Sometimes I marvel at our own 'marking' scheme. I'll also ask if we've even set our eyes on the report sheet of the government. Must we always be moved, controlled and zero our thoughts on sentiments? Are we that shy or ashamed to do some research or at least 'googling'?

As a hint, the figures given are aggregates of the 36 states of the country. Very few states like those in the west may have sound, sustainable developmental projects and could be doing very well in it. However, most of the states in the north are lacking and pulling the overall points for the country down. An example is in education. Now the question is, primary and basic education falls under whose purview, state or federal government?

We talk of Sagamu-Benin road, when was the last time these critics visited this road? And again how many federal roads are really in bad shape? Have they taken a tour to the north and see the federal roads? What of the east? Its only the Lagos-Ibadan road that currently has some challenges here and there and its being sorted out. Pls do your homework. Even the one that is being done, we never get to appreciate it.

Now to power, they say the government is slow. Really? Given the bureaucratic nature of these institutions, the constant nagging of labour, our lack of knowledge of the system, do we then blame the government? Given our past experience of privatisation, have we experienced this feet in which all or almost all parties agreed to the conduct of the exercise and rated it as transparent, fair and open?

Now in security, it was the same people who were saying that the government should use dialogue as they 'feared' what might happen should they go in with force as with other experiences in past administrations. And the president, listen and gave them the benefit of doubt but what happened? Then he went there, met with the natives, elders and locals so as to interact with them. They came up with 'amnesty' and he asked 'do you give amnesty to who you don't know, to a faceless organisation'? And the were mute!

We talk of literacy level, is it basic or tertiary? Because we know that there have been steps to absorb more prospective students into tertiary institutions but for the basic, is it the federal government's duty? The federal government has even provided windows for funding and how many state is productively utilising these funds?

In corruption, in case we don't know, the government is covering leaks and holes used for corruption. Complete overhaul of processes. Creative innovations such as introduction of biometric devices for payment of salaries so as to eliminate ghost workers.

I can go on and on. Until we start seeing things with an objective mind set, our ideas, opinions and unfortunately values will be tainted and seriously damaged.

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kaboninc: Sometimes I marvel at our own 'marking' scheme. I'll also ask if we've even set our eyes on the report sheet of the government. Must we always be moved, controlled and zero our thoughts on sentiments? Are we that shy or ashamed to do some research or at least 'googling'?

As a hint, the figures given are aggregates of the 36 states of the country. Very few states like those in the west may have sound, sustainable developmental projects and could be doing very well in it. However, most of the states in the north are lacking and pulling the overall points for the country down. An example is in education. Now the question is, primary and basic education falls under whose purview, state or federal government?

We talk of Sagamu-Benin road, when was the last time these critics visited this road? And again how many federal roads are really in bad shape? Have they taken a tour to the north and see the federal roads? What of the east? Its only the Lagos-Ibadan road that currently has some challenges here and there and its being sorted out. Pls do your homework. Even the one that is being done, we never get to appreciate it.

Now to power, they say the government is slow. Really? Given the bureaucratic nature of these institutions, the constant nagging of labour, our lack of knowledge of the system, do we then blame the government? Given our past experience of privatisation, have we experienced this feet in which all or almost all parties agreed to the conduct of the exercise and rated it as transparent, fair and open?

Now in security, it was the same people who were saying that the government should use dialogue as they 'feared' what might happen should they go in with force as with other experiences in past administrations. And the president, listen and gave them the benefit of doubt but what happened? Then he went there, met with the natives, elders and locals so as to interact with them. They came up with 'amnesty' and he asked 'do you give amnesty to who you don't know, to a faceless organisation'? And the were mute!

We talk of literacy level, is it basic or tertiary? Because we know that there have been steps to absorb more prospective students into tertiary institutions but for the basic, is it the federal government's duty? The federal government has even provided windows for funding and how many state is productively utilising these funds?

In corruption, in case we don't know, the government is covering leaks and holes used for corruption. Complete overhaul of processes. Creative innovations such as introduction of biometric devices for payment of salaries so as to eliminate ghost workers.

