1. Power Generation.

In 2010, when Mr Jonathan was sworn in as substantive president after the death of his former boss, Umaru Yar’Adua, power generation in Nigeria was 3,000 mega watts. On Friday, when he was handing over to his successor, power generation had dropped to less than 2000 mega watts.

The need to prioritise power generation and availability to Nigerians was acknowledged by Mr Jonathan early in his administration. In 2011, while seeking support to be elected president after leading the country for one year following the death of Mr. Yar’Adua, the ex-president declared to diplomats at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA, and the African Union, AU, in Addis-Ababa that:

“If I’m voted into power, within the next four years, the issue of power will become a thing of the past. Four years is enough for anyone in power to make a significant improvement and if I can’t improve on power within this period, it then means I cannot do anything.”

Power across Nigeria is at an all time low with Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, having just 5 megawatts.


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In 2010, when Mr Jonathan was sworn in as substantive president after the death of his former boss, Umaru Yar’Adua, power generation in Nigeria was 3,000 mega watts. On Friday, when he was handing over to his successor, power generation had dropped to less than 2000 mega watts.

CoolFreeday:
Thank God for PMB, I now sleep and wake up with light

5. Crude oil theft

During the Jonathan administration, pirates and crude oil thieves were lords. Pirates surrounded the Nigerian water ways like water hyacinth stealing crude from the country’s pipelines with little or no hindrance. The ill-equipped and poorly trained navy proved to be grossly incapable of arresting the situation.

Instead of training and adequately equipping the navy and other security agencies to protect the country’s source of wealth, the task of pipeline protection was handed to militias in the Niger Delta and elsewhere for several billions of naira annually. Yet, instead of the theft of oil to decrease it remained a major drain of resources. According to the Chief of Naval Staff, Usman Jibrin, the country lost crude valued more than N1.18 billion daily to oil thieves (N433.62 billion annually).

GavelSlam:


Wait for that guy that always claims he's not had power for 5 days to show up.

Won't be long now.

deomelllo:




Imagine the president and leader of a sovereign Nation handing over National security and his country's waterways to terrorists and militants instead of the Nigerian NAVY.


The damage GEJ inflicted on Nigeria is immeasurable and will take years and even decades to undo.

Megatone:


And the blame game continues....

So if i may ask, why did we now vote for change?

How has this government improved the lives of its citizens?

How was living condition from 2011 - 2015 compared to 2015 - 2018?

Please kindly explain the rising cost of food items, fuel, exchange rate?

Economy

Mr. Jonathan could not sustain the modest economic growth recorded by his government initially. He could not save for the rainy day when the price of crude oil reached very high levels; subsequently depleting Nigeria’s foreign reserves and incurring a huge debt profile as soon as there was a dip in the price of crude in the international market.

Mr Jonathan inherited as much as $60 billion in foreign reserve but plundered it to as low as $40 billion in five years.

As at June 2014, the country’s external debt rose by 40 per cent to $9.377 billion and a domestic debt of $47.653 billion.

Though inflation was kept at a single digit, it was a faux strength as companies struggled to survive and the country continually ranked poorly in the ease of doing business index by the World Bank.

Despite his promises, again he could not revive the manufacturing sector. Companies complained of incurring huge cost due to their reliance on diesel. The textile industry remained moribund. Poverty remained widespread and youth employment was at an all time high.

Megatone:


And the blame game continues....

So if i may ask, why did we now vote for change?

How has this government improved the lives of its citizens?

How was living condition from 2011 - 2015 compared to 2015 - 2018?

Please kindly explain the rising cost of food items, fuel, exchange rate?

CoolFreeday:
Thank God for PMB, I now sleep and wake up with light

deomelllo:


It took decades to destroy Nigeria and 16 years of PDP looting, stealing, corruption and incompetence, but they want El Dorado and Utopia in less than 3 years with low oil price, depleted treasury and the economy that was never diversified by past governments.


If you are going to demand anything from PMB-

Give PMB the same 16 years you gave PDP.

Give PMB the same huge foreign reserves you have the PDP and Jonathan

Give PMB the huge excess crude account funds you gave GEJ and the PDP.

Give PMB the same $20 billion power funds you gave the PDP.

Give PMB the same over $100/barrel oil price Jonathan enjoyed and did nothing with.



Until you are able to give all that to PMB, you have zero moral rights to demand anything or to compare.

Megatone:


Working really hard to justify your pay....

I know say na BMC crew thread b dis...

Anyway end of month don reach at least u can now afford breakfast and data to spew trash....

deomelllo:
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Ignorant and unintelligent Igbos with nothing sane and rational to talk about bore me.

olawaletimi:
what part of Nigeria do you reside?

deomelllo:


It took decades to destroy Nigeria and 16 years of PDP looting, stealing, corruption and incompetence, but they want El Dorado and Utopia in less than 3 years with low oil price, depleted treasury and the economy that was never diversified by past governments.


