Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Goodluck Jonathan The Wasteful President -TheNEWS magazine
Goodluck Jonathan
By Ayorinde Oluokun
Not only is the presidential system of government expensively operated by Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan has demosntrated that he’ll rather take the culture of waste a notch higher.
As the director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, minister of Federal Capital Territory and member of the country’s Economic Management Team, at different times from 1999 to 2007, Malam Nasir el-Rufai was a key member of the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He now writes a weekly, widely syndicated column in which he has ruffled not a few feathers in the past few months. About three weeks ago, el-Rufai turned his attention to the pains and gains of Nigerians from the country’s 13-year democratic government.
Jonathan: Not ready to cut the high cost of governance.
The former minister noted that Nigerians were convinced 15 years ago that democracy, anchored on fair elections, the rule of law and good governance, is better that military rule. But his verdict on the country’s democracy, especially those who have been the key operators in the past 13 years, was not a cheery one. “It seems that in 13 years, we have forgotten all that and we seem to have mostly evil emperors at the helm that are more banal than the military dictators, but far less competent in governing,” said the former minister. To be sure, el-Rufai did not say Nigerians have not derived any benefit from democratic governance. But his grouse was that there have been so many opportunities for transformation lost by the successive civilian administrations since 1999 as a result of corruption, wasteful spending and sheer incompetence on the part of those who have presided over the country. He noted that this has especially been the case since 2007 with the inception of the Umaru Yar’Adua administration. While el-Rufai agreed that the administration he was a key member of was less than perfect, he, however, noted that it left enough for its successor to build upon when it left office in 2007.
“By 2007, the Yar’Adua-Jonathan government inherited vast foreign reserves ($43bn), on-going power projects (NIPP-$5bn), new rail systems, from Lagos to Kano ($8bn) and Abuja Metro ($800 million); an Excess Crude Account, ECA, ($27bn) – in short, a basis to hit the ground running, complete on-going projects, initiate new ones and continue addressing Nigeria’s infrastructure deficits. Alas, after $200bn had been earned and spent, that did not happen. What happened?” el-Rufai queried.
Of course, the former minister knows what happened. The funds have been squandered by successors of the Obasanjo administration, while government is struggling to revive most of the projects. A lot has been written on how the $27 billion in the ECA was depleted between 2007 and 2011 as the governors of the 36 states put pressure on the ailing President Yar’Adua and later, President Jonathan, to draw from the funds to augment their monthly allocation from the Federation Account. In December 2010, for instance, the governors put pressure on then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to withdraw $1 billion to augment the sum of N783 billion shared out to the three levels of government for the month. Dr. Jonathan, who then needed support to secure the ticket of his party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to contest in the presidential election, was ever so willing to do the bidding of the state chief executives.
“Over the ensuing four years, the federation earned another $180 billion from oil and gas, import duties and taxes. By 2011, all these resources had been wasted with little to show for it. The excess crude account had been run down to less than $1 billion, the reserves drawn down to about $35 billion and none of the rail and power infrastructure projects completed,” Femi Orebe, a columnist with a national newspaper, noted.
With the election of Dr. Jonathan and his promise of transformation, many Nigerians had believed that such culture of waste would become a thing of the past. But events in the past one year seem to confirm that the President’s promise of transformation may not be in the area of cutting wasteful spending. In fact, the administration, in the past one year has been especially visible in its large travelling contingents, indiscriminate setting up of committees, huge budgetary allocations to Aso Rock Presidential Villa, stealthily conducted media campaigns and depletion of funds in various specialised accounts of the federal government. There have been questions over the high number of government ministers and presidential aides for example. Many Nigerians insist that the over 40 ministers and the increasing retinue of growing Special Assistants and Advisers, most of who are redundant, were a waste of public funds. Two weeks ago, the President appointed a new Special Assistant on Youth Affairs, and Dr. Doyin Okupe as his new Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs. The President already had a Special Adviser on Media and Strategy and another Special Adviser on New Media, who has been derisively tagged special adviser on Twitter and Facebook matters to the President.
While querying the number of aides appointed by President Jonathan and their designations, Obong Effanga, Governance Coordinator, ActionAid Nigeria, noted that there are too many duplications in the jobs assigned to the appointees. On the appointment of Dr. Tunji Olagunju as Special Adviser to the President on NEPAD and Dr. Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi as Special Adviser to the President on International Relations, Effanga noted: “Apparently, these two offices could have been handled by a single person. Besides, why do we have to appoint a special adviser to the president on these when there is a ministry of foreign affairs with more than one minister, permanent secretary, directors and possibly a department in charge of NEPAD?”