I can go on and on. Until we start seeing things with an objective mind set, our ideas, opinions and unfortunately values will be tainted and seriously damaged.

Why waste energy in responding to an editorial written from Tinubu's bed room? There is no iota of truth in the useless editorial. If there was any, atleast it would have been the basis for a rebuttal.

Unfortunately PUNCH as usual continues to rehearse well known sentiments...they Ave decided to view the glass as HALF EMPTY...meanwhile objective Nigerians will continue to view this glass as HALF FILLED...

and then i wonder why an islamist will post this up. your hatred for Jonah is too much.

only failure rate its self, is gud for ppl to rate u of ur performance nt u rating ursf. I was shock wen i had d president and is carbinet bosting of performing. Seriously ppl at d root (rural/poor) ar sufering. Even d onces in d city cry out every tym. May d good lord save us from d hand of d wicked

The days when some sections of the country are appease with appanage and most news media receive monthly imprest as a form of settlement to keep their mouth shut are over.

GEJ signed freedom of information bill into law and we enjoy freedom of speech as never before in political circle. Having this privilege is laudable from the Govt. of the day.

GEJ is diversifying the economy, Agriculture is receiving a boost. Transportation, Infrastructure, Education (including100s Almajiri Schools), Power and every other sector are concurrently taken care of without prejudice to the criticisms from opposition by overlooking previous mountainous challenges we face as far back as 1960.

The other day, it was GEJ was too weak and OBJ was great and loved for being tough but today, GEJ is said to be a dictator muzzling his political opponents never minding how the opposition is misusing free speech to insult and libels the administration in every step of the way.

It is appalling that the picture being displayed by some social critics (who lack the qualities of human right activism) for us all to believe is that GEJ regime is the worst in the history of Nigeria and that is was a mistake for him to have been voted in from day one. The opposition want us to believe that Nigeria actual democracy and all Nigeria problems started with GEJ regime.

The above are hypocritical lies from the pit of hell. I refuse to be drawn into the and politics of conquest that was practised in Nigeria after 1970 till 2011.

The media must write something to be relevant and it is much easier to rise to prominence by opposing the government of the day through fault finding and seeing the cups as half empty instead of half full.

From an independent point of view, GEJ deserves 60% pass mark from all and sundry. He has his Ups and Downs as a human but definitely not as bad as portrayed by bandwagon critics.

maclatunji: Jonathan’s faulty self-assessment
Jonathan can rightly claim credit for finally taking tough action against the Boko Haram insurgency in the North. He also deserves credit for appointing an independent-minded don, Attahiru Jega, as head of the electoral commission; curbing the fertiliser racketeering and belatedly restarting (though slow and untidy) the long-stalled privatisation of the power sector. While growth has also been steady at 6 – 7 per cent, the recovery of the financial sector, begun a year before he took office, has moved ahead.

At least, there's an acknowledgement that the government is doing something here.

maclatunji: However, the taxpayer, critics and opposition groups are also entitled to assessing those who occupy public office. And the President has obviously missed a very crucial point: the majority of Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora have actually set parameters by which they adjudge their government and, sadly, Jonathan and his team have been found wanting.

Agreed the taxpayer, critics and opposition groups are also entitled to assessing those who occupy public office, I disagree on the bold part. Granted the economy is not where it should be but the journey of a thousand miles always begin with a step, the crux of the assessment is to show that someone somewhere is making attempt at correcting the ills in the country, hence the purpose of the mid term report which clearly spelt out remarkable strides taken by the current government so far in revamping critical sectors of the economy.

maclatunji: On the most crucial criteria, such as security, the energy sector, education, health, privatisation, infrastructure and corruption, the jury has returned verdicts. Through sheer ineptitude and lack of resolve, the government allowed a fringe sect like Boko Haram to grow, link up with global terrorism and unleash a ferocious terror campaign on the country. The state of emergency that the clay-footed government finally imposed on three North-Eastern states last month was over two years overdue. Decisive action since 2010 would have crushed Boko Haram and spared the nation the horrors of mass killings, bombings and arson that have claimed 5,000 lives and shattered the economy and the social life of several northern states. Kidnapping, armed robbery, sectarian and communal strife are rife. The recent massacre of 102 security men in Nasarawa State by a tribal cult accentuates the insecurity in the land

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The issue of boko haram was never a matter of ineptitude and Its disingenuous of the writer to lay the blame of insecurity solely at the doorstep of the President without sparing a thought for the Chief security officers (The Governors) of the affected States, who enjoyed quantum percentage pf the State budget in the guise of security votes.

