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supremebeing09: I'm glad you found that insightful. The question is not who leads the Nigerian Muslims but WHO is actually leading Nigeria? We have no leadership. Leadership is not just about having a "leader" or someone who "leads by example". Leadership means the ability to utilise one's authority for the benefit of the people. Once the people benefit from good leadership, they may be able to emulate that aspect of leadership portrayed by the role model. Do we have leaders we can call role models today? They are puppets ("ANIMAL DEY WEAR AGBADA - FELA KUTI). That says it all. There is no charisma or an aura of authority portrayed by our leaders. Even so, many people have failed to benefit from the sociological and psychological benefits of effective leadership. Thus, the issue of leadership remains an issue in Nigeria.

Whether Muslims or Christians or even pagans, we need a central hub of leadership. ONE leader and one style of leadership. Alternatively, we could benefit from different levels of leadership, either traditional, religious or government/legislative leadership. But the benefits of the latter have a big impact on the other two forms of leadership. Unless the government steps up and portrays a sense of leadership, there will be no one other leaders can look up to. Not that they cannot lead their people without the government's portrayal of leadership. Instead, due to a lack of motivation, there will be inefficiencies in the leadership style(s) exhibited by local, traditional and religious leaders. After all, people strive to follow standards set by their leaders. Without this, leadership does not necessarily translate to effective leadership. There is a big difference between the two.

Well said. I'd every bit of your analysis. How I wish minds like you exist in NL as against these APC and PDP E-warriors. Where they done every article to tribalism and ethnicity.

Rivers State PDP will have to look for another building after they were given an order to vacate from the 1 storey building located near Leventis, Aba Road here in PH

The building belongs to the State Government and since they no longer in PDP, they would want their property back.

1MCN: That is what democracy is all about. If out of 42 ministers in the cabinet Mr God'sday Orubebe recieves the contract to fix the Road and he is lazying on the project then it is the duty of citizens who use the road to cry out and inform the govt at the centre. What Amaechi did was what he should do albeit in a bellicose tone. The laziness of our leaders have made the followers even more lazy to know what they should do and how they should protect their rights. If you think Amaechi raised his voice because he was too interested in the road then ask him how many years it took him to complete the Okporo Road that's less than 2Km.

I don't think you are far from the truth. But, Orubebe that's the only major project he had East-West road covering Warri-Eleme Junction since 2009. I don't think Amaechi had any political tone when he first said it. Remember it took Orubebe more than 6months to reply to a suggestion the Governor (Amaechi) gave that states should be given the road to construct.

That said, Okporo is not the only road he was reconstructing since 2011 Solberg entered that site. Whereas Orubebe has been on that portion given to him since 2009.

fabulous4u: coming from a critic of gej
fresh air is really blowing
up gej

Whether Fresh air or wind. All I want is the speedy completion of that road, so Aba Road will be eased off.

If no one has said anything about that road by now, we would still have had abandon or no progress on that road.
Compare the Bayelsa and Rivers axis and see the difference.

Below are other comments on facebook, so you can acertain or judge if truly the Commissioner is saying the truth.

lindai2 (signed in using yahoo)
Hope this is not goin to end up like Delta state,
where they lie about non existing projects....
Massive fraud and corruption from non-existing
projects to a non-existing DELTA STATE
DIPLOMAT MAGAZINE which is being used to
embezzle 100million every month. The Magazine does not even have a website, no office. It does not exist!

