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What to expect from An APC govt

1. You will be Taxed for the No of Children you have ! For Bachelors and spinsters. Your tax will be according to the status of year wardrobe!
2. They will Use your Billions to throw Owambe Parties!

3 they will not construct Any Road at less than 1 billion per Km

4. If they Catch you trying to make ends meet on the street , you will be Punished if you protest you will be asked to GO and DIE

5. When they Come to Woo you they will shed Crocodile tears over a dead man they never respected when he was alive

6. After milking excessive Tax they will give Tifnubu half to share with the big breasted girls he usually shares the table with and use the Balance to plant flower and paint round about, the rest to bribe Newspaper editors to spread propaganda


7. And Now that they have formed an alliance with Boko haram, Violence is a Basic, Blood flow is a requirement, so for photo journalist if u snap them by mistake , they will slap you by accident ! Don't ask questions its APC wonder

GEJ till 2019

The Aide De Camp, ADC, to the Deputy Governor
of Kwara State, Peter Kishira reportedly
slumped and died while pursuing a commercial
motorcyclist, popularly known as Okada. The
Okada was said to have allegedly obstructed the
convoy of his boss.
However, the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy
Governor, Timothy Nathaniel, in a statement
stated that the ADC, Inspector Gaiya Mark, died
as a result of health related complications
contrary to the rumour that the commercial
motorcycle operator used charm on him.
Timothy admitted that the okada rider breached
the convoy of the Deputy Governor who was on
his way to the office which led to the attempt of
the ADC to arrest and warn the rider.
It added that the ADC slumped
moments after stopping the rider
at U.B.A. area of Murtala
Muhammed Way, Ilorin, as there
was no confrontation between
him and the okada rider.
He was rushed to the Civil Service
Clinic, Ilorin, where he was
confirmed dead on arrival.
The Police Public Relations
Officer, Okesumi Ajayi who
confirmed the incident said there
was no scuffle with the
commercial motorcycle rider
before the ADC died.
He described the late ADC as a
gentle and gallant officer who lost
his life on duty.
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kennyoguns0509: @ochejoseph dat statement of ur is baseless n highly fallacy Ist d six universities established by GEJ administration only 1 out of six is functioning which is d Federal University Of Oye-Ekiti n for almost 3 years now no admin or permanent site

You see this is Becos you simply refused to leave Ekiti , come to Lokoja and Yenogoa you will see the hustle and bustle on the New Univ Campuses ! All are Function and nearly all have their permanent sites completed or almost ready so stop that crap

cramjones: So far I have enjoyed the discuss on this forum. I don't expect everyone to agree with me, however, I expect decorum and respect. That said, I respect opposing views as well as views that support me. I will say it again, I am trying to create a movement of youths that would realize that this present government beyond 2015 will destroy Nigeria for good. We must vote the hawks out! In the coming weeks you may not hear from me, because I will be very engaged in some important personal and party activities both in Nigeria and outside Nigeria.

Remember, I have lots of deep stuff to share as we edge towards the elections....Its going to be tough, its going to be dirty, there would be more massive corruption revelations, uncovering of arms smugglers in the government. Stick with me during this time and you will be much more informed and ready for the eventualities that will unfold in Nigeria. I am CramJones the strong insider in the APC!

You know what !
I Believe you!

First of all I want to sincerely appreciate the OP for the way and manner he handled the Poll, it was objective and well spelt out and making reference to th last poll was another plus for the thread!

Let the winners PDP be magnanimous in Victory.

Let the Loooosers APC learn to tell Us the truth, may be fire lai liar , and accept the fact that even a dead clock is right twice a day!

GEJ leading PDP to victory !!

It is sad that Fashola has joined those who blame Pres Jonathan. Even for their Wives pregnancy, Buhari the Man they consider their New Hero in the APC. Ensure Lagos Rail Never see the Light of Day, the OBJ they are asking to come and be their Navigator himself never had Rail as part of his priorities Today

1 after 18 years of comple No show our Railways are back in full business

2. Containerised Cargo taking , cement Flour construction materials are now been moved by rail from. Lagos -kano

3. Lagos is the greatest Beneficiary of the GEJ transformation on Rail , taking many trucks. Off the road yet this man is is been remote controlled to spew rubbish

5 it has taken Fashola almost eternity to get the Lagos Light rail running , where is the Train coach he ordered from Canada ? Guess Tinubu might have sold them back to the canadians like he did with the Yatch !

All APC presidential and VP hopefuls are now abusing GEJ from Buhari to Kwankwaso now Fashola , all in a Big to get attention , they should stop playing politics with Peoples Lives !

our hearts and are prayers are with the families and individuals who lost loved ones and their properties in the Incident

Its well !!!

