President Jonathan Hails Pope Benedict XVI’s Courage And Wisdom

Pope Benedict XVI
By SaharaReporters, New York

President Goodluck Jonathan has applauded the “exemplary wisdom and courage” of Pope Benedict XVI in voluntarily relinquishing the Papacy on account of his advanced age and growing inability to keep up with the physical and mental demands of the office.

The Pope yesterday announced he will be retiring at the end of this month.

In a statement by the presidency today, Mr. Jonathan wished Pope Benedict a very peaceful and restful retirement.

“The President trusts that even in retirement, Pope Benedict XVI will continue to contribute to the spiritual well-being of the world in every possible way and that he will continue to offer prayers to God Almighty for global justice, equity, peace and progress,” the statement said.

He also prayed for wisdom and divine insight for the College of Cardinals to elect a worthy successor who will build on Pope Benedict’s commendable achievements as head of the Catholic Church.

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When

And when should we expect similar show of courage from Mr Ogogoromaster President?

To the Northern Mallam

To the Northern Mallam impersonating as Edwin Clark,

At least our ogogoro is high quality gin. It is refined and distilled, whereas you burukutu is nothing but compost and manure. No wonder you stink poop after drinking your decayed burukutu. Don't be deceived that once you behead somebody you are going to fuck virgins in alginat. Your imams are deceiving you. Barawo shege.

When will GEJ resign?

If GEJ truly appreciate what the Pope has done, why can't he too emulate that example and resign? After all how many people appreciate having him as president? He might as well go!

That is why you are Stupid!....

Buhari, holier than the Pope?.... No he's holier than the paedophile Mohammed who disvirgined Aisha.... Moron!

hahaha

I will take the Pope over GEJ to preside over Nigeria, regardless of his current frailty. With almost 14 years of PDP rule, our power supply has worsened, no health care, bad roads, Federal, State and Local governments are all non-functional.

GEJ IS OUR PRESIDENT

Nomatewhat,gGEJdoesnotderserveinsultofthismagnitudebecauseheremainsourpresident,assuchhemustberespectedeventhoughhetalkssometimewhenisnotsupposeto

Our moronic and intellectually challenged GEJ should resign

Imagine Goodluck Jonathan congratulating the Pope for resigning due to old age, when he GEJ has refused to resign for being a moron and intellectually challenged president of a country of 160 million citizens. Goodluck Jonathan should learn from the Pope's example. He is the most fumbling and inept Presido ever to misrule Nigeria.

Che Guevara

Living in Jonathan's Heart - Page 2

On this day, I call on the president and his PDP stalwarts to start initiating their resignation processes honorably and apologize to the citizens of Nigeria for leading them through a fruitless journey in the last few years. I would rather be on the fair side of history than the poor side when the unborn generations starts to judge this period.

Take a lesson from the pope's decision and follow suit.

Living in Jonathan's Heart - Page 1

If we were to live in the heart of President Jonathan, we should have known he has long been willing to quit the presidency in the wake of insecurity resulting in incessant killings of innocent people, mass corruption and lootings, infrastructural neglect, unemployment and inadequate attention to the welfare of the citizenry etcetera but for the ego of the typical African, it won't happen. The Nigerian leaders have an innate tendency to push forward their selfish agendas and outlive their usefulness even if it is at the detriment of the suffering citizens and their own life existence. They cannot afford not to stand tall in the midst of their peers; it kills them to do the right thing.

Otile the Shege...

Otile the toilet! Otile the shege!! Otile the bastard. Son of a prostitite who was impragnanted by an Ijaw drunken fisherman who disowned the pregnancy. This is the opening chapter of Otile's story. May you burn in hell. Arewa remains your master and you have no choice Otile. Arewa allows you to have share in her oil which she invested her gnut money to explore in the 50s. The oil is ours but we are magnanimous to give some to you. But you can't go on depending on our generosity for ever, while you waste your time drinking ogogoro. Lousy people

Was the Spirit wrong in the appointment of Pope Benedict

The Papacy of Pope Benedict XV1 was never inspirational. You have to be good or better to follow and better the act of your popular predecessor. The inability of this is the burden of Pope Benedict XV1. He never measured up to Pope John Paul 11 amidst the problems that overwhelm the Catholic Church in his time.

