President Goodluck Jonathan, PhD, never had any political experience in democracy and governance before he joined politics in 1998 and became the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State alongside his boss retired Squadron Leader Diepreye Alamieyeseigha who was sworn in as the governor of the state on the platform of People's Democratic Party (PDP) on May 29, 1999.

Mr. Jonathan was Deputy Governor until December 2005 when be was sworn in as Governor on December 9, 2005 after the impeachment of Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha by the Bayelsa State Assembly. Alamieyeseigha was found guilty of money laundering in the United Kingdom. The following year 2006, Dame Patience Jonathan was implicated in crimes related to money laundering and investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Mr. Jonathan was Governor of Bayelsa State from 2005 to 2007 and suddenly became Vice-President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010 when on February 9, 2010, the Nigerian Senate authorized him to act as President of Nigeria, because President Yar'Adua went for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. Without waiting for the return of his boss, on his very first day as acting President, Mr. Jonathan announced a minor cabinet reshuffle. And following the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua on May 5, 2010, Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 6, 2010, becoming Nigeria's 14th Head of State.

From the time that he joined the PDP in 1998 and suddenly becoming Deputy Governor of Bayelsa state on May 29, 1999 to becoming Governor,, Vice President and finally President of Nigeria, you can see that he was only a victim of unforeseen circumstances of both natural and unnatural political intrigues of the PDP and he was not prepared for the political leadership of Nigeria and has clearly shown that he has been overwhelmed by the challenges and trials of being the President and Commander-in-Chief of the most populous country in Africa at the most critical period of the history of Nigeria since the Nigerian civil war. Therefore, instead of facing and tackling the critical challenges of a Commander-in-Chief in a time of war against the Islamic terrorist group of the Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad ("People Committed to the Prophet's Teachings for Propagation and Jihad"), popularly known as "Boko Haram", he has been more occupied by the opportunities and spinoffs of his office by spending more money on awarding questionable government contracts to many beneficiaries who are mostly his sycophants, gangsters and terrorists from his native Niger Delta and the capitalist mafia of the ruling class of oil barons and their cartel controlling both the legal and illegal export and import of crude oil, import of cement, rice, sugar, vehicles and other goods running into billions of dollars.

Many of the so called achievements his ministers and public relations agents have been bragging about and publishing in the news media are simply things that a state governor can do without much fanfare as demonstrated by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State and Governor Godswill Obot Akpabio of Akwa Ibom. The achievements that President Goodluck Jonathan could not even achieve a fraction as Governor of Bayelsa State.

Imagine President Barack Obama or even Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, President of South Africa boasting about refurbishing the trains and renovating airports or commissioning Nigerian vehicle assembly plants with imported tyres and engines and some thousands of bags of locally produced rice that cannot even be enough to feed a local government.
It is embarrassing for a Commander-in-Chief of the biggest democracy in Africa to be bragging of such normal duties of any state government in Africa that you will not even hear or see a mayor bragging about them in the US.

What made Nigeria the largest economy in Africa are the socioeconomic achievements of Lagos state and not from the largely underdeveloped states in the country. Most of the foreign investors end up in Lagos, because they cannot invest in the restive Niger Delta and the insecure northern states terrorized by the rampaging Boko Haram.

The President has even failed to rescue the remaining missing Chibok school girls since April 14, 2014, when those who escaped have given the Nigerian Armed Forces enough information on their locations in the areas controlled by the Boko Haram. It is really an embarrassment for a President to see the Boko Haram guerrillas openly attacking and slaughtering defenceless and helpless citizens in their villages and towns and having enough time for celebrations and making speeches without any strike from the Nigerian Air Force and he is boasting of buying more frigates for the Nigerian Navy when the Nigerian Army is lamenting that the soldiers don't have enough modern arsenal to confront and defeat the ruthless insurgents.

The President has shown that he would have been better left as a state governor to learn more about political leadership and governance and gain more experience before even attempting to contest for presidential election to become the President of Nigeria.

Don't agree with you at all.
Its because of how low we have set the benchmark for leadership that GEJ can even be considered for a post as important as that of a governor.
I always ask south easterners who support GEJ: assuming Nigeria were to divide,would GEJ even be considered for a regional post ina federation of the ss and se regions? Moot is always the response.
Despite the small population of bayelsa state,its unfortunate that d state has just been unlucky in d calibre of govs it has produced;but it has people far more competent,not even necessary brilliant,than GEJ, d alams and sylvas of this world.
Look at Seriason Dickson for e.g.Eventhough he hasn't done anything special or too different and eventhough he is a member of the same PDP, his carriage;speech and comportment in the office,has been far better than that of GEJ.
The problem GEJ has,which for e.g a buhari,obasanjo or yar adua have overcome, despite their lower academic qualifications, is that he has innate lower intelligence and sense of self- worth.
Am saying this because I av encountered people like GEJ severally. An obasanjo can for eg sack an okonjo iweala because he has d conviction that her paper qualification does not necessary translate to real life perception of issues and that he is the president,so has authority to av the final say.Buhari would do d same.But a GEJ wud first belittle himself by thinking 'I studied ordinary zoology,in a nig university, this woman studied economics up to d pH.d level in a prestigious foreign university,she must know better than me'.Even when propped by advisers to then take a decisive decision,GEJ type either don't take it at all,delay or hope circumstances would make the decision for them.
His type don't just have what it takes to rule,they lack ability to discern issues read a body language or even upgrade to the status they have found themselves.