Some of the appointees and their portfolios, he added, are even downright ridiculous. “Mrs. Sarah Akuben Pane, Special Adviser to the President on Social Development. One is too stumped to even comment on this. Mrs. Sarah Jibril, Special Adviser to the President on Ethics and Values. What a joke! Who even monitors what, if any, work some of these appointees have been carrying out?” wondered Effanga, who added that the special advisers “would ordinarily have their own personal assistants and other aides”.
The President had also come under fierce criticism late last year after he submitted the 2012 Appropriation bill to the National Assembly following what many saw as huge, unnecessary and frivolous allocations for the National Assembly. Jonathan had in the bill proposed to spend N477 million for “foodstuffs and catering materials supplies” for the President’s office, and another N293 million for refreshment and meals for his office and home.
Also in the same budget, N45.4 million was set aside to be used for purchasing kitchen equipment for the President’s house. Vice-President Namadi Sambo’s refreshment and meals, as contained in the proposal, were to cost N20.8 million; N104 million was allocated for the VP’s foodstuffs, catering and material supplies, while he will spend another N6.2 million on cooking fuel. On vehicles, the Presidency, also in the budget proposal, allocated N280 million for two Mercedes Benz armoured S-guard vehicles, N144 million for assorted utility vehicles, N18 million on Toyota Hiace bus, and N77 million on other cars to be added to the presidential fleet. The President suspended the procurement of the vehicles following controversy generated in the media over the issue. But the feeding budget of N947 million, the most controversial of the allocations, was only reduced to N857 million, which many Nigerians say did not go far enough.
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has also been investigating the withdrawal of billions of naira from the Natural Resources Account of the Federal Government. The account is funded through allocation of 3 per cent of funds accruing to the Federation The fund is expected to aid the three tiers of government to develop the natural resources in their areas as a means of diversifying the nation’s revenue. But the Senate Committee’s investigation of the management of the account revealed that it has virtually been turned into a slush fund by the Jonathan administration.
Investigations by the Committee, as reported by Abuja-based Daily Trust newspaper, revealed that from March to October 2010, the Jonathan administration sourced various sums used for funding things completely outside what the account was meant for. The withdrawals, mostly taken in form of loans to the federal government, include N57.59 billion for the payment of monetisation arrears for staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, N70 billion loan to the Consolidated Revenue Fund to accelerate capital budget releases, N10.7billion for funding of fertiliser revolving account and N4.3 billion withdrawals to fund reversal of excess crude distribution.
“The cumulative balance in the account as at June 30, 2012 is N171.9 billion. Releases from the fund are based on approvals from Mr. President. In some instances, the Federal Government does borrow from the fund, which is promptly paid back,” Danladi Kifasi, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, who said a total of N873.4 billion had accrued into the account over the years but was depleted by N701.48 billion, told the Senate Committee.
Yet, another recent report revealed how the sum of N36 billion in the Stabilisation Account was depleted to N11 billion in five months spanning January to May 2011. The account, which is funded by 0.5 per cent of funds accruing to the Federation Account, had a balance of about N120 billion in August 2010 but was depleted to N37 billion by October 14 of the same year. Withdrawals from the fund between January and May 2011 include N400 million funding for the activities of FAAC, N242 million, N33 million and another N32 all withdrawn and “granted as loan to Inspector-General of Police (IGP) for purchase of vehicles for UN peace keeping in Haiti – 1st instalment”, as contained in government’s memo quoted by The Punch newspaper on the issue. There are other frivolous expenses, including the withdrawal of N150 million through five memos on the same day.
“It is a pity that Nigerians have signed a prodigal nation. The country is broke because the PDP regime has emptied all the treasuries. The same government has depleted our foreign reserve, excess crude account and now stabilisation account. The country is broke, that is why we are being forced to buy new driver’s licence, new plate numbers and worst of all, pay N145 for petrol litre,” said Yinka Odumakin, spokesperson for former head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari. Government debts have also witnessed a massive rise: to over N11.2 trillion total domestic debt, while external debt now stands at US$4 billion.
