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Yes, this President is a failure
JANUARY 20, 2015 BY AZUKA ONWUKA
246 Comments
Azuka Onwuka
What has President Goodluck Jonathan achieved in the four years
and 11 months of his administration since February 9, 2010 when he
became the Acting President? Let him show us one thing he has
achieved.
For example, I just came back from the South-East through the
Sagamu-Benin Expressway. This was a road that was as smooth
and beautiful as the German autobahn all through the eight years of
President Olusegun Obasanjo and the two and half years of
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. The Ore portion of this road was
such a delight then that people spent just two minutes there instead
of two days. When Yar’Adua became president in 2007, that portion
of the expressway was so beautiful that his Minister of Transport,
Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, visited it but did not weep. Rather, she
sang the Halleluya Chorus in ecstasy because of the beauty of the
road. But Jonathan came in and destroyed that road and all other
roads.
When I passed through Ore this Christmas/New Year season, I was
surprised at the havoc Jonathan had done to that road through the
SURE-P programme. It took me six days to travel from Lagos to
Onitsha and five and half days on my return trip! Last year,
Jonathan inaugurated the destruction of the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway, with Julius Berger handling the Lagos to Sagamu part
and RCC handling the Sagamu to Ibadan part. When I visited
Ibadan/Osogbo two months ago, I noticed that some portions of the
road had already been destroyed. If the companies keep to the four-
year destruction plan, by 2017, that road would have been fully
destroyed. The Apapa-Oshodi Expressway that used to be loved by
drivers of heavy-duty trucks because of its smoothness has now
been destroyed by Jonathan. He has done the same thing to other
wonderful roads in other parts of the country. What a man!
Before 2010, farmers were being begged to collect as many bags of
fertiliser as they liked. There was no iota of bribery and racketeering
in fertiliser distribution. If you were passing by a bus stop, you
would be begged to collect as many bags as you wanted.
Consequently, Nigerian farmers produced so much food that Nigeria
was able to feed itself and the entire Africa. But since Jonathan took
over, fertiliser has become as scarce as elephant tusk. Bribery has
taken over the distribution. We have not produced even a bag of rice
since he came in.
Who says that Jonathan is not a failure? When he came in, our
aviation industry was the best in the world. Aeroplanes were not
dropping from the Nigerian skies: EAS Airlines (May 4, 2002);
Bellview Airlines (October 22, 2005), Sosoliso Airlines (December 10,
2005), ADC Airlines (October 29, 2006). Our airports were world
class. In fact, the air conditioning system worked so well that the
airport lounges were freezing to the point that snow formed inside
them! Under Jonathan’s tenure, contracts were awarded to
simultaneously destroy all the airports. In addition, Nigeria did not
attain the prestigious Category 1 Certification in aviation.
What about health? In 2014, the World Health Organsiation did not
certify Nigeria free of the guinea worm disease. In 2014, it did not
declare us Ebola-free. Bill Gates did not tweet in December 2014 –
“One of my favourite stories of 2014: In just one year, Nigeria went
from 50 polio cases to six”. Maternal mortality did not drop from
545/100,000 to 350/100,000 in four years under Jonathan.
The one that pained me most about this Jonathan was the
automotive policy. Before him, Nigeria was the number one exporter
of cars. Cars were even being produced in the backyard of every
Nigerian house. But since he came up with the new auto policy, auto
companies have been running away from our country.
What about electoral reforms? This President has destroyed our
exceptional electoral system that was planted by former president
Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999. In 2003, Obasanjo gave us one of the
best electi

osymerga:
Yes, this President is a failure
JANUARY 20, 2015 BY AZUKA ONWUKA
246 Comments
Azuka Onwuka
What has President Goodluck Jonathan achieved in the four years
and 11 months of his administration since February 9, 2010 when he
became the Acting President? Let him show us one thing he has
achieved.
For example, I just came back from the South-East through the
Sagamu-Benin Expressway. This was a road that was as smooth
and beautiful as the German autobahn all through the eight years of
President Olusegun Obasanjo and the two and half years of
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. The Ore portion of this road was
such a delight then that people spent just two minutes there instead
of two days. When Yar’Adua became president in 2007, that portion
of the expressway was so beautiful that his Minister of Transport,
Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, visited it but did not weep. ti

