Sunny_bobo:

Point of correction, there is a difference between declaration of assets and public declaration of assets. Declaration of assets is a constitutional requirement for all public office holders and GEJ has done that. The constitution doesn't require him to make such declaration public. Anyone who is interested in knowing the president's assets should approach the CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU using the Freedom of information (FOI) act which was signed into law by the same GEJ to obtain such information. Misrepresenting information with intent to misinform the gullible public won't make APC win the next elections that's if the merger even succeeds.

Thanks for correcting that Buffon

kingoflag:

My cry from day one this mumu made his 1st political blunder when just 3 weeks after he got into power he was already thinking of becoming life President by proposing that 7yr single term constitutional amendment; and dont for once think he has forgotten about it.

President for life by proposing a 7 year tenure...I.e he was expecting to live for just 7 more years......can u try to be wise for once!

Sunny_bobo:

Fighting corruption is not show biz like in the days of Ribadu. The best way to fight corruption is to prevent it and not by witch hunting. Of all the gra gra that Rubadu did at EFCC, how much money did he recover into the Federal purse?

GEJ through the Minister of finance and coordinating minister for the economy is carrying out serious reforms and building institutions that will prevent corrupt practices and you are asking the kind if question you asked above.

Do you think that it's by magic that the FIRS were able to collect and remit a revenue of 3.9 trillion as at September last year when their target was 3.2 trillion naira? Are you aware that 45,000 ghost workers have been weeded from the Federal pay roll thereby saving 100 billion naira? Do you know that the introduction of the use of biometrics in the police force has also reduced the wage bill of the Nigerian police force drastically.

Also, you may be aware that our Federal legislators used to collect huge sums of money for constituency projects which most of the time end in their bank accounts. I understand that this is no longer so as they are no longer given thus money but asked to choose a project and location and the Federal ministry concerned will award the contract.

My friend, the best way to fight corruption is to block loopholes that allow for corruption by building strong and virile institutions and not by hounding people in handcuffs. Did the humiliation of Tafa Balogun by Ribadu stop Sunday Ehindero from looting police funds? No. Did the conviction of Alams stop the governors from stealing? No.

Why are people like you so few and far in between?
Reading the post from most NLers leaves one wondering why Nigerians are incapable of rational thinking, no one has even bothered to find out the story about the ambulances.

Billyonaire: What has the Yorubas contributed to the nation's purse. This is me getting tribal, Answer me!

Haba! Where do u expect the guy to get the answers to such a tough question?

Camilia247: Mr. Brinkley wrote a column for Tribune Media Services (http://trib.in/WeyJsR) that contains largely inaccurate facts, poorly- (or un-) researched information, hear-say and grossly xenophobic opinions about Vietnam and Vietnamese culture, and disguised it all as legitimate journalism. When called out about the errors in his so-called journalism, Mr. Brinkley not only defended his writing, but further disparaged other Southeast Asian countries.

Why should such an unethical professional be able to shape the minds of young scholars at such a well-regarded institution such as Stanford? Shame on you.
https://www.change.org/petitions/professor-joel-brinkley-stanford-university-resign-from-teaching

ANYBODY WILL JUST SIT SOMEWHERE AND WRITE RUBBISH..IS NIG IS THE ONLY COUNTRY? YES WE HAVE PROBLEMS, BUT I THINK EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO CORRECT THIS ABNORMALIES, WHY SHOULD ONE WHITE GUY THAT BELIEVES HE KNOWS EVERYTHING JUST SIT AND TRY TO CREATE CHAOS IN OUR MIDST...HE SHUD WRITE ABT HIS COUNTRY, COS THE HAVE THEIR OWN PERCULIAR PROBLEMS TOO..

He is allowed to create chaos because the uninformed ldiots outnumber the right thinking people

Decryptor: How can they impeach him when the bigger thief a.k.a David Mark is the senate president? A man who rejected a bill that unemployed graduates in Nigeria should be paid N20,000 every month. They are all bloody criminals. If only...If just only the dreaded Boko Haram would stop killing innocent citizens and divert their activities to these thieving nigerian poli"trick"ians and their families, they would have my thumbs up at the end of the day. God bless the mod who posted this on FP. This is the kind of story that should be on frontpage so that the whole world will know what is going on.

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N20,000 for all unemployed youths a month! Are u normal at all?

Capnd143: why dont we all match down in one voice to the National Assembly . . . .calling 4 the downfall of the regime! Lets #occupyNIgeria

That's what they told Libya and Egypt, see them today!

nex: Any further attempt to analyse the level of damage, destruction, insecurity, and corruption prevailing in this country today is to resume another round of whipping on the proverbial dead horse.

