sweet9ja:

Take a good look at the pitiful state of Nigeria then tell me if our "rascal" leaders are worth the debate.
If you're satisfy with your life then you can go on, castigate GEJ.
Go on heap insult mr. Prez but, the fact remains that most Nigerian political leaders, SW included, are rascals that have condemned us to life of suffering.  Bloody hypocrites.

Guk:

How would you react if any of the other Presidential Candidates in the course of campaigning said " Our wealth comes from the creeks of the Niger Delta, we cannot allow MILITANTS as President and Governors to squander our common wealth"

darne:

Yea as if ebele jonathan is any better than them,, Oshi, compare Gov Raji Fashola With GEJ and see the clear difference,, GEJ or GEJ Nii, Only perosn that would do what and better thing than that naughty person is Buhari and none else,

ping pong:

@sweet9ja - cocoa, palm oil and groundnut were PLANTED with sweat and HARDWORK. Your oil just fell on your lap. Lazy lot

sweet9ja:

I'm not implying that GEJ is any beter but, no (Nigerian) politician is worth fighting for, Fash included.
No need for the name calling, the president stated the obvious. And your Buhari is no saint.

doja:

How come GEJ is only coherent and articulate on facebook?

young sam:

it suprise me that Nigeria with many universities and millions of graduates still struggle to use thier common sense or intellectual to interpret a common statement. Even the so called West that believe that the seat of Education is their birth right cannot read meaning to simple sentance, shame. we playpolitics on every thing, can u compare OBJ uttrances with GEJ comment. But we sit comfortable with his vulgar speech 4 8yrs.

it suprise me that Nigeria with many universities and millions of graduates still struggle to use thier common sense or intellectual to interpret a common statement. Even the so called West that believe that the seat of Education is their birth right cannot read meaning to simple sentance, shame. we playpolitics on every thing, can u compare OBJ uttrances with GEJ comment. But we sit comfortable with his vulgar speech 4 8yrs.

Jarus:

But why is it that anytime Jonathan talks, somebody will come later and interprete it? Why is it that he is always 'misunderstood/misunderpreted'? Why? The same thing happened during the MEND comments and in some other past comments. He even mistakenly said he was running for governorship instead of presidency in his Ibadan speech until they whispered to him that he was running for presidency, not governorship. Why these simple errors from Mr President? Honestly, as Tunde Fagbenle put it, for how long would we continue to pardon Jonathan for these errors? I'm seriously worried.

doja:

How come GEJ is only coherent and articulate on facebook?

Jarus:

But why is it that anytime Jonathan talks, somebody will come later and interprete it? Why is it that he is always 'misunderstood/misunderpreted'? Why? The same thing happened during the MEND comments and in some other past comments. He even mistakenly said he was running for governorship instead of presidency in his Ibadan speech until they whispered to him that he was running for presidency, not governorship. Why these simple errors from Mr President? Honestly, as Tunde Fagbenle put it, for how long would we continue to pardon Jonathan for these errors? I'm seriously worried.

Lucky should go and sit the fuckin' hell down!

Ma_J_Blige:


These were my exact words as accurately captured by the Nigerian Tribune of Wednesday, February 9, 2011:

"The entire South-West is too important, too sophisticated and too educated to be in the hands of rascals."

I had referred here to the fact that unreliable or mischievous behaviours or notions ought not to be acceptable in any part of our body politic especially not in the South-West where the population has had the privilege of a head start in education compared to other parts of the country.

It is unhelpful to public discourse if we constantly twist words beyond intended meaning. Surely, even the most zealous detractor of the interest of the South West would not desire that anyone would wish upon such a sophisticated part of our country, the activity of unreliable or mischievous intentions.
In other words, I had indicated that abhorrence for such behaviour should be our proclivity, especially considering the disposition of the people of the Western States to governance standards.
But by laying so much emphasis on the latter part of the sentence we dither profoundly on nuances, and this typifies the general tendency to dwell on the negative which we must, as a country, refrain from. My qualification of the West as highly educated and sophisticated was easily dispensed with, while the fact that we should not expose such civilized and educated populace to rascality was played more upon, with emphasis on the rascality.
But we easily forget, perhaps because we have neglected for far too long the important role that our educational institutions play in development, that the foundations of our independence movement burgeoned its fruits from the discussions which emanated from the sophisticated “Ibadan School of thought” as the liberal Arts faculties of the then University College Ibadanwas then known.
However, as true leadership requires, I take responsibility for any misunderstanding of the context in which my statement was made. In a time of active politicking, when scoring political points have taken precedence over our overarching goal of nation building, we must not allow those strong bonds which tie us together as a nation,  and which brought  our people to the streets, for the common cause of seeing that the right thing is done by all  and for all the people of our country - an ideal which the western part of  Nigeria has always been in the fore-front of aspiring for -  to be dispensed with by the mere nuance which we attach to words.
The Western part of Nigeria by my estimation remains a very sophisticated and educated part of our dear country as sophisticated as the cultures in all other parts of our country and unique in its unequivocal stand for justice and equity. Therefore,as Architect Sambo and I move around the country seeking the mandate of our dear countrymen and women, we shall continue to respect and pay tribute to the hard work and patience of all our people. Our promise of a significant turnaround in the way our country operates and is governed is an article of faith.

DaLover:

I am begining to think the unnecessary outrage over the section of GEJ's comments might have something to do with free flowing petrol all over the country, through out OBJ's time all the depots in the rest of the country were shut down, creating artificial scarcity in the rest of the country apart from Lagos and the west.

GEJ came and destroyed all the Lagos controlled supply,
I think there is still some deep resentment over that,
Its just a guess, it may be a wild one,

Because I can't place a finger on what triggered the level of annoyance, if anything the statement could be regarded as a priase of the west sofistication, necessitating the need for PDP to produce its best, but thats the way I saw it,