Mr. Patrick Sawyer, a WASH consultant at the Ministry of Finance, who had been quarantined since arriving Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, July 20, 2014 with symptoms of the Ebola virus has died, according to reports.
A Liberian government official, speaking on condition of anonymity said the news of Sawyer’s death was relayed to Liberia by the Nigerian embassy, in the early hours of Friday, July 25, 2014.
The Lagos government health authorities announced on Thursday, July 24, 2014 that Sawyer was being tested for the deadly Ebola virus.


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Is this all APC can do? Including PDP members among their presidential aspirants!

GEJ till 2019 is all I see on the Horizon ,
Even though a southerner he has built more Universities and over 200 Alimajiri Quranic more schoools than all the Northern states And all former heads of state and presidents . No president has done as Much as GEJ for the north given us 9 out of 12 new Universities .So as northerners we reject this Tinubu house boys! GEJ 2019.

Obiagelli: Gbam, election is about numbers.

Obiageli my Sister I had wanted you to ccomment on Reno's article yesterday but you were away in Church I would love to have your response

Here is an except from the article

hypocrisies.
On the 18th of December 2013 several
newspapers carried the statement from the All
Progressive Congress, APC. While the different
papers gave their own slant to the story, I
particularly liked the headline from a major
newspaper which said “Jonathan Must Respond
to Obasanjo – APC”.
Now, imagine my surprise when after President
Goodluck Jonathan did exactly what the APC
recommended, they changed their tune and on
the 26th of December 2013 the headline changed
to “APC berates Jonathan’s response to
Obasanjo’s letter”. The story in fact was more
telling with the Vanguard Newspapers writing
that “The All Progressives Congress (APC) says
the presidency has been greatly diminished by its
decision to throw decorum to the wind and
engage former President Olusegun Obasanjo”.
With the above, it should now be obvious to
objective citizens that the APC stands for nothing
and is only against anything President Goodluck
Jonathan does.
For instance, Senator Bola Tinubu had been one
of the most vociferous champions for the
convocation of a National Conference. He had
championed this cause for years and many had
come to see the idea as his pet project.
At the first Anthony Enahoro Memorial Lecture
in Benin City, Edo State which held on the 24th of
November 2011, Bola Tinubu had said “I submit
to you today that because of the multiple issues
surrounding our skewed federalism and
constitutional flaws, the Nigerian nation is
weak…The 21-member Presidential Committee
on the Review of Outstanding Constitutional
Issues (PCROCI) recently set up by President
Goodluck Jonathan falls short. It is a backdoor
approach to the issue of national conference. In
memory of Chief Enahoro we must convoke a
national conference.”
And when on October 1st 2013, President
Jonathan listened to the cries of Nigerians and
decided to convoke the very National Conference
that Bola Tinubu advocated, the Asiwaju made a
characteristic 360 degree turn and went on attack
mode saying on October 6th 2013 “The national
conference is by whom, for whom, and at what
stage? How many levels of deception? I see a
contradiction. I see diversion. I see deception,
lack of honesty and integrity.”
Obviously, Senator Tinubu is willing to cut his
nose to spite his face. And if you think this is a
case of multiple personality syndrome, you may
have a point.
On the 25th of March 2013 after a birthday party
that was reported in the media to have cost 1
billion Naira, Bola Tinubu gave an interview to
The Sun Newspaper and said “There are so many
news items that are seriously more newsworthy
than to be looking for Obasanjo’s congratulatory
messages in the newspaper. A man who had great
opportunity to put Nigeria on the right path and
failed to do so; failed to do even the Otta road,
not Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. What am I
celebrating about him? That’s the truth. He
deceptively dealt with the country and he handed
over to a man who knew he was ill. Obasanjo is a
leader that could not find another successor
capable of driving through his vision for the
country”.
Imagine my surprise when nine months later on
December the 22nd of 2013 the same Bola Tinubu
was at former President Obasanjo’s residence at
Ota and told the same man whom he had hitherto
said “had great opportunity to put Nigeria on the
right path and failed to do so” that “We’re
resolved and determined to rescue Nigeria. We
want you as navigator”.
How can these two statements be reconciled?
It is glaring to objective minds that the APC is a
party without ideology, and a vision for Nigeria
cobbled together by people without scruples who
would be willing to work with anybody no
matter how odious as long as that person has a
grudge against President Goodluck Jonathan.
This is why they cannot argue with facts and
figures against President Jonathan and must
therefore conjure up lies, innuendo and
propaganda

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Yes it Only gets better
By the time the Benefits of PHCN privatisation and The Eastern rail lines becomes Fully Operational with the New coaches all Enemies of Jona will disappear !

