I have no doubts in my mind that Gov Oshiomhole of Edo State is scared about the Good governance tour.
He feels threatened that the tour may finally burst the bubble about the hype surrounding his mediocre performance in Edo Srate.

Binary:
Do you know what you are talking at all? what relevant does their tour be to Edo people? If not to squander Edo people... He his not refusing them, let the FG sponsor the tour.. Period...they can't fooled us for so long....

You guys don't even understand the issue at stake. Nobody has called Adams to sponsor the tour. The tour is being sponsored by the FG in collaboration with Governors forum, a group that has Adams as member. The National Assembly voted money for the tour so it should not be as if Maku is relying on Edo tax payers money. But it is the practice that Governors accommodate the minister in the Government lodge and take care of the media men that cover the tour on behalf of print/electronic media houses in Nigeria. This clarification was made by a senior official of the ministry on radio this afternoon.

blacksta: Away from theory.

In reality everybody knows tours like these in Nigeria is simply an avenue for some 120 crooked fellows to enrich themselves under the guise of GGT. Oshi Baba is simply saying folks not today , i cannot afford it maybe try next month

Most of you don't know how to talk. You call journalist crooked fellows? That's bad.

Jonathan is trying his best to transform Nigeria. However, many critics are blinded to this reality. Key sectors like Agriculture, Education, Energy, Aviation, TRansport and power are receiving major attention.
Many road projects like Benin-Ore, Enugu-Ph. Kano-Maidugri abandoned by previous administrations are under rehabilitation by Jonathan led administration.
In Transport, for a very long time train services have resumed operations along major routes like Lagos-Kano. it's indeed remarkable
The woman in Aviation is working hard with her renovation works on the airports. I visited Benin Airport and was happy at the face lift which wasn't there before. I heard its like that in most of our our airports. That is encouraging.
more universities are being built across Nigeria. Things can only get better.

This is another unintelligent attack against Maku who is considered as the leading voice in president Jonathan's media war. I wonder why critics are so obsessed with him. The whole plot was thinly veiled and manifests in his designation as number one public official on the so called list. the likes of Babangida and Ribadu were involved just to lend credibility to the list.

It appears this is the latest strategy in series of plots to cut down the rising popularity of the minster.Many of such were tried last year but it failed woefully.

Countryman93: Madam OBY, Mr Maku is damn right. You decided to conceal the full details of those accounts all in a desperate but failed bid to cast the present govt in bad light.
The figures you quoted are actually false and incompatible with the figures available at CBN.

Secondly, you did not tell the public truth about how much is remaining on the accounts today. Excess Crude Acvount stood at 9 billion dollars last December. See
http://www.ventures-africa.com/2012/12/nigerias-excess-crude-account-savings-double-to-9-billion/

It is contrary to the bad impression you have created about GEJ as glutton who squandered all the money in Excess crude Account.

Thirdly, it is also general knowledge that external reserves now is 44 billion dollars.

You know quite well that Yardua shared a huge chunk of this money between 2007-2010 but you technically dragged Jonathan to it because of his position as vice president.
Would you in all fairness, ascribe any mismanagement of funds in ECA or FOreign reserve to Namadi Sambo or Atiku in his days as vice president?

Fine analysis. Sure, Oby Ezekwesili has serious malicious intent in making the speech. She wants to use it to score a cheap political point but it won't work.
Why didn't she say whatever she had to say during Yaradua's time. Because the bulk of the money was spent in that era. She just went dumb then and just recovered her voice after Obj had issues with Jonathan.

Bukkyade: Àwón Òlófofò tì dé ooo! Sahara reporters and useless gossip. Wetin be dem own over Maku's testimony? Perhaps, they wished Maku to be in that Ill fated helicopter and much to their disappointment he wasn't. Im beginning to add up one or two things from this Sahara gossip.

Prior to that crash, a topic came up here on Nairaland with the header " RIP LABARAN MAKU" I joined in condemning the op for wishing an obvious performer dead. Somehow the crash later happened that weekend. So is it a case of the witch cried in the night and the pikin nearly died in the morning?

Whatever, I'm happy that Maku, contrary to the expectation of witches And wizards including Sahara, survived the crash.

Abi ooo!

Mekusnwa: The good governance tour is one of his ideas that I really admire so much. It has caused so much noise, but you will believe me that it is actually achieving the set goal of making people aware of their surrounding and projects around them.

Initially, I did not like the tour either. I saw it as a jamboree and unnecessary showmanship but when I saw the revelations from the tour on Nairaland, I picked interest.
I think that was the visit to plateau state. So many projects were on display by Jonah Jang. I never knew that Jang had done that much in that troubled state. I was shocked.
Then I decided to watch the plateau Town hall meeting on NTA. Both Maku and Jang were on hot seat answering questions from the large audience and viewers.
A whole lot of issues were raised ranging from insecurity, basic social amenities, abandoned projects, and the non payment of salaries to local government employees in the state.

