Tuesday, 22 May 2012
We Are Committed To Rule of Law, Jonathan Says
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his administration is committed to enforcing the rule of law, to guarantee the safety of lives and property, according to a press dispatch from the presidency.
Mr. Jonathan reportedly made the pledge at State House today before a delegation of the European Union and the European External Action Service.
President Jonathan appealed to the EU to support countries in West and Central Africa to mop up the small arms and weapons that have fallen into the hands of non-state actors such as Boko Haram in the aftermath of the Libyan conflict, adding that Nigeria would appreciate the assistance of the EU in this regard.
“We cannot celebrate criminals or turn them into heroes,” he said of his government.
Commenting on the recent national mass rallies, President Jonathan told his visitors there is no justification for his government to pay for elite consumption through subsidies on petrol.
“There is no justification for Government to subsidize elite consumption. Diesel, which fuels mass transit vehicles has been deregulated, so we will use the savings made from removing the subsidy on petrol to provide for the needs of the poor in our society”, he stated.
President Jonathan also told the EU delegation that the conduct of elections in Nigeria was getting progressively better, and assured them that efforts were being made to ensure that only voters determine the winners of the 2015 national elections.
“We promise that the 2015 elections will even be better than the 2011 elections”, he said, without indicating whether he will implement the Justice Uwais report on electoral reform.
Earlier, Mr. Villy Sov, Foreign Minister of Denmark and leader of the delegation had commended President Jonathan for his efforts to entrench democracy in Nigeria, describing the 2011 elections as “one of the best in Nigeria’s history”.
He said the recent strikes in Nigeria further confirm the commitment to the growth of democracy, adding that the President took “very brave” decisions prior to the strikes.
The Danish Foreign Minister suggested that the Boko Haram problem be tackled through rule of law and open society groups, pointing out that both Nigeria and Europe were facing the challenges of terrorism and climate change.
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don't mind them jare, they have been predicting the csaplloe of Nigeria for decades but the country is still here, even after a civil war and several regimes we are still standing.
Jonathan must be excited seeing white men
For a president who never had any international exposure, it means a lot seeing white people commending him for a job well done. Ride on Jona!
Mr. Villy Sov Sir, You're Not Right.
Mr. Danish Foreign Minister sir, you are not right on your comments concerning the Nigerian 2011 elections and FG's pre-strike action (the removal of petrol subsidy). These words are nothing but flattery which will eventually result in delusion and destruction. It's so unfortunate that most nations of the world are ruled by diplomats and not ambassadors; stooges and not true representatives. As for Mr. President. I want to assure him that elections in Nigeria will not get better because the last one was bad. Nigerian elections in the years to come will become good by the power of God and the collective will of my good Nigerian people.
Seriously Deri are you a kid
Seriously Deri are you a kid or just like to display you immaturity? Common grow up and grow out of your tribal sentiments or shut up. I saw a documentary on the Liberian Civil War and was astonished that some people were still singing the praises of Charles Taylor despite the genocide.
After the video I thought to myself "If any Liberian could still support Charles Taylor, then I am not surprised that some fools will still sing praises of A Nigerian President simply because the President hails from their state or ethnic group even if he wipes out their family" in this case Niger Deltans blindly singing Dumbo Jo's praise not because of his competency but just because he is a Niger Deltan.
By the way I am a Yoruba and I think one of the worst Presidents Nigeria has ever had was OBJ.
I WHICH MR VILLY SOV UNDERSTAND HIS SAYING
I'M RESPOND TOWARDS THE STAEMENT OF MR. VILLY SOV,
REGARDING ELECTION MENTION THAT THAT NIGERAN HAS BEST ELECTION, AS ONE OF THE BEST IN NIGERIA'S HISTORY... I WHICH MR VILLY SOV COULD UNDERSTAND THAT NIGERIAN TODAY IS NOT OF YESTERDAY, WHICH THEY ALWAYS COMES AND DECEIVING US TO BELIEVE WHAT EVER THEY DOES, I WHICH IN DENMARK, WHERE THIS STUPID MAN AND GOOD FOR NOTHING COME FROM, THERE THE DANISH PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE SOME ELECTION HE DESCRIBING THE BEST ELECTION. WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN NIGERIA HE CAN'T EVEN TRY IT IN WHERE THEY COME FROM SHAM ON YOU TO COME AND DECIEVING THE NIGERIAN PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD BEST ELECTION WHILE THEY DIDN'T AT ALL...
Dumbest Dumbo Jo indeed...
I knew mr presdo was shameless, dumb, clueless, spineless, foolish and a moron of the highest order. But never knew it was thus bad. So Dumbo really believes the will be still ONE nigeria comes 2015. I'm having a great laugh like seriously.Dumbo should forget about all these oyibo whistle blowers of his. Nigeria will soon be history and Biafra shall rise again. Mullah Abu Qaqa and Alhaji Shekau have also vowed to have their Arewa republic.
