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front of the page.....oya

that is what you term an insensitive government

hmmmmmmm

Nigeria..............which way

she is really silly

In this piece, TOLUWANI ENIOLA examines the analyses of foreign media on the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, and his All Progressives Congress rival, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)

Earlier in the year, a South-African journalist, Geoffrey York, lashed out at the Federal Government for refusing himself and 40 other foreign journalists visas to cover the presidential elections earlier scheduled for February 14.

York, who reports for The Globe, took to Twitter to vent his spleen on the alleged visa denial, describing it as “the latest Nigerian scandal.”

“Nigeria allowed many foreign ‘journos’ to cover the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ campaign last year; yet now it’s blocking at least 40 from covering elections,” he had tweeted.

York’s allegations became the subject of a raging online debate, grabbing the headlines in foreign media. York had given the impression that the Federal Government was planning to sideline foreign media because it (FG) had a hidden agenda. According to his tweets, the Federal Government was afraid of foreign media.

York’s allegation, although dismissed by the Nigerian embassy, was one of many reactions from some foreign media who have been closely monitoring preparations for the elections, revealing their perspectives on the credibility of the major presidential candidates and predicting what may be the result of the polls.

Aside repeatedly cautioning the country’s politicians against violence and human rights abuses, the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan and his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) have received notable mentions from foreign media. The two major candidates continue to grab the headlines in the editorials of these foreign newspapers mostly for bad reasons. The views of these newspapers, as recorded in the past, may be the results of the presidential elections scheduled to hold in the next 31 days.

In its widely read editorial of January 18, 2015, The Observer, which prides itself as the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, did not spare Jonathan the rod over what it termed the lack of the right tactics to contain insurgency in the North-East.

The British newspaper had criticised Jonathan for remaining silent for many days after the Baga killings, but immediately sent his condolences to France following the Charlie Hebdo attacks. According to The Observer, as Africa’s biggest economy and largest standing Army, Nigeria does not lack the means to end the war but effective political and military leadership.

The paper wrote, “Jonathan, making a brief tour of the (Borno) state capital, Maiduguri, congratulated the Army on its work, notwithstanding, its abject failure to prevent the massacre. What Jonathan did not say was how he plans to break Boko Haram’s grip on 20,000sq km of territory spanning three northeastern states or bring an end to the plague of murderous atrocities, suicide bombings, schoolgirl kidnappings and rapes it has unleashed. It sometimes seems he is trying to ignore a problem for which he has no answers.”

But the editorial seems to be soft on Buhari, saying, “Buhari earned a reputation for strong leadership and intolerance of corruption during his brief period in power in 1983-1985.”

Washington Post, an American daily in its January 6 editorial, entitled “Nigeria’s election will be a test of peace and power,” predicted that Nigeria has “a recipe for an explosive general-election season.”

Although the paper in the seven-paragraph article did not endorse Buhari or Jonathan, it took a swipe at the President by warning him to avoid misusing the military and police before, during and after the election.

The paper exhorted, “The United States and other Western governments ought to press Mr. Jonathan as well as his opponent to respect the rule of law. The government must prioritise peace, not power, if Nigeria is to weather this particularly dangerous stress test.”

However, on Friday, January 16, 2015, The Guardian of London brought a fresh perspective to the campaigns. The United Kingdom paper, obviously trying to be objective, fired a salvo at Buhari and Jonathan, describing them as “flawed leaders.”

“President Goodluck Jonathan stands accused of inertness and procrastination in dealing with Boko Haram, and of ineffective performance in office generally. General Muhammadu Buhari, his rival, has a reputation as one of the more honest and well-intentioned of the country’s military rulers, but not as one of the most astute,” the paper said in the editorial.

The Guardian seemed to be reinforcing concerns raised back home by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, who had described both Jonathan and Buhari as “problematic” choices for the country.

Soyinka had described the presidential election as a dilemma for Nigerian voters. The renowned playwright had said that while Buhari is haunted by his past, Jonathan is haunted by the present.

The most memorable of the editorials was that of the influential UK-based magazine, The Economist. The magazine surprised Western and Nigerian audiences when it said in its February editorial that Buhari was more competent than Jonathan. The endorsement of Buhari by the magazine lifted the hearts of the APC who took to the social media to promote the auspicious news, causing ripples of reactions at home and abroad.