The spate of Boko Haram bombings, budgeting of billions of Naira for the construction of infrastructure of vanity for the presidency, and the recent pardoning of convicted criminals in the same circles as the president would have cleared any doubts about the intentions of the Executive arm of this government.

The action to take now, is not the writing of lengthy lamentations, or tweeting of rants on Twitter, or even hitting the streets to protest a la "Ocuppy Nigeria", but to abide by the lawful, orderly, and Constitutional means of dealing with such matters: We must impeach the president. We are left with no alternative.

It is only citizens who have not read the Constitution Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria that are not aware of their lawful right to serve their Senators orders, including those requesting for the impeachment of the President.

In a case whereby Senators heed not to such a request by the electorate of their Senatorial District, Section 69 of the Constitution enables them to be removed and replaced with those more keen to do as told.

If you want change, it begins with writing out, printing, or filling the relevant information ( Your address, Date, Senatorial District address of the Senator representing the District where you registered as a voter, Senator's name, Your name, and the VIN on your Voters' Card). Submit to the Senatorial District Office, and start meeting, and lobbying within whatever interest group, union, or association you belong to to get as many as two thirds of registered voters in Nigeria involved too.

You may also edit as you deem fit, print, and share to fellow citizens who may not have access to the internet. Thank you.





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Senator _______________________,

Request For The Impeachment Of The President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria

Accept this instant notice as a request for initiating impeachment proceedings, pursuant to Section 143 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, against Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the sitting president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The president has engaged in various activities which amount to gross misconduct including, but not limited to:
1. Wanton and wasteful expenditure of state resources.
2. Inaction in the face of widespread loss of lives and properties he swore to protect.
3. Disregard for due process in declaring his personal assets.
4. Abuse of office in the appointment of his friends and political sponsors as head of agencies.
5. Use of state instruments to pardon his criminal friends previous convicted.
6. Dictatorial impositions on Nigerian citizens without due process in the instances of removing fuel subsidy, and renaming Federal parastatals.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has also shown absolute incompetence in handling issues of national importance at the helm of affairs of this nation, with grave consequences. The conduct of President Jonathan is a violation of his Oath of Office, and his duties and obligations.

Endeavour to commence the process of impeachment immediately, as there will be no hesitation to invoke Section 69 of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on failure to perform this most exigent duty.

Name: __________________
VIN (Voters' Identification Number) : _______________________





IF THE DOCUMENT DOES NOT APPEAR THE WAY IT SHOULD, VISIT: http://thediaryofabadman..com/2013/03/impeach-president.html

Yoruba People self!

We just need to add the fact that after the impeachment, the Niger delta can form its own country....mugus

damola1: Why is Fashola seldom mentioned with corrupt practices? and everytime, we hear Jonathan...

Who are those making the most noise....GEJ is simply from the wrong part of the country!

ewet: Ojota here we come!Get redy to host us for a very very long time cause we r not leaving until we see the end of this GEJ.
My advice to NLC and TUC or whichever group to lead the protest is to evolve new tactics for the protest.Total lock down will not work and its getting old fahioned. You do not need force the whole country to stay at home, all u need is get the support of key unions such as PENGASSAN,NUPENG,NURTW,ASSBIFI,NMA,NBA and all other vital bodies to support the strike and i tell you if this unions decide not to go to work i tell you nigeria will grind to a halt automatically. Dont worry abt the petty trader,vulcanizer,farmer,tailor,hair dresser and all other common people who live on daily subsistence because by the time this major unions dont work and the economy is being halted thy will all be whipped in line to join the struggle.

Well the economy of lagos is gradually picking up, it will be shame to use this insistence on free commodities to ruin it.

Ilekokonit: Come to think of it, why is this Jonathan so heartless??

The last subsidy removal on 1st Jan 2012 was announced a few days after the Christmas day bombings and now a day or 2 after the Kano bombing he is announcing more plans to put the long suffering masses into more misery. Doesn't this guy think ??. Or is he trying to punish Nigerians for exposing him to the world for pardoning a fugitive money launderer.

He is doing it to make sure ur children don't suffer the way you did....

D sage:

I will be very happy if you can answer the following questions;

Can you please tell us the claims made by govt to justified the removal of FS?

Can you also remain us some of the promises made by govt during this period?

Can you also tell us how has removal of FS stoped the importation of oil and gas?

Can you tell us why your master refused to accept or implement Ribadu's reports?

