A CNN Interview & The Waffling “Bulb Lighting” President By M.B.O Owolowo

But your President don't know what Amanpour meant with that question! Driving people to BH. A PHD (thesis written in English) holder!

You are a tediously dull fellow,I wonder if you can even discern between the host and the guest!

GEJ can do better during public interviews all he should do is to sit down in-front of his television and watch other president when there are giving their speech or interviews, he should stop asking those fools around him to watch it for him and give him the feedback. everyone should please go and see OBAMA acceptance speech and interviews again and you will know who is a leader or a liar. if only NIGERIANS knows how GEJ has enriched himself from this nation crude oil we will all go on revolution. i agree with the increased in power supply but lets just ask our-self the good question a country like Nigeria is only generating 4,300 megawatt of electricity and u call that power, in my house right now i have not recorded 12hours uninterrupted power supply this year. GEJ PLS WAKE UP.

True talk my brother, when we fight terrorist, it is called heavy handed clamp down, when US uses drone it is called war o terror. What a double standard.

Pakistan is a clear example of a country whose habit of negotiating with Islamic terrorists has turned that country into the terrorists paradise and training ground.Vast areas of that country especially the boarder area with Afghanistan and the area around the town of Queta is virtually run by Islamic terror groups under different banners.The average Islamic terrorist does not change his belief rather they get more hardened and ambitious as time goes on.The Boko-Haram demands in the case of Nigeria leaves no room for flexibility,those old politicians like OBJ and IBB who now call for carrot and stick would have been more brutal had they encountered this insurgence during their time in office,they should just bugger off and allow this government to work.
The USA knows the score,America does not officially talk to terrorists so this whole idea of the state department not agreeing with this administration is just inexplicable,they must ignore these sinister informers.

Pakistan is a clear example of a country whose habit of negotiating with Islamic terrorists has turned that country into the terrorists paradise and training ground.Vast areas of that country especially the boarder area with Afghanistan and the area around the town of Queta is virtually run by Islamic terror groups under different banners.The average Islamic terrorist does not change his belief rather they get more hardened and ambitious as time goes on.The Boko-Haram demands in the case of Nigeria leaves no room for flexibility,those old politicians like OBJ and IBB who now call for carrot and stick would have been more brutal had they encountered this insurgence during their time in office,they should just bugger off and allow this government to work.
The USA knows the score,America does not officially talk to terrorists so this whole idea of the state department not agreeing with this administration is just inexplicable,they must ignore these sinister informers.

Oga, abeg where do you live in Lagos? I live around Oluwalogbon in Ketu and the electricity situation is terrible, has not improved, it is getting worse... I loaded my pre-paid meter card with N2,500 at the end of November, this is the end of January and it is still not finished!it is not getting better where I live o.

Does Ebele Jonathan realize he is a simpleton? One whose personality tends almost to be moronic? Can someone fetch his Ph.D. dissertation and post it on SR? Probably he wrote the dissertation in Ijaw language or partly in English and part in Ijaw. We will then have Okey Ndibe proof-read the English part and post on SR for a hearty guffaw for our weekend relaxation. And to think such a man who is not only nervous before a mere journalist, babbles his words and spews meaningless statements still wants to be President till Kingdom come? This is difficult to comprehend. Great pity!

Aka pour has been back with CNN for at least a year.you are the one not properly informed!!!!

Kudos to Mr. President for giving excellent responds to the questions. His responds to the questions, mostly the last one was an indictment to the developed nations that abet and conive to steel our oil. He that steals and the buyer of stolen goods, commit the same crime. The US and British government should warn their nationals to stop stealing Nigeria oil.

If you compare GEJ to OBJ, Abacha! yar,adua, Buhari, he is still 100 times better than all the presidents we have had in the past 20 years...

Stop comparing him to Obama!

He is the most eloquent, and best educated! When we had northern presidents, we could not even follow the grammar they were speaking, OBJ was not polished, so GEJ is still the best in terms of delivery among contemporary heads of state Nigeria has had in the recent past.

If only we could imagine that the interview was meant for the job of becoming the President of the largest black African country on the earth! Seriously doubt if Jonathan could have made it past the 1st round? It is unfortunate that the warped minds of the Jona Boys on this forum actually believe all the crap he could conjure? Unbelievable that some could even call it brilliant? To think that this man is supposed to be a PhD holder - no clear articulation of answers, depth of thinking and basic intelligence manifested! A lot of lesser African Presidents would have done a better job! Shame on us for voting him into the exalted office of the President of Nigeria!

In addition, he either pretended or ignorantly proved to the whole world that he does not understand the security situation in northern Nigeria. Indeed the security operatives' modus operandi is driving innocent youths to bh. They killed innocent people at will expecting surviving families to leave them to God. It is my candid opinion that majority of such people ended up seeking revenge and submit themselves to constitute further challenges to the government.
I also think he should attend a couple of classes on foreign relations.

Counting all the media-related aides this moron has, I'm certain Nigerians are again short-changed. This is rather poor outing for a man that ought to have been prepped for this annual event. As usual, Nigerians held their breath as prayed for the interview to be over. And like the Super Eagles, no one was sure of what to expect. Just prayers as usual. The Al-Jazeera interview was much better. He seemed relaxed indoors but, I counted at least eight bottles of ogogoro on top of a piano in the background. The juice is the trick. The man is a Drunkard. A major mistake. Tufia!

