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PhockPhockMan:



TOO LATE

Such a pity your opinion or that of your fellow hate mongers on this forum is totally irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

Sulk all you want, what's gonna be is gonna be.

We have a President!!
God bless my President!!

INTROVERT:
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Na joke o.

OREMUSSANCTUS:
Another slot for a northerner
Dis change is interesting
Soon d post of d V.P wld be declared vacant for a northerner

Why are you people like this?? The ex president appointed this guy who hails from the Niger Delta (I think Bayelsa) and no one talked about him prosecuting an ethnic agenda. Now he's been fired and no replacement made yet, but you guys are already talking trash.

These are some of the nonsense that have made this forum become a breeding ground for hatred lately.

This is so disgusting.

OrlandoOwoh:
I laughed when Merilyn Ogah said she was arresting Lai Muhammed for roaming.
If Jonathan had not lost he would have plunged Nigeria into the same state as Greece.

Even forgot to mention those cases where opposition figures were harassed during Ekiti election. Some were even arrested and prevented from monitoring the process until it was over- all with the help of DSS.

And some people want us to praise Ogre for the "job" she did.

What a shame.

Sincere9gerian:
GEJ is my hero of democracy. If you don't like it, go and die!

Meanwhile, your masters in Abuja have already started the process of destroying the credibility built in INEC in the last 5 years.

That much you have the right to. But you guys should stop insulting the sensibilities of Nigerians by tagging him a "hero of Nigerian democracy" and stop mocking the Nobel prize by saying he deserves one.

FastShipping:
8. Oshiomohle plane was asked to return to the airport 12 minutes aftyer take off from the airport. His life was put in danger.



9. Chibok Girl protestors were beaten, harassed and humiliated on several occasions.



10. The Governor of Rivers State was prevented from entering his official residence through the front gate.



11. Kano State liaison office was invaded by DSS and soldiers in the middle of meeting.

Jonathan is no saint. He was an incompetent wolf in lamb clothing that was beaten fair and square at the poll. He deserves nothing but PRISON.

There are dozens of such incidences my brother. The list is simply inexhaustible. I fear for what would become of the orientation of impressionable kids growing under the tutelage of some of these PDP minions.

As expected, all "they" do is come and throw insults. No brains whatsoever.

rekeson:
Guy Buhari d messiah is now president, how come GEJ is still making headlines??

Because some guys insist on keeping his name in circulation giving him credit for things he isn't responsible for. So why not oblige them with a little bit of history?

ifihearam:
Get a life. Loser

Typical.

Cc: PassingShot, Midolian, Caseless, Clerverly, Beremx, Egift, Gbawe, Jorlons, Demdem, NgeneUkwenu, Arewafederation, Obiagelli et al.

Good afternoon all.

Got some break off official grind and thought to nourish the discourse around here by way of revisiting the past and try to justify the present.

Most of the members of this forum, especially avid political commentators, and indeed Nigerians, have been living in bewilderment over calls for the Nigerian government to erect some sort of monument in honour of the ex President, Goodluck Jonathan as they adorn him with the mein of a Hero of democracy. They avow his credentials as a democrat is firmly rooted and indestructible, often times going as far as drawing parallels between the man and the Great Madiba of South Africa, Nelson Mandella.

For some of us, there can be nothing more scandalous than this for we know and will not, in the blink of an eye, forget how oppressive and repressive that regime was. The only credit those of us old and shrewd enough to recollect the past can give to Jonathan as regards respect for democratic principles is his concession of defeat in a contest in which he was beaten roundly and squarely. Let no one be deceived, his acceptance of defeat was as much a favour to Nigeria as it was to himself. He sure knew what might have been had he done otherwise.

Now, let us take a trip down memory lane and peel some skin off Democrat Jonathan, and see just how deserving of the Hero title and accolades he truly is:

Come with me:

1. Governors Forum Crises (2013): A lot of political pundits insist this marked the beginning of Jonathan downfall, forget his crass incompetence.

In a simple election involving 35 participants and two contestants, Jonathan's interference saw to it that this more or less political pressure group was fractured beyond redemption resulting in the formation of the PDP Governors Forum chaired by his stooge Godswill Akpabio and another faction of the forum chaired by his preferred candidate who lost in the contest, Jonah Jang.

The election whose video went rival at that time due to its outcome saw Amaechi pulling 19 votes while Jonah Jang pulled 16. Democrat Jonathan insisted Jang won the election and recognised him as the Chairman of the forum giving rise to the much publicised PDP arithmetics where 16 is greater than 19.

