malele: Political Adviser to the President, Ahmed Gulak, has said that as long as heavyweights in the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, were alive, the party will continue to retain its power and dominance.

He made this assertion when President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday hosted members of the People’s Democratic Party to a dinner on Thursday in commemoration of Democracy Day.

The event that was attended by leadership of the party, state governors, members of the National Assembly, and other prominent chieftains, was held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa.



While speaking, Gulak expressed the party’s desire to reclaim the states it lost to opposition parties through the courts.

He went on to promise the president that as long as those in attendance were alive, “we will not let governance slip out of our hands in our life time. The foot soldiers are ready to work for you”.

He stressed tha despite criticisms, “Nigerians are satisfied with his performance and the allegations by the opposition should be ignored. The PDP is the only party that has leadership across the country, this is the first time that a president would be presenting a mid-term report in this country”.

Gulak said the “foot soldiers” of the president have refused to fight back the criticism against the Jonathan administration because “the president has restrained them from fighting back, saying that president Jonathan has the “largest heart” as a political leader.


http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/06/01/as-long-as-we-are-alive-pdp-will-retain-power-gulak-promises-jonathan/

jmoore: Why only Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Mrs. Stella Odua?

SlyIg:

Take note pls, those that are against Goodluck are doing it cos they want to be in his position but not because they want to perform better than him.
If Goodluck has performed all these works upon the distractions from the boko haram and sponsors, how much more if he was working under a comfortable environ.

pro01:

Amaechi should go and "test his popularity" on the platform of another party. Inordinately aspiring to scheme his way to the PDP presidential ticket, in spite of the existence of an incumbent, is an act of insolence that deserves the harshest response from the incumbent . Democracy involves options, and thankfully, options (alternative political parties) are too numerous to mention. Let him take his ambition to another party. Why is this so hard?

qualified: What does he have against GEJ?
Why is most of them clamouring for a Northen candidate? I didnt read they wan him out cos of non-performance but they need a Northern candidate. SE and SS cant stay for complete 2 terms? Seriously, i am sick wit all these regional politics.
Dont worry sir, god-fathers dont make kings any more but GOD the Father does!

johnie:

And you made others lose extra 1MB by repeating the original post!

He said, "You people of Jigawa, once again, I congratulate you and I congratulate myself; because if you can say, yes, Obasanjo forced this one (Governor Lamido) on us, it is a goodforcing.

SLIDE waxie: u need to quote for me, exactly where he said this in Jigawa, and how Jonathan pone him and reply immediately! U journalists are morons!

ckkris:
Obasanjo PDP is finished.

Marco-P :


Just listen to yourself!
Trying so hard to ape frustrated Fashakin.
I wonder how many dictionaries he had to consult just to make his verbous nonsense high-sounding!

Why dissipate so much energy on an issue that Nigerians are not interested in?
Yet you assume Fashakin and his co-travellers are expressing the viewpoints of the general public. How wrong! I am part of the public, and you cannot speak for me.

If this amount of energy spent criticizing GEJ and his goverment is channeled into meaningful engagement like farming, I believe many anti-GEJ on Nairaland and elsewhere will be less frustrated.
Then, the likes of Fashakin and Lai Mohammed will not be looking for every little but irrelevant opportunity to seek cheap publicity.

Just my take...no hard feelings!

Sincere 9gerian: Former President Obasanjo preferred to be in Jigawa than in Abuja.

When top officials of the various arms of the Nigerian Government gathered on Wednesday to listen to President Goodluck Jonathan present the scorecard of his administration in the last two years, one notable absentee was observed.

The event, held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, was attended by Nigeria’s top five public officials but one, the fourth citizen by Nigeria’s official hierarchy.
Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives was conspicuously absent at a ceremony attended by Mr. Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, Senate President David Mark, and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mariam Mukhtar.

No reason was given for the speaker’s absence although it was later announced during the programme that he was represented by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Emeka Ihedioha.

Though a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party , Mr. Tambuwal has never really been a darling of the ruling party or indeed of the president.

“ ..the joke here (at the presidency) used to be that the Speaker is an APC man in PDP government,” a presidency source told PREMIUM TIMES, saying they were not surprised the speaker was absent.

Mr. Tambuwal’s election as speaker was opposed by both his party and allegedly the presidency; while he got the support of the opposition for his emergence as speaker.

Rumours have also been spread that the speaker is being considered as a presidential candidate of the APC, a merger of Nigeria’s largest four opposition parties, a claim the speaker denied.

However, Mr. Tambuwal’s spokesperson said there was no big deal to his principal’s non-attendance.
“Usually, the Speaker goes to his constituency on a day like this (Democracy Day) to interact with his people, there is no issue at all,” Imam Imam, Mr. Tambuwal’s spokesperson, said.

He said the Speaker left Abuja for Sokoto on Tuesday after the sitting of the House, and has commissioned some projects undertaken by Governor Wammako.

“In any case even the invitation sent, read the House of Reps, and the Deputy Speaker was there to represent the House, so it will be erroneous to assume that the Speaker shunned the event,” Mr. Imam added.

Mr. Tambuwal was, however, not the only major dignitary that shunned the event witnessed by ministers, lawmakers, foreign guests, and others, and broadcast live to millions of Nigerians.

Obasanjo, Babangida, Abdulsalami, Atiku too
At least four former heads of state: Olusegun Obasanjo, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, and Abdulsalami Abubakar, and a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, also shunned the event, which was used by the Jonathan administration to showcase its successes.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that they were all invited to the event.

