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clementcro:
Born on the 20th of November 1957, today marks the 56th birthday of our president.

Jonathan was born in what is now Bayelsa State to a family of canoe makers. Jonathan holds a B.Sc. degree in Zoology in which he attained Second Class Honours. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Hydrobiology and Fisheries biology, and a PhD degree in Zoology from the University of Port Harcourt. Before he entered politics in 1998, he worked as an education inspector, lecturer, and environmental-protection officer.

Jonathan and his wife Patience have two children. He is a Christian, and he comes from the Ijaw ethnic group.

In 2007, President Jonathan declared his assets worth a total of ₦ 295,304,420 Naira ($1,845,652 USD). However on 9 October 2014, the richestlifestyle.com website ranked Mr Jonathan sixth on its list, claiming his net worth was about $100m (£62m). He threatened to sue the website, claiming it "was an attempt to portray him as corrupt." The page was removed, but was then published by another website.

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who has been President of Nigeria since 2010. Prior to his role as President, he served as Governor of Bayelsa State from 2005 to 2007 and as Vice-President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Please wish him happy birthday...remember he is our president.

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HBD prexy oloye____omo otuoke \=D/ Happy 57th Birthday To President Goodluck Jonathan! Wishing you llnp!!! But don't think I will vote for you oooo :p
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20 Facts About Him

1. Prior to his tenure as the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan served as the 6th governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria in the year 2005.
2. Goodluck Jonathan was born to a family of canoe makers in the land which is today known as the Bayelsa state of Nigeria.
3. Goodluck Jonathan holds a second class honors degree in Zoology, An MSc degree in Hydrobiology and a PhD degree in Zoology.
4. He entered politics in the year 1998, prior to which he worked as an Education officer, Lecturer and Environmental Protection Officer.
5. He was sworn in as the Vice President of Nigeria in the year 2010, upon the death of Umaru Yar’Adua’s death, which made him the fourteenth head of Republic Nigeria.
6. In the year 2010, he was the first Nigerian head to open his own Facebook page in an attempt to fulfill his promise to have a regular interaction with the common public, so that he is able to attend to their regular needs and disputes.
7. It was in the year 2010 that he formally announced his entry into politics, with his announcementof the Presidential Election through his Facebook page.
8. He is one of the first Presidents of Republic Nigeria who has always been open to the public, by granting them one of the easiest access through Facebook and office. This ease of access to a President of a nation was previously unheard of in the world of politics.
9. He was the first President who was publicly warned not to contest in the Presidential elections, but he still went forward as he wanted to upgrade and unify Nigeria.
10. Goodluck Jonathan was one of the first Presidents of Nigeria who did not have the background of politics or Military. He was also the first president who was elected from Southern Nigeria.
11. He is one of the first Presidents to have experienced the maximum number of bombings and riots as the Head of a country due to his cluelessness.
12. Not a lot of people know this, but he is the first President of Nigeria to have initiated Air Rescue mission for stranded citizens. This is one decision which was both criticized by his rivals as a waste of government resources and appreciated by the citizens of Nigeria.
13. He was the first President of Nigeria who had approved of the Freedom of Information Act, which allowed the citizens of Nigeria to have full information on the government’s workings and orders.
14. He concentrated his efforts to upgrade the local travelling facilities, one of his main accomplishments was to upgrade the local Airports after 57 years.
15. He focused his attempts on the electrical departments so that he could give his citizens uninterrupted power supply which is yet to be accomplised.
16. He successfully revived the Comatose Railways after twenty years. The revival of the railways with the help of private investors and State investors helped to re-establish an important part of Nigeria.
17. In his Presidential tenure, he passed a bill which would ensure the entry of imported goods within 48 hours.
18. He appointed the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria, which was previously unthinkable in the Republic of Nigeria.
19. He was the first President to review the salary structure of Government Employees and re-arrange their salary on the basis of their performance during their tenure.
20. He is one of the most successful Presidents of Nigeria who has acted in the interest of his country and his pocket and he is the first President of Nigeria who has been able to live up to most of his promises, which he made during his election campaign apart from security.

Aksonman:
[size=26pt]YES, SUPER EAGLES came from two goals down.[/size]

[size=26pt]You're getting it all wrong, so you mean Jonathan will play a draw and lose out abi .[/size][/quote]

Buchukwu:
HOW BRO

That's CAF rule of selection to complete the number of teams

The story don dey change.... Small small but idonbeliv we can do it.

Buchukwu:
Congo don score, we're officially out

Back to Statistic Calculations: If Nigeria should lose, we
might still qualify for being the best third place team of the
tournament. Keeping my finger crossed but whichever way it
ended #keshimustgo

Daverytimes:
Naija don finish, burn everything and start afresh. Take our U17 guys and mold them into a new supereagles because this SHIT is fucking embarrassing.