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the writer of this is really
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 27, 2012 - 20:36.
the writer of this is really insane. we are talking of the present and future you are speaking of the past.Wat a shame. most nigerians can't boast of spending 250,000 on feeding yearly yet the useless president reports a spending of almost a billion and yet you are saying rubbish. if this amount is taken to a certain area it would go a long way in development. for God sake leaders are meant to serve nd not to rule in a mannerless state.
THE PROBLEM IS THE SYSTEM
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 17, 2012 - 08:36.
It is a pity that nigeria is yet to get a working system after 52 years of independence,which is why people are still talking about military government just after 13 years of democracy,when the same military government ruled us for over 30 years with nothing to show it.
It is not only GEJ that is in government now. We are practising presidential system of government with its supposed checks and balannces;so if the system is not working we are all responsible.
The solution is not in looking for saints in government but in developing working systems for federal,states and local governments if indeed we are serious about moving Nigeria forward and not just talking politics.
RE JONATHAN
Submitted by KAY (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 17:42.
JONATHAN SHAME ON YOU THE LORD ALMIGTHY WILL BRING HIS JUDGEMENT UPON ALL OF YOU CORRUPT AND GREEDY LEADERS IN JESUS NAME WHAT A CONFUSED AND FOOLISH PRESIDENT WE HAVE INSTEAD OF HIM TO WRITE HIS NAME IN GOLD NA WA O GOD WILL PUNISH ALL THOSE THAT HAVE LOOTED NIGERIA DRY AND HIS FIRE WILL CONSUME THEM INSTANTEANEOUSLY
sanusi Yaradua is that why u are afraid of separation
Submitted by DERI (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 15:24.
@Sanusi u are a monkey--even IBB and OBJ could not chase the fuel subsidy thieves during their time-Jonathan was the man who opened their yash-the fear of the parasite is that the south south will secede from 9ja one day--and they would be left empty-worst off than somalia-the budget was taken to saudi arabia for yaradua to sign-when some 9jas called for yara Adua to be probed bakare and Buhari said no way-David Mark refused-the house under bankole also declined-but are they not out to probe and impeach Gej an ijaw man for buhari-if 9jas wanted to fight corruption they would have voted for an anti corruption crusader like late Gani-because they are thieves-oles they went for OBJ-until 9ja are able to explain why they voted for obj instead of late gani they should all keep quiet while we make plans to split-the one 9ja thing is a lie-a big fat lie-designed to control the oil wells-animals
N80billion, part of Abacha loot, was returned by Swiss govt
Submitted by Ifeanyi-Democracy4ever (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 13:56.
GEJ is not a saint but what ever he steals, if he does steal, pales into INSIGNIFICANCE compared to the UNPARALLED, silent & UNCHALLENGED looting that took place in the past. The news magazine report said Yar Adua-GEJ regime inherited "an Excess Crude Account, ECA, ($27bn)" and depleted it, but why didnt they raise alarm when Yar Adua was president? Why raising alarm now that GEJ has grown it back to $6bn? Besides the ECA was not 'pocketed' by Yar Adua or GEJ, rather it was shared among the 3 tiers of govt especially during the global economic meltdown of 2008-2009 when oil price fell to as low as $40 per barrel.
Again the report claimed GEJ sourced funds from the Natural resources account including "N57.59 bn for the payment of monetisation arrears for staff of the PHCN...N10.7billion for funding of fertiliser revolving account...". And so what? It makes sense to source IDLE funds for power and agric reforms. GEJ did not use the money to build personal MANSION in Minna
wise words... bless u
Submitted by awwal (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 13:54.
wise words... bless u
@Deri
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 13:07.
Honestly I think dis deri man is crazy. Just becase u collect the small crumbs falling off GEjs table you have the guts to talk hereabi. Stupid man, maybe u still dn't understand we are in this together.
Man proposes, God disposes
Submitted by ediri (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 11:16.
God loves us and wants the best for us, that is why His only son died for our sins. We are familiar with: Chief Dr. Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha (JP) (first Executive Governor: 29 May 1999 – 9 December 2005)
Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (second Executive Governor: 12 December 2005 – 29 May 2007).
Chief Timipre Sylva (Executive Governor: 29 May 2007 - 16 April 2008)
Rt. Hon. Werinipre Seibarugu (Acting Governor: 16 April 2008 - 27 May, 2008)
Chief Timipre Sylva (Executive Governor: 27 May, 2008 - Date). James Onanefe Ibori, Emmanuel Uduaghan, Samuel Ogbemudia, Anthony Aneni, Olusegun Obasanjo, etc, but who we want to lead, depend on us. 'Love thy neighbour as thyself'
When you talk of animal, the
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 10:41.
