₦airaland Forum

Nobody knows what to make of this. If it is an act of humility , it is a little overdone.The Jonathan Presidential library and UN assignments are not in competition with Obj or Abdusalami's. Obasanjo's blessing is not required for anything Jonathan does going forward.
It is a all a little too overdone

Goodluck lost all his brainy people. No wonder he lost the elections. All he had was certificate wailers, "Buhari will die tomorrow" advertisers, personality abusers and a crude uncouth wife

kaycid77:
This Yorubas can twist things, Amaechi was the first to betray GEJ when he used his power as Chairman of Governors forum to fight and side the Northerners so that GEJ will do only one term and zone back the presidency to the North because he want to become a Vice President that was the reason GEJ decided to remove him as chairman Governors forum. Amaechi is a greedy Politician, we all know the feats Fashola achieves before going into Politics, I mean he is a SAN but If you see Amaechi CV you will weep for Rivers state...from an assistant/arrant boy in PAMO clinic straight to speaker of HOA, those of us who know Pamo clinic knows that an assistant in PAMO clinic is on a less than 50 thousand Naira salary, with 3rd class in Education Management from UNIPORT, pls this is not the time to make such unintelligent person a minister, he is just a political agbero and he has tried for himself to get to where he is now but this is time to face all his SINS.

Excuse me but irrespective of pedigree, Amechi delivered in his first term. His qualification and inexperience are unimportant. Jonathan himself was an ordinary A level teacher turned NDDC middle level manager by quota system within Bayelsa, you can go and find out. GEJ himself has admittedany times that his knowledge and experience were below job requiremen's. The news was carried in the papers.
The important thing is vision, incorruptibility and standing for something. Amechi is very modern, open minded and innovative.

Pinkybush:
Good for him. He sold South-South right to become minister.

What is South South right?. Jonathan was in power for six years thanks to Obj. You people are getting this SS region into more trouble everyday with these statements. No region has a right to the Presidency but all Nigerians have the right to it. How do you want other regions to react to this silly statement?. Why must Amechi support somebody he does not like because of ethnicity. The man's wife nearly turned him into a zombie in his own state. They invaded the assembly with thugs to impeach his speaker and him.
You guys think only one side.
Why was Patience not warned that whatshe was doing will rob the south south of their chance ?. Politics is not kid stuff . In Yorubaland Akintola Awo issue caused a big ruckus and it was not even as serious as what the Jonathans tried to do in Rivers State. Why did they not try that with Akpabio?. APC would have been controlling Akwa Ibom since 2013. Let us get serious in this country.

mightyhaze:
Dese r d ppl who made jonathan look clueless/helpless.these r d real culprits dat made boko haram 2 fester! Imagine abandonin ur base n fleein wit ur troops wen u shd av quickly crushed a rag tag enemy dat was clearly outnumbered n outgunned by ur troops.abandonin equipment n stores 2 terrorists,while at d same time rantin,..'No weapons to fight'! smh

No Jonathan was clueless from birth o.
There were lots of generals that failed in battle. Indeed this Ransome Kuti guy became a front line officer because many had retreated and left weapons for Boko before him. It was becoming a tradition not because he was Yoruba. The man was guilty of slackness and not securing his AOR until a few hundred Boko boys came and surprised them. Worse things have happened in Iraq and Syria.

kinharold:
@bolded: Please, in which part of Nigeria does rainy season comes by the end of the year?

He meant when the rainy season goes. He said that twice preceding this little mistake. Because your mind is on flash instead of substance your shallow brain has magnetised that.

baralatie:
CC:phockphockman,dahaz

You were not listening.
This is how you FAIL examinations.
Buhari told them he was not imposing Shariah.
He does not want to and could not impose it because of the constitution. Please open your mind and be dilligent.
The moderator caused the mix up because he injected Boko Haram into the Shariah issue.
Shariah has been an issue since 1979. Boko Haram came in 2006.

chimerase2:
I still say it buhari has no memory due to his old age
And why would his aides grant dis kind of interview knowing that de guy would mess it up
Buhari doesn't know what he is doing
Buahri isnot the one ruling this nation somebody is doing it behind quote me anywia

