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2 days ago, i posted the first part of this series. If you missed it, you can go back to it. Or better still, visit the article source. There is also a .pdf version here.

So here is the continuation...

6. His Anti-Corruption Strategy Saved Trillions For Nigeria

Many Nigerians may not know this but President Jonathan has been fighting corruption in a smart way: He has focused on blocking corruption loopholes. Where possible, he used technology.

The result?

He has saved Trillions of Naira for Nigeria. This money is part of what he’s using to build infrastructures.

You can read more here.

Sources:
Explore Anthony Obuegbe’s Mind - 7 Little-Known Ways President Jonathan Fought Corruption


7. “Unemployable” Graduates (and Secondary School Leavers) Will soon be History

Most Nigerian graduates don’t have jobs. They say there is no job.

But Nigerian businesses say there is job – that they can’t find the skills they need.

So it becomes obvious: the problem is not job. The problem is skills. Graduates don’t come out with useful skills.

To make matters worse, most of these universities (and polytechnics… and colleges of educations… and secondary schools… and primary schools) are in shambles.

Decayed structures everywhere.

Laboratories not working. Hostels jampacked and smelly. Class rooms inadequate: imagine more than 300 students taking lectures in a small class room – jampacked like tinned sardine.

Even the things they learn (aka. Curriculum) has nothing to do with today’s realities – imagine a computer science student still talking about COBALT and FORTRAN when the world is talking about HTML5 and PHP.

The fact that most teachers are not properly trained makes matters worse.

As if that is not enough, many Nigerian children (and youths) are dropouts. As of 2011, 10.5Million children were out of school – mainly in the North, South-East and South-South.

To completely solve these problems, president Jonathan completely took the whole responsibilities on himself.

What does that mean?

According to the constitution, the Federal Government is responsible for only university education. The State and Local government is responsible for primary and secondary education.

But if the federal Government continues to wait for the local and state government, the problem may persist.

So how is he solving it?

He started with a plan – the “Four-Year Strategic Plan for Education”.

In that plan, he looked at what past governments did. The ones that were working, he improved. The ones that were not, he changed – or removed.

For example…

The TETFund (A.ka Tertiary Education Trust Fund).

TETFund was born from ETF (Education Trust Fund). ETF wasn’t working. So, he scraped and replaced it with TETFund.

TETFund was born to fight infrastructure decay in Government universities, polytechnics and college of education. It got N615 Billion from 2010 – 2014.

The Result?

New structures are now appearing in most government owned tertiary institutions.

He also improved UBE (for public primary and secondary schools) and review school curriculum to suit today’s realities.

To solve the problem of out-of-school children, he built 125 Almajiri schools, in the North and technical and vocational school, in the South-South and South-East – he also built 16 Girl-Model schools.

Then he trained over 1 Million primary and junior secondary school teachers and administrators.

He also rehabilitated 25 unity colleges. Out of 104, 72 now have electronic library.

Then he partnered with private business to provide 60 Million free text books for less privileged children.

The Result?

School enrollment has increased from 23 Million in 2010 to 29 Million in 2012 – and it’s still growing.

As if that is not enough, he built 12 new universities.

Why?

So that every state can have a federal university.

The best part is that budgetary allocation for education has almost tripled from N224 Billion in 2007 to N634 Billion in 2013.

[b]Sources:
State House - President Jonathan urges NESG to review 45yrs old education policy foundation
Punch - FG unfolds four-year strategic plan for education
This Day Live - Almajiris: Towards Creating Brighter Future for the Street Kids
TETFund - History of TETFund
NewsWatch Times - TETFUND: N480bn released to tertiary institutions
Daily Independent - Public tertiary institutions get TETFund’s N135b to boost infrastructures
Sardauna - [url=http://sardaunamagazine.com/index.php/job-search/item/11705-jonathan-sad-over-%E2%80%98unaccessed%E2%80%99-n65b-in-tetfund]Jonathan sad over ‘unaccessed’ N65b in TETFund[/url][/b]


8. Low Income Earning Nigerians Now Owning their Own Home

Housing is a basic human need. But in Nigeria, it’s a big problem.

Nigeria needs 17 million new homes – and additional 700,000 every year.

Affordable housing is scarce: if you’ve looked for one, you’ll understand what I mean.

To build – or buy – a new one is also very expensive. The average Nigerian cannot afford it.

To borrow from the bank is even harder. You need collateral. Repayment period is also very short.

To solve this, President Jonathan (and his team) initiated the “Nigeria Housing Finance Project.”

How does it work?

Simple! Just apply online. (New selection currently going on)

If you qualify, you can get between N2 Million to N20 Million and pay within 20 years.

On July 2014, President Jonathan launched the first batch. The target was to finance 10,000 new homes.

Then something happened…

66,402 applied and qualified. Then President Jonathan ordered that every qualified applicant get loan. So 66,402 Nigerians benefited.

Sources:
Leadership - Federal Government Launches 10,000 Mortgages For Affordable Housing Units
National Mirror - FG orders processing of 66,400 mortgage applications
This Day Live - Jonathan Boosts Housing with N50bn Mortgage Refinancing Company


9. Mining To Become The Next Big Thing

Nigerian Mining industry used to be big. It employed millions.

But when Nigeria discovered oil, the government abandoned mining. Years of neglect made the industry die.

When President Jonathan came it, he saw the industry’s potential. So he set out to revive it.

How?

He attracted more technically advanced foreign companies: mining is highly technical – Nigerians with those skills are scarce.

He used favorable