₦airaland Forum

kemitwarrior:
Azikiwe in GEJ 's name has confused a lot of ndi Igbo. In Nigeria today the highest nunber of supporters GEJ has come from Igbo land. Some say Enugu airport forgetting that it was awarded by Yar'Adua. Ndi Igbo ve benefited appointment of ministers just like every other parts of the country. Could GEJ had trusted onye Igbo for oil if she's not his own Ijaw sister? Then if he has been nice to ndi Igbo I want to see a man from Igboland become oil minister or NNPC MD? I hope to see one refinery in Igbo land? Don't forget that Obasanjo appointed Iweala fin minister, Soludo CBN, Akunyili NAFDAC, Ezekwesili due process minister etc. Look at how GEJ disgraced Ogbulafor, Nwodo as PDP chair but appointed Tukur immediately he was removed. How many federal roads in S/E is repaired. I ll like to get u know that the position of Anyim has no impact on Igbo development except cracking his voice for GEJ second term and hope to continue as the Chief of the civil servants, specialist in keeping civil servants' files. The dredging of lower river niger was awarded by Yar'adua to open up Nigeria economy to other parts of Nigeria but today we can only hear about from media.

My anger at most of your most of lies won't allow me to respond to most of these wicked publications of yours...Akanu Ibiam airport has been an issue of campaign for long especially under Obj but was fulfilled by GEJ...Who in the history of Nigeria ever made an Igbo man COAS except GEJ...check yourself biko....don't allow hatred & falsehood ruin your life....Go and check NNPC management now and come back for a chat....did Nwodo not leave due to his issues of local politics from Enugu between him and Chime? so who disgraced who? how did he disgrace ogbulafor?...refinery in Igbo land? did he build in bayelsa? or anywhere else? are we not talking of privatisation? anambra already invested in orient petroleum... what else? ....check out Nigerian system, most of the key economic portfolios belong to Igbo presently....kindly research plz....stop lying... quit hating....avoid propaganda and cheap blackmail....

kemitwarrior:
The Uncommon Transformation of South East Federal Roads by Emperor Jonathan.
Pictures taken @ Awka Anambra State The questions to igbos is thus; What have we Ndigbo achieved by most of us f*******y supporting this President?

Bro, may God have mercy on your soul...you just merged different pictures and called them anambra....even picture of Aba market is in anambra...SMH...some are from anambra while most are not.....if you really wanted to say the truth, what stopped you from snapping same road from the beginning where they have completed...like from head bridge through upper iweka downwards....why rush to snap parts still under construction? ndoooo....sorry...pele....

Happy married life!!! May your union trigger more blessings for you...Amen

It would have made a lot of difference for you to balance your write up by stating the erroneous reportage side by side with the correct/right quote, so that we understand and appreciate more how he is being misquoted and misconstrued...otherwise stating one part without the other changes nothing...