There are too many kids on Nairaland.
Immature and inexperienced.
The Nigerian Army is guilty of human rights abuses. Serious unspeakable ones but no President of Nigeria should admit it in public.
The statement by Buhari that he has not seen the report is very honest. No President..I repeat no president should govern Nigeria from hogwash on the Internet. The Al Jazeera moderator got a one sentence lecture about how a responsible leader of a nation does not take decisions based on Internet material and it was obvious he was embarassed by mentioning that the information was in the public domain. The President maintained that he won't act without the AI report and won't jail generals based on Internet reports.

President gave a detailed explanation of things on ground for defeating Boko Haram in December including the MNJTF bit of it. Maybe a little too detailed. All in all a very good interview.

If you want a Nigerian President who will tell Al Jazeera that he will try his generals (Ihejirika, Minimah et.c) for human rights abuses without investigation based on their own accusations then look for another clueless man to vote into office

OZAOEKPE:
"Anytime Iara fvcks this ediot of a governor, he comes out to spew thrash. I regret being an Edo man because of this criminal".

You don't want to pay tax?. What zoo do you come from?. Why don't you travel and see how other countries run their lives. Una wan die for Jonathan cluelessness.
Nigeria should be raising $100bn in tax every year from the lies Jonathan told about the economy of $650bn.

Chanchit:
Unlike Stella Oduah weh dey sell pepper soup before she turn minister of aviation over night, na God go punish that G*J

Stella Obuah was a billionaire before politics. She is however a silly politician. She was the commencement of the fall of GEJ. Ordinary resignation would have saved the Presidency then a lot of disrespect but Ibo woman was not capable of advanced wisdom.

warrior01:
When are they going to arrest Amaechi and Fashola? Upon all the plethora of petitions and evidences against the APC stalwarts, nothing has been done by the so called anti-graft or is it now witch-hunting body called EFCC. If the idea is to kill or silence the opposition, I bet you, it wouldn't fly

I knew Amechi's name will enter somehow. What is wrong with you people? . Are you incapable of reason?

Sylvia will get into trouble with Buhari. The man is undisciplined and a cultist. He dies not even have control over his boys This cultism thing is PDP culture and it should be left with that dying /deado party.

These are militants trying to raise money to start up their camps. Why would anyone armed robber carry RPG7 to rob.

There's no fxxxxxg conspiracy anywhere. The man was kidnapped by hungry young men . End of story.

wtfCode:
we built this country!!!
but we are not enjoying it at all.
i wish everyone goes back home and rebuild our homes...the mistake has been made already.

You did not build any country. You merely have traded with other ethnic groups in this geographical expression and made money for your selves. Importing fake goods and selling to other tribes is hardly "building the country". Destroying the health system via fake drugs is also definitely not.
In places you traded in , you have damaged the environment like you did your Aba, Onitsha and almost did Lagos.
In PHC , successive state governments have bemoaned Ikokwu, Ngbuka and the attendant sluminization that follows your dirty urban, degrading motor parts selling.
The current culture in Nigeria where every space is turned into marketplaces come from only one tribe.

How did he indict himself in one sentence that was open to so many meanings?. This OP should stop commenting on stuff. You don't just take over social media because you have the free time or are out of job.

Ha Jonathan. See your life. Wasted opportunities. Anyway sha, we hope the young will learn and not follow after cluelessness.

This empty short handed old Senator should shut up.

Ogbonaya Onu. Very very good leader, visionary , progressive. We have known him since his days as a university lecturer.

Jonathan supporters should look , listen and understand why we judge him harshly. He belongs to the post military generation of office holders and much was expected of him. Sadly we got a president who was being presided on by a bunch of women. An inarticulate, indecisive and uninspiring gaffe prone leader who embarassed us serially.

RockMaxi:
@OP, are you very sure you want to part with your $2000. On technicality Amaechi will be screened and he will be confirmed.
If you are double sure of yourself, let's call for the moderator, cos I wan chop this your money for free..

