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President Jonathan today Tuesday Dec. 9th called on politicians to shun “ceaseless quarreling” and engage in robust political debates that would strengthen the country’s democracy.

Jonathan made the call at the public presentation and official launch of the Kukah Centre, founded by prominent cleric and Catholic Bishop‎ of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah.

‎‎Among other aims, the centre was established to strengthen national debate, improve governance and encourage Nigerians to take an active role in the country’s leadership.

Jonathan ‎said that the nation’s democracy should be deepened by robust debates, stimulation of innovative ideas and healthy engagements by all actors.

“I call on everyone, the political class, our citizens and more importantly, the academic community to rise up to these challenges posed by this initiative (centre).

“I think we are over defining our democracy today by quarreling as if democracy is about competitors quarreling just like motor park workers,” he said.

The president urged politicians to use the 2015 elections to renew their commitment ‎to the country’s unity. He said:

“As elections draw close, I call on all politicians to see this as another opportunity for us to renew our commitment to deepen our democracy and strengthen our bond of unity.

“Democracy is not about ‎political parties and politicians alone, it is not just about winning or losing elections; it is about freedom, about development and above all a forward march of our civilisation and encouragement of creativity.

“It is in this regard that we must seek to identify and support the growth of structures and institutions that will help strengthen our democracy to‎ meet our aspirations as a people.”

Jonathan noted that policy research institutes like the Kukah Centre had been pivotal to the social economic transformation of leading countries of the world‎.

According to him, such centres have served as the laboratories of the development, inter-relation and the refinement of key government policies.

He likened the Kukah Center to the Brooklyn Institute in America, which pioneered fact-based studies of government policies, using science as a key to analysis.
The president then challenged Nigerian politicians to draw inspiration from it.‎

‎"I’m personally convinced that the centre could not have finer mentor than the revered gentleman of long patriotic standing, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah,” he added.

The centre also aims at promoting conversations among Nigeria’s faith communities, as well as between leaders in faith and public policy.‎

Source: NAN
http://www.view.com.ng/democracy-not-quarreling-like-motor-park-touts-jonathan/

Ok. Thumbs up GEJ
Next plz.

He was right

It's not very cultured for a president to degrade an entire profession of Nigerian citizens. After referring to motor park workers in such a derogatory manner, he will expect them to vote for him.

Captwahala:
It's not very cultured for a president to degrade an entire profession of Nigerian citizens. After referring to motor park workers in such a derogatory manner, he will expect them to vote for him.

Mr President did not derogate anybody!
It's in their nature for touts to shout in motor park, otherwise, how will ppl hear them.
Shouting is their working tool, same way a mechanic uses spanner

Bugatie:
Mr President dis not derogate anybody!
It's in their nature for touts to shout in motor park, otherwise, how will ppl hear them.
Shouting is their working tool, same way a mechanic uses spanner

I don't blame you, I blame the Nigerian educational system for your inability to distinguish between "shouting" and "quarreling". Do motor park workers need to quarrel to get their job done?
In a saner society, that careless comment will cost him the election. NURTW has significant voting power.

Captwahala:
I don't blame you, I blame the Nigerian educational system for your inability to distinguish between "shouting" and "quarreling". Do motor park workers need to quarrel to get their job done?
In a saner society, that careless comment will cost him the election. NURTW has significant voting power.

Just a simple discussion discussion here and you are hyperventilating and cursing your poor educational background!

Captwahala:
It's not very cultured for a president to degrade an entire profession of Nigerian citizens. After referring to motor park workers in such a derogatory manner, he will expect them to vote for him.

Can you point out the lies in there? Yes Jona is right on this one, let them shove their votes up their ass.

Captwahala:
I don't blame you, I blame the Nigerian educational system for your inability to distinguish between "shouting" and "quarreling". Do motor park workers need to quarrel to get their job done?
In a saner society, that careless comment will cost him the election. NURTW has significant voting power.

Is either you don't live in Nigeria or you don't visit the motor parks at all. If I had my way, first to be eradicated in naija are the motor park unions. Jona on point till 2015.

Captwahala:
I don't blame you, I blame the Nigerian educational system for your inability to distinguish between "shouting" and "quarreling". Do motor park workers need to quarrel to get their job done?
In a saner society, that careless comment will cost him the election. NURTW has significant voting power.

Bro there is a difference btw NURTW members and motor park touts.

“I think we are over defining our democracy today by quarreling as if democracy is about competitors quarreling just like [size=17pt]motor park workers,[/size]” he said.

GEJ has made a wrong political statement. He should have used (if at all necessary) [size=17pt]touts/agberos[/size] in place of [size=17pt]motor park workers.[/size]


NURTW (National Union of Road Transport Workers) by now are definitely not smiling.

You don't count a man's toes in his face if he has 12 toes.

This negative meaning should be expected and that's why we are in the digital age. People will always pick out the wrong in everything you say or do. Always negative. When you remind them of instances where their own bosses have made inflammatory statements like "rig and roast" etc, they tell you that he isn't the president but jonathan is.
For instance, Buhari's answer when he was asked about "economic security" would have made him come last in the primaries today cos that was height of cluelessness but yet he is still a contender.
I think the president has made his point, its left to us to read the knid of meaning we want.

Captwahala:
I don't blame you, I blame the Nigerian educational system for your inability to distinguish between "shouting" and "quarreling". Do motor park workers need to quarrel to get their job done?
In a saner society, that careless comment will cost him the election. NURTW has significant voting power.

they quarrel fight and shout at the top of their voice like lie mohamed.
Gej is compareing APC and their janja.we.ed style of smoking weed to touts in motor parks. Gbawe and cramjones ur party and ur agbero boys have been insulted.

This man is always unpresidential. If i took a vilkage headmaster and made him president his language skills would not be much different from Jona. Some very pedestrian way of thinking and speaking. Nigeria is not an NDDC departmental meeting pleeeease.
Most presidents have their selected public speeches and sayings published after they leave office, i have been wondering how GEJ's would read like.