How Jonathan Got His GCFR-Reuben Abati

@Stanley
You are very right when u claim I am very frustrated; I am very frustrated with the fact that we have fools in power ruling idiots like you .

As per my business, read through my earlier submissions, take a cup of cold water and probably your senses would come back.
As impact I have created, I am not aware that Jonathan is expected to use his personal money to help so what is the basis of your comparison? Is the average Otuoke man/woman Jonathan left the creek better off today? Anytime I am home, I make a point of duty to visit the motherless babies homes in Lagos and Ibadan to contribute my widows mite and I have just advised SR on another post to set up an avenue to donate to publish and distribute SR article free of charge in Nigeria . So aside bootlicking ... what are u contributing ? As per your offer of award, stop deluding yourself, u are a nobody and i do not wish to share award with looters and murderers.

ifyguy or what-what,well ii guess my friends have bn too angry and rightly so to answer ur question:what is the sin of reuben abati and here it is,ii may not have any beef wt him for accepting the appointment for the fact dat he may have bn deluded to d point of believing that he could change Nigeria as press secretary to GEJ.My bones wt him is dat he should have kept his cheap buyable mouth shut and resigned when the govt he works for repeated the same mistakes that he so publicly pointed out and criticised.for that he has sinned against pple who have admired him,against his own name and against Nigeria for defending thee inclusion of rogues in ourr honor roll..tomorrow his like will rise and want to rebrand Nigeria after giving us such bad names.those and more are the sins of a-bad-ti.

Tundemash I don't envy your monopoly of foolishness it works for you please enjoy it while it last. You sound like somebody that was violated and abused, whose dignity and essence for living were cremated.You are at war with yourself hence your frustration for your inability to articulate your own opinion.Your Unbridled dislike for Jonathan and your rush to abuse him or anybody that is objective on his administration gives you away as a frustrated man.You comment as if your life was at it's best before Jonathan and Abati destroyed it. Tundemash I dare and challenge you to tell me the kind of business you own in UK as you claimed and the impart you have created home and abroad and I will forward your name for national award even if you run African shop.

Opc, ur comment isn't bad but referring I and fellow Nigerians apes is as bad as it is.

We are not principled as a people. This
explains why our politicians move shamefully
from one party to another in the name cross
carpeting regardless of ideological differences.
It is the same reason that will make a Reuben
Abati accept an offer from those he has consistently
rebuked and condemned. What do you expect from people
without principles....flow with the tide of course.
It will take a principled man like Chinua Achebe
to overcome such a temptation.

IFYGUY-Democracy 4ever would still have to complete his houseman-ship and hopefully get a job in one of the govt. death-clinics before he even starts planning his dream of becoming the Minister of Health so he could embezzle too.
A medical professional whose goal isn't to be the best in his field and probably make a medical breakthrough that would get the recognition of his peers is at most a quack. You know in Nigeria, all medical students and interns all call themselves doctors so don't be surprised a doctor IFYGUY-Democracy ever has more time than even professional sycophants like Deri to be here to support 24/7.
Nigerian educational system is so bastardised by the rogues in power that the products nowadays can't stand any scrutiny.

@ Ifyguy

Some of us would turn down a role in a government that is not doing right by the people...or at least we would have the decency to resign. Abati is walking the same line that Segun Adeniyi walked under the Y'aradua administration. Unless he acts right and fast, he may never be able to regain his hard earned reputation after his public service.

On the other hand, he could always receive a scholarship to Harvard, Oxford or some university in China and regale us with articles about his misadventures in Aso Rock, after he leaves...or he could even receive the backing of the president to run for political office after his tenure...

RA has not demonstrated any change in his character. If you had followed his postures for a while you would have realised the man is an adherent of the saying that "man shall not live by bread alone". You recall the Abatilandgate matter? Is this any different? RA can say "Adegun" when he wants and utter "Adeogun" as he wishes, but does that change him from whom he fundamentally is, No! RA is just typical of most Nigerian "critics" where the meaning of critic has been reduced to "notice me". He is not the first, nor would be the last, till Nigeria becomes a place where merit means merit and service means service. Till then, the charlatans rule, OK!

I agree with you that this IFY guy wants to be noticed and possibly rewarded with an appointment, imagine since this article was posted the Doc did not sleep, submitting comments in defence of his mentor, well I'm sure Dr.Abati was fully aware of the mass criticism that will greet his acceptance of the appointment and had braced himself for the barrage,so he wont loose any sleep over them but the poor Doc is doing it for him. Help me advice him to drop his stethoscope and join the campaign for Jona 2015, he may grab his reward there.

