Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Wednesday
gave a press conference at the Geneva Press Club to a
packed audience of diplomats, policy makers and
journalists where he gave details of his post presidential
focus and touched on some of the roles his
administration played in key areas of the Nigerian and
West Africa polity, with particular emphasis on Security
and Education.
Read speech below
Press conference on Security, Education and
Development in Africa Geneva Press Club - Wednesday
the 27th of January, 2016
Protocols
Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, I thank you for
coming to hear me speak on the twin issues of education
and security.
Though this event is billed as a press conference on a
Better Security and Education for West Africa, for the
sake of time, I will focus on my experience in government
which gave me a practical demonstration of how
education impacts on security.
I will thereafter touch on my post presidential focus which
is on advancing democracy and good governance in
Africa and increasing access to opportunity for wealth
generation in Africa.
If you peruse the official UNESCO literacy rates by
country, what you will find is that all of the top ten most
literate nations in the world are at peace, while almost all
of the top 10 least literate nations in the world are in a
state of either outright war or general insecurity.
Lower education levels are linked to poverty and poverty
is one of the chief causative factors of crime whether it is
terrorism or militancy or felonies.
With this at the back of my mind, I began the practice of
giving education the highest sectoral allocation beginning
with my very first budget as President in 2011.
My policy was to fight insecurity in the immediate term
using counter insurgency strategies and the military and
for the long term I fought it using education as a tool.
As I have always believed, if we do not spend billions
educating our youths today, we will spend it fighting
insecurity tomorrow. And you do not have to spend on
education just because of insecurity. It is also the prudent
thing to do.
Nigeria, or any African nation for that matter, can never
become wealthy by selling more minerals or raw
materials such as oil. Our wealth as a nation is between
the ears of our people.
It is no coincidence that the Northeast epicenter of
terrorism in Nigeria is also the region with the highest
rate of illiteracy and the least developed part of Nigeria.
In Nigeria, the Federal Government actually does not have
a responsibility for primary and secondary education, but
I could not in good conscience stomach a situation
where 52.4% of males in the Northeastern region of
Nigeria have no formal Western education.
The figure is even worse when you take into account the
states most affected by the insurgency.
83.3% of male population in Yobe state have no
formal Western education. In Borno state it is 63.6%.
Bearing this in mind is it a coincidence that the Boko
Haram insurgency is strongest in these two states?
So even though we did not have a responsibility for
primary and secondary education going by the way the
Nigerian federation works, I felt that where I had ability, I
also had responsibility even if the constitution said it was
not my responsibility.
Knowing that terrorism thrives under such conditions my
immediate goal was to increase the penetration of
Western education in the region while at the same time
making sure that the people of the region did not see it as
a threat to their age old practices of itinerant Islamic
education known as Almajiri.
For the first time in Nigeria's history, the Federal
Government which I led, set out to build 400 Almajiri
schools with specialized curricula that combined Western
and Islamic education. 160 of them had been completed
before I left office.
I am also glad to state that when I emerged as President
of Nigeria on May 6th 2010, there were nine states in the
Northern part of the country that did not have
universities. By the time I left office on the 29th of May
2015, there was no Nigerian state without at least one
Federal University.
Now the dearth of access to formal education over years
created the ideal breeding ground for terror to thrive in
parts of Nigeria but there are obviously other dimensions
to the issue of insecurity in Nigeria and particularly
terrorism.
You may recall that the fall of the Gaddafi regime in
August 2011 led to a situation where sophisticated
weapons fell into the hands of a number of non state
actors with attendant increase in terrorism and instability
in North and West Africa.
The administration I headed initiated partnership across
West Africa to contain such instability in nations such as
Mali, which I personally visited in furtherance of peace.
And with those countries contiguous to Nigeria, especially
nations around the Lake Chad Basin, we formed a
coalition for the purpose of having a common front
against terrorists through the revived Multinational Joint
Task Force (MNJTF).
Those efforts continue till today and have in large part
helped decimate the capacity of Boko Haram.
Another aspect of the anti terror war we waged in Nigeria
that has not received enough attention is our effort to
improve on our intelligence gathering capacity.
Prior to my administration, Nigeria's intelligence
architecture was designed largely around regime
protection, but through much sustained effort we were
able to build capacity such that our intelligence agencies
were able to trace and apprehend the masterminds
behind such notorious terror incidences as the Christmas
Day bombing of the St. Theresa Catholic Church in
Madalla, Niger State.
Other suspects were also traced and arrested including
those behind the Nyanya and Kuje bombings.
Not only did we apprehend suspects, but we tried and
convicted some of them including the ring leader of the
Madalla bombing cell, Kabir Sokoto, who is right now
serving a prison sentence.
But leadership is about the future. I am sure you have
not come here to hear me talk about the way backward.
You, like everyone else, want to hear about the way
forward.
I am no longer in office, and I no longer have executive
powers on a national level. However, I am more
convinced now than ever about the nexus between
education and security.
My foundation, The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, was
formed to further democracy, good governance and
wealth generation in Africa.
Of course, Charity begins at home and for the future,
what Nigeria needs is to focus on making education a
priority.
Thankfully, the administration that succeeded mine in its
first budget, appears to have seen wisdom in continuing
the practice of giving education the highest sectoral
allocation. This is commendable.
I feel that what people in my position, statesmen and
former leaders, ought to be doing is to help build
consensus all over Africa, to ensure that certain issues
should not be politicized.
Education is one of those issues. If former African
leaders can form themselves into an advisory group to
gently impress on incumbent leaders the necessity of
meeting the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recommended allocation
of 26% of a nations annual budget on education, I am
certain that Africa will make geometric progress in
meeting her Millennium Development Goals and
improving on every index of the Human Development
Index.
Data has shown that as spending on education increases,
health and well being increases and incidences of
maternal and infant mortality reduce.
In Nigeria for instance, Average Life Expectancy had
plateaued in the mid 40s for decades, but after 2011,
when we began giving education the highest sectoral
allocation, according to the United Nations, Nigeria
enjoyed her highest increase in Average Life Expectancy
since records were kept. We moved from an Average Life
Expectancy of 47 years before 2011 to 54 years by 2015.
I had earlier told you about the connection between
education and insecurity.
I believe that it is the job of former leaders and elder
statesmen to convince Executive and Legislative
branches across Africa to work together to achieve the
UNESCO recommended percentage as a barest minimum.
I intend to offer my services, through The Goodluck
Jonathan Foundation, for this purpose and I invite
interested organizations to help us make this happen.
Ladies and gentlemen of the press, this, in a nutshell are
some of my thoughts for a Better Security and Education
for Africa and I will now entertain your questions.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/jonathan-at-geneva-how-i-tackled-boko-haram/