Alluding insurgency in some of the State in north to buttress insecurity in the country clearly betray the hatchet job the writer is trying to do.

No gainsaying the fact that there's general insecurity in the land, there's no better approach at curbing insecurity in the northern part of the country than the current approach by the government.

One of the grievance postulated by boko haram is the killing of Muhammed Yusuf and which is already a subject of litigation with the arraignment of the law enforcement agents involved.

maclatunji: Education is also in crisis. With adult literacy at 57 per cent, overall illiteracy at 66 per cent and more than 10 million out of the 30 million children of primary school age not in school, no serious government should be comfortable. When 40 million adults in a population of 170 million are illiterate, the country is ranked 161 out of 180 countries in the United Nations Comparative Index of Literacy 2012, and has an unemployment rate of 23.7 per cent, chest-beating is rather inappropriate.

There is every need for chest beating. The rot in the education sector did not start today, and expecting the situation to be arrested within two years shows insincerity and ignorance on the part of whoever is applauding this gibberish! The writer can do well by highlighting the assessment claims by the government to make reasonable deduction.

maclatunji: In January, the influential Economist Intelligence Unit released a report ranking Nigeria as one of the worst places on earth to be born in. In May, the global charity, Save the Children, named Nigeria among the 10 worst countries in the world to give birth to a child. The failure of our government to make appreciable progress was highlighted afresh in the Human Development Report 2013 published by the United Nations Development Programme, where Nigeria was ranked 153 out of 186 countries on the Human Development Index, using life expectancy, income, access to health care, school enrolment and security, among others. Our health care delivery system is poor and those who can afford to do so seek treatment abroad, while our infant and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world.

May be I should remind the writer of this article that life expectancy index of Nigeria has shot up from 47 to 51 in the current release by the quoted body. This signify a considerable improvement from what it used to be.

The health care delivery system is improving by the day and there was a thread a while back on this forum of some of the teaching hospitals getting upgraded and some new ones established.

maclatunji: Nigerians feel the pains of the energy crisis where power supply is less than 4,000 megawatts and we keep importing refined petroleum products at great cost to the treasury.

Importation of refined crude oil has being the order of the day even during military era, and the current power supply is more than 4,000 mega watts.

4,000MW is nothing to celebrate but there is concerted effort to ensure it increased to 10,000 with December, 2013 as deadline. Is the writer expecting a non-exisiting miracle to take place with the current decrepit power generation and distribution system

maclatunji: Unemployment put at 23.7 per cent by the National Bureau of Statistics hides the reality that 42 per cent of the graduates of our tertiary institutions cannot find jobs.

All over the World, Government don't provide jobs but providing enabling environment for private establishment to thrive and absorb the teeming unemployed population. This, the government is doing and that's why Nigeria is now destination of choice for investors ahead of South Africa.

Full Employment, a basic macro economic tool is what all government aims at, and it is not about eradicating unemployment 100 percent but reducing the scourge to barest minimum. I agree there is high level of unemployment in Nigeria but there are other organs of government that permeate the grassroot to compliment the effort of the government at the central, afterall, the FG is not operating in isolation .

maclatunji: The claims by the President and ministers of having rehabilitated roads sound like a fairy tale. Although contracts are awarded during the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, the major federal roads such as Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Benin-Sagamu Expressway, Enugu-Port Harcourt and Lokoja-Abuja highways are in a terrible state of disrepair. The advertised repairs are either minimal or non-existent, just like the claims of job creation are not born out by reports from the private sector and the NBS.

