For almost about one hour or more, eyes were glued to AIT yesterday and I must confess that PDP has really tried in their campaign against the opposition. After so many shots, this looks like one final lethal blow, except of course they are not done. Who can blame them? They have enriched themselves well enough to afford the airtime.
So that aside, let's react to the gist they threw in our faces yesterday. I'd give my honest opinion by listing the (1) Bad things he did (2) Good things that he did but have been painted in a bad light (3) Good things he actually did.
Bad things
1) Jailing some 'alleged' innocent politicians. 2) Jailing journalists and activists based on a decree he enacted. 3) Stepping on human rights in a bid to enforce change. No freedom of speech. Strikes were disallowed. Unions (like NMA, NANS) were proscribed. 4) Pardoning Shehu Shagari (his former boss) as he kept him in house arrest while he jailed others. 5) Suspension of the rail project (which I later found out was due to the fact that the money being used for the project was being borrowed and he was bent on paying off Nigeria's debt) 6) Disallowing Monarchs from travelling outside the country, an act many saw as a disrespect to traditional customs. 7) Chasing away illegal immigrants. The same is still done in developed countries though. You can't just reside in places like UK, US... without formal documentations and stuff.
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Summary: His brief military regime was a draconian rule that made life hot for many.
Good things painted bad
1) WAI: Enforcing discipline with regards to work, sanitation, conduct on roads. This was done the military way and swept Nigerians off their comfort zone. 2) His statement (as the commentary claimed to quote him, as there was actually no video of him saying that) that FG should stop killing his people (northerners) and that instead Boko Haram militants could be given amnesty like the Niger delta militants. Hold on, before you judge at surface value. Reports from Amnesty International and the satellite images that showed the devastation in Baga have collectively proved to us one thing: our soldiers killed thousands of innocent northern dwellers (some in very horrific ways) in the name of fighting insurgency. That was why US raised eyebrows about human rights violation in the North if you can still recall. So Buhari probably has a point but unfortunately the amnesty program that the FG tried didn't work. What he said, he said in good faith. 3) Attempted extradition of Umaru Dikko, one of Nigeria's most corrupt politicians as at then. The PDP in their documentary successfully painted the hilarious method through which Dikko was packaged in a suitcase that was labelled with a diplomatic pass..lol..and the embarrassment attached to the story, but here's the thing they never said...Umaru Dikko deserved to be jailed like the other thieves in his time. People steal little things and get punished severely, some even die. A public official steals billions and you empathise with him when he should have gotten a much more severe punishment. That says a lot in comparison about our justice system today. 4) Drug traffickers were killed. I don't even know why PDP are lamenting about this. In Ghana today, robbery attracts a death penalty and trust me, this law has reduced criminality there. In China, if a politician is caught looting funds or getting involved in any form of corruption, he or she will be executed. My opinion is simple, if you can't do without stealing or going against the law of the land, you can leave. You have nothing to fear if your hands are clean. PDP is simply appealing to the desire in people to be free to do as they like without laws to guide them, but we must not forget that unguided freedom comes at a cost.......CRIME!
Summary: He came to unsettle Nigerians from their relative comfort zones of indiscipline (@public places) and laziness (@work).... and this didn't really go down well with many people. Strict legislation dominates his idea of effective and progressive governance.
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Good things
1) Jailing corrupt politicians. That's a good thing for me except you're happy when people embezzle public funds. 2) Eradication of Jihadist group (Maitatsine). We've heard that several times but a few times from his critics.
Other good things they didn't mention in the video
3) 1 dollar = 2 naira... which sparked some irritation from the West. The oyinbos felt it was annoying for the currency of a black nation to be that strong. Foreign politics played a role in his removal later on, for obvious reasons. 4) Cleared the debts of the nation and refused to borrow from IMF despite serious urging from the external community. Part of the reason the rail project was 'suspended'. 5) Nigeria was processing her crude oil...and the price was stable. 6) He's a plain person that does what he says (good or evil). I'd rather deal with plain people than the hypocrites in the incumbent government. Even his political opponents can't take that away from him.
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Summary: He ruled roughly for about one and a half years and his major approach to transforming Nigeria from the state that the corrupt leadership of Shagari left it, was through laws. He believed that a lawless nation where people are just allowed to litter the streets, treat work with levity, loot public funds...etc., could not move forward.