This set the precedence for the scenarios that played out in Rivers and Ekiti Houses of Assembly while our "Hero" stood idly by, giving a tacit nod to the obvious anomalies as state police were used to suppress the opposition.

www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-endorses-gov-jangs-faction/

2. APC National Leader Harassed by the Military: During the heat of the campaigns, keeping faith with their doctrine of hounding and intimidating opposition figures, Bola Tinubu had his house placed under surveillance by the military when he wasn't indicted for any federal offence. The national leader responded to this in a manner that set social media on fire, placing a banner in front of his house that seemingly pointed the military where they should be looking- Sambisa.

leadership.ng/news/411334/military-places-tinubu-surveillance

3. Journalists Harassed and Newspapers Confiscated: This was one of the greatest assaults on freedom of speech we witnessed under Jonathan. It was a crackdown reminiscent of the dark days of the Khaki Boys.

Hundreds of papers with publications critical of the government's handling of national issues were confiscated and destroyed. Same guys who supported the actions of the government then screamed blue murder when reports circulated the press that Buhari had barred AIT from covering his activities.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/162255-nigerian-military-goes-berserk-blocks-newspapers-distribution-abuja-lagos.html

dailypost.ng/2014/06/06/soldiers-seize-thousands-leadership-nation-vanguard-newspapers-friday-edition/

www.punchng.com/news/military-sss-seize-destroy-major-nigerian-newspapers/

4. APC Office Raided: This was another very dark day in our democratic experience and marked an upsurge in the use of state security agents to harass and gag the opposition. Under the guise of carrying out an investigation, offices of the opposition were raided with computers and other instruments confiscated and destroyed. It was one of the lowest points of the DSS and somewhat signalled its complete evolution into an arm of the PDP.

The DSS at a press conference displayed items "discovered" at the office during the raid and they were computers, hard drives and other electronic accessories- hell it was a data centre!! Were they expecting to find chopsticks and stoves

www.naij.com/329843-lagos-apc-office-stormed-by-dss-soldiers-data-confiscated.html

dailyindependentnig.com/2014/11/apc-office-raid-dss-releases-list-recovered-items/

5. Buhari's Plane Barred from Landing: Another shameful incident where a plane conveying opposition bigwigs (then), including her flag bearer, on a campaign trail was refused landing rights in Makurdi and they had to return to Abuja. My question is, what if there wasn't sufficient fuel to take them back to Abuja as they made the u-turn mid-air?? Your guess is as good as mine.

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/buharis-aircraft-barred-landing-makurdi-airport/

saharareporters.com/2014/11/26/buharis-jet-barred-landing-makurdi

6. Protesters and Senator Shot in Rivers: Another gut wrenching incident that demonstrated the partisan nature of our security apparatus under ex president Jonathan. In a continuation of the government's crackdown on the opposition, citizens who were on a peaceful protest in Rivers state were shot at with live and rubber bullets and a Senator was hit twice in the chest. Thankfully, he
survived and a serious crises was averted.

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/rivers-crisis-senator-abe-shot-flown-london/

7. APC Women Protesters Teargassed: This was another horrid incident that demonstrated the ex president's disdain for opposition and civil liberties.

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/police-fire-tear-gas-at-apc-women-protesters-in-rivers/

8. Jonathan Orders Withdrawal of Speaker's Security Detail: Arguably the most vicious assault on our democracy by the ex president. This much publicised incident that needs no introduction earned the ex president (and deservedly so) local and international disrepute and condemnation. People had started to see him as the worst civilian dictator in the country's history. If you ask me, this incident drove the last nail into the coffin of Jonathan's 2015 ambition.

leadership.ng/news/388651/jonathan-orders-withdrawal-tambuwals-security-details

www.channelstv.com/2014/10/30/tambuwals-security-details-withdrawn/

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/170346-jonathan-orders-withdrawal-of-tambuwals-security-details.html




These are but a few events the hero of democracy subjected Nigerians to. Indeed it would be a herculean task convincing people of sound minds as to the propriety of referring to Mr Jonathan as a hero of this country.

Thanks for reading.


Cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, OAM4J.

Marylin Ogre has suddenly become adept at keeping her gob shut. #Claptrap.

Upnepaa:

OMENKA,this is a great compilation no doubt,even though i sees this thread as somewat controversial(bcus of the mind blowing revelations),but not withstanding this thread should have been on fp since,can you imagine the useless threads by chukwudi and eurbomber made fp,if it is a thread that says "boko harams kills 20" they would have move it to fp even b4 the op put the link, bro sincerly i'm begining to lose intrest in nl bcus of this partiality,i always wonder where the blind followers of gej are during those trying periods,maybe they are just addicted to suffering,but bro,pls don't give up in your quest to free up the truth,bcus truth will always prevail KUDOS

Thanks for your kind words man. Truth indeed would always prevail no matter how long it takes.

arewafederation:
I wonder how long it will take the mods to move this wonderful piece to front page.

