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Without money u cannot even go to school,be with quality people that generates the information,cannot even travel, buy newspaper,tv or radio so money leads

my God that one is not miss naija,wetin abi gals, i mean beautiful ones don finish in naija eehi

well aboki should remember there is place call south south from south east,they are not igbos,let them never touch anybody from south east when it start, we still remember 1966

Arosa:
Nice one, GEJ! I can see that you listen to your peeps, but a word of advice don't listen to everybody.

i love the man he has Nigerians in mind,he knows what they want,feel their pains,so far he wants to do good he would never listing to every body

No independence celebration till 2014 – Jonathan
From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Kigali Rwanda
Friday October 07, 2011


President Goodluck Jonathan
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In what appears to be a direct response to the criticism from the opposition parties and other Nigerians, over the low-keyed celebration at the State House, Abuja, instead of the traditional Eagle Square, President Goodluck Jonathan has announced that the situation will not be different until 2014.

While the Federal Government considered the celebration of the nation’s Independence Day inside Aso Rock as a cost-saving measure, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and other political leaders insisted it was a serious error of judgment.

They had linked the cancellation of the traditional parade and shifting of activities marking the nation’s 51st Independence anniversary from the Eagle Square to the relatively-secure Presidential Villa to threats posed by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

But Presidnet Jonathan who just ended a two-day working visit to Kigali, the Rwandan capital, said the 2014 celebration would be merged with centenary celebration not only because of the uniqueness of the year but would also be the last one before the expiration of his tenure in May 2015.

While fielding questions from journalists from both countries at a joint press conference at the Urugwiro Village, Rwandan Presidential Villa, Jonathan decried the antics of politicians who seemed to enjoy criticising every action of government no matter how genuine and reiterated to Nigerians that the action was in the best interest of the country – to save cost.
He said neither MEND nor any group could have cowed the government to take that decision as it was long concluded even before the independence anniversary.

The president also assured that Nigeria was indeed a safe haven for investors having witnessed the visits of important dignitaries like Bill Gates who walked around freely without fear. “It’s good that you ask this question because I read some stories in the media and Nigeria is a big country; we have over 60 political parties though some were deregistered after the elections. And in a political dispensation when you are playing party politics anything done by the ruling party is always politicised. If you go to the left people will ask, why did you go to the left and if you go to the right, people will ask, why did you go to the right; if you stay at the center they will still question you. That is what happened so things are always distorted.

“Only upper Tuesday I received Bill Gates, if not the richest one of the richest people in the world in Nigeria. So if Bill Gates could come to Nigeria and move freely that tells you Nigeria is safe. It’s a very wrong notion that is being painted that we celebrated our independence anniversary in the State House. We did not celebrate in the State House, we had a low key celebration. And no country, you are journalists, you can tell me, no country that celebrates their national day every year. Even an individual from the age of 40 and above if you celebrate your birthday every year nobody comes again, nobody values it.

“What happened was that Nigeria was 50 last year October 1 because for you to celebrate your national day, you must invite your colleagues heads of state and governments. If you are not doing that then you are celebrating in low key which is what we did. Last year’s celebration was huge and so many heads of state all over the world attended, very senior dignitaries. Then May 29 this year was my inauguration, we invited all heads of state and governments again and if you look at photographs it’s almost like an AU meeting. Most African heads of state were there and then October 1 this year you want to call them again? It will not be fair.

“Even in the history of Nigeria, there is no time that any president celebrated the national day every year. Just like your own birthday you take flash points maybe 40, 45, 50, you begin to give gaps of about five years interval to make it more meaningful. So we decided not to celebrate this year 2011; that decision was taken long ago.

“I think the confusion is that towards the independence anniversary, an individual or group of individuals from a militia organisation called MEND, an organisation based in the Niger Delta, incidentally the region I come from and we know with the Amnesty Programme, the challenge in Niger Delta has almost been taken care of, so it’s either one individual using the name of MEND to issue a threat that nobody should go to Eagle Square for celebration whereas we had taken the decision long ago before the independence anniversary not to celebrate to conserve funds.”

yesooh must hook somebody very soooooooooooooooooooooooooon

mustspin:
Honest man? can you prove that?

atleast how he handled 2011 election,caliber of men he surrounds himself with,since elected his words and action proves him bro

COMPAQ:
A well thoughtout and designed National ID card and identity database is long overdue. We need to harmonise user identity and records in one place for use by FRSC, FIRS, Police, Customs, INEC, NCC and the rest.