A Tale of National Honours: Dame Patience Goodluck Speaks Out:
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Mr Dangote should be given GCFR next year. With his billions, GEJ will be bankrolled into Aso Rock again in 2015. Long live federal republic of the apes, sorry, Nigeria!

Stanley, you have woken up a moral burden in many with your weighty reminders!!!

Jesus told all to first remove the log of wood in their own eyes before attempting to point to the one in others! How many of today's 'newfound'critics can stand before and defend their certificates and 100% their?

Let every Nigerian critic, firstly, settle their qualification to criticise others with God before launching out for judgement is at hand!!!

I assume that you're a medical doctor. If that is the case, then your aspiration is very parochial and self-serving. Why don't you consider setting up a clinic in one of the remotest parts of Nigeria that have no access to medical facilities? If you're research oriented, why dont you find a solution to the problem of malaria that kills more people in Nigeria than HIV?

Who's the fool here? So whenever the president is begged into something he just jells, right? "They begged and begged", I bet they're begging him right now to insist on fuel subsidy as well, and of course, like a gently humble man, he will concur.

This is an idiotic nation, governed by fools!

To claim the pinnacle of every profession is to serve in a political post is shallow. Achebe has been at the pinnacle of his career and did not serve in govt. Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle were the greatest scientist of their time and were never in govt. Soyinka's pinnacle of his career was not when he was FRSC Marshall. The pinnacle of a professional footballer is not to become Minister of Sports? In sane worlds, the pinnacle of the medical profession is to become a consultant in your chosen area of medicine and try to find solutions to medical problems that are plaguing human kind and be so respected by your peers but the quack Nigerian doctor wants to become the Minister of Health so he could amass wealth. As per my profession u requested, I am a Network Security Engineer and my ultimate is to come a consultant. There is nothing bad in serving one's country but as it says, it is to SERVE; it is not an avenue to reach the pinnacle of your career and amass wealth.

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I dont know what your profession is but every professional who is not ready or willing to serve at the PINNACLE of his chosen career is not worth his onion. For me my dream is to one day serve my country as health minister or head one of the nations teaching hospital,etc where i could offer more service to humanity. Abati could not have turned down an offer to serve at one of the highest office of his profession. Though i think he has not faired any better than his predecessor. I believe he could do more. Abati was an apostle of OPENNESS in govt before he took up the appointment. He roundly condemned the secrecy with which the Yar Adua health saga was handled. To be fair to him he tried to continue with his belief in openness of govt in the first few weeks of his appointment. He started the weekly media briefing. But i guess he was forced to stop because consistently the Nigerian journalists were more interested in questions with regard to 2015 elections,whether GEJ will contest or not

Mr. Reuben Abati was a journalist before he became the Press Man to the President. He did not belong to any political party prior to the present position. As every patriotic Nigerian, he has every right to accept that position and serve his country. So I do not see the need for the brohaha that he sold out.

Besides, he will serve the country better given his academic background and familiarity with the power play by the major power brokers in our beloved country. By the way, the President deserves Mr. Abati more than the followers of his weekly articles. By extension, it serves the country better to have a man of his status at Aso Rock counselling the President.

We shopuld reserve our judgment for now and pray for his success.

I admire your comment on this article Jagaban. It is factual, apt and hilarious. Nice one.

I am of the opinion that GEJ did something commendable by appointing Reuben Abati his press secretary. It shows that he genuinely wanted a quality person.
I am also of the view that Reuben has not misstepped by accepting his appointment and that he has so far not been found wanting in his role!
The attacks on him are completely misconceived as it was the right thing to accept to serve your country and definitely wrong, cowardly and/or misguided to shy away from such opportunity in the circumstance.
It is misguided and deeply unfortunate that some Nigerians who think they are enlightened appear to think social critics should just be criticizing and avoid trying to do their bit!

"Assuming i become a medical consultant today and i am appointed to serve as minister or head a federal medical centre,etc i will grab it with both hands. It is the dream of every professional to serve at the APEX of his chosen carrier"
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Not so fast pal. Not “every professional” is in that the end justifies the means tag-team of yours. There are a lot of other people that make choices based on principles and values they stand for. Nelson Mandela came to mind. Achebe’s rejection of the award is also another example.
The Arab’s spring is not about grabbing an opportunity but about principles and values. I’m not condemning your principles and values but your use of “every professional” is not so every but rather "some" like you.

Over 300 humans have so far rejected OBE-among other honors in London-so what is the noise about-even John Lenon returned his because of the biafran and the vietnam war! Black poet Benjamin Zephaniah said he rejected the offer of an OBE last month because he believes it stands for colonial brutality and slavery. He said the honour's title, Order of the British Empire, gives an impression of white supremacy saying he had been "fighting against the legacy of empire" all his life. John Lennon returned his MBE four years after receiving it Late Beatles legend John Lennon was perhaps the highest profile figure to reject an honour. He returned his MBE four years after accepting it in 1965. In a note accompanying the gong, he wrote: "Your Majesty, I am returning this in protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam, and against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts. With love. John Lennon of Bag

Gbenga Aruleba did.
He had spoken against government so much that he didnt want to double speak,by taking an appointment. How about that? Does it answer your question?

