Reuben Abati, former media
aide to ex- president,
Goodluck Jonathan has
revealed the two biggest
‘wars’ the erstwhile
administration fought while in power just days after ex- First Lady got embroiled in a
financial scandal . Abati described every day of
facing then opposition party, All
Progressives Congress (APC) as
similar to going to war. Reuben Abati has revealed two
big wars Jonathan fought in
power. “It was a very political period,
with a very vibrant opposition
that challenged every little
effort by that administration. It
was like going to war. Coming
out from the warfront, when you get back home, there
would be memories, there would
be experiences; but at the end
of the day, we thank God for
the opportunity,” Abatti
recalled. READ ALSO: Fani-Kayode embarrasses GEJ’s aide’s
publicly for supporting Hausa
people The former editorial board
chairman of The Guardian
newspaper said the two biggest
fights Jonathan government had
with the opposition was over
Chibok girls and deregulation of downstream sector. Abatti however exalted the
latter, saying it was much
tougher than the former even
though Jonathan was constantly
under fire for several months
over his inability to rescue the missing Chibok girls for up to a
year after they were abducted
by Boko Haram insurgents. Former president Goodluck
Jonathan fought many wars in
power He said: “Well, politics is war by
another means. One of the
toughest moments was after
the deregulation of the
downstream sector. You know
that marked a turning point for the Jonathan administration in
January 2012 when we had
Occupy Nigeria’s protest and all
that. “And trying to explain
something that you would think
was very simple to the public
and straightforward enough
was a problem because the
opposition was ahead in imposing a certain prejudice.
Ironically, a new administration
came in and did exactly the
same thing. READ ALSO: Anti-corruption war: How Patience Jonathan
initiated EFCC probe – Lai
Mohammed “Then, you begin to ask
yourself: the same people, the
same issue, but in one instant it
caused so much problem and
resulted in long-term loss of
goodwill for one administration; but with another administration,
the people just accepted it. I
think it is something we can
interrogate on another level. “The Chibok girls’issue was
another turning point. But the
very first was the deregulation
of the downstream sector. That
is what we call it officially, but
you call it removal of fuel subsidy.” See what the former president
has been up to lately after his
many wars in power Goodluck Jonathan’s comment after
meeting with 2 former heads of
state (photos). http://davesblog.over-blog.com

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To me l think APC cast a spell on Nigerians. Now we have all the reasons to embark on strike but nobody is in a horry to do that. Salaries are being owed for months yet nobody want to stay at home.Petrol, rice, etc is beyong the reach of civil servant yet we only grumble in the back and shout SAI BABA as if all is well. The name Muhamedu Buhari brings so much bad luck to we nigerians.

This rain sef! Abeg who get BB-charger, pin mouth?

How about the wars on poverty, Corruption and under development?those were the wars he ddnt fight that got the 2 other wars waged against him? Same goes for all other leaders including PMB. If you fail to execute the people's war, you will fight your own wars all by yourself. And history has it that such leaders lose their battles and wars. Life is. Constant war between good and evil.

Sunnymatey:
To me l think APC cast a spell on Nigerians. Now we have all the reasons to embark on strike but nobody is in a horry to do that. Salaries are being owed for months yet nobody want to stay at home.Petrol, rice, etc is beyong the reach of civil servant yet we only grumble in the back and shout SAI BABA as if all is well. The name Muhamedu Buhari brings so much bad luck to we nigerians.

We Nigerians? Dude speak for yourself. If Buhari is bdluck wht then re the saboteurs hell bent on making Buhari fail not minding the consequences on fellow country men, women, youth an children? Bros speak for you.

Lp

APC had a well coordinated opposition. What PDP is doing is not opposition politics. What they are doing is irritating. Hauling insults left and right. And Spreading rumours and lies everywhere.
They left the work of opposition in the hands of igbo youths. Alienating every day some setions of the country.
I don't know if they ever hope to win election with the votes of igbos and south south alone.
Hauling insults to the west and north everyday .

Instead of the Mumu to fight war against Boko Haram......

