Prominent voices from Northern Nigeria have replied President Goodluck Jonathan’s self appraisal in his Independence Day address, where he said, he has performed well in the last five years of his government.

They disagreed with the President on the claim, saying he has failed woefully with his inability to put his feet on the ground and deal with those who had been the cog in the will of Nigeria’s progress.

The northern public also faulted the celebration of the country’s independence, saying only those looting the nation’s treasury had reasons to celebrate.

Shehu Sani, a prominent human rights activist, said, “The Jonathan administration has been able to appease the yearning of people of South South to produce the President of Nigeria. But all that has is that he ended up enriching a gang of militants and he has become so inept and incapable of prosecuting corruption.

“The nation has never been divided like we have been under Goodluck Jonathan and the worst of all today, we are faced with a serious problem of insurgency and kidnapped to which the reputation of his government damaged.

“The President has failed woefully, especially with his inability to put his feet down and deal with some certain persons in his government who had been seen to be cog in the will of Nigeria’s progress.”

On the nation’s independence, he said, “You can categorize Nigeria’s history into four segments namely the colonial era, democratic era, military rule, civil war and now insurgency. To assess the journey so far, you can also sub divide it into three or four sub sections.

“You can assess the journey so far politically, economically, socially and the journey so far historically. Politically, you can say that we have spent most of our period of independence under military rule and that had denied Nigerians the opportunity to rise and fall and learn from the democratic process.

“The military rule was a period characterized by human right violations, tyranny, depression and unaccountable government. It was also a period of political prosecution. The military rule was an aberration, it was a moment in which individuals took up arms against the will and the constitution of the country and impose themselves as political leaders. In the process, they amass wealth, stylishly the socio-political and economic development of the country.

The Spokesman of Northern Elders’ Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said, “There is nothing to say than telling Nigerians that there is no reason to celebrate Nigeria at 54.

While, a former federal lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, said, “Nigeria is not in the right direction towards development. We are only in the direction towards mayhem and confusion, poverty, corruption and irresponsible governance. Therefore, there is nothing celebrate about our being 54. And those who go out of their way to loot our treasury to celebrate know within themselves that, there is nothing to celebrate.”

Its a matter of months datz left 2 knw who has failed. #GEJ till 2019...

Come 2015 una go knw say ijaw man wicked

hmmm...

Is it all northerners who told him or some who though they 'all' the Northerners?

See those singing failure.The failed 38years of Northerner rulership,if it was never allowed, would have made Nigeria a better place and probably among the top economy in the world today!

No president ever produced in this country has ever divided us as a people on religious and ethnic lines than this current GEJ administration. The tension emanating from the actions and in-actions of the president is rather heightening grouses and dissensions amongst the people.

I have always said this and I will continue to say it. Only a misguided and brainwashed fool would want to argue the fact that GEJ has totally failed this nation. The level of corruption under his regime has so been aggravated that even "Corruption" itself now throws salutations at the mention of Nigeria.

Total disregard for the rule of law. You get away with anything once you are under the protection of the symbolic unbrella. Little wonder our security apparatus have been so reduced to mere object of ridicule among comittee of nations. What else could have enboldened a governor elect to prompt attacks on serving judges if not factors as these?

GEJ has truly failed this Nation no doubt....

GEJ still remain the best president that has ever ruled Nigeria and only f00ls will deny this fact. The north enjoyed intimidation of southerners when ever a southerner is in power. They said the same thing about OBJ when he was in power. Only f00lish people who reason with their anus will take the rants of cows in the north serious.

This Gej things is alover the youth heads, all I knw is that is a failure to be celebrating democracy without the chibok girls and lot of lives has been wasted by the boko haram group. Let's come to reality if your junior sister is one of those girls, your cousin or your daughter since this days... You would have reacted even more than this to those people that still think GEJ is doing great. We need a complete change of plan a world class president who can stand by himself and not to be controlled by anyfolk, a president that wears shoes when he was younger and not this GEJ that steals our money everyday just to buy nice shoes! We youth says ENOUGH!

I will still vote for Jonathan again, them no curse us say na only northerners go dey rule us

They instituted BH in order to come to this conclusion at d end. They and their plans have failed.