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firstking01:
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princeofpeace22:
cruel attitude needs cruel prayers

You god must be foolish to answer foolish prayers

Same thing will be said in 2017 with different phrase just like he did in 2015. for 365 days god couldn't finish the work he has to continue in 2016 what he didn't finish in 2015, and the bible say he created the world in 7days. Am watching in dis scam in 3D. Welcome to twenty sixteen.

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can i see the millage... how long have u been using this car? i will do 370k, am in lagos and i will have to pay someone to come over to pick

Did notice he wore that red Polo throughout his journey?

fpeter:
“It was difficult for me to decide from his side how readily he might accept defeat. He absolutely swore that if he lost he was going back to Otuoke village. If I take him literally, I think he will accept the result, but I’ve learned never to trust any politician from here to there, even if they’re just coming out of communion. So I really don’t know.

. Same way he said he will not contest 2015 election. just saying though

seunmsg:
Even if PDP declare 1million votes in Delta state, they still can't win this election. Sorry bro GEJ, it's game over for you. It's time to reverse and move over to Otuoke.

APC would still be given part of the vote still. #change has come so my rejoice and scream CHANGE

I wonder what would have happen if GMB speech according to fayose is 30 mins in every state where he campaign, imagine what 10 seconds of campaign gave buhari - in the kkk states. Sai baba nla nla. #Change. Dem say buhari no get certi but dem wey get na propaganda dem dey use am promote. Shameless thieves with corrupt head.

When is my lagos coming up, that's gonna be another heartbreak for PDP

Valwezzy:
Mark my Word..GEJ Will lead us till 2019.:-)

I don mark am... but if he no happen like u talk nko...?

Any where to watch it online

ElekeNtioba:
Nigeria's biggest problem is illiteracy. When northerners vote for a candidate just because he is a fellow muslim, hw do u expect us to prosper. Nigeria still has a long way to go.

where has been literate gotten us to. This country was lead by a PhD holder and first time in the history of this country rate went above 200naira. Education and literacy only put food on individuals table. Cause am not getting anything fromm you because you are literate.

alienvirus:
So no one could identify that as a cause in GEJ polling unit even with all security details? I see.

cause they all infected with the clueless of GEJ

bolliejay:
All power belongs to JESUS. l will collect the charm and throw it away.

Which of the jesus?

Home » Featured » 2011 broken promises and U-turns
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2011 broken promises and U-turns

Posted by: Associate Editor, Sam Egburonu in Featured, News November 16, 2014

Following President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration to contest for reelection at the 2015 Presidential Election in spite of the promise he made during the 2011 presidential election campaigns not to seek for a second term in office, Associate Editor, Sam Egburonu, reports on Mr. President’s broken political promises and U-turns

President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency in 2011 was heralded by some exhilarating promises which brought fresh hope to Nigerians, especially youths and the oppressed majority, who were yet to recover from the rude shock occasioned by the sudden death of former President Umar Yar’Adua.

Jonathan’s campaigns, described as “fresh and dynamic,” added momentum to the unfolding drama, a drama of a once shoeless Nigerian destined to bring hope, restoration, transformation and ‘good luck’ to a blessed nation that has long been abandoned in the harsh desert of gross maladministration and corruption.

In an ennobled voice of a seeming messiah, Jonathan had said on September 18, 2010, as he made the formal declaration to contest the 2011 Presidential Election: “I stand before you today (18th September, 2010), humbly seeking your support for me, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, to run for the office of the President of Nigeria with Architect Namadi Sambo as my running mate.

“We will fight for justice!

We will fight for all Nigerians to have access to power!

We will fight for qualitative and competitive education!

We will fight for health care reforms!

We will fight to create jobs, for all Nigerians!

We will fight corruption!

We will fight to protect all citizens!

We will fight for your rights!

My dear country men and women, give me your support, give me your votes and together we will fight to build a great nation of our dreams!”

As would be expected, most Nigerians took these promises as Gospel truths, especially because of the humble socio-political background of the giver.

Dr Israel Udodirim, a political scientist in Lagos, recalled the impact of the declaration speech and the other political promises from Jonathan on the electorates and the common people. “Nigerians saw in Jonathan, way back in 2010, when he made those thrilling promises, the ideal change we have been clamouring for, the fresh politician with little or no baggage, the ideal leader with the right education and the right background to tackle the unique problems of the country, bearing in mind the challenges millions of Nigerian masses face on a daily basis.”

Perhaps, it was with the same understanding that Jonathan easily won the 2011 presidential election and was sworn in as President, May 29, 2011.

Since then, critical observers have continued to accuse Jonathan and his government of failed promises and U-turns.

Broken political promises and U-turns

One of the areas President Jonathan’s opponents say he has failed to fulfill the promise he made to Nigerians is on the political field, particularly on the issue of his tenure. They argued that at the heat of the campaigns for the 2011 Presidential Elections, Jonathan had clearly promised not to seek reelection in 2015. But during the week, on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, Jonathan formally declared his intention to contest the 2015 presidential election on the ticket of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

The controversy over Jonathan’s political future in 2015 dates back to 2010 even before he formally declared his 2011 presidential ambition. At a crowded press conference in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, just a day before his formal declaration, his promise to govern only for a term was first broached to Nigerians.