Tribune :
ALL is not within the camps of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna and
Kano states as groups within the party have
kicked against the leadership in the two states.
The party’s members in the Kaduna State
House of Assembly (KDHA) and those at
National Assembly passed a vote of no
confidence in the state interim chairman of the
party, Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, while the
members of the party led by the former
Governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim
Shekarau, have rejected the leadership of
Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, saying that
they would only recognise and stand by the
former governor as the leader of the party, a
development that was against the handing
over of the party to Kwankwaso by the
national leadership of the APC.
The minority leader of the Kaduna State House
of Assembly, Honourable Shehu Adamu, said
they had passed a vote of no confidence in
Baba Ahmed “who had made the party
unattractive in recent times.”
“Yes, we issued a vote of no confidence against
him yesterday [Friday] during our meeting
with our colleagues from the National
Assembly, including Senator Sani Saleh,” he
said.
“We did that because of his frequent unilateral
decisions and high-handedness against party
members. He refused to listen to us, so we
have no other option than to take such a
decision. We shall call a press conference later
and intimate the press with the details,” he
added.
While speaking with journalists in Kano, the
group, led by chairman of the defunct All
Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Alhaji Sani
Hashimu Hotoro, also distanced themselves
from the recent homage paid to Governor
Kwankwaso by some members of the defunct
ANPP.
Alhaji Sani insisted that “until the interim
national leadership of the APC clarify issues
surrounding the party leadership in the state,
no person would be tolerated to impose
himself as the leader, adding that “we are here
to confirm our support for Malam Shekarau as
the authentic leader of the APC in Kano State.”
But the interim leadership of the party in
Kaduna has said at a press conference on
Saturday that they were still on track and
expressed ignorance of the position of the
party’s lawmakers.
Organising Secretary of the APC in the state,
Chief Joshua Ephraim told newsmen that they
were duly elected to lead the party in Kaduna
State, noting that Dr. Baba Ahmed had been
carrying all party members along and had
never taken a unilateral decision as was
alleged.

ISpiksDaTroof: You couldn't even spell "Loser" properly if ur life depended on it,yet you stay online encouraging bigotry and tribalism. If only the money meant to give you a quality education wasn't frittered overseas into foreign accounts....

Sorry Mr Lecturer I wanted people like you to see how much of a looooooser your Flag bearer is ?

But honestly you will not want to experience what some of us did during the 2011 post election Violence , been a CPC member did not matter did not matter all that mattered to these Buhari inspired men was kill anyone with a christian Name , Burn their shops chase them to their death , all that was Needed at that point was for Buhari to address the Media and ask his Supporters to Stop the Violence he Refused!

I am never a Bigot and will not support tribalism of anyform becos I have been a victim . A night before my first Election in Sokoto Kafiri (unbeliver ) was written over all my posters and my stand turned down . I believe in a Nigeria where No matter where u come from you can aspire to become what ever you want to be ,however you must agree with me that the reality today is a far cry from that ,and with the Boko haram crisis Religion will definately play a big role in 2015

GOD BLESS NIGERIA

ilugunboy: Utterly irrelevant.

If APC didn't perform well in those zones I listed...na for SS or SE dem go perform

Those zones listed are the strength of APC....



So...because they are sophisticated and educated...they should stand akimbo and unconcerned while a President treats them as if they are no longer Nigerians?

Keep deceiving yourself.

My brother go and ask Ribadu he will tell you the Story ,I Conceded NE and NW but SW voters are too sophisticated and cannot be easily cowed !

Honestly Even a Babalawao can do Better than this Guys , as A Minister myself I have always advocated for a psychiatric evaluation of some men of God , in reality following Jesus looks foolish to many, but what these guys are turning the legacy of our Lord into is not only despicable ,its self serving and hypocritical. may God have mercy on them

ilugunboy: That is the surest bet for APC......

Locking down the NW...NE....SW zones and garnering impressive outcome in three states in the NC is as good as a done deal..

That surely won't lead to any run-off elections.

Stop been politically naïve

1. One a muslim/muslim ticket was a success in yesterdays Nigeria, but the reality today is that a muslim Muslim ticket is a one way ticket to failure !


2. Buhari is a serial Looser and would still loose in 2015 his hands are stained with Blooood ,the Blood of all the innocent people his supporters maimed in cold Blood will keep speaking against him


3.Tinubu is a man who lives large on the sweat of the South west people , the last time I checked the Yoruba people are the most educated people in Nigeria ,and they have started asking questions about their IGR if Tinubu and his band of thieves fail to provide those answers the SW people will teach them a how to be humble in 2015 !!

No matter who they Bring GEJ will win fair and square .

Pairing a Blood thirsty Bigot with Nigeria's No one €riminal and you expect Nigerians to take APC serious !

Whoever they field will looose !

Its GEJ till 2019 , don't waste your time !!!

