Jonathan And The Wrong Question

So far President Jonathan has not been serious with goverance.I do not hate our President but I like to call a spade a spade.There is no need coloring this

issue and that is why the debate on whether President Jonathan should run for the 2011 presidency is a total waste of time.
Jonathan has been in power for six months now but he has not shown a clear cut vision as a good leader that will take Nigeria to that promise land we all

desire.Everybody knows our dear President is not a good orator but his body language also suggests that he does not have a clear cut vision on where he is

taken Nigeria to.This is why all these debate on whether he will contest 2011 president election is irrelevant.
At least for six months now he should have demonstrated a very strong point on one area be it in educational sector,health,agriculture,road construction or

rehabilitation etc.This would have been a very good yard stick to measure his leadership qualities rather what Jonathan is engrossed right now is on how to

run for 2011 presidency thereby making him to abandon the goverance of the Nigerian state.
Jonathan is a PDP creation so I do not expect any meaningfull acheivement in his presidency because PDP is a very notorious political party in Africa.PDP is

made up of traders.It is a well known fact all over the continents of the world by any student of history,Government or Political Science that PDP is a very

bad example in politics.Therefore I am very doubtfull of any product of PDP as a president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria can make any serious

mark.Infact even Angel Gabriel if elected on PDP platform as a president of Nigeria will fail.

So far President Jonathan has not been serious with goverance.I do not hate our President but I like to call a spade a spade.There is no need coloring this

issue and that is why the debate on whether President Jonathan should run for the 2011 presidency is a total waste of time.
Jonathan has been in power for six months now but he has not shown a clear cut vision as a good leader that will take Nigeria to that promise land we all

desire.Everybody knows our dear President is not a good orator but his body language also suggests that he does not have a clear cut vision on where he is

taken Nigeria to.This is why all these debate on whether he will contest 2011 president election is irrelevant.
At least for six months now he should have demonstrated a very strong point on one area be it in educational sector,health,agriculture,road construction or

rehabilitation etc.This would have been a very good yard stick to measure his leadership qualities rather what Jonathan is engrossed right now is on how to

run for 2011 presidency thereby making him to abandon the goverance of the Nigerian state.
Jonathan is a PDP creation so I do not expect any meaningfull acheivement in his presidency because PDP is a very notorious political party in Africa.PDP is

made up of traders.It is a well known fact all over the continents of the world by any student of history,Government or Political Science that PDP is a very

bad example in politics.Therefore I am very doubtfull of any product of PDP as a president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria can make any serious

mark.Infact even Angel Gabriel if elected on PDP platform as a president of Nigeria will fail.

Mr.Okey Ndibe has said it all.Infact the debate about whether President Jonathan will run for presidency or not in 2011 elections is not relevant at all.
Jonathan for about six months has been in power but he has not been able to distinguish himself as
a good leader that will take Nigeria to the promise land.
At least President Jonathan by now must been done one tangible thing which can be either on road construction and rehabilitation,it can be on energy,education,heathcare etc.Rather he is seriously engrossed in trying to vie for 2011 presidential election thereby distracting him very serious from the business of goverance.
If Jonathan has really distinguished himself as a leader with good vision about Nigeria there wouldn't have been any debate about whether he will contest 2011 presidential election or not.
Jonathan is a PDP establishment and it is very obvious that PDP will not allow him to acheive any tangible thing in his presidency.PDP is a very notorious political party in Africa.PDP members are traders.
If Jonathan wants to write his name on gold he should be bold and courages enough to chart a new course very different from the PDP CHOP T CHOP pOlitical ideology.

This turn by turn sturf will not lead us to anywhere. Those clamoring for IBB because they want an Igbo man to take over come 2015 should keep quiet. Who told you he is coming to redeem his image? You're calling for somebody that ripped the nation off, one who annulled the best election ever conducted in the country to come back,as what? IBB as far as I know is not a clout and never a credible leader to lead this nation. Lets give Jonathan all the necessary support in the coming election. President Jonathan has demonstrated the leadership potential in him since assumption as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. IBB and his cronies should know they've had their own shares and that 150 million Nigerians want a vibrant leader with vision as seen in Jonathan to lead us.

i AM SO BLUNT LOOKING SERIOUSLY TO SET UP A BLOOD GUSHING SQUARD IN IGBO LAND, THAT IN EVRY MUNITE AND HOURS KILL , PEACE ABND BURN TO DEATH THE PARTS OF THIS BASTARD IGBO ELITES LIKE IWUANNYAWU AND GOD FOR INSULTING NDEIGBO.

