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^^^The fact that I am typing this powered by PHCN who have been giving us consistent power for the past month is enough proof for you. cant remember when last I used a gen. I am hoping my gen will not rust soon. The guys at the filling station near my house are not happy at all as business has been bad. Before now and since January, is has been hell. Sometimes, no light for 4,5 days. I've called up my friends in various parts of Lagos and they all say the same thing. That is down the result of the effort the power minister has put in in so short a time he has been there. He booted out the CE of the Olorunshogo power plant about 3 weeks ago for incompetence and the plant has since started working appreciably again thereby adding more power to the Lagos supply. This in so short a time. w era not there yet but we pray they will sustain it and grow it. The president has reiterated his resolve to finish the privatization process. The companies have already bid and the process is on. So lets wait and see and enjoy good power supply meanwhile.

Donlittle:
where was i discussing if it was recorded?
bruz i will be here 2015 to see jonah progress
and i hope to be put to shame   

Thats the beauty of democracy. Choices. Most of us took a chance when we voted GEJ. We didnt vote him because we thought he was perfect. We considered many factors and made a "business" decision. In life you have to make decisions and take risks. Thats what many of us did. We considered people like Buhari and felt we could not live with those. He is trouble and is too sectarian and acts before he thinks. I dont have to write more reasons here. We also considered people like Ribadu and concluded that he was not ripe. Nigerians dont like wild cards. I personally like Ribadu but he looks a like wild card and a light weight. Jonathan to most people, represents calmness, focus and a sense of a new Nigeria. It isnt that we are hundred percent certain, but that is life for you, you consider the odds and make a decision. He has shown a lot of signs that we may be very right even in the midst of the fiercest distractions and dangers, he remains calm and foccused. That is what some interpret as inaction. Have you ever heard the saying that "empty vessels make the loudest noise"? If he fails, we will gladly turn against him. No politician is 100% perfect. I have 1001 genuine things I can critizize Fashola about. In fact, the solar street lights in My area was a big fraud. The lights only worked for a few weeks and went bad. Even when they worked they wer worse than candle light. That is millions gone down the drain. But there are also other stuff he has gotten right. It is only when the bad becomes too much that we can then go head long with him and batter him.

Make no mistake. Unlike what some of you say on NL, most Nigerians dont see GEJ as part of the old brigade. He actually represents the new and everything he has done and the way he has comported himself suggest that. Many of you think he should just go out and start to fight with the old leaders of Nigeria to show that he is really a new breed. That will be foolish and will be  a distraction. He should just build a new Nigeria. I liked it when he said yesterday that Nigerians are actually hard working and that if they get 24 hours light, they will generate money and grow the economy. Most people were suprised he could think that way. It shows he has been there and knows where the shoe pinches.

Donlittle:
na wa o, and una sure say nigeria go better, and will be criminal free, with your own talk? chai naija, we are heading no wherehis plans? did he put is plans into practice?
he said this during the election interview on NTA, didnt he?
i hope this is a joke :-Xlets give him time nau, til the next six years
as omo ppl they talk, he go better, he go better, na him no make omo igbo leave ajegunle for almost 20 years
hin go betta, one day!

Do you know what it means to be petty? Thats what you are right now, petty. Discussing if it was recorded or live is very petty and childish in the midst of more serious issues like the issues the president raised. I is so disgraceful that you did not even spend any effort to try to analyse the presidents talk if they are good enough but you are willing to discuss beer pallour topics like, was it recorded or live?. You really have a small mind.

^^^Spot on bro! Actually NL is filled with hypocritical politicians and political affiliates who claim they are the masses. They are not the masses as they have enough money to pay for full monthly internet connection and run generators continuously. That is why they can hang in here and insult the president. They are not hungry or suffering. They are actually interested parties in this whole political fight.

Jencejyde:
Word!

Nothing but admiration for those words of yours.

Like hey dont know the meaning of planning and how it translates into taking action, too tired to type now but men, i have to hand it some peeps on NL, simply intelligent!

How intelligent is a man who does not understand that planing is part of taken action? The past governments didnt plan. Planning is part of the action. A project consists of planning-design-implementation-review-maintenance. Stop saying they are only planning and not taking action. That is a wrong statement as planning in part of taken action

kodewrita:
Enough of the chitchat gentlemen, lets stay with the facts.
Please learn from presidents elsewhere who CLEARLY DIDNT PLAN if we are to believe you.