— January 6, 2014

In its latest spate of political offensive
against the Peoples’ Democratic Party
(PDP), the All People’s Congress (APC)
added a curious but stern
admonishment to the judges across
Nigeria not to be pliant to the
influences of the PDP. To follow up on
their threat, they promised the mother
of all mass movements if the PDP and
such ‘pliant’ judges go ahead to
conspire to declare the seats of five
defecting PDP governors vacant.
Perhaps, seeing the folly of
Progressives being perceived as
threatening parties to a dispute from
taking legal steps, the aforementioned
threat from the party’s spokesperson,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed was modified by
the party’s chairman, Chief Bisi
Akande, who later declared that the
party will take legal steps to protect
the defecting governors. But this is all
bombast, and the APC knows it.
The reasons the APC’s claims are
bombastic are twofold. Firstly, the
party argues albeit erroneously that
the only acceptable process for
removing a state governor is by the
provisions of section 180 of the extant
Nigerian constitution. This is a ‘big fat’
lie. Two of the states currently
controlled by the APC; Osun and Ekiti
states, were burgeoned in court.
Perhaps by the grace of ‘pliant’ judges;
the APC should know about ‘pliant’
judges. Justice Salami allegedly became
a judicial and political flotsam courtesy
of such pliancy. We may never know
the full story now that the main
litigant in the aforesaid case, Chief
Oyinlola, has become part of the
jetsam in the political whirlpool
created by the defecting governors.
Secondly, they argue that previously,
other governors from other parties
had defected to the PDP without
consequences. This is the most
ridiculous legal premise for obviating
a legal recourse. It is an argument that
may be presented in the following
syllogism: A stole a goat from B but B
said nothing and did not litigate, so
why should A take C to court for
stealing A’s goat. That the parties from
which governors defected previously
chose to be passive is not a proof that
their actions were not unconstitutional
or unlawful. If the APC and the
defecting governors felt safe enough
to test it as a mores, the PDP though
with a huge moral burden, having been
a beneficiary of such defections in the
past, may feel safe enough to test it as
a law. Unfortunately, the difference
between a law and a mores is that,
whereas mores are generally accepted
practices, moral norms or custom of
what a society or group considers
acceptable and which they may deviate
from without consequences from
society on the one hand. Laws on the
other hand, are written, gazetted and
codified body of rules and standards
issued by governing authorities for
which negation of expected behaviour
attracts codified consequences. The
legality of defection with a party’s
mandate has not been adequately
tested by judicial interpretation in
Nigeria. But this does not mean that
there are no consequential laws
guiding such defections.
So it may quite be acceptable practice
between Nigerian politicians to defect
from one party to another, but is it the
accepted law to retain their mandate
from the parties from which they
defected? To find answers to this
question, the PDP has gone to court to
challenge the validity of the mandate
given to a PDP governor being
exercised by an APC governor. To
support their prayer in court they cited
the following body of laws: Section
177c which states that; “A person shall
be qualified for election to the office of
Governor of a state if (c ) he is a
member of a political party and is
sponsored by that political party” ;
Section 221 of the extant constitution
which states that “no association,
other than a political party, shall
canvass for votes for any candidate at
any election or contribute to the funds
of any political party or to the election
expenses of any candidate at an
election”. As well as Section 222 (a-e)
which starts by indicating that; “No
association by whatsoever name called
shall function as a party, unless (a) the
names and addresses of its national
officers are registered with the
Independent National Electoral
Commission.”
From the foregoing, without further
adumbrating the provisions of
subsections (b) to (e), it can be seen
that the nPDP does not qualify to
function as a party, or go into a merger
as a political group with an extant
party, as it does not have a
registration with the INEC, moreover
the APC was not an existing entity at
the time the mandates of these
governors where won by their parties.
But to complicate matters further, the
Electoral Act which guides the verdict
of electoral mandates, had the
following provisions on mergers of
political parties and how the mandate
of a party may be carried forward in
the absence of the party. In section 84
of the extant Electoral Act, it is
provided that for parties to merge, the
existing entities of the merging parties
must not only dissolve but must notify
the electoral Commission INEC of its
willingness to do so and must
thereafter conduct a congress of the
merging parties to formalise the
process.
After these are conducted, a formal
dissolution will be certified by INEC.
These ensure that mergers are not an
issue that is arbitrary or conducted at
the spur of the moment in disdain of
party members. Thus, assumedly from
these laws, nPDP has no powers to
dissolve PDP or a hypothetical faction
of it, nor is there any record of party
conventions or notices to INEC in that
regard, whether in whole or factional
part to precede such merger.
Furthermore, on what happens to the
apriori political mandates of the
dissolved parties, the Electoral Act at
section 97 provides that where a party
ceases to exist, the members may carry
such mandates until the end of the
mandate. The fact however is that, the
PDP -like the other parties from which
former PDP governors defected but
which did not bother to challenge the
PDP for their mandates- did not cease
to exist and hence there was no legal
plank to defend their action.

