₦airaland Forum

One thing you can't take away from Jonathan administration is the TRANSPARENCY of the privitization process.So far the process has progressed without hitches,even when governors of EDO,ONDO e.t.c tried to cry wolf they finally bowed to the voice of reason because they saw they had no case.
Compare this with privitizations done under OBJ most of which are still undergoing legal battles you will understand the expression of HOPE been expressed by most of us.Gradually we are getting there

......He said, “It is noteworthy that the major plank of this
motley assembly, the ACN, is notorious for outsourcing its
presidential candidate from the ranks of the same PDP
they gleefully villify.

“In 2003, their choice was Vice-President Atiku Abubakar,
who now knows them better. In 2011, it was a protégé of
former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mallam Nuhu
Ribadu, who filled the slot although he was later betrayed
and sacrificed on the altar of self interest.

“Presently, the debates within the factionalised alliance
suggest that they will not mind fielding another PDP
stalwart as their presidential candidate.”.....

The link below proves that okupe was right on the ABOVE
www.nairaland.com/1266000/buhari-tinubu-tambuwal-hold-secret

If this report can be trusted,then I its in continuation of what Okupe said that about the opposition parties OUTSOURCING their presidential ticket to PDP RENEGADES

Okupe sure knows his job...u may dislike his person but you can't dispute the facts he raised

[quote author=Omo_Tier1]@ Courtesy Sahara reporter.[/quote]Which of them in the 3rd picture is you...Is Eko ile also in that pic?..

[quote author=Omo_Tier1]Does an increase of a bag of rice from N6,000 to N13,000 and some brand now cost N18,000 a small increase Dude use your brain![/quote]So that is how you could comprehend his explanation?...dude I don't know whether its a case of comprehension problem or still the same hateful venom that characterizes your person

The way our national newspapers subdued this piece of information is very suspicious..even those that managed to run it consigned it to very inconspicuous pages.Assuming it was something to the contrary it would have made it to their front page with screaming headlines.

@ topic proper...good development.Its now time ƒσя our senators to prove they are also in this fight against corruption by not WATERING down this bill

chiover: nwanne uche di ya.olu anyi nozi na mba ofesi o

I d tellls uuu

nne3870: Cry cry babies...
A.C.N should just quit whinning over little issues, mr president is coming for a better project that will improve standards, create jobs, etc
Their convention can wait abeg cos I see no economic value the convention will add to nigeria.

Imagine ooo....
A factory that not only houses a STEEL MILL but also a CERAMIC and NAIL factory and is projected to provide at least 5,500 additional jobs should be postponed because of one owambe convention that has no economic value...

chiover: we don go nuclear be dat o

Lol..In RUFF COIN NWA ABA's voice "..NAIRALAND agago kwa Nuclear...."

Steadily we are getting there..the next step is to make this growth to be felt by the common man

Use this guys to set an example to others...that's all

[quote author=Omo_Tier1]Tell me why I would take a government with a spokesman that write in this manner serious Even if ACN said they were going to let hell loose in Lagos during the visit, is there no longer a diplomatic channel in government where issues of this nature can be discussed and resolved amicably?[/quote]Since ACN has decided to throw decorum to gutters,then I guess its right to reply them in the language they understand.

PRESIDENCY REPLIES


We find it hard to believe that any patriotic and right-
thinking Nigerian would have written the kind of publicly
circulated letter reportedly sent to the Governor of Lagos
State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola by the National Publicity
Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed in which he attempts to dictate President
Jonathan’s itinerary, mode of transportation within Lagos,
and motive, and even suggests that the President’s visit
could have been designed to frustrate a planned Action
Congress of Nigeria convention and merger with some
other political parties.

The allegation is not only baseless, but another in the
series of ‘wolf crying’ that has become the sole strategy
and pre-occupation of the ACN. It is clearly adeliberate,
further attempt to undermine, ridicule and debase the
office of the President of the Federal Republic.

A courteous and simple discussion of the phantom
potential conflict of programmes with appropriate officials
of the Presidency would have sufficed to inform the ACN
and its officials that President Jonathan is only transiting
through Lagos tomorrow on his way to the commissioning of the WEMPCO Cold Roll Steel Plant in Ibafo, Ogun State.

In point of fact, President Jonathan’s visit tomorrow which
was scheduled long before the ACN convention will have
absolutely no effect whatsoever on the convention as he
will only touchdown at the airport, transit to Ibafo (miles
away from the ACN convention venue) by chopper and
return to the airport the same way for his flight back to
Abuja.

