LRNZH:
Is this an attempt to subtly insult South Easterners?

Virtually all who are worth their salt in most sectors of Nigeria public life have labelled GEJ as a failure...even the Ndi Igbos... Read https://www.nairaland.com/2086935/ndigbo-itll-silly-endorse-jonathan

The implication of your assertion is that only the Ndi Igbo have failed to recognise a failure when they see one or are high on dry bonobo shite and decided to sink with GEJ's capsizing vessel.

Justcash:


Can you please outline his successes and failures? Then, compare them to those of past leaders?

Did you read the link I provided to you?

Do you have anything close to stable power?
Is there security in Nigeria as we speak?
Even with the highest oil price regime under any Nigerian President GEJ has the highest debt and lowest reserves amongst all PDP President's. Infact the first of the PDP President to have debt > reserves
Are refineries working?
Is the cabal still here with us in Nigeria?
CBN asserts that 80% of youths are still unemployed in 2014.
The highest level of oil bunkering in Nigeria history is under GEJ.

You need to ask yourself what are the key priorities of Nigeria. That's where you'll see the glaring failures of GEJ after 6 years.

LRNZH:


Did you read the link I provided to you?

Do you have anything close to stable power?
Is there security in Nigeria as we speak?
Even with the highest oil price regime under any Nigerian President GEJ has the highest debt and lowest reserves amongst all PDP President's. Infact the first of the PDP President to have debt > reserves
Are refineries working?
Is the cabal still here with us in Nigeria?
Can says 80% of youths are still unemployed in 2014.

You need to ask yourself what are the key priorities of Nigeria. That's where you'll see the glaring failures of GEJ after 6 years.

Justcash:


If we are to be factual and objective, you'll see that GEJ has actually performed better than past governments.

You guys are fond of holding him responsible for the Boko Haram carnage, but those responsible for BOKO HARAM are acting out a well scripted plan to ensure that their interests prevail. If you think that Buhari will have a violence free leadership if he succeeds to win, then you need to seriously think again. OBJ, with all his gra gra could not handle the NIGER DELTA MILITANTS due to th nature of the conflict.

BOKO HARAM will end when NIGERIANS decide to end it together and foster unity. GEJ, OBJ OR BUHARI CANNOT HANDLE AN INTERNAL AGGRESSION THAT IS BASED ON ETHNO-RELIGIOUS OR REGIONAL OBJECTIVES AND BACKED BY POLITICAL INTERESTS.

When was power ever stable in Nigeria? It took decades to destroy it, it will not take overnight to repair. The privatization of the power sector is a good foundation to bring that sector back to life. Then, let me ask for you, WHAT STOPPED OTHER LEADERS FROM PRIVATIZING THE POWER SECTOR IN THE PAST?

When last did Nigeria refine oil? Do you think it will take overnight to start doing that? Let me educate you, the same interests against the repairs of the refineries are the ones fighting this government. The government, through Alison Madueke, attempted to repair those refineries, but sabotage emerged from everywhere. WHO ARE THOSE SABOTAGING THAT EFFORT? YOu guys are treating OBJ and ATIKU like a saints now, WHY DIDNT THEY REPAIR THE REFINERIES WHEN THEY WERE IN CONTROL?

Rawani:
If GEJ was a not a sectional president that foolishly showed favouritism and promoted ethno-religious bigotry, he and his supporters would not be running from their shadows, with the knowledge that they have stepped on fingers on their way to the top. Going by your assertions, the SS will perpetually be in trouble unless it maintains it's grip on the reins of power indefinitely. Lie on your bed of tribal and religious hate, you made it yourself.

Karma is one punctual b*tch.

LRNZH:


All these are just excuses. We are not asking for OBJ to return so shelve all that comparison.

If the dud you support cannot perform in 6 years because of those against him then is it in the next 4 years he will perform? NO.
Those people you claim are against him are still there you know.

Let him step down or be voted out so another person can try to first take out those people, take out corruption then attempt to develop Nigeria.

tit:
but,
buhari will dash every Niger Delta family N5000/month!
is that not good?

IGBOSON1:
One of the flaws in your otherwise brilliant analysis is your assertion that the South East will be part of the new power bloc! That ain't gonna happen! The traditional haters of Ndigbo; the ones that have scuttled our development; the ones that have deprived us both overtly and covertly; the ones that hate to see benefits or anything positive come our way......these groups will once again reclaim their place at the table and continue from where they left off in 1999 and 2009!

