universities can be rated high in
Africa talk less of the world? I can go on and on.
Hello Nigerians, we just have to get up and go. I
do not know about you but I cannot trust
President Jonathan with another four years of
mediocrity and impunity. I cannot trust President
Jonathan with another four years of incompetence
and timidity. I cannot continue to stomach this
foolish idea that President Jonathan is what
Nigeria needs now to get to the Promised Land. I
cannot continue to be led to believe that in a
nation of 160 million people President Jonathan is
the best we can throw up. The President has tried
his best and he has to be voted out for the
Nigerians to breathe fresh air.
Besides his inability to provide leadership to
Nigeria in hours of need, his inordinate ambition
to continue beyond 2015 remains the greatest
threat to the corporate existence of Nigeria as a
political entity. Our diversity and political
arrangement for peace and unity of this country
does not support this. Through actions and deeds
President Jonathan has divided Nigeria along
religious and ethnic lines, he has pitched his Ijaw
people against other Nigerians through patronage
and lack of political will to call his people to
order. He has not shown love to other Nigerians
to prove that he is the president of all. President
Jonathan has not been able to prosecute one
high profile corrupt person since 2009. We have
not been lucky in the department of leadership
since PDP came to power in 1999. The world
mocks us that we assume that somebody is in
charge of Nigeria when nobody is really in charge.
Given the sordid pictures painted above I submit
that the endorsement of President Jonathan to
continue to rule Nigeria beyond 2015 is an
endorsement of mediocrity. Nigeria can do better
than this. Case rested!
Joe Igbokwe
http://saharareporters.com/2014/09/24/endorsement-president-jonathan-endorsement-mediocrity-joe-igbokwe

Endorsement of Buhari is endorsement of jihad!

Can we tell ourselves the home truth... Has GEJ performed as expected? Is Nigeria better off or worse off under him? Is this administration and the way it handles issues the best we wish for our fatherland? can you beat ur chest in giving affirmative answers to these question?

tit: Endorsement of Buhari is endorsement of jihad!

so any argument against the imposition of GEJ is now a support for Buhari? Nigerians and our myopic reasoning.

franciskaine: so any argument against the imposition of GEJ is now a support for Buhari? Nigerians and our myopic reasoning.

before you make any argument on GEJ / Buhari dichotomy, pls consult your history book.

An endorsement for GEJ is an endorsement for continuity and consolidation of transformation agenda!

franciskaine: so any argument against the imposition of GEJ is now a support for Buhari? Nigerians and our myopic reasoning.

bigot,
i am not talking about GEJ.
i do not know him and i do not care about him.
The common theme in my post is endorsement!
That is the issue.
What does your endorsement mean.
If you endorse Buhari, you endorse jihad!

franciskaine: so any argument against the imposition of GEJ is now a support for Buhari? Nigerians and our myopic reasoning.

Myopic is the word.

Anyone still supporting the clueless one at this point is clearly not a rational thinker. Trying to reason with such people is an absolute waste of time.

Every Politics is local and involves building bridges across regions. This GEJ has successfully done while embarking on developmental projects across every region without discrimination or favour.

Joe Igbokwe, having been rejected by his kinsmen and people is seeking relevance in National Politics outside his jurisdiction.

Does this man thinks he makes sense outside his master's vineyard?

The issue of power alone should be enough to vote against d incumbent. I don't know about other places but here in Onitsha,it has gone from bad to worse;notwithstanding d outrageous bills from EEDC and their reluctance to issue pre-paid meters to their customers.The immigration tragedy is also another sore point for d present administration.I am still surprised that no one has been sanctioned after d preventable death of about 26 young Nigerians.If Mr president is really serious with his statement that his ambition is not worth d life of a single nigerian,I then wonder y he has failed to sanction d pple who ar culpable in d loss of these young men and women. Actions they say,speaks louder than words.

Haywirezzz: The issue of power alone should be enough to vote against d incumbent. I don't know about other places but here in Onitsha,it has gone from bad to worse;notwithstanding d outrageous bills from EEDC and their reluctance to issue pre-paid meters to their customers.The immigration tragedy is also another sore point for d present administration.I am still surprised that no one has been sanctioned after d preventable death of about 26 young Nigerians.If Mr president is really serious with his statement that his ambition is not worth d life of a single nigerian,I then wonder y he has failed to sanction d pple who ar culpable in d loss of these young men and women. Actions they say,speaks louder than words.

Av never seen corruption so institutionalised in the history of Nigeria as it is done under this administration. the annoying part is the extent to which he has succeeded in dividing this country along ethnic and tribal enclaves.

But why are they worried about the endorsement, I was thinking they should rather be happy as it's gonna pave the way for them to defeat him easily since he's a mediocre.
Why are they so heated up...why this sudden feverish condition pervading the APC since Jonathan's endorsement.
It could only point to one thing FEAR