At that auspicious briefing, Dalhatu Tafida, the then Director-General of the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation, told Nigerians in clear language that “The President wants to run for one term…Let us give him the four years and see how he performs,” he said.

It was a promise few doubted, especially because of the peculiar political realities then following the death of former President Umar Yar’Adua and tension in the polity over power rotation and the tenure of the North. Some powerful political leaders from the North had tried desperately to stop Jonathan’s ambition then, arguing that the alleged eight years tenure for the North, which the late Ya’Adua would have done, will not end until 2015 and that it would not be right for Jonathan, who is from the South-South to continue in office. But Jonathan’s supporters across the country, taking into consideration the unique political realities of the time, rallied round him to ensure his election. According to some sources, it was in the course of this top flight negotiation that the option of a single term was considered.

So, when Tafida made the promise on behalf of his boss, many took it as a genuine promise by Jonathan.

It did not end there for Jonathan himself, who never at that time denied or faulted Tafida’s utterances, also made the promise in very clear terms.

Few days after the Abuja press conference preceding his official declaration to seek presidential office in 2011, Jonathan personally confirmed Tafida’s assurances when on January 31, 2011, while addressing Nigerians in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he attended an African Union Summit, he told the audience: “I would have loved that Nigerians in the Diaspora vote this year. But to be frank with you that is going to be difficult now. Nigerians in the Diaspora will not vote, but I will work towards it by 2015, even though I will not be running for election.”

He also promised the special audience of Nigerians that if voted in for the next four years, he would ensure significant improvement in key sectors of the economy – security, power, education, road, health amongst others.

“Without security, there is no government. So it is not debatable, it is something we have to address and we are working towards that with vigour. But 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 significant improvement and if I can’t improve on power within this period, it then means I cannot do anything even if I am there for the next four years.”

In what a critic described as ‘a callous u-turn,’ Jonathan on Tuesday, at a huge rally in Abuja, formally declared his intention to run in 2015 elections for the office of president.

He explained how he came about the decision to throw his hat on the ring in spite of the criticism of his opponents thus: “After seeking the face of God, in quiet reflection with my family and having listened to the call of our people nationwide to run, I, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, have accepted to re-present myself, on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, for re-election as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the 2015 general elections.”

As would be expected, Jonathan has been flayed by some Nigerians, including his political opponents. For example, Nigeria’s main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) roundly condemned the timing of the declaration, questioning why the President and his party chose to make the declaration of his ambition for a second term less than 24 hours after about 50 students were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Potiskum, Yobe State.

APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, described the declaration as “insensitive and senseless.”

He lamented that the President was “dancing on the graves of the students,’ adding, “Since this President has chosen to celebrate a national tragedy, Nigerians should also be ready to celebrate his electoral failure next year.”

Part of the APC statement said this “act of blatant hard-heartedness, Jonathan was only continuing along his well-trodden path of acting without deep introspection.

“When about 60 students were killed in the terror attack on the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, in February 2014, President Jonathan never visited the scene to commiserate with the families of the victims. When over 80 people were killed in the first Nyanya bombing in April 2014, President Jonathan went dancing ‘Azonto’ in Kano less than 48 hours later.

“And when almost 300 girls were freshly abducted in Chibok, President Jonathan neither acted fast enough to rescue the girls nor visited the village. His administration even denied anyone was abducted, until 19 days after!

“This President has therefore established a pattern of putting his political interest above the security and welfare of Nigerians who voted him into office. This President has trampled upon the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which makes the security and welfare of the citizenry the raison d’etre of the government’s existence.

“It is time for Nigerians to respond in kind by trampling on his political ambition and sending him back to Otuoke.”

Responding, the Peoples Democratic Party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, described APC’s statement as ‘mischievous.’ PDP said APC in their “characteristic manner, instead of accepting the successes already acknowledged by Nigerians, went into their usual shadowboxing and mischievous propaganda in a failed attempt to score a cheap political point.”

Metuh also said in the statement that: “All over the world, it is known that terrorists plan their evil activities to manipulate political events and policies and that the more you allow them space, the more dastardly and frequent they turn. If terrorists must be denied the publicity they crave so much for, it becomes the responsibility of all patriots in moments like this to work hard to prevent them from hijacking events or taking control of our destiny.”

Besides the timing of the declaration, his opponents and some other observers say Jonathan did not keep his words on his reelection ambition and that electorates will not forget that on the day of election. It remains to be seen how if the alleged u-turn on the issue of tenure will affect Jonathan’s electoral fortunes in 2015 elections.

Question mark on human rights

Notwithstanding repeated claims by Jonathan-led Federal Government that his administration ensured protection of human rights and freedom of speech as it supervised the signing into law of Freedom of Information Bill, observers said a recent harassment of some media houses has put a big question mark on the administration’s record in this sector.