— Akinola is a Lagos-based
development analyst



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Yours sincerely

More pics from the Carnival

Agila The Pride of Idoma Land, previously ravaged by wars ,communal rivalry and royal tussle is today taking its rightful Place as the cradle of development in Idoma land .
These Pictures from Agila Economic and cultural carnival are the first Indications that the Agila life of the 80s and 90s is returning

Photo credits : Henry Ogbu Ude

I have always insisted that President Jonathan should be Judged by his performance not on the pages of newspapers

9 out of 12 brand New Universities Delivered by GEJ is in the North !

About 200 completed Alimajiri islamic Schools equipped with Quranic Recitation halls scattered all over the North.

The Mambila and other major Hydro Dams are the single largest Investment decision by the Govt are located in the North

Even in Benue state we appreciate the Intervention of the GEJ GOVT in key areas

MAY ALLAH (SWA) BLESS THE PRESIDENT

NEWISSUES, Abuja
Contrary to the stand of five former governors of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected
to the All Progressives Congress (APC) that they
are automatic leaders of the opposition party in
their states, the APC leadership has said it has not
ceded the offices to them.
The clarification came as top leaders of the APC,
who championed its emergence from the defunct
All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Action
Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC) and Democratic
People’s Party (DPP), have continued to reject the
governors as their leaders, describing them as
“strangers in the APC fold”.
The APC leadership has also hinted that the party
will hold its first national convention to elect its
national officers in March while the local
government and state congresses will precede it
in February.
In an interview with LEADERSHIP Sunday, APC
interim national spokesman Alhaji Lai
Mohammed said the party did not give the
leadership mantle to any of the defected
governors and urged APC chieftains in the
affected states to sheathe their swords in the
overall interest of the party.
“We have not asked the new PDP governors to
take over the leadership of the party in their
states. Nobody has said that. What we agreed on
was that all the new PDP governors should be
given the same privileges being enjoyed by the
APC governors, which is just to be given the
opportunity to appoint representatives for the
interim committees of the party. Those who are
claiming that do not get it right,” Mohammed
said.
“The defection of the new PDP governors to the
party should make us happy because they made
us stronger in the states where they come from.
Their coming has positive and negative sides: the
positive is that we are stronger in their states
while the negative side is that those who have
been in charge of the party are feeling threatened
with their ambition for one post or the other.”
He added: “There is a need to manage the ego and
interest of those who are angry and feel
threatened that their ambition might not being
realised; but they should all forget about their
ambition and work harmoniously with the
former PDP governors. They should learn from
our leaders who sacrificed their personal
ambition for the merger to become a reality.”
The defection of governors Rabi’u Kwankwaso of
Kano State, Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto, Murtala
Nyako (Adamawa), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara)
and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) has caused
disaffection among stakeholders in the states.
The only exceptions are Kwara and Rivers states
where there is no discord among the members.
In Adamawa State, retired Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa
and Governor Nyako are fighting for the soul of
the APC, while in Kano State Governor
Kwankwaso is at loggerheads with his
predecessor in office, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau.
The same goes for Sokoto State where Governor
Wamakko and former governor of the state
Attahiru Bafarawa are into a supremacy contest.
At the centre of the dispute is the condition given
to the defected governors that they would enjoy
the same privileges and rights given to the APC
governors in their states.
To the defected governors, this means that they
are the leaders of the party in their states, but
this has been rejected by the founding fathers of
the APC in the affected states.
Although APC national leaders has set up
machinery to address the logjam, the crisis is far
from over, thereby making political analysts
suggest that the party should learn from the PDP
which zoned its offices to take care of various
interest groups in the party.
“The zoning of positions and elective offices
within the PDP was adopted purposely to take
care of every interest group that made up the
party in 1998 shortly before and after the Jos
convention, and this was why the party still stays
by the zoning arrangement; and it was the death
of President Umaru Yar’Adua and the assumption
of office by then vice president Dr Goodluck
Jonathan as president that led to the crisis
rocking the party till date,” a serving senator
said.
But Mohammed urged those who are unhappy
with the pact APC struck with the defected
governors to put the interest of the party and the
country first in their grievances if they wanted an
end to the poor governance of the PDP.
He stated that the former PDP governors came to
the APC at the right time, adding: “Our
registration would start in February and they
with their supporters would be given the same
opportunity to register and participate in the
congresses coming up in the same month and in
the national convention holding in March.”
Mohammed accused the PDP of orchestrating the
crisis in the affected states, but expressed
optimism that the commission set up by the party
would resolve all the conflicts before the
congresses.
He also allayed fears of domination in the
convention and the primaries which would
follow, declaring that there would be no zoning
as every member would be free to contest in the
open primaries for each office.
“By the grace of God, all the conflicts would be
resolved before the congresses in February and
the convention in March. To achieve this, the
party has set up a high-powered committee to
smoothen all the rough edges and this would be
done shortly before the registration scheduled
for this month. Our congresses would be in
February and, by March, we would have the
convention.
“There is no zoning in our constitution. We
would be guided by our constitution. We have
been hearing a lot of rumours and speculations
that are not true.
All our officers and candidates for all election
will emerge through a transparent process.
Nigerians are interested in how our presidential
candidate will emerge. We won’t disappoint
them,” Mohammed said.
-Leadership