Lastly,tell us who're the cabals?

These question are built around your desire to buy fuel at a subsidized rate...let me ask, first of all, are you paralized? why do you want someone else to perpetually pay for a comodity for you?

D sage:
What hell is this one talking about? How has SURE-P positively influence the life of already impoverish masses?

SURE P cannot and will not improve the life of the masses

Rhapsody!:

For the supporters of full deregulation, the easiest, fastest, and simplest way to shut up the mouth of the 'myopic citizens' who want otherwise is to provide the definite answers to the questions raised in the quote above. After that satisfactory answer, I will personally padlock their mouths for them. Anyone?

Like I said before, myopic people would have argued against derugulation of telecoms because they could not be sure that govt officials wouldnt embezzel the licence fees paid to federation accounts...
Wise ones knew that deregulation of the telecoms sector would provide for more jobs, improved economy, efficient business etc...

My dear people can we deregulate the downstream sector totally now?
You can choose the myopic option or the wise option!!

Rhapsody!:

So basically, you do not wish to answer those questions because it punctures your argument. You see, you may be living above average, so the hardship of most Nigerians is foreign to you. I put it to you that if the questions I raised had been reasonably taken care of by this govt, peeps will have been begging for totally deregulation. But they are there, and you wonder why peeps are 'too myopic' to see the benefits of complete deregulation.
BTW, even though I have heard of the SURE P thing, I am more interested in the topic at hand.

what hardship are you talking about? apart from Lagos and a few other cities, the rest of the country pay between =N=130 and =N=200 for pms, the poor people u r trying to protect are paying the balance after =N=97 to some few people somewhere

Rhapsody!:

I have said it before that the main thing that puts me off this forum is the lack of objectivity of most users. You may be a GEJ fan and still truthfully answer my questions. It does not equal disloyality.
The answers to my question will reveal why people are truly for or against the removal. So may I have those answers now. Just pretend I am a high schooler and answer me.

Why on earth do you want me to answer a question that I have told you is irrelevant?
OK, the additional money from the increase of pms from 70 to 97naira has been stolen...how does that help your case?
whats your main goal now? how does this stop the ongoing /existing subsidy from greating the opportunities for corruption?

benni: Just cannot understand why our leaders are so wicked and selfish,taught he was with the masses when he said he had no shoes.
I am yet to see any single tangible thing that has been achieved since the last increase in the price of PMS.Where are the mass transit buses,new refineries,roads,airport,schools etc?

How old are you?

Rhapsody!:

I have already said that I get you point. And even agree with them. But you have not answered the questions I raised. Please address them. Thank you.

SURE P was meant to address noise makers, its politics, as far as I am concerned, the big picture is what I am interested in.

D sage:

What hell is this one talking about? How has SURE-P positively influence the life of already impoverish masses?

Why r you so myopic and so short termed!
did I talk of SURE-P anywhere?
I talked about allowing a privately run down stream sector and the opportunities it would create and you are refering to SURE-P...
Stop looking for freebiee...free thing dey purge belle...and that whats is killing nigerians

we have been told that government will run our lives and and we are happy with such policies...

Rhapsody!:

I guess I understand where you are coming from. Any right thinking person will also support subsidy removal. However, answer the following questions for me:
how has the money from the partial removal been used? How has it been utilized? I will need definite facts and figures. Who and who has been prosecuted and convicted for the previous subsidy fraud? How much is fuel in your area presently (l pay 120)? Why is Allison still heading that ministry? The president said last year that by June 2012, Nigerians will thank him for the partial subsidy removal, would you say that happened? From the way the partial removal was done and all the drama that followed, would you say an average Nigerians can still trust and support the president for total removal of subsidy knowing that justice will be done and the money realized properly used?
I await your response.

You seem to forget that the subsidy itself is a fraud...
Our system of governance is built on providing subsidy for able bodied human beings...we have decide to take the small money we have and generally encourage the masses to wallow in laziness...and you people are indirectly defending such a system...

If subsidy did not exist...there whould be no subsidy fraud...forget the politics of SURE-P and think straight for once...
The best functions of a government are regulations, if we insist that the government should run our lives then we should be prepared to also live with the associated corruption that is involved in such sillyness.

Rhapsody!:

I guess I understand where you are coming from. Any right thinking person will also support subsidy removal. However, answer the following questions for me:
how has the money from the partial removal been used? How has it been utilized? I will need definite facts and figures. Who and who has been prosecuted and convicted for the previous subsidy fraud? How much is fuel in your area presently (l pay 120)? Why is Allison still heading that ministry? The president said last year that by June 2012, Nigerians will thank him for the partial subsidy removal, would you say that happened? From the way the partial removal was done and all the drama that followed, would you say an average Nigerians can still trust and support the president for total removal of subsidy knowing that justice will be done and the money realized properly used?
I await your response.