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Teach them how to celebrate, them the learn!

Baba bubu please know that the recovered funds alone can not save the economy oo. We must fight corruption and safeguard our economy

Fierce Disagreement Within Buhari’s Camp Preceded Signing Of Extradition Agreement With UAE

Sources inside Nigeria’s Presidency have told SaharaReporters that fierce disagreements over treaties signed between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) nearly led to the sacking of top ministers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. The sources disclosed that Minister of Trade and Investment, Udo Udoma, and Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, expressed serious concerns over the provisions of several of the treaties President Buhari planned on signing with the UAE. The ministers’ opposition caused serious friction within Mr. Buhari’s team, SaharaReporters learned.

Mr. Buhari met earlier this week with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Al Nah Yan, the Crown Prince of the UAE, to discuss a range of financial and political issues and to sign six bilateral agreements. According to documents exclusively leaked to SaharaReporters, the six agreements focused on four judicial issues: extraditing criminals in the UAE to Nigeria, the transfer of incarcerated and sentenced persons, mutual legal assistance on criminal matters, and mutual assistance on civil and commercial issues. The bilateral agreement expressly states that these agreements relate to the “recovery and repatriation of stolen Nigerian assets.”

Ahead of the signing of the agreements, Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant for Media and Publicity to President Buhari, stated, “Nigeria also expects to get more support from the UAE for its war against terrorism and the recovery of Nigeria’s stolen funds.”

However, SaharaReporters has learned that the commercial and trade agreements signed between Nigeria and the UAE were considered by many on Mr. Buhari’s delegation as counter to Nigeria’s best economic interests. The most vocal dissenters, according to sources, were Mrs. Adeosun and Mr. Udoma, who counseled Mr. Buhari not to sign those agreements.

