10mobile: Former President Goodluck Jonathan says pictures of his mock coffin displayed in the media during the anti-fuel subsidy removal protests of 2012 traumatised his aged mother who had lost eight children.
Jonathan said this in his recently published book titled, My Transition Hours.
The former President said,
Jonathan said during the protests, several notable Nigerians visited him, asking him to reverse the increment in the pump price of petrol.
Some of the prominent Nigerians who visited him include: General-Overseer, Living Faith Mission (Winners Chapel) Bishop David Oyedepo; Primate of the Anglican Church, Rt.Rev Nichola Okoh and eight other clerics.
He said what was more disheartening was the fact that the opposition in Lagos had hijacked the protests.
Jonathan added that even the Nigeria Labour Congress which had been briefed on the matter before the subsidy removal was announced was co-opted into joining the protests.
The former President added,
Jonathan further stated that the House of Representatives, which was led by pro-opposition Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, decided to exploit the situation.
He said the House accused him of fleeing the country in a bid to exploit the situation for political gain.
Lifted from Joe Chidolue Udodigbo's Facebook wall
wike want to be the VP to tambuwal. We are waiting for them
etokhana: The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, has attacked the Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi over his absence at the Southsouth stakeholders’ meeting with the President Muhammadu Buhari’s delegation.
The Igo Aguma-led party said that the minister was at the Port Harcourt airport to receive the Presidential delegation, escorted them to the Government House, and disappeared.
The Federal Government held a meeting in the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday.
The absence of Amaechi, a former Governor of Rivers State, drew the ire of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, saying the Transportation Minister cannot justify his absence, which it described as “unfortunate.”
According to a statement by Livingston Wechie, the media adviser to its Caretaker Committee Chairman, Igo Aguma, the party demanded that Amaechi should tender an apology to the people of Rivers State and his party for his “embarrassing action.”
The statement added, “We condemn the absence of Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of Transportation from the Southsouth Stakeholders meeting with the Presidency which held in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, November 24, 2020.”
The APC wondered why Amaechi was never part of such a crucial stakeholders’ meeting that has to do with the Southsouth geopolitical zone.
“The absence of the minister of Transportation, who is supposed to be the minister representing Rivers State in the federal cabinet is most unfortunate as there can be no justification for his non-participation.
“The action of Amaechi is an evidence of the type of divisive and selfish leadership he is giving the APC in the state which is solely aimed at destroying the party at all cost for his personal gain in keeping with his vows,” he said.
The meeting had in attendance most presidential appointees from the region and elected representatives.
that is real owner of the land not a coward foreigner like ambode. This man belong to Legos not from osun or Ondo I don't think so. how can a foreigner want to take over someone's land. Yoruba should leave Lagos for their owners to manage. They should go back to their swamps in Oshogbo.
hisexcellency34: [sub][/sub]Like the UK, US or other western nations, can Nigeria also threaten any country with sanctions or travel ban into our country?
common Ghana they deport you which country you want to sanction did your president know what is sanction abeg make them give una electricity firs before Nigeria provoke Ghana again
Juliusmalema: British should have allowed us fight our war in peace.
After all two brothers fight and settle but here britain carry everything for head.
Well Dem done settle GB with Shell for 176 years agreement.
if not for British Biafra could have swallow Nigeria you know why British don't want Nigeria to go to war with Biafra again they know if war brake out again they will not help Nigeria. Because the wold will be watching how Nigeria will be in Massy of Biafra.
GBTYO: I said the architects of forced one Nijeriya and central collectivism as enshrined in the Igbo decree 34 issued by the Igbo military dictator , Ironsi will not like this.
what are you still saying I don't understand come again please
ABlAstate: Abia state has defiled development since 1999. Abia has been ruled by Orji Kalu, Ta Orji and now Ikpeazu. Abia hasn't had any form of development since 1999 till date.
Abia state is best described as the worst and most backward state in Nigeria devastated and ravaged with filth, horribly dilapidated bad roads with craters. Aba has degenerated into hellfire while Umuahia is more or less a rural area littered with old houses, bad roads and filth.