When you talk of animal, the best man to be described as animal is the man from the SS. You shameless fools, where you and your old forks when farm produced from the north were sold to construct these refineries you fighting for. God punish your father, your great grand father and your entire generation for that callous statement. For insulting our prominent leathers, may entire generation not witness an atom weight of peace you moron, may your entire kindred rest in hail for the rise of your entire life you bastards. For thief that call himself GEJ, your soul will as well rest in hail for the killings and suffering of poor Nigerian. Amen.
on gej today
Submitted by jones (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 10:09.
it culdn't have been bettr said
We know the real THIEVES in 9ja. One is at Minna mansion
Submitted by Ifeanyi-Democracy4ever (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 09:21.
News magazine and SR wants us to shed tears because GEJ budgeted N857million (reduced from N947million) for feeding at the villa in 2012 but they did not tell us what was budgeted for feeding at the villa during Yar Adua, Obj, Abacha, and IBB regimes. Or did these other presidents/heads of state not feed? It is only in Nigeria where SOMETHING is compared with NOTHING and we all cry foul. What is budgeted for feeding by Lagos state govt and other state governors in 2012? How much does Lagos state govt spend in feeding Tinubu? For the FIRST TIME a govt in Nig, led by GEJ thru the finance minister gave DETAILED break down of the budget, down to what will be spent on feeding at the villa. What does the govt get in return for this show of OPENNESS and TRANSPARENCY? Blackmail. Not even constructive critique of the budget? If not for the large heart of GEJ, he may have sacked the finance minister for being TOO OPEN with the budget. My conclusion is that Hypocrisy is killing Nigeria
D real LOOTERS- IBB, where is d $12billion oil windfall?
Submitted by Ifeanyi-Democracy4ever (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 09:17.
GEJ is not a saint but what ever he steals, if he does steal, pales into INSIGNIFICANCE compared to the UNPARALLED, silent & UNCHALLENGED looting that took place in the past. The news magazine report said Yar Adua-GEJ regime inherited "an Excess Crude Account, ECA, ($27bn)" and depleted it, but why didnt they raise alarm when Yar Adua was president? Why raising alarm now that GEJ has grown it back to $6bn? Besides the ECA was not 'pocketed' by Yar Adua or GEJ, rather it was shared among the 3 tiers of govt especially during the global economic meltdown of 2008-2009 when oil price fell to as low as $40 per barrel.
Again the report claimed GEJ sourced funds from the Natural resources account including "N57.59 bn for the payment of monetisation arrears for staff of the PHCN...N10.7billion for funding of fertiliser revolving account...". And so what? It makes sense to source IDLE funds for power and agric reforms. GEJ did not use the money to build personal MANSION in Minna
you get your picture the way your posture was
Submitted by kriss joe (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 06:50.
You have said the truth my brother, no one should blame anybody for Nigerians meeting themselves in this kind of mess. You made your choice N̸̸̸̨̨̨͡ your choice had forgot the past.
$12bn oil windfall under IBB missing. N80bn Abacha loot returned
Submitted by Ifeanyi-Democracy4ever (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 05:12.
These are what El Rufai could boost of in a govt he served in as its engine room for 8 SOLID years- "on-going power projects (NIPP-$5bn), new rail systems, from Lagos to Kano ($8bn) and Abuja Metro ($800 million)". As laudable as these projects are, El Rufai should have told Nigerians what percentage of these projects were completed in their(OBJ and El Rufai) 8yrs? How many megawatts was added to the grid in 8yrs from NIPP? None. In fact even the little work that was done at some power project sites did not take into consideration the gas supply factor. How many kilometers(or millimeter) of the new Lagos to Kano rail sys and Abuja metro line was constructed in 8yrs? None. In other words what El Rufai and Obj did in 8yrs was to conceptualise these projects. Yet the same El Rufai has been going about like a town crier, claiming the govt of GEJ, which is just a year or so old, has failed. And he's being hailed on SR. What people! What a country! Hypocrites!
deri-so so sentimental
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 04:56.
