Beaf:

Yar'Adua's only achievement was reading the 7 point agenda over and over and over and as slowly as if he was gonna die!

naijamini:

These are the things he did at the start that appeared good:
1. He laid out a 7-point agenda;
2. He acknowledged the flaw in the 2007 elections and vowed to correct it;
3. He setup an electoral reform commission;
4. He vowed to pursue the rule of law with vigour;
5. He, in theory at least, moved to curb corruption in government by directing all government transactions be conducted electronically;
6. He immediately talked about the making the NNPC commercial and asking oil companies to get their funds from the global capital market, while we direct our revenues to national development - he was aiming to stop the so-called cash calls that MNOC were using to steal Nigeria blind. This was the prelude to the PIB.
7. He talked about insecurity in the Niger Delta and sent the military to take over the militant camps, especially after military personnel were killed. He also began to talk about an amnesty program;
8. It is difficult to remember, perhaps because his performance was not that great, but Yar'adua visited many of Nigeria's traditional allies (US, Britain, etc) and received the Russian and Chinese Presidents (not too sure about who came from China).
9. He publicly declared his assets - how we enjoyed that one, which eventually forced Jonathan to declare his assests as well.

naijamini:

These are what I meant by saying he started as a good president, but as they say if you start the race and don't finish it you are worse than someone who stayed away. His errors have since outweighed all these possibilities, but I will not go into them here.

Kobojunkie:

Do you understand that all of the above has little action behind it all? You have the man talking about/vowing/declaring  etc, but what about the actual DOING of any of the above, or achieving any of the many things he claimed? I ask this because I wonder if you are willing to use the phrase “good president” to qualify someone like IBB if he were to become president in 2011( God forbid bad thing) and give you something similar to the above.
We are speaking of a man that made loads of promises to the people of Katsina, and after 8 years accomplished next to nothing there too. His errors did not start piling up when he became president. . . he had tons of those before he was made president.
We quickly praised him for his deal with the Niger Delta terrorists but I believe now we know that deal was at not for the good of Nigerians. Imagine a president promising terrorists free pocket money each month, free education, not even in Nigerian schools but abroad, etc? What should we expect to be revealed next? Free health care to any hospital abroad?

naijamini:

You don't give any ground do you, Kobojunkie? I understand you perfectly, but it seems my lines are being too finely drawn. My point is exactly that he "started out as a good president", not that he is/was a good president. I have to admit that unlike you I really believed that he was going to be good as president.

CyberG:

Wether Jonathan will be adjudged good or bad, time will tell. However, I agree with Kobojunkie on Yaradua! The only thing Yaradua did was to mouth off a silly 7-point agenda slogan he provided no details how it becomes reality! Now, any idiot can declare 5-, 7, 10-, 70- and 100-point agendas like he did! But did he do ANYTHING for Nigeria to change it or make it better? NO!

He lied from the very beginning. . .about his health and that he is so clueless that everything he said was NEVER his idea! He was put there against his will by the combination of IBB, Turai and the coterie of thieves around them! The Uwais report, a job which he commissioned earlier, he couldn't accept its implementation. Meanwhile, while being remote-controlled by Ibori and co, Andoakaa was working hard to destroy any progress Nigeria had made with the fight against corruption, etc! Amnesty? Well, any idiot knows that a lot of the arms given-up was provided by the government for showmanship! I could go on but what did he DO? NOTHING!

He immediately talked about the making the NNPC commercial and asking oil companies to get their funds from the global capital market, while we direct our revenues to national development - he was aiming to stop the so-called cash calls that MNOC were using to steal Nigeria blind. This was the prelude to the PIB.

Yar'Adua's only achievement was reading the 7 point agenda over and over and over and as slowly as if he was gonna die!

MandingoII:


I just seen that chump on CNN, avoiding questions

He said Nigeria's BIGGEST problem was electricity/power


I disagree, nigeria's biggest problem is getting that OIL money to SERVE the people of Nigeria.