I was happy with the way Jang handled the questions with much confidence and humor. Maku also did well. At the end of the day, people left the hall with satisfactory answers and that is the stuff participatory democracy is made of. Since that time, I don't miss it. But for some time now, I have not heard about the tour again.

Another useless propaganda stunt by a guerilla online newspaper. I wonder how these people still manage to vend falsehood to gullible Nigerians.
Sometime last 2 months, Sahara reporters sold these lies and it was heavily poop pooed on this platform.
They resiled and when it appeared that the dust had settled, they brought it up again under this piece. Very unintelligent of Sowore.

There is compelling evidence to show that Maku Indeed led a succesful parade on the streets of new York. Even the organizers came out publicly to deny Sahara reporters and affirmed the success of the rally.

First, this is a very laughable move to discredit the National Good Governance which we all have been following on Nairaland and which has served as a potent yardstick for the measurement of Govt's performance in all states. I'm one of those who support the present Minister's approach to information disemination. He is not one that makes noise or sings jingles and propaganda like the infamous rebranding project of his predecessors.

He is having Nigerians experience new frontiers in the art of information dissemination. Earlier in the year, Maku started with Ministerial platform which offered us an opportunity to assess each minister on their performance.
Everyday, each minister was made to give an account of their stewardship to the public and the programme was aired live on major TV Channels. It was a pragmatic approach that also gave the audience an opportunity to ask questions and exchange views with their ministers. I recall that I learnt of the YOUWIN project during that programme. It was also during that session that a suspected bomber was apprehended at the gate of the venue.

Then came this National Media tour or whatever. At first, I had reservations over the tour because I considered it premature. But Having followed the tour on Nairaland and watched both the Nassarawa and Plateau town hall meetings, I was impressed with the tour. Nothing could be more innovative of an Information Minister.

Nkechi Mba, the president of NCWS, was right on point there. Govts at levels should Endeavour to emulate Jonathan's committment to 35% women affirmative action by appointing women into key positions in their various states.
GEJ has really tried with the likes of NOI, DIEZANI, REMI OYO, ARUNMAH OTEH, IFUEKO OMOIGUI, ONAGORUWA , STELLA ODUA, SARAH OCHEKPE, holding key positions at the federal level

Countryman93:
The guy still try ooo. You need to see the Benue state university structures that he has built. He also rebuilt that Makurdi -Naka road and put in solar streets lights all over the town.

So that is all he has to offer for 6 years as Governor of Benue state. Poor! I m watching his commissioner of information telling lies at that town hall meeting. The orange processing plant had long been completed even before Suswam came in as Governor. Akume built that plant and handed it over to Transcorp in 2005. I hope to forward this question to them now. Suswam is a failure!

From all indications, Benue state govt recorded the least in achievements so far. I wonder what Suswam is doing rather than showing off himself and forming fine boy

I noticed that One project appears to lace through all the states visited so far. Each of the states have always showcased various water treatment plants and dams executed by both the federal and state governments. That means the Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe is working too. Its a salute to womanhood. All the women in President Jonathan's government are not disappointing at all.
Ruqayyatu is holding it down with her reforms in curriculum, Almajiri school projects, increases funding of varsities etc.
NOI is holding it down with her fiscal reforms, bio metric evaluations, verification of subsidy claims, SWF, increased Foriegn reserves base, timely Budgeting etc
Oduah is holding it down with her massive reconstruction and remodelling of 11 terminals in Nigeria. She has commissioned the GAT in Lagos, Benin, Yola, Kano, Enugu, Abuja will soon be commissioned too.
Diezani is holding it down with her sanitisation of the oil industry with probes and formulation of New PIB

I'm watching the programme live on NTA. Right now, the NUJ president is addressing the gathering

The truth is that most people don't bother to find out about the activities of government. Many are stuck on Facebook,twitter, Nairaland, and BB all day criticising Jonathan without any proper knowledge of what is going on. Nigeria is a vast country. It is easy to see developmental projects embarked upon by a state Governor in his capital than to see the efforts of FG across the length and breadth of the country. Somebody in Lagos can only assess what the govt is doing in Plateau through the media which could be very unreliable.

This National Good Governance tour offers both critics and praise singers alike the opportunity to make an assessment of both the state and federal government in each state.
It behoves on those close to these project sites to ascertain the veracity of govts claims with regards to the projects. If it is true, let them come to Nairaland and confirm. If it is a lie, let's have it exposed on Nairaland. That is the best way to go about it.

Countryman93:

Falana blasted the National assembly saying, 'The National Assembly can assert itself without being unnecessarily frivolous'. He further advised them to direct resolutions to government agencies concerned rather than dumping resolutions on the Presidency and distracting him all the time.