ONLY GHOST WORKERS AND A GHOST WEBSITE.
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Emiede C Aboro · · University of Port Harcourt
Gov Dickson lacks Vision, Aside security I haven't
seen any reason project he has embarked upon.
Bayelsa lacks a lot, up till now we can't boast of an International Airport,good Health facilities in all d LGAs,good roads, social amenities, etc and d Gov is nothing about it.
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Charles Ebinyo Donald · Doctor at Federal medical
centre,yenagoa
mr commissioner stop lieing,all the work you jst
mention are no where to be found.since silver d left d gvt hous the state has being surferin epileptic power suply.no work for graduate,no bursary for students.no security
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Engr Seye 'Lugbenga Moses · Top Commenter ·
Lagos, Nigeria
Politicians can lie! Dickson has been confirmed to be one of d most unintelligent governors of today!
Dsame guy dat sent 20pupils abroad to study at a cost of over $1m. Same sent 250 to Benin republic to attend a university established by Asari Dokubo.
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Ayegba Ayegba Sunday · · Top
Commenter · Senior Administrative Staff at Benue
State University, Makurdi
But why do the refer to Governor Dickson as talk
name do Governor in Bayelsa? It is because he is
performing excellently.Carry go jare.
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Alexander Uche · N.M.T.I
genuine plots of land on sale @ owerri.07034403624
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Ebigoni Ofor · Rivers State University of Science
and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
All rubbish talk.

Daniel Forcados • 2 hours ago
Well done my Governor, Bayelsa is now truly
a huge construction site. If only your
predecessors had done just half ehat you
have done in less than 2yrs, we would gone
much further in terms of development.

From the above, you can judge for yourself or pay a visit to Yenegoa to ascertain the reality on ground.

The OP copied and pasted an article from Vanguard and the first comment goes like this.

James Yibatoroiyela Bobby · Top Commenter ·
Works at Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria
A very big lie... He's doing nothin in d state. Ask him to pay students bursary

Am not in Bayelsa to comment, but this June I visited, I saw movement of equipment at one junction. A guy told me they want to construct a flyover.

I would say, am very impressed with what I saw today along Choba-Rumuosi axis of East-west road here in Port Harcourt.

I hope the pace should be maintained or increase to achieve December 2014 deadline.

I was only angry with GEJ for doing little or nothing in my state. But, I think I will delete East-West road as one of many sins committed by this FG.

Good work Setraco
Good work FGN
Good work MND
Good work the opposition for stressing on that road.

[quote author=Sunny_bobo]The relative peace in the Niger delta is the reason Nigeria is able to fund this budget at all.[/quote]Do we really have relative peace over there? Just coming back from the creek yesterday to Port Harcourt. I will tell you I enjoyed my 30minutes speed boat journey.

Afam4eva: You were mistakenly banned by the anti spambots. Sorry about that.

Ok. Sir

I can't believe I was banned for 2days because I commented on this article
www.nairaland.com/1558985/bad-constructed-road-nddc

What exactly is in my comment that will warrant my ban? I see NLanders here insult OPs and ruined threads without getting suspended.

Please how exactly did I get banned? Just explain.

Thanks.

hardywaltz: @ op I suggest u write a formal letter of complain to the MD/CEO throu The Director, Rivers State office, D/Line Port Harcourt.
You can also copy the Executive Director Projects (EDP) and Director PMS.
The contractor may not have been paid so he won't get payment.

You mean the contractor may not have been paid on a project that has reached a commissioned stage?.

At Odani street, Elelenwo same PH, they succeeded in putting their statue without doing any work on the road (earthwork).

OP

I tried to post on that road. I think Olobo road or so that leads to AP behind University of Port Harcourt main gate. That road wasn't properly graded well, infact as they were pouring asphalt, the road was wearing out the same time.

I have said, NDDC should be scrapped.

OP
Am tired.

agbameta: http://247ureports.com/ohanaeze-youths-on-war-path-with-igbo-elders-over-gifts-from-mr-president/

In exchange for 2nd Niger Bridge. Smh!

I don't want to believe any conspiracy theory here. Even under the military government, we have witnessed fire outbreak in that market.

Some people are taken advantage of the crisis in the state to perpetrate evil. I don't believe any of the camp are responsible for this. My humbly submission is that time for whoever is backing both camps to reach a compromise and let the people decide through the ballot box who will succeed the Governor. So we can actually fish out those responsible for this evil act. How can people so wicked to raise a building down. An external investigation is needed to unravel the cause of the fire.

Enough of overheating the polity from both camps.
Some people have threaten to make the state. ungovernable if they don't have their way and this is the tip of an ice berg. I hope next it won't lead to state of emergency. This is what politics is all about. And our Rivers are happy things build over the years will be destroyed meaning we will end up going 1 step forward and 5 steps backward.