That's why I hate Keshi I swear, he is telling me Iheanacho is too young and pogba is not young for france and Odegaad is not young for Norway and this Guy is even younger than iheanacho #keshimustgo

Congo all the way!!!! Eagles are very disappointing tonight

JESUSchoice:
ur wrong ...,keshi remains a good coach the super eagles ever had...why do u always blame keshi 4 our downfall?

Why did you always give keshi the credit too' anytime the team plays better, the coach is always the number one culprit in football if anything goes wrong both in europe and the rest of the world.

1k001:
i thought keshi was sacked already

He was reinstated by our clueless president

Back to Statistic Calculations: If Nigeria should lose, we might still qualify for being the best third place team of the tournament. Keeping my finger crossed but whichever way it ended #keshimustgo

What a goal, Keshi must go #keshimustgo

Emenike is playing like welbeck , where is Aron Samuel..... I love left footer skillful players........ God bless Iheanacho

Ahmed Musa is a big flop today, he must make amend

Adultnextdoor:
Good Morning guys,i just have to ask this question because a friend of mine was posted to the North.She was posted to Kastina state and i feel scared and worried.....So i need to know if it is right for NYSC to still be posting corpers to the North?

It is the idea of national integration which necessitated the
posting of youths to different parts of the country but it
cannot be used as a justification to post youths to
the North in the present security situation.

It is the idea of national integration which necessitated posting of youths to different parts of the country but it cannot be used as a justification to post youths to the North in the present security situation. I submit tentatively.

What should I say

What is this one saying He can't even put pinshure

What's the meaning of Cartoons... Is it a teddy bear

etenyong:
He is going to cry cry cry again. Remember he cried in 2014 and he wil also cry in 2015 cos he is already a losser

Are you still on weed Was there an Election in 2014, Illiteracy is a disease.

Princewill1:
REQUEST GRANTED SIR! We are not looking back in our bid to root out those useless janja.weeds. GEJ TILL THEY CONFESS!

We're waiting for your Grandmaster approval

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved
award of contract for the consultancy services for the
feasibility study and conceptual design of Lots 4,5 and 6 of
the Abuja Rail Mass Transit network.
Supervising Minister of Information, Dr. Nurudeen
Muhammed; and the Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory, Senator Bala Muhammed, disclosed this to State
House correspondents at the end of the council’s meeting
presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Muhammed said during the meeting which lasted less than
an hour, the council approved N272.7m for the contract that
has a completion period of one year.
He said the funding would be sourced from a provision of
N280million in the 2014 FCT Statutory Appropriation for the
project.
He said, “The Minister of the FCT brought a memo to council
seeking approval for the award of contract for the feasibility
study and conceptual design of Lots 4, 5, and 6 of the Abuja
Rail Mass Transit network for the Federal Capital Territory.
“The FCT Rail Mass Transit system is designed primarily as
mover of people within and between the satellite towns and
the different phases of the city.
“Also, the Abuja rail system will be integrated with the
planned national rail network.
“There is a provision of N280,000,000.00 in the 2014 FCT
Statutory Appropriation for the project.
“The projects upon completion will reduce traffic congestion,
shorten journeys distances and reduce pressure on existing
public transport services.
“The project will also provide employment opportunities to
about 5,000 skilled and unskilled workers while about 4,500
skilled workers will be engaged in the direct operation of the system on completion.”
The FCT Minister explained that Lot 4 of the rail system is
from Kuje to Karshi; Lot 5 from Kubwa to Bwari; and Lot 6
from Airport to Gwagwalada.
He explained that Lot 2 of the rail system which will convey
passengers from Nyanya to city centre up to Kubwa was the
most viable with the government already getting interests
from private sector to do it.

Source: http//:www.punchng.com/news/fg-approves-n272-7m-for-abuja-rails-feasibility-study-design/

A prominent Tiv elder and frontline political grassroot
mobilizer, Chief Iorapuu Amile, has said that the Tiv people
will vote for President Goodluck Jonathan in the next
general elections only if he considers them worthy of a
senior minister slot in his cabinet.
He stated this in a chat with The Punch in Gboko local
government area, the traditional home of the Tivs.
He said, “The President (Jonathan) is our brother by
extension since he is also a minority and the only condition
that will make us vote for him in the next general election is
for him to promise us a slot for a senior ministerial
appointment.
“This I believe is not too much for him considering the
numerical strength of the Tiv people as adjudged to be the
fourth largest ethnic group in the country.”
Amile who was the chairman of the defunct National
Republican Convention, Gboko local government chapter,
maintained that it was not right for the Tiv people not to
have had a senior minister throughout Jonathan’s first
tenure.
He said, “Let the President himself see to it that there has
been a high level of political and economic injustices meted
on our people throughout his first tenure and we are simply
saying there must be a change for us to be with him.”
The former NRC chairman added that marginalisation of his
people has reached an “unbearable and unacceptable
stage.”


Source: http//:www.punchng.com/news/we-will-vote-jonathan-if-tiv-elder/