Nice write up Omenka. This is one of the most intelligent post I have seen recently on NL.

BB013:
Am surprised this well articulated piece hasn't made front page.
Omenka kudo to u for a job well done
This is wot barca is supposed to do but his blokes brain won't allow him

Well what can one say? If Lalasticlala and Ishilove in their wisdom think this doesn't deserve such publicity, who are we to say otherwise?

Thanks for the kind words.

As they continue to keep Jonathan's name in circulation, claiming responsibility of every gains made by Buhari, so shall we keep reminding them of some of the "salient" accomplishments and legacies of Jonathan while he was the president.



Long live Nigeria.

Caseless:
I heard the BVN-seeking drunkard is in abuja and trying to have Abdulsalam beg pmb on his behalf so he'd not be probed and, also citing agreement he had with them during the peace deal or accord.

He's not seen anyfin yet. Only time will tell, and the tale isn't gonna be pleasant for him I can guarantee that.

poiZon:
so u now justified d corruption under abacha n buhari millitary days?
Ever since u lots tagged gej all sorta names, has it change d fact that nigeria is still depending on niger delta resources?
Has it change who u r, ranting all day long without any bearings? does it change d fact that we r still importing toothpicks n patronisng foreign made goods? Even if u tagged gej king of cluelessness n corruption, it wont change who n whr he has attained. He was a onetime president of nigeria, his name will always be in d history books n no idiots can erase it unless naija gets balkanise.
Stop ranting n go get a life, let buhari n the differnt authorities do the probing. If gej is culpable he will answer for his deeds.
Also u posted articles of projects in abroad without listing the dates it was started n completed.
Dont u think dollars isnt a stable commodity, it rise, fall n re rise at random. Hw do we reconcile the true nature of wht was spent n how much d dollar was then n ur bogus figures u hypocritically post just to score cheap points?

Much as I find it useless responding to ignoramuses like you, one thing I'd want you to do- go look up the meaning of the word "justify". How did my comment justify stealing under Abacha's era?? I said "compared" to Jonathan, Abacha stole little. How is that a justification??

Mtscheew.

PassingShot:
Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Seun, this is a well written article deserving of FP. It offers people some insight into what we could have achieved if not for mismanagement.

Absolutely!!

What I discovered was that a mere mention of figures hardly do justice to the magnitude of corruption, but when evidences are shown as to what might have been had those monies been put to good use, the picture becomes clearer. That is the idea behind this thread.

Lalasticlala, I see no reason why this thread s still lying in the backstage. For fairness, give it the coverage it deserves.

Thanks.

TRUTHTOPOWER:
Omenka, this post has simplified the confusion of Hero-worshipers. Unfortunately, no amount of economic terrorism can shock the conscience of a prejudiced people. Thank God, we have Change through democratic revolution.

They should keep trying to sell their perished goods. Discerning "customers" know better.

presher:
palm oil people and their propaganda threads,see them all over the thread hating goodluck

As expected. Why not counter a single point raised herein??

Yomieluv:
God bless you OP,if we didn't boot the criminal king out,and his cronies,just a matter of time,before Nigeria sinks..

He's an armed robber personified,who was luckily bestowed the highest office,and decided to loot every penny he sees.

He's worst than Abacha.

What Abacha or any other government for that matter stole pales in comparism to the wanton theft that was pervasive under Jonathan.

If a government deserves a medal of honour for incompetence and corruption, none other would be so deserving than Jonathan's.

size40:
I became one of the happiest Nigerian to see GEJ removed from office through election. Am a Niger deltan and I hold no grudges for GEJ. But he is incompetent, weak and too corrupt.

These are his most obvious attributes and explains one's perplexity as to calls from certain quarters for his immortalisation.

Cc: Midolian, Obiagelli, Caseless, Clerverly, Demdem, PassingShot, Beremx. Hope you guys have been good.

For the wailingwailers, your insults and inane rants are expected.

Good morning.

After my release from a three-day incarceration which terminated two days ago, I lost the appetite to contribute to discussions here. Nevertheless, upon some consideration I decided to do this.

For those who insist we just forgot about the immediate past admin and concentrate squarely on the current one, well, you might have a good point but the problem is, the guys that push this line of thought are the same guys that keep attributing every accomplishment of this government to Jonathan. When it has to do with some cheery news, an assembly plant here and there, stable power supply, etc, they go "oh thank you GEJ", but when those idiotic murderers set off a bomb, or the local currency takes a beating, they don't hesitate a split second to blame the President.