Abia state government is owing civil servants upto 1yr areas, owing pensioners upto 3yrs areas.
Hospitals in Abia state are mere poultry farms. Schools in Abia state can best be described as pig houses.
I am ashamed of being an indigene of Abia state
Abia state is simply the sewage pit toilet of Nigeria
u can see no body want like you shit again. Not interested
Sammy07: Lols. Well I don't know of others o, for me I prefer we Yorubas break away from Nigeria.
Because we ain't making use of our potentials here. Every FG, before you implement something, FG must approved. Mtcheww
I prefer we Yorubas (SW + Kwara and kogi west) to break away from Nigeria. We have the land for agriculture we have port and sea we have borders we have oil. we have gas. we have the manpower we have the human resources we have the brain we have the education we have the tourist attraction we have big big churches (tourism e.g Rccg, winners etc) we have the population
what else do we lack? absolutely nothing.
wkara belong to Fulani land grabber Yoruba don't have any business to do whit kwara thief
GladGlad: The Governors from the South-South region of the country have lamented the underdevelopment of their region, stating that their resources are used to develop other parts of the country.
Ifeanyi Okowa, chairman of the south-south governors forum said this during the regional stakeholders meeting with the presidential delegation led by Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to the president on Tuesday November 24.
you see why Fulani allways think they own Nigeria. Why are they treating this ganbali like if he is the president just ordinary chief of staff. Wike your mumu is too much.
stupid people. Mare chief of staff is not even vp I'm ashamed of this people. Mad man is not ashem na him family. Useless governors. Anytime wike see any Fulani na so he go they open teeth mad man who went to sokoto and bow to his master sultan and come back home and talk to our kings like a small boys
fk001: Is time to pinned down Abaribe, Ndume is just a demo
You can't be a surety to a runaway terrorist and still be making mouth, he has been making mouth for the past two weeks that igbo presidency is non-negotiable while he has a case on his head.
The 6 Generals will always be 6 steps ahead of you.
iwaeda: Hundreds of farmers from the Egbe community in Kogi State have protested against the incessant destruction of their farmlands and crops by herdsmen.
The protesters called on the state government to intervene now in order to avoid the breakdown of law and order.
The spokesman for the farmers, Wale Oti, who spoke to journalists on the incident, said the way and manner in which crops waiting for harvest were being destroyed was unbearable.
The protest, he said, became necessary because of last Sunday’s total destruction of their farmlands and crops that were ready for harvest.
Egbe is a boundary town between Kogi and Kwara states with about 50,000 inhabitants, whose major source of livelihood is farming.
Oti stated that the farmers had been enduring incessant destruction of their farmlands for years, but noted that the situation became worse when the Kogi State Government gave the herdsmen a warm reception and allowed them to settle in the community in droves.
He added, “Indigenous farmers, who had been labouring since the beginning of the rainy season and were optimistic of having something to harvest, got to their farms on Sunday morning to see the total destruction of their farms due to overgrazing.
“Several reports have been made to the Elegbe of Egbe, Oba Ayo Irukera, asking him to caution the herdsmen, and we are making another one to further buttress our bitterness and pain about what the herdsmen are doing to us.”
Abagworo: While most of us may be sober at the moment as a result of challenges from Covid-19 pandemic but there is definitely a cause to rejoice for natives of Amaruru in Imo State and Ezinifite in Anambra State as the colonial bridge linking the 2 communities which collapsed in May 2018 has been completely reconstructed by the Federal Government through FERMA. It made front page here that year
Genoa: Op use your brain, Ojukwu is responsible for the 3m Biafra death, remember this was how he dressed to ivory coast after putting Alaigbo in problem.
Politics › Re: "Photographs Of My Mock Coffin Traumatised My Mother Who Lost 8 Children" - GEJ by madmohamed(m): 4:56pm On Nov 26, 2020
Torment the terrorist