Having moved from grass to grace, he was once an education inspector, lecturer, environmental-protection officer, deputy governor, governor, vice president, acting president and now president.
Having been president of this complex, sensitive, resilient, and dynamic country for like six years now and seeking re-,election; which I support fully for the success I believe he achieved in his first term. Even if the opposition refutes all his achievement; which I am yet to read any constructive criticism of the ones he listed on his declaration day, NOBODY can deny the fact that he allowed our democracy to grow and our electoral system improved. At least, they can express their opinion freely without harassment no matter how flawed and skewed the opinion. And they can win elections too(Osun state par example). That's a great achievement. If you doubt me, ask those who experienced the military era.##nothing sweet pass freedom oo##
The opposition which by reason of their use of foul languages and seeming lack of respect for presidency; a position they hope to occupy one day: I can aptly describe better as; "Haters" have adjudged him as both "clueless" & "incompetent".
For these set of haters of GEJ, I most humbly ask these questions;
1)Is he clueless and incompetent, yet his government has not being hijacked by anyone especially knowing how power hungry our politicians are?
2) Is he clueless yet under him, Nigeria has been elected to UN security council twice in quick succession for the first time in our history? Or are those who voted us under him clueless too?
3) Is he clueless and incompetent, yet was able to assemble one of the best team of ministers in our history? Mind you these ministers have a REPUTATION & INTEGRITY to protect. Or where they clueless to allow him him ruin their life long and hard earned reputation? Mind you, they are a mirror of the person they represent. Imagine people who aren't career politicians like; Okonjo-Iweala, Akinwumi Adesina, Chinedu Nebo et al
4) Is he really daft and has achieved what most of our parents never dreamed of, talk more achieving? If its just mere luck, are you just implying that others are cursed whereas him alone can be this lucky out of over 160million people?
5) Is he daft, clueless and incompetent as they say, and have achieved what I pray and hope to achieve in future that my children can proudly point to me as a hardworking dad?
6) Is clueless and daft yet Nigeria hasn't collapsed irrespective of her security challenge? Which to me, we help to fan its embers by our uninformed criticisms and propaganda. Remember, lies and propaganda are the greatest weapon of terrorists to inject fear and destabilize the society.
7) Is he clueless and incompetent really? Because if that's the new criteria for success, what stops me from becoming so too to achieve such quantum of success both in personal, public and leadership positions?
Is he really a failure that even international organizations like IMF, FAO, et al have all rated us and our economy high under GEJ? or are they clueless and incompetent organizations too?
9) Is he really clueless, daft, a failure, and incompetent?
Constructive and Objective comments will be appreciated please...You can as well add other areas of his "clueless, daft, failure, and incompetent" life or governance and reasons why you think so with alternative or better way to do it...thanks in advance!!!

My teacher told me in school that; "You can NEVER be a good leader if you aren't a good follower...What has he done to ameriolate the crisis? even in his adopted Kaduna state? Northern elders & leaders shifting blames and responsibilities...let him keep cutting his nose to spite his face...Why can't they convoke a meeting of their clan and sort out this challenge with FG as partners? Why can't they sit down and say declare that enough of this bloodshed? Or who thinks that GEJ or Nigerians will lose more than them(northerners) in this insecurity?

egift:
So Metu is now a PDP Governor? Keep spinning it.

And for APC like in PDP all the Party officials collaborate and work with one another for the smooth running of their party. If you cannot agree on this simple fact, then I have no further issue to discuss with you. (You have made your points and I, mine - am moving on. You can spin your belief however you want).

Bro, I pleaded with you before hand to avoid ambiguities... I am still referring you back to those questions again... this time try and answer them please...Remember to still present here your candidate's blueprint which I requested for and you have been dodging to present same...Maybe if you don't have it; why not ask your defense headquarters for one...

barcanista:
We can't compare Jonathan and Buhari because the latter is light years ahead of him. Comparing Jonathan to Obasanjo means comparing a Failed Government(Obj) with a Very Woeful one(Jonathan).

Lolz... that's very thoughtful of you guys...I wouldn't want us to go back to the argument where@datolee whitewashed you and your Saint Buhari and let the world see the truth about his administration. But in your conscience, do you really believe in this buhari guy with all his irresponsible comments on national discuss? How do you sleep at night after dishing out lies and maligning personalities for personal aggrandizement?

Further more, if Obj ran a FAILED GOVERNMENT as you said...do you think you will be accessing the internet easily now running all these lies, hatred and propaganda?
If GEJ is running a WOEFUL GOVERNMENT according to you...don't you think you would have be sacrificed to your village deity for spreading such falsehood and maligning his name and administration unjustly in the name of enjoying the freedom of expression under democracy?

Is it that your party is tired of marketing their candidates now that you now have to compare individuals from same party? Implicitly, you are saying that PDP isn't bad after all? If they have solid programs, let them continue then....

egift:
Keep telling yourself this lie: "Metu is a PDP official that is not answerable to Jonathan, who is the leader of PDP" - You may soon start believing that falsehood for real.

If you can lie on a very tiny fact everyone knows like this one, who knows what other bigger Evil you lie about just to get Jonathan reelected. May God save your soul before it is too late.

