medamillion:
If you go through this thread and see how Nigerians have suffred under GEJ, and you still shout GEJ TILL...it means you have to go for checkup like Fayose
https://www.nairaland.com/1983293/photo-speak-events-defined-jonathan
Now you want us to vote for him.

Ysee also the Hall of Shame inductees in Jonathan's government
https://www.nairaland.com/2063233/nigerias-hall-shame-2014-inductees

As created by the new decampee

Louislewis:
[size=20pt]Most people blind folded with criticism and selfishness, including the Adams Oshiomole will still be seeing gutters, potholes along the road. During Obasanjo's tenure, he could not fix the road instead "Patchy Patchy Work" over 8yrs. I was on that road last week. It took me just less than I hour to drive from Ore to Okada town. What a joy! Any Igbo man or Edo man leaving in Lagos that will not vote for Jonathan is ungrateful[/size]

ekpesa:
Am seriously scared of what is going on in the minds of most apc fanatics, sometime I do wonder maybe they are hypnotized. They don't seems to appreciate progressive development.

realGURU:
Gej is a virus that penetrated and destroy the immunity of every sector of the nigerian govt , it can no longer tackle infections like insecurity, unemployment, lack o f electricity etc. An anti virus that been tested, proven, and trusted in the late 80s ,90s and still active today has been remembered and it will be auction on 28th of next month there4 use ur PVC smartly to purchase, store it and use untill all the infection unleashed by gej is treated and no new cases reported. .

intergral:

I did not vote for any oF the past leaders because I started voting in 2007, so GEJ is my concern.
The way you are announcing it is like he used his money. Have you ever heard Ghan or even Niger celebrating repair of road by the government? when he brings things high speed trains that has never existed in nigeria for the first time that's when we celebrate. You better stop fooling your self vote wisely so that our children will have a changed nigeria not the one we grew up in...

EUROBOMBER:
26-year-old Timi Adeoye graduated two years ago from the University of Benin and was a frequent user of the Benin-Ore route. According to him, “traveling on Nigerian roads used to be a nightmare for me; I still remember spending twelve long hours on a trip from Lagos to Benin regularly since I got admission eight years ago. “

“The memory of those trips still leaves a distaste in my mouth”, he continues, “but I had to continue because I had to go school. “
Being a road that is the major link road between the West and South of Nigeria, it was appalling that it was in that state of decay. From 2006 to as recent as 2012, anyone who plied the Benin-Ore route would have easily testified to its horrific state. The deplorable condition of the road aside, there were daredevil armed robbers who were lords of the night and perpetual residents of the area and it was inevitable that travellers inclined to always say a prayer to avert terrible traffic jam lasting hours, and loss of lives and property. As Adeoye aptly describes it, it was “hell on Earth”.

Popular columnist, Sonala Olumhense once said, “If you are a Nigerian, chances are you know someone who has spent an entire day, at least once, traveling the 140-mile Sagamu-Benin City road, or been killed trying to do so.“

As the legend goes, a former Minister of Works was reported to have cried openly while inspecting the said road once, calling it a guzzler of lives. Citizen upon citizen have resorted to pleading with successive governments on national television and through other media to see to the swift repairs of the said road. Despite all these coupled with criticisms from traditional monarchs especially the Oba of Benin whose domain has been a major victim, unfulfilled promises continued to be the order of the day.

Sagamu-Benin is part of the Lagos-Mombasa, as well as Algiers-Lagos sections of the Trans-Africa Highway, and of Nigeria’s East-West Road. First constructed in the 70s, it was originally a three-hour route. Since it began to deteriorate, contracts have been awarded every other year by different governments. Somehow, nothing concrete has been done.

Then good luck came along, even literally. At last, the cries of Nigerians had broken through to the top echelons and the current government’s determination to get the road fixed and useable again was to put a smile on the faces of those who ply the road.

Tapping into the controversial Subsidy Re-investment Programme (SURE-P) funds, the federal government decided to fix the roads once and for all to ease the suffering of commuters. In September 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan commissioned the Phase 1 of the road, spanning 75 kilometres. The second phase, as Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen explained had not been fully completed because of technical challenges but was commendably over 60% done.
An excited governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo state – a prominent member of the opposition All Progressives’ Congress (APC) – stressed that the Federal Government’s effort in reconstructing the road is “the most outstanding intervention the road has witnessed over the years.
A road that was once a death trap began to wear a new face and is in its present state, good as brand new. A journey of twelve hours and counting has now been reduced to a third of that time – four hours or less.

“God sent us his son in the form of Goodluck Jonathan!” shrieks Madam Veronica Omoregie who travels every week from Lagos to Asaba to buy goods for her trade that has sustained her and her three children since her husband died tragically in an auto crash on the same road, in 1999.

This transformation was even buttressed by a recent survey conducted by the NOI-Gallup Polls on the 8th of January 2015, which showed that 60% of Nigerians who travelled during the yuletide season acknowledged that the roads had indeed been improved on.
According to the findings released, majority of Nigeria road users found it easier to travel to their different destinations in various parts of the country during the Christmas holiday, unlike the previous year.

The survey read in part, ‘Overall, 69 percent of respondents were of the opinion that the roads had either improved or had improved very much.

As a result of the improved condition of the Benin-Ore road and others in general, transport giants, ABC Transport Company slashed its fare prices in a widely circulated advert carried by The Punch Newspaper in May 2014.