I seriously doubt if the writer have used some of the listed roads, Abuja-Lokoja is undergoing massive transformation like never before, just like the East-West road which is under construction and additional lane to booth. Sometimes. You can't just fault Abati when he referred to some folks as medieval ignoramus!

I used this roads recently, and I make bold to say the government is making concerted effort at putting the roads back into shape.

maclatunji: Corruption has reached an unprecedented height, featuring the theft of N1.7 trillion on spurious fuel subsidy payments, looting of special funds, fraudulent budgeting and impunity at all levels of government.

To quote the finance minister, "We audited NGN1 trillion in the subsidy and found NGN232 billion questionable, so far we have recovered about NGN14 billion. We have tightened the payment process."

The statement may look insignificant but part of the steps taking so far is to reduce the number of fuel importers to desirable level, hence the by the FG to slashed number of oil importers from 128 to 38.

The whole essence is to curtail sharp practices while the refinery is undergoing a complete turn around.

maclatunji: Nigerians have already set criteria and this government has failed the test. But the remaining two years of the mandate he won in 2011 provide him an opportunity to redeem his scorecard and leave lasting legacies. He can roll up his sleeves and get cracking or he can continue to delude himself. The choice is his.

I'm a Nigerian and the government has not failed my assessment test, and talking about delusion, the writer need to get a copy of the 234 page of the mid-term assessment of the president and make critique of it rather than penning beer parlour gossips and innuendos which is far from the government claim to mislead gullible folks.

maclatunji: Source: http://www.punchng.com/editorial/jonathans-faulty-self-assessment/

Punch una try ...

most tym i pity ppl at d root (rural/poor) wo sufer to earn a leaving. Even dos staying in d city knws ao hard life as always been. Yet d president hapily spit out rubish wen he shud b crying for d worst performance, despite d huge budget and high pump price, which amount to billions of dollars d govt realises from d sales of crude oil. U dnt apraise ursef but ppl dos, only a failure apraise him/hersf. Jona u'v failed. Jona fans am sure u all knws dat no govt ever have huge budget like d govt of jona. So u guys shud stop compairing. Yaradua cult down fuel pump price yet perfom creditebly dan gej, d train he has bin shouting was don by yaradua. Gej only taken credit for wat he never initiated

most tym i pity ppl at d root (rural/poor) wo sufer to earn a leaving. Even dos staying in d city knws ao hard life as always been. Yet d president hapily spit out rubish wen he shud b crying for d worst performance, despite d huge budget and high pump price, which amount to billions of dollars d govt realises from d sales of crude oil. U dnt apraise ursef but ppl dos, only a failure apraise him/hersf. Jona u'v failed. Jona fans am sure u all knws dat no govt ever have huge budget like d govt of jona. So u guys shud stop compairing. Yaradua cult down fuel pump price yet perfom creditebly dan gej, d rail way he has bin shouting was don nearly to completion by yaradua. Gej only taken credit for wat he never initiated

No need to refute this badly structured editorial from a newspaper known for eating out of Tinubu's hands.
Does anyone still read Punch? I just hope they keep spewing their rubbish and another 3yrs Punch would seize to trade.

bakynes: This man GEJ is and willcontinually be d worst President Nigeria has ever had since it became a country

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bakynes: This man GEJ is and willcontinually be d worst President Nigeria has ever had since it became a country

By what measure do u arrive @ ur conclusion? Or by which marking scheme? Just asking

Enugu-Portharcourt road mentioned in thread, is it d 1 i passed last wk tuesday, or is there another road? The editor should answer me or i tell my oga @ the other side....

An intelligent critic should know when to keep quite and when to talk.
Trying to criticize like this would make all your words loose value.
Truth is sacred.

