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omolami:
Its a pity Hafsat Abiola wrote this.First what have she said about Shettima the governor who despite all instructions to move chibok girls out of chibok for exams refused to do so, nothing. Does she know that apc an arm of Abacha organ that ended up your father's life is responsible for the carnage in the NE and Baga in partiular? Does Abiola know that the aim of apc and sponsors of insurgence in d north is to prevent Jonathan from recontesting? Does it occur to Abiola's daughter that 3/4of nigerias budget is being spent on refugees in d north,hence other critical infrastructures suffer neglect?Has it occur to same Abiola tha 1million naira each given to each family of chibok girls is settlement for collaboration?why haven you written or ask question on that.Abiola, it is a case of the more you see d less yu understand.Do not follow d misguided in rubishing all ur president has been doing to take nigeria forward despite,d,activities of d born to rule to set us back.Focus on yr president achievement and judge

Tomorrow is Sunday, please go for confession. Your lies are too many. Do you know what a Nigerian budget looks like? Ignorance is sometimes a disease.

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Pdp =national union of election riggers
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Let him go and chop. Change is coming.

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Xano:
Politicians lie. They lie to win support. As for Diezani, we have unfortunate people in every administration. PDP has, also APC.

There are too many unfortunate people in this government, and there is no evidence that Jonathan requires any level of discipline or probity in his ministers or staff. That must change. There must be consequences for inappropriate and illegal behaviour in government.

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samilo88:
That Onyegun the chairman of the APC can't still memorise the name of its campaign DG leaves more to be desired. The man kept calling Chibuzor Amaechi at the APC rally in kogi state instead of Chibuike Amaechi.

APC, I never thought you guys would suddenly become a national laughing stock, your presidential candidate forgetting the name of his running mate due to senility is one thing, but a party chairman consistently forgetting the name of its campaign DG is really outrageous.

Ps.. Did anyone notice how buhari could not wave his broom above the elbow level for just 5 secs. The frail man was using the broom as a supporting stick while giving his usual dry speech bereft of ideas and intelligence.

You might as well try spelling his name correctly, he is not an igbo man but Edo. OYEGUN not Onyegun. Besides everyone calls Amaechi, Amaechi.

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http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/174763-breaking-jonathan-pledges-2-million-jobs-annually-re-elected.html

President Goodluck Jonathan has promised two million jobs yearly if re-elected into office.

Mr. Jonathan spoke Monday in Ibadan, Oyo State, were he met supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the February 14 election.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, quoted the president as saying he will generate jobs for the teeming unemployed population in Nigeria.

He did not say how that will happen, after largely failing to provide as many jobs in the last six years as president.

Besides corruption and insecurity, the Jonathan administration is persistently criticised over the huge unemployed population in the country.

The government has always pointed to its Small and Medium Scale support programme, Youwin, which gives grants to only 1,200 people yearly.

The government says the programme has engaged hundreds of thousands, a figure that has been questioned.
The government has also failed to defend its claim that it created 1.6 million jobs in 2013.

Xano:
You've not answered the question. 100,000 to the police? Interesting. Financed by who? Funds generated how?

Financed by the same nation that pays 10billion to charter jets for Diezani, the same nation that has a presidential fleet of at least 8 aircraft, when even the US president has to 'manage' 2.
Look up the manifesto. There will be a major program of house building of the affordable type, and there are initiatives to stimulate private enterprise and agriculture.

Once again I ask, Jonathan has made a copycat promise to provide the same jobs. No details included. Do you believe him?

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fallout87:
Even with the numbers you have provided, using your own information... you still can't see Buhari and Obisanjo are lying?

Okay,
- Obama created 5.1 million in 6 years.
- Bush Senior created 2.63 million in 4 years.
- Bush Junior created 1.28 million in 8 years.

Are you so simple minded to believe Buhari can create 3 million jobs PER YEAR (12 million jobs in 4 years) or Obisanjo can create 720,000 jobs PER YEAR (2.9 million jobs in 4 years)?

This is why we are in this mess. These politicians lie and lie and lie and you foolish people believe this nonsense, then cry foul when they fail you.

I will repeat, it is literally impossible for Nigeria; a country no where near the infrastructure, economy, development and market of United States of America to compete or outdo the country in job creation.

