₦airaland Forum

barcanista:
who?

YOU.
Don't try to deny yourself. After all the denial of the 'egunje' you collected
which you call 'protection'

Compare and contrast what Gej is saying to what Fashola said.

This Gej, till death, will always blame every other for his failures
and pull sympathy towards himself. Epic failure.

buchaisky:
You're the obvious emotional wreck.
FFK started getting criticisms from you all Yorubas the moment he joined Jonathan's camp. Same with okupe and fayose. I remember how you all mango head ediots sang his praises when he was fooling himself on his teenage affair with Bianca.

Very nonsense people.

Look in the mirror, you'll see you are your own problem.
You just define what you are.

Don't go blaming the witches in your village ooo.

buchaisky:
All you jobless fools blaming this woman for no just reason, simply because she's not from your stupid tribe. Animals!

Stop this emotional wreck.

Why should every opinion be about tribe?
Those that criticize FFK, Okupe and Fayose most are Yorubas.

What's your problem

Freemanan:
I nor go school boss... Break that down

make u dey use style yap me, ok

Freemanan:
Why did it end? Well, We can dwell in the sweet Euphoria of this article all We like but the reality is yet to be materialised... So many Good writeups, so few pragmatist.... So in as much as I path the writer on his back, I would prefer pragmatic entities.... Will Buhari or his close aids read this?....

Actually, the writer has divulge the theoretical and practical innuendo

Children on NL, come see how dirge of this magnitude summarizes
your leaders- they are dead!
in brain, heart and soul

Demand a better things for your future instead of blind followers

...if you dey follow follow, make u open eyes

What's a white man doing there ?

Why all the burglary proof? Na waaa ooooo

All i see are good, beautiful buildings making good use of available
space.

My people in the SW, what are we doing with our own wealth oooo
i hope we are not dancing owanbe every time.

I've been to Ijebu-ode and Ibadan, they still appears to me as they were
for the past decade.

ibietela2:
Ours is 250k for 3 bedroom flat

Haahhaaa, are you paying for a whole estate?

God have mercy ooo

anonimi:
Are we able to even MAINTAIN talk less of build our own new trains since our state governors have abandoned the education of all our children

The excellent governor of Lagos state only has 2,000 (12.5%) public schools out of the 16,000 schools in the entire state apart from hiking LASU fees by 1,000%. What a bunch of SCAMMERS and FRAUDSTERS!

Meanwhile the useless akotileta prodigal son went to Toronto for scrap metal locomotives that his propaganda photographer on NL aresa bombarded us with

Mr. crayon, compare apple with apple.
The worse of all the past president is IBB. gej is worse compared to
IBB.
How much did IBB had as revenue compared to trillions Gej wasted.
IBB built 3rd mainland bridge and completed Abuja.
Show me one single edifice that will stand as Gej legacy in the next 5yrs.

Those coaches bought by Fashola from Toronto are subway trains that i've boarded many times
from East to West line.
They are not locomotive. We call them bullet because of the speed. That locomotive
will take 1yr to reach Otueke.

The interiors of those Subway train are all aluminium body. You can't compared that
to the locomotive.

So, stop displaying your ignorance here.

ooshinibos:
why do we have Chinese language written on the notice boards notice boards and the body of the trains

They are 1960's refurbished Chinese locomotive.

Did Okupe not tell you Gej can't afford to buy new coaches?

They should go borrow to buy fuel

Shebi, Iweala said we are not broke?

Useless set of people. I've been buying diesel on a daily basis now
They bring bill of N25k as if i have a bakery.

It was never this bad since i've been coming home.

RevDesmondJuju:
Who stopped you from building a bullet train?

Consumer without produce

I know you one of those that reside in one small hamlet and sees all
things from your little prism.

Small Ethiopia there don't use this type of train in 2015.
Egypt, SA, Tunisia are there ooo.

Get out from your hamlet and you'll curse these people.
Ignorance should not make you sell your future for a morsel of bread

Some of you have no shame at all.

Hahaa, a locomotive of 1960's and some of you are here jumping up

Is it because the picture is not showing the front view?
Just go view it on Channels News cast. It's a shame, really.

na waa for my people oooo.

many of you guys have turned your pastors to a demi god

most often i read where some mumu castigated their fellow over a
'man of God"

their belly is their god; many of them

Those BH are all cowards.

The way they were running for cover shows they are empty canon
who are afraid to even die for their perceived 77 virgins.

What i don't understand is why our soldiers help treat the injured boko haramis

Chosenone2:
you forget to list and compare his works to that of past president, then come back n tell us who worked more than him, as far as am concerned I don't care about his English or what he said, compare him in terms of roads, airports, bridges railways n education then tell me any past both dead n living who can outshine d current president.

what are you saying? were you born yesterday?

- even maradona, believed to have institutionalize corruption built 3rd mainland bridge
with trillions in oil money, where's the bridge gej constructed?