I think the writer of the artcle told only half truth, maybe cos of scarcity of points to dig his anger around.
1. I used the said Benin-Ore road yesterday. In 2008 when I 1st used it I got to Owerri by 11pm but yesterday I got to PH by 4:15 (I left by 8am in 2008 & 7am yesterday & Owerri-PH is more than an hr journey).
2. I cant hold forth for GEJ on fight against corruption. The president says he believes in a different of corruption fight--corruption prevention. And I think that's better and saves more time and money. But I know that apart from the pardon of Alams, Nigerians have not observed any direct involvement in corruption on the part of GEJ unlike the days of Ghana-must-go bags in the National Assembly and Aso Villa (1999-2010).
3. Power was said to be at 2,600MW before 2011. But now we have 4,600MW. If it took us over 50yrs of Independence to produce 2.6MW and 2yrs to hit 4.5 then I thinks it's only commendable.
4. Maternal mortality is high. Apart from poor govt committment over the years, religious and cultural believes have also contributed to our shame. Otherwise, how can one explain the killing of Immunization staff in Kano recently.
5. We hear that govt have cut down the number of Oil importers from 128 to 38. And today no one ever sees a queue in any fuel station in Nigeria, not even the almighty NNPC stations! Fuel is sold at the same rate nationwide! This is historic magic in Nigeria. I even saw a station in Lag along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway last week with a promo ad that says BUY PETROL AT N96.
6. This govt has been untraditionally transparent. Some people will read that as trying to buy public approval. But I think the govt is trying to reach a social contract with the citizenry in its polity.
7. I wonder how we can say that BH could have been crushed by GEJ in 2010 when Lai Mohammed and Buhari still think in 2013 that the boys are been victimized. Maybe they shud be left to stay till the next millenium. But if only they'll return the arms and ammunition their northern elite friends gave them.
God bless Nigeria and Nigerians

hassey: most tym i pity ppl at d root (rural/poor) wo sufer to earn a leaving. Even dos staying in d city knws ao hard life as always been. Yet d president hapily spit out rubish wen he shud b crying for d worst performance, despite d huge budget and high pump price, which amount to billions of dollars d govt realises from d sales of crude oil. U dnt apraise ursef but ppl dos, only a failure apraise him/hersf. Jona u'v failed. Jona fans am sure u all knws dat no govt ever have huge budget like d govt of jona. So u guys shud stop compairing. Yaradua cult down fuel pump price yet perfom creditebly dan gej, d rail way he has bin shouting was don nearly to completion by yaradua. Gej only taken credit for wat he never initiated

I got your point my good friend. But permit me to say I'd suggest you improve in your quality of grammar. Syntax, lexis and strucutre is making it difficult to get a few things out from your comment. Tenses and mechanical accuracy, too. Just a kindly advice please. No insults intenedd. Am also not an English Language major. Thanks for your understanding.

GEJ must learn to have respect for the feeling of the people of Nigeria, this minister are deceiving him in order to keep their jobs, if they can fool him becos of who he is, Nigerians revised to be fooled.

^^ Its english like the above that makes people believe this punch editorial is factual in all respects. O boy WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU SAYING? Jesus! Please invest one month's internet subscription in a copy of queen's primer.

Good analysis of a failed leader. Most of the projects he put in that useless report are things we saw under Abacha yet they want us to bring Eyo masquerade to sing his praise. He has nothing to show for the trillions of Naira in revenue over four budgets. Yet he also says we should go and bring a marking scheme to mark an 'itiboribo' and his Ministers.

The fact that a failure like Labaran Maku is still a Minister under this hopeless regime is enough to tell you where the government is heading to. Maku is a failed union leader, a failed Cattle Rearer and a failed Minister who spends time and money misinforming the nation and drinking 'fura-de-nunu' round the country in the name of 'good governance tour'. Animals!!!

abdul4new: A clueless report from a clueless one!!!

what other clue did u want,dat i eat once a day,others who cannot bear hunger resort to robery,kidnapping and killing just to survive,is dat not a enough clue to get into Gej head.dat he is a failure.

The comments here show how shallow our people have become. How can anyone award pass marks to a regime that has allowed so much corruption in Nigeria? Today, corruption has become so endemic. It has reached its worst level ever. That alone throws all the government's scorecard into the Red! GEJ has 2 years to roll up his sleeves and work, otherwise, he risks being remembered with very low scores. Time flies, remember!