That's my analysis. .(± feel free to add & subtract)..after
after watching that stuff ...I saw more reasons to vote for d general. .pdp campaigning 4 Gmb quietly
Young03: u shut up ur dirty mouth...soludo is a confused man meanwhile, he said he is no more a partisan bt he is involvin his speech in politics, i love kayode because he no de hide mouth...BOTH GEJ and GMB ar failures...
jayfolarin: Sambo's Anti-christ Outburst Against Churches And Pastor Osinbajo In Jigawa.
At the Presidential campaign rally of GEJ/Sambo in Jigawa state on January 21st, 2015, in the presence of President Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo stated in Hausa: "Buhari ya dauko pastor a matsayin mataimakinsa kunsan coci nawa yake dashi? Yanada coci 5000, don haka karku zabesu." The translation is - "Buhari has selected a pastor as his running mate, do you know how many churches he has? He has 5000 churches, so based on that, don't vote for them".
Sambo used religious sentiments in his attempt to divide the country and incite Muslims against Christians. Sambo also said at the rally that the PDP is the most Islamic Party in Nigeria because nobody can be more Muslim than him. He said that his name is Namadi which is a derivative of Namadina, meaning someone from the Medina in Saudi Arabia. At the Rally in Jigawa State Sambo also stated that he goes for the Hajj every year.
In his determination to whip up religious sentiments and divisions, the vp stated at the Jigawa state rally that all the security chiefs in the Jonathan administration are Muslims and based on that, those alleging that Jonathan is supportive of Boko Haram are not being fair. He mentioned the names of some key ministers in the Jonathan administration including Defence Minister, Aliyu Gusau, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, Inspector General of Police, Abba whom he emphasized are all Muslims. He also mentioned all the Muslim ministers from Kano, including Aminu Wali, Foreign Affairs Minister and Shekarau, Minister of Education.
Sambo then asked if anyone could claim to be more Muslim than him Namadi Sambo. Then he shouted Allahu Akbar (Allah is great several times). To close his speech he recited the AlFatiha, (The Opening, the first seven verses of the Holy Quran, which for Muslims is the Mother of the Book, highly revered by all).
Sambo's outburst against Christians and Pastor Osinbajo would not surprise close watchers of political events in Nigeria but it does reconfirm the outcome of late General Azazi thorough and extensive investigation of Boko Haram and in which he concluded that the PDP founded Boko Haram and finances its terrorist activities.
..look at d set of clueless kids leading us..we have...this bigot as a vice president...only a blind Tanoid will argue d fact that boko haram is a creation of d Pdp..boko haram is created and financed by pdp..
mrborntodoit: He doesn't need to lie to sensibilize the doctors and court workers. The money is there but badly implemented. Remember,being a president doesn't make one omnipotent . We have to learn to follow the budget from federal level down to the local government,that is what accountability is about. You can also trace the salary problems to the aforementioned protocols which every citizen is responsible for.
Look at the fertilizer aspect of agriculture,with e-wallet,every trace of corruption was cut short within 3months. If reelected,softwares and other technological advancement will be applied into the system and corruption will die a natural death.
There are softwares that are in charge of dispensing salaries,our government officials are aware of these things but they intentionally shy away from it because it will eliminate ghost workers and expose embezzlement.
You and I are responsible enough to hold them accountable,let us join hands and enlighten the people around us instead of using them as political tools of mass destruction. Our fathers made mistakes,today we are paying for them, do we blindly repeat the same mistakes and let our children and grand children pay for them ?
my dear d problem Is after d whole money is recovered... wat do de do with it..?de go on stove buying spre...it goes into private jets to SA..it goes to d wind...our problem is deep.
Mekateka: Bishop Oyedepo said: "All those opposing and are against the peace of Nigeria, God would open the gates of hell to them". These were his words. But propagandalists party who strives in lies twisted the word from the Bishop because they already knew that they are the enemies of Nigeria who want to take over presidency by evil means.
