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Lalasticlala, don't you consider this a valuable information for Nigerians, considering it's coming from one of the first citizens of this country

EroticAngelina:
The dude is really becoming confusing as the day goes by

What a redundant h*e.

The same modus operandi that saw to their decapitation in the last election is what Ih-EDIOT-ha is admonishing PDP held fast unto.

PDP doesn't care a hoot if the country burns, they have to do all they can, legally and otherwise, to ensure they return with their filthy sticky fingers into the Nation's treasury

Just as before, their plans would boomerang in their faces.

Useless mofos.

doublewisdom:
Buhari will pardon him. Timpere Sylvia already has his freedom.

Did Buhari pardon Silva?? Some of you guys are indescribably dumb honestly. And what if Nyako is eventually prosecuted, what would that make you?? A foolish hoodrat I suppose. Nutjob.

efilefun:

The woman is foolish like that.

Politics section is fast becoming the most childish section of this forum. Smh.

The face doesn't even look familiar. Smh.

coldsummer:
I used to like Jonathan a lot, his constant love for failure and clueless disposition makes the love impossible to stay.

so glad he's been sent back to his people.

Anyway, let's move on.

Sure we are moving on. Doesn't mean we can't recollect the past. It is the surest way to ensure success- taking notes of past mistakes.

nas4q:
The truth is bitter. Somehow it has to be said

The "my hero" crooners would think otherwise. Jonathan came in unprepared for the job and left a trail of disaster in the end. He was grossly incompetent and worsened an already bad situation by surrounding himself with folks of like character. Glad we didn't repeat the same mistake.

The administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan administration can at best be described as underperforming, a review of its performance in various sectors show. This can be described as unfortunate for a government which came to power on the back of popular support and one that enjoyed a lot of public goodwill in its early years.

Here are 10 ways the administration failed Nigerians and in many cases, left the country worse than it met it.

1. Power Generation.
In 2010, when Mr Jonathan was sworn in as substantive president after the death of his former boss, Umaru Yar’Adua, power generation in Nigeria was 3,000 mega watts. On Friday, when he was handing over to his successor, power generation had dropped to less than 2000 mega watts.

The need to prioritise power generation and availability to Nigerians was acknowledged by Mr Jonathan early in his administration. In 2011, while seeking support to be elected president after leading the country for one year following the death of Mr. Yar’Adua, the ex-president declared to diplomats at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA, and the African Union, AU, in Addis-Ababa that:

“If I’m voted into power, within the next four years, the issue of power will become a thing of the past. Four years is enough for anyone in power to make a significant improvement and if I can’t improve on power within this period, it then means I cannot do anything.”

Power across Nigeria is at an all time low with Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, having just 5 megawatts.

2. Security
This was perhaps Mr Jonathan’s biggest albatross. His administration went to sleep while the insurgent group, Boko Haram, ran amok killing thousands and capturing territory as huge as Belgium from Nigeria in its bid to create an Islamic caliphate. Mr Jonathan only acted decisively when it became clear that the insurgency would cost him votes during the presidential election. In the build up to the elections, within six weeks, most of the territories previously captured by the insurgents were retaken and the insurgents placed on a back foot.

The president also failed to curb the the perennial clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers particularly in the north central region.
In Nasarawa, Ombatse militia were allowed to rain terror on civilians. In 2013 over 100 police officers and other security agents were killed in a swoop by the militia. The Jonathan administration, for political reasons, refused to bring the perpetrators to book and those indicted for the killings still walk free today.

The insecurity was also witnessed in the southern part of the country as kidnappers went on rampage abducting people for ransom. Politicians, their aides, family members and public officials were the major targets as the criminals virtually had their way in various states like Edo, Bayelsa, and Ondo State.
Under the Jonathan administration, Nigeria became one of the most dangerous places in the world to live.

3. Fuel Scarcity
Last week, Nigeria was grounded to a halt after oil marketers embarked on a strike following dispute over subsidy on petrol. Despite several promises by Mr Jonathan to increase the nation’s capacity to refine crude by revamping the existing refineries and building new ones, no new refineries were built in his five years in office while existing ones never worked at optimum capacity.

The continued reliance on imported fuel left the country susceptible to the machinations of oil marketers. Subsidy on petrol and kerosene also turned out to be a black hole on the country’s finances. In five years, the administration spent over N6 trillion on subsidy, money that could have been used for other essential developments

4. Corruption
After the unforgivable lapses in security especially in the north-east, corruption was another factor that Mr. Jonathan couldn’t get a grip on, or deliberately allowed to flourish under his administration. Aides and ministers accused of corruption were either shielded or allowed to stay in their position.

The granting of presidential pardon to former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was convicted of money laundering, sparked outrage among Nigerians. He also did nothing, until too late, when former Aviation Minister, Stella Uduah, bought two armoured BMW cars for  N255 million. When he eventually acted, he only removed the former minister from office without ordering or calling for her prosecution.

Also, instead of investigating the alleged N20 billion the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, said was missing from the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Jonathan hounded him out of office.