@IFYGUY-Democracy 4ever How u claim to be a medical doc shocking to me! U claim "Abati has no input whatsoever in the nomination of the awardees neither does he have the power to reform the award." So why was he defending that list against Achebe's rejection with so much gusto? Just last year, in his estimation, that list was full of rogues, govt.contractors and election riggers; is this year's list different in Abati's estimation? This article was just published to show he was a hungry man like you hoping to get his hands on the cake too.
U claim "Assuming i become a medical consultant today and i am appointed to serve as minister or head a federal medical centre,etc i will grab it with both hands." Good for u but not everyone would sell their soul cheaply; Prof. Achebe just made that clear. We now know the reason for the silly support you give here, it is an act of desperation to get noticed. Low IQ like you in authority? God forbid! Dumbo Jo is the last !

@Stanley Igwe,
You are the hypocrite. Hitler had people like you in mind when he said "How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." This article and commentators have rightly pointed out Abati's hypocrisy. Just a year ago Abati claimed "If anyone is looking for a list of those who have damaged Nigeria in the last 50 years, the place to begin the search is the National Honours List.".
Now that Abati is in govt., is the list different from last year's list? but he claimed Achebe is ignorant. What is that if not hypocrisy ?
Last year Abati also claimed "Every year, state Governors nominate their friends, family, contractors who donated money to their political campaigns, and traditional rulers who helped to deliver the votes. " So is it different this year ? If Abati wrote this article last year to criticise , what is wrong in people criticising him now? I don't know what you smoke, but it is not good for you .... stop it !

I wish i was Reuben Abati serving the govt of GEJ,along side persons like Okonjo Iweala,Bart Nnaji,AKinwumi,etc Unfortunately i am not. I did not even know my write up could come any where close to his to the extent that some persons will think i am Abati. Anyway thanks for the compliments. I'm blushing now! For your information i am a medical doctor in Enugu. Not like i owe anyone any explanations.

Media adviser to president is being vilify for national honor's list. I am not surprise that these people do not know the ministry whose function is to organize national honor's award ceremony neither to they know the chairman and member's of the committee giving the responsibility to nominate and screen the awardees.As a matter of urgency I recommend that these people abusing Abati should be granted ignorance Amnesty.
Instead of being challenged with sober reflection why your name is not among those being honored, even if you reject it like Achebe, you are here consoling your talentless and disingenuous self by calling those who are superior,inventive and naturally ahead of you thieves. Even those who got JAMB and WAEC through mercenary and sort their way through university is abusing a first class Journalist.Those who forged their certificate, CV and reduced their age to get job are now anti corruption activist.

Get my point. I am not disputing the submissions of Abati in the said article. In fact i agree with him completely. The award must be completely insulated from public office holders for it to retain its relevance. Abati has no input whatsoever in the nomination of the awardees neither does he have the power to reform the award. But the good news is that president Jonathan is aware of the criticisms and has promised so reforms. But my grouse is with HYPOCRITES who claim Abati should have rejected an appointment as special adviser to the president. Assuming i become a medical consultant today and i am appointed to serve as minister or head a federal medical centre,etc i will grab it with both hands. It is the dream of every professional to serve at the APEX of his chosen carrier. Besides how can the system change if persons critical of status quo refuse to throw their hart into the ring. Also President Jonathan should be commended for employing persons critical of his govt

Who then can we youth of Nigeria follow or believe? If a person like Abati can dissappoint us and made us to realise that everybody has a price. I couldnt believe he was the one that wrote this. Somebody said our president is planning for all average Nigeria children to experience 'i ve no shoe as he was by the time the oil subsidy is removed, electricity tarriff is increased and the introduction toll gate fees next year. And the inflation is 100 pecent. Mr president dont use your policy to punish us but to improve our live.

As a student of statement analysis I have since been making comparative analysis of the comments posted by IFYGUY-Democracy 4ever on Sahara Reporters and comparing them with the articles of Reuben Abati. There were several similarities in the use of the language that I concluded two weeks ago that IFYGUY-Democracy 4ever is no one else but DR. REUBEN ABATI. Thus, I would say to my fellow commenters, when next you see a contribution from IFYGUY Democracy 4ever know it is coming from the turncoat REUBEN ABATI. He is now in government to cut his 'share' of the turkey as they say in Rutam House!