NOW YOU BASATRD IGBO ELDERS MUST LISTEN TO THSI ROAD MAP

COME 2015 IT WILL BE THE TURN OF AN IGBO MAN TO RULE NIGERI, WEALTHER HE IS AN ENBESITE , DAEF AND DUMB OR WHAT EVER, HE WILL STILL BETTER THAN ALLT HE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH SOUTH PUT TOGETHER, SO ANY ONE OWRKING TO STOP THIS GOD GIVEN GOLDEN CHANCES HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL NEVER SEE BETTER NO EXIST HERE ON ANY MORE THAN 24 HOURS.

SO THERE MUST BE A BLOOD LETTING GROUP TO WASTE AND CUT OFF THE NECKS OF BASTARD IGBO ELDERS WHO WANT TO SOLD OUR POSITION FOR A PORRAGE OF YAM.

THE BEST RIGHT NOW I TO SUPPOR THE NORTH ibb SO THAS BY 2015 WE TAKE OUR TURN, IBB IS COMING TO REDEEMED HIS IMAGE LOST AND THE NEW MANDAEL OF THE MUST POPULOUS BLACK AFRICAN COUNTRY, BY HANDING OVER TO AN IGBO MAN WHICH IS AMONG THE LARGEST EITHIC GROUP IN NIGERIA UNLESS WE SAY THT THE JEINOR ONE WILL 1ST COLLECT FUND BEFORE THE SEINOR,
ABOUT OBJ AND THE YoURABS RANTTINGS ,THEY ARE LIKE BEEN CAGED , THE CAN'T WAIT TILL 2040 WHEN IT WILL BE THERE TURN SO THEY JUST EMPLOY jONATHAN TO DISTORY NIGERIA AND ZONING . DON';T BE FOOLED NO NEVER AGAIN. IWUANYAWU AND HIS FAMILY WILL SOON BE CONSUMED BY AMADIOHA FOR INSULT IGBO LAND.

Kudos to you Okey. You have a way of putting issues in proper perspective.It is a big mistake for anyone to expect anything good from the Poverty and Desolation Party aka (PDP).
Nigerians hoping against hope thought that Jonathan will be different. But no; the squander-mania just has to continue.
1. $155 million wastefulness on Presidential Jets.
2. N10 Billion for "Independence" day celebrations.
3. Weekly Wednesdays contracts bazaar to cronies and hangers-on still goes on unchecked.
4. Legitimate entitlements of Pensioners and workers denied them.
5. No articulate clear-cut plan of action or mission/vision statement.
6. The foreign reserve continues to reduce steadily.
7. The debt profile is steadily rising.
8. These are exactly what the moribund NPN of 1979-1983 did to bring Nigeria to ruin.
All the aspirants who have put themselves forward are desperadoes who have nothing good to offer this country. IBB and Atiku are extremely desperate and therefore dangerous. Jonathan would have won the hearts of Nigerians had he taken the bull by the horns and tackled the pressing problems of Nigeria with boldness, vision and uncompromising leadership. His works would have spoken for him.But sadly, he appears spineless and ineffective. None of the aspirants deserve my vote(as if my vote has ever counted).They are just predators looking for what to swallow.

Well said.

I think that Jonathan's achievement will be that he will officiate the squandamania of Nigeria's 50th bad-day (birthday, pardon me).
People talk as if it is his right to be president or if he becomes the PDP candidate he will automatically be coronated simply because there is no credible electoral system that can give the people a true choice of who their leaders should be.
Okey Ndibe told it like it is and I hope Jonthan and his associates are listening.

All these Petty tribal tirades from some commentators tell me that ur scope of thinking is so very limited.Even those of us who live here in the U.S where every citizen in the world is represented wallow in tribal inferiority complex.
Stop this crap Nigerians.No great nation was built by one Tribe or one race.Our Diversity is our strength.(Igwe Bu Ike).If we continue with this nasty tribal Mudslinging, then we will go nowhere as a Nation.All these Emeka u said this and Dele u said that must stop.This is one of the reasons we have not progressed like other developed nations to take our rightful place despite the numerous number of Intellectuals we have produced as a Nation.Stop this crap people.Quit hating.Use ur brain and not ur tongue!!

Okey Ndibe.... Does it for many and certainly does it for me.. Poignant and thought provoking. I can't agree more.. The issue of Zoning simply is a non-issue and a distraction even to Jonathan himself. He must show courage in redirecting this most effete discussion that seems to be taking the entire time of both the Nigerian Press and the Nigerian people. It is not Late for Jonathan to change this dangerous trend....