Yet you have convinced yourselves these guys will do in one year what your numbers say it will take Obama four. It is a shame.

While you celebrate the low ambition and low accomplishments of Jonathan, we are happy to aim much higher. Let's us say we achieve 50%, would a million new jobs not be appreciated in this country. As we all know unless electricity supply which the pdp has failed to significantly improve after 16years, is improved the private sector will still face challenges.

Btw, any comments on Jonathans copycat promise?
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/174763-breaking-jonathan-pledges-2-million-jobs-annually-re-elected.html

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Xano:
There is a difference between employment by government and private sector. How do you intend "to put money in the hands of Nigerians"? I hope you understand the quote. Its not printing more money.

The APC is talking about creating jobs, and that necessarily includes private sector employment growth. If the government establishes the right framework, the private sector will pick up. Already there is a commitment to adding 100,000 to the police because of our obvious security issues.

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fallout87:
This is absolute foolishness.

Pray tell how they will make nearly 4 million jobs in one year when Obama in America could only make 1.5 million jobs in SIX years?

They are literally lying to you with fake promises but you refuse to use common sense to see it. If America a country that has WAY more resources, markets and opportunity can only make 250,000 jobs a year...

Please APC tell me how Buhari can make 3 million... or even 720,000 in one year? Anyone tell me how?

Na lie.

Your first lie, is about Obama. I will let the facts speak.

http://www.eclectablog.com/2014/10/fun-fact-more-net-jobs-have-been-created-under-obama-than-both-bushes-combined.html

President Obama hasn’t racked up the 18 million jobs created under Reagan or the 22 million under Clinton but the Obama economy has flown by an interesting milestone passed with no fanfare at all.

More net jobs have been created under Obama — 5,142,000 as of the August jobs report — than under George H.W. Bush — 2,637,000 — and George W. Bush — 1,282,000 — combined, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

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kennygee:
who we go believe?

Do they even have a Manifesto?

Google it. It's available online.
http://www.apcpressreleases.com/the-apc-manifesto/

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The links you posted do not say boko haram is the Maitatsine reborn. You either misunderstood or are deliberately trying to confuse. Sure they come from the same general social religious and economic settings but that is all. And what has 16 yrs of pdp given the nation? Insecurity in every corner, with Boko Haram consistently underrated and Jonathan slow to act. The delta amnesty cannot be claimed by Jonathan as that was from Yaradua. However when MEND killed half a dozen police and army personnel in Bayelsa, what was the President's response?
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/horror-at-noon-how-militants-killed-policemen-in-bayelsa-state/
https://www.nairaland.com/897383/mend-claims-killing-4-policemen

The army needs to demonstrate it's competence in the face of Boko Haram. Why should citizens cheer when they can see and feel the disinterest coming out of Aso rock? We know the security services have been consuming one quarter of our national budget, and now we have an internal crisis and what do we see... A President that grants waivers for former militants to import arms and naval vessels, a President that thinks armaments are purchased in cash transactions by non-nigerians flying to south Africa. In breach of south African law, and certainly Nigerian law as well. We see a President looking to borrow $1bn to fight the insurgency, because apparently in planning the budget the issue may not have been a priority? Even his belated visit to maiduguri smells of political opportunism.
When abuja was bombed he claimed it was not MEND, and now close to an election, days after MEND endorses his main rival, he says, oh actually they wanted to kill me? MEND has stated that they gave the authorities notice of the bombing and yet there were still fatalities?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2010_Abuja_attacks
The attacks left 12 dead and 17 injured. According to multiple sources,[1][2] the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) issued a warning less than an hour before the first bomb stating the location, near Eagle Square (the venue of the celebration), and the time, around 10:30 a.m., of planned bombings.[3]
The public is left to conclude that Jonathan is a liar because obviously there was no assassination attempted. And the lie is for political gain,certainly not to enhance the security of the nation.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/nigeria-other-terror-attack-why-no-one-talking-about-boko-haram
We have gallant soldiers now sitting on death row, who have said they were sent to the battle front without medical corps attached, and the recent cnn interviews where soldiers complained about their equipment, having to pay for their own treatment, and having to buy their own uniforms. What is the response from the commander in chief? Is there any enquiry to establish the facts and educate the public if the allegations are false? Is there any disciplinary action, if the enquiry establishes that the situation is as these soldiers have testified? Or is it that he needs 4 more years to think about it?

