nwekesimon68: .Pls house Ameachi major in English language nt political science. He withraw 4rm political science bkos of his inability to hav 1.0 cgpa. English department accepted him and he graduated wit 3rd class.

bad meat: Amusing!ameachi ranting on BBC,what happened to RSTV,NTA channel 10,PH,AIT PH,did he also explain how he locked down and dismissed a whole LGA without rule of Law,or did he not tell the oyibo hw he silences perceived enemies in the state,if u like call soyinka,james cameroon n oboma,I seikai no oro!we r waiting for u at home!

adanny01:

By implication of what you are saying, GEJ shoud have known better not venture to use of Presidential powers to unseat Ameachi.

Whether Ameachi is a cultist, militant or member of the dreaded BH, he is in the eyes of Nigerians (excluding Rivers) a performing Governor which you admit. That GEJ is against him and making Rivers ungovernable, means GEJ is against the people of Rivers and doesnot want progress for the state.

You should be the person carrying arms to fight the President. If i know right, the Rivers people have benefitted more from Ameachi than they will ever get from GEJ. He should be riding on your back with his ambition and getting all the possibe support from Rivers.

anonimi:

The above is very, very wrong.

The 1999 constitution provides for the LGAs as mainly responsible for primary and vocational education in conjuction with the state government.
The state government is responsible for secondary education along with technical colleges.
The federal and state governments are allowed for universities.

Sincere 9gerian:


GEJ may not be the most intelligent president in the world but he is focused, calm, cool-headed, consensus builder and most importantly, he has surrounded himself with the MOST INTELLIGENT Nigerians in the world: from the minister of Agriculture, finance minister, minister of communication technology, etc. Even one of his ministers was recently harvested by a multinational agency.

Nwa Teacher: Amaechi, you better go and reconcile with your master than to be running around, spending River State money for rubbish publicity. Why can't you be humble for a day. What impact has BBC interview you went for has for a common River State ma? How many Rivers can afford watching BBC news in their home? Is the BBC publicity for who, for what?

tokunboh:

May you remain blessed, chief. You are one of the few people that have been objective on this thread. This interview brought Amaechi's ignorance to the fore.
I don't know what people take eloquence to be - Eloquence is simply fluent, strong and persuasive speaking.
Was Rotimi Amaechi eloquent? No, he might have spoken english fluently but his delivery was poor, weak and not persuasive.
He gave a lot of vague responses and usual rhetoric to questions asked.

3.15 - On how to address insecurity through education - The solution he absolutely agreed with is the northern governors setting aside 2percent of their resources for education (spending 2percent out of 100percent on education is what Gov Amaechi thinks is best for northern states education - That's his ignorance on display again.

4.15 - On how to address unemployment: ..... one of the ways of addressing it is Agriculture.. Rivers State Government is looking at Agriculture, Agriculture will then address the uneducated class...wtf!!! Does that make any sense at all? !!!

7.15 - On the reasons why the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) has not been passed: .... He commended the present national assembly for being patriotic (They have not been able to pass PIB into law during the 2 legislative years that they have been at the national assembly, yet he called them patriotic ffs.) The only example Ameachi could cite as one of the reasons for the delay in passing the PIB is the power PIB would give to the minister of petroleum.

12.35 - When asked on his opposition to amnesty granted to Niger Delta militants and if he has any alternative to amnesty: He could not offer any alternative . He then proceeded to equate amnesty granted to Niger Delta militants to amnesty request for Boko haram - How shallow? (The anchor now went ahead to lecture him on how amnesty has reduced violence and restored peace in Rivers State - That is so disappointing.

For the remainder of the interview, Ameachi just dwelt on technicalities rather than solid facts.
With the above amongst other numerous missteps that portrayed him as being shallow, how can you tell me he did well on this interview. We should learn how to analyze things based on substance and content.

nwekesimon68: .Pls house Ameachi major in English language nt political science. He withraw 4rm political science bkos of his inability to hav 1.0 cgpa. English department accepted him and he graduated wit 3rd class.

TechyGuy:

No one needs a crystal ball to tell the region you are from.

cooltone:
But presido GEJ cannot stand Amaechi even with his Phd. Amaechi is more articulate,intelligent and eloquent. Reminds me of US president Barak Obama, I just wonder why some people prefer dull heads to govern them when some people like Amaechi are there. If GEJ comes on hard talk, you will be so ashamed to be a Nigerian.

EzeCanada: What a country?
Are you guys joking or what? The only thing I could score him high on is composure.

He is far from eloquent. He is not articulate one bit. His speech delivery is incoherent. You could almost mistake him as a stutter.

He does not also look intelligent to me. "He admitted to abject poverty in the streets of Niger Delta...yet as an influential member of the Rivers state law house...being previously the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 until 2007 and now a sitting Governor of the same state for 7 years he has been unable to eliminate the same poverty menace he inherited from previous administration not even to a degree. Wonders shall never end. I would call this the 8th wonder of the World!