Long live Biafra. Long live Arewa republic. Death to Yorubas ONE nigeria. All say Amen.
@Deri: Rule of law my ass !
@Deri
Rule of law my ass ? Which law states that Jonathan should not/cannot declare his assets ? You can't give what you don't have. A corrupt man cannot be talking rule of law ! As usual with him, it's an ogogoro mind talking.
But let me congratulate Dumbo for capturing Ribadu who thinks he can challenge corruption by heading a Presidential petrol task force (recycling old idea Abacha did with PTF). He wants to dine with the nest of killers; no worries. Some people never learn; Bola Ige easily comes to mind !
Jonathan d clown President of d ignorant like Deri
I pray these animals all live long so they can all face the music when Nigerians rise
@Deri: Rule of law my ass !
@Deri
Rule of law my ass ? Which law states that Jonathan should not/cannot declare his assets ? You can't give what you don't have. A corrupt man cannot be talking rule of law ! As usual with him, it's an ogogoro mind talking.
@deri
Not only is GEJ a liar he also is an unrepentant fool. He is liar simply bcos he knows d truth about the election results [otherwise "deri d smart" explain all d pdp went to to remove justice Salami]. He remains a fool bcos frankly speaking dis westerners dont want our development-but then u d have thought moron Jonathan would know that-he is forever fooled by their words.in a few months time u Deri will still refuse to appreciate d level of hatred normal nigerians [really dont know about dem SE and SS pple] will have for Jonathan
luk who's talkin
luk who's talkin, u all kip pointin, castin n runin ur loosed mouth at Gej, wel if u tink leadership is easi in a devastated, rejected condemed nation like 9ja den tel ur fada or u dat is ful of ideas 2 contest. Even wit d effort Gej is putin jst 2 make dis nation a beta place, u stil av d nerve 2 run ur lousy mouth at Gej n his govt. Loosers.
Re:We Are Committed To Rule of Law, Jonathan
It amazes me the level hate so called Nigerians living abroad comment on their country and its leadership. Whether you like it or not Nigeria is moving ahead in all areas positively. It best you contribute positively towards it rather than vent your anger and fustrations on the leadership. Some of you are nevr do wells anmd can never profer solution to anything.
Re:We Are Committed To Rule of Law, Jonathan
It amazes me the level hate so called Nigerians living abroad comment on their country and its leadership. Whether you like it or not Nigeria is moving ahead in all areas positively. It best you contribute positively towards it rather than vent your anger and fustrations on the leadership. Some of you are nevr do wells anmd can never profer solution to anything.
Nigeria is 4 u and me
Candidly,d root cause of most problems in Nigeria 2day is inadequate job opportunities.Job opportunities are few bcos majority of wat Nigerians use daily is not made in Nigeria.As patriots,we must understand dat d govt alone can not do it all.Yes,we can critisise but it's beta we critisise constructively.ONE LOVE 9JA.
My fear for Ribadu
This man has no shame. My father told me that a man without shame can do just anything, including stealing. I wish Jonathan had told his audience how he observes rule of law. He single-handedly shut out Sylva from re-contesting the forthcoming govenorship election in his state. Just recently he used the army to abort planned peaceful protest in Lagos. Let him him continue coasting along till 2015. Nigerians gullibly made the choice and should live through. Ribadu can see the man he thinks he is going to work with.
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Sycophants and foreign enemies of democracy
@Deri the spineless court jester. It seems the jobless dumb ass going by the handle of Deri is so stuck in his brainless sycophancy that he can't separate reality from fiction. Every decent Deltan knows that there were no credible elections last April in our Niger Delta and much of the Igbo SE. Dumbo and his PDP rigging machine cooked up statistics and performed their usual wizardly in the North and the SW to come up with a "resounding" "win" for clueless bro Jona. And only a consummate and shameless liar and bandit like Deri will see things differently. We true Deltans are honorable people. We tell the truth and damn the consequences. As for Dumbo' foreign masters, why won't the foolish crooks not be happy when the moron is letting them steal our oil with abandon? Swine.
Deri the jobless and boot licking dumb ass
It seems the jobless dumb ass going by the handle of Deri is so stuck in his brainless sycophancy that he can't separate reality from fiction. Every decent Deltan knows that there were no credible elections last April in our Niger Delta and much of the Igbo SE. Dumbo and his PDP rigging machine cooked up statistics and performed their usual wizardly in the North and the SW to come up with a "resounding" "win" for clueless bro Jona. And only a consummate and shameless liar and bandit like Deri will see things differently. We true Deltans are honorable people. We tell the truth and damn the consequences. As for Dumbo' foreign masters, why won't the foolish crooks not be happy when the moron is letting them still our oil with abandon? Swine.