Note: I was in the service today. It was our thanksgiving service today after the 21days fasting period.
get us a video..because if Bishop said that...mehn that will be terrible
wirinet: When National SECURITY advicer is more concerned about indecency sites and election postponements than Boko Haram, when the army finds it more important to call a press conference on Buhari's certificate than Boko Haram, then we are in serious trouble.
mistabiola: President Jonathan was a guest at Winners Chapel in Ota Ogun state today and according to people who were there, they claim Pastor Oyedepo said he will 'open the gate of hell on those who oppose the President. This better not be true...
chemali: They declare war on Nigeria and the sitting governor thanks them? Is this what PDP has turned us into?
..Jonathan has destroyed this country...is now clear why Obj was busy writing letters to this clueless leader. .Buhari go handle these miscreants wella.Asari my foot
A political group, Defenders Of Democracy placed this advert on The Nations newspapers, saying he should stop comparing himself to the likes of Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, Lee Kwan Yew and Marting Luther King, that he belongs to the likes of Idi Amin, Mobutu Sese Seko, Robert Mugabe.
When will all these end? Why attack each other with expensive newspaper adverts. Our politicians should just stop behaving like children.
incorrect comparison though..at least these other guys can take decisions. .gej is not just capable
AlfaSeltzer: It is a constitutional requirement that each candidate show his or her certificate. Everybody has done so except Buhari. Buhari can get hold of a copy of his certificate if he contacts WAEC office or Cambridge University. What's stopping him?
if wat is already in d public is not enof 4 u...go to court...next
PapiWata: Stoning the Boko Haram terror gang leader will accomplish very little besides humiliate the unrepentant killer for few minutes.
On the other hand, positioning a seasoned sniper a few hundred years off, where there is a clean line of fire to the location where the geriatric massacre instigator sits in his usual stupor WOULD be an enormously beneficial culling project to undertake for any group that is appropriately equipped and determined.
..I hope u knw ur IP adress can be traced...watch it
bnovative: Did buhari at any point in time claimed he lost his certificate? No. First he said it was with the military, later Lai Muhammad said Ibb went with it during the palace coup. Buhari has never claimed he lost his certificate. I stand to be corrected
..hian..odikwa egwu...see cluelessness is actually transmissible. .im out of here. .ndi pdp
do u reason tru ur anus..a certificate is different from a statement of result talk more of one re issued after over 50yrs...he has given d exam number nd a print out...if u hav nothing more to do...go to Cambridge nd verify ...or go Bleep ffk...olodo
Dannyset: Many of these people are those that hav fed fat on GEJ, and are desperately trying to save their asss from the whip of GMB when he eventually come in as the President. One thing that they've forgotten so fast is that their image n brand goes beyond GEJ stay in Aso Rock. What they will sell to us after then is what we are waiting for. THIEVES
u summarised it. Sammy Okposo...another business man..Jonathan praise leader masquerading as a gospel artist. .only in Nigeria she .their stomach is their god
GEJAchievements: #GEJAchievements in the Health Sector: Save One Million Lives (SOML) Initiative
In order to transform the health sector and enable it deliver quick, yet accessible and high quality health services, the President’s team on Health began by rehabilitating and equipping various health facilities across the nation.
Save One Million Lives Initiative (SOML): In line with the NSHDP, this initiative set a target to save one million lives by the year 2015.
To further invest in the human capital of our population, we are building strong safety nets and improving access to primary health care using the Save One Million Lives programme. In the 2013 fiscal year, we recruited 11,300 frontline health workers who were deployed to under-served communities across the country. We have reached over 10,000 women and children with conditional cash transfer programmes across 8 States (Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Niger, Ogun, Zamfara) and the FCT and we intend to scale up this successful initiative.
As a result, over 400,000 lives have been saved through our various interventions. Nigeria’s national immunization coverage has now exceeded 80% and is yielding demonstrable results. The Type-3 Wild Polio virus has been contained in 2013, with no recorded transmissions for more than one year; while Guinea worm which previously affected the lives of over 800,000 Nigerians yearly has been largely eradicated. Facilities at various medical centres across the country – such as the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu, and the University College Hospital in Ibadan – have also been upgraded. Finally, Nigeria has also been honoured as Co-Chair of the fourth replenishment of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
#GEJAchievements in the Health Sector: SURE-P Maternal and Child Health Programme The SURE-P MCH Programme aims to lessen the effect of subsidy reduction on the mass of the people, particularly on women and families with no source of steady incomes and those whose income barely sustains them.