While hundreds gathered for the event, Mr. Obasanjo, a leader of the PDP and one of Mr. Jonathan’s main backers in 2011 preferred to attend an event in Jigawa State.

Although no official reason was given for Mr. Obasanjo’s non-attendance in Abuja, he was present as Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa outlined the achievements of his administrationin the state. Mr. Lamido, also a member of the ruling party, is seen as a loyalist of Mr. Obasanjo and is believed to be one of the PDP Governors that voted against Jonah Jang, the PDP and presidency’s reportedly backed candidate for the chairmanship of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF.

Posters have already been circulated across various Nigerian states of a joint ticket of Mr. Lamido and Rotimi Amaechi for the2015 presidency, a move reportedly supported by Mr. Obasanjo. Mr. Amaechi, who won the NGF chairmanship election, is currently having a running battle with the presidency and the PDP leadership. He has since been suspended from the ruling party.

The Jigawa event was also attended by Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of the Central Bank, another person who has the backing of the opposition parties. Though serving in a PDP government, when Mr. Sanusi was being honoured with a traditional title in Kano, the event was largely attended by opposition leaders including Mr. Buhari and Mr. Tinubu.

Mr. Sanusi also preferred to attend the Jigawa event than attend one by Mr. Jonathan even though several achievements of the economic team of which he is a core member were being highlighted at the Abuja event

Read more
http://premiumtimesng.com/news/136838-tambuwal-obasanjo-babangida-others-shun-jonathans-midterm-report-presentation.html

njokusboy:

The opposition always seem more responsible than those in government because they re not in government themselves, all they have to do is sit down in the comfort of their bedrooms nd look for loopholes nd from experience, I know dat if loopholes are wat u are looking for, u invariably find one, why are Nigerians easily swayed by eloquent speeches nd smooth vocabulary so much so that they can't see issues for what they are, mindless propaganda intended to steal the hearts of gullible Nigerians nd win them to their side with the motive of gathering enough Pple to vote for them in 2015. As far as I am concerned dis guy has only succeeded in brainwashing ignorant Nigerians without making any relevant point. I am smart enough to see it for what it is, mindless propaganda and nothing more.

Mogidi: [size=14pt]Same people who laughed when Fashakin said Abati was a product of same-sex marriage are the same people crying here now.


Fire for Fire [/size].

Marco-P :


You again!

Well, my opinion about you remains unchanged...

Allowing your mother to go through the pain of child-bearing is nature's biggest mistake.
You ought to have been aborted.

Better still, why not convince us how much you and your ilks truly loath GEJ by jumping in front of a moving train.

njokusboy:

Politics is no business for kids, so if u re one, staying as far away from the newspaper is in order, you should be doing ur assignments or better still watching cartoons rather than looking up to the presidency for decency, making derogatory remarks and using insultive words are all part of politics especially if they re aimed at an opposition as long as it doesn't constitute libel nd defamation of character in d case of journalism.Obasanjo did say that babangida was a fool at 70, didn't he? If u re looking for a role model, ur parents should serve u well, political propaganda is not the right place to look for it.

killuminati: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww I made the first page...no rigging,free and fair. Glory,glory!

Marco-P :


No sir! You are absolutely wrong.
Show respect to the office of the president and his person...

Rather, allowing your mother to give birth to you is the biggest mistake nature has ever made.

Akiika:

Just curious, how come a consensus candidate lost an election we all saw in the video? Consensus means, 'We all agree", last time i checked 19 Governors of the "consensus" voted against him. Biko, let's argue intelligently .

compressor: 2ND SEMESTER EXAM. On Amechi Vs Jonathan

Course tittle: CHM 215 (THERMODYNAMICS ­ OF POLICTICAL CHEMISTRY)
TIME ALLOWED: 72 Hours.
QUESTION 1.
In a reaction involving 19g of Amaechium sulphate and 16g of Jangline carbonate, 2015g of Forumium Governo acid was produced.
i. Calculate the percentage purity of the product, assuming the reaction took place under JEGA standard condition.
ii. Assuming that 3g of Akpabio Chloride was added using Goodluckium solution, calculate the mass of Amaechium sulphate that would have been needed for the reaction to be endothermic?
iii. What is the colour of Akpabio Chloride before and after the reaction?
iv. Calculate the molecular weight of the reactants and products with respect to their places on the electrochemical ­ series of quality leadership and state which is stronger.
v. Using their age, prove that Jangline is weak and would need more solution of Goodluckium nitrate to be able to precipitate Amaechium from the reaction.
vi. Why is it that the solution produced can't react with APCium Nitrate but would react violently with Turkia PDP (5) Jonite?
Goodluck to you!

thelastpope10:

Yeah right1 Because your people cant get the power back now you are crying. Cry me a river! You need a bucket?

ckkris:

Gamji people na dem start this Boko Haram with their born-to-ruin mentality.

thelastpope10:

Jang's evidence is govs queuing behind him. What evidence is bigger than that?

hod898: .
Oboi sharap!
Hw cn u say dat the Plateau has a drunken pplace? If jang was drunk he wldnt hv built gada-biyu bridge. If he were drunk he wldnt hv gvn money 4 d constrctn of more roads, 4 d constrctn of more drainages and 4 many things.
If d pplace were drnk, y re dere stil inteligent ppl? Dnt jst abuse any state because of yr selfish sentiment pls.