Jega should just resign
Jega has failed. He was given billions to conduct elections. He bought electronic voting machines. We were given manual elections; which made it easier for PDP to continue to rig. Who's fooling who? For any further elections to be succesful, Jega must go! The man is worse than Prof. Iwuruwuru. Now Ribadu has joined them. God save Nigeria!
Rule of Army, that is?
He loves the rule of law so much, he sends soldiers to the streets with guns to enforce it.
Money and corruption are
Money and corruption are ruinin d land, crooked politicians betray d workin man treatin us like sheep. And we r tired of hearing promises dat we know de ll nvr keep. Jonathan is not competent enough to be a local govt chairman. He is dumb and surrounded by robbers as his aids.
Na so I see am, Talk is CHEAP!
For Songhay!
Monkey dey work,
Baboon just dey chop am all!
One tropical day,
Baboon go go market,
ino go fit come back at all.
If I see say,
for next market day say,
the masquerade him black head,
be baboon im face,
then I go know where im body dey,
surely, for masquerade im belly.
God dey!
Na so I see am! Talk is CHEAP!
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GEJ is on the move-u wan die go and drink rat poison its quicker
keep on day dreaming and believing that GEJ is not liked by Nigerians. The just concluded elections in adamawa state is a testimony to the love 9jas have for him. If Buhari cannot win more than a state in an election-and keeps on blaming the rigging machine of PDP, then we ask are his hands tied? ACN swept the west with their ogboju politics-but could not cross into Ondo state-what is CPC doing in the North with BH? Playing the blame game-while GEJ moves on with his ideas-for the nation. He has been tested by labour and tried severally by the opposition. But the rock of the niger delta remains focused. In spite of their effort to have his government overthrown by the army and through sponsored protest by Bakare and his pulpit dance band of 9ja. No shaking! for the shoeless man from the oil rich zone of the south south region of 9ja! U want to die because of that--go take rat poison--its quicker-animals
Very laughable
GEJ am very sorry, bcs you may not realise what you are doing to urself until u are forced out of that place by the game of those ur EU, laughing with their teeth only. A litmus test was ur failure to clinch the AU chairmanship and ur captains advised u pull out of AU. Their reason for pushing u aside was simple bcs u cn't rule a local govt in ur country talk of AU.
delta queen aka wahala nee tundemess dont disgrace us in the ND
Even a whore who stays in the cold for hrs in search of customers and eventually ends up in bed with drug addicts for a fee, would be more respected by the police than vagabonds like you who are not only stuck in Europe, but have no hope of ever coming back home. Cause you not even on welfare but do not know where u hail from in 9ja. You have no home or relations to call your own! This was a courtesy call on GEJ. And you are here insulting GEJ, as if humans from your family if any, have ever aspired to be members of the state house of assembly. Not to talk of being nominated as a chairman of an LGA. What makes GEJ a liar? You think the diplomats did not do their home work before making those beautiful remarks? GEJ is being credited with conducting the best election ever in the history of 9ja. That is what your poverty ridden WAHALA head cannot take away from him. Ribadu has repented of his sins against his adopted nation. And now wants to serve. Gej is winning souls-animal
TONSOYO, YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MARK!
SOMETIMES I GET SO CONFUSED ABOUT HOW TO EVEN START CONVINCING PEOPLE LIKE JONATHAN WHEN THEY MAKE SUCH CLAIMS. I ASK MYSELF MANY TIMES IF I OR THE PRESIDENT IS STUPID.
SINCE THE JANUARY INCREASE IN FUEL PRICE THE MINIMUM INCREASE IN PRICES OF ALL ITEMS IS 10%. I WAS TOLD THAT FOR SOME IMPORTANT ITEMS SUCH AS FOOD AN INCREASE OF AS HIGH AS 35% HAS BEEN OBSERVED!
IT BEATS ALL LOGIC WITHIN MY REACH HOW THIS INFLATION WILL PUNISH THE ELITE AND HELP THE POOR PEOPLE OF NIGERIA.
JUST AS I PREDICTED THE VALUE OF NAIRA HAS NOSED DIVED MAKING THE INCREASE IN FUEL PRICE IRRELEVANT SINCE THE IMPORTERS WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE NAIRA PER DOLLAR TO OBTAIN THE SAME QUANTITY OF FUEL THEY NEED.
Hypocracy Unlimited
Better said than done. Who is fooling who? Foreigners know that our elections are among the worst in the world but they keep flatering our leaders on our elections. On the other hand, our leaders keep promising people paradise in Nigeria while creating hell in Nigeria.