Lets be pessimistic and also ask, how has the money from the telecoms licences paid been used..$285 million per operator that time....you do not cut your nose to spite your face....
its like saying because people are going to eat the $285 million, hence stop deregulation of telecoms sector and rely on Nitel....

idsamoo: How on earth wld increase in petroleum price reduce the level of hardship nd poverty in Nigeria,,,are these ppl mad?is Gej,nd his supporters crazy?pls can somebody giv mi invisible power to destroy nd strangle dis ppl to death,,,,,am damn seriousss!! Arghhhhhh!!!!

What America and other countries are enjoying today is because of people who suffered, if we continue to subidize laziness we will continue to suffer forever...do not be short sighted

[size=28pt]O My fellow Nigerians, why do we inadvently conderm ourselves to to perpetual life of doom and gloom[/size]

Derugulation should mean governments gets out of the business of distributing products and competing with the business man on the downstream sector...
It should mean that people can invest in refining in country
it should mean that Nigeria should tend towards less exportation of raw crude to exportation of refined products, thus add value and jobs to the economy,
it should mean govt will cut the high overhead and recurrent expenduture spent in managing this services.
It should mean more competition in that sector...

All these thrown away because we want someone else to pay the price of crude for us?
Its a real pity

Reminds of the story of a dog that had a piece of meat in its mouth walking over a bridge across a river, it looked down and saw another dog in the river holding a seamingly bigger pice of meat..it jumped into the river amd we know that that one went..

In a bid for everyone to jump on the Nigerdelta Oil we have all forgeten that everyone has one form of resource or the other...this is the root cause of the laziness and curryption thgat we are experiencing today.

omonnakoda: how many Nigerians have seen oil before.Abeg make we hear word.

Its much easier to count Nigerians who have survived outside of the oil economy..

omonnakoda:
What the relationship between this and what I am saying? What is so important abou what you are saying; give us our oil.If it is your oil take it. Those who actually own the oil up till 2012 have been taking it until someone stronger comes along . sad you cannot see reality

Reality is reality every where..it is same for comandering oil and same for politicians stealing funds.

omonnakoda: You are so hung up on oil and resources .What value do you add to anything personally

I am hung up on oil? how about a country that build it life around oil? a citizens that insist on have access to free oil?
are you for real?

omonnakoda:
I believe the most importan resource is the brain and so I don't even think about all these rubbish. What resources does Japan or Korea have or all those countries that buy our oil. How do they pay. Believe me Nigeria can be better with ZERO oil so forget all that resources yarn. If we develop one only ONE OIL company with the expertise of SHELL we will make more than any country with oil. Shell benefits from BRAIN POWER and that is why they can go all over the world cleaning up.They know how to bring oil out of the ground.That is even more important than having oil

whats the relationship between this and what I have been saying?

Demdem:

Oga, the laws of the land frowns against such on all natural resources. Coal is a natural resource.

Have you ever wondered whey we are so unproductive and lazy?

There used to be a law that prevented people/companies from generating power...it was recently removed bt the GEJ administration....

saved: :- Na so you hate poli-trickcians?. How dem go see money loot if your proposal works. Another name for Nigeria's Democracy is "IWURUWURU" If you put Maurice na you sabi o

The issue of looting is secondary, during the first republic, the western region was run on taxes paid by cocoa farmers and associated people...politicians looting money do not discriminate between money generated by taxes and money from free oil

Demdem:

Is ur compound not part of the country. Struck Gold and keep ur mouth shut unless the constitution empowers is to take over ur compound and use the wealth there in for our collective good.

Yes ooo, it didnt take much time to get to insult level...
support fashola to fight for VAT generated in Lagos and support the FG to deprive people from the ND of their rights.

omonnakoda: Well if you find gold in your compound you should have the power to stop others taking it from you. That is the essence of sovreignty.Even in the wild A lion may kill meat and hyaenas bully it and take it. So to define an area as your compound you must be able to control it.That is the starting point. Anything else is just naive and not facing reality

Its good you are saying this because now that you have agreed that the strongest earns the right, you should be very comfortable with Nigeria as it is...those with the opportunity are taking things (free things) because they are in a position to do so....


It would be double talk to complain about politician stealing from Nigeria and then turn around to engourage the country to deny people their rights to their resources.