90% of PDP Senators will not even oppose Amechi's nomination. What I don't understand is why people don't understand their politicians. All politicians in Nigeria including GEJ have moved on. The op is loading imaginary bullets into a non existent gun in his mind.

If he does not get ministerial appointment, he will get a very high profile Ambassadorial appointment like UK and US. These are more valued than minister. You guys should cure your hatred for this man. God used him to remove Goodluck. Live with it. Abiola spent billions, worked hard, prayed and WON an election but God said NO how much less a clueless lucky guy like GEJ that someone had to die for him to become President.
Obasanjo was 24 hours to death and God brought him back to be President.
No matter what you think, no matter how angry or bitter the mills of God grinds on. Leave this Amechi guy alone!!!.

southsouthman:
This is one politician I love but I must say that if this was his response to the question then I am so disappointed. Is he saying that he didn't take into consideration his state's monthly income and that of Akwa Ibom. This is just like saying a man whose monthly or yearly income of 200k building a house of 3m because he saw his colleague whose income is 7m having that structure.

He said it to swell Akpabio's head and Akpabio knew what he was doing. Politicians are very tricky.

FreeGlobe:
you still remain brainless! Fashola is the future of yorubaland not Nigeria. A man that used 78 million to create a 20 thousand naira website.

So look at this yourself in terms of scale. Do you honestly believe this guy is guilty of corruption that is equal to 78 million?. Seriously. They looked for everything and found a 78 million website.Haba

texazzpete:
But we've forgiven GEJ for his betrayal na.

We thought we were voting in a PHd holder who would move Nigeria to greater heights. Instead he left us at the mercy of crooks, cabals and Boko haram.

But we have forgiven him.

Thank you. The real betrayer was Jonathan.

midolian:
No matter the economy of the Jungle, the Lion of Ubima will never eat grass ..Let the Wike's senators go to hell with their support. Amaechi will still be confirmed. #QuoteMeAnywhere

Senators don't determine who gets appointed ministers. It is only in very exceptional cases that Senate rejects the nominees. Even then the President can keep presenting the same names over and over again.

TonyeBarcanista:
What does NOI mean by this? I don't think this is fair.

Goodluck Jonathan was not a man who should have been made President. Let us face facts. Even if you hate "Hausa" people, dislike welfarist economic policy, are scared of Muslims etc.c the fact still remains that a better material should have been presented by PDP.
Leaders are born and made. This guy did not show the sacrificing, courageous, self disciplining qualities until shortly before and after the elections. Sadly it was too late.

Lakeland4321:
Was Awo a former president?

Awo was running the country for more than six years. Ask Gowon who was a young army officer probably younger than you. Forget about titles my friend.

seunmsg:
Something is fundamentally wrong with this news. The Auditor General does not report to the president, so, why is he presenting the report of the environmental impact audit of Lake Chad basin to PMB? The report should form a part of his annual report to the National assembly for consideration by the public accounts committee.

Who exactly does the Auditor General report to when ministers are not around?. The report itself was on a financial audit so what was wrong with this news item?

juman:
Abi.

He ruled and ruined nigeria for many many years.

nigerians will always remember him as very useless old man that destroyed his own country.

Errmmm...that is not what I remembered. The only thing he ever did wrong was foist a sick man and an idiot on Nigeria as President and VP.

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Philistine:
He might replace him with another Northerner. Confused party!

A president who remembers details of a study done during Obasanjo regime. That is a President that is switched on.
Only Awo, Obj and Yaradua have ever displayed that detailed knowledge and concentration on what happens in government. Abacha and Shagari would have fallen asleep during the briefing. Gowon would have asked too many questionsc directed at the super permanent Secretaries.Murtala Muhammed would have told the man to hurry up with his recommendation he wants to take his decision there and then.

alcmene:
Everything aint just right in this government....

No clear-cut direction

SILLY post.
We finally have a president who knows his job, knows his own mind and has a point of view. Contrast with Dr Clueless who will nod his head and ask.."where do I sign?"