You will be amazed how suddenly AIIA Enugu will be beset with all sorts of problems and become abandoned as they tell you it's not viable; how the issue of the second Niger bridge will become like that Onitsha river port they built a token substandard jetty for and placed a useless old crane in in the early 80s, and then forgot about for the next couple of decades; how our business men and businesses will once again be sabotaged while they promote their own, give their own monopolistic advantages, favorable conditions, assistance under the table, and access to the corridors of power......companies like INNOSON will die a slow and painful death because they hate to see Igbos doing well to the extent of being mentioned in the same breath with their own super rich; how all the top billion dollar companies (both state and private owned) will be diverted and attracted to their regions while they leave the South East hanging once again; and i could go on and on!

So Bros, don't make the mistake of thinking there ever was a WAZOBIA, or that it's coming back if GEJ loses!

Justcash:


I am from the SOUTH EAST. The SOUTH EAST "cannot" be relegated to the background in NIGERIAN political affairs, no matter how much you try. So, I am absolutely fine with whoever emerges.
However, you echoed my exact view about the South South being in poo if they lose.

Justcash:


BUT OBJ did not perform as much as GEJ in his first tenure, why were you happy to give him another four years? Funny dude.

Justcash:


In terms of SOUTH EAST'S political advantage, we stand a greater chance of grabbing the presidency in APC than in PDP. That is the honest truth. But, it is actually not always about power. It is about progress.

NIGERIAN politics is not complete without the South East bloc. The land is small, but the people are enormous and influential.

Except the military takes over, it will be political suicide for any president to do what you just outlined above. Even if they succeed in doing that, it is Nigeria's loss.

Rawani:


Unfortunately, the SE has the most to lose if the APC wins the elections next month (which is evidently quite likely) as it is the only region that has not been politically strategic enough to spread its eggs across all relevant baskets. Whats even more puzzling is that the PDP is led and governed by other regions so one wonders the basis of SE loyalty to the party.

You can now see that the region needs no one to relegate it to the background as it does an excellent job of self-inflicted irrelevance. Thankfully, progressive minded Igbos are striving to buck this trend by aligning with the quest for change, with the knowledge that we all have to synergise and leverage on our collective strength in building a better Nigeria.

Justcash:


In terms of SOUTH EAST'S political advantage, we stand a greater chance of grabbing the presidency in APC than in PDP. That is the honest truth. But, it is actually not always about power. It is about progress.

NIGERIAN politics is not complete without the South East bloc. The land is small, but the people are enormous and influential.

Except the military takes over, it will be political suicide for any president to do what you just outlined above. Even if they succeed in doing that, it is Nigeria's loss.

IGBOSON1:


^^^On the bolded: You're wrong! From the end of the civil war till 1999, the South East was only invited to the table and remained their at the pleasure of the Hausa/Fulani ably assisted by their Yoruba friends! Do you know there was a time there was no Igbo in the higest military decision making body of the country?.....I think it was once during Abachas regime!

After the civil war, the 3Rs they talked about was nothing but a ruse! I read a thread the other day (started in 2011 i think) by the guy with the 'GenBuhari' moniker, and i noticed how after the civil war they were taking all manner of gigantic companies and locating them in kaduna (not to talk of all they built in Lagos at the time) while they did absolutely fuc/kall in the the Eastern Region!......And there was supposed to be reconstruction going on in the South East at the time! Even Akpabio has asked what actually they did in the old Eastern Region after the uncivil war by way of reconstruction.....he's yet to get an answer!

Justcash:


I'm talking about current political dynamics. Nigeria has evolved beyond the political era you are referring to. There has been a paradigm shift. In this era, ignoring the south east is political suicide. Infact, the SE has grown to exert influence in political spheres outside the SE.

LRNZH:


[b]Granted OBJ performed better in his 2nd term than in his first. But judging from the Nigeria he inherited from the Military, he performed better than GEJ.

A few of them are:
Buildup of goodwill to get Nigeria's debt forgiven and improving Nigeria's global image
GSM licensing provision. Previous Gov'ts wouldn't for fear of losing grip on security
OBJ boosted foreign reserves and cut down on corruption with EFCC. I know a lot of civil servants who complained how Baba wouldn't let them chop.

OBJ performing better than GEJ in their first terms Is not even the issue. Overall, we think PDP has failed and needs to roll over.

For all the goodwill GEJ got, for the highest oil price regime he led under, for the more progressive economy he inherited from Yar’Adua with militancy problem solved, GEJ is a failure.

I can assure you if oil price had stayed stagnant at $60/ barrel through out GEJ's 6 years, there would have been a national revolt from how broke the country would have been. After an average of $90/ barrel of oil, the Gov't is broke immediately oil prices shifted low. With very scanty capital projects to show for it.

