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NIGERIALOLoCOM: JONATHAN PRAYS FOR GOD'S BLESSING, PROTECTION, AND COMFORT ON EL-RUFAI. .... IT'S NOT EASY TO PRAY FOR ONE'S PERSECUTOR.

That's nice of GEJ!

APC on the brink...

nkpommpko: Dead or alive?

lol....maybe both

Adelaide2: What resource will you control? Cocoa and amala and ewedu?

lol

Ride On, Mr President!

The PDP challenged the APC to
publish the name of its interim
officials
The war of words between the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and
the All Progressives Congress, APC,
over the religion in politics continued
on Wednesday with the former
insisting that the APC is promoting
religious divisions.
The PDP, in a statement by its
spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, also
challenged the APC to publish the list
of its 35 interim officials and state
their offices.
The PDP was responding to APC’s
statement admonishing it for trying to
build animosity in the 2015 election
using religion.
“It is shocking that the APC would
attempt to hoodwink Nigerians even
in the face of incontrovertible facts
exposing its religious inclinations
and plots to divide the nation along
religious lines.”
The PDP said contrary to the denials
posted by the APC in its statement on
Wednesday, “the revelations by an
Islamic cleric, Ambassador Yusuf
Garba and the Religious Equity
Promotion Council (REPC) that APC
seeks to impose an agenda like the
Egypt Muslim Brotherhood remains a
fact that cannot be brushed aside.”
The ruling party stated that it will
continue to expose and resist
anything that seeks to cause
divisions among Nigerians.
It called on Nigerians to resist the
antics of the APC to Islamise the
country.
http://premiumtimesng.com/news/152978-pdp-insists-apc-promotes-religious-bigotry.html

…As Ebonyi PDP adopts Jonathan for
2015
From JEFF AMECHI AGBODO,
Abakaliki
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi
State has declared that President
Jonathan will handover to the next
President of the country on the
platform of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) in 2019.
This was even as Ebonyi State
chapter of the PDP has adopted
President Goodluck Jonathan to run
for a second term in 2015 presidential
election.
The declarations were made at the
weekend at the New Year party and
mini rally organised by the state PDP
at the Abakaliki Township stadium
where the stakeholders and PDP
faithful in the state gathered to pay
solidarity to the leadership of
Goodluck Jonathan and the National
Working Committee (NWC) of the
party led by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
The party also passed a vote of
confidence on President Jonathan
due to his numerous development
strides and transformation going on
in all the sectors of the economy of
the country.
The member representing Ohaozara/
Onicha/Ivo Federal Constituency, Mr.
Linus Okorie, who moved the motion
for the vote of confidence and
adoption of Jonathan for 2015 said
that the President has provided
democratic dividends to all parts of
the country.
The motion, which was seconded by
the Speaker of Ebonyi State House of
Assembly, Mr Chukwuma Nwazunku
was overwhelmingly supported by all
stakeholders and executive members
of the party at all levels by a voice
vote.
In his speech at the event, Governor
Elechi urged Ebonyians to support
PDP which he said has no alternative
to other parties, saying that
oppositions were fighting for nothing
and don’t have anything to show.
His words: “When some governors
said they were declaring for APC and
some National Assembly members
followed suit, I did not ask any of my
Senators and House of
Representative members, whether
they were decamping because I knew
that was one mistake they will never
make in their life.
“In Ebonyi State, there is no
opposition party because only one
party that is credible, one party that
does not impose candidates, that
respects the views of the electorate,
one party that is law abiding is in
control.”
Elechi, who carpeted opposition
parties in the country on their
statement that they wanted to rescue
Nigeria, stressed that PDP, under the
leadership of Goodluck Jonathan has
entirely revived all the sectors.
“When the airways collapsed, they did
not rescue Nigeria. Jonathan revived
the airports and allowed the private
sectors to operate. And now, we have
a total result,” he said.
They did not come to rescue us.
When the Nigerian railways
collapsed, they did not rescue the
railways until Jonathan revived the
railway system.
“When the power sector was in
comatose, they said nothing about it
until the road map was given by the
current president and we see positive
changes happening, they say they
want to rescue Nigerians.
“When the economy was so bad, they
did not rescue Nigeria, now that
World Bank has found out that
Nigeria has over taken South Africa
and has become number one
economy of the continent that is the
time they are rescuing Nigeria,” he
stated.
He said that it was because the
President could not be defeated that
pushed the opposition parties into
spreading the message that if
Jonathan would contest, Nigeria
would disintegrate and the whole
country would be set ablaze. He
however, described it as expression of
fear.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/jonathanll-rule-till-2019-gov-elechi/

SLIDE waxie: hypertension drugs are quite expensive o!