The highly respected magazine in its editorial entitled, ‘Former dictator is a better choice than a failed president,’ said Nigeria was unfortunate to have both Buhari and Jonathan vying for the Presidency. It, however, said that out of the two, Buhari was a better candidate.

It said, “Start with Mr. Jonathan, whose party has run the country since 1999 and who stumbled into the Presidency on the death of his predecessor in 2010, the PDP’s reign has been a sorry one. Mr. Jonathan has shown little willingness to tackle endemic corruption. When the governor of the central bank reported that $20bn had been stolen, his reward was to be sacked.

“He has shown little enthusiasm for tackling insecurity, and even less competence. Quick to offer condolences to France after the attack on Charlie Hedbo, Mr. Jonathan waited almost two weeks before speaking up about a Boko Haram attack that killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of his compatriots.”

The magazine, despite its open endorsement of Buhari, maintained that the former military Head of State had “blood on his hands.”

It recalled that Buhari was guilty of human rights abuse and did not manage the economy properly when he ruled Nigeria between December 1983 and August 1985. It added, “Buhari is a sandal-wearing ascetic with a record of fighting corruption. Few nowadays question his commitment to democracy or expect him to turn autocratic: he has repeatedly stood for election and accepted the outcome when he lost. He would probably do a better job of running the country, and in particular of tackling Boko Haram. As a northerner and Muslim, he will have greater legitimacy among villagers whose help he will need to isolate the insurgents. As a military man, he is more likely to win the respect of a demoralised army.

“We are relieved not to have a vote in this election. But were we offered one, we would with a heavy heart choose Buhari. If Buhari can save Nigeria, history might even be kind to him.”

This endorsement did not go down well with the Presidency. It swiftly reacted to the news, faulting The Economist for saying that Buhari was more competent than Jonathan. The President’s spokesperson, Dr. Rueben Abati, had described the magazine’s view of the President as “baseless, jaundiced and rather malicious.”

He said contrary to the magazine’s claims, Jonathan retains the trust and confidence of majority of Nigerians and that the outcome of the presidential election would justify this.

He said, “We are sure that many Nigerians and other readers of the usually urbane, thoughtful and well-reasoned editorial opinions of The Economist will be shocked that the magazine has taken the very ill-considered decision to throw its weight behind a candidate who, as a former military dictator, curtailed freedom of speech, ordered the kidnapping of opponents and jailing of journalists, and is accused of incitement to violence and grave human rights violations in Nigeria’s current democratic dispensation.”

Before the dust raised by The Economist’s endorsement of Buhari settled, the New York Times, launched a scathing criticism of Jonathan and Buhari, describing them as “Nigeria’s miserable choices” in its editorial of February 16.

The 164-year-old newspaper said that Jonathan had become so unpopular that Nigerians were not afraid of the idea of a former military dictator returning as President. The newspaper stated that Jonathan appeared to be afraid of the increasing popularity of Buhari, who “most Nigerians would likely vote for.” It said, “It appears more likely that Mr. Jonathan grew alarmed by the surging appeal of Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler, who has vowed to crack down on Boko Haram. By dragging out the race, Jonathan stands to deplete his rival’s campaign coffers while he continues to use state funds and institutions to bankroll his own.”

While both candidates have received kudos and knocks from foreign media, not a few analysts have described the voices of the foreign media as a likely reflection of Nigerians’ choice.

Back home, observers are wondering whether the President is strong enough to obtain at least 25 per cent of the votes cast in at least 24 of Nigeria’s 36 states, which is a criterion the winner must fulfill to be declared President. No doubt, Buhari enjoys a massive support in the northern regions and has behind him the majority of the political leadership in the South-West but his acceptability in the South-East is not outstanding. Indeed, analysts are also worried that he may fail to hit 25 per cent of total votes cast in the South-East and may not meet the mark. With the control of Rivers State in the hands of the APC, the opposition party is expected to get reasonable votes in the Governor Rotimi Amaechi-led state.

In less than 33 days, it would be seen whether or not the predictions of foreign media would come to pass.

http://www.punchng.com/politics/presidential-race-in-the-eyes-of-foreign-media/

you guys are as confused as your paymasters.so its no longer a medical trip.its now a new stupid tori.its all one of the result of oga jonny walker high unemployment figures.