It would be recalled that in spite of Jonathan’s promise to defend all the rights of Nigerians, including the freedom of information, when he said in 2011, “we will fight for your rights’ there were reports of harassment of newspaper houses sometime in June 2014, when military clamped down some media houses.

Although the Defence Spokesman, Major-General Chris Olukolade, officially denied the clampdown, it was confirmed that soldiers actually intercepted some newspaper distribution vehicles going to some states. Also during this period, The Nation noted heavy presence of military men near the corporate headquarters of the affected media houses.

A statement released by the management of Media Trust Limited (publishers of Daily Trust), one of the affected newspaper houses, said:

“Armed soldiers this morning confiscated copies of today’s edition of Daily Trust across the country and disrupted the distribution of the paper in major cities including Abuja, Kano, Maiduguri and Port Harcourt,” the statement said.

“The soldiers, who claimed they were acting on superior order, mounted roadblocks along the major highways through which the newspaper is distributed and intercepted the delivery van. They also mounted road roadblocks around our offices in Abuja and Kano,” it added.

The statement “recalled that Daily Trust had published an exclusive lead story on Wednesday on the sharing of an Abuja barrack plots to Army generals and their spouses for personal use.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/2011-broken-promises-and-u-turns/

Faibuhari:
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In 2007, President Jonathan declared his assets worth a total of ₦ 295,304,420 Naira ($1,845,652 USD).[8] However on 9 October 2014, the richestlifestyle.com website ranked Mr Jonathan sixth on its list, claiming his net worth was about $100m (£62m). He threatened to sue the website, claiming it "was an attempt to portray him as corrupt."[9] The page was removed, but was then published by another website


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodluck_Jonathan

[quote author=Emytexboy post=30291461][/quote]Can you please ask the oracles to tell us when Nigeria will be a better place, with gud roads including street, stable power, job for the masses and everybody being equal. Oracles by foot, make the oracles stay one place

Okay, so I watched the entire 55 minutes of PDP's 1.5billion naira propaganda campaign against Gen. Buhari. For starters, it is interesting to see how the 21billion naira raised from croonies and looters is being put to use. I think the propaganda was insightful and with the exception of some bits of blatant falsehood here and there, it was quite informative.

Now, I think PDP just spent 1.5 billion campaigning for Buhari. Some people are visibly angry but these are people who were not going to vote for Buhari anyways, so I'll discount them. The very reasons the masses love Buhari almost to a frenzied followership are the same reasons the con men cum producers of this documentary highlighted. Buhari is seen as a high-handed, stern, uncompromising personality, a set of traits that is needed at this time to bring corruption to its knees. From the war against indiscipline, to crating Umaro Dikko, to atleast attempting to prosecute the political class that took corruption and lawlessness to another dimension, Buhari showed that he (albeit too harshly and overtly passionately) had the interest of the country at heart.

We're in 2015 and about to face another economic crisis much bigger than the 1984 crisis. 7 years of >2.3m barrels of oil a day sold at $100/bbl is all but wasted. With a ballooned civil service, a looting circus that knows nothing but how to loot and mismanage, rising insecurity, falling oil price, there is absolutely no way Nigeria can balance its budget at $45/bbl crude even if we cut capital spending all the way to zero. We will be left with nothing but to cut capital spending, devalue the currency to pay salaries and watch the economy grind to a halt. For all I care, GEJ's administration is Nigeria worst, using every metric in the book, when adjusted for income and debts. We don't need a soft angel at this time - it's too late. We need strong leadership, patriotic dedication to the Nigerian cause, and someone who isn't afraid of trying BOLD stuff. . That man is certainly not GEJ. We need to strengthen the political system and return true power to the people.

Former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has predicted that the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari will be the next Nigerian President which why those who are afraid of him are creating so many obstacles on his way, Saying “a general is always a general. Obasanjo, who was reacting to the controversies generated over the school certificate of GeneralBuhari said: “I see Buhari as the next President and Jonathan is aware of that, and that is the reason they are hitting him everywhere to put confusion in his camp. But a General is always aGeneral… “ The former President said the truth of the matter is that Jonathan is aware that Buhari is qualified to contest for President election but that “some hawks with Jonathan do not want him to contest because they believed that he will win and come for them.
“The issue (of Buhari’s certificate) came up in 2007, and we investigated and found out that his WASEC is with the military and that was why he was allowed to contest in 2007. Buhari cannot listen to anyone about his certificates because as a General of Nigeria Army, he will speak when he chooses, not by Femi Fani Kayode and Okupe asking him. Fayose and other corrupt people including Kashamu do not want Buhari because of his anti-corruption slogan. “Even Jonathan did not finish his PhD course but when it was presented we stated that, it does not matter but many people do not know because it was PDP thing.

http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/2015/01/22/buhari-will-win-this-election-even-jonathan-didnt-complete-his-phd-obasanjo/