The culture of profligacy and waste of public funds that has come to define the Goodluck Jonathan regime will be on full display Thursday morning when he arrives in New York at 6:00a.m. Saharareporters has obtained a list of Jonathan’s entourage, indicating that he will be accompanied by a 120-strong contingent during his short trip to address the General Assembly on Friday. Jonathan’s wife, Patience, is also headed for New York with her own much smaller retinue.

After reviewing the long roll of people on Jonathan’s list, a civic society activist in Abuja told Saharareporters, “The punch line to the joke is that, despite the huge delegation, President Jonathan will be in the United States for only one day.”

According to his itinerary obtained by Saharareporters in Abuja, Jonathan will leave the US on Friday at 6:00 p.m. (local time), just 36 hours after his arrival in New York.

The Nigerian ruler, who initially cancelled his trip to New York over domestic political and security concerns, is expected to return shortly after delivering his speech on Friday, in order to continue with the political horse-trading concerning his presidential bid. He is trying to neutralize all forms of opposition from the north to his ambition to be the presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Initially, Jonathan had planned to travel to New York with some 98 federal officials. His arrival date was scheduled for last Sunday, one day after the political jamboree at Eagle Square, Abuja, where he formally declared his intention to seek his party’s nomination as presidential candidate.

Our investigation has also revealed that the Nigerian government has lost a substantial sum of money owing to the refusal of the Ritz Carlton Hotel in New York to refund hotel reservation funds to Nigeria’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations. The Nigerian Mission had originally booked Jonathan and his entourage for what was to be a weeklong trip. But with Jonathan coming only for 36 hours, the hotel refused to refund the down payment for the extra days, claiming that it could not do so in the midst of a hotel-booking boom during the UN General Assembly. A source told Saharareporters “the hotel’s management has argued that they could have filled their rooms if they had not reserved them for the Nigerian delegation, and that it’s not their fault that President Jonathan did not arrive at the initially scheduled time.”

Numerous Nigerian UN permanent staff had to engage in booking and cancellation negotiations all week as a huge delegation of Nigerians, conservatively put at 522 people, had descended on New York for the Millennium Development Goals summit at the UN. That meeting, which will be addressed by President Barack Obama this afternoon, will end today.

Jonathan’s bloated delegation includes ministers as well as Mrs. Sambo, the wife of Jonathan's vice; Helen Mark, the wife of the Senate president; the wives of the governors of Cross River (Mariam Liyel Imoke), Enugu (Clara Chime), Katsina (Fatima Shema), and Oyo (Oluwakemi Alao-Akala). Our source in Abuja disclosed that the choice of the wives of certain governors who are close political allies of Jonathan “is a sort of reward for their spouse’s loyalty.”

Saharareporters confirmed that the wife of the VP and Mrs. Shema have already arrived and checked into the Ritz Carlton hotel. They are booked to leave New York on Lufthansa Airline on Saturday.
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http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/jonathan-storms-new-york-120-man-delegation-36-hour-trip-un

Sahara Reporters is best known for fake news these days.

[size=14pt]The fake pic below too is courtesy Sahara Reporters[/size]. Shame.
http://saharareporters.com/photo/photonews-jonathans-declaration-when-jonathan-women-met-goodluck-men

I am beginning to ponder on who this Sowore guy is working for.

I know his site has been very critical of GEJ while at the same time very accommodative to Ribadu's good news. I hope ACN is not sponsoring this guy because he is fast losing all his credibility and goodwill he once enjoyed.

Beaf:

Sahara Reporters is best known for fake news these days.

The fake pic below too is courtesy Sahara Reporters. Shame.
http://saharareporters.com/photo/photonews-jonathans-declaration-when-jonathan-women-met-goodluck-men

we already know where ur sympathy lies. U better go to the field and start campaigning for GEJ JEGA because the real work is not on the web. Why you no dey among the 120 delegate or maybe u r replying from the Nigerian air force 1?

jabbok:

we already know where your sympathy lies. U better go to the field and start campaigning for GEJ JEGA because the real work is not on the web. Why you no dey among the 120 delegate or maybe u r replying from the Nigerian air force 1?

I've always wanted to say this!. . .
Dude! Hug a transformer!
www.nairaland.com/attachments/180447_ROTFLMAO_gif3d0c775232c7f27cf80592785b9635b6

Beaf:

Sahara Reporters is best known for fake news these days.

[b][size=14pt]The fake pic below too is courtesy Sahara Reporters[/size]. [/b]Shame.
http://saharareporters.com/photo/photonews-jonathans-declaration-when-jonathan-women-met-goodluck-men

www.nairaland.com/attachments/324341_SaharaReportersFakePicture_jpg69a0b6e4ad1c8831fa731bd73bb022d2

This is simply impossible.

Why is Sahara distorting information; to elevate Ribadu chances?

Where will 120 people be sitting and what will GEJ be doing with them?

@ Beaf,

Resistance is futile. Naija don dey tired of their ruling class. We need a change. Tell that to GEJ/JEGA

Solomon227:

This is simply impossible.

Why is Sahara distorting information; to elevate Ribadu chances?

Where will 120 people be sitting and what will GEJ be doing with them?

Direct the question to Beaf. He is GEJ spokesperson here. Niboro's assistant on the internet

jabbok:

@ Beaf,

Resistance is futile. Naija don dey tired of their ruling class. We need a change. Tell that to GEJ/JEGA Direct the question to Beaf. He is GEJ spokesperson here. Niboro's assistant on the internet

Stop taking the easy road. What do you think about news agencies caught telling lies?

Beaf:

Sahara Reporters is best known for fake news these days.

[b][size=14pt]The fake pic below too is courtesy Sahara Reporters[/size]. [/b]Shame.
http://saharareporters.com/photo/photonews-jonathans-declaration-when-jonathan-women-met-goodluck-men

www.nairaland.com/attachments/324341_SaharaReportersFakePicture_jpg69a0b6e4ad1c8831fa731bd73bb022d2

jabbok:

@ Beaf,
Direct the question to Beaf. He is GEJ spokesperson here. Niboro's assistant on the internet

LWKMDFHO! You hit the nail on the head.
I suppose Sahara reporter is allowed to report negatively about other candidates but not GEJ. GEJ is a saint as such should not be tainted. SR can be trusted if the news were about other candidates but untrusworthy if negative info comes out about GEJ, !
We sure deserve the kind of leaders we get. Hypocrisy and nepotism is not only within the so called ruling class, but deeply rooted in the psych of an average 9jan.

I dont think Sahara is against Jonathan, they are against PDP, its been obvious from the beginning,

NO MORE PDP!!!

ladi02:

I dont think Sahara is against Jonathan, they are against PDP, its been obvious from the beginning,

NO MORE PDP!!!

I like that. Sounds very sweet. NO MORE PDP!!!!!!!!!!!

9ijaMan:

LWKMDFHO! You hit the nail on the head.
I suppose Sahara reporter is allowed to report negatively about other candidates but not GEJ. GEJ is a saint as such should not be tainted. SR can be trusted if the news were about other candidates but untrusworthy if negative info comes out about GEJ, !
We sure deserve the kind of leaders we get. Hypocrisy and nepotism is not only within the so called ruling class, but deeply rooted in the psych of an average 9jan.

President JEGA's supporters think they can dish it - but will not take it. Only in when it favours them.

I never trusted Sahara reporters. I always take there story with pinch of salt till I verify from other source.
They are surely working for somebody and time will tell. They are gradually loosing their credibility and I bet other online papers will overtake them.
Infact nigerian for nigerians has already taken over.

Beaf, thanks for those observations on the picture, I really didn't notice.