I think it is obvious that Objective Nigerians will see what these two article , taken together , imply for Nigeria's progress under Jonathan. Effective, Principled, upright, sincere and non-partisan leadership will , at best , be a dream under a Jonathan led Government.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201009103244951

Ogun crisis: President’s intervention ends in stalemate  By Niyi Odebode, Abuja   
Friday, 10 Sep 2010   

Efforts by President Goodluck Jonathan to resolve the crisis in the Ogun State House of Assembly have ended in a stalemate, with both side refusing to shift ground.

Investigations on Thursday showed that the President met separately with the two factions in Abuja on Wednesday night, as part of efforts to resolve the crises in the House and the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Nine members of the House had on Monday impeached the Speaker, Mr. Tunji Egetokun, and suspended 14 of their colleagues. The nine members subsequently appointed Mr. Soyemi Coker as the new speaker.

Our correspondent gathered that members of Egbetokun’s faction, known as Group 15, met with the President on Wednesday after attending a meeting with the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, at the headquarters of the party.

The G-15 meeting, which was attended by Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello; the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jibril Martins-Kuye, and a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dave Salako, started at 8pm and ended at midnight.

It was also learnt that the meeting of the rival group was attended by the state governor, Otunba Gbenhga Daniel; the state Chairman of the PDP, Chief Joju Fadairo; and 11 members of the group. The meeting started at 1am and ended at 4:30am on Thursday

A lawmaker, who attended the G-15 meeting, said the division in the state chapter of the PDP and the crisis in the House were among issues discussed.

According to the member, who pleaded anonymity, the President explained why the national leadership of the part had not carried out the harmonisation of the state executive of the party.

The member quoted the President as saying, “The other faction has taken the matter to court and the leaders of the party do not want to disobey a court order.”

He stated that the President condemned the impeachment of Egbetokun and promised that the leaders of the party would ensure that sanity returned to the assembly.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Information under Egetokun, Dr. Tokunbo Oshin, who confirmed the meeting, said, “The attitude of the President is that of a defender of democracy. He said what happened in Ogun State was capable of tarnishing the image of Nigerians in the comity of nations. He directed that the house should return to the status quo before Monday.”

But a member of the rival group said that the President did not direct the House to reverse the removal of Egbetokun and suspension of their 14 colleagues.

The member, who pleaded anonymity, said, “We told the President that we were opposed to the harmonisation of the state executive of the PDP because the other faction was part of the process that led to the emergence of the Fadairo-led executive. The process was witnessed by Senator Ibrahim Mantu from the headquarters of the party. They cannot turn around and reject the process.”

“On the crisis, we explained that what happened on Monday was legal and that it was based on Order 15 of the house’s rules. We added that we formed a quorum, which is nine. The President reasoned with us, because what we did was in the interest of the state.”

One of the pro-Daniel lawmakers, Mr. Fasiu Bakene, who confirmed the meeting, said, “It is not true that the President said the removal of Egbetokun should be reversed. Coker is the authentic speaker. An evening newspaper had on Wednesday afternoon reported that Mr. President berated the governor (Daniel), when our meeting with the President did not start till early Thursday.”

However, a senior member of the PDP told our correspondent on the telephone that the party recognised Egbetokun as the authentic speaker of the assembly.

“The party recognises Egbetokun as the speaker. We are not in support of the actions taken by the Group of 11 lawmakers on Monday.

“We will do our best to reconcile them,” the source, who declined to be named because of the sensitive nature of the matter, said.

However, Mr. Ike Abonyi, the media aide to the PDP national chairman, declined comments when our correspondent reached him on the telephone.

http://odili.net/news/source/2010/sep/9/611.html

2011: Jonathan, govs strike strategic accord *As president releases declaration plan *Daniel, Shema, *Yuguda, Imoke, Suswam, Elechi emerge zonal coordinators
Written by Taiwo Adisa and Dare Adekanmbi
Thursday, September 9, 2010


PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan's 2011 campaign appeared to have kicked off on Wednesday following the agreement between him and governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the structure of his campaign organisation.
 
President Jonathan, had at a meeting with governors of the party on Tuesday, declared his intention to run for the office in 2011.
He was also said to have solicited the governor's support for what a source called an opportunity to enable to him to complete the "great assignments" nature and providence have placed on his laps.

Sources said that two strategic meetings took place between Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.
It was gathered that after the meeting between the president and the governors, another meeting, which encompassed the governors and all past leaders of the PDP, was also held at the Presidential Villa.


Sources told the Nigerian Tribune that the former chairmen who attended the meeting included Chief Solomon Lar, Chief Barnabas Gemade and Senator Ahmadu Alli. Former Board of Trustees chairman of the PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, was also at the meeting.


Sources also confirmed that a former presidential aspirant in the aborted Third Republic, who is also a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee (PAC), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, also attended the meeting. He was said to have refuted some media reports which portrayed him as opposed to the presidential ambition of Dr Goodluck Jonathan in 2011.


He told the meeting that he was not behind those negative stories and that he was fully in support of Jonathan's campaign.


Sources confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune that as part of the strategic accord reached between the president and the PDP governors, the meeting agreed on the need to name zonal coordinators for the presidential campaign.


The names approved included Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State as the South-West zonal coordinator. He is to be supported by former governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Agagu. For North-West, Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State is the coordinator and he is to be supported by the former governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu� Kwankwanso.