[quote
author=dipo1234 post=31006999]Does that stop him frm being
Tinubu/Fashola's stooge? AGBAJE IS THE CHOICE FOR LAGOS[/quote]you mean otuoke local council has a ward called lagos ......that is interesting for jimi agbaje.

pls front page nowwwwwwwwwwww

is this what a man that should stand for the law be doing.

hmmmmmm

silence they say is the best answer for a clown llike fayose but its also good to put him where he belongs at times.......

The Borno State-based pastor, Kallamu Musa-Dikwa, who accused CAN of collecting N7bn from President Goodluck Jonathan to campaign against the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate in the March election, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), has insisted that the christian body collected the said amount.

Musa-Dikwa insisted on Monday in Kaduna that the Jonathan-government gave CAN N7bn.

He however believed that both Jonathan, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the coming election, and Buhari were not fit to govern the country.

The cleric said the money given to pastors by the President was actually N7bn and not N6bn as alleged by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, who doubles as the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation.

Amaechi had alleged that unnamed leaders of the PDP paid N6bn to Christian clerics to campaign against APC.

Amaechi’s allegation caused uproar among the Christian clerics, with the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and the Northern State Christian Elders Forum asking Amaechi to name the church leaders, who collected the N6bn bribe.

Musa-Dikwa, who is the Executive Director of the Voice of Northern Christian Movement, had told journalists in Kaduna last Thursday that the multi-billion naira bribe was channelled through CAN.

He said CAN got the said money(N7bn) on January 26, 2015 and disbursed N3m to State Chairmen of the CAN across the country.

The cleric, who claimed he was forced to travel from Borno to Kaduna to react to the CAN denial, said the religious body was being economical with the truth by the denial, saying he used to be part and parcel of the association.

He said he fell out with the national body of the CAN when in 2013, some clerics from the United States(Christian Association of Nigeria-Americans)visited Nigeria and donated $50,000 to the victims of the Boko Haram in Borno State.

He explained that rather than the CAN to disburse the money to the serve the purpose it was meant for, the victims were only given a paltry N100,000.

On the bribe money, Musa-Dikwa, who played a recorded audio of someone confirming that CAN had collected the money before newsmen in Kaduna on Tuesday, said when Ameachi first accused the clerics of collecting bribe to campaign against Buhari, “I sent a text(message) to the leadership of the CAN to repent or be exposed.”

He said since he opened the can of worms, he had received several threat messages from yet-to-be identified persons, who claimed that “I am against Christians and working for the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate.”

Musa-Dikwa noted that the leadership of the CAN claimed “they didn’t know me” and that he was working for the APC because he decided to say the truth.

He added that since the revelation, many of the CAN members had called him to say the “allegation” was true and that they collected the money.

Pressed further during question and answer to disclose his source, the cleric simply said an “insider” in the CAN told him that the said money was collected on January 26, 2015.

He said,”There was no newspaper or news coverage of the disbursement of the N7bn to CAN. A national officer of CAN confirmed to me that CAN received the money and disbursed N3m to each state CAN.

“I sent text messages to the CAN leadership, asking them to repent otherwise I will expose them. Nobody replied me. That was why I decided to open up. Some people say that I am working for Buhari. It if not true. I am not working for anybody.

“It is not today that I started writing on Boko Haram. I stand for the truth. Boko Haram affects everyone, Christians and Muslims.”

Musa-Dikwa, displaying a copy of the Diploma Certificate from the All Nations for Christ Bible Institute International, Benin, whose founder was the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa, said, “Anybody in CAN, who claims not to know me is just telling lies.”

He said it was wrong for the Presidency to also say he was working for the APC, saying, “I am not working for anybody. I am standing for the truth. I am standing for righteousness and for my people, whether Christians or Muslims.”

The Borno-born cleric noted that he was not afraid to die for telling the truth, arguing that afterall, death meant nothing to him.

“My people(Borno) are dying everyday; so, I am ready to die for the truth to prevail,” he added.