She is the Chief International Correspondent for CNN and host of CNN International's nightly interview program. She's also a Global Affairs Anchor of ABC News. (Culled from Wikipedia)

PLEASE FELLOW NIGERIANS, THE TIME IS NOW FOR REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOR JONATHAN TO LIED ABOUT THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND CORRUPTION SITUATION IN NIGERIA TO THE WHOLE WORLD, WE THE INNOCENT NIGERIANS NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAKE UP!! WAKE UP!!

God is 2rully wt gej. even when dey are out to disgrace him publicly. you see wt ur honest eyes how dey failed publicly. d same pple who buy stolen crude oil are dsame pple who want to judge him. he dat come to equity must come wt clean hands. u saw how popular amanpour jump fence suddenly? gej have public interest at heart.but our past corrupt leaders who own all media houses are taking advantage of zombified citizens.but iam hapi how dey gathered for gej and how dey are scattering in d/f direction. amampour shd summon obj for interogation. obj is not playing his role as a father.his cunny nature will not allow nigerians to know dat he is d one frustrating dem. nigeria will see d light at end of d tunnel under gej by special grace of GOd

My bounded rationality suggests that Mr President does not know anything about Governance and Foreign policy. Mr president is so awkward, incompetent, and a total disagree to Nigeria. His responses were so scornful and he looked uncomfortable through the short interview.

God is 2rully wt gej. even when dey are out to disgrace him publicly. you see wt ur honest eyes how dey failed publicly. d same pple who buy stolen crude oil are dsame pple who want to judge him. he dat come to equity must come wt clean hands. u saw how popular amanpour jump fence suddenly? gej have public interest at heart.but our past corrupt leaders who own all media houses are taking advantage of zombified citizens.but iam hapi how dey gathered for gej and how dey are scattering in d/f direction. amampour shd summon obj for interogation. obj is not playing his role as a father.his cunny nature will not allow nigerians to know dat he is d one frustrating dem. nigeria will see d light at end of d tunnel under gej by special grace of GOd

You are a Moron a u even a Nigerian at all? every thing he said is crap

The US claims that the tatics used by the Nigerian security forces drive people to join BH.One wonders how they came about this info.One can also assume that the tatics used by US in Afghanistan and elsewhere is driving people to join AQ. QED!!!!!!!!!!

Many a times people don't just observe the way I observe. Our president is caught by the scotching temperature of Europe's winter, not just the interview. Presido no mind the fuckers, they should meet you in the creeks with your ogogoro in one hand and MEND style weapon in the other if they really want your interview. Now that mastermind general is no more tell them that no-road Bayelsa's skies are safe!!!

Omolowo obviously have an agenda. I have news for Omolowo, Nigeria power problem didn't start with Jonathan and won't end with him. There you have it. This writer aim was to disparage the president and tell us what a bubbling fool Jonathan really is. Granted this interview wasn't Jonathan's finest moment, I agreed with some of the points he was trying to make. I don't expect him to perform a miracle in the power sector after decades of neglect by previous administrations. I expect a vast improvement though.As for Boko haram I agreed with the president, poverty is not the reason why we have Boko haram. Islamic fanaticism in Northern Nigeria is why. This much I will consent though, poverty and illiteracy makes it easier to get new recruits. I also agreed with Jonathan that interest groups are they one feeding the state department of USA with these stories of extra-judiciaL killings and poverty crap. Your intelligent is as good as the source. Remember weapons of mass destruction, Omolowo?

YOU ARE AS DAFT AS JONATHAN!!!!!!!

As for electricity, I recide in Lagos, and I can say, there is huge improvement than what it used to be, and there are signs that it will continue to improve. May God continue to guide and uphold GEJ, the truly first working president of Nigeria. If other past leaders have worked like this, Nigeria would have long developed.

In the seven minutes,thirty two seconds the interview lasted, Amanpour asked Jonathan seven questions and he gave seven wrong answers,not to mention the horrendous, unpardonable, grammatical errors. This guy sounds more like a secondary school drop-out than a university graduate. By the way, what is the title of Jonah's PhD thesis? Who was/were his supervisor(s)? He talks like he is addressing Otueke town council meeting. Up Jonah

GEJ is really an off-shot of YarAdua. Even after his demise, "cluelessness" pervades Aso Rock. . .

Oh God, please send us our messiah

Your transcript of the interview is different from the President's responses as contained in the video. If I didn't watch the interview, I would have been misled by your transcript, which you obviously skewed to make him look bad. The President gave brilliant responses to the questions asked.

And his interjections were great, rattling Christiane who wanted to put him on the hot seat. American government should stop listening to mischief makers who want to politicize boko haram by saying it is caused by misrule or poverty. Boko haram have said repeatedly that what they are fighting for is to have the north of Nigeria to be under sharia rule.

So why is the US listen to other people who are speaking for themselves that boko haram is caused by poverty. If GEJ cracks down on boko haram the mischief makers will say GEJ is too hard, if he says he want to dialogue with boko haram, the same people will say he is too soft. So what should he do?

I promised myself this year that I will only say good things, even about GEJ, PDP and all that they represent in Nigeria and for- the black race. All I can muster myself to say is that GEJ is 'trying'! Abi?

I couldn't bear to watch the video, I knew it would make me cringe. I read the transcript instead, and as stated by the writer, I was not surprised by the blandness.