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It think it will be Interesting to know what Nairalnder think about the Nigerian Media.

1. Sanusi said they instigated the coup in the country

2. Reno and Abati say the are opposition controlled twisting any thing the president says

3. The Media practitioners say they present an unbiased , fair and patriotic view of the country.

What's your view about the Media in Nigeria and why

The Huffingthon post carried a News of the Giant Strides of the Jonathan Administration in the Health Sector , Now Reuters has cemented GEJ place in history .
One thing we must note is the fact that these are international News media outlet with one of the highest standards in the Industry

If we must judge Jonathan Let's judge him not on what the APC wants us to believe, lets judge him on the promises he has made and how many he has delivered! Its more objective

GOD BLESS NIGERIA

momojomo: Silliness at its' peak!!. An opposition party recommended that a sitting president should trade words with a former president and He, in his almighty silliness, towed that line. So if APC says GEJ should jump into a Lagoon, He would?
I didn't expect any less from Jonathan tho. Ain't that how ACN tricked him to go to Borno?.


For Reno to try and spin this on APC shows how clueless He is.

Did u listen to your self?
If you only u read the presidents reply to OBJ u will realised that he first listed his reasons why he had to reply. APC was not mentioned anywhere there.
So face facts and stop chasing Shadows , attacking Reno will not solve the credibility problem Bedeviling the APC

Honestly I expect every right thinking Nairalander to analyse the issues Raised by Reno in this article and determine who among the APC wizards and the GEJ administration is decieving Nigerian's!!!!!!!

Reno Omokri is Special Assistant (New Media) to President Jonathan.

His piece below...



I was about to write this piece detailing the positive effects of the Transformation Agenda when I was confronted with a hypocrisy which could possibly pass for the mother of all hypocrisies.
On the 18th of December 2013 several newspapers carried the statement from the All Progressive Congress, APC. While the different papers gave their own slant to the story, I particularly liked the headline from a major newspaper which said "Jonathan Must Respond to Obasanjo - APC". Continue...
Now, imagine my surprise that after President Goodluck Jonathan did exactly what the APC recommended, they changed their tune and on the 26th of December 2013 the headline changed to "APC berates Jonathan’s response to Obasanjo’s letter".

The story in fact was more telling with the Vanguard Newspapers writing that "The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the presidency has been greatly diminished by its decision to throw decorum to the wind and engage former President Olusegun Obasanjo".

With the above, it should now be obvious to objective citizen that the APC stands for nothing and is only against anything President Goodluck Jonathan does.

For instance, Senator Bola Tinubu had been one of the most vociferous champions for the convocation of a National Conference. He had championed this cause for years and many had come to think of the idea as his pet project.

At the first Anthony Enahoro Memorial Lecture in Benin City, Edo State which held on the 24th of November 2011, Bola Tinubu had said “I submit to you today that because of the multiple issues surrounding our skewed federalism and constitutional flaws, the Nigerian nation is weak...The 21-member Presidential Committee on the Review of Outstanding Constitutional Issues (PCROCI) recently set up by President Goodluck Jonathan falls short. It is a backdoor approach to the issue of national conference. In memory of Chief Enahoro we must convoke a national conference.”

And when on October 1st 2013, President Jonathan listened to the cries of Nigerians and decided to convoke the very National Conference that Bola Tinubu advocated, the Asiwaju made a characteristic 360 degree turn and went on attack mode saying on October 6th 2013 “The national conference is by whom, for whom, and at what stage? How many levels of deception? I see a contradiction. I see diversion. I see deception, lack of honesty and integrity.”

If you think this is a case of multiple personality syndrome, you may have a point.

On the 25th of March 2013 after a birthday party that was reported in the media to have cost 1 billion Naira, Bola Tinubu gave an interview to The Sun Newspaper and said "There are so many news items that are seriously more newsworthy than to be looking for Obasanjo’s congratulatory messages in the newspaper. A man who had great opportunity to put Nigeria on the right path and failed to do so; failed to do even the Otta road, not Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. What am I celebrating about him? That’s the truth. He deceptively dealt with the country and he handed over to a man who knew he was ill. Obasanjo is a leader that could not find another successor capable of driving through his vision for the country”.