On the Jonathan and Buhari Presidency, the cleric said both were not fit to govern Nigeria.
http://www.punchng.com/news/can-collected-n7bn-bribe-from-jonathan-borno-pastor-insists/

pdp,you are becoming shameful even to the international community.so vanguard and this day papers too are apc.

front page...........

crap written in a crappy way.

before the election postponement, this guy wrote the comic 'the end of buhari stuff'.

now he has written a new one that even oga jonny walker knows it is pure lies. who has been running up and down since the postponement, is it not pdp.dey there dey deceive una self.

north west: apc
north east: apc
south east: pdp
south south: pdp
north central: apc/pdp.........apc with advantage.
south west: apc/pdp........ apc with advantage.



so dey console una sef

front page oooo

front of the ......page

lying liars..............pdp you are toying with trouble

oga jonny walker is really desperate

TheOtherview:
Mr 'Live in the UK' - prove the pictures with Tony Blair are at least a year old or zip it.

you dey mind the clown, one of the pdp paid propaganda agents just registered on February 23rd, in London really.pdp clowns.

pdp pls stop this lies because you are disgracing oga jonny walker more before the international community.


pls stop it.


tony blair met with buhari.pls get it into your thinking.

my brother go, you can never know what the future holds.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

what is pdp rule at the federal level for all these years, we have only ended up paying more for fuel, no light , galloping corruption and unemployment at record height.

How expensive is marriage in Igboland compared to other parts of Nigeria? JULIET UMEH examines the full range of bride price practices east of the Niger.

Ask Anthony Omeha why he is still single at 45. His response will give you an insight into why most youths from the South East of Nigeria marry late. Says Omeha, “I’ve been in a relationship with Chinasa Ukeh, my girl friend, for the past ten years, but I’ve not been able to tie the knot because getting married in my town is not child’s play. It could nearly push you to rob a bank, especially if you don’t have a good job or a viable source of income.

As a result, many are boycotting the normal process by swiftly getting their girlfriends pregnant, so that the family would accept whatever is presented to them. But I don’t want to go about it that way. And that’s why I’m still single, hoping to gather enough funds to face the challenge soonest.”

Ikenna Madu, a 38-year-old young man from Ezinihitte Mbaise in Imo State is obviously facing the same challenge.

He says, “My greatest predicament is certainly not only my unviable business but the fact that I couldn’t get Oluchi Uche, my former girl friend, to be my wife because of the high bride price in Mbaise, my locality. Both of us agreed to walk down the aisle in 2014, but that was not achievable due to financial constraints. Uche later backed out of the relationship and went with a young man who came from abroad during the last Christmas period.”

The jilted Madu tells his story further: “I have the intention of marrying from among my people, but fear always grips me whenever I think of what it takes to marry our ladies. I am not thinking of living with one illegally because, if, God forbid, she dies, you will be made to marry her corpse before she is buried. I lost my lover of many years because I couldn’t meet up with her people’s high expectations.

I am still a struggling man hoping to make it one day.” Gladys Ezeh is from Mbano, in Imo State. She also has a story to tell. “My maternal uncle was lamenting recently that he doesn’t know how to present the list he was given by his kinsmen to his daughter’s suitor. The worst thing is that the list is now in two parts. There is a list for an educated girl and another list for the uneducated.”

While high bride price is often a stumbling block to singles from the South East, especially in Mbano and Mbaise communities of Imo State, bride price is not really an issue in most parts of the North and the South West.

According to Sheik Muhammad Awwal Adam, a prominent scholar in Adamawa State, dowry is one of the most significant pillars of marriage, without which marriage cannot be consummated in Islam. However, in Islam, the minimum amount acceptable as dowry is one quarter of a “Dinar”, which is about N10, 000.

That is nothing compared to the bride price of the South East. Sola Aderemi, who is of Yoruba extraction, says with N20, 000, one can comfortably marry a wife in Yoruba land, which constitutes the South West. Still in the South East, many argue that bride price varies from community to community, and is not a problem in many places. Alloysius Njoku, a titled chief from Mbaise debunks the allegation of high cost of marriage in Imo State, especially in his community.

He says, “In Igbo land, especially in Mbaise where I come from, when we give you our daughter in marriage, you’ve just picked gold. She will have children for you and you will make profit and the woman will even take the father’s wealth to your place. Bride price varies from community to community.

For instance, in my place, Ibeku in Abombaise Local Government, when a boy and a girl agree to marry, we will give the groom-to-be the list of items for the bride price. That list may contain like 10 cartoons of beer, 10 cartoons of malt, 50 tubers of yam, wrappers, and 30 kegs of palm wine.

But I must let you know that if you are interested in marrying the girl, even if you bring one cartoon of beer, one keg of palm wine or one wrapper, we will ensure the wedding is successful.” Njoku continues, “I have a daughter in the university whose education I am solely funding presently. I cannot calculate how much I have spent on her.