I need to learn here...kindly answer me in clear terms here....Are your APC governors answerable to Tinubu and Buhari? Is Oyegun(APC chairman) answerable to Tinubu and Buhari? No ambiguity please....answer me

ogbronx:
Bros! you are simply in denial or you hate the truth. There are many folks who voted in gej and have lived to regret it. All this TV achievements don't fool everyone. The truth is no objective and right thinking person would score gej's admin above 20%. The man isn't fit to be president. I said this bfor 2011 elections and am saying this again. Good luck ebele Jonathan isn't fit to be president and commander in chief of the federal rep. of Nigeria.

I challenge you to show me the ones that are mere TV achievements... list them here plz....And who is that saint that is a fit to be our president please?

egift:
Keep spinning, you will soon drill a borehole where you stand. Have you seen you cannot point out one major problem, Jonathan has completely eliminated.

Bro, do you know about agricultural revolution? Championed through e-wallet system? have you checked our food import cost? have you seen fertilizer distribution policy? do you know about our new auto policy? do you see the magic in our rebased economy? have you checked our cement industry and its attendant multiplier effects? Have you checked our FDI portfolio recently? Did you notice that my age are seeing moving train for the first time in Nigeria? I travelled home last time and couldn't imagine the smoothness of the federal road to my state....do you need more? Show me your candidate's blueprint for a better Nigeria ........GEJ is doing it damn good bro....

egift:
"Metu Is Not Answerable To GEJ" - Bros you can lie

Bro, kindly educate yourself. Metu is a party official and not a government official. He can only be answerable to GEJ to the extent of his being a nigerian citizen. Or is it because Oyegun is answerable to Tinubu? While your governors too pay homage to him in cash and kind. Don't be selective in answering my questions. Why not give all my questions equal attention. I am still challenging you to show me a blueprint of your candidate's development agenda for Nigeria. Or is it a trial and error government as is practiced in Imo today? And does that crowd at GEJ's declaration connote a man not loved by his own?

egift:
Until you point out ONE major problem of Nigeria that Jonathan completely resolved, then there is nothing to cross off the list after 6 yrs he has been in Power as President.

Give me a day that you wake up without desires or hunger for better life and I will show you a country that has eliminated its challenges completely. Man is dynamic and wakes up everyday with new challenges. Give me an example of a country that has eliminated any challenge without a trace of it and I will show you a god in man's world...let's deal with realities bro...

ayukdaboss:


Dear President Jonathan,
I have watched you in the last one year jump from pillar to post under the pretext of governance; clinging to the inconsequential and deliberately ignoring that which the times demand of governance in today’s Nigeria. From the moment you were sworn in as an elected president, it’s been a galore of gaffes and conscious distraction of Nigerians from the things that actually do matter to them.

Within weeks of your presidency, your first executive move was to amend the constitution so as to allow for president and governors to serve just one term of six years in office. Not sooner than the dust raised by that move settled, you declared an economic war on the Nigerian people with an imposition of fuel tax, called fuel subsidy removal, which was just a way designed for you to avoid confronting your friends and officials who defrauded the country you preside over.

Mr President, you may recall that October 2 years ago, during a church service to commemorate Nigeria’s Independence Day, you lamented that we condemn you at home while Obama commends you abroad. Even then, we argued that Obama’s commendation of you – whatever it was meant to achieve – was ill-timed and ill- informed. We reasoned that we were the ones who elected you our president and so were best qualified to assess your performance in office. Today, the table has turned. Does Obama still commend you? Just in case you haven’t heard, the United States government has seen you for whom you are – a president who presides over a criminal empire without making any meaningful efforts to curtail corruption.

Before you dismiss my message as another baseless rant from a disgruntled opposition member, well, you are wrong sir as I voted for you in the last elections without compromising.

I will go straight again to your last year's Democracy Day speech. As expected, it could not boast of any visible achievement other than economic indices and statistics that were quite divorced from the stark realities on ground. You showed an amazing excitement when you announced your administration’s empowerment of 1200 youths who benefitted from your Youth Enterprise with Innovative Programme, YouWin. I was surprised that such was considered an achievement by you Sir let alone being included in your anniversary speech. Mr President, may I humbly inform you that 70 per cent of the Nigerian population is comprised of people who are thirty five years and below? Each year, Sir, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) churns out at least 100 thousand young Nigerians who throng into the labour market in search of nonexistent jobs. This is in spite of the fact that a larger percentage of those who passed out before them may not have gotten jobs. So why should we be excited about 1200 people in a population of 170 million? Is it a deliberate celebration of mediocrity or just an attempt to appear serious with the job we elected you to do?