If you are going to demand anything from PMB-

Give PMB the same 16 years you gave PDP.

Give PMB the same huge foreign reserves you have the PDP and Jonathan

Give PMB the huge excess crude account funds you gave GEJ and the PDP.

Give PMB the same $20 billion power funds you gave the PDP.

Give PMB the same over $100/barrel oil price Jonathan enjoyed and did nothing with.



Until you are able to give all that to PMB, you have zero moral rights to demand anything or to compare.

Megatone:


Atleast its better than being a fulani slave.....

BTW try and patch ur brain its already leaking oil....

yaki84:

is pdp a name of aperson?
Imagine someone who is educated spewing this shit, in this shith0le

deomelllo:
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Your life really should be more than bigotry, idiocy, lack of basic intelligence and social skills.

CoolFreeday:


middle belt sir.

Megatone:


U spew trash and u call it social skills....

Ur parents deserve a refund for the money dey spent for ur school fees....

An empty skull becomes a burden to the neck

deomelllo:


It took decades to destroy Nigeria and 16 years of PDP looting, stealing, corruption and incompetence, but they want El Dorado and Utopia in less than 3 years with low oil price, depleted treasury and the economy that was never diversified by past governments.


If you are going to demand anything from PMB-

Give PMB the same 16 years you gave PDP.

Give PMB the same huge foreign reserves you have the PDP and Jonathan

Give PMB the huge excess crude account funds you gave GEJ and the PDP.

Give PMB the same $20 billion power funds you gave the PDP.

Give PMB the same over $100/barrel oil price Jonathan enjoyed and did nothing with.



Until you are able to give all that to PMB, you have zero moral rights to demand anything or to compare.

Cannonleo:
Look Mr man , you can go all and all and rant as much as you want in justification of your pay or conviction whatever.

However you made a statement that struck a cord when you asked how security of waterways was given to so called militants than the Nigerian navy.
let me school you a little .
the NN has a lot of deficiencies in patrolling it exclusive economic zone. EEZ. That is why NIMASA was created, to help solve that issue, to ensure that internal waterways are safe while the navy performs it's major duty of securing the greater naval integrity of the nation since we do not have a coast guard.
FYI, before you start measuring tompolo cos I know where your heading to, several security agencies before and now are contracted by NIMASA and sanctioned by the NAVY( note this word), with the NAVY building up it's moribund assets yes from the time of GEJ, they still have very little capacity to cover all strategic inland systems but they always keep a sharp eye for this SEC agencies. The vessel may be private but they know where they are, and what they do.

In your own view they are militants, but you've forgotten that part of the amnesty agreement was integration into major apparatus after adequate training. This are guys that have been using propeller chains to cut out boats of the Army Amphibious teams in the ND, tackling them like mad, and making operation pulo shield a hell before the implementation.
they know the creeks and are trainned to do their job.

Were they approved, yes
are they regulated , yes
was there a need for them, yes.
as far the police still hasn't gone deep in waterway policing and we don't have a Standing coast guard they will continue to exist , why don't you check under your messiah and see how many more are operational.

If you want to make noise, do so with things you know the nitty gritty of.

Gracias Amigo

deomelllo:




Nigerian Navy is a FG institution and if there are any deficiencies, it's the FG's job to fix the deficiencies.

You don't hand over your National security assets and obligations to rag tag terrorists and militants? Who does that?

If the Navy was bad, why not spend the billions they gave to terrorists on the Nigerian Navy to make it better instead?


Our so-called leaders of tomorrow are even worse than leaders of today...smh



I responded to your insane nonsense against my best judgement.

deomelllo:




He met 3,000MW power generation in 2010

Power generation dropped to less than 2,000MW on the very day he left office.

Even though he earned from oil more than any president or leader in the history of Nigeria

He also inherited huge ECA and foreign reserves

By the time he relinquished power in 2015, he was borrowing hundreds of billions to pay workers salary.


The wasted years and looted wealth.


How sad..

Grinch:
Still blaming GEJ in 2018 No wonder they have failed in all aspect.

When will Buhari ever claim responsibility for his failures?

deomelllo:


It took decades to destroy Nigeria and 16 years of PDP looting, stealing, corruption and incompetence, but they want El Dorado and Utopia in less than 3 years with low oil price, depleted treasury and the economy that was never diversified by past governments.


If you are going to demand anything from PMB-

Give PMB the same 16 years you gave PDP.

Give PMB the same huge foreign reserves you have the PDP and Jonathan

Give PMB the huge excess crude account funds you gave GEJ and the PDP.

Give PMB the same $20 billion power funds you gave the PDP.

Give PMB the same over $100/barrel oil price Jonathan enjoyed and did nothing with.



Until you are able to give all that to PMB, you have zero moral rights to demand anything or to compare.