Now, if she finds a man and both of them are in love, once I’m convinced that she likes the man, even if the man pays nothing, I can even use my money to settle our kinsmen. So when people say Mbaise people are collecting too much money as bride price, I would say it’s not like that in my case. No one is forced to do it. We will give you the list, and if you want to show that you have ‘arrived,’ the kinsmen will happily collect the items and money from you. But if you come to Mbaise with little or no money, you can take a wife.

In fact, we may even assist you to wed in church. Don’t mind those people who say they are single because of high bride price. They are just looking for excuses for their delay in getting married. Money cannot hinder anyone from getting married,” Njoku submitted.

Matthew Chukwu, also a title holder in Ehime Mbano in Imo state, unlike Njoku, insists the bride price in Mbano is still high. Chukwu, however, strongly believes the whole process should be upheld because that’s tradition. But he was quick to explain a way-forward.

He says, “When a list is presented to the intending suitor, it is his bargaining power that will help him out. On the average, apart from the list of things to buy, the main bride price could be N50, 000, to N70, 000 depending on how educated the lady is.

“People say marrying in Mbano is quite expensive, because prospective in-laws could request up to 80 tubers of yam for the father and the mother. But some people may not accept to complete the requirements.

What most guys do these days is that when they feel they don’t have enough money to off-set the payment of the bride price, they might decide to put the lady in the family. The parents would then be forced to ask them to go and start living together until the groom is capable of paying the money and do some marriage rites.

That’s the trick now,” he explained. In Nigeria, bride price is a well established principle drawn from customary law. The payment of bride price is an essential ingredient of a valid customary marriage. The term ‘bride price’ is often used interchangeably in Nigeria with ‘dowry’. It is usually the payment, in monetary form, to the parents or guardians of a female partner made by the groom to seal marriage.

In Nigeria, whether bride price takes the form of a gift or payment depends on the customary law of each locality. Historically, bride price took the form of labour provided by the suitor for the parents of his wife-to-be. Such labour was rendered in addition to a small cash payment and drinks. But with the advent of modern economy, bride price took the predominant form of cash payment.

At the same time, payment in other forms of property became a rare occurrence. Although Nigeria’s diversity has created room for different types of marriage, one thing that has remained constant is the payment of bride price. It has become an essential part of a valid customary marriage in the country. Bride price varies from one culture to another, while there is no fixed amount on how much can be paid.

However, following public complaints of incidents of high bride price, the Imo State government in 1979 commissioned the state branch of the National Council of Women’s Societies of Nigeria to look into the problems and recommend possible solutions.

The Council, in its report, recommended maximum cash expenses of N500, 000. The then government, however, rejected this view on the grounds that the provisions of the Limitation of Dowry Law 1956 were still adequate. In spite of this conclusion, four members of the Imo State House of Assembly in 1981 introduced a Bill the Limitation of Bride Price Law – which sought to repeal the 1956 Law.

The Bill prescribed a bride price of not more than five hundred Naira where no incidental expenses are paid. In other cases, the bride price shall not exceed N200 and the incidental expenses N300.

However, the bill never became law. However, as the issue continues to raise dust in Imo State, especially Mbaise and Mbano community, Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, at a point inaugurated the traditional parliament to harmonize bride price in different communities of Imo State. But the committee was not able to institutionalize any reforms. Reactions from this move attracted sharply divided opinions.

Those in favour of the harmonization reasoned that many young persons, especially the females, stay single longer than they would like to before getting married because of high bride price and other exigencies involved in traditional and church weddings. Conversely, those against the move said that traditional rulers lack the powers to determine bride price, since they neither make any contributions, nor play any part in the upbringing of the brides.

In other words, to them, it’s entirely a family issue, not that of traditional rulers. Reacting to why high bride price has persisted despite these attempts to introduce reforms, Mike Okoro from Mbaise said, “It all depends on the family and the lady involved. These days, ladies are no longer interested in all those rigorous processes.

The moment they meet whoever they like, if their father cannot accept what the suitor has brought, they will damn the consequences and elope with the guy. Again, some parts of Mbaise pay bride price based on academic qualification of the lady. But for you to marry in Mbaise and be applauded, you have to spend N350, 000 up wards. Some families are considerate and will not ask for everything.

They may just tell the groom to settle the kindred, because if he has to do everything, he might need up to N500, 000.” Linda Onyinyechi Anthony believes “High bride price should be discouraged.

We are actually selling our women not giving their hands in marriage. I just got married and my husband is not Igbo but from the South-South. I felt bad about the fact that he had to spend more than N400, 000 on these rites. It’s very annoying.” Njoku says, “Even if Rochas sets up a panel, they are not the parents of the bride.