@General boyloaf or whatever you call yourself:
Is that the language you guys speak at your creek hideout or what?
I suggest you go join your fellow former oil bucklers cum militants at Obubra so you could be thought basic writing skills, for responding to the gibberish you vomited bellow would be akin to honouring idiocy.

Now I know why Obasanjo found in one of you a ready tool to use as a subservient ‘president’.

@General boyloaf or whatever you call yourself:
Is that the language you guys speak at your creek hideout or what?
I suggest you go join your fellow former oil bucklers cum militants at Obubra so you could be though basic writing skills, for responding to the gibberish you vomited bellow would be akin to honoring idiocy.

Now I know why Obasanjo found in one of you a ready tool to use as a subservient ‘president’.

A very brilliant and truthful write-up. Joe the Boss has failed and cannot lead Nigeria to the promised land because he has compromised his conscience by dilly-dallying with the economic and political vermins of Nigeria to the detriment of the poor masses who fought tooth and nail to ensure his enthronement.

@emeka,if awolowo could do all he did 4 his people as a tribalist den am prepared 2 be a tribalist 4 eva.wat has ur stupid zik and dat war criminal ojukwu done 4 ndigbo???oda dan making u people potential second fiddle in nigeria and a ready market place 4 v.p.apologies 2 alex ekwueme,4 ur info,u people hav just begun nd lets see hw u wl rule ds country.already it wud hav bn unthinkable 2 think dt an ijaw man wl rule ds country b4 ndigbo but there u are.

ELECTED POLITICIANS PUT NIGERIA AT RISK AS $20BN OIL FUND IS SQUANDERED
Excess crude account reduced from $20 billion to $460 million this not a good a news for our economy, government should be more prudent in their spending. President Jonathan should be up and doing with this mismanagement of fund. how much have they been able to save since last 3 years? they should remember that this savings rescued Nigeria during the last recession. Mr. President should stop accepting every request from the so called political jobbers, as this may be used by his opposition to campaign against him. what is the impact of the sharing of this money among state and local government? some L/G are mere avenue to share money without any development. it shows they systematically sending money to their personal pocket ahead of 2011 election. Every presidential adviser should advise him right at this critical period before all his sympathizers and supporters at the grassroots change their minds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The culture of profligacy and expensive lifestyle among Nigeria's elected politicians which focuses on the benefits of today without a commensurate transfer to Nigerians, is putting the country at serious economic risk, say the World Bank and analysts spoken to by BusinessDay at the weekend. They warn that Nigeria is at risk of not having a fall back fund should it run into major financial difficulties following the fast depletion of its Excess Crude Account (ECA) from $20 billion in 2007 to a mere $450 million. Analysts who spoke with BusinessDay last night expressed fears that the money shared from the ECA would end up being spent on the 2011 elections instead of the purpose for which the funds were meant. The Bank specifically warned that the trend is not healthy for the nation's economy. BUSINESSDAY, P.1- 16 Aug.2010

According to world bank reports.FG draws down $3bn from excess crude account. The appetite for more funds by the three tiers of government has forced the Federal Government to draw down a $3 billion in one fell swoop from the Excess Crude Account, leaving behind a mere $460 million. Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, disclosed at the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting, in Abuja, weekend, that $1 billion of the amount was set aside for the Sovereign Wealth Fund. An unprecedented N704.273 billion was shared among the three tiers of government as representing revenue for July which would be used to meet August expenditures. The decision to share $2 billion from the Excess Crude Account in addition to the monthly federally collected revenue was indication of the large spending portfolios across the three tiers of government. VANGUARD, P.5 - 16 August 2010

Deri, this is called off-point and that would have earned you an "F", in the essay class. Remember your english teacher saying "stcik to the point", and tht was way back in high school. The issue is that jonathan has not articulated his agenda for a future nigeria. To me he is not a serious bride, when Dr chris Ngige of anambra state was faced with ejection, he did in only eighteen months what most governors could not do in eight yrs - contructed roads, build hospitals, payed arrears of salaries in that short of time. And yet one almost one yr into his presidency jonathan is yet to find a niche in one aspects of nigeria's mirage of issues. And mind you Deri, jonathan will need the igbo votes more than any other zone because it will not come from the north, south west may be a split.South South is but a drop in the bucket. Jonathan's ambition will need Igbos 100% support or else he will not get far. Stick to the point next time please.!