In reference to electricity supply, you said, “By mid-2010, the national power output was about 2, 800 MW. By the end of 2011, we reached a peak of more than 4, 000 MW. A National Gas Emergency Plan has also been launched to redress the problem of gas supply which are essentially due to poor planning.”

Curiously, you didn’t tell us where we were by end of May, or mid-May this year, the period you were reeling out the your achievements. So I ask now, Mr President, where are we on power generation? How many megawatts have we achieved between 2011 and mid-May, 2014?

Where we are on electricity generation, Mr President, is on the region of total darkness. The wattage is negligible. Nauseating sound of generators still buzz in my neighbourhood daily, and darkness is the light in the villages where poverty even bites harder. That must be why you jumped it.

The efforts you put in advertising your cassava bread, if not tragic, would have been funny. You cannot re-write history Sir, Cassava bread is not novel. Your constant efforts to lay claim to it as your achievement in office is worrisome. For the records, on 1st July, 2005, Obasanjo’s government made it mandatory for bakers to include 10% of cassava flour in the production of bread. I followed that administration closely. Yet even at that ,you cannot force people to eat what they do not want. Telling us you eat it makes no difference in our lives. Our billions are stolen by the day, anyway; and you watch without taking any punitive action against the criminals.

Your penchant for majoring in minor, if not entirely irrelevant issues, should worry every sound mind. Your change of my school, Unilag to MKO Abiola University just by a.presidential fiat betrayed your love for vanity; your lack of appreciation for substance. And as expected, it stirred up eruptions in the school. Yet rather than quickly reconsider your stand, you declared to many who think you made another gaffe; “no going back”. I know political expediency informed that decision. But unfortunately, that was politically incorrect.
It has boomeranged, and will not shield you from the harsh verdict of your critics, which is that your years in office as president was a total failure.

It was a shock to me that you ended your speech without making any mention of the fuel subsidy scam – the biggest in Nigeria’s history. You said nothing about your plans to prosecute the offenders meanwhile you're wallowing with them in the fraud. If that is not weighty enough to cause you to act, I wonder what will. Should I mention the abducted girls? Should I mention the porous security? I dont need to bother sir.

You could see, Mr President, that I didn’t have time to pretend about the message I wanted to pass across. You already have enough praise singers to last you a lifetime. Pardon my directness, it was meant to deliver the message in a manner you will be stirred to act.

Do have a great day, Sir. I hope the domestic staff will remember to not prepare imported rice for this your occasion. Kindly remind them of your “resolve to always eat local rice”. Today should be for Abakaliki or Ofada.

And lest I forget; happy declaration Mr President!

Williams.

First, as the writer rightly observed, its the ranting of a disgruntled opposition. What proof has he that he voted for GEJ? He seems so much confused because from his writeup he is neither for subsidy removal or sustenance... He's just grappling with chaff...Better put, this write up qualifies as the "will" of dying confused ape. What has changed about GEJ between then and now? I challenge you to present your candidate's blueprint for development of Nigeria let's compare and contrast...More so, I challenge you to based on GEJ scorecard judge if he's loved or not....

Gbawe:
Why doe this Metuh always speak as if he is from Mars and drunk? Firstly, Jonathan's "declaration" was a foregone conclusion that did not surprise anyone. Secondly, Metuh is not deaf or blind. He would have noted the underwhelming response worldwide to Jonathan's declaration to understand that his boss has lost goodwill and 'traction home and abroad.