A very critical editorial ends up loosing its objective by not achieving the purpose as it gives credence to the notion that it was sponsored by the opposition or enemies of the Govt. Some highlights of some reasonable achievement would have disabused the idea that the opinion is jaundiced. With certainty, the Jon. Govt has very low marks in fighting corruption as all Govts.(State, Local, Judiciary and Legislators), however, we need to commend the govt on the strides in rehabilitating our roads, the airports and reforms in the power sector.
We must also not be unmindful of where we were before the Govt, which sector of our Nation was not sick before the advent of the current Govt. The decay had been deep and deep rooted. No Govt in this Country had suffered from all sorts of powerful forces ganging up as opposition Regional, Tribal and Religious as the Jonathan's Govt.
Against the backdrop of the complexities and the fact that various forces want to pull down the govt and virtually very little or hypocritical support, the Jon. Govt has weathered the storm and should be encouraged or constructively criticized. A cynical or hypercritical position beclouds the sense of an unbiased assessment.

I'm always baffled and perplexed when I hear this government apologists always using opposition groups as excuse from answering cogent questions that demand answers. Is this government not overly corrupt or what future do you see for this country with this inept administration and avaricious leaders. As much as I don't trust the opposition parties, it is the PDP that has been controlling this country for the past 14 years not the opposition so the blame is at their feet. I know what the citizens are going through myself inclusive, so all those suffering from delusions of grandeur probably because of what they are gaining or planning on gaining from this government should please desist from trying to take us for fools that things are working in Nigeria. Are you telling us this is the best Nigeria has to offer?

Dee60: The comments here show how shallow our people have become. How can anyone award pass marks to a regime that has allowed so much corruption in Nigeria? Today, corruption has become so endemic. It has reached its worst level ever. That alone throws all the government's scorecard into the Red! GEJ has 2 years to roll up his sleeves and work, otherwise, he risks being remembered with very low scores. Time flies, remember!

Actually, the comments show the right balance which the editorial sorely lacked. While the govt. hasn't fixed all our problems during it's last 3yrs, clearly people can see areas it's scored better than past administrations. One of the most glaring evidence of corruption in Nigeria used to be the sight of policemen harassing motorists everywhere collecting bribes. That has largely disappeared, thanks to this govt.

We are still far from where we need to be, but nothing wrong with giving credit where due, and then point out the areas the govt. need to improve. The blanket criticism is dumb and only loses the opposition any respect. The opposition right now is just clueless. And we need strong opposition, damnit.

It's funny reading how ignorant people are. We criticise the government so much and so often that we don't see when they have actually done something good. The agricultural sector has not been this buoyant in the last 20 years, fertilizer is more accessible for the farmers now. The roads are better than they have been in the last 14 years. I can't speak for everyone but my power has been more stable in the last 1 year than in the last 15 years. And we say government is soft on corruption but the average Nigeria is corrupt, so the change has to start at the root. The system has to change before we can tackle the people. That's exactly what has been done in the oil sector. If you ask any oil in the oil sector they will tell you how much tighter the system is now, a lot of those loopholes have been plugged.

Change is a process not a sudden thing. We need to be patient and actually look at what's happening and not just make the same complaints.

1MCN:
I got your point my good friend. But permit me to say I'd suggest you improve in your quality of grammar. Syntax, lexis and strucutre is making it difficult to get a few things out from your comment. Tenses and mechanical accuracy, too. Just a kindly advice please. No insults intenedd. Am also not an English Language major. Thanks for your understanding.

The essence of communication is understanding not grammar structure. You are very ignorant, uneducated, primitive, full of false pride, corrupt and very very insignificant. Now judge that grammar structure fool

t-something:
I was hoping that for someone to measure the success or failure of this government it should be based on facts and relative to past governments of Nigeria. For example, let's ask ourselves what was the state of our roads in 2011 and what is the state of our roads currently? What is the total length of roads completed by this govt in 2 years and we also compare it the total length of roads completed by past administrations in their first two years. I believe this would give us a good picture if we are making progress or not. This method can be used to compare other sectors based on facts and figures released from reputable organizations. Nigerians always want things to be done instantly that's why politicians deceive us by telling us lies during campaigns. Am sure if Rome was built in a day, one of our leaders would have used the same contractor to build Nigeria thereby writing its name on stone.
Another bad trend I have personally noticed in our current democracy is the issue of the various levels of government competing. Govts should learn to complement each other because they all have a common goal of providing good governance to their electorates.
For example if the FG, constructs and maintains a dam, I should expect the state government to undertake the recticulation and distribution works, while the local government ensures that the pump stations within their locality is always up and running . At the end the common man in the village would have pipe born water (which is the ultimate aim)