I ve come 2 realise dt U̶̲̥̅̊r opinion
Are not objective,U̶̲̥̅̊ always attach sentiments
,Too insultive and dis ΐƨ not proper,i
Guess U̶̲̥̅̊ ve conscience,always try and face
†ђξ facts.if dis figures quoted are true,
Den don't U̶̲̥̅̊ think common sense ll tell U̶̲̥̅̊
Dt Gej ΐƨ letting us down,4get wot obj did
During his time,focus on Gej
The real thieves and LOOTERS know themselves
Submitted by Ifeanyi-Democracy4ever (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 04:51.
News magazine and SR wants us to shed tears because GEJ budgeted N857million (reduced from N947million) for feeding at the villa in 2012 but they did not tell us what was budgeted for feeding at the villa during Yar Adua, Obj, Abacha, and IBB regimes. Or did these other presidents/heads of state not feed? It is only in Nigeria where SOMETHING is compared with NOTHING and we all cry foul. What is budgeted for feeding by Lagos state govt and other state governors in 2012? How much does Lagos state govt spend in feeding Tinubu? For the FIRST TIME a govt in Nig, led by GEJ thru the finance minister gave DETAILED break down of the budget, down to what will be spent on feeding at the villa. What does the govt get in return for this show of OPENNESS and TRANSPARENCY? Blackmail. Not even constructive critique of the budget? If not for the large heart of GEJ, he may have sacked the finance minister for being TOO OPEN with the budget. My conclusion is that Hypocrisy is killing Nigeria
Where is the $12bn oil windfall during IBB regime?
Submitted by Ifeanyi-Democracy4ever (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 04:30.
GEJ is not a saint but what ever he steals, if he does steal, pales into INSIGNIFICANCE compared to the UNPARALLED, silent & UNCHALLENGED looting that took place in the past. The news magazine report said Yar Adua-GEJ regime inherited "an Excess Crude Account, ECA, ($27bn)" and depleted it, but why didnt they raise alarm when Yar Adua was president? Why raising alarm now that GEJ has grown it back to $6bn? Besides the ECA was not 'pocketed' by Yar Adua or GEJ, rather it was shared among the 3 tiers of govt especially during the global economic meltdown of 2008-2009 when oil price fell to as low as $40 per barrel.
Again the report claimed GEJ sourced funds from the Natural resources account including "N57.59 bn for the payment of monetisation arrears for staff of the PHCN...N10.7billion for funding of fertiliser revolving account...". And so what? It makes sense to source IDLE funds for power and agric reforms. GEJ did not use the money to build personal MANSION in Minna
N80billion Abacha loot returned. Show us d money STOLEN by GEJ?
Submitted by Ifeanyi-Democracy4ever (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 04:03.
The newspapers reported yesterday that over N80billion looted by Abacha has been returned to Nig by the Swiss govt. This did not take into account the looted Niger delta oil money being feasted upon by the WHOLE of Abacha family till date, part of which Abacha's son used to contest Kano 2011 gubernatorial elections. But Buhari told us ABACHA was NOT CORRUPT. IBB till date has not been able to account for $12billion oil windfall 9ja experienced during his regime. In all of this CARICATURE News magazine report, I didnt see where GEJ stole money. El Rufai said Yar Adua-GEJ inherited "vast foreign reserves ($43bn)....an Excess Crude Account, ECA, ($27bn) ". Foreign reserve today is about $37bn. Whats the difference? Besides foreign reserve is not available money that can be stolen.
GEJ is not a saint but what ever he steals, if he does steal, pales into INSIGNIFICANCE compared to the UNPARALLED, silent & UNCHALLENGED looting that took place in the past.
YARADUA ONCE SAID IT!
Submitted by Sanusi A. Yaradua. (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 00:53.
There was a time during an incidence when late Yaradua said that he made a bad choice by selecting a harden corrupt semi-Nigerian as a running mate after all Obasanjo had allowed PDP chieftains to block most reputable choices from south-south region. All the money chops by Turai cabal when Yaradua was in sick-bed was done with Jonathan. If not why could'nt he probe the cabal?
foolish man
Submitted by anele (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 00:43.
These are the comments of a foolish and frustrated man
A country gets the leader it deserves.