So Amaechi put fire in that Market? By the way which of the Building got razed, the new building or the zinc building? By the way, this is not the first time Mile 1 market has been on Fire prior to Christmas.

Am at Woji, I can't here any shots. People are moving about with their normal lives.

Constituency projects are not given to the members. They only carry oversight functions ala monitor the projects. FG are in charge.

It has improved of late here in Woji Estate, Port Harcourt since the take over. Thanks to the Rivers State sub-station at Slaughter. I don't understand why the state will build Power stations (Gas turbines) only for a Private firm to buy the scrap at AFAM thereby inheriting all the power stations (Gas Turbines) at Trans Amadi and Omoku stations.
Is totally unfair.

For the first time I will agree with the President on this. The NDDC should be probed or abolished. When you talk of corruption, it stinks in this Board. I know a fellow from Ogbia who is a former Vice President (NANS). He was given the position of special adviser to the NDDC Director on... The guy became billionaire overnight, buying properties in Germany. Dubai etc. Most of the projects he gets are usually abandoned. And that could be said for other Staffs of the board. They get there to enrich themselves. Looting with impunity since no one carries out oversight functions on them. NDDC is an embarrassment to Niger Delta. Their roads usually access roads are substandard and it gets bad as soon as they are completed.
Finally, the President should be held responsible if the current Directors or executives don't deliver
since he personally appointed them unlike the usual practice of getting nomination from the state Governors.

The Board should be scrapped if they don't deliver.

Rant over!

donphilopus: What did AIT do?? Were/are they controversial about their report??

Yes, the above title of this thread was a supplement of their 8pm news. When they indirectly dedicated 5minutes to blast any GEJ critic. Even NTA cannot do that. Am very disappointed with them. The only watchable show they have now without biased is Kaaki.

NTA news these days seems to look more balance than AIT. What is happening. Is it Raymond Dokpesi effect?

Discuss!

ilugunboy: Forget replying Dede...

He is a complete and hopeless irredeemable bigot.

And you are fool for joining issues with me.

phantom: my brother na this one pain me pass.as strategic as bonny is to the nation, no single road connects PH to bonny.you go by boat or helicopter.pity! Meanwhile rivers people have turned a blind eye to the the ogoni-andoni-opobo unity road being done by amaechi the man they call a traitor.god dey.

Gbam! No mind Wike boys. Saw their GDI rally yesterday on AIT at Abua Odua. Expecting them to criticise Amaechi's government in that area. What they ended up saying was they don't hold political position apart from commissioner. And I was like. Wtf! These people can't even criticized Amaechi base on performance. Just they are hungry and bla bla cos the place they were using was built by Amaechi opposite there is one of numerous Health center. The LGA model schools are unaccountable. So they don't have any manifesto.

On that Unity Road, I can't wait to drive my car to Opobo since the history of my kingdom. I jealous Andonis and Nkoro sometime.

DerideGull: @OP

Throughout the history of mankind, betrayal artists never end up in good notes socially. They have always died a miserable death or in a state of chilly penury.

What's betrayal in erring their view? When development is concentrated in Otuoke and other part are left out. Is that betrayal?

Obasanjo started Bonny-Bodo road in Rivers State, Yaradua inherited and move it a little. GEJ after three years in office. Nothing has been done on that road.

I laugh in Ibani language. So Bayelsa know how to write letter? Your people in Port Harcourt won't stop the hate on Amaechi for speaking his mind.

Jonathan massive development in Bayelsa has only been concentrated only in Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government. This community has a University, Hospital, Church, roads, technical school. Even the road leading to the headquarter of Ogbia is bad. Ogbia as a whole is bleeped bar Otuoke.

I have Nembe friends and not all of them are happy with our President especially after abandoning Brass-Nember road by Dickson since Sylvia left office.

