Btruth:


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.

Btruth:


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.

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.

lymelyte: Jolanthan,should keep quiet.He government has failed woefully.He knows his chances for becoming the president the 2nd time is very slim(below 0) and that is why he is gunning for 6year single term.
Ribadu said it all,Nigeria is a sinking ship. An asshole government.

9jaganja:

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

delvinmaya:

Seems like you grew up under the grass not to understand Nigeria's political system. An incumbent never loses, not that its right, but rather what obtains in this country. And food for thought for you, how do you live insulting ur govt?
Its like you insulting ur father who is a symbol of authority in ur home. Dude, u r frustrated yes, but frustration shudnt make u reason like a toddler

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



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.

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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.



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.



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.



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



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 .




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.



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.



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.



Punch una try ...

Mogidi: 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.

t-something:

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?

jp philips:


can you face your ignorant face to the east, heard some salvation is likely gonna come from that direction

t-something:

Its very pathetic that adults on a public forum could result to name calling just because the person doesn't share your view. I was expecting you to discredit my argument/post with a factual reply, but I guess I was expecting too much from you. No wonder on the national scene we are faced with oppositions and critics who attack personalities instead of issues, because they originate from shallow minded persons such as you.

lymelyte:
Look at this clueless and godforsaking lizard talking here. Do u know whom you are indirectly insulting?Shebi u want make I paint u with insult abi.. Fyi,I have enough funds and possessions to take care of me till timeless. Wretched n tattered Frog.

maclatunji: 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'.

Mylove55: How wil u rate Gej dat receive 30 trillion in 3 yrs,he only spent 2 trillion to renovate airport and railway and share d rest among friend,we are here praising him,when u and i are hungry,i can't be hungry praising my fellow man,GOD forbid.

kaboninc:

Even if you sneeze, its GEJ. If motor hit you, its GEJ. If you make losses its GEJ. If anything happens to you, its GEJ and never YOU!

Do you know that you can actually get electricity for more than 6 hours and it'll cover your daily working hours, say from 8 to 5?

Maybe its GEJ who's probably somewhere controlling our lives.

maclatunji:

Thank you for displaying a complete lack of understanding of the duties of the President.

jp philips:

it is only a mad man that will say to Nigerians that our refineries are undergoing turn around maintenance, the question is; are you mad?

which company won the contract and how many bidded for it?
what is the scope of work so we will know what to expect from the refineries after the maintenance contract?
which of the refineries because we have 3 albeit four.?
I hope you know that most Nigerians appreciate the ongoing maintenance at our airports, how is the refinerie's case happening under your teeth that we cant see it?

jp philips: Jonathan has not even initiated let alone fulfilling a single campaign promise except the one that he needs to surround himself with brain dead women in his cabinet.

Ngwakwe: What a myopic statement you just made in the quoted comment.

If I may ask, does turn around maintenance require out-sourcing or provision of original spares for replacing damaged ones and refurbishing /restructuring the existing system for optimum performance?

If my company where outsourcing to foreign firms as the norm is taken as a case study, I will confidently tell you that those Expertrates are most times below our standard in terms of competence and technical-know-how.

To cut the long story short, the foreign firms still sublet the contract to us Nigerian Engineers who deliver an impeccable job within the time limit required for the job to be commissioned.

STOP bad-mounting Nigeria Engineers for over valued foreign firms.

Ngwakwe: I can see your criticism of the Government includes your hatred of female members of GEJ's Cabinet you wish to demonize as to drive home your points just to deceive the gullible if not the silly ones in this board.