I no sure
surely a pseudo product may flourish the market but it flourish will soon lapse easily
it takes time for Nigeria to know what Mr j has to offer was a harmatharn and not fresh air
anyway he has tried his own but his best is not enough

Disagree.
He was a very unpopular governor of that state. Even Bayelsa deserves better.

On front page of Spy Ghana.
http://www.spyghana.com/if-goodluck-jonathan-were-to-be-a-governor/

Adminisher:
Disagree.
He was a very unpopular governor of that state. Even Bayelsa deserves better.

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We are saying the same thing.

What did he achieve as governor of Bayelsa compared to Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, Uduaghan, governor of Delta State and Amaechi of Rivers State?

Have you been to Bayelsa State?
Not even an airstrip and no ferry service.
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doctokwus:
Don't agree with you at all.
Its because of how low we have set the benchmark for leadership that GEJ can even be considered for a post as important as that of a governor.
I always ask south easterners who support GEJ: assuming Nigeria were to divide,would GEJ even be considered for a regional post ina federation of the ss and se regions? Moot is always the response.
Despite the small population of bayelsa state,its unfortunate that d state has just been unlucky in d calibre of govs it has produced;but it has people far more competent,not even necessary brilliant,than GEJ, d alams and sylvas of this world.
Look at Seriason Dickson for e.g.Eventhough he hasn't done anything special or too different and eventhough he is a member of the same PDP, his carriage;speech and comportment in the office,has been far better than that of GEJ.
The problem GEJ has,which for e.g a buhari,obasanjo or yar adua have overcome, despite their lower academic qualifications, is that he has innate lower intelligence and sense of self- worth.
Am saying this because I av encountered people like GEJ severally. An obasanjo can for eg sack an okonjo iweala because he has d conviction that her paper qualification does not necessary translate to real life perception of issues and that he is the president,so has authority to av the final say.Buhari would do d same.But a GEJ wud first belittle himself by thinking 'I studied ordinary zoology,in a nig university, this woman studied economics up to d pH.d level in a prestigious foreign university,she must know better than me'.Even when propped by advisers to then take a decisive decision,GEJ type either don't take it at all,delay or hope circumstances would make the decision for them.
His type don't just have what it takes to rule,they lack ability to discern issues read a body language or even upgrade to the status they have found themselves.

You are on the same page with my premise. So, you have not disagreed.

Adminisher:
Disagree.
He was a very unpopular governor of that state. Even Bayelsa deserves better.

You did not read my article.
Yes. He was unpopular, because he was a failure as Governor of Bayelsa State.

..perhaps best as an Ex-Deputy Governor who returned to the classrooms, to a quiet life "teaching" pupils n enjoying his millions peacefully.

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[b]You are on the same page with my premise. So, you have not disagreed. [/quote
[/b]The title of your thread is that he wud have been better as a gov and the body of d thread tries to collaborate your title even if circumstances and not his own efforts saw him become even a governor.
But am disagreeing with you because the man is not even gud enough in a sane setting to govern a small state like bayelsa.
Am proud of what is happening today in Nigeria Why?In all modesty,I saw this disaster steering us in the face way back in 2011.I have been an unrepentant GMB advocate since d days of yar adua and didn't vote in 2011 because there was emotional and sentimental outburst that showed Nigerians had been hoodwinked by GEJ's cock and bull tales of his simple journey thru life to d position he had attained.
But I knew disaster awaited us all because here was a man unremarkable as a deputy gov,gov and d almost 2yrs as president after yar adua's death. He also had a wife, same level as he and known more for her primitive accumulation of material objects. So where was any resemblance to an act of governance going to come from?
These days I walk tall inside of me and doing all d little I can to ensure we don't lose this opportunity to right the enormous wrong done to d Nigerian nation 4yrs ago.
The journey after may 29 would now be to ensure that the likes of GEJ do not assume any other office higher than chairman of a LGA.
So my brother, governorship is even a post the likes of GEJ should not ascend

Obasanjo was the one pressing the button. He was acting as a godfather. He kept pressing and pressing, maybe pressed the wrong button and GEJ became president.

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Okay. I got your real point.
That GEJ was not even good enough to be governor.

"Electricity Is Not Even Available In Otuoke," Says Ex-Bayelsa Gov. Sylva, Calls Jonathan A 'Fox' In Sheep's Clothing
http://saharareporters.com/2015/01/13/electricity-not-even-available-otuoke-says-ex-bayelsa-gov-sylva-calls-jonathan-fox-sheeps