Midwives Service Scheme: This programme aims to reduce maternal mortality rate by providing access to qualified and adequate birth attendants for women , especially those in the rural areas.
#GEJAchievements in the Health Sector: Community Based Social Health Insurance: This scheme seeks to raise the coverage of Health Insurance by reaching out to the rural communities as well as the underserved.
Establishment of the Centre for Disease Control: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control was established as a collaborative effort between the Federal Ministry of Health and the office of the Special Adviser to the President on MDGs in 2012.
Introduction of new vaccines: The Pentavalent vaccine was introduced into the EPI schedule. This singular vaccine ensures protection agains tDiphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus (DPT), HepatitisB, and Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib).
#GEJAchievements in the Health Sector: Modernisation of the Federal Teaching Hospitals The Government has been upgrading the country’s tertiary health facilities to bring them up to international standard. Typical examples are: commissioning of the new Respiratory Intensive Care Unit; (to combat the scourge of Avian Flu and other viral diseases) at University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada; launching of the CCT pilot programme at Deidei Comprehensive Health Centre, Bwari Area Council; establishment of National Trauma Centres in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and the National Hospital Abuja; completion and equipping of federal staff hospital, Jabi, Abuja.
#GEJAchievements in the Health Sector: Health Sector Policy Reforms Did you know? … Neonatal and post-neonatal deaths have dropped significantly in the country. Prior to President Jonathan’s Administration, there was a high level of neonatal and post-neonatal deaths, which were a cause of concern and needed urgent remedy. Thanks to the reforms in the health sector, there has been a drastic reduction in neonatal and post-neonatal deaths.
Did you know? … Under President Jonathan’s administration, fewer children under age 5 died from childhood diseases. There was a record of improved health among children; with fewer children dying under President Jonathan’s administration.
Did you know? ... Thanks to President Jonathan’s health reforms, more pregnant women received antenatal care from skilled medical personnel and more babies were hospital delivered.
Did you know? ... There have been fewer deaths from malaria fever infection under President Jonathan’s administration.
It is no longer news that Malaria is the highest killer in Sub-Saharan Africa. What is not known however, is that the government has been making serious efforts to reduce the rate of infection and increase treatment for malaria. Great success has been achieved in this regard; the first step to combating malaria is preventing mosquito bites via the use of mosquito nets. This simple act has gone a long way in helping to reduce malaria fever infections.
Testimonial Laraba Dauda They told me traditional birth attendants were the best when it came to pregnancy and child delivery in my area, that’s in Pankshin, yet I had already lost two pregnancies since I got married in 2008. I was blamed for many things like not drinking enough herbs, but I also know enough now to understand that it was because I didn’t get adequate antenatal care. So, I was overjoyed when I became pregnant again. This time, I did not waste any time, I just headed straight to the new hospital in town, the one they say was built by the federal government. Yes, there was a long queue and I had to wait my turn but it wasn’t for long after all who doesn’t like good things. A female doctor examined me and I was given free drugs. During antenatal clinics at the hospital, the nurses talked to us about simple things that will keep us and our babies safe and then they gave us free mosquito nets because as pregnant women, it is easy for us to get malaria.
I gave birth to a baby girl and I did not pay a dime. After my delivery, they showed me again how to keep my baby safe under mosquito net. I did that but after sometime, with all the wahala of taking care of my baby, I forgot. That must be why when my daughter was about 11 months, she became sick from malaria. I took her back to the hospital and we were given free malarial drugs. I have continued to use the mosquito net; even my oga comes under it in the night.
Today, we are all not worrying about malaria. My daughter is a fine 5 years old girl and I’m even pregnant again.
#GEJAchievements in the Health Sector: Medical Science Discovery This administration’s strides in medical science are hardly celebrated. Recently a team of Nigerian scientists led by Dauda Oladepo of the International Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) and sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Health, discovered CD4 Lymphocyte baseline for testing people living with HIV/AIDS. The effort is all the more remarkable because it was funded by the Federal Ministry of Health and its findings are particularly useful to the Nigerian environment. The discovery is very vital to monitoring and managing the disease progression in infected people.