The Brass NLNG is turning to a mirage.

ogologodimkpa: So you thought all PDP Governors have deserted GEJ
Not possible?
Those the defected to APC are fighting for their pockets.
They all did so base on their ambitions come 2015

He meant since 5 Governors defected to the opposition. Case would have been closed on rebels. By the way, learnt one of the Governor that want Tukur out is from the south-south.

amiskurie: what is dis alien saying?

good news!

Have you ever heard of Greater Port Harcourt initiated by the Governor of Rivers State.

Is on course despite the 'Operation bring him down'

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Whoever came up with that explanation about how
President Goodluck Jonathan got his GCFR – the
highest national honour in the land a few days ago
must be thoroughly disingenuous. It is as follows.
The setting was the last meeting of the Council of
State. Someone had proposed that the President
should take the GCFR title. He already has the
GCON.
He reportedly demurred citing an extant law
(possibly the National Honours Act No. 5 of 1964)
which says only a sitting President can confer the
title of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic or Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger on
another. A former Chief Justice of the Federation,
Alfa Belgore then advised that his was a special case in the sense that he, Jonathan, took over from a dead President. But so did Obasanjo in 1976.
In 1983, Buhari deposed a sitting President. And so
did Babangida in 1985. Abdulsalami Abubakar also
succeeded a dead President. But everyone at the
meeting, particularly the state Governors felt
persuaded that Jonathan should take the GCFR. They then started begging the man. “Please Your
Excellency”; “Please Sir, GCON is too small for you.” They begged. Oh, how they begged! Imagine all those big men begging one man to become a GCFR; and so, Dr. Jonathan, ever-so-humble, capitulated.
How could the President taking a GCFR title have
created so much drama at a meeting of the Council
of State? Why couldn’t such trifle wait? All of a
sudden, President Jonathan who in 30 days had
clearly demonstrated that he is in charge and in
power was no longer in charge. His award of a GCFR was signed by all former Heads of State, with General Gowon saying: “we signed it”. Under what authority was he and his colleagues acting? They have no such powers. And how many more actions would the President be persuaded to take due to overwhelming pressure, or expediency, but more because of his failure to obey his own moral
intuition? The President is the highest authority in
the Council of state and so, all that contrived
histrionics notwithstanding, the truth is that
President Jonathan after only 30 days in office has conferred upon himself the highest honour in the land.
The Council of State is, in a strict sense, an
advisory body. It is a creation of the Third Schedule Part 1, Sections 5 and 6 of the 1999 Constitution. Section 6(a)(iii) defines the role of that Council in relation to the “award of national honour,” and nowhere is it stated that former Heads of state can constitute themselves into a superior authority conferring National Honours on a sitting President.

Whatever General Gowon and co may have signed is
therefore inappropriate, if not illegal. Arthur
Schopenhauer is right: “Honour is on its objective
side, other people’s opinion of what we are worth; on its subjective side, it is the respect we pay to this opinion.” (Position, 1851).This raises an inevitable moral question: should President Jonatahn award himself the highest honour in the land? The honour that he should seek is not an additional suffixation to his name but such general opinion which by the end of his tenure would advertise his deeds and achievements in office as truly deserving of honour and celebration and a place in the people’s hearts and memory. General Sani Abacha also had a GCFR. Does anyone today think that he truly deserved it? Every Inspector General of Police in recent times has had a National Honour while in office. If anyone is looking for a list of those who have damaged Nigeria in the last 50 years, the place to begin the search is the National Honours List.