The way Tambuwal became frivolous during his vote of thanks at budget presentation. The speaker just went off on a tangent attacking the president over a benchmark which was yet to be considered by the whole house. Tambuwal is just a principal leader of the house of the House of Representatives and not the House itself. The proper thing to do is to accept the budget and table it before the House later for consideration.
He could lead and influence debate on the budget as he wishes, not to lord it over the president during submission. It was very wrong.

It is understandable that PDP which is the largest political party in Africa will have little problems and unguarded utterances from some of its members.
It's easier to manage a nuclear family of 5 like ACN Than to manage a polygamous family of 27 like the PDP.
But thatnothwitstanding, I still cherish the Political values of PDP than the dictatorial tendencies of Tinubu and ACN.

In PDP, there is equal opportunity for growth and expression of opinions unlike ACN. no body coughs in ACN. TINUBU calls the shots, plays the piper, dictates the tunes, and even force people to like the tune. So absurd.
Look at how he imposed Akeredolu on ACN in Ondo because Mimiko failed to reward him for doling out millions of pounds to bribe Salami

This LIE MOHAMMED of a guy is just so shameless. He behaves like an amebo. When real men are politicking, he is just joining issues with women groups. He talks too much like a woman.
Why would he be obstructing the operations of Odumakin and co, if ACN doesn't have something sinister up their sleeves?

I stand with SANUSI on this one.
I opposed subsidy removal in January but now I have realized we made a big mistake then.
I have come to understand these issues better since then.
We need to open up the oil sector to deregulation where the market forces of supply and demand will dictate price.
Private refineries need to come on board and they can't come in unless government desists from subsiding importation.

BUT BEFORE THEY GO AHEAD, LET THEM DO MASSIVE ENLIGHTENMENT

Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies.lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies.
I just wonder when people will be wise enough to stop falling for these diet of lies by Saharareporters.

SAHARA reporters has lied again. In fact, they keep lying everyday. They said an ambulance was sent to return patience Jonathan back home today but all Na lie.
Nothing like that happened.

It was absolutely necessary for GEJ to address the nation on the flood issue. If it were in America, the president would also do same over a natural disaster which is ravaging the entire nation.

TRANSPERANCY AT WORK. tell us how much you they give them all. While haters keep hating.

musKeeto: I was disappointed. I thought he wanted to announce Dame's death...

Just a repeat of the usual Nigerian response to adversity: Spend more money...

;D WITCHES and WIZARDS. your plan no work.
Madam dey kamkpe dey flex for Germany which you no fit go for your life.

Vogue50: Because we are not accustomed to brief presidential speeches like this , we consider it unnecessary and Improvised. Every leader has his or her own way to govern and shouldn't be misconstrued when he opts to thread on an unconventional path. For me , this act does not diminish his personality as the president or make him appear common rather depicts how a leader should behave by being submissive and reachable to his people.
He made the speech to assure the nation of governments commitment to fight and curb this prevailing flood disaster .He also made known to Nigerians that 17.6billion has been embarked to check and forestall Subsequent disaster.
This funds will be allocated as follows : 13.3billion naira for States , 4.3billion naira for Federal Govt and Agencies .
A comitee on flood relief and rehabilitation has been set up by the federal government to assist Govt raise funds to mitigate the poor and ensure the effect of post impact rehabilitation of victims.

They are yet to understand that things have changed. No more lengthy boring speeches. Straight to the point. Hit the nail on the head and we get down to business. That is the stuff transformation agenda is made of . No time

Bad belle people don start to wonder. They are at a loss as to how Mr President avoided their well prepared criticisms over the flooding ravaging most states innNigeria.
The president was intelligent enough to stop them in their tracks with this broadcast. He beat them to it.

The likes of Lai Mohammed, the monarchical spokesman of Tinubu's company-ACN, will be fumming in anger by now. He must have scripted a masterpiece on Jonathan's insensitivity to the flooding confronting Nigeria. but little did he know that we have a president who has gone beyond mere speeches to create a fund to tackle this challenge comprehensively.
Who says there is vacancy in 2015?

naptu2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiow64UjuQQ

Thank you brother for supplying this link. It shows how clueless and dumb some people on this thread are. A TelePrompTer is used by Presidents across the world.
Jonathan's own did not even crash like Obama's and you guys came here to hate and make noise.
I wonder what would have happened if Jonathan's TelePrompTer crashed. Maybe you guys would have invaded Aso Rock to chunk off his neck. Fowls!

Let him just sustain this remarkable improvement on power nationwide. Complete the construction of the 4 new airports and 11 terminals. Complete ongoing Benin-Ore road, Abuja-Lokija, East-west, I will give him my humble vote