Imagine my surprise when nine months later on December the 22nd of 2013 the same Bola Tinubu was at former President Obasanjo's residence at Ota and told the same man whom he had hitherto said "had great opportunity to put Nigeria on the right path and failed to do so" that "We’re resolved and determined to rescue Nigeria. We want you as navigator”.

How can these two statements be reconciled?

It is glaring to objective minds that the APC is a party without ideology, and a vision for Nigeria cobbled together by people without scruples who would be willing to work with anybody no matter how odious as long as that person has a grudge against President Goodluck Jonathan.

This is why they cannot argue with facts and figures against President Jonathan and must therefore conjure up lies, innuendo and propaganda.

The APC's attention is focused on the short term goal of securing political power by whatever means necessary. They have no long term focus of transforming the lives of Nigerians. Who has been to an APC rally, or heard an APC chief or chieftain being interviewed and heard them talk about their plans for the transformation of Nigeria?

Over the past year, as if choreographed, APC leaders have talked about 2015 in terms of doom, soaking people in blood, civil war, destruction and such militant language. Politicians ought to think in terms of welfare for the people not warfare for them. Talks of blood/war in 2015 are a result of poverty of vision. They have no vision so they feel must use scare tactics.

What makes these yesterday's men bitter enough to call for blood and gore? I posit that it is the misuse of the opportunities God gave them and the refusal to accept that it has shifted to others.

While the President stays on point talking about his vision for the future, their focus is on insulting and disparaging him. A persuasive leader is not weak and a coercive leader is not strong. Anyone can compel obedience by force but only the strong get it by non violent persuasion.

I often encounter people on Social Media telling me that the President and his team do not fight fire with fire and insults with insults. Insults are available to everyone but they are overlooked by those who want to rise but embraced by those who want to pull the risers down.

The Jonathan presidency is run on ideas because at the helm is a PhD leader who has voiced out severally that he believes in transforming lives rather than conforming to the status quo. Ideas are the building blocks of the Transformation Agenda. Ideas lead to cooperation thus expanding our sense of what is possible. Insults leads to isolation thus limiting our sense of what's possible. This is the basic difference between President Jonathan and the current opposition.

They have called the President a "clueless" leader who is running a "kindergarten presidency", but do the facts support what they claim.

The major leaders of the coalition of the desperate otherwise known as the APC have at one time or the other governed the whole of Nigeria or a major part of it, so they should be able to compare their record side by side the president and establish by such facts whether or not their claims of a clueless leader has any basis in fact.

Since they cannot do it, I will help them by bringing out facts about the Jonathan administration vis a vis what existed before this administration came to power.

They have said that the Nigerian Economy Under President Jonathan has Retrogressed. Is this true?

Here are the Facts with web based evidence so that my readers may trust what I write but verify for themselves:

Under President Jonathan Nigeria's Economy Has Grown To Become The Largest Economy in Africa. (/pbbld8r)

In 2009 Nigeria's Per Capita Income Was $1091.Today it is $1721 and increase of almost 70% (/y5tfwwd)

In 2007 Average Life Expectancy in Nigeria Was 47 Years. Today it is 52 Years (/yyl5xy2)

In 2010 Inflation in Nigeria Was 15.60%. Today it is 7.9% (/6pyhylf)

In 2007 Maternal Mortality Rate Was 750 per 100,000 Births. Today It Is 580 (/lfr4jjb)

They have said that President Jonathan Does Not Fulfill His Promises. Is this true?

Here are the Facts with web based evidence so that my readers may trust what I write but verify for themselves:

On August 26, 2010, President Jonathan Promised to Privatize Nigeria's Power Sector After Heavily Investing in Improving It's Infrastructure. On November 1, 2013, That Promise Was Fulfilled After Successful Bidders Took Delivery Nigeria's Power Generation and Distribution Companies.

Before President Jonathan Ascended to Power The Southeast Had no International Airport. He Promised The Southeast One in 2011. On the 24th of August 2013, The First International Flight Operated by Ethiopian Airlines Landed at the New Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu. (/ovodpla)

In 2011 President Jonathan Promised to Revive the Railways. By 2012 The Nigerian Railways Corporation Began Operating a Lagos to Kano Service at the Cost of Just 1500 Naira. In 2013 Rail lines Were Revived From Lagos Port Direct to Kaduna. (/dytx484)

In 2010, President Jonathan promised to Build at Least One Federal University in 12 States of The Federation That Had No Federal Universities. These Include Bayelsa State, Katsina State, Jigawa State, Taraba, Kogi State, Nasarawa, Ekiti State, Ebony State, Gombe State, Kebbi State, Yobe State and Zamfara States. Today, ALL of These States Have One Federal University Each.

