Sunday, October 2, 2011  ⁠ ⁠

By Jethro Ibileke

October 2, 2011 03:15PM

Nigerians have been urged to place the Nigerian project ahead of partisan politics by giving President Goodluck Jonathan the much needed support and confidence he needs to enable him realize his developmental programmes for the good of the country.

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole who made this plea noted that the severe criticism that trail President Jonathan's 100 days in office was uncalled for, just as he recalled that such criticisms were also the hallmark of his first hundred days in office as governor of Edo State.

Oshiomhole who spoke in an interview with newsmen after an interactive session with Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)'s Secretary General/Treasurer, Yusuff Hassan in Benin City, however urged President Jonathan not to despair with such criticisms.

He observed that the President belongs to one of those few political office holders that were elected on what can be described as a "per Nigeria mandate," where people voted across primordial and political sentiments.

"We do need to give him the confidence that we are with him and that he has the mandate to rule and should have the courage to make a different. That is what he need right now. I do not subscribe to those who think that because he hasn't solved all the problems in his 100 days that he hadn't started well.

"I think that given the diversity of the country and under the political environment he has to preside, he ought to be more sympathetic in our evaluations of the realities on grounds. I manage a state that is just one out of the thirty-six in the federation and in my first one year in office my thought was that I didn't even know what I was doing.

"But I needed time to do the thinking, to appreciate the issues, to sort out my priorities, organize my cash flow and the people to get started. But, today three years down the road people are beginning to appreciate that it is better to do the thinking before the action rather than the action before the thinking.

"I believe the president deserve more sympathy in terms of re-organizing and repositioning the system. The more support he has the greater confidence he is likely to feel to be able to make the kind of difficult decision that are necessary at that level to repositioning Nigeria," Oshiomhole stated.

In-spite of the barrages of criticism, the governor called on Jonathan not to give up on the systemic challenges confronting the country, especially security and infrastructure, employment, adding that every nation has one challenge or the other to grapple with.

Commenting on the security challenges that have tested the strength of all security agencies in Nigeria, Governor Oshiomhole noted that Nigeria is far safer than some other countries in the world.

Nonetheless, he added that in spite of the problems of poor infrastructure, insecurity, unemployment and other sectors of government, the unity of the country alone is worth celebrating.

It was however observed that the 51st Independence Anniversary celebration in Edo State was devoid of the usual funfairs, match pass parade by security operatives and students. Not even an official government statement to commemorate the independence celebration was made available to the press

gogo2003: poster u are real trash,that's all i swear

torkaka:
NO please don't swear! just hug a fncking transformer!

jmaine; fashola and oshiomole's support for subsidy removal now translates to support for ebere?
curiously,ebere seems to know lots of terrorist so much that he knows the different types of mend, he knows boko haram are in govt but sadly the p***y can't do anything about it.

jmaine:

Adams Oshiomhole was referring to you fvckers on this thread . .digest that you pragmatic maggots . . .i had to pull that out to stun your pathetic self . . .that was the assignment i expected you to read up and shut up . .

torkaka:
and yet oshiomole accused pdp of trying to kill him and also killing his personal secretary!

oiseworld: jamine i must confess, YOU HAVE TRIED. But have it in mind the OP, demdem the retard, and all other buhari supporters have crossed the line of no return, like their shameless leader and willing sucide bombers.

No amont of truth and reality can help them.

oiseworld: jamine i must confess, YOU HAVE TRIED. But have it in mind the OP, demdem the retard, and all other buhari supporters have crossed the line of no return, like their shameless leader and willing sucide bombers.

No amont of truth and reality can help them.

torkaka:

rantings of another ebere joystick juice sucker!
the truth and reality of the situation is that nigeria is on reverse gear!

jmaine:

Foolish dance of a disgraced fool . . . is Edo state now the federal Government . .Did Oshiomhole say . .GEJ is trying to kill him . . .Oshiomhole is battling for political battle on the state level to get re-elected . .same issue Mimiko of the Labour party is doing with his ACN counterpart . .Election in Nigeria always get messy when the election time table approaches . . .

What is wrong with you man . .upgrade

bknight: Can't believe its still his first year. He's definitely not a blessing.

He will invest N50b into ICT
He will empower YOUwin...50b, pls has anyone heard abt dis anymore?

Stale air.

jmaine:

Then go and commit suicide . . .frustrated dolts thinking they can run around trying to sell their expired fake and rejected product called GMD

torkaka:
azzzazi: pdp is boko haram
tukur: injustice to us caused bokoharam
ebere: bokoharam is in govt
okah:ebere is our sponsor
okah: dieziani begged me for ministerial appointment
ebere: ringim should head police
ringim: biu should return to police
biu: kabiru sokoto freed
US govt: boko will bomb abuja
nigerian govt: US govt is lying,boko will not do a thing
boko: thisday blown up
ali ndume: boko sponsor
patience jonathan: grammer haram bomber.

PDP; blood blood blood!

blacksta: I think I would agree with the OP on this one. Past actions can be a good indicator of what will in happen in the future. So the ultimate question remains. What did gej achieve as a gov of one off the richest states in Nigeria. It will be nice to know so I can guide my future expectations..

Waiting till 2014 might be too late and not a sensible approach

bknight: Can't believe its still his first year. He's definitely not a blessing.

He will invest N50b into ICT
He will empower YOUwin...50b, pls has anyone heard abt dis anymore?

Stale air.

torkaka:
dude[b] [size=18pt]i aint selling buhari[/size][/b], i'm just selling nigerians the intel that when next they line up to vote they should be weary of shoeless fishermen!

jmaine:

Keep lying to yourself . . .Why are you suddenly ashamed of your man . . . Bad products as usual will always be denounced . . .

torkaka:
don't get me wrong, comparing buhari to ebere is like comparing a maybach to a 504 saloon car!

Kobojunkie:

It is his second year, not first!

bknight:

Come 29th May allow him d few days

Anyways, GEJ jst isnt it...and from d look of things buhari has lost my vote too! Fresh minds,n please?

jmaine:

Okay Sir . . .Still doesn't change the fact that he is your man init . .

torkaka:
in the land of the blind i'll pick the one eyed man until abled people join the race!

Kobojunkie:

If you want to be literal, then you say he has been there more than 2 years.

Buhari is definitely not what Nigeria needs(and this is provided we are able to come up with a better crop of candidates, come next election). [B]Otherwise, he might remain the best on the list,[/B] given that this administration does not seem ready for what Nigerians are.

oiseworld: jamine i must confess, YOU HAVE TRIED. But have it in mind the OP, demdem the retard, and all other buhari supporters have crossed the line of no return, like their shameless leader and willing sucide bombers.

No amont of truth and reality can help them.

torkaka:

rantings of another ebere joystick juice sucker!
the truth and reality of the situation is that nigeria is on reverse gear!

TechRev: I pity these GEJ haters. You guys are really wasting your time. GEJ will complete his 4yrs with more than expected performance, and will win come 2015 easily.
You Haters better find work that will make nigeria better. The annoying thing is that you cant see that its a futile attempt trying to sell you product GMB.