Our sources revealed that Mr. Buhari was, however, not interested in his ministers’ arguments that the economic agreements between Nigeria and the UAE were weighted against Nigeria’s interests. “Mr. President was focused on doing whatever was necessary to repatriate stolen funds and extradite criminals hiding in the UAE,” said one source. He added, “He was so concerned about that sole issue that he became incensed about the warning from some members of his team.”

At one point in the debate, Mr. Buhari declared his readiness to relieve Mrs. Adeosun and Mr. Udoma of their portfolios if they did not drop their opposition to the agreements.

One source told SaharaReporters that the two ministers realized the importance of identifying and reclaiming assets illicitly stashed away by corrupt Nigerians in the UAE, especially Dubai. However, they felt that Nigeria gave away too much in terms of its bilateral economic interests in order to achieve the president’s major goal.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/01/22/fierce-disagreement-within-buhari’s-camp-preceded-signing-extradition-agreement-uae

Please as we are fighting corruption lets look at how we can diversify our economy, we all should know that recovered funds cannot put food on our tables

Nigeria has been dropped from a shortlist of countries to
watch in 2016 according to a CNN money report.
The new list of the economies to watch comprises;
Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mauritius
The report attributed weak currencies as the reason
Africa’s No. 1 Economy Nigeria and giant South Africa did
not make the list. Falling oil prices constituted a threat to
Nigeria, it noted.
The CNN money report says that the list of economies to
watch are from “unexpected places” which “are all
showing promise with strong growth rates, albeit from a
low base”.
CNN highlights that while most African countries have
been impacted by slowing growth in China and the
tightening of interest rates by the U.S. Federal Reserve,
it’s not all gloomy.
Sub-Saharan Africa is still expected to clock in growth of
3.75% in 2016 and is still home to some of the fastest
growing economies in the world.
The report comes as world leaders and business figures
gather in Davos for the World Economic Forum.
While the aforementioned countries don’t have a big
presence in Davos, “they are currently the most resilient
economies in Africa”.
CNN money reported that Nigeria was one of the top
three fastest growing Economies in the world alongside
China and Qatar in 2015.

http://www.thewhistleng.com/weak-currency-cnn-drops-nigeria-lists-rwanda-mauritius-as-countries-to-watch-in-2016/

Hmmmmmmm! wonders shall never end.
Well, who can question the way of God.

Meet Magali Gonzalez Sierra, a Colombian teen with a
heartbreaking rare genetic disorder that traps her young
mind in an elderly body. Magali suffers from Hutchinson-
Gilford Progeria Syndrome – an incredibly rare mutation in
the genes causing extreme ageing from a young age.
Because of the disease, doctors gave her to the age of 13 to
live. But against all odds, she just did something that no
one expected…
Friends and family close to the teen say she has never let
her condition come in the way of enjoying life, and even
though she is forced to painful symptoms like joint pain
and fear of heart failure, she always has a smile on her
face. But as she neared her latest birthday, Magali had one
dream that she wanted to see happen…
That was to celebrate her birthday in style! Her 15th, was
very important to the young girl, as in Colombia that date is
a coming-of-age equivalent to the “Sweet Sixteen” in North
America… and celebrate she did! Dressed as a princess,
hundreds of her people showed up to party, and shower her
with presents and flowers. Magali’s mother Sofia, says:
“She told me she wants her party: that even though she
doesn’t dance, she wants us to dance. She wants balloons
and celebrations and that people come.” Looks like Magali
got her wish.

Hahahahaha. The endorsement don reach Sim registration?
Abeg make he no extend to Sim selling ooo

My man my man, yes oo
nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.