Balanced observer worldwide agree that Nigeria is drifting badly and they completely understand that it is pointless to seek nothing other than the dismissal of a President who has shown conclusively, over 5 years, that he brings far more problems than solutions. Metuh has to confront this reality yet he is a man consumed by the largesse he is enjoying courtesy of the current Government he serves. He must then defend that government by continuing to fool GEJ into thinking Mr.President is "feared" and popular when the reality is ridiculously different. Metuh's pathetic attempt at rudimentary spin just mirrors the sycophantic immorality and brazen dishonesty afflicting Nigerian politics today.

First bro, Metu is not an employee of government hence not answerable to GEJ...Secondly, did you see the crowd at GEJ declaration? Does it show a non-performing president not loved by his own people? Can you objectively counter his achievements these past years? Let's see your candidate's blueprint for a new Nigeria to check if its better than GEJ's...

pendy79:
I have said it that most people who support or represent PDP need to have their brain checked. What rubbish is this one saying.

You bought forms indicating and interest to run, 2weeks later you said you are declaring. Declaring for a position you publicly had bought the form. It is clear the criteria for being a SaTAN and PDP spokesman is to submit your brain and have pap pumped in its stead.

Everybody and everything from the APC to United States to United Nations are the ones blackmailing your government, rather than look yourself in the face that you have a bad, clueless and daft PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL, who lacks the commonsense and initiative to govern.

Did you understand the post at all? Kindly try reading again...maybe you see if these your invectives correlates to the post...

egift:
Methuselah should quit disgracing himself and tell us how Jonathan intend to cement his Stealing-Is-Not-Corruption style of Government.

It was very shameful watch Jonathan repeat all the promises he made in 2011. Jonathan could not point one problem he successfully solved for nearly 6 yrs he has been President Of Nigeria.

Bro, I am not sure you understood what you just wrote now. I challenge you to provide Jonathan's 2011 campaign promises vis a vis 2014 scorecard and his promise to do more. let's see where they are same. If GEJ lied about his achievements, I believe your command headquarters would have issued a statement refuting same...Do you remember about his legendary e-wallet system that eliminated bureaucracy and corruption in agricultural sector particularly in fertilizer distribution... let's talk about issues bro...not abusing our leaders....

I support his challenge to the opposition on issue based campaigns and not on maligning persons and personalities. Let them(opposition), challenge/confront the PDP based on their programs and provide alternative plan for Nigerians based on empirical and sustainable ideas not lies and propaganda.

OrlandoOwoh:
Rubbish! The question I asked is supposed to make any right thinking person inquisitive: Why do our soldiers perform creditably while on the UN mission, but perform badly within Nigeria?

First, "right thinking" people don't resort to abuses when their opinion is being tested against empirical evidence. That aside, can you draw up a typical UN mission war plan? can you compare with our local war plan against the insurgents? Are the geography of those two same? the environment? the enemy? their tactics? I need clear unambiguous answers to the above questions not abuses? thank you...

Adminisher:
This is the most unserious govt in the history of Nigeria. They wasted 6 months begging the US for arms, another 6 months sponsoring articles in newspapers lambasting the US for not selling arms now we are on the 6months of telling us they are 'going to' buy from Russia. There is a subsisting order for helicopters and maybe tanks, so which one is this new one. All this is just posturing to award procurement contracts to the Aurthur Ezehs, cronies of IBB and share the money between Senators and PDP top shots. THIEVES profitting from blood money.

Dear, can you substantiate this claim? Or we just enjoy running our mouth leaving our brains behind? Do you know about character assassination?

[quote author=OrlandoOwoh post=27975506]Have you asked yourself why our soldiers, while on UN peacekeeping mission do well; but when defending their country (like the ongoing war with Boko Haram) perform badly? Is it that they are not petriotic? Have you asked yourself if the UN arms them better?[/quote

Can we learn to hide our ignorance and insensitivity sometimes? It will do us a lot of good...good day!!!

Have they pigeonholed Rochas Okorocha already?

As an advocate of good governance, I thought the APC will exert much of its efforts and resources maybe to employ experts to examine what's on ground already before drawing up a comprehensive and working plan before jumping into the fray...but unfortunately, what you published here shows that they neither have a working plan nor any idea on how to manage the country better...With these non directional, uncoordinated, unrealistic and unachievable programs, I can categorically state here that APC isn't an alternative yet...

omenka:
Now tell us Mr President, before the advent of your admin:

- How many politicians were convicted for corrupt practices?? How many have been convicted under you??