Officially they may stipulate a price, but that may not change much, because, I tell you, whatever the parents agree on is the bride price. But marriage is now cheap in my place. Take for instance, one of my kinsmen, a doctor by profession. Some people came from Edo State to marry his daughter.

He didn’t collect a dime from them, but he emphasised that his daughter must not be maltreated.” Says Tobechukwu Joel, “We must stop the ‘As it was in the beginning, so shall it continue’ mentality. Our fathers failed by following the wicked ways of our forefathers in the name of customs and traditions.

The fact that some of them were victims of issues like Osu caste system, high bride price and maltreatment of widows are all wicked practices that are supposed to have been scrapped. We need to abolish all these obsolete traditions!”











http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/31735/21/how-much-do-you-really-need-to-marry-an-igbo-woman.html

hmmmmmm

pdp is really desperate.

President Goodluck Jonathan has said he will open the door for new people, including those who oppose now, to join his administration and serve Nigeria if he finally wins the race to return as the country’s president on March 28.

Likewise, the president has pledged to hunt down the Boko Haram insurgents, whose operations he acknowledged, had caused collateral destruction of lives and property in the North-east in particular.

The president expressed the view in a document that emanated from a meeting he held with Strategy Group, a forum of trusted northerners and southerners on February 14.

As contained in the document, the president said he would inject new blood into his cabinet if re-elected, saying the door “will be open for new people to join me and serve including even those who oppose now.”

The document addressed diverse challenges currently confronting the North at large, citing the scary poverty kid, which it acknowledged, had aggravated the operations of the Boko Haram insurgents.

The document said: “It is true I lost of time in dealing with this problem. This was because I listened to advice to try several tracks and not just the military option. We tried the political and negotiation track.

“It did not work. Now I am going for an all-out assault in conjunction with our neighbouring countries and other helpers. We shall hunt them down so we can provide a more secure future for our citizens in these areas. I thank our courageous men and women in the armed forces for their sacrifice.

“I understand the poverty problem of the North. I see the destruction of lives and property caused by Boko Haram. Once we drive out Boko Haram, I shall personally take charge of a rebuilding programme for the North-east. I have already put instruments in place and will use them.

“I have PINE, Save School Initiative, Greenbelt and Victim Fund among others. I shall use these instruments to improve lives and livelihoods and give our citizens in these areas a better future,” the document said.

The document, also, detailed the feat the Jonathan administration in power sector, noting that his government “has pushed further on power than other government. We have privatised the sector so that new and better owners and managers can help us.

“But I know power has not improved to the extent we want. This is largely due to lack of gas and pipeline vandalisation. My plan is to tackle this through employment of technology to help deter and detect vandals.

“I am also diversifying power sources, already mainly to hydro so we are not dependent on one source. We are building massive dams such as Kashimbila, Zungeru and Mambila to help us. I plan to exploit coal as well.”

It incisively x-rayed the effort of the administration in the fight against corruption, noting that his administration had convicted more corrupt officials than any administration since return to civil rule in 1999.

The document rolled out how the Jonathan administration had been using modern platforms and technology to fight corruption, which it said, reflected in the rating of the Transparency International.

“I am committed to fighting corruption. Contrary to the misinformation you get, this administration has achieved a lot on this front and the Transparency International rating for Nigeria is better now than it was a decade ago. I acknowledge and accept we still need to improve.

“We are far from where we need to be. But we have fought oil subsidy fraud, pension fraud, fertilizer fraud and cleaned these up. We are using technology to build electronic platform to manage our finances and personnel payroll and stop leakages there. This is the way we must go in the future.

“I plan to put in place the institutions and systems to stop leakages. The EFCC has made many more arrests and convictions in this administration than ever before. I respect the rule of law and people are punished if found guilty,” the document quoted the president saying.











http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/jonathan-i-ll-bring-opposition-to-my-cabinet-if-re-elected/202527/

SLIDEwaxie:
he doesn't even have any support. OPC sef no rish2 million

what is million, them no reach 600

Chanchit:
Lol! If GEJ get sense, he would know that OPC members in the whole of Nigeria are not more than 6,000.
Word of advice, keep your looted funds for rainy dAys, you are fighting a lost cause.

dem even reach 600

989900:
Looks like Fayose is the 'mole'.

honestly I suspect this