I concur with you on the bolded

In 2003, Obasanjo gave us one of the
best elections. Peter Obi was not rigged out in Anambra. In 2007,
while we were still jubilating about the magic of 2003, Obasanjo
blessed us with the 2007 electoral miracle. All local and
international observers endorsed the elections as the best in world
history. Candidates did not protest. Chibuike Amaechi’s candidacy
in Rivers State did not have any “K-leg”. Olusegun Mimiko was not
rigged out in Ondo. In Edo, Osun and Ekiti governorship candidates
of the opposition party were not rigged out.
The 2007 presidential election was so good that Yar’Adua, who
benefitted from the electoral artistry, praised the election to high
heavens. Even the United States and the European countries flew in
to beg Obasanjo and Prof Maurice Iwu of INEC to teach them how
to organise exceptional elections. Nigerians felt tall.
But when Jonathan supervised the 2011 elections, he gave us the
worst ever. The Peoples Democratic Party bigwigs like Governor
Adebayo Alao-Akala, Speaker Dimeji Bankole, Obasanjo’s daughter,
Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, won by a landslide. The PDP won all the 36
states.
Just last month, some ministers appointed by Jonathan resigned to
contest governorship primaries in their states. This same Jonathan
influenced the primaries and made them governorship candidates of
the PDP in all the states for the February 2015 elections: Mr Musuliu
Obanikoro (Lagos), Mr Labaran Maku (Nasarawa); Prof. Onyebuchi
Chukwu (Ebonyi), Mr Emeka Worgu (Abia), Dr Samuel Ortom
(Benue), and Elder Godsday Orubebe (Delta). If it was Obasanjo,
Senator Bola Tinubu, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari or Amaechi –
who hate interfering in states – they would not influence the
primaries for their associates to win. But this Jonathan is just too
overbearing! Haba!
Before now, other past presidents supported local production which
resulted in Nigeria producing every single product it needed. Then,
we were even exporting cement to the US and Europe. All the
cement used for construction was bought from Nigeria. Immediately
he came in, for the first time in history, we began to import cement.
From 30 years ago to five years ago, we were exporting rice to
Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the rest of the world. Our cocoa
production was the highest in the world. Palm oil flowed like River
Niger everywhere in the nation. Cotton was like saw dust.
Groundnut pyramids filled every part of the North and even the
South. Agriculture boomed. Other presidents supported agriculture
massively. But today Jonathan has completely destroyed
agriculture! This President needs to be whipped.
What about the railway system? Before Jonathan came in, other
presidents had so much supported the railway system that we had
the best rail system in the world. Rail lines and modern trains
traversed every state and local government area. But since he came
in, he had given instructions that the rail tracks across the nation be
excavated and that the rail system be killed forthwith. What a leader!
This is a man who hates equity. He noticed that all states had
federal institutions of higher learning. He went to nine states and
closed down their federal universities: six in the North and three in
the South. These states are Nasarawa, Taraba, Katsina, Jigawa,
Gombe, Kogi, Bayelsa, Ekiti and Ebonyi. How can these states ever
forgive this unjust man?
Which one should I talk about and which one should I leave? This
Jonathan has not done anything. He met a land flowing with milk
and honey, a land where the infrastructure was the envy of even the
US, a land that had the best economy in the world, a land with the
best democratic ideals, a land of justice and fairness, but what did
he do? He just destroyed everything and added no value.
Let’s shave his head with a bottle shard, tie him to a pole at the
Eagle Square and put an inscription over his head which reads:
“Behold the father of failure!” After that, we then grab the guys at
Oxford Dictionaries by the neck and force them to cha

