₦airaland Forum

socialmediaman:
I know what I'm talking about. OBJ reformed the army, he sacked political army officers and introduced Federal Character into army recruitment that saw many regions being recruited into the military. When Jona came in, he further extended the privilege to increase the quota of SS/SE. You might think it's GEJ's making because the army witnessed more recruitments during his time, but it was OBJ who did it. I can't give credit to Jona exclusively without recognizing that it was OBJ who made it possible for Federal character to start in the military

Are you saying that OBJ started it while GEJ improved on it?

socialmediaman:
It was OBJ who made that happen

Don't be unfair to Jonathan. He was the one that did it.

Sibrah:
The man whose antics help new generation Nigerians understand how divided we are as a nation.

We have always been divided along ethnic or religious line. Don't you think so?

ba7man:
The improved power supply under Barth Nnaji (Even though GEJ had to ruin it himself) and the improvement on the Ore axis of Benin-Shagamu expressway (Though that's no excuse to bankrupt the nation).

Yes, he had to sack Barth Nnaji just to please the cabals in the power sector. When it comes to road maintenance and construction, no one will deny that he performed well but the cost at which he undertook these road projects are something else.

DankemzI:
What more can i say? Before him it was northern soldiers dominating NAF, NA, NN. But thanks to GeJ he crushedd that shit!

for sure he tried on that by making the whole thing open to every citizen of the country.

ohzee:
Haha. It will but people believe what they choose even when the truth stares them in the face. Meanwhile I am female just for the records

understood.

ohzee:
I no be small pikin dear. During Buhari's regime I was in secondary school. There are a lot of immature people on nairaland so I don't like commenting all the time. Nigerians get carried away by what they see and hear in the media. Young people don't know the meaning of propaganda

You are right bro. This kind of topic will help to separate facts from propaganda. Don't you think so?

drkay:
Kworroption, terrorism, madam pej historical and hilarious quotes.

please help us by being specific. Tnx

ohzee:
I have a post on the negatives but I will oblige you. The negatives are easy to spot because they have been overhyped by the media
1. Boko Haram scourge that he underestimated until thousands lost their lives
2. Slow response to the Chibok girls kidnap due to misinformation by the moles in his office. The future will reveal the truth one day. It always does.
3. Poor management of the immigration scandal
4. Inability to consolidate his efforts in the power sector despite privatization. Nigerians still in darkness
5. Widespread impunity and corruption in govt which he got used to because it's nigeria and PDP style of doing things.
6. Lack of charisma during public media outings made his people lose interest in him. Amanpour on my mind
7. Incessant strikes especially health workers strikes
8. Prolonged ASUU and ASUP strikes. We had them in the past govts but we didn't have social media then
9. Treating allegations of missing money such as the alleged $20billion with levity
10. Giving his wife too much power
The rest are all over the place.

You must have been around for a long time. I appreciate your long memory.

hatbricker:
He will be sorely missed esp. With his team of kleptomaniacs.

Be specific please. Where and where did he fail you and where did he get it right?

ohzee:
1. For making youths remember agriculture again
2. For making me start eating local rice in my house again
3. For attempting to revive trains again though not perfect
4. For making youth to think of becoming entrepreneurs
5. For encouraging people to express themselves without watching their backs for fear of being arrested or receiving a letter bomb. Dele Giwa on my mind.
6. For refusing to encourage the gay culture in our country. When your kids grow up you will thank him for this.
7. For allowing women to have more impact in governance. Some did well, others didn't
8. For making Nigerians have confidence to come out and vote on Election Day. The last time this happened in Nigeria was in 1993 and the results never saw the light of day.
9. For standing up to the USA and sourcing arms from Russia and calling their bluff.
10. For sending our bright brains and lecturers out to get better qualifications to enrich our educational sector. You may not understand that part of the reason for our poor quality education is that we lack good teachers following decades of decay in the sector by previous regimes. You can't teach what you don't know
11. For peacefully handing over power without thinking twice. If you think he didn't have a choice you must be joking.
12. For saving us from queuing for petrol for 6 years even when he knew it was not economically viable to continue to subsidize petrol. Allowing private sector to import fuel to stabilize supply at the risk of forming a cartel which they eventually did and humiliated him with it at the end.

I know my post is long and many will not read it. It's because of the decades of rot in Nigerian education

Wow! That's wonderful. Could you please recall some negative aspects that comes to your mind? Tnx

ba7man:
Dancing in public just a day after over a hundred Nigerians died in a bomb blast.


He deserves a hot slap for that move.

Yes, it was a huge blunder. But pls give us a positive side too. Tnx

dokyOloye:
For pursuing an aggressive road construction policy that saw d number of motorable roads in Nigeria quadruple.

so true but what other negative side can you give us?

satelliteDISH:
Cluelessness, stealing is not corruption, i have no shoes. fresh air...

Any positive side?

demelza:
I will remember him for giving us the worst fuel crisis ever.
Bye Felicia!

good but pls help us with another positive point, tnx

DankemzI:
So true

can you give us your own observations? Tnx

arabbunkum:
He left Abba Moro unpunished after collecting money from job seekers and conducting a failed recruitment into Immigration

yes, that's a good one!

adeekiti:
stealing is not corruption , is that a good one to remember ?

loool....That's a very good one but you are yet to name a positive thing.

arabbunkum:
I will remember him for making sure that Yorubas, Igbos, and Niger Deltans are allowed to enter and rise in the Nigerian army unlike before him when it was an exclusive preserve of Northerners.

gbaaaam! But are there no negative ones you can recall?

SHARIAREPORTERS:
Power sector
I can boast of lite everyday and minute

Are you serious? Because though he privatised the power sector, we are yet to see the impact!

adeekiti:
Subsideen Orubebe

lol...but is there no positive thing you remember him for?

As Jonathan's government winds up on May 29, I want Nairalanders to recount what and what they will remember him for.
Myself will always remember the shambolic Immigration recruitment exercise that nearly killed my dear brother.
I will also admit here that I learnt about the word 'Cabals' through Jonathan.
Over to the house...

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