There's no gainsaying most of the ills we suffer today, from economic hardship (devaluation of the naira) to ethnoreligous intolerance have their roots from seeds sown by the past leaderships, especially Jonathan's.

So, in the spirit of fair coverage and keeping the legacies of Ebele alive, I decided to do this little piece.

Enjoy.

We've heard, on several accounts, about incidences of massive corruption under Jonathan's administration, chief amongst which were:

1. Fuel subsidy scam: This is arguably the biggest fraud in the country's recorded history. From the outcome of several probes, it was revealed that the monies stolen under this scheme ran into $16.4 billion. On some accounts, we had up to 2.56trillion naira stolen, the most conservative of which was 1.8trillion naira. The fact that the figures couldn't be reconciled by the various bodies who should have a common figure as to how much was actually expended on subsidy, from the Finance ministry to DPR, PPPRA, to CBN, showed that indeed the expenditure was questionable.

The most chilling part of this was that it was done with no supplementary approval (budget) from the NASS, in blatant violation of extant fiscal laws. Under the budget, only about 356 billion naira was appropriated. To this day, no explanation has been given as to what accounted for the astronomical rise in subsidy expenditure.

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/2015-budget-nigerians-divided-over-fuel-subsidy-removal/

mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE84C08N20120513?irpc=932

2. Pensions Fraud: Under this scam, we saw over 400billion naira (over $2.5billion then) stolen by Maina and his gang. sunnewsonline.com/new/n469bn-police-pension-fund-scam-they-want-me-dead-maina/

3. Crude oil theft: Under saint Jonathan's admin, according to the coordinating Minister of the Economy, Nigeria was losing a princely $12.6billion. thenationonlineng.net/new/oil-theft-and-a-ministers-lament/ . In this interview, Jonathan even sank as low as blaming the oil thefts on "the refineries abroad!!" He didn't think his surveillance contractors or himself had any blames to take whatsoever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCZos8xM7Iw. How much more dishonourable can a leader be?

4. Kerosine subsidy mega scam: Under the guise of a nonexistent subsidy on kerosine, the government of Goodluck Jonathan expended a whooping $8.76billion. This fraud was so staggering the governor of the nation's apex bank had to blow the whistle. But rather than investigate and bring offenders to justice, Jonathan went for broke, persecuted and criminalised the whistle blower! www.punchng.com/feature/kerosene-subsidy-the-hidden-mega-scam/ www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26535530

At the risk of sounding verbose, I'd limit the cases to these as they are some of the most publicised cases of barefaced theft under the immediate past admin.

Now, let us sum up the figures above: 16 + 2 + 12 + 8 = $38billion!! The greatest betrayal of the mandate given Jonathan by Nigerians was that not a SINGLE individual is serving a jail term over this rot. That sends but only one signal to discerning minds- that the presidency itself must have been complicit in the whole scheme.

Here are some potentially life changing projects these monies could have been channelled into had Jonathan and his henchmen shown a little bit of honour and commitment to the course for which the Nigerian people elevated to where they were.

I call them the Opportunity Costs of Corruption.

1. The Itaipu Hydro Electric Dam. I chose to refer to this first because the problem of inadequate power supply is one that affects every single Nigerian and as a problem, has defied solutions by successive administrations, not because of insolvency but corruption.

Jonathan's government spent over $8billion ( www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-states-lgs-spend-8-26bn-on-nipp-projects/202324/ ) generating nothing but darkness. In the twilight of his administration, the economy of the nation was literally shut down as power supply dropped to its lowest levels in the country's recorded history.

Itaipu dam was built by joint effort between two countries- Brazil and Paraguay. It is the world's second largest hydroelectric plant with an installed capacity 14GW. It supplies 75% of electricity consumed by Paraguay and 17% of that consumed by Brazil. It cost both countries and investors $20billion to build to finish!

Let's put these figures into perspective: Kainji dam, Nigeria's premier electricity generation facility has an installed capacity of 760MW and cost us $209million to build. There are 1000megawatts (1000MW) in 1gigawatt (1GW). If we were to convert, we would have 0.760GW of electricity being produced by Kainji. ie. Kainji dam generates approximately 5.4% of what Itaipu generates!!

The last time we heard, the nation's total electricity generation capacity was 10,000MW- still about 71% of Itapu's. www.nipptransactions.com/background/electricity-market/

Now, had Jonathan's government decided to build an Itaipu-like dam rather than stealing the monies above, they would still have kept a change of $18billion and Nigeria electricity problem would have been history!