- do you even you the ariports? i come to Naija 4 times a year. mma is a terrible airport
gej goverment obtained a loan of $500M to do what exactly. the floor tiles are is terrible shape,
no aircondition, roof leaking for the past 3yrs after the job

-railway lines that were refurbished and upon that he obtained loan from the chinese of
$Billions to do that. gej achievement? Naija is not good for new coaches. only 1940 locomotive
is good enoug

- schools? ask the students in Naija university and poly for how long they sat at home

coputa:
If those statement were credited to GEJ,then he is really a democrat.Others before him said worst.We will live to remember him.

Yeeepa.

...and Jesus wept

gabbytabby:
Which countries do court ask if you can pay. Even UK that are a bit lenient will give suspended possession on first infraction and might ask the landlord if they will accept rent plus a portion of arrears and if you then default they can effect possession without coming to court.. The child wey them born when I start to work in real estate done finish university.

Haaahha, if you reside in T.Dot and have probably been to the small claim court on
Younge & Sheppard or others like that, they'll surely ask you how you intend to off-set the
rental dues.

You 'll need to work with them on time frame, though.

I know this because it happened to me in 2001 with my friend when we were
student at York of U. Well, may be the JP was only lenient on us sha oo
because we were both student then and just loss our job

gabbytabby:
What you fail to realise is that the countries tthat have monthly rent will also guarantee eviction for non payment of rent. In Canada you will get a court date in 21 days and once even 1 day late rent is established that gets automatic judgement for the landlord on top tenant go pay all court costs.

True.
But the court always ask if you are able to pay and at what period
the payment would be spread. They don't eject at first default.

Moreover, it's always the first and last payment. The last is not even compulsory.
And you get the stove and fridge with your rental.

Most often, utilities, cable and internet are inclusive of the rent paid.

All these are absent in Nigeria despite the fact that income is low. Mortgage is
also virtual non-existence

tit:
the stupidest thing hat ruined Jonathan presidency is hate.
people like you just hated the man for no just cause.
and you will reap what you sow.
insha Allahu!

Sisi eko, who hating on who?

Jonathan or the 15 Million+ that voted against him

barcanista:
On Point

I know you'll say this with your anus.

Habaa, reason for a second now. That will not be three much for you, atleast.

After all these militant handouts, are we going to continue with their next generation, too

What happens, if the oil goes the way of tire tube (we now use tubeless)?

ifyan:
Abeg op what about me.

Find what defines you there

This man is very angry at something

gbl01:
Yes sir! But you see 'no' and 'know' are different in meanings-no joke on that

drab!

i know go school...
go school is english?

pleaseeee
you'll still not get the joke

gbl01:
Of course... You 'know' go school

You'll never get the joke.

You are implying that you understand something and yet, you failed to
understand the imprint of a statement.

The words in quote, what are they?

It appears you lack comprehension of what's written

gbl01:
You know what the word 'verbatim' means?

I know go school now

gbl01:
Everybody want to say something, when they pick up their pen, they write gibberish in long sentences

How?

These are verbatim by the president

By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú


The Jonathan presidency has a history of indelicacies and its politics, a genre of farce. Much of his time in the saddle will be remembered for its usual execrable standards in the form of bad policy and decision-making, outright gaffes and stultifying indifference to pressing national issues. His media chat through which he communicated was often a piquant mélange of dull and hotheaded rhetoric. Through the years, his appearances became events, where all he does is to amuse himself. We must give him credit though, unlike most politicians, he means whatever he says.

Barely three months after he was sworn in, in 2011, Mr. Jonathan showed he had none of the raw materials of moral sentiment required of a President. When he was asked if the attack on the United Nations building in Abuja will have any adverse effect on the image of Nigeria, the president said, “Of course, wherever you have terrorist attack in any country, Nigeria is not an isolated case. Many countries have suffered from terrorists attacks, may be it is the turn of Nigeria. But we are on top of the situation”. He statement shocked Nigerians and caught us napping!

In June of 2012, in response to the question of public declaration of his assets; he showed he doesn’t riff on orthodoxies. “The issue of public asset declaration is a matter of personal principle…That is the way I see it, and I don’t give a damn about it, even if you criticise me from heaven. When I was the Vice President, that matter came up, and I told the former President, let’s not start something that would make us play into the hands of people and create an anomalous situation in the country.” How is that for a President? His response revealed a general lack of restraining inner core for someone holding a public office. The “I don’t give a damn” comment became his body language and the defining cliché of his presidency.

When questioned on poverty, the President did not waste time to state his objectively disordered view. “I visited Kenya recently on a state visit and there was a programme for Nigerian and Kenyan business men to interact and the number of private jets that landed in Nairobi that day was a subject of discussion in Kenyan media for over a week…If you talk about ownership of private jets, Nigeria will be among the first 10 countries, yet they are saying that Nigeria is among the five poorest countries… Some of you will experience that there is an amount of money you will give to a Nigerian who needs help and will not even regard it and thank you but if you travel to other countries and give such an amount, the person will celebrate.” Wow! By this time Nigerians knew, they have entered “one chance”. Every interview of his, became a tour de force performance where arrogance and inane cattiness were at play.