In 2011 President Jonathan Promised to Build Schools for Itinerant Scholars in The North Known as Almajiri. As at Today, 123 Almajiri Model Schools Equipped With Malam's Quarters, Hostels, Qu'ranic Recitation Hall and Science Laboratories Have Been Completed While 277 Are Awaited.

In 2011 President Jonathan Promised to Rebuild or Repair Nigeria's Roads. This Advert From ABC Transport Company (a Private Company) Is Proof He Is Fulfilling This Promise

In 2011 President Jonathan Promised to Revive Nigeria's Health Sector. By 2013 His Administration Has Built 3389 Heath Centers Nationwide. This Administration Built National Cancer Screening Centers nationwide, including at the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau in Zamfara, The University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital and the National Obstetric Fistula Centre in Abakaliki. The Jonathan Led FG By 2013 Has Modernized the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) and the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan and Built National Trauma Centers at the University of Abuja and the National Hospital also in Abuja.

These Investments in the Health Sector Led to the First Stem Cell Transplant Surgery Ever in Nigeria at UBTH in 2012. By October 2013 UCH Performed the First Open Heart Surgery in Nigeria.

In 2010 President Jonathan Promised to Overhaul Nigeria's Football and Sports Administration for Better Service Delivery. In 2013 Nigeria are the African Champions after Winning the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa. We are Also the World Under 17 Champions After winning The 2013 U-17 Tournament in The UAE. Nigeria Also Became the First African Nation to Qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

In 2010 President Jonathan Promised That Agriculture Would Be Revived. In 2011 Nigeria Imported $11 Billion Worth of Food Especially Rice and Wheat. In 2013, After the Introduction of Cassava Flour and The Duty on Imported Rice Which Led to Massive Local Production, Nigeria's food Import Bill Has Been Reduced by 77%.

3 Million Jobs Have Been Created in the Agriculture Value Chain Since 2011. And Nigeria is amongst only a handful of countries that improved over the previous year I. The 2013 Global Hunger Index.

Fiction: Educational Standards are Falling in Nigeria.

Fact: In 2009 only 25.99 per cent of candidates had credits in English and Mathematics in the WASSCE examinations. By 2013 70% of students had credits in at least 5 subjects.

Conclusion: Don't Judge President Goodluck Jonathan and This Administration on the Fiction That Opposition Linked Propagandist Media Publish. Learn to Separate Facts From Fiction.

Regards,

Reno

http://lindaikeji..com/2014/01/nigeria-in-2014-fact-versus-fiction.html?m=1

What do all these people want the president to do?

NMA /JOHESHU

PENGASSAN /NUPENG- privatisation

NEPA/PHCN - Nigerians

ASSU/ASSUP and the Nigerian Student

I don't envy the president at all , the people who criticise him most likely will not last one day in that office !

May God grant the president the wisdom to move this country forward!
GOD BLESS NIGERIA

8:32 pm
NAIROBI – One person was wounded Saturday
when an improvised bomb exploded in the
Kenyan capital, police said, in a shop in Nairobi’s
mainly ethnic Somali district Eastleigh.
The attack is the latest of a series of bomb or
grenade blasts in Kenya.
“One person has been wounded… a person of
Somali origin left luggage containing an
improvised explosive device in a shop,” Nairobi
police chief Benson Kibue said.
“We are appealing to residents to help us get
him.”
There was no immediate claim of responsibility
for the attack.
However, since Kenyan troops invaded southern
Somalia in October 2011 to help oust the
neighbouring country’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab
insurgents, it has been hit by a series of attacks.
Homegrown groups including the Islamist Al-
Hijra group, a radical organisation formerly
known as the Muslim Youth Center, operate in
Kenya and have been linked to the Shebab.
Grenades have been hurled into restaurants in
crowded areas in Nairobi as well as on the
popular tourist Indian Ocean coast, and there has
been a string of attacks in the remote northeast
region bordering Somalia.
Ten people were wounded Thursday when
attackers hurled a grenade into a restaurant in a
popular coastal tourist resort town of Diani.
The Shebab claimed the brutal September assault
on Nairobi’s upmarket Westgate mall in which at
least 67 people died in a four-day siege of the
shopping centre popular with foreigners.
The Shebab on Wednesday evening set off twin
bombs at a hotel in the Somali capital, killing 11.
It claimed the attack was the start of its campaign
for the new year.


vanguardngrnews: #Breakingnews: Bomb blast wounds one in Kenyan capital - Vanguard News http:///PMM4aFRvA6 via @vanguardngrnews Nigeria