@Deri:
Your mumbo-jumbo response to my earlier correspondence expose your ignorance and guilt, and I'm glad others are seeing you for what you are – A CONFUSED MORON.
So because an Igbo-owned bank financed those buildings and businesses in question (lets for a minute agree with you on this one) for that reason your people are justified in what they did to the Igbos? Are you by any means suggesting that those Igbos didn’t have anything to use as collateral before being loaned money to start the businesses before the war? Furthermore, did your thieving people pay back the loans to the banks for the properties in question after declaring them ‘abandoned’ and converting them? By your own admission, your people stole some else’s property and also helped in running down the ‘Igbo bank’ that help them secure the loan? And that is justified, right?

And if I may ask, when did a bank become a charity that hands out money to someone without collaterals to secure the loan?

Yet, you have the guts to come here to talk of justice. Ever heard of the saying that he/she who comes to justice should do so with clean hands and clear hearts?

Guess its hard to trust any politician in nigeria these days, all looks the same to me. So far, Jo keeps promising a credible election, keeps avoiding questions on his intention to run or not, but kept using his police dogs (EFCC & ICPC) on people that could negatively affect his presidential ambition and covering up his supporters. Doesn't really add up to any future credibility to me. I'm not against the cases of ibori, vincent... etc. but why selected few out of millions of corrupt pigs if not a means to an end. Well, just wanna wait and see what comes up. Hope i'm wrong about his intentions.

@ Deri u r just d worst commentator i have seen on this Blog, please read the articles very well before you pour out your venom, we all want a better working nigeria, not minding who is ruling, we need somebody that can deliver.period.

Okey, kudos for a great article. i have tried to play active politics in Nigeria for the past year and would want power to remain in old Eastern Nigeria, rather than the North. I do not like the way GEJ has gone about it, but given a choice between him and the other candidates (mostly Northerners), i will easily choose him. from where I stand, fuel and electricity has improved since GEJ took over, and greater efforts have made to patch some federal roads. He still needs to do a lot but there are signs that with him we can make progress. i would rather have other sound Easterners, like Okonjo Iwuala, Bath Nnaji, Duke, Oshimole etc. contest on the platform of other parties.

Which properties is this man talking about? Where did the money to build homes in Port-harcourt by the Igbos come from? It was loans from ACB. Ask yourself why the average Rivers man or woman was not able to erect a single structure in PHC with money from the defunct ACB- which was owned by all the states in the former Eastern. Not by Zik who stole the bank blind. And was indicted for it. Before Ojuku, was Boros struggle against economic enslavement. Again, did the Igbos consult their slaves in Rivers state-before embarking on the war? Today are the Igbos not aligning their thoughts through consultation with Arewa same as in 1959? Because Boro had no help from your ppl, hence the need for him to parley with Danjuma who promised him a state of his own-what happened to the houses owned by rivers ppl in enugu and onitsha? Yet abiola won plateau state.

Quote:
"Where was Edwin Clarke when ZIK sold us off to Balewa in 1959? Where was Clarke when Zik became the beautiful bride through the urging of Danjuma to join Shagari in thwarting the efforts of Awo?Where was Clarke in the cancellation of the June 12 election? Perhaps Clarke was the head of the ABN in diaspora then."

Answer: Edwin Clark was involved in every plot to keep down in Ndigbo. Just as the Ijaw nation was in a marriage of convenience with the Danjumas who slaughtered millions of Ndigbo during the war. Would you deny that your Ijaw people stole and are still keeping Igbo properties you nicknamed "abandoned property" after the Nigerian civil war? Is that what someone who calls him/herself a neighbour should do to someone in trouble?

As for Awolowo, he was never supposed to be president of a religiously, linguistically and ethnically diverse country like Nigeria, because HE IS AN UNAPOLOGETIC TRIBALIST and a WAR CRIMINAL; so stopping him was the moral duty of every Igbo and I’m glad Zik stopped him before he caused another civil war. Abiola paid the price for saying he can rule Nigeria “without” Ndigbo.

All in all, the above examples shows that anyone, I mean ANYONE that dares, hurts or tramped on the collective interests of Ndigbo will in due course pay a price - here on earth or hereafter.

FYI, THE NEXT ON THE IGBO RED BOOK IS OBASANJO SO WATCH AND SEE HOW HE WILL END.

Quote:
"Where was Edwin Clarke when ZIK sold us off to Balewa in 1959? Where was Clarke when Zik became the beautiful bride through the urging of Danjuma to join Shagari in thwarting the efforts of Awo?Where was Clarke in the cancellation of the June 12 election? Perhaps Clarke was the head of the ABN in diaspora then."

Answer: Edwin Clark was involved in every plot to keep down in Ndigbo. Just as the Ijaw nation was in a marriage of convenience with the Danjumas who slaughtered millions of Ndigbo during the war. Would you deny that your Ijaw people stole and are still keeping Igbo properties you nicknamed "abandoned property" after the Nigerian civil war? Is that what someone who calls him/herself a neighbour should do to someone in trouble?