Theodore roosevelt 100 days:
[list]
[li]A national bank holiday: The day after his inauguration, FDR declared a "bank holiday," closing all banks in the country to prevent a collapse of the banking system. With the banks closed, Roosevelt took measures to restore the public's confidence in the financial systems; when the banks reopened a week later, the panic was over.[/li]
[li]Ending the gold standard: To avoid deflation, FDR quickly suspended the gold standard.
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[li]Glass-Steagall Act: The Glass-Steagall Act imposed regulations on the banking industry that guided it for over fifty years, until it was repealed in 1999.
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[li]FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Commission backed all bank deposits up to $2500, meaning that most bank customers no longer had to worry that a bank failure would wipe out their life savings
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[li]Federal Securities Act: This act regulated the stock markets and preceded the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934, which continues to regulate U.S. stock markets to this day.
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[li]Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide relief to farmers by paying them to reduce production; this also helped to reduce crop surpluses and increase prices for crops
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[li]Civilian Conservation Corps To reduce unemployment, put 250,000 young men to work in rural conservation projects, mostly in national parks and forests
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[li]Tennessee Valley Authority to provide electrification and other basic improvements the impoverished interior of the South.
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[li]National Industrial Recovery Act created new agencies and regulations that tightened the relationship between government and business.
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[li]created Public Works Administration to fund the construction of public works projects across the country
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[li]passed the Federal Emergency Relief Act to provide direct relief, training and work for unemployed Americans. [/li]
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Obama 100 days.
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[li]Pass economic stimulus plan that includes balanced tax relief for working people and investments in jobs, education, healthcare, roads and bridges - DONE [/li]
[li]* Pass SCHIP so more children have the healthcare they need - DONE[/li]
[li]* Strengthen the voice of Americans to fight discrimination with the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - DONE[/li]
[li]* Pass a budget that puts a real down-payment toward guaranteeing the quality, affordable healthcare Americans deserve - DONE[/li]
[li]* Provide a significant investment in green jobs as a pathway to a strong middle class and a sustainable future - DONE [/li]
[li]Ordering the closing of Guantanamo Bay military detention facility and abolishing "enhanced interrogation techniques." [/li]
[li]Setting a fixed timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat forces from Iraq. [/li]
[li]Ordering 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan and enlisting, with modest new assistance, European allies in a new multi-layered strategy there and in Pakistan. [/li]
[li]"Returning science to its rightful place" by lifting the Bush restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research. [/li]
[li]Lifting travel and remittance restrictions for Cuban Americans who seek to travel more frequently to the island and send more US currency to their immediate family. [/li]

[li]Revocation of Bush Executive Order on Regulatory Review. On January 30, President Obama revoked a Bush administration executive order on regulatory review that essentially enabled political appointees at the White House's OMB to override agencies' rulemaking in order to undermine everything from worker safety to environmental protection. As explained in one environmental newsletter, "President Barack Obama has tossed a Bush-administration executive order that had strengthened the White House's role in federal rulemaking, Members of Congress, regulatory watchdog groups and other advocacy organizations have argued that the Bush amendments allowed the White House to stop important health and safety rules."
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[li]
Executive Orders: Federal Contractors. On January 30, President Obama signed three executive orders, including those that aim to reverse a Bush order aimed at limiting union representation on federal contracts; and moved to prevent federal contractors from being reimbursed for unionbusting propganda compaigns during collective bargaining.
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[li]
Executive Order: Project Labor Agreements. On February 6, President Obama signed an executive order overturning the Bush administration's ban on project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal and federally funded construction. Project labor agreements set wages and establish work rules and methods of settling grievances on large multi-contractor construction projects. For more than 70 years before the Bush order, project labor agreements benefited
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[li]
lifted the Global Gag Rule, a Reagan-era policy that withheld funding from any group that referred a woman for an abortion, most of which were family planning providers.
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[li]
signed legislation to restore access to affordable birth control for college-age women who, statistics show, are most in need of it
[/li]
[li]Leading a global response to the economic crisis through the G20, obtaining commitments of $1.1 trillion to safeguard the world’s most vulnerable economies;
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[li]
unified policy implementation in South Asia by appointing Ambassador Richard Holbrooke United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan; Holbrooke wasted no time, quickly traveling to the region for a listening tour involving all the key players
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[li]
additional $15 billion in investments in energy and efficiency projects, and increased funding for rail – on top of the $8 billion for Amtrak in the stimulus – in order to create a "world-class passenger rail system" across the country
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Goodluck Jonathan?
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[li]?[/li]
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1. Again ignorant posts like these take us no where. First you are comparing apples and oranges. How on earth can you compare Rosevelt to Goodluck. Maybe you took it off the clueless guy talking in AIT. Rosevelt was presiding over a country that was not only in a full blown recession/meltdown but also at a time when financial institutions where not as sohphisticated as you have now not the sophisticated modern country structures you have today. Do you know what will be the effect of closing down the banks in 2011. This is not 1933 my friend. What was the population of America in 1933. Completely clueless comparisons. You cant make such declarations in a modern society except you have to first declare a state of emergency in the country.