5. Crude oil theft
During the Jonathan administration, pirates and crude oil thieves were lords. Pirates surrounded the Nigerian water ways like water hyacinth stealing crude from the country’s pipelines with little or no hindrance. The ill-equipped and poorly trained navy proved to be grossly incapable of arresting the situation.

Instead of training and adequately equipping the navy and other security agencies to protect the country’s source of wealth, the task of pipeline protection was handed to militias in the Niger Delta and elsewhere for several billions of naira annually. Yet, instead of the theft of oil to decrease it remained a major drain of resources. According to the Chief of Naval Staff, Usman Jibrin, the country lost crude valued more than N1.18 billion daily to oil thieves (N433.62 billion annually).

6. Economy
Mr. Jonathan could not sustain the modest economic growth recorded by his government initially. He could not save for the rainy day when the price of crude oil reached very high levels; subsequently depleting Nigeria’s foreign reserves and incurring a huge debt profile as soon as there was a dip in the price of crude in the international market.

Mr Jonathan inherited as much as $60 billion in foreign reserve but plundered it to as low as $40 billion in five years.

As at June 2014, the country’s external debt rose by 40 per cent to $9.377 billion and a domestic debt of $47.653 billion .

Though inflation was kept at a single digit, it was a faux strength as companies struggled to survive and the country continually ranked poorly in the ease of doing business index by the World Bank.

Despite his promises, again he could not revive the manufacturing sector. Companies complained of incurring huge cost due to their reliance on diesel. The textile industry remained moribund. Poverty remained widespread and youth employment was at an all time high.

7. Foreign Relations
Under Mr. Jonathan, Nigeria’s foreign relations was in sixes and sevens. There was no clear foreign relation direction as the country gradually lost its clout in the international community.

Nigeria was left with a bloody nose after the South African government seized its $15 million arms money illegal brought into South Africa in cash. At the twilight of Mr Jonathan’s administration, the South African government also ridiculed Nigeria’s shoddy recall of her ambassador to South Africa following the xenophobic violence there.

Also, the Moroccan government recalled its ambassador to Nigeria after officials of the latter’s foreign ministry lied about a telephone conversation between Mr Jonathan and King Mohammed VI of Morocco.

8. Education
The Jonathan government showed some signs that it was interested in turning around the education sector by increased budgetary allocations and other acts; but this did not make much impact.

Nigeria still has the highest number of children out of school in the world; while for close to an academic session, the country’s universities were shut due to the government’s refusal to meet the demands of striking university teachers.

The country’s universities were still as dilapidated as at the time he assumed office while the new ones set up fared no better. Hundred of thousands of polytechnic students stayed at home for about one year due to no fault of theirs, same for those in colleges of education.

Standards in the country’s universities and other colleges virtually fared no better than Mr. Jonathan met them.

9. Health
Many Nigerians still die of preventable diseases such as cholera and dysentery. Infant and maternal mortality may have reduced during the Jonathan administration, but they are still among the highest in the world. At least 65 out of every 1000 Nigerian children die before their fifth birthday. For every 100,000 live births, more than 224 mothers lost their lives.

The National Health Insurance Scheme is yet to be fully operational while hospitals have become so bad that some politicians travel abroad to treat common illnesses.
Health workers are consistently demanding for better welfare and hospitals are sometimes shut for weeks due to industrial action and the agitation by health workers for better equipments and further training.

10. Mining
While the country binged on oil, the less fancied but lucrative mining sector was virtually neglected and left unregulated.
The sector was taken over by illegal miners who cashed in on government’s complete neglect of the sector sometimes with devastating repercussions on host communities. Hundreds of Nigerian children died due to outbreaks of lead poisoning in states like Zamfara and Niger State due to artisan mining.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/184088-10-ways-jonathan-failed-nigerians.html



Big question is: in what way exactly did Jonathan succeed??

Cc: Lalasticlala.

Most of them left home this morning not knowing what gruesome fate awaits them. I pray God gives their loved ones the fortitude to bear such painful loss and grant them eternal rest.

If Ikpeazu is comfortable with giving the ex governor his seat, who are we to complain??

Typical.

Chukwugekwu:
Illiterate buharı we don't need your post. .......















ewu buharı we don't need your post

If the illiterate makes an attempt to visit your immediate family, I swear your parents would sew new clothes to wear and give your house a new paint job for his reception. #Fact.

captainBIAFRA:

Cheap attempt at appeasing the people of the lower Niger.
This wont help, just start working on your campaign promises or better still declare state of emergency in all sectors and create a ministry for corruption. Lest i let go of my boot for some asss kicking soon

Eventually people of your creed who are bent on partitioning this country along religious and ethnic lines would be rendered useless as the agenda of this administration unfolds.

Your voices would be drowned by the overwhelming voices of those singing praises of the admin for their unparalleled performance and delivering on their bond with the Nigerian people, even in your backyard.