So do you have an explanation for the subsidy fraud. The growing foreign and local debt? This two are one of GEJ's creation not involved with past government.

igala1:
So do you have an explanation for the subsidy fraud. The growing foreign and local debt? This two are one of GEJ's creation not involved with past government.

I would like to limit my response to your post on only the Subsidy Palava because am not well versed with the issues of our debt even though I know the National Assembly has to approve every borrowing of the FG
On the subsidy issue, its very interesting that you can lay claim to the massive fraud in the subsidy regime under GEJ and this is because and only because this Govt decided to probe itself!!! This is the first Govt in the history of Nigeria that has set up committees to probe its ownself and unravel the rot in their govt. All other Govts have been termed "saints" because all their activities were opaque. After seeing the fraud, the GEJ Govt tried to eliminate this fraud by way of subsidy removal, but these was vehemently resisted by Nigerians. As a listening leader, he moved his stance and still looked for a way to reduce the corruption in the subsidy payments. Today we are all aware that the number of marketers have been reduced and many checks have been introduced to verify subsidy claims.
As a basis of comparisons, I challenge you to tell us (if at all you will ever find such data) how much was stolen via subsidy during all the past regimes, except you want to tell me that the subsidy stealing just started in 2011?

All of you guys boasting of having electricity should just stop. My generator stopped working about an hour ago from overwork. We ran generator at the office for about 6 hours today.

There is something called Efficiency Ratio, this government has failed on that score. What has it achieved in comparison to the great resources at its disposal?

Like the Punch editorial pointed out, even late Abacha's government had 'achievements'. The question for President Jonathan and his team is: Are your achievements good enough? The answer is a big 'No'.

luvinhubby: I disagree with this particular punch editorial with the following personal reasons

- A substantial amount of the 10litres of fuel i bought last week Monday for my generator is still remaining after one week, normally lasts two days, reason being the up to 18hrs of power supply in my area at Ebute-metta Lagos.
- Travelled last month through Benin-Sagamu expressway & took me 31/2 hrs agains previous 5hrs because of the much improved road, especially the Ore-Benin section.
-I don not remember the last time i qeued to buy fuel in Lagos.
- Between 2008-2010 , my annual gross turn-over was between 3-4million naira, but between 2011-2013 grossed above 6m.
-Last time i went Abuja, the dualisation of Abuja-Lokoja highway was around Abaji
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Agreed that more needs to be done, especially in the area of anti corruption, but considering the peculiar challenges of this administration, i will still score him above average.

Thanks for making us all know about your self achievement Mr Ajala travel. Meanwhile, we are not talking about the little selfish privilege folks like you here, we are more concern about the much numbers of ordinary nigerians that cannot even avoid a 2 meal a day in a country that is rated as one of the highest producer of crude oil in the world.

If Jonathan like, let him scored himself 120% on his paper scoreboard. But one things is certainly sure, 2 people cannot surely missed out on a lie. I will just advice him & his entourage to travel from Iyana-Dopemu via Iyana-Ipaja, Abule-Egba, Kola to Toll-gate to see how improved the Lagos-Abeokuta has been.

I'm very happy to hear that the electricity has so much been better in Abuja & its environs though, but what about other parts of the Country? Many artisans has so much deserted their various profession and turn to Okada riders, many have been so much frustrated to the level of turning to "Agberos" (tout). So, how is Mr President rating himself?

I will simply just advice Mr Jonathan or whatever he calls himself to pick a copy of Billy Clinton book titled " My Life: The Presidential Years" to read.