As Pope Benedict XV1 has no reported illness in association with his age at 85 year old, he should be fit to have carried on until his death. But his failure to provide effective leadership to the Catholic Church and rest of the Christian denominations actually propelled him to resign rather than the excuse of age and wearing out. He did not want to see Christianity decline on his shoulder.

This brings to question the said spiritual method of selecting the right leader for the Catholic Church. Was the Holy Spirit wrong in directing the Cardinals to appoint Pope Benedict XV1 or his appointment was rigged? ----

We are yet to see a

We are yet to see a Northerner who voluntarily resigns his/her post. Jack Gowon's ass was kicked out of power. Murderer Murtala Mohammedan was gunned down for him to get out of power. Mullah Buhari had to be overthrown by the Evil Genius. Evil Genius miscalculated and stepped aside but still waiting in the wing to come back. Abacha fucked himself to death and was carried out of office. Abusalam ate bribes & public opprobrium forced him out. Even when Musa was dead, the cabal told us he went to lesser hajj & our treasury was creamed off.
Haba, mutane Arewa, kuma mutane shege.

President Jonathan do not

President Jonathan do not deserve these negative comments. Some day in the remote future,some of you who are posting negative comments about GEJ will weep and cry because there never be such s humble person like GEJ

President Jonathan do not

President Jonathan do not deserve these negative comments. Some day in remote future,some of you who posting negative comments about GEJ will weep and cry because there never be such s humble person like GEJ

President Jonathan Hails Pope Benedict XVI’s Courage And Wisdom

The Pope is intellectually and mentally far better than you, yet he has thrown in the towel. When will you stop embarrassing the country with your unintelligence and drunkenness by taking a cue from the Pope?

ok

What business has he got to do with the Pope? Even though we all know the reasons the Pope is giving are not the real reasons for his retirement. Everything will be exposed later. Count Buhari out of that mess please. As far as I am concern he is more Holy than the Pope............Gbam!

God bless the Pope

God bless the Pope with good health, a sound mind and the grace to make it to Heaven when he departs from this world in Jesus Christ name amen

Pres. GEJ Hails Pope Benedict XVI's Courage And Wisdom!

President GEJ, you should take example from Pope Benedict XVI's courage and wisdom to please step down. GEJ, Nigerians are tired of your lack of knowledge in running the Nigerian Government. We need someone from the South who has the wisdom & knowledge to run government. GEJ, you were made vice president to Umaru Yar'adua to please the South but your choice as a vice president was not the right choice. The North wanted a dummy to be vice president that will not pose a threat to their man, Yar'adua hence you were picked by their surrogate OBJ to do their biding for them. The North were so blind that they did not recognized the ailment of their brother, Umaru Yar'adua & they went along with his choice and later complained that they were duped by OBJ. You blame someone who recommends a bad wife to you, but if the wife is a good wife no one hears anything about the good recommendation.

May GEJ learn from this

One can truly hope that GEJ learnt sombrely from this. If somebody feels or knows he is no longer competent, he should have the courage to resign as did the pope, and that is called wisdom according to Jonathan. Then one wonders why he has not exercised wisdom and do the right thing, resign! It is obvious his capability cannot cope again in providing good administration to Nigeria. Let him search his conscience just like the pope did if he has one.

Pious BUHARI

Buhari had shed all his tears. Its our turn (like you and that of sultanofsokoto) that will shed tears because we are blind and support incapables simply because we are same tribe and religion. You are quite aware that BUHARI has lived a happy life and is incorruptible.

When will Jona have the

When will Jona have the courage to step down. Nigerians are fedup with his non-performance. The right thing to do is to call it quick when you do not have the physical or mental energy to get the job done.

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Mr President, please do as you say

Mr. President, If you will not rise up and fight corruption and injustice and begin to work hard for the Nigerian people, please show the same exemplary wisdon and courage and resign.

side jab from jona

Over to you mallam BUHARI or else all the tissue papers of this world will not be enough to wipe your tears. 

Advise indeed

The pope's example is to be praised, he thought it wise to resign because he knew he was no longer able to function adequately, GEJ is quick to praise such an honourable act, but has he (GEJ), or does he not deem it fit to do same, because he is incapable to function, and under his watch Nigeria has become one of the most corrupt countries of the world, he is not able to guarantee peace, security for Nigerians, please, please, please do the honourable thing and RESIGN NOW

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