osymerga:
Yes, this President is a failure
JANUARY 20, 2015 BY AZUKA ONWUKA
246 Comments
Azuka Onwuka
What has President Goodluck Jonathan achieved in the four years
and 11 months of his administration since February 9, 2010 when he
became the Acting President? Let him show us one thing he has
achieved.
For example, I just came back from the South-East through the
Sagamu-Benin Expressway. This was a road that was as smooth
and beautiful as the German autobahn all through the eight years of
President Olusegun Obasanjo and the two and half years of
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. The Ore portion of this road was
such a delight then that people spent just two minutes there instead
of two days. When Yar’Adua became president in 2007, that portion
of the expressway was so beautiful that his Minister of Transport,
Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, visited it but did not weep. Rather, she
sang the Halleluya Chorus in ecstasy because of the beauty of the
road. But Jonathan came in and destroyed that road and all other
roads.
When I passed through Ore this Christmas/New Year season, I was
surprised at the havoc Jonathan had done to that road through the
SURE-P programme. It took me six days to travel from Lagos to
Onitsha and five and half days on my return trip! Last year,
Jonathan inaugurated the destruction of the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway, with Julius Berger handling the Lagos to Sagamu part
and RCC handling the Sagamu to Ibadan part. When I visited
Ibadan/Osogbo two months ago, I noticed that some portions of the
road had already been destroyed. If the companies keep to the four-
year destruction plan, by 2017, that road would have been fully
destroyed. The Apapa-Oshodi Expressway that used to be loved by
drivers of heavy-duty trucks because of its smoothness has now
been destroyed by Jonathan. He has done the same thing to other
wonderful roads in other parts of the country. What a man!
Before 2010, farmers were being begged to collect as many bags of
fertiliser as they liked. There was no iota of bribery and racketeering
in fertiliser distribution. If you were passing by a bus stop, you
would be begged to collect as many bags as you wanted.
Consequently, Nigerian farmers produced so much food that Nigeria
was able to feed itself and the entire Africa. But since Jonathan took
over, fertiliser has become as scarce as elephant tusk. Bribery has
taken over the distribution. We have not produced even a bag of rice
since he came in.
Who says that Jonathan is not a failure? When he came in, our
aviation industry was the best in the world. Aeroplanes were not
dropping from the Nigerian skies: EAS Airlines (May 4, 2002);
Bellview Airlines (October 22, 2005), Sosoliso Airlines (December 10,
2005), ADC Airlines (October 29, 2006). Our airports were world
class. In fact, the air conditioning system worked so well that the
airport lounges were freezing to the point that snow formed inside
them! Under Jonathan’s tenure, contracts were awarded to
simultaneously destroy all the airports. In addition, Nigeria did not
attain the prestigious Category 1 Certification in aviation.
What about health? In 2014, the World Health Organsiation did not
certify Nigeria free of the guinea worm disease. In 2014, it did not
declare us Ebola-free. Bill Gates did not tweet in December 2014 –
“One of my favourite stories of 2014: In just one year, Nigeria went
from 50 polio cases to six”. Maternal mortality did not drop from
545/100,000 to 350/100,000 in four years under Jonathan.
The one that pained me most about this Jonathan was the
automotive policy. Before him, Nigeria was the number one exporter
of cars. Cars were even being produced in the backyard of every
Nigerian house. But since he came up with the new auto policy, auto
companies have been running away from our country.
What about electoral reforms? This President has destroyed our
exceptional electoral system that was planted by former president
Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999. In 2003, Obasanjo gave us one of the
best electi

am not a fan of GED but i think you exagerated most things in your writing even though he had lapses in his administration..

Let’s shave his head with a bottle shard, tie him to a pole at the
Eagle Square and put an inscription over his head which reads:
“Behold the father of failure!” After that, we then grab the guys at
Oxford Dictionaries by the neck and force them to change the
meaning of the word “failure.”

Princecalm:
am not a fan of GED but i think you exagerated most things in your writing even though he had lapses in his administration..

maybe you should point it out

But he did his job GEJ did his best so GOD help him

holatin:
maybe you should point it out

you were talking about the aviation industry, was it not in Obasanjo era planes were dropping from the skies? but can that be said about Jonathan era.