When u manage soak garri finish, u come dey croak like frog with dilated eyes

U go just die ni...;

It seems U're frustrated with life. Take it easy before ur condition worsens. U didn't even make ur own contribution to the topic at hand.. Ur interest is just to quote me to get my attention. Immaturity at it's peak!

Tinubu is not only a Number One Enemy but also a Number One Criminal. To hell with APC!
APC = All Past/Present Criminals

Wetin tonto dikeh dey find here?

Happy Birthday!!! More of God's Blessings!

Jonathan still remains the best President ever produced by Nigeria. Sir, Ride on till 2019. No Shaking!

Plans by close aides of President
Goodluck Jonathan to win re-election
include exploiting division in the
ranks of the nation’s governors,
playing on the political ambitions of
some Northern power brokers and the
promotion of a clash of egos between
the leaders of All Progressives
Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.)
The plans, believed to have been
prepared by close aides of the
President ahead of the 2015 election,
identified the House of
Representatives, which the strategists
claim to have become the
mouthpiece of the opposition, the
President’s ineffective utilisation of
his powers and the dominance of
ethnic jingoists around President
Jonathan as some of the major
weaknesses for the president’s
second term campaign.
The strategists also cited APC, if it
does not implode, the Nigerian
Governors’ Forum, the Northern
States Governors Forum, regional
alliances, especially in the North, as
some serious threats to the President
in having a smooth return to power.
The strategy document, entitled
2013-2015: Political power and
governance road map, believed to
have been prepared in the last quarter
of last year and had been the subject
of speculation, came to light
yesterday when it was published by
Premium Times, an online news
platform.
The crux of the strategy is a SWOT
analysis which underpinned the
President’s Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats in the run
up to the decisive election.
In the SWOT analysis, reproduced by
Premium Times, the President’s
handlers also cited the strengths of
the President to include the power of
incumbency, access to secure cash,
the backing of a formidable political
structure, among others.
The document was produced after the
split of PDP, but before the exit of five
governors, who recently left the party
for APC.
Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Public Communications,
Dr. Doyin Okupe, said he was on
holiday yesterday, but claimed that “if
the President has a plan to win the
2015 elections, I can assure you that
it can never be found in Premium
Times.”
The SWOT analysis read in part
Strengths:
Power of incumbency and utilisation
of governance machinery, especially
the careful and legal deployment of
its propaganda and coercive
apparatus; secure financial resources
base and leveraging on strategic
media assets.
Others are formidable political
apparatus—a reformed, disciplined
and tightly controlled PDP— with
significant presence in all the 36
states and dominant control over 23
states;
Deep-rooted, nation-wide support
structures in the shape of Goodluck
Support Group and literally speaking,
hundreds of youths, women and
regional affiliates controlled and
supervised by the more dominant
support structures;
Effective and efficient implementation
of the transformation agenda in
critical national sectors; high
personal likeability rating, which has
to be further strengthened and
deepened;
When the chips are down, immense
support will be secured from the
National Council of State by ex-
leaders who value continuity and
order over instability and chaos.
Weaknesses
•A less than forceful Presidential
presence and infective deployment
and application of presidential power
The perceived appropriation of
presidential advocacy space by
exuberant partisans and fanatical
supporters who project a wrong
image of the presidency as a regional
agenda. This situation tends to
alienate moderate political forces
across the country whose sense of
co-ownership of the presidency
appears diminished
•A perceived sense of distance
between the Presidency and the PDP
that has opened the space for internal
dissention and outright rebellion by
party stalwarts. This sense of
disinterest and disengagement has
engendered a culture of apology
among Presidential spokespersons
whenever matters connecting Mr
President and the party appear on the
public sphere
•Following on the above, the reality of
Mr President being the leaders of the
nation and the LEADER OF THE
PARTY is not sufficiently grounded
•A technocratic cabinet that is not
fully politically engaged, especially in
media advocacy and community-
wide outreach programmes. This
unhelpful situation out burdens a
handful regime insiders in their
constant defense of The Presidency
and the Transformation agenda
•A presidential communication
strategy that is weak on proactive
propaganda and rapid response
•Inability of Presidential power
strategists to manage the
relationship between The Presidency
and the NASS to the degree that the
later, particularly the HOR, which is
dominated by the PDP, appears as an
outfit and mouthpiece of the
opposition
•Problematic relationship between
the Presidency and some former
heads of State when, in actuality, they
should constitute the bedrock of his
support
Opportunities
•Exploiting the current fractured state
of the NGF for maximum political
advantage by strengthening the co-
operative faction and sustaining the
pressure on recalcitrant PDP
governors
•Exploiting the opportunities inherent
in the putative fracturing of the
Northern Governors’ Forum by
strengthening co-operative governors
and sustaining pressure, directly and
through different front organizations,
on the recalcitrant governors
•Playing on the political ambitions of
regional champions, especially in the
North, to the degree and extent that
no unanimity of political purpose and
cohesive agenda is ever achieved
•The APC may appear as a
formidable threat initially but
substantive opportunities will abound
when ambitions and egos clash
among its principal promoters.
Strategic planning should factor in
the scenario in the designing of
intervention blueprint
•Exploiting the immense public
opinion opportunities in the current
war against terror in the North,
especially given the steady successes
thus far recorded by the NSA, and the
military high command through the
JTF
•Utilizing the social and economic
empowering and inclusive space
provided by SURE-P, particularly its
integrated community empowerment
schemes, to advertise and show case
the populist and pro-people
orientation of the government
Threats.
There are sufficient grounds to
believe that the NASS continues to
pose a threat to the effective exercise
of Presidential power in the areas of
budget-making processes and the
on-going amendments of the
constitution with specific reference to
devolution of power and tenure of
elected officials.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/2015-aides-analyse-jonathan-can-win-lose/

