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My attention has been drawn to the statement by President Muhammadu Buhari's former spokesman, Mr Osita Okechukwu, now the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), who has said that rather than plug the loopholes that allowed for corruption, former President Goodluck Jonathan opened them up further, contrary to his speech at the non elective convention of the Official Peoples Democratic Party, which held this past weekend.
Mr. Okechukwu also said that ex-president Jonathan and his party “railroaded” Nigerians into “abject poverty, food insecurity and deficit infrastructure” via “planlessness and squandermania”.
I would advise Mr. Okechukwu, to stick to facts.
Mr. Okechukwu should note that the premier global agency universally recognized to gauge corruption is Transparency International who release an annual Corruption Perception Index.
It may surprise Mr. Okechukwu and his boss to know that the last time Nigeria made progress on Transparency International's annual Corruption Perception Index was in 2014 under former President Jonathan when we moved eight places from number 144 to number 136 under Goodluck Jonathan.
That year marked the most improvement Nigeria has ever made since Transparency International began publishing the annual Corruption Perception Index in 1995.
Transparency International took note of the Jonathan administration's e-wallet system that cut out the corruption in Nigeria's fertilizer procurement system, the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) which weeded out 50,000 ghost workers from the Federal civil service, the cashless policy and the fact that the Jonathan government promptly fired two ministers (Professor Barth Nnaji and Stella Oduah) mentioned in corruption scandals.
Ever since 2014, Nigeria HAS NOT improved in Transparency International's annual Corruption Perception Index ranking and has remained 136 in 2015 and are still 136 on the latest CPI ranking released in 2017.
In the most recent CPI Transparency International said and I quote "Some other large African countries have failed to improve their scores on the index. These include South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania and Kenya."
If it were true that the Buhari administration was really fighting corruption, why hasn't Nigeria made progress in the CPI?
The answer is because you can deceive some gullible Nigerians but you cannot deceive Transparency International.
With a Minister of Transport that admitted to spending $500,000 on a one day dinner for Professor Wole Soyinka in your government, with a suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation who was caught red handed looting funds meant for IDPs and who has not been fired, arrested or prosecuted and with a padded budget scandal that spends borrowed monies on luxuries for favored individuals, you can't pull the wool over the eyes of Transparency International.
And when Mr. Okechukwu talks about the economy faring better under this administration, one must wonder if he is also a drunkard like the President's spokeswoman, Lauretta Onochie.
I suggest he should go to Wuse Market, Abuja, or Mile 12 Market Lagos or even Rimi Market Kano and say that. If he survives the experience then I will agree with him.
The fact remains that under the Jonathan administration, CNNMoney projected that our economy was the third fastest growing economy in the world with only China and Qatar ahead of us.
Did President Jonathan 'railroad' CNN Money? Or did he also railroad the former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, who said on October 12, 2012 as follows "Yes, we’ve been hearing about China and India for years …but it’s hard to believe what’s happening in Brazil, in Indonesia, in Nigeria too."
The fact remains that under Jonathan, Nigeria experienced unprecedented growth. I leave it to Nigerians to determine what they are experiencing today.
Reno Omokri (Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years: Chibok, 2015 and Other Conspiracies)
for Dr. Goodluck Jonathan
President of Nigeria 2010-2015.

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President Muhammadu Buhari's former spokesman, Mr Osita Okechukwu, now the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) Vomiting rubbish... In fact take am

Sincerely GEJ you are a good man, but your weakness was not taking immediate action when some of your aides were soaked in "open corruption"

1) Abba Moro Immigration scam

2) Stella Odua bulletproof cars

3) Deizanni

Campaign has started already.

But I wonder what APC will tell Nigeria in 2018/19. what PDP will campaign with remains a puzzle.

But I will not be surprised if Nigerians vote for either party. It's a game of Numbers and Cash.

APC will feel the heat of what it is to have an opposition party

Please take your time and read this article; then join me in shouting 'GEJ is a Hero!'

It may surprise Mr. Okechukwu and his boss to know that the last time Nigeria made progress on Transparency International's annual Corruption Perception Index was in 2014 under former President Jonathan when we moved eight places from number 144 to number 136 under Goodluck Jonathan.
That year marked the most improvement Nigeria has ever made since Transparency International began publishing the annual Corruption Perception Index in 1995.