Sorry but you are convincing no-one with your argument. You have not even tidied up the first of your series on his 'fight' against corruption. Nigeria under Jonathan is crawling into division, and that must end.

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Matthewbriggs:
O the reason they fought for the regime change was not because his regime supported terrorism. Abi


Secondly It would be simply idiotic to compare terrorisim in Nigeria to US a developed nation with a military budget that several times our entire national budget.

Iraq is a much better comparison they are both third world nations with a higher percentage of her people followers of a religious prone to extremisim.

This is a lie. Iraq was not a major sponsor of international terrorism and that was not why the war was fought. None of the 9/11 killers came from Iraq. Iraq was not a threat to its neighbours after being under UN sanctions and a no-fly zone for many years. If you say different please post links to any USA govt material that says so. Perhaps you have forgotten the never to be found weapons of mass destruction story...
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/343870/why-did-we-invade-iraq-victor-davis-hanson

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darkjorse:
When Nigerian Arsenal is in the north and the military is controlled by the northerners and they have shown clearly that they are anti-Goodluck Jonathan,He would be a fool to buy military equipment BTW Buhari was a military man and probably his cousin was in charge of the arsenal,

Have you seen the list of court-martialled soldiers that have been sentenced to death? Check your ignorance!

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BuddahMonk:
I was there in December, I took pics I uploaded in Anambra thread, the stage of work have not gotten to that level, pls let's stop deceiving ourselves, its better to be non Nigerian rather than being a foolish and clueless one, Nigerians stop fooling yourselves.

Afam4eve, Ikenna, Ngwakwe et al please do the needful and remove that hoax from the frontpage.

Regards.

Please take the time to repost the pics or link to the thread where they are. Thanks.

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Donmarrius:
Slowpoke,if you like come from the moon or sun.we knows you guys,always exhibiting trait of cowardices.masquarading as SSner.i don't care where you come from,all am telling you is that the reason behìnd Tinubu/APC 'change' mantra,has been unearthed.The message is now trending in north,they are wiser now.you can't short change with another Yaradua saga anymore. .

Which part of stfu don't you understand?

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klodike:
Did this man just say. We don't need universities

Use your eyes, he said we don't need "more" universities, and the evidence abounds that he is right. More technical/trade institutions would be better.

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Pdp, the original party of violence and destruction

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Injured soldiers still resting in their uniforms. ..? Or were they tidied up before the visit? Bandages I see, none, drip, none...
Oh well.

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Unverifiable

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David Mark, leader of the Senate is a former military man. Does he lead it like a military man? Do we not have a constitution Do you understand the role of President under the constitution?

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Poor Clark. The age of easy money is coming to an end!

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The fact the we have so much prophecy in a corrupt and morally bankrupt nation needs examination. I simply don't believe 99.5% of such. Can we actually feel the impact of true Christianity in our communities? A people consumed by lust, avarice etc, unwilling to speak the truth or hear it, worshipping Pastors and not God. If Nigeria is the fruit (by their fruits ye shall know them), then the church has generally failed despite all the noise.

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Donmarrius:
You think you can decieve north again,by choosing another Yaradua for them so that power will return to you?.First fool no bi fool,na second fool na im bi iti.

No matter how you want Nigerians to think that you want good,your sheer greadiness for power has been unearthed.

Hello stoopid, I'm not a northerner, if that's the direction of your venom. And I'm not a westerner or easterner. So just stfu already.

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This kind of ignorant and deceitful thread is an embarrassment to the op.

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The Christian marketplace is more competitive, so unless you make some noise and brand yourself, you may never gain traction. Still there is something very shameful in all that.

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a political move to get votes from people that are yet to be killed by Boko Haram.

Damning! Truly nobody was fooled by the visit.

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This is from the group of people who have used the president and fooled him into thinking he is well liked across the land. Why won't they be desperate to hold on to power. Shameless rubbish. And rest assured he won't be sacked or publicly reprimanded, Jonathan tolerates everything.