So that weakling sef dey form fighting "war".

azimibraun:
We Nigerians? Dude speak for yourself. If Buhari is bdluck wht then re the saboteurs hell bent on making Buhari fail not minding the consequences on fellow country men, women, youth an children? Bros speak for you.

oga what re u saying? who re the saboteurs? i tot he is the commander in chief and a gallant one for that matter, the problem wit many nigerians like u is that u pay more to hide the truth because of selfish benefits. did the saboteurs stop dollar transfer,were they the ones that removed subsidy? face the teuth guy this man is dull

azimibraun:
How about the wars on poverty, Corruption and under development?those were the wars he ddnt fight that got the 2 other wars waged against him? Same goes for all other leaders including PMB. If you fail to execute the people's war, you will fight your own wars all by yourself. And history has it that such leaders lose their battles and wars. Life is. Constant war between good and evil.

Be warned

Hello every one, how are you?

more comments guys

azimibraun:
We Nigerians? Dude speak for yourself. If Buhari is bdluck wht then re the saboteurs hell bent on making Buhari fail not minding the consequences on fellow country men, women, youth an children? Bros speak for you.

that spell must be gidi gaan

Buhari fought several wars, he lost some, at least a perfect example is three attempts to be a democratic president




Point being



Don't make it sound like the end of the world , everybody battles their own demons

He probably did his best even tho not enough and clouded by corruption.

Interesting.

tinsel:
APC had a well coordinated opposition. What PDP is doing is not opposition politics. What they are doing is irritating. Hauling insults left and right. And Spreading rumours and lies everywhere.
They left the work of opposition in the hands of igbo youths.Alienating every day some sections of the country.

I don't know if they ever hope to win election with the votes of igbos and south south alone.
Hauling insults to the west and north everyday .

Succinctly put... They aren't alienating a section, they are alienating 3/4 of country...no one would advise them to stop, na dem by densefs go get sense.

The only war you guys forgot to fight was war against corruption and that's what lead Nigerians into the arms of this old incompetent man in d name of Buhari

Boleyndynasty2:
The only war you guys forgot to fight was war against corruption and that's what lead Nigerians into the arms of this old incompetent man in d name of Buhari

You father if alive is more incompetent than our president, Buhari.

mukhcech:


You father if alive is more incompetent than our president, Buhari.

Okay, any other thing you wanna add?

Boleyndynasty2:
Okay, any other thing you wanna add?

nope, the message has been sent and delivered. you can now go through the rest of ur day now without being frustrated by Buhari buh your .........complete the sentence.........

mukhcech:


nope, the message has been sent and delivered. you can now go through the rest of ur day now without being frustrated by Buhari buh your .........complete the sentence.........

You must be really frustrated by the current situation your lord and personal saviour is putting d country through, and Maybe you're also frustrated by your own...complete the sentence too. Please do enjoy the rest of your day.

Boleyndynasty2:


You must be really frustrated by the current situation your lord and personal saviour is putting d country through, and Maybe you're also frustrated by your own...complete the sentence too. Please do enjoy the rest of your day.

lol, gud day.

azimibraun:
We Nigerians? Dude speak for yourself. If Buhari is bdluck wht then re the saboteurs hell bent on making Buhari fail not minding the consequences on fellow country men, women, youth an children? Bros speak for you.

Buhari did not need any saboteur to fail, all his team are his party members.
He failed by himself.

azimibraun:
We Nigerians? Dude speak for yourself. If Buhari is bdluck wht then re the saboteurs hell bent on making Buhari fail not minding the consequences on fellow country men, women, youth an children? Bros speak for you.

There is no spell, it is because the beginning of GMB admin opened up how PDP finished the country to recession, how do you want Nigerians to go on strike when they can see everything boldly, is Buhari a magician ? as long as the militants keep sabotaging the economy in this time of recession, they keepgiving APC an excuse.

Sunnymatey:
To me l think APC cast a spell on Nigerians. Now we have all the reasons to embark on strike but nobody is in a horry to do that. Salaries are being owed for months yet nobody want to stay at home.Petrol, rice, etc is beyong the reach of civil servant yet we only grumble in the back and shout SAI BABA as if all is well. The name Muhamedu Buhari brings so much bad luck to we nigerians.

Check the leaders of those bodies, there must be headed by northerners.

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