Remarks by His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,
Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
Atlanta, on Thursday 14th, January, 2016.
Protocols
I thank the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, for
inviting and honoring me today, and especially so, as this
invitation comes right about the period when the world
stands still in recognition of the selfless sacrifice of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
When we think of the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC), it is virtually impossible to separate this
worthy body from its founder, the late great Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr, or from epoch making landmark events of
the American Civil Rights movement.
I am pleased to know that the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference is not just one of the great American
institutions, it is also one of her more potent vehicles for the
advancement of liberty and freedom for all God’s people.
For that, I also commend Charles Steele for his leadership
and commitment to peace and justice nationally and
globally.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr’s principles of non violent protests
played a great part in the independence movement in my
native country Nigeria and indeed throughout Africa as a
whole.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr witnessed the British Union Jack
being lowered in Ghana in 1957 when Ghana became the
first Sub-Saharan African nation to gain independence, an
action which set off a positive chain reaction all over the
continent.
In 1963, Ambassador Leslie O. Harriman, Nigeria’s
Permanent Representative to the United Nations, who
prosecuted our anti apartheid strategy at the UN, testified of
the support he received from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in
kick starting that noble effort.
Suffice to say that the efforts of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in
advancing Liberty and equal rights transcended national
boundaries.
Speaking for my foundation, the Goodluck Jonathan
Foundation, I must say that I have been inspired by this
great man and the worthy institutions and legacies he left
behind and I am further inspired to continuing doing good
and advancing human freedoms just by being present here
today.
My personal takeaway from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, is
service to God and the brotherhood and equality of all men
before their Creator.
In keeping with that, I have learnt not to look up to any man,
except he is taller than I, or to look down on a fellow mortal,
except I am admiring his shoes.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said: “Power at its best
is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its
best is love correcting everything that stands against love”.
Those words helped me deliver on my stated promise to
deepen democracy in Nigeria and in the process
demonstrate through action that nobody’s political ambition
is worth the blood of any Nigerian.
Once again, I thank the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference for having me. May God bless you and continue
to raise up from among you men and women who will
continue in the footsteps of your worthy forebears.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/15/i-have-learnt-not-to-look-down-on-a-fellow-mortal-except-im-admiring-his-shoes-jonathan/

You said everything about yourself that shows that you really want a solution. May God help you get your solution.

slimfit1:


Your papa na thief now that is why you dey shout.

wetin this big full d talk?

Hahahahaha. Baba bubu think he is still in the military era, the thing go soon clear from his eyes

To the Civil Society Organizations, Lawyers,
Lawmakers, NJC, Benchers, etc Call on President
Buhari to Resign From Office for His Disobedience
to Court Orders
On May 29th 2015, a former Military Dictator,
Muhammadu Buhari sequel to a contested
election in March 2015 against a sitting President
in Nigeria, the first time in Africa, an incumbent
handed power peaceably, smoothly, heroically to
a political rival. Whereupon Mr Buhari then took
the Oath of Allegiance to protect the Constitution
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 and the
President’s Oath of office to discharge his duties
faithfully, in accordance with the Constitution and
the Laws of Nigeria.
Within President Buhari’s first year in office, too
soon after he took the revered Oaths, he and state
agents acting under his supervision, now
demonstrate total lack of respect for Court Orders
and at his maiden media chat on Wednesday 30th
Dec., instant, Mr President made puerile attempts
to justify these breaches, he said inter alia that
some persons his regime locked up in cells
dehumanized against court orders, Nnamdi Kanu
had travelled without his passports. But under
the Immigration Act, the President or the Minister
may deport anyone who travels without a valid
travel document or detain for a period not
exceeding 7 days. In holding Mr Kanu beyond the
required period they have infracted on the
Immigration Act, the Administration of Criminal
Justice Act, the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria 1999 and subsisting court
orders.
With regard to issues of “self-determination”, the
crux of Nnamdi Kanu’s campaign of the
Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, having
communicated IPOB’s intent to all and the United
Nations as required by UN Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights ratified by Nigeria, that people of
any community or group may wish to exercise the
right of self-determination with a view to pursuing
their economic, social and cultural development;
aware that their dignity as human persons had
deteriorated and been consciously degraded under
the present dispensation, sadly appearing power
inebriate.
Call on President Buhari to resign from office or
face impeachment proceedings. Alternatively
avoid another Burundi, call him to comply with the
Orders of Courts.
Attorney Carol Ajie, LLB(Hons) Benin; B.L(Lagos);
MCIArb(UK); LL.M Int’l Legal Studies
(Georgetown)

https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-united-states-respect-court-orders-or-resign-president-buhari-a6f39a67-b8a7-4d06-915a-59bdc78e847d?recruiter=261228631&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium

I am tired of hearing about stolen billions everyday, please is enough, fight the corruption more silently and drum developments in my ear.

Kissing for the first time in his life wow, was really kiss starved.