It reportedly added the words, ‘The roads are getting better’, a phrase that is a true reflection of the government’s commitment to infrastructure and national development.
On his way to collect his transcripts last week, Adeoye slept for most of the journey in the 18-seater bus he boarded from Lagos to the university’s main campus in Ugbowo, one of Benin’s many sprawling districts. The inscription “Welcome is the best journey” on the lorry in front of his vehicle one of the few times he was awake barely registered until he got down – the trip was too smooth for him to care.

same goes for lokoja- Abaji road into Abuja
http://www.naij.com/391345-nightmares-on-benin-ore-road-before-goodlucks-tenure.html

Kriptic:
Benin-Ore road used to be a deathtrap, like really. The traffic and countless accidents. ..From Lagos/Benin or Benin/Lagos then could literally take the whole day, now it's a journey of less than 4 hours. I know because I plied this route in January. Thumbs up GEJ!

2sExy1:
With all due respect.. Only selected portion of that road is worked on. You guys should stop spreading lies. One end on the right and another end on the left... But there are lots of pot holes at the center. Stop spreading lies

EUROBOMBER:
Take a look at what Benin-Ore road was before Jonathan took over power and see how Jonathan has transformed this death trap into a high way fit for pleasure driving.

Only those that have darkened their hearts to this man are busy shouting "Otuoke!" out of unnecessary bitterness and frustration.

Keeping GEJ in power is a task that must be accomplished.

barcanista:

koboko69:
NONSENSE!!! That road has been under construction since OBJ's PDP...Yaradua inherited it and work was still going on before he died. As a matter of fact benin to Okada was completed before Jonathan took obr. So whats the fuss about completing an on going work. This TANoids can really be annoying. it took 10years to coplete a less than 2hrs drive road and some clowns are here singing songs of praises!

kastonkastrol:
personally I like the woman but Nigeria is not yet ready for a female president..

ochoi:
pls get ur facts rite,d dualization of lokoja-abj started 4rm d tym of obasanjo nd d wrk is sstil ongoing as we speak. Gej is nw d 3rd pressident on dt road.i knw Gej is trying bt we shldn't gv wrong facts here pls

koboko69:
NONSENSE!!! That road has been under construction since OBJ's PDP...Yaradua inherited it and work was still going on before he died. As a matter of fact benin to Okada was completed before Jonathan took obr. So whats the fuss about completing an on going work. This TANoids can really be annoying. it took 10years to coplete a less than 2hrs drive road and some clowns are here singing songs of praises!

dustydee:

I have not travelled on that road for a few years now but I can imagine what it is like now given how bad it was some years ago. I saw a clip some months back and it was terrible.

Louislewis:
@ Morndew...Yes, I mentioned Obasanjo because he never see anything good about Jonathan. What he could not do for eight years was done by the same man he continually criticise for his personal agenda.

PAINGAIN:
True talk. I used that road last time I was in naija and I couldn't believe my eyes. Kudos to jonathan.

sammhi:


stop being parochial and close minded...open your brains to reasoning that is the purpose of democracy

but let me educate you against the media and propaganda lies being peddled ....and I will tell you what is the real CHANGE slogan means... the real motive for change being sold by politicians and swallowed by gullible Nigerians. but I will take my time to explain here....after death of yardua, The Hausas felt GEJ should not contest..because it is their turn but somehow he won the battle and he won in 2011. that was why there was [post election violence in north..angry that GEJ won. the Yorubas supported GEJ then in 2011. however, Yorubas felt they were not compensated adequately enough by GEJ in terms of federal appointment. so they were angry. the north found a reliable partner of GMB (hausa) with Tinubu (Yoruba ) and team up together. now, in the PDP , some of the northern governors like kwankwaso, lamido, wamakko , ALIYU etc did not want GEJ to go for second term..as they felt it was the turn of the north. But GEJ felt let him do a second term and then handover to them. But they did not agree. this is what led to a split in PDP and thjose northern governors left to join Tinubu and GMB to form APC.
So to dislodge GEJ, the campaign of hate and lies and propaganda started...unfortunately, GEJ did not expect this and he had poor PR manager
this campaign of hate started with SANUSI propaganda and lies about missing money etc corruption . again, GEJ was slow to react to this issues..... meanwhile some of the PDP now in APC were the same guys funding BH just to malign GEJ GOVERNEMNT so BH got from bad to worse all to discredit GEJ
. Noting much will change I can bet that but they will blame it all on GEJ having destroyed the country
let me also state that EVEN in his PDP, some of the hausas do not like him not ofr nay good reason but because they too want to rule..
so in nutshell, APC is a party formed from hate , bitterness and need to control Nigeria oil well. they cant tell you this so they will tell you corruption etc...but corruption index is better despite GEJ not jailing people but using a preventative method to remove sources of corruption
in fact , if APC is in power, you wont hear anything not because people are not stealing but will be suppressed. like in lagos, despite the heavy corruption going on, no one hears it . it is completely blocked.
so in nutshell , CHANGE means to return power to the northern ruling class..no more no less...to achive it is al these media lies and propaganda. GEJ did not help matters because he had poor image laundering guys and slow to react o issues
but assess him via these parameters : corruption index , roads, agriculture, transport, education, aviation etc
to buttress my point

EUROBOMBER:
Take a look at what Benin-Ore road was before Jonathan took over power and see how Jonathan has transformed this death trap into a high way fit for pleasure driving.

Only those that have darkened their hearts to this man are busy shouting "Otuoke!" out of unnecessary bitterness and frustration.

Keeping GEJ in power is a task that must be accomplished.

mckoolcharming:


I guess U̶̲̥̅̊ live in Gabon