Have you ever wondered why corruption thrived and became official policy under Goodluck Jonathan? The answer is not far fetched. He believes there is no corruption in Nigeria, he can only think of thieves. With his peculiar doctoral distinction, he said: “What many Nigerians refer to as corruption is actually stealing. Stealing is not the same thing as corruption.” Throughout his presidency, he was star-struck by the résumé of his cabinet members and content with spending his presidential days in the BarcaLounger while his unelected women take control of the country. Hear him, “CNN has said our economy is growing. The best Economists are at the World Bank. Now you have all these Nigerian economists talking nonsense. Do they know better than CNN or World Bank?” When calls mounted for the petroleum minister to appear before the legislators, he said; “The Petroleum Minister has appeared before the Parliament for over 200 days…in the Nigerian Parliament you’ll agree with me that there is more politics than work.” On the alleged $20billion that was not remitted to the Federation account, brought to light by former Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the President came out swinging. He was more eager to discredit Sanusi than investigate his thieves. “Twenty billion dollars is a lot of money. If you steal $20 billion today, America will know. It is their money. Where will you hide the money? Even Dangote that is celebrated as the richest man in Africa today can not produce such amount of money…”

At every media appearance, questions for the President ranged from security to the economy and infrastructural provisions. Of course, he botched everything. From the half-hearted state of emergency, the Buni Yadi Killing to the Chibok girls abductions. He was totally indifferent to the brutality of terrorism and the mass slaughter in the North-East. “We believe that wherever these girls are, we will get them out. What we request is maximum cooperation from the parents and the guardians of these girls. Up till this time, they have not been able to come out clearly to give the police the identity of the girls that are to return. The police have records of 44 of them, while the principal mentioned to me on Saturday night that 53 have returned but the police have record of 44. I recently set up a committee to go to Borno State, we will provide the security.” What!

Here are some of his memorable quotes:
“The PDP must win the south west and salvage the region from rascals.”
“If I go there or send any of my ministers they will just kill you.”
“Niger Delta militants are not terrorists, they have a reason for their agitations.”
“I met Asari-Dokubo for the first time in the State House. Whenever we call them they come.”
“They are making provocative statements that will set this country ablaze. How can someone tell me that such people are senior citizens. They are not senior citizens and they can never be. They are ordinary motor park touts.”
“If you put a goat where yam is, it will eat it, if you put people where money is, they will steal it”

I asked my friends on Facebook to list the stupidest things done or said by Jonathan that ruined his presidency. Each and everyone of the above statements from Mr. Jonathan were cited. No one captured the public persona presented to the world by the President better than Lekan Ogundipe. He wrote, “He gained notoriety with his malapropism, inverted logic, colourlessness, disingenuosness, character deficiency, shameless dramatisation of his moronic propensities, high-profile stupidly, paradoxical mental laziness and intellectual hollowness and brazen corruption. In all these, he ranks unbeaten as the most unpresidential President Nigeria will ever have. Surely he and his wife deserve a joint award for comical ineptitude!” What more can I add?

The Jonathan presidency is a costly joke on us. As it is, the Buhari presidency will have its work cut out for it. The treasury is empty! Unless they prosecute the major actors, the stolen money is gone for good. Last week Mr. Jonathan revealed his sense of humour by saving the best for the last as defined in his practical postulations to his party members on stomach politics. He said, “So I encourage members of our party to remain loyal to the party, not to be so disillusioned because we lost presidential election and decide to go where they think they will fill their stomachs or something. It’s not easy. I have been here for five years plus, you hardly satisfy even 15 percent of those who work for you…So those people running and those already cross-carpeting, they will come back on an empty stomach because they will touch the primary members of their party, before they get to you. They know you are coming because you are hungry, before it will get to you the food will be gone.” This is the rallying philosophy of the Jonathan’s presidency. Unfortunately it took us 6years of unprecedented plunder to find out.

Soon, it will be May 29 and Jonathan will join the rank of ex-Presidents and most certainly cast himself as a statesman, but we know better. History will not be kind to him. He will be remembered as a prisoner of two islands: his pockets and his women. He will be cast as an eunuch, without values nor beliefs, who clanked hard on Nigeria for ill. We will remember him for knitting religion into our political fabric to the point of disintegration and his lack of moral leadership will not escape our minds. For a long time to come, we will remember his tired, senseless and scattered rhetoric. It helped us rid this country of him.

Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú maintains a weekly column on Politics and Socioeconomic issues every Tuesday. She is a member of Premium Times Editorial Board. Twitter @olufunmilayo

HBP koo, HBP nii

You are deceiving yourselves, all of you that ruined the economy
Compilation of all your deeds is going on; all of you Gej ministers.

Read:

...A good friend just shared this with me now! "I was in a meeting here in Washington DC when I almost fell out of my seat at one part of the briefing from a CIA staff. He submitted that Nigeria leaders own property all over the US and that some f those property are so expensive only very rich Americans can afford them. Then, as an example, how this impacts national security, he cited a choice property (worth millions of dollars) that sits right next to CIA headquarters in Langley owned by the Nigerian National Security chief, Dasuki."

This is how the money that should have equipped the Nigerian Army and saved the lives of very many gallant soldiers is siphoned off and wasted in buying buildings that they will hardly spend 5 years inside in a lifetime.