#GEJAchievements in the Health Sector: Improved Access to Health Care Under the Jonathan administration, access to healthcare increased from 56.2% to 70.6% for women; thereby increasing the chances of safe deliveries and immediate medical attention, while reducing the likelihood of infant mortality during childbirth.
Testimonial: Mama Tano’s Story To lose a child is one of the worst things that can happen to a woman. It is bad to happen once, but twice is even worse. “I no fit,” I told my husband when I realised I was pregnant again. Every year, measles would enter our village here in Koko taking at least 20 children with it. My son was born in the house by the local midwife who helped deliver the first two. As she wiped him clean, fear filled my heart and I was shaking, wondering if measles would take him too. Some months later, some people came to our town giving polio and measles medicine to babies under one year. They said that the government had said every child was entitled to life, and every child, no matter how remote their location was, must get immunized. My baby is now 3 years old and another is on the way. I no fear anything again.
#GEJAchievements in the Health Sector: Strategic Reforms and Achievements 1. National Strategic Health Development Plan (NSHDP): This is like a support for the health sector reforms: it aims to address most of the challenges in health care delivery system that have hampered progress in this sector nationwide.
2. Save One Million Lives Initiative (SOML): In line with the NSHDP, this initiative outlines a vision to save one million lives by the year 2015.
3. SURE-P Maternal and Child Health Programme: The SURE-P MCH Programme aims to provide a safety net of sort and lessen the impact of subsidy reduction on the more vulnerable sections of the population; people like women and families that have no steady source of income.
4. Midwives Service Scheme: This programme aims at reducing maternal mortality by providing access to qualified and adequate modern health care facilities, especially in the rural areas.
5. Community Based Social Health Insurance: This scheme seeks to raise the coverage of Health Insurance by reaching out to the rural communities as well as the underserved.
6. Establishment of the Centre for Disease Control: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control was established in collaboration between the Special Adviser to the President on MDGs in 2012.
7. Introduction of new vaccines: The Penta-valent vaccine was introduced into the EPI schedule. This singular vaccine provides the protection against Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus (DPT), Hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib).
8. Modernization of the Federal Teaching Hospitals: The Government has been upgrading the country’s tertiary health facilities to bring them up to international standards.
#GEJAchievements in the Health Sector: Infrastructural Achievements Did you know? The President Jonathan administration has developed key health infrastructure.
New Cardiac Unit at University College Hospital, Ibadan: HMH inspecting newly installed equipment at the CAT-Lab, UCH, Ibadan.
Rehabilitation and equipping of ObafemiAwolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife
Completion of the Public Health Quality Assurance/Reagent Control Laboratory of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, located in Yaba, Lagos.
.Trash.Hospitals that have been locked than for more than 2mnths...does he give a damn?
...with due respect to my yoruba friends...This FFk is really an idiot...and to think gej shld keep close pally to this animal...Nigerians must rise and ensure he goes back to otueke.Ndi ala
What other evidence do you guys need .....his school uniform or the pen used to write the exam cos we get am U get time for this pdp mugus..trying so hard to support a glaring failure.Ndi ala...Gej ur time is up
What other evidence do you guys need .....his school uniform or the pen used to write the exam cos we get am U get time for this pdp mugus..trying so hard to support a glaring failure.Ndi ala...Gej ur time is uo
chimerase2: If dey like let dem rig Buhari will still lose we too in de south will also rig i just pity rochas cus we will massively rig him out of douglas house
dare richas...imo is 50% ...Buhari...and 90%.. Owelle...we are keenly following
mcdokwe: one can not help but laugh at the pathetic Nigerian situation. The saga would continue to drag and create a precedence. there is so much to this but we aren't seeing them because we are already drawn up against each other as a result of our preferences, facts are no longer facts. I am not going to be bothered about the authenticity of the result released, but I expected the integrity General to come clean, we all know that at a particular time in history, the army was filled more with and by quota system rather than qualification (this is for those basing their argument on his rising to become a general) and a good pointer is the interview granted by IBB on how they were encouraged to join the army while in school. We need to tell ourselves the truth
Politics › Re: PDP-Sponsored Documentary On Buhari & My Analysis by otigbagba: 1:43pm On Jan 27, 2015