Let us highlight all the points before zombies will wake up from their half slumber, drag their legs and chant their 'stealing is not corruption' anthem

PDP killed Nigeria,

APC buried Nigeria!

n source?

With a Minister of Transport that admitted to spending $500,000 on a one day dinner for Professor Wole Soyinka in your government, with a suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation who was caught red handed looting funds meant for IDPs and who has not been fired, arrested or prosecuted and with a padded budget scandal that spends borrowed monies on luxuries for favored individuals, you can't pull the wool over the eyes of Transparency International.
And when Mr. Okechukwu talks about the economy faring better under this administration, one must wonder if he is also a drunkard like the President's spokeswoman, Lauretta Onochie.

Fatality.. Sub zero

Fact speaks �.

The fact remains that under the Jonathan administration, CNNMoney projected that our economy was the third fastest growing economy in the world with only China and Qatar ahead of us.
Did President Jonathan 'railroad' CNN Money? Or did he also railroad the former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, who said on October 12, 2012 as follows "Yes, we’ve been hearing about China and India for years …but it’s hard to believe what’s happening in Brazil, in Indonesia, in Nigeria too."
The fact remains that under Jonathan, Nigeria experienced unprecedented growth. I leave it to Nigerians to determine what they are experiencing today.

Facts over fiction!

SirBrightoc:
Fact speaks �.

You took it from my mouth sorry I took it from your mouth

Now the blame game will reduce if PDP can match the APC word for word. Lets see how much propaganda this govt will continue to spew. If they don't have anything to offer except blame and lies, it will be their own undoing.

Atiku2019:
Sincerely GEJ you are a good man, but your weakness was not taking immediate action when some of your aides were soaked in "open corruption"

1) Abba Moro Immigration scam

2) Stella Odua bulletproof card

3) Deizanni

Who hacked your account?

Didn't know you could type words beyond posting smileys and Atiku's pictures.

Who this Okechukwu somebody? Relevance seeking onye iberibe.

Apc is a waste

It's a shame really

I wonder what the APC will use as a front for there 2019 election campaign. What excuses will they give for their incompetence. I do not support any of the parties but I think pdp will have a sound victory if they can match the APC word for word, APC made too many promises that they were not able to fulfil. People that were eemployed under PDP govt lost there jobs under APC govt and people where neither employed under APC govt. So I wonder what APC will say to tbose that lost there jobs. Again the country is highly divided along ethnic lines under the APC and if APC should continue beyond 2019, we can only imagine how the country will be like.

About time a break is applied to APC's runaway lies

Propaganda can only take you for too long... the write-up above is without insults.. just plain facts to be countered....

People are beginning to demand for APC's scorecard and nothing tangible, just mudslings..

fact and oil

Epic

Atiku2019:
Sincerely GEJ you are a good man, but your weakness was not taking immediate action when some of your aides were soaked in "open corruption"

1) Abba Moro Immigration scam

2) Stella Odua bulletproof cars

3) Deizanni

And you did not read where he said Stella was sacked?

What was Anna Morro's offence, conducting a recruitment exercise?

Pin-point what Diezani has done wrong?

It is no mean feat to make a mediocre and inept government like GEJs appear functional.

APC have recalibrated and rebased failure, mediocrity and cluelessness.

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Atiku2019:
Sincerely GEJ you are a good man, but your weakness was not taking immediate action when some of your aides were soaked in "open corruption"

1) Abba Moro Immigration scam

2) Stella Odua bulletproof cars

3) Deizanni

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Your definition of being a good man means that you would see your friend rape a innocent woman and still be weak to stop them talkmore of being a witness to prosecute them. Like your principal your morals only worship easy virtue decisions.

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luvinhubby:
And you did not read where he said Stella was sacked?

What was Anna Morro's offence, conducting a recruitment exercise?

Pin-point what Diezani has done wrong?

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luvincorruption recruitment that murdered people due to non adherence of due process means nothing to you? wow when will shame fall on you?

Apc is just a useless party of liars and propagandists! The worst since 1914.