It is certain that Governor Fashola was already aware of
President Jonathan’s itinerary in Lagos tomorrow since in
keeping with protocol, the Presidency always briefs state
governments well ahead of time on all Presidential
movements to their states. Alhaji Lai Mohammed’s letter
was therefore pointless and serves no purpose other than
distasteful muck-raking.

Furthermore, the Presidency completely rejects the
insinuation in the deliberately leaked letter that the
President's visits to Lagos are always disruptive. The
paranoia displayed by the ACN in its plea to Governor
Fashola concerning an imaginary plan to scuttle a political
merger is beneath the politics of inclusiveness this
administration has encouraged in its interaction with the
state, as with all other states of the Federal Republic.

President Jonathan is President of the whole of Nigeria. It
is strange and intolerable that any political party would as
much as suggest that the President is not welcome in any
state, city or local council in any part of the country at any time or date.

We have no doubts whatsoever therefore that Governor
Fashola will prove to be much wiser and more mature than the ACN spokesman, and consign his letter to the dustbin.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
April 17, 2013

"...However, the danger in all this is that the words and
action of the President seem to suggest that he has given
up on the possibility of Nigerians liking him..."

I beg to differ..GEJ has not given up he is only CONCENTRATING on the job @ hand..ACTIONS they say speak louder than WORDS...

Sincere 9gerian: "It must be frustrating for President Goodluck Jonathan and
his staunch supporters that inspite of his achievements,
he continues to receive a barrage of knocks from Nigerians,
especially in the media"

I beg to disagree. It is not frustrating for staunch supporters of the president. Even on this forum, it is those opposed to the president are frustrated. Their frustrations manifests in the insults, abuses and name calling that litter their every post.

As for the media, who cares what the brown envelop media organisations say? When the govt also start paying the media, perhaps as elections draw near, the tide will also turn.

"There are some facts that Jonathan's haters try very hard
to subdue, and they succeed to a large extent. Jonathan
has achieved some good results in some sectors of the
economy, but these achievements seem to be suppressed or treated as unimportant"

Again, I disagree. Critics of the president can never succeed in subduing his good works. The president was elected to work and not to begin propaganda from day one. The strategy is to WORK FIRST and tell the story later. The stories of the good works of president are beginning to come out. You cannot subdue the Lagos-kano rail line and other ongoing and completed projects. As the elections draw near, and when media war begins, the presidents team would have garnered enough materials to decimate the voice of the opposition as they did in 2011. For now, the war is yet to begin.

"And that leads to the next point which is his lack of
showmanship. When there is flooding in a state, and the
state governor is shown in the papers and on national TV
wading through the flood with some of his top aides, it is
pure showmanship meant for the cameras"

President Jonathan visited many of flood relief camp sites. In fact, at some of the camps it was like a political campaign, with the president waving at flood victims and them waving back. The president carried some of the babies delivered at the camps. The president wore simple long sleeve T-shirt and trousers. For me, that was some form of showmanship. Personally, I detest too much showmanship. I like to get on with the job.

In summary, the article was fair and balanced but it is mere wishful thinking to expect the president's popularity to remain intact pre- and post elections. It is COMMON for popularity to decline after elections. For those who perform, their popularity soars again towards another elections. But for the few but noisy haters, who are blinded by HATE, nothing can be done to please them.

"...those who love everything about him passionately.."

Gamji007: Can anybody mention one achievement made by Jonathan that can't be done by any other person? Its time we stop celebrating mediocrity.

Goodluck Jonathan is Clueless. Plain and Simple!

"There are some FACTS that Jonathan's haters TRY VERY HARD TO SUBDUE, and they succeed to a large extent.....To the haters, he is clueless,spineless,visionless, and "shoeless": nothing good can ever come
from him..".

"And that leads to the next point which is his lack of
showmanship..."

He hasn't been short of showmanship but clearly needs TO STEP UP HIS GAME

"Another point that works against the President is that he
always seems too eager not to hurt his party men and
friends, even to the detriment of his administration. The
President is usually too careful not to step on any big toe,
or even any toe for that matter.."

Mr Jonathan you need to start stepping on toes

"But the biggest negative of President Jonathan is that he
is his own worst image maker. Regularly, he makes
comments or takes action that his detractors use to good
advantage. He fails regularly to take advantage of golden
opportunities; he fails to turn negative situations to his
advantage..."