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From ReubenAbati.com. Abeg make I laugh. Poor man. I remember his article on Dame Patience before they called him to chop.
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Dame Patience, Our President's Darling Wife --By Reuben Abati

Democracy is readily associated with freedom: the freedom to be free in many respects and increasingly in Nigeria, many of our compatriots, particularly persons in positions of privilege and authority confuse this with the right to be disagreeable. The truth is that democracy is about rights and responsibilities, a democratic dispensation therefore cannot be a licence for disagreeable conduct as a norm; just as the possession of power in any form does not guarantee the right to be reckless or to ignore the etiquette required of office holders.

Anyone in the corridors of power, either by chance or right, or appointment, is expected to behave decorously.

Dame Patience Jonathan, as she is now referred to, our President's wife, failed the test this week in Okrika, Rivers State. It is trite knowledge that there is a critical difference between Yenagoa and Abuja, and a world of difference between being the wife of a Deputy Governor/Governor/Vice president and being the wife of Nigeria's No 1 citizen. When people suddenly find themselves in such latter position, prepared or unprepared, anywhere in the world, they are taken through a crash programme in finishing and poise and made to realize that being the wife of an important man comes with serious responsibilities lest they sabotage the same person that they should be supporting.

If Dame Patience went through such re-orientation, the course was incomplete. This week, we got a feedback drawn from her visit to Rivers state to launch her NGO - the Women for Change Initiative, when she ended up in Okrika, her home town. This homecoming became an egoistic show-off as she openly contradicted the state Governor [Rotimi Amaechi], offering him unsolicited lessons on how to develop the Okrika water front and school system, in addition to pointed comments on the use of the English language. The Governor had reportedly insisted that his administration must demolish some houses which adjoin the schools in Okrika in order to create a proper learning environment. Dame Patience disagreed.

She then gave an unsolicited lecture on the land tenure system telling the Governor: "I want you to get me clear. I am from here. I know the problems of my people so I know what I am talking..." The Governor tried to explain his administration's policy and the larger public interest. The Dame reportedly cut him short: "But what I am telling you is that you always say you must demolish; that word must you use is not good. It is by pleading. You appeal to the owners of the compound because they will not go into exile. Land is a serious issue." Wao! "that word must..is not good." We must all commit that to memory as we re-learn Practical English according to Patience Jonathan!


If it is in the place of the President's wife to teach a state Governor how to run his state, it is definitely not in her place to veto a state policy (the reason the governor used the word "must", not even her husband [President Goodluck Jonathan] has such powers. It seemed as if Dame Patience Jonathan was determined to impress her kith and kin. She told them she had directed the governor not to demolish their houses. Then, she left straight for the airport obviously having overstayed her welcome and having behaved like a bad guest. She was scheduled to visit the prisons to grant amnesty to some inmates (is that really her duty or something that should be in her itinerary?); she was also meant to commission some projects. The face-off between her and the governor put paid to all that.

On the eve of her arrival, a group which calls itself "the Okrika Political Stakeholders Forum" and "the people of Kirikese" had actually placed an advert in the papers welcoming "our amiable daughter and sister...to Rivers state and your home town Okrika." They also brought up the issue of "the land reclamation and shore protection project at Oba Ama, Okrika being undertaken by the Rivers state government." (Daily Sun, August 23, 2010, p. 2). Either on the strength of this advertorial or private consultations, Dame Patience must have felt compelled to be a partisan stakeholder and intercessor. She needed to put Rotimi Amaechi, the state Governor in his place and that was what did. She recommended "pleading," - that advice is actually meant for her. A state Governor is a duly elected official; and in a Federal system, he is not answerable to the President, and nowhere is the president granted the powers of a Headmaster over state governors.

In Okrika, Dame Patience behaved so impatiently and spoke to Governor Amaechi as if he is on the staff of the Presidency. It may not be her fault though. Amaechi caused it all by bringing himself to such level by undertaking to debrief Dame Patience about his administration's programmes and activities in the misguided hope of getting cheap political endorsement. He should have asked his wife to attend to her. On the issue of land, Dame Patience should be reminded that the Land Use Act, Section 1 thereof, says the state Governor holds the land in trust for the people. Land matters in the state are beyond the ken of the wife of the President!