2. Obama? Obama my foot. Are you refering to the guy that has literarily taken the US to the cleaners? Please can you try another example? Obama as an example is a very terrible one. The guy has no clue of economics and is well on his way to becoming one of the worst American presidents. And the examples of laws you even listed Obama passed was funny. Many of these laws have been going thru the house for years. Just like the minimum wage, electoral act, FOI and many other bills that have been passed in GEJ's time. So why didnt you also list the ones passed during GEJ time or would it make your points look silly?. It is sad that many of you cannot give balanced and fair contributions. That is why the whole country is in a mess

2. You even went on to list that he Ordered the closing of Guantanamo Bay military detention facility and abolishing "enhanced interrogation techniques." A move that has not been implemented going into his final year in office because it was a f00lish one just like many other things you listed. He still has not been able to withdraw American troops from Afghan and Iraq with all his campaign bragging. He is even participating in news wars. Please stop using Obama to compare anyone. He is inept.

3. If those are what you categorize as 100 days achievements, Jonathans own will fill the screen and over:

FOI bill
18, 000 Minimum wage
Electoral Act
Constitutional Review
Pensions Act
Banking Reforms
Commissioning of new power stations
Commencement of new rail project
Launch of 2 new Nigerian satellites for ICT, flood and disaster control and other uses
Abolition of fuel scarcity nationwide
Full implementation of Niger Delta amnesty program
Launch of new country agricultural scheme
Creation of new universities
ICPC finally taking Tinubu to trial for corruption - lol

Demdem:
since u didnt watch the broadcast, i will wait for those who watch is to corroborate it. however, earlier on this thread someone had already spotted it out. Kindly check.

We all watched the broadcast and he didnt do what you have posted. He didnt give any one line answer to any question. It is sad that you are willing to post falsehood out of your bad belle for this man. All his answers where elaborate. The grammer didnt matter as some here have tried to point out to us. We understood him. If you want grammer, go and watch Senator Obaigbona on Youtube. The president gave the most elaborate explanation of the various ministries in Nigeria I have ever heard from a Nigerian President and I was amazed at his knowledge of Oil, Agric, Rail and Power sectors. He even gave minute details that many have never heard before. His ability to bring everthing together was phenomena. I have watched Fashola on TV discussing issues several times and the only thing I think Fashola surpassed the president in is his English. The president showed far more knowledge of the workings of the system than Fashola has ever shown. So dont come here posting bullcrap. we didnt vote for a grammarian but for a revolutionary leader. Let him be and allow him give us his best. Whether it was live or recorded was completely irrelivant. That is actually a very petty thing to talk about and only shows how petty and bereft of news sites like saharareporters are.

^^^First as an intelligent person which I like to assume you are, can you give a reasonable planning and assessment period for a major project like say a power plant or an agricultural project or a major road? and then contrast that against the duration the president and especially the minsters have come on duty? please be very very truthful so we know how realistic you are.

Secondly, how can you say improvement in Lagos power supply is down to Fashola? are you that partisan that you have become delusional? Does Lagos now have a commissioned power plant? so where is Fashola providing the power from? or how is Fashola providing the power? The only state that currently has a privately commissioned power plant is rivers and akwa ibom in near the commisioning stage. evry other state that is interested are still planning and designing and have just had the necessary approval from the FG just recently. The FG is even planning to enact enabling laws so the states can function as full private partners in the power project.

^^^Am glad you even noticed he has improved in his talking. So what action are you expecting? he should carry an AK47 and go to jos or borno to fight? What is your definition of action? Is planing and design not part of the action in a project? I dont get your point

ShipIt:
what proof do you have that something is being done. have you been visiting the ministries and supervising them to know they are doing something? I have empirical evidence to support my claim, That evidence is Nigeria's track record, What makes you think this time is going to be much different.

Plenty of proof and signs bro. I have been following the president and ministers who have been holding intense meetings over the last 2 months. Almost all the minsters have been making unprecedented visits to various sites in their ministries. one such visit led the minster of power to find out and change the non performing CE of the Olorunshogo power plant and the restoration of some of the plants functionality which has led to the addition of more power to the Lagos axis. Of course I know you dont follow these intense progress because you are a cynic and pessimist who only gets satisfaction in criticizing.

CyberG:
Come back in 3 years and see if anything of his mega, high-sounding promises have been kept.