Very bitter but its the TRUTH

"There are some reasons for this first is that Jonathan is not a charismatic leader neither is he blessed with the gift of the gab. He does not have the capacity to fire up his compatriots with words.................. This is not
a terrible minus, for one can still be hugely popular as a
leader without being charismatic or an orator...."

Exactly!!!!!

"Why should a President who has achieved some visible
milestones always be dismissed as long on promises and
short on performance?..."

Because if I don't like you I would never see any good in you

lakhadimar: May God rule your life the same way GEJ is ruling Nigeria #FACT#

"...Therefore, anyone who ever says anything
positive about Jonathan is an enemy who must have been paid to say so..."

ugoezeb: Buh why d delay na? Govt should hav done this early enuf.


Anyway shaa, i will follow d case like twitter.

Bros they had to follow due process...Investigation before prosecution...

Good development..Use them as a deterrent to others.With freedom comes responsibility

"But to Jonathan's haters, NOTHING is happening in this
administration. The news of these improvements is
downplayed in the media..."

Sheer Hatred indeed...all our media houses are concernd with is 2015 that is almost like 2 years ahead.Some are not even sure they will live to see the 2015,they are too passionate with.Issues of development are relegated to the background

"In the power sector, there were signs that some
improvement had been achieved in electricity supply last
year. Some blackmailing led to the resignation last year of
the minister of power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, who was the
brain behind that improvement. Regrettably, that
improvement seems to have been reversed in the last few months, with electricity supply returning to its unflattering state. This is a key area President Jonathan must tackle urgently."

I don't think blackmail made Nnaji leave.His company was interested in acquiring one of the DISCOS.So his resignation was to boost the integrity of the privitization process

"In agriculture, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, is also transforming
that sector. From sanitising the fertiliser distribution to
boosting agricultural produce and export, it has never
been this good in that industry since the First Republic..."

It has never really been this good

"..Therefore, anyone who ever says anything
positive about Jonathan is an enemy who must have been paid to say so, or is simply a victim of tribalism or religious cronyism.."

Not just an enemy,you will be called unprintable names.And I ask must every one have the same opinion about something

"At a time the rot in the police college is aired on TV and
Nigerians are shocked and ashamed of the living
conditions of their police officers, the President would
make a surprise visit to the college, but rather than take
advantage of the situation to boost his popularity, he
would say that the airing of the video of the rot in the
police college was the handiwork of those who did not
wish his administration well."

whatever GEJ meant by his outburst at the police college.It was a very unfortunate statement which saddened even his stauch supporters

"In the transport sector, that the railway system has been
revived, even though the trains are still not modern, is
something to cheer about. It was another part of our
national life that was allowed to rot and die because of
neglect. It is hoped that modern coaches can be
introduced as quickly as possible. More importantly, it is
hoped that the rail line will soon connect the eastern part
of Nigeria to the western part, an omission which the
colonial masters made because it did not serve their
interest of transporting things from the hinterland to the
sea. The colonialists were not concerned about connecting
Nigerian cities. Sadly, even after the British left in
1960,Nigerian rulers have not seen the importance of
linking the East to the West. Rather, anyone who wants to
travel from Lagos to the South-East by rail will have to
travel to the North first before linking the East-bound rail.
A very ridiculous arrangement indeed! "

Really something to cheer about.We aint were we ought to be but it is definitely a step in the right direction.

"In road construction, the Minister of Works, Mike
Onolomemen, has achieved some results. Roads that
were abandoned for decades have received some
attention. The Benin-Sagamu Expressway is one major
one. I drove through that road this last Easter and
Christmas holidays and felt some relief. In the last few
years, travellers used to spend nights on that road. The
state of that road was so bad that when the current
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-
Madueke, visited it as the Minister of Transport in 2007,
she famously shed tears after seeing the depth of
dilapidation that had befallen the Ore part of that road.
Surprisingly, that road remained in a deplorable shape
until last year when some serious attention was paid to it.
In spite of the work done,however, many parts of
it,especially in Ogun and Ondo states, are still dotted with
potholes, but the road is no longer in a terrible state. It is
comforting to know that work is still ongoing on the road."

#FACT#

" He has done well in the aviation sector. The makeover
that the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, has
brought in the airports -- which used to be dilapidated --
is soul-lifting. And all the airports were renovated at the
same time to the surprise of many people, after decades
of neglect "

#FACT#