Submitted by Joe Essien (not verified) on August 7, 2012 - 00:41.
i dont know what all the noice is about afterall people decided to vote for gej out of pure sentiments rather than subjective reasoning, what we now have is a 'ready made burnt soup' so why complain. But the most annoying thing is to see some miopic individuals whose sence of reasoning has been condense to a state of thawlessness, who readily attack anybody that critizises the gej regime but alas i have just one statement for them- we are in this together and we should stop insulting God's intelligence by asking for his intervention for God only helps those who are willing to help themselves and i dere say Nigerians dont deserve God' help for we are the architects of our own predicaments - until we stop reasoning on the lines of ethnicity, then and only then will we move out of this charade called democracy.
nigeria
Submitted by uzodimms (not verified) on August 6, 2012 - 23:53.
Nigeria is right now like a ship in an ocean with very serious storm and the captain either losing navigational direction due to storm will either get out or sink. Nigerians let's join hands and rescue sinking GEJ, Mark and Tambuwal, by voting out PDP in 2015, if they survive till then. It get to a point when Nigerian Army may be invited for a rescue, because if their is no Money to pay them, then they will either retire to their villages or do otherwise
the baboons ans snoopy dogs are out with el rufai-except dem
Submitted by Deri (not verified) on August 6, 2012 - 23:37.
The guy is expressing the views of yorubas in diaspora may be and that of the Fulanis. So why are we together in the first place? 9ja has spent over 55 trillion of our oil revenue from the SS, since we gained our freedon on a platter of gold fron the brits. That is one of our troubles. With only 1.7trillion going to the SS. Easy come easy go! So why not join Ogoni to free ourselves? Perhaps it was GEJ who sent members of boko haram to kill yorubas in akure--may be--according to bakare--no wonder wikileak accused elrufai of selling land and houses in abuja to his many wives-do you have to destroy to build? Never heard Gej insult Awo, Zik and Tafawa Balewa for once-the trouble of 9ja lies with gluttons who steal from the SS-d fulanis thieves like sanusi, Farouk, IBB, sambo dasuki, Buhari, abdul salam, atiku, dangote and el rufai-animals separation i the answer
time for us to split-we are wasting time talking about nothing
Submitted by Deri (not verified) on August 6, 2012 - 23:20.
Only a pig headed fool with no sense of history will write such a silly article and have it published here for us to read. It was a waste of time going through the first paragraph. Sometimes most writers in 9ja take us 4 fools. El Rufai was the minister of the FCT when houses built for civil servants were sold off as if they were balls of akara. Now civil servants have to pay through their noses to get a roof over their head in abuja. Yet some animals yearn to want to end corruption under such a soul depressing situation. Every mistake from 1914 must now be blamed on Gej by d fulani ibo and yoruba elites. You talk and they tell u we all voted for Gej. Yet they were no where to be found when Buhari killed 9jas who voted for Jona in d north. Was in abuja while elrufai was minister-we had to depend out water from broken pipes and gutters. Electricity supply was worse-even though Obj wasted over 17b-not to talk of the sale of firms built with the resources of the ND ppl by El rufai.
How do we varify these claims?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 6, 2012 - 22:55.
Convincing show of supporting document these ckain
Claim are important. Again let us always pra
Pray for leaders because the are mortal and can b
Can be influenced negetively.
@ deri
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 6, 2012 - 22:39.
Dei oya over to you come with ur bigotry as usual.
Jonathan is better than all of them
Submitted by reason (not verified) on August 6, 2012 - 21:23.
Jonathan is better than all of them CRITICS.
REASON; you are all getting all this details because President Jonathan SIGNED the Freedom of information act, something el rufai`s master (OBJ) refused to sign.
President Jonathan wants peace that is why he is not getting peace.....If he orders the bringing down of every living creature in the Boko Haram stronghold people will still COMPLAIN about EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING.
Personally if i were the President i will TREAT the Boko Haram stronghold the way Obasanjo did to the ODI PEOPLE OF BAYELSA STATE unfortunately Jonathan was the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa STATE.
God Bless ALL NIGERIANS
Move on
Submitted by Toldyou (not verified) on August 6, 2012 - 21:11.
The nation is dead. Can we just agree on that and resurect something totally new. You are seeking the dead amongst the living.
Hon. JUSTICE KAFARATI PLEASE!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 6, 2012 - 21:08.
Hon Justice KAFARATI please deliver judgement on the Pre Election case between Godswill Akpabio and Engr. Frank Okon. And also the one of Kogi State. May Allah bless you and your family as you do this. Ameen.
Pre
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 6, 2012 - 21:08.
He could have degree in law,sociology,phsoclogy,pol science,international relantion,if nigeria could have the likes of john ata miils,but they in this country...more news and gist here at www.gistyinka.com