You guys forget to add how he disvirgin Tonto Dikey

MAVINS Records big boss, Don Jazzy, born Michael Collins
Ajereh is an enigma, whom very little is known about. He
once boasted that he hates talking onstage and rarely ever
grants press interviews. Apart from his activities on social
media very little is known about the multi-award winning
music maker.
But recently Don Jazzy let down his guard and granted
some interviews, from which we were able to unmask the
real man behind the Dorobucci brand. Here are some facts
you probably don’t know about the Nigeria’s foremost
music maker.

He prefers bringing up new artistes
than hooking up the the big boys
He hasn’t slept in his house in over
one year. He lives in the studio at Lekki
He smokes cigarettes, not marijuana or
any other drugs
He likes only slim girls, he calls them ‘Lepa toh bad’
He believes there are four major artistes in Nigeria,
2Face, D’Banj, Psquare and the rest
He likes to think Italian and it is where he
got Dorobucci, at Tiwa Savage’s wedding in Dubai
He thinks he is an ugly man
He has investment in oil, owning a large
number of fuel tankers
He got the name ‘MAVIN’ from Google
His father is his number one fan
He is a very shy person and that’s why
he wears sunglasses
He cannot rap
2Face is his favourite artiste
He is not inspired by anyone
He only respects Timbaland and Jay Z
No one has ever written a line of song for him in
his life; he writes all his songs by himself
His beats are inspired by highlife
His music comes first, his family second
He is not a fashion label freak
Once he releases a song he doesn’t
listen to it again.
He has never charged for a collabo

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/21-things-you-dont-know-about-don-jazzy/

Dr Martin Chukwukaodinaka, an Ophthalmologist at the
National Hospital, Abuja, on Tuesday advised Nigerians
to go for regular eye check to prevent glaucoma and
other eye defects.
Chukwukaodinaka told the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Abuja that most eye diseases could be
prevented.
According to him, glaucoma is a group of eye diseases
that cause progressive damage of the optic nerve at the
point where it leaves the eye to carry visual information
to the brain.
He said most types of glaucoma progressed without
warning or obvious symptoms to the patient.
“Glaucoma is an eye condition that develops when too
much fluid pressure builds up inside the eye.
“Eye screening is very important for early detection of
glaucoma, the disease cannot be prevented, but if it is
diagnosed and treated early, the disease can be
controlled,’’ he said.
Chukwukaodinaka said that it was estimated that 4.5
million persons globally were blind due to glaucoma.
He said that due to silent progression of the disease at
least in its early stages, about 50 per cent of those
affected in the developed countries were not even aware
of the disease.
The medical practitioner explained that the increased
pressure which is also called Intraocular Pressure (IOP)
could damage the optic nerve which transmits images to
the brain.
He added that if the eye pressure continued due to the
damage to the optic nerve, overtime glaucoma could
cause loss of vision, stressing that the loss of vision
could not be reversed.
“It was once believed that the cause of most or all
glaucoma was high pressure within the eye which is
known as Intraocular Pressure (IOP).
“It is now established that some people with normal IOP
may still have glaucoma, therefore, the diagnosis of
glaucoma is not just based on IOP alone, but other
factors would be considered along,’’ he said.
He said age incidence of glaucoma was higher from the
age of 40 and above.
The eye consultant said that glaucoma usually occurred
in both eyes but that it could involve each eye to a
different extent.
He said glaucoma had no early symptoms or pain from
increased pressure, noting that prevention was very
important through regular eye screening
He said the diseases could be diagnosed and managed
before long-term visual loss, adding that in cases that
were beyond the normal rage, medication could be
administered to manage the condition.
Chukwukaodinaka said the risk factors associated with
glaucoma could be inherited in the family which posed a
greater chance of contracting the diseases.
He urged the public to take a preventive measure by
engaging in regular eye screening as early diagnosis of
glaucoma helped in managing the condition.

http://thenationonlineng.net/doctor-recommends-regular-eye-screening-to-prevent-glaucoma/

U.S citizen and constitutional/international lawyer
Bruce Fein has penned an open letter to President
Muhammadu Buhari regarding what he considers as
the President’s selective prosecution of corruption
charges against former officials in the Goodluck
Jonathan administration. Fein points out that the
current administration’s anti-corruption move was not
even-handed in the pursuit of justice, advising Buhari
to “make the hallmark of your administration justice,
not retribution, and you may live for the ages.”
Fein, who served as a senior official in Ronald
Reagan’s Justice Department, is a principal in a
government affairs and public relations firm, The
Lichfield Group, based in Washington, D.C.
See the full text of Fein’s letter below:

Aso Rock, Abuja
Nigeria
Dear President Buhari:
When you visited the United States Institute of
Peace last July, you pledged that you would be
“fair, just and scrupulously follow due process
and the rule of law, as enshrined in [the
Nigerian]constitution” in prosecuting
corruption.
Such loftiness is laudable. As the Bible
instructs in Amos 5:24: “Let justice roll down
like waters, and righteousness like an ever-
flowing stream.”
But to be just, the law must be evenhanded. It
cannot, in the manner of Russian President
Vladimir Putin, be something that is given to
punish your enemies and withheld to favor
your friends. If so, the law becomes an
instrument of injustice bearing earmarks of the
wicked rather than the good.
In the United States, you declared a policy of
“zero tolerance” against corruption. You
solicited weapons and other assistance from
the United States government based on that
avowal. But were you sincere?
During your election campaign, you promised
widespread amnesty, not zero tolerance. You
elaborated: “Whoever that is indicted of
corruption between 1999 to the time of
swearing-in would be pardoned. I am going to
draw a line, anybody who involved himself in
corruption after I assume office, will face the
music.”
After you were inaugurated, however, you
disowned your statement and declared you
would prosecute past ministers or other
officials for corruption or fraud. And then again
you immediately hedged. You were reminded
of your dubious past by former Major General
and President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida,
who succeeded your military dictatorship. He
released this statement:
“On General Buhari, it is not in IBB’s tradition
to take up issues with his colleague former
President. But for the purpose of record, we
are conversant with General Buhari’s so-called
holier-than-thou attitude. He is a one-time
Minister of Petroleum and we have good
records of his tenure as minister. Secondly, he
presided over the Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF,
which records we also have.
We challenge him to come out with clean
hands in those two portfolios he headed. Or
we will help him to expose his records of
performance during those periods. Those who
live in glass houses should not throw stones.
General Buhari should be properly guided.”
You then swiftly backed off your zero tolerance
policy because you would have been its first
casualty.
You opportunistically announced that zero
tolerance would be narrowed to the
predecessor administration of Goodluck
Jonathan because to probe further would be “a
waste of time.” That conclusion seems
preposterous. In 2012, the World Bank’s ex-
vice president for Africa, Oby Ezekwesili,
estimated that a stupendous $400 billion in
Nigerian oil revenues had been stolen or
misspent since independence in 1960. The
lion’s share of that corruption spans far
beyond the Jonathan administration.
Your zero tolerance policy seems to come with
a squint to avoid seeing culpability in your
political friends. A few examples are but the
tip of the iceberg.
A Rivers State judicial commission of inquiry
found that N53 billion disappeared from the
Rivers State Reserve Fund under former
governor Rotimi Amaechi. Former Lagos
governor and head of your campaign finance
team Babatunde Fashola was accused of
squandering N78 million of government money
to upgrade his personal website. The EFCC
has ignored these corruption allegations, and
you have given both promotions: the Ministry
of Transport to Mr. Amaechi, and the Ministry
of Power, Works, and Housing to Mr. Fashola.
In contrast, you have played judge, jury, and
prosecutor in the newspapers to convict former
PDP Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-
Madueke of corruption.
Is this evenhanded justice?
United States Supreme Court Justice Robert
Jackson taught: “There is no more effective
practical guaranty against arbitrary and
unreasonable government than to require that
the principles of law which officials would
impose upon a minority must be imposed
generally. Conversely, nothing opens the door
to arbitrary action so effectively as to allow
those officials to pick and choose only a few to
whom they will apply legislation and thus to
escape the political retribution that might be
visited upon them if larger numbers were
affected.”
To investigate or prosecute based on political
affiliation or opinion also violates Articles 2
and 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights. It is unworthy of a great nation like
Nigeria.
Make the hallmark of your administration
justice, not retribution, and you may live for
the ages.
I am a United States citizen and lawyer. I have
no political standing in Nigeria. Some might
argue that my speaking about the
administration of justice in Nigeria bespeaks
impertinence But you chose to visit the United
States to solicit weapons and other assistance
from my government–a government of the
people, by the people, for the people. The
United States government represents me.
What the United States government does
reflects on me. I thus have an interest in
addressing the actions of foreign governments
that receive United States government aid.
Sunshine is said to be the best of
disinfectants.
Sincerely,
Bruce Fein
Fein & DelValle PLLC
300 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20001