Is that what you wish for Nigeria? It will not come to pass. Those of you wishing Nigeria will not make it will be disappointed this time

Honestly i do not even need to wait for 3 years. I am right here in my house enjoying a tremedous improvement in power supply because of the recent stations that have gone live. That is already a promise kept and I can only pray to God to give the president the grace to do more and sustain what has been done. I am not a hopeless unpatriotic cynic like you

So the kerosine price that has come down to between 65 to 80naira, is it an angek that did it? or the light that has improved all over lagos, is it America that did it? or the rails that have started working, is it spirits that did it? why cant you talk intelligently?

So what proof do you have that nothing is being done. have you been visiting the ministries and supervising them to know they are doing nothing?

Any laws passed recently?, (silence)

Any sacred cows put to the sword?, (even more silence).

Any major pending projects commissioned and completed ?, (the silence is getting irritating).

Any new major forward-looking policy changes in sports, (sound of the breeze)

In power, (still silence)

In mining, (silence).

Main output: Plans, communiques, retreats, strategy sessions, intentions, goals, aims, reasons, motives, anything but action.

ShipIt:
Enough said, But just to add: 18 months is enough to start seeing changes but what positive changes have you noticed? Let me highlight a few negative ones
Security is getting worse

Power is being "sabotaged"

Foreign reserves are dropping

Domestic investigations are bring carried out by FOreign agencies

President needs Israeli bodyguards, not even Nigerian

The constitution was recently breached ( salami)

I can just go on like this for days bug what's the point.
The only magic in question is how GEJ is going to turn things around within the next four years,

Posts like these really makes me sad. so you want them to send you a text message daily showing you their daily activities or what? Like the president said in the interview that some people are asking for what the SSS and others are doing. how can the SSS post their briefs of terrorist intelligence gathering to the public? Ignorance they say is a disease.

And the slowpoke ended with the bolded statement and called meetings and plannings and all other stuff inaction. The guy just showed he either hasnt worked in a coporate environment or i probably a gateman or receptionist at best. The first action in any project is the planning and design. You dont jump on the road and start to do stuff. The planning stage is normally like 40 to 60 percent, depending on the type of project.

They tell you their plans and you say there is too much talk, no action. they dont say anything but are doing their job and you say they are silent. cynics are the worst kind of people in any society and they never contribute, they only criticize

Lexusgs430:
I must admit, I have not seen the intetview. But let us cut all the I will I will, and start acting, then I will believe !!!

What is your definition of action? Isnt the planning and meetings part of the action?

If you have ever been part of a project, you should know that a project life cycle includes. planning, design, implementation, review and maintenance. The planning and design stages are normally refered to as silent or salient stages.

^^^Please go and watch the presidents interview of yesterday and come back and tell us if he sounded clueless of visionless. Unless of course you are one the these NL cynics and pessimists

^^^You are one of those in NL that make Nigerians look foolish. Even if you bring in magicians, no country can develope in 4 years not to talk of eighteen months

So how long does a court process take even in the US. So how can you stamp out corruption in 18 months?
So how long does it take to plant a crop and harvest it that you can transform the agricultural landscape of a country of 150million in 18 months?
do you know how long it takes to setup a 50mega watt power plant even with all your money ready?
Or maybe you think we are in a military state where you can just go around shooting people or throwing people in jail?

Even if you are not intelligent please do try to sound like you are.

reindeer:
It wasnt live.
Another Gimmick from ''Mr Clueless''

And what is all this talk about it being live or recorded. what does that matter. how is that more important than what was said? They really say small minds discuss people and trivias. Imagine so called intelligent people majoring on the minors. Instead of them to analyse the statements and discuss it, they are arguing about live or recorded. how low and shameful.

Well honestly, it is a big plus and victory for GEJ if all they could fault in todays broadcast was that is was not really live. It show how very petty saharareporters is. And guys here still quote them as a news source. disgraceful.

GenBuhari:
18 months was enough for Fashola and Chime to start making a visible impact in their repective States.

Anything is possible if the will is there.

I live in Lagos, Fashola did nothing visible in 18months. except you want to lie to yourself. Even the street lights that they hurriedly put in place to make him look good are bad now. they had to replace the lights in allen and many parts of VI. The whole solar street lights they installed was a big fraud. they are not working anymore. Most of the things Fashola points to took effect around 2 and half years after he took over. even BRT WHICH WAS ACTUALLY PLANNED DURING TINUBU'S TERM. Fashola was also aided by the fact he served under Tinubu and had planned some of the projects then. And also, you cannot compare the state of Lagos to that of Nigeria.