- How many convicted felons were granted state pardon and given National honours?? How many have been granted and given under your admin??

- How much was spent on fuel subsidy?? How much is being spent and why?? Despite the fact that you partially removed subsidy with Nigerians paying higher for the product.

- How much was the price
- How much was being spent on feeding by the presidency?? How much do you spend??

- How many bombs went off in the country?? How many have under your watch??

- How many soldiers were lost in battle?? Have many have been lost under you??

- How many unemployed youths died in a recruitment exercise?? How many have died so far under your admin??

- How frequent were nationwide strikes?? How frequent are they now??

- How many bombs went off in the country?? How many have so far??

- How many kids were whisked away in their sleep by some marauding ragheads?? How many have been so far??

- What was the size of territory lost to some enemies of State?? What size is under their control now??

- What was the defense budget and how efficient was the NA?? What's the story now??

Etc etc etc.


Nigerians are not foolish Mr president.

Sir, what's the aim of presidential or executive pardon?
Do you know about the different tiers of government?
If you do, do you know about their independence/autonomy?
If you do, how's it the President's job to convict offenders?
Are you aware that an accused person remains innocent until convicted by court of competent jurisdiction?
Where you in Nigeria during the subsidy brouhaha?
If you were, do you think that if GEJ wanted to loot, he would have opted for subsidy removal as he did?
Do you really expect the presidency to feed and entertain foreign heads of government and diplomats with what?
Do you believe GEJ wanted those youths dead?
Don't you think that his agricultural initiative, automotive policy, improved FDI, local content initiative in oil & gas sector etc are all helping the youths?
Are the industrial actions as a result of his recklessness?
As a patriotic Nigerian that I believe you are; should you blame the President or the insurgents?
Are you supposed to join him in the fight against terrorists or join the terrorists in instilling fear in the citizenry?
Where is our conscience?

donnypool:
you need to be on my team

brilliant

Thank you Sir... which team is that?

Are we supposed to condemn the President or the insurgents? Is opposition all about talking without thinking? What's the duty of the state governors of those states? Even with emergency rule, was the Democratic structures removed? if they take salaries & allowances even with emergency rule, why can't they work too? What's the correlation between PDP functions and these bomb detonations? Are we supposed to fall for the insurgents scheme to paralyze governance and inject fear into the citizenry?

kITATITA:
The difference is like in football; playing for passion and playing for a living. One group is there because they believe in the ideals of their candidate and the other is there because of stomach infrastructure

If we go by your analogy; the truth is that you cannot be in the gain of football if you don't have passion for the game and if you have passion for the game then you stay and make a living there. That's job satisfaction(making a living out of your passion). No one can rule if he doesn't have passion for service. Because if its just about loots, you can actually do that without being the centre of attraction... let's pray for our leaders please...uneasy lies the head that wears the crown...

Aside what the Op posted...I think the content of their speech too made much difference too. Why GMB wasted all his time lambasting GEJ and forgot to tell Nigerians what magic wand he has to solve all our perennial challenges within a twinkle of an eye. GEJ NEVER discussed or mentioned persons rather he marshalled out his achievements with a promise to do more...Let's do politics of ideas and issues not character assassination and propaganda. His support base cuts across Nigeria too as shown by the different support groups....

Its good we all condemn these barbaric acts but I ask; is it impossible for these Northern elders to convoke a meeting of all the stakeholders of that region, to discuss this menace and proffer PRACTICAL solutions to the menace? Because no stranger (government) can solve your problem more than yourself. Let's face reality... what has any of these elders and leaders done individually and collectively to help reduce this carnage?

I think it behoves on the opposition to constructively refute these claims of Mr President if they have doubts. Let's play politics of ideas and issues and not victimization and calumny. To me, I believe he's done creditably well and deserves a second term. His GREATEST achievement is allowing opposition to grow with their dissenting and sometimes nauseating idea of criticizing everything. That alone deepens our democracy. Let the minority have their say and the majority their way.