This is perhaps why most Nigerians are indifferent
about the National Honours system. It does not
change anyone’s opinion about the character of the
title-holder. It does not attract a salary or a
lifetime pension. It probably allows access to the
VIP lounge at the country’s airports. But anyone with a couple of thousand Nairas can also use the VIP lounge. And what manner of man or woman is that who rather than pay a token sum for an hour of comfort, waiting to catch a flight, would insist on waving a medal? Still, we should not make light of it. The concept of honour is at the heart of society. Men from time immemorial have craved it. They would kill for it, if possible, go to war, and risk all. Honour is an intangible asset; it is about prestige and self- worth. But that prestige must be seen to have been earned, to have been worked for, such that it inspires the admiration of the community. Like Akintola Williams, CBE; I.K. Dairo, MBE. Each year when the Queen’s Honours’ List is announced in Great Britain, the award is taken seriously; it is an advertisement of the British value system: merit, achievement, international diplomacy. It is not every British Prime Minister that is on the Queen’s Honours list. It is not an entitlement list reserved for anyone and everyone in public position. Here lies an instructive difference: the Nigerian National Honours list is driven by an entitlement mentality. The day Namadi Sambo became Vice President, he was automatically decorated with a GCON, the second highest honour. As soon as Senator David Mark became Senate President, he also got one of the country’s high honours. Every year, state Governors nominate their friends, family, contractors who donated money to their political campaigns, and traditional rulers who helped to deliver the votes. A few persons of substance show up on the list, but you really have to scratch your head to figure out why certain names have been considered worthy. Because of the emphasis on entitlement and patronage, the award ceremony is ever so bland; the citations say nothing significant. A review of the National Honours Act and system is overdue. Nigeria must be probably the only country where people are given national honours for work not done, or in anticipation of what they would achieve.
National honours should be reserved for those who
through hardwork and extraordinary achievement
have helped to raise the Nigerian profile and its
place in the world. If this be the case, the highest
honours in the land should be reserved for the Wole Soyinkas, the Kayode Esos, the Chinua Achebes, the Chukwudifu Oputas, the Dick Tigers, the Fela Kutis, the Margaret Ekpos, inventors, entrepreneurs, great promoters of the Nigerian dream, including the honest average Nigerian, but not politicians and their sponsors, not every civil servant who manages to get to a certain position, not coup plotters, not traditional rulers, not government contractors and certainly not similar rent collectors. President Jonathan missed a good opportunity to raise the standard on the award of national honours by quickly promoting himself to the GCFR rank. This is reminiscent of the military era and the vaingloriousness of the political elite. When the late President Umaru Yar’Adua was decorated with the same GCFR on the day he assumed office, by the then outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo, he had remarked that he would have preferred getting such high honour after his tour of duty as President. It was a useful point.
Once more, President Jonathan has failed to eschew the business-as-usual syndrome. I should not be surprised if in due course, the Council of Traditional Rulers unleash all kinds of chieftaincy title offers on him, including that notorious, eponymous one in Yorubaland: OTUNBA. He would of course, demur. But the Council of chiefs from this or that community will beg him. And beg him. And of course, he will accept. The moment may also soon arrive when some Nigerians will beg the President to run for office in 2011. And they will beg and beg. And of course, he will accept. That after all, is the story of how Jonathan got his GCFR.

Reuben Abati who is now Senior Special Assistant to President Jonathan was the Guardian newspaper
editorial board chair when he wrote this in 2010

gratiaeo: What is the problem with our great country? How can any sane person who claimed to love Nigeria call for an impeachment now? Let all the people clamouring for GEJ’s seat wait till 2015 to test their popularity in the elections and not use back door to get power. The president also needs to begin to act as one. It is high time he changed his cabinet. There are lots of dead wood, and fifth columnists in government. He seems to have lost control of things and just praying to God to fix things, when God as put him there to act.

So you love Nigeria? And you want GEJ not to be impeached undemocratic? But you support his handwork in Rivers State were he supports a minority set of lawmakers as confirmed by Bipi the self acclaim speaker on Thisday Newspaper today. www.thisdaylive.com/articles/anti-amaechi-lawmakers-give-conditions-for-truce/166647/ Can't believe folks are double standard. So why not the President wait till 2015 to imposed his stooge in Rivers? That's if the state will allow that. Why is he in a hurry to remove Amaechi? Having approach the court to declare 5 Governors seat vacant with a kangaroo court when he as well knows he has no case. So if you must come to equity, you must come with clean house.

Blame APC for this. They have bribed NMA to discredit our wonderful President.

Where is that Nwana, that is the minister? Come start your battle.

The truth is that, even in developed countries. Workers go on strike to press for their demands.