Some folks still dont realise they cannot fight GEJ. The guy is bad luck for his enemies.

And what is all this talk about it being live or recorded. what does that matter. how is that more important than what was said? They really say small minds discuss people and trivias. Imagine so called intelligent people majoring on the minors. Instead of them to analyse the statements and discuss it, they are arguing about live or recorded. how low and shameful.

Well honestly, it is a big plus and victory for GEJ if all they could fault in todays broadcast was that is was not really live. It show how very petty saharareporters is. And guys here still quote them as a news source. disgraceful.

And even more stupid folks like the guy above spend their time picking out his gramatic mistakes. so its down to grammer now? no more issues eh? well it shows you are too shallow and bereft of any ideas. petty guys acting like gossips in a village farm road.

^^of course thats why you should trust him. is that not the same way Obama gained American trust? Ode

The whole thing about WikiLeaks is that it looks like beer parlour gossip - President Goodluck

-that my friend is a classic

Ten Kobo:
We are 'Too soon made glad', that's why we are cheated by the ruling class everyday, An interview that took several days to be rehearsed, that's what my people are celebrating. Is'nt this the reason we bought the PDP propaganda that GEJ is the fresh air, despite the fact that he had failed on the seat before the election.

Nobody is celebrating the broadcast. he gave very good answers to most questions and we all need answers that can give us hope. not a guarantee but hope is important. and we can also know what the road map is. many have been harping here about him not dishing out any plan, there you go. plan all served. and also we can have something to hold him on if he does not perform. but he has made so much sense and his grasp of the issues is so impressive.

Gbawe:
Stop spamming every thread saying the same thing. You are fast taking over from Beaf as GEJ's main sycophant. In case you have not noticed, no one is really interested in anything GEJ has to say. Insincerity and double talk have come to typify GEJ while things are abjectly bleak for Nigeria .

Thank you !!!!

e dey pain you? or you scared it will expose the likes of you? abi no freedom of speech again? Buhari/boko aram apologists

Anyone watching the STV/NTA GEJ interview. The man is a genius. I have never seen a president who knows so much details. Im very impressed

Anyone watching the STV/NTA GEJ interview. The man is a genius. I have never seen a president who knows so much details. Im very impressed

^^^You of course and many other jerks on here.

Watching GEJ on STV and NTA and wondering how anyone can compare this great guy with the mumu Buhari. He is so articulate and knows every inch of what he is saying. Hope NTA and STV will repeat this program and let these haters here watch and be ashamed

Watching GEJ on STV and NTA and wondering how anyone can compare this great guy with the mumu Buhari. He is so articulate and knows every inch of what he is saying. Hope NTA and STV will repeat this program and let these haters here watch and be ashamed

alj_harem:
i think u are drunk. where did you get that rubbish from

do you people just post rubbish on the internet who told u the north does not want a database

i think it is the east that has always fought against database. fact

This is the most laughable thing I have heard in a long time. The east doesnt want a database? who counts goats and cows during census? east or north? Who registers child voters? east or north? Who claims that population in the desert is more than population in the coastal areas? east or north? Who claims their family cannot be counted by census officials because of religious beliefs and have to give the census officials their own figures? east or north? So who will a national database base hurt? east or north?  shior!

And who do you think voted for GEJ in the north? mainly Northern christians and animist of course who hate Buhari with a passion because he represents the extremism that boko aram portray. more than 40 percent of the north are christians no matter what they try to make you believe. Thats why the north do not want a national database.

Ha! ogbeni! and out creeps Eko-Ile. The biggest of the Tinubu arse lickers and an avid tribalist amala politician. Long may you live to see the great Nigeria that GEJ is building. He even went as far as going around Lagos taking pictures of gardens and posting it as Fashola achievements. Ode!

alj_harem:
in your right sense really do you thing GEJ WOULD HAVE WON WITH SS AND SE votes

no think of it

if the some Northern states and SW states did not vote for GEJ, do u think he would have won. this is another tribal crap that has blinded your people

OK now please tell me the states GEJ WON apart from SS and SE

Lagos, ogun, ondo, oyo, kwara, abuja, ekiti, benue, etc

and 40% of all northern states so what tribalism are you talking about  

Your ignorance amazes me. So if GEJ got votes from SW does that mean it was yoruba votes? Did you notice the difference between the turnout for Presidential and Governorship elections. The GEJ votes from the SW were mostly non indigene votes. At the polling station were I voted, the ACN agent kept repeating that they were not really interested in the presidential elections and we should come for the governorship and see. He was very right. All the SW folks turned out for the governorship elections. Yoruba folks make up less than 40% of Lagos state.