Finally, even if we made a 'mistake' of not voting out OBJ after his first 4 years, we should not make the same mistake again. Otherwise Nigeria masses will never be taken seriously.
Once beaten..... [/b]

Sloan:

How? The SE has the smallest voting population in Nigeria, so how is that political suicide? APGA the only ibo party is dead. No national ibo leader. PDP is controlled by non-ibos! Ibos will never get a chance in the PDP, but sadly they'd spurned 100000% of their chances in APC and while people like Rochas hopefully finally reap the reward of not being insular and tribalistic like almost all other ibos, it is clear he will need even the votes and supports of others to win the ticket at the primaries. By the way, same Rochas is the most castigated ibo governor today by guess who: the same ibos who made sure Onjukwu never got more than 3% of votes in all elections till he died and never smelt leadership which he fought a 2 year 6 months and 9 days war for and lost woefully, including 3 M Ibos who were deceived and kept thinking he was all that he was nothing!

Sloan:


I showed your post to someone and without reading, the first opinion that came out was the person must be ibo! Ha! No surprise! You write a shitty piece trying to pit Nigerians, the interest of the whole country, against our fellow Nigerians in the SS while you are ibo yourself, not even SS! Are you more generous to them that you so graciously pit them against all, not that they sent you this message! There are millions of SS who have such brilliant minds that your parochial and insular pitch will never sway them! Are you more SS than Oyegun, Amaechi, and their millions of supporters and fellow citizens? The point is Jonapafuka has failed, he had 6 years to have his legacy written in gold but he is a failure and your emergency appeal to ethnocentric sentiments and useless fear mongering will not save you or your useless Jonapafuka. Is there now a new lease of life for our fellow Nigerians in the SS with new technology for oil and petroleum refining, chemical companies, chemical waste disposal, etc skills that will fetch more money than just waiting for a handout and will survive and endure more than just oil exportation? No! This is why posters like you are just absolutely oloriburukus that will never flourish or see good in their lives!

LRNZH:


Did you read the link I provided to you?

Do you have anything close to stable power?
Is there security in Nigeria as we speak?
Even with the highest oil price regime under any Nigerian President GEJ has the highest debt and lowest reserves amongst all PDP President's. Infact the first of the PDP President to have debt > reserves
Are refineries working?
Is the cabal still here with us in Nigeria?
CBN asserts that 80% of youths are still unemployed in 2014.
The highest level of oil bunkering in Nigeria history is under GEJ.

You need to ask yourself what are the key priorities of Nigeria. That's where you'll see the glaring failures of GEJ after 6 years.

Justcash:


That is your view. Obj did not perform better than GEJ in 8 years, and you did not have any real political right to determine your leaders during his tenure. So, even if you wanted him out, you were politically handicapped. No thanks to his mass disenfranchisement.

The very man, GEJ, whose achievement you are trying to degrade, gave you that bragging right. That is just one achievement out of many.

vanunu:




In case you don't know, nigeria will be in a very big mess if gej is voted out.

LRNZH:


[b]Granted OBJ performed better in his 2nd term than in his first. But judging from the Nigeria he inherited from the Military, he performed better than GEJ.

A few of them are:
Buildup of goodwill to get Nigeria's debt forgiven and improving Nigeria's global image
GSM licensing provision. Previous Gov'ts wouldn't for fear of losing grip on security
OBJ boosted foreign reserves and cut down on corruption with EFCC. I know a lot of civil servants who complained how Baba wouldn't let them chop.

OBJ performing better than GEJ in their first terms Is not even the issue. Overall, we think PDP has failed and needs to roll over.

For all the goodwill GEJ got, for the highest oil price regime he led under, for the more progressive economy he inherited from Yar’Adua with militancy problem solved, GEJ is a failure.

I can assure you if oil price had stayed stagnant at $60/ barrel through out GEJ's 6 years, there would have been a national revolt from how broke the country would have been. After an average of $90/ barrel of oil, the Gov't is broke immediately oil prices shifted low. With very scanty capital projects to show for it.

Finally, even if we made a 'mistake' of not voting out OBJ after his first 4 years, we should not make the same mistake again. Otherwise Nigeria masses will never be taken seriously.
Once beaten..... [/b]

Justcash:


I am from the SOUTH EAST. The SOUTH EAST "cannot" be relegated to the background in NIGERIAN political affairs, no matter how much you try

I have lived long enough in Nigeria and in every part of the country. I have studied NIGERIAN politics, I obtained a degree in political science in Nigeria. As much as we strive to wish it away, Nigerian politics is strewn in regional, ethno-religious and selfish interests. Some regions in NIGERIA are just not comfortable with power in the hands of the south-south. I will leave you to figure out the regions.