Gbawe:

This is actually a good thing. Time we started moving away from being impressed with mediocrity. We should set our standards high since , due to globalisation, we now see the calibre of leadership that is the norm everywhere else while we continue to settle for mediocrity. We should do away with past sycophancy that leads us to adopt patently poor leaders who have actually emerged to serve the interest of an elite group rather than that of Nigeria .

Remember how Yar Adua emerged only for Nigerians to then start inventing reasons to like him when , to avert disastrous leadership , we should have scrutinised his health challenges , past mediocrity and policy silence thoroughly. I remember a friend saying ,  as is stated for Jonathan now, that Yar Adua is an "action man" who gets things done without saying much. I told this friend that , in typical Naija style, he is only trying to justify making Yar Adua into what he is not since some men do not say much merely because they are clueless and not because they are "silent achievers". Yar Adua wen't on to prove me right.

Yar'adua wasn't as bad as you make it seem.

It is one of those things

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When Chinese President speaks English - it is hard to understand what he says

english is not the official language of china. the chinese president would be mocked if he fumbled mandarin or cantonese

Akanbi_edu:

Yar'adua wasn't as bad as you make it seem.

It is a matter of opinion. To me he was. Remember the first request of Aondoakaa that Yar Adua acceded to before public outcry forced a U-turn? I.e that the EFCC must fall in under the AGF? I think there is nothing worse , as far as Nigeria is concerned, than a leader who will openly aid and abet corruption - the nemesis of our nation. Under Yar Adua , Odili secured an ex-parte order prohibiting the EFCC from detaining or questioning him !!!!! Igbinedion recieved a measly fine for corruption worth the value of the watch he wore to Court on the day and Ibori was cleared of over a 100 charges of corruption !!! Yar Adua did not fight corruption at all. To say he was comfortable with corruption is to be kind,

what about IBB step aside speech

At least it happened at home in Nigeria, Not at a UN security summit or somewhere abroad so let us for give him.. We nigerians often try to prove our abilities, even when we haven't practiced or prepared.

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@ MUMU poster I think u are what u called yourself :"NO CONCEPT",pls try to check the meaning of the word STUMBLES frm dico and then apologise to all NL for making fool of urself.

Gbawe:

It is a matter of opinion. To me he was. Remember the first request of Aondoakaa that Yar Adua acceded to before public outcry forced a U-turn? I.e that the EFCC must fall in under the AGF? I think there is nothing worse , as far as Nigeria is concerned, than a leader who will openly aid and abet corruption - the nemesis of our nation. Under Yar Adua , Odili secured an ex-parte order prohibiting the EFCC from detaining or questioning him !!!!! Igbinedion recieved a measly fine for corruption worth the value of the watch he wore to Court on the day and Ibori was cleared of over a 100 charges of corruption !!! Yar Adua did not fight corruption at all. To say he was comfortable with corruption is to be kind,

Is there any other reason?

Those examples you gave happened in law courts, how is this Yar'adua's problem?

Yar'adua as far as I know fought corruption in a better way. By blocking it from the source. It is on record that for 2007 and 2008, around N800billion was returned as unspent funds from annual budgets. What do you think happened to this kind of money before Yar'adua? I personally don't believe EFCC should be responsible for preventing corruption at the state level.