It is a promise.

idupaul:
For the first time in the our democratic history The president, vice president and SSG don't have pot pot bellies . Any change that starts from the size of bellies is true change and we love it

Take a like and a share there brother.

kimond101:
The reality is what people fail to comprehend is that the one who strive to attain paradise is one who submits to the will of God and do righteous good deeds and avoid ascribing partners in worship with God.
Abraham submitted to the will of God
Joseph submitted to the will of God
David submitted to the will of God
Moses submitted to the will of God
Jesus submitted to the will of God
Muhammad submitted to the will of God
Everyone one of them was sent at a particular time. And whoever follow their way at that time shall not perish but have eternal life if God wills.
None of them ever said you should worship them neither did they call themselves God.
To submit to the will of God alone without ascribing partners with him is only defined by one religion and that is Islam.

One question I've kept asking is: with the Bible so explicit as to how one can make heaven, ONLY through Christ and no "buts" or "excepts", what happens to the following categories of people...

Jews

Agnostics

Atheists

Muslims

Buddhists

Animists

Ancestral worshippers

Nordics

Brahms

Confucianists

Diests

Dualists

Eckankers

Hindus

Humanists

Jainists

Templers


Etc etc etc.


Some of these guys do much more good to humanity than orthodox Christians.
Are they all going to hell because of their unbelief in Christ Jesus

Briareos:
Patience didn't want Jonathan to enter politics.
Jonathan was never interested in politics.


From this news and the ones before, something is very clear; GEJ never had the intention of ruling this country. Ladies and gentlemen, I think I've just cracked the reason for his lackluster and abysmal regime.

In history, most of the leaders that performed never got to the position by mistake. They've planned it all their lives. They've aspired to be a leader since they were young. That way, they've trained themselves and picked up leadership skills that will aid them in governing their subjects.

GEJ was never such leader. He was simply an opportunist. This is evidenced in some of his actions and utterances and his stead in handling some sensitive situations.


Now, there is nothing wrong in being an opportunist, but when the lives of thousand of people get wasted because of your inefficiency, it becomes a crime. He could have compensated for his lack of leadership skills by surrounding himself with competent people, but no, he preferred sycophants that will sing his praises to high heaven shielding him from the plight of the people. He allowed criminals to hijack his governance. He appointed goats to guard against our collective yam.

He might have had good intentions for this country, he was just never equipped for the number one position and the state of our economy at the moment has exposed him for what he really is; an incompetent leader.

This post should be a thread on its own, with the original post of this thread and that of the other where the president said he was never really interested in politics couple of days back, as references.

The truth is gradually coming out. This guy was simply foisted on Nigeria even though he bore no leadership credentials.

Very terrible how elders who are meant to uphold all the virtues of honestly and truth lie through their teeth these days. Little wonder they are scarcely respected nowadays.

This should put the matter to rest once and for all. Except for those hell bent on formenting trouble.

StOla:
When Dora Akunyili's life was threatened by the fake drug cabal, Nigerians rallied round her.

In the case of Diezani, she didn't serve the interest of Nigeria or Nigerians. She worked for a mafia, and now the other mafia she sidelined are asking for her head, while the masses are waiting to hoist it on a pike.

Very good point.

LRNZH:
No need to drop more than a couple of lines on the ingrate who writes like the most jealous member of a long abandoned harem.

That boy's maturity is in retrogression. PDP syndrome.

Welcome back bro. We missed you.

luv2talk:
Mods, These are real pictures, not uniformed pictures. And Pls, dont edit my title as this thread hit front page

I have noticed the usage of the word "Super Massive" by mods on most PDP rallies even when OP didnt use such words.
Let this hit front page if Nairaland is not bias as claimed

These are real pictures with real people. Look at them and you'd see, in fact, feel their passion. That passion is borne out of personal conviction and can not be purchased by #2000! That is the difference between Buhari and Jonathan. All the people need to turn up is just the name Buhari.

Jarus:
Rented crowd.

Even our dearest Saka could be amused by your Sarkasm!

The opening post got me ROTF!!

This op must be a bully in real life!

Sai Baba!!
Sai Buhari!!

#DeliverYourStreet

jorlons:
Lol ... God is indeed great. Sometimes you think you're the only one noticing or thinking something only to find others sharing your thoughts.

I was just going to say GEJ is now a northerner with his latest wears.

The man is so naïve and thinks everyone else is like him. Let him keep fooling himself.

teemanbastos:
k you swine..where are the jobs for the graduates?
Yet you pigs went ahead to extort money 4rm them and killed some yet none was sanctioned.
Pity your self first b4 pitying odaz.
Hopeless swine.

This has got to be the best response to a tanoidal trash since nairaland was founded!!

Come oo, seriously, is Jonathan's drycleaner on leave or did he take ill?? Noticed he hardly wears his undertaker gown and funny hat these days, or is he simply trying to apeal to northerners by adopting this mode of dressing?? If that is the case, if he likes, he can wear the replica of Sanusi's royal attire, he won't get a single vote from them!

Awaiting the publication of the report. Sure it is a huge indictment on this shaameless government.

Lailerh:
He's someone's father you know It's really disrespectful calling him THAT

Only folks who aren't bastards would understand what you are saying.

Great!! Let the nest of killers keep dwelling on petty issues while APC keeps building up momentum all the Way to the D-day. The managers of this Paarty's campaign are simply awesome. Never seen a campaign like it.