JECBOSS: We all know Jonathan has performed well, but we want him to do more!

Exactly!

Tolexander: This is supposed to be done by Terry G not 2face!

I also think so!

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
has urged the Fderal Government to
brace up to the challenges of
leadership by meeting the needs of
the people.
Government, he said, should stop
taking Nigerians for granted,
describing the current poverty level in
the country as unacceptable.
Abubakar gave the advice in a New
Year message sent out by his media
office in Abuja on Monday.
Abubakar said it has become
expedient for leaders in political
offices at different levels to brace up
to the challenges of nation-building
and economic prosperity for the
nation and its people.
He described as unacceptable the
worsening poverty in the country,
which, he noted, is daily taking its toll
on the ordinary citizens.
The former Vice President added that
leaders should not take the continued
patience of the Nigerian people for
granted.
“With hard work and dedication,
elected leaders and public servants
can rise to the expected challenges of
national development and economic
prosperity to redress the deepening
poverty of ordinary Nigerians in 2014.
“Public office holders should not take
the magnanimity of the Nigerian
people for granted,’’ Abubakar said.
He also congratulated Nigerians on
the New Year and urged them to face
the future with optimism that the year
will bring good tidings.
He thanked God for keeping Nigeria
together despite its myriad of
security, political and socio-
economic challenges.
“Despite our challenges in the area of
security, infrastructure, politics and
economy, I am grateful to God for
keeping us together as one.
“It is my hope that we all will face the
future of our country with confidence
and fervent hope that God will grant
us the better tomorrow we are
working for,’’ he said.
http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/12/stop-taking-nigerians-granted-atiku-tells-jonathan/

It's all over for Ngige and APC.

The Presidency on Sunday described
the claim by Governors Rotimi
Amaechi and Rabiu Kwankwaso that
the Peoples Democracy Party would
lose the presidential election in 2015
as wishful thinking.
The Special Adviser to the President
on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed
Gulak, said this in an interview with
one of our correspondents.
Also, the PDP dismissed the
governors’ claim, saying it was not
known for rigging.
Gulak said contrary to the governors’
claim, the PDP would win
convincingly in the forthcoming
election and again form the Federal
Government.
He described the APC as a bed of
strange fellows, adding that the party
had started experiencing crisis in
some states.
He said, “That claim by the two
governors and others in the APC is a
wishful thinking.
“I can assure you that the PDP will
win the next general elections and
form the government at the federal
level.
“The PDP is the only organised
national party in the country. It is the
party to beat.
“The APC is a bed of strange fellows.
You know that they have started
experiencing crisis. Go to Sokoto
State, they have two offices already.
That is happening in some other
states too.”
The leadership of the Peoples
Democratic Party said it was
unfortunate that Amaechi and
Kwankwaso who it said benefitted
from the party were deriding the
party.
The party said it was weary of
replying the two governors.
It however added that the party was
not known to rigging elections.
Amaechi had in an interview with
journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday
said unless the PDP rigged the 2015
elections, it would not win.
His Kano State counterpart urged
Nigerians to work hard and vote the
PDP out in 2015.
National Publicity Secretary of the
party, Chief Olisa Metuh, who spoke
with our correspondents on the
telephone in Abuja on Sunday,
however, assured the two governors
that 2015 would show the popularity
of the party.
He said, “I find it difficult and painful
to react to this because these were
formidable members of our party that
had benefitted immensely from the
party.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/2015-pdp-ll-win-presidency-tells-amaechi-others/

Wow! That's so nice and thoughtful of her. I hope others will equally emulate her kind gesture.

Amaechi and his selfish quest for power. APC will never be the Solution that Nigerians are yearning for.
APC = All Past/Present Criminals

When Governor Peter Obi did this, people accused him of playing politics with it. Now that Fashola has done same, I wonder if he's also playing politics. People and their myopic way of reasoning!

Yes, OBJ should be arrested and prosecuted with immediate effect! He has done more harm than good to humanity. His wrongdoings have become too numerous to mention.

FFK is really trying hard to feel Important and Relevant. APC will NEVER be the Solution that Nigerians yearn for. They are all after their own Personal and Selfish Interest. So FFK has been supportive of OBJ because of his Sincerity? Useless Clown!
APC = All Past/Present Criminals

Abeg, Who is winning this battle now? What's the score? I'm only watching from the bench!

It's getting more interesting!

Dr. Doyin Okupe, Senior Special
Assistant to The President on Public
Affairs, this evening, in Lagos, replied
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s critics,
saying “responsible leaders don’t talk
like this.”
He asked rhetorically. “Did you see
any leader anywhere ridiculing their
president like this?”
He spoke to media men at the
Renaissance Hotel, Alausa, Ikeja.
When journalists pushed Okupe to
comment on the “letter bomb” written
by his former boss, Olusegun
Obasanjo, to Jonathan, he responded
that he was “duty bound not to
comment on it,” because, “you people
have read enough reactions and
comments on it in the papers.”
However, when he was speaking on
the terrorism crisis, he dismissed
Obasanjo’s “carrot and stick”
suggestion as mundane because, as
he put it, “things have gone beyond
the old model.”
In his words, the Nigerian military
personnel are doing their best, even
though many Nigerians have become
“experts on insurgency”.
Then Okupe took a dig at the leaders
of All Progressives Congress, APC
“who move in agbada from city to
city, fishing for leaders from the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
because (APC) has no leader.
Okupe dismissed APC as a collection
of those who wrecked Nigeria.
“How will Nigeria be saved if all the
people troubling Nigeria are not put in
a boat that will sink?” Okupe asked.
He added that when Jonathan defeats
this so called giant (APC), then all
glory will be to God.”
He wanted Nigerians to realise that
although the opposition had been
claiming that Jonathan had not done
anything, Okupe said that rather than
attacking personalities, he prefers “to
operate from the point of view of
incontrovertible evidence on which
you journalists can take me to task.”
Thus, on road, he listed 37 different
projects some of which have been
completed across the six geo political
zones.
With regard to power, he boasted that
Jonathan, through the power sector
reform, had boosted electricity from
2,600mw to an installed capacity of
6,700mw “with 2,300mw additional
fresh generation capacity expected
from NIPP project by next year.”
The only trouble, as he explained,
was in the interruption of gas supply
as a result of vandalisation of
pipelines.
“We can from here go up, we cannot
go down,” said he.
On the economy, he was not happy
about the way critics attack the
government, which they claim parade
high GDP when poverty ravages the
land.
“When you meet a rot, It is like a
sinking building.
To put the foundation in order, you
have a lot of work to do which may
not be visible. Yet, people passing by
will say no work is being done,” he
reasoned.
Okupe, therefore, challenged
Nigerians to do their research well,
saying that “there is no international
economic fora where Nigeria has not
been praised.”
He added: “These organisations are
not fools. We did not bribe them.”
Okupe claimed that the Jonathan
administration is “the best since
indepdence in 1960.”
He further spoke on the Jonathan
administration’s achievements in
health, aviation reforms, education,
agriculture, sports development,
security and others.
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/12/22/okupe-blasts-jonathans-critics-apc-leaders/

fizzygirl: wickedness, she should b hanged.

It's really outrageous!

It's indeed a season of letter writing!