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/top-american-constitutional-lawyer-publishes-scathing-open-letter-to-buhari/

There is fire on the mountain and nobody seems to be on the run

The Nigerian foreign exchange reserves fell to a three- month-low of $30.04 billion on November 26, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The reserves, which fell by $60 million from $30.10 billion in October is the lowest the country has experienced, since a rise of $1.66 billion within June and July 2015 . According to figures released by the CBN on Monday, the reserves were down 18.6 percent on the year from $36.9 billion in the same period in 2014. The country’s dollar reserves began to plunge with respect to a fall in crude oil prices, and the apex bank’s initial decision to defend the naira on and off the parallel market. The apex bank’s decision to defend the naira through selling dollar to the parallel market on a weekly basis made the reserves fall to $30.69 billion in September – a short fall from $31.63 billion on the figures from August – and 22.42 percent less than it was in September 2014. In October however, the CBN shifted the naira peg from 197.96 to 197, following a fall of over a billion dollars in reserves within the month. Bureau de change operators who get a weekly sale of over $80m from the CBN at interbank rate have said dollar scarcity is weakening the naira at the parallel market, as the apex bank withheld such sales.
https://www.thecable.ng/nigerian-reserves-fall-to-3-month-low

That is good to know, do your best and leave the rest to God

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that the nation’s
foreign reserves fell to 30.04 billion dollars as at Nov.
26. The bank disclosed this on its Website on Monday.
It said that the figure dropped by seven million dollars
from 30.11 billion dollars recorded in Oct. 26. It said the
30.04 billion dollars represented the ‘gross’ amount,
29.33 billion dollars was ‘liquid’, while $719.32 million
was ‘blocked.’
According to the apex bank, the continuous pressure on
the foreign exchange market is due to the rise in the
internal demand for dollars. The CBN said that the price
of crude oil at the international market stood at 44.27
dollar per barrel as at Nov. 30.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/cbn-says-nations-reserves-dropped-to-30-04bn/

Wada you fail to quote any constitution authority to backup your point.

And Father of Africa Democracy just tell a lie as well
Though silver of APC is a bigger liar and a nothing for him on Saturday

Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria, has
described politicians as liars, advising young people not to
get swayed by their words.
Speaking on Saturday at the presentation of the flag of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to Seriake Dickson,
governor of Bayelsa and the party’s candidate in Saturday’s
election, Jonathan asked the people to assess all those
seeking their votes.
He said it was up to them to decide if they wanted to use
their ballots to take the state forward or backward.
“For the Bayelsa young people, do not be carried away by
politicians. Politicians are people of many words, they go to
so many places, talking to so many people and telling so
many lies,” he said.
“Do not listen to what people say, but assess what people
have done over the period.
“Most of the candidates are well known to you, so it is the
choice of Bayelsa young people to vote for development of
this state or to vote for the retrogression of this state. It is
the choice of Bayelsa young people to vote for education of
our youths or to vote for the retrogression of our young
people.
“The choice is ours and I think you will think beyond
yourselves. At our age, we are looking down, we are not
looking up, whether you like it or not.
“So, think about your children and your grandchildren, think
about building a state for your children and grandchildren,
do not think about what you will swallow in the morning.”
Jonathan, who said he was proud of Dickson’s record,
appealed to the people to re-elect him.
“I believe that the steps so far taken by Dickson has shown
that he wants development of this state,” he said.
“Dickson has encouraged development in this state. He is
committed, he has that vision and all the projects he has
been carrying on show that the young man is seeing
Bayelsa beyond today. No leader can change a nation if you
do not see beyond your nose.
“I am telling the young people, this election is not for
Jonathan and Dickson, the election is for you to vote for
your liberation, to live in peace and to live in developed
society.”

https://www.thecable.ng/jonathan-politicians-tell-many-lies

The educationalist that write to all president in power
The Duala dullard will soon get his

Please let him know, though he cannot do anything better, nobody can take the one chance from him.

We already know that he is better as a presidential candidate than being the president