As for Awolowo, he was never supposed to be president of a religiously, linguistically and ethnically diverse country like Nigeria, because HE IS A UNAPOLOGETIC TRIBALIST and a WAR CRIMINAL; so stopping him was the moral duty of every Igbo and I’m glad Zik stopped him before he caused another civil war. Abiola paid the price for saying he can rule Nigeria “without” Ndigbo.

All in all, the above examples shows that anyone, I mean ANYONE that dares, hurts or tramped on the collective interests of Ndigbo will in due course pay a price - here on earth or hereafter.

FYI, THE NEXT ON THE IGBO RED BOOK IS OBASANJO SO WATCH AND SEE HOW HE WILL END.

Where was Edwin Clarke when ZIK sold us off to Balewa in 1959? Where was Clarke when Zik became the beautiful bride through the urging of Danjuma to join Shagari in thwarting the efforts of Awo? Where was Clarke in the cancellation of the June 12 election? Perhaps Clarke was the head of the ABN in diaspora then. Just lame dirty smelly excuses aimed at fulfilling a dirty dream at the expense of the ppl of the south south-happy though that u are not blaimg the yorubas-for your woes.Shagari became president without winning much votes from the south east-even lost kano, sokoto and borno

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"The communiqué issued by the South East oppressors and their Northern brothers band-then and only then will u and Okey hide yr heads in shame-its reads,..."

@Deri:
Old boy, stop crying wolf where there's none. What those Igbos are doing in 2010 is what people like Edwin Clark, Diette Spiff and other Ijaw 'leaders' have been doing for ages whence an Igbo man'woman shows face on the national scene or when the Igbo interest is at stake. So what's there for any Igbo who knows his history and where he/she is coming from to be "ashamed" of?

GET READY MATE, FOR IT'S PAY BACK TIME!

I will rather Okey borrows a leaf from Pius-Istead of depending on this for his articles-(Hundreds of youths carried placards canvassing that zoning be retained by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

They decided after a meeting that lasted four hours behind closed doors that Presidential power be retained in the North until 2015.It was also agreed that should the North get the support of the South East in 2011, then the North will reciprocate in 2015.The meeting was attended by members of the PDP from the North and South East.
Before now, South East Governors had opted out of the race for the Villa and expressed backing for whichever candidate has the best programme for the region.But on Tuesday, other South East politicians said power should be retained in the North until 2015.South East politicians at the meeting were former Senate President Ken Nnamani, former Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Ben Obi, Jim Nwobodo, Sylvanus Ngele, Uche Chukwumerije, and heads of ABN abroad.This is what Okeys represents-

Emeka NONDON-biko read the The communiqué issued by the South East oppressors and their Northern brothers band-then and only then will u and Okey hide yr heads in shame-its reads,Northern Elders Forum Secretary, Bashiru Ibrahim, and South East Consultative Forum Secretary, Chyna Iwuanyanwu – resolved that zoning and rotation is in the best interest of Nigeria at this time and is sacrosanct for national unity.It said South East totally supports the North to complete the anticipated tenure of eight years the late President Umaru Yar’Adua began in 2007, after the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidency from 1999 to 2007.The North and the South East agreed to work together for South East to take the Villa in 2015, it added-what a shame.

Another brilliant article from Okey. However, I wish can we move on from discussions about GEJ's tall dream to remain in Aso Rock into a frantic search and blueprint of how to displace GEJ as well as PDP in 2011. The focus of discussion should now be on how Nigerians will confront and defeat the rigging machine called PDP in 2011. It is a waste of time expecting GEJ to suddenly abandon the PDP family tradition and values of deceit and greed. Who is going to give PDP a brilliant challenge and run for their corrupt money? Take it or leave it, GEJ as the lion will soon pick the choicest meat after the "roforofo fight" with the pack of wolves that will happen within the PDP. That is not even my concern but how we intend to frustrate the crafty devices of PDP in 2011 such that they are unable to perform their enterprise of election rigging? This ought to be the big deal and food for thought for all well meaning Nigerians at home and abroad.
@Emeka (London) - thanks for your compliment.

Okey, thank you so much. Jonathan is no different like any Ijaw man. In Nigeria, you can never trust or take an Ijaw man any serious. This man is a coward. It is no surprise that he has so much so compromised himself that Nigerians must not expect any good to come for him. Her has lost that momentum and support. Nigeria as it is now can not be led by a Coward or an educated fool. Nigerians best hope as things stands now, will be for the youths and every Nigerian to rally round Ribadu to come in and do the job period.