The wife of the President of Nigeria, or a state Governor, or a local council chairman, is not a state official. The same applies to husbands if the gender is reversed. He or she is unknown to the constitution or the governance structure. Recent history has however made it a convention to have the spouses of persons in such positions under the guise of providing support, play some ceremonial roles. This has been routinely abused. Under the Jonathan presidency, Dame Patience Jonathan even got a special allocation in the original budget for the 2010 Golden jubilee anniversary whereas she has no official, financial reporting responsibilities! The international standard is that spouses in these circumstances must not only appear but be seen to be above board like Caesar's wife. They must not misbehave like Marie Antoinette.

When Cherie Blair, wife of former British PM, Tony Blair started buying up houses, apartments and antique furniture, the public raised questions. It didn't matter that she was a professional in her own right, a Queen's Counsel with a traceable source of income. There were also questions about the scope of Hillary Clinton's influence during her husband's Presidency: Americans wanted to be sure that it was the man they elected that was in charge, not his wife. A couple of weeks ago, the American public was up in arms against Michelle Obama and her poll rating dropped drastically after a visit to Spain where she and her daughter reportedly stayed in a $7, 000 a night hotel.

Much earlier, Nancy Reagan was also the butt of public criticism, with people asking: who is she? And this is not a female thing. In Britain, Prince Phillip, the Queen's husband, is constantly criticized for putting his foot in his mouth. He once said for example that "British women can't cook." He told a visiting Nigerian President, all dressed up in babariga (name withheld): "you look like you're ready for bed." During a state visit to China, he told British students: "if you stay much longer, you'all be slitty-eyed." Prince Phillip's supporters insist that he is honest, but the majority ask: how is the Queen coping with such a man who is perpetually saying something offensive? There may be persons who defend Dame Patience's aggressive style, but some of us ask: how is the President coping?

Since Dr Jonathan assumed office, he and his wife have been practically on the road. The Dame has traveled from one state to the other, under the auspices of the Women for Change Initiative. In every state she tells the women to vote and "make sure your vote counts if you like my husband." Is she now a partisan politician? The Jonathans must be told that Nigeria does not have a co-Presidency. We have only one president and his name is Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. And by the way, what does Dame Patience Jonathan do for a living? She obviously does not have to deal with the challenges of rotation and zoning in her home, unlike the three wives of the Adamawa Governor, Murtala Nyako for whom zoning and rotation have become topical subjects or the wives of South African President Jacob Zuma - that is why she can afford to be so meddlesome!

When she misbehaves as she did in Okrika, she creates the impression that her husband [Jonahan] is not in control of his own home. First ladies are prominent figures but their conduct is an eternal subject of public interest. In Nigeria, there was Victoria Gowon, there was also Ajoke Muhammed: dignified and restrained. There was Maryam Babangida - she was influential but no one could accuse her of verbal recklessness; Mrs Abdusalami Abubakar was a court judge, totally self-effacing, No major social party was complete without Mrs Stella Obasanjo, yet she controlled her tongue. Mrs Turai Yar'Adua was described as the power behind the throne and she proved that during the period of her husband's illness but she was carefully reticent. At the state level, there was Remi Tinubu in Lagos state and Onari Duke in Cross River state who have both conducted themselves responsibly in and out of office.

The new First Lady likes to travel, party, and talk outside the script. People are beginning to learn to read her lips in order to understand her husband. Dame Patience must not push her Goodluck.
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Hmmn...very interesting. All these strong words were used on Patience Jonathan and The 'Jonathans' by Reuben Abati in Guardian Newspaper of Thursday, 27th August, 2010
http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/77480-reuben-abati-writes-mrs-jonathan-very-interesting-indeed.html

The pdp has no plans to give the citizens time to examine their 'policies'. Not even the TANistas are ready to delve into that, lest their shallowness be exposed.

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What a fake item. I guess nobody had a camera phone at hand abi? No other reliable source to confirm this action concerning pdp thugs?

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larryUG:
is Obama God? when he comes to any state in The USA, all schools around will be evacuated 2 days to his coming. both collegfes and high schools, both people in the hostels. so leave gej alone. it is like dt everywhere

Better lies!

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