Yet he had the effrontery to fly to the UK with tax payers money - I guess to spew trash. Ashame dey catch me for all of una

4 Play: That was a cringe worthy interview that makes me embarrassed to be a Nigerian. He gives the impression of a man who hasn't thought deeply about development issues. It's basically the same incoherent drivel you hear from other Nigerian politicians which is understandable as they spend most of their time plotting how to enrich themselves.

What is even more disturbing is the number of likes for the front page posts commending Amaechi and proclaiming him as Presidential material. I have always said Nigerians have the Govt they deserve. . .the incompetence and corruption of our leaders is a reflection of the general populace from which the leaders emerged from.

cooltone:
But presido GEJ cannot stand Amaechi even with his Phd. Amaechi is more articulate,intelligent and eloquent. Reminds me of US president Barak Obama, I just wonder why some people prefer dull heads to govern them when some people like Amaechi are there. If GEJ comes on hard talk, you will be so ashamed to be a Nigerian.

Ibro Yaya: Ameachi! All these stunts will not help you ooo.

You went to arrange interview with BBC, thinking that will help. The heat is in Rivers state not Uk.

All this grammar will not help o. Oyibo man knows the koko of the matter..

anonimi: The 1999 constitution provides for the LGAs as mainly responsible for primary and vocational education in conjuction with the state government.
The state government is responsible for secondary education along with technical colleges.
The federal and state governments are allowed for universities.

pro01:

It beats me. Here is a person that supposedly has a BSc degree in English, which means he spent four years studying English in the university. Yet, some dimwits here prefer to applaud him for exhibiting barely average capability in what should be his area of expertise.

For someone who majored in English, I'd say his fluency or "eloquence" is mediocre at best. This is notwithstanding the likelihood that he must have spent a huge sum of Rivers State's money to 'arrange' the needless interview, which possibly explains why the interviewer was unduely lenient and agreeable with him. . .

Such an insufferable and misguided fellow. Can't wait for him to be unceremoniously removed from office and dragged down his high horse, hopefully sooner than later.

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obayaya:


the last 6 years of my life was spent in ph city and I must say, Amaechi is doing great.. better than odili before him and better than most state government in exception of maybe Lagos... bayelsa, akwa ibom and delta gets over 20 billion Too.

1forall:

The constitution that the President himself doesn't give a damn about? Maybe that's what the constitution says, but then the Universal Basic Education Programme (primary and junior secondary) was launched and is being executed by the Federal Government. There has also recently been a wave of Almajiri Schools constructed and commissioned by the FG. Of course there are State UBE Boards too but that is actually not the point here.

The point is that Amaechi convincing the Northern governors to devote more resources to education in their own regions is not a display of ignorance on his part as alleged by that user. It actually demonstrates ineptitude on the part of the northern governors because it shouldn't take Amaechi's intervention for other governors to face their responsibility to educate their citizens.

double08: turning to BBC now Governor Ameachi is on HARDTALK.

kasiem: have u ever heard that fundamental principles and directive state policies are not justicsiable?

Donian007: Now read me, you maliciously maligning sleemy sneaky slimmy ignorant. I didn't make that post for you to suck out, raising divergent and deluded insinuations. I challenge you to directly address that post with a rebuttal, point out any lies or misgivings in it, and not play hide and seek, I have told the truth, let us practice what we preach. These politicians must stop decieving themselves, everyone must make sure that whenever they set out to decieve the people, those who know the truth speak out so they only end up decieving themselves. Rivers peoples are no longer fooled.

BrightCar: AMAECHI IS A FLOP, HE HAS NOTHING TO OFFER IN THAT INTERVIEW HE GRANTED.
HE CLAIMS HE HAS NO SELFISH INTEREST LIKE OTHER POLITICIANS, BUT THAT THE PEOPLE OF RIVERS STATE ARE PARAMOUNT TO HIM. THIS IS A BLATANT LIE WE ALL KNOW. WHAT AND HOW WELL HAS HE DONE TO THE PEOPLE OF RIVER STATE? I PITY HIM BECOS HE KEEPS BEATING HIS CHEST AS RIVERS MESSIAH TO HIS UTTER FOOLISHNESS. THOSE SINGING HIS PRAISES TODAY, BY THE TIME THE CHIPS ARE DOWN, THEY WILL TURN AROUND SINGING CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM, THEY ALL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

biafranqueen:

I am still waiting to see the name on the registration of the 7.1 billion NGN Jet that took him to London? When a US Texas Governor got a free ride [/b]inside of a jet the press in America went crazy. No Governor in the US has Jet, but the country and state you represent is in "Abject Poverty" yet you could not find a better way to spend $45 million dollars.

I don't expect much from these kleptomaniacs I blame us Nigerians if we would vote wisely and really hold these creeps accountable we can get some where.

[b]We keep pointing at these little accomplishments clapping for these thieves encouraging them by fighting in the name of religion/party/ethnicity, instead of saying hey we are the 7th largest oil producers but we still import petro products. Well lets see USA is soon to be an oil seller instead of consumer. I suggest you leaders get it together because soon a real leader will come in and do a JJ Rawling housecleaning exercise.