Given that the nation has a total installed capacity of 10,000MW (10GW) and an "available" capacity of 6,000MW (6GW), the total is still 4,000MW shy of Itaipu's capacity and what could actually be transmitted is 8,000MW shy of Itaipu's. Isn't this a disgrace??

The economic benefits in terms of employment and wealth creation having such a facility brings to a country can only be imagined.

2. John Hopkins Hospital:

The new building, one of the largest hospital construction projects in U.S. history, is
erected on five acres and includes two 12-story patient towers, 560 all-private patient rooms, 33 state-of-the-art, spacious operating rooms,
and expansive new adult and pediatric emergency departments. The facility has
the most sophisticated diagnostic imaging equipment, such as an intraoperative MRI
scanner for neurosurgery cases and high-speed, low- dose CT scanners, as well as the latest technology for surgical and minimally
invasive procedures.

With healing gardens, soaring lobbies, a hand-picked collection of more than 500 works of art and cheerful, light-filled patient rooms, the
new building is designed to provide a welcoming and caring environment to advance the healing process. Patient rooms have sleeping
accommodations for family members. Sound-absorbing features in patient care
corridors, ranging from acoustical ceiling tiles to a quiet nurse-call system, promote a tranquil
environment. There are also expanded food options and food delivery times to meet
the nutritional needs of patients.

All of these for just - wait for it- $1.1billion!!!. m.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/its_open_the_johns_hopkins_hospitals_new_11_billion_building_welcomes_first_patients

With citizen dying of very preventable causes and spending millions of dollars yearly on seeking medicare abroad, imagine what a facility like this could have done for us in terms of prevention of deaths, prevention of capital flight and medical research.

Now, with both projects in the kitty, we still have about $16.9billion left!

3. The Mogul of Mumbai: This is one monstrosity that has placed India shoulder to shoulder with superpowers of engineering and technology. It is one of the world's largest petrochemical refineries with a capacity to refine 600,000 bpd. With annual revenues in the region of $18billion, one can only imagine what a facility like this could do to a country's economy.

Now, guess how much it took investors to set this up- a "paltry" $3.2billion!!

Subtracting this from the 16.9, we would have a change of $13.7billion left.

4. Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge: Nothing demonstrates Jonathan's grand deceit than his non-completion of the second Niger Bridge which happened to be one of his strongest campaign promises during 2011 elections. He even went as far as saying he'd go on exile if he doesn't complete that bridge before 2015!!

The Danyang Grand Bridge is a 165km engineering masterpiece built in four years, the same duration of time Jonathan plans to deliver his fabled Second Niger bridge of 1.5km!!.

Let's play with these figures a little: for a bridge of 165km to be built in 4years, it means about 3.5km would be built in a month!! Just imagine this!! It means the Chinese would take less than a moth to deliver what it would take Jonathan 48months to complete!!! If that doesn't make your head spin, then I don't know what else would.

To the interesting part: it took just $8.5billion to deliver this.

Again, subtracting from the change we are left with, upon building one hundred and ten second Niger Bridges (165km divide by 1.5km), we would still have a change of over $5billion left!! There are a billion and one things we could do with this amount of money as a nation!


These are but just a few things this nation could have done with the proceeds of corruption and incompetence in the last admin.

It remains to be seen how Jonathan cuts the image of a "hero" deserving of a Nobel Prize.

Thanks.

Cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, OAM4J.

intrepid:
Real wahala dey.....I cant still believe this! Guy,are you for real?

Leave the dunce to get the hell on with his rickshaw. What more can a depressingly intellectually handicapped lout do??

You can tell from a mile away when you see someone without an ounce of parental upbringing. Dude comes across as a guy living a very miserable life.

Outside the forum, even a dog would get a better spot on the sidewalk to sleep-rough than a destitute like him.

Reason why I don't even bother to as much as fart his way.

efreaky:
I will keep saying this, 99% of ethnic warriors are poverty stricken people.

If you talk, dem go say you dey insult them. But this is just the absolute truth!

luvinhubby:
This shit keeps getting messier.
Nigerian politicians, especially my friends in APC, politicised this madness that has turned into a hydra-headed monster.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/158711-pdp-blames-apc-abuja-explosion.html

I bet Olisa Metuh is one of those friends of yours in APC.

The kind of lies you people spread on this forum is really mind numbing.

I fear for the people that come under your tutelage.

PassingShot:
PMB is so on point here.

His position remains that he will not be seen to endorse anti-party activities by anyone no matter how highly placed. If he grants Saraki any audience now, it will mean a tacit endorsement of his actions which led to a PDP man becoming a DSP.

I am sure that whence the rancour is settled, PMB will not only meet with Saraki but will also dine with him.

EOD.