However, can someone explain why all those who have wasted our funds on similar projects in the past still walking free?

man u are the only reasonable man in this forum

let those evil waster of our money be judge by God.Jonathan (our president) is honest man it wouldn't happen again.

chosen04:
If both unitary and federal systems has failed us why dont we try CONFEDERATION?

u see from the first time wise people has been shouting CONFEDERATION!! CONFEDERATION

four yrs time, this man will be the best president Nigeria ever has since her creation

oh please let them open account in his name i want to contribute, i love Ojuku,how i wish we can prolong his life

Oh GEJ,if you do this i go bow 4 u

calculusx:
Don't you think the woman injured herself so as to disgrace his Husband. There are lots of women who can do this all because they want to tarnish the image of their husband. For now, we don't know how the woman got the cut on her face, either caused by the Husband or she did it to herself. [b]I'm still waiting to read comments from her daughter, but from all what we have read from workers and staffs of the embassy, it clearly shows she is violent. [/b]

who want to hear from their daughter that like mother like daughter eeh. the pikkin she had who is the father  because her husband is not mention here.i believe she follow her mama way moving about  chopping penis any how, infact the woman has ruin her house

maddock:
Someone that can't manage his small family of 4, being chosen to manage the affairs of a whole country in another country. What an irony! Anyway back to the issue, I am an apostle of hearing both sides of the story before passing judgement. Hope those of us castigating the poor man will have a rethink? Someone said its possible the boy is taking sides with the father because of money, I really don't think so not that its not possible.But for him to live with his mother all this years and take side with the father against the mother would mean he has been harbouring deep resentment and hatred against her all this years. IMO this is very unlikely.

may u never meet an evil woman bro say amen,then u wouldn't understand that it is better to live with animal in the bush that living with bad wife in the house

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=679613.msg8430749#msg8430749 date=1306897104]does this look like she smeared blood on her face?
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/upload/1306840645.jpg
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Nigerian-envoy-recalled-over-assault-claims-13017.html[/quote]only because u never see evil desperate agent of satan wife

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=679613.msg8430709#msg8430709 date=1306896435]Atleast Yorubaman will marry another woman while the previous wife lives. I'm a strong anti-polygamist speaker, but I would prefer polygamy and divorce to spousal murder/abuse.
Marriage is not for everyone, it is not by force.[/quote]not in igbos culture to see their wives wether first,second or third wife misbehaving and again nowadays they believe one man one wife, divorce stay single all ur life which is very bad idear

SU2011:
I don't understand some people. Marriage is not compulsory. If its not working out, please go your separate ways. It is more honorable than beating someone up physically.

if only the Igbos understand it,but because of their believe they prefe to die than allowing thier family to separate,very bad

Sweet T:
I'm tired of these Ibo people, husband beat wife today. The wife retaliated tomorrow and vice versa. GEJ should have known this was going to happen.

pls kill urself ok

nigeria is changing to good wahoo,now is struggle to perform better not struggle to steal public fund, thank God

[quote author=Chyz* link=topic=678500.msg8422021#msg8422021 date=1306782283]He said of the immediate past governor: "Ohakim said his name is Ikiri. But since I won the election he is my brother. I have separated my brother from Ikiri. Ikiri has gone to the bush and my brother has gone back to Isiala Mbano. From today, Ohakim is no longer Ikiri but former governor.
http://www.champion.com.ng/displaycontent.asp?pid=7899[/quote]ooh my God

GJ is making sense here to be sincere 4yrs is not enough for any elected gvt to do something tangible,apart from that all this killing,tension,and westing money during election yr in nigeria is terrible. for me i think 6 0r 7 yrs of one term is good

Baba had finished his work so he should go now or mess his work

infact i love his action this is the type of man nigeria need now

dayokanu:
I keep mentioning that Orji Uzor kalu is a necesary Politician in the SE just like Tinubu is in the SW,

Good write up from one of my favourite Igbo Politician

bros, igbos are missing orj in pdp

anytread here in nairaland about igbo will definitely cover many pages,people especially yorubas love igbos too much wahooo

willdave:
What a good way to start. I surport u Goodluck Jonathan. Please clean up very well.

[quote author=JOS_2010 link=topic=650388.msg8168505#msg8168505 date=1303276409]Waoooo, this is a good start. I pray that God will help him (GEJ) to do the necessary clean-ups in Nigeria.[/quote]pls use ur brain ok GEJ is about to misuse his power

dantechnig:
oga jonathan go win
na him we know
if he can make it
i can make it

guy na him we know and trust so if he fail hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Quote from: OAM4J on Yesterday at 07:07:31 AM
This is becoming too dirty for my liking. Just hope it's not true.


GEJ is offering Tinubu  a quarter of his cabinet posts, I hope Ohaneze got similar percentage sha, else it's about time you re-negotiate.  


For where!

They spoke too soon. Stupiddd people!


see these unstable people calling others stupid

Demdem:
nop, what i am saying is we had a ample time before now to sort out this electoral system. This system is faulty. No better planning and management would have given us something better. It goes beyond JEGA. This was what the Uwais committe was set up for and report submitted. Why didnt the govt do something about that report before now?

bros forgate about time the problem is that jega is new in the system,he did not know anything about election in nig b4 ,changing and bringing new person in nigeria system always affects us

gabng:
Naoma state is already a reality irrespective of what you think.

Even the hobo (& to some part the outscore) support this cause. They want the state capital back to warrior (there is even a state house annex there, the only state to have such).

So go hug a transformer if u dint like it.

Bros nobody is fighting u,but as u and me know delta state economy mainly from warri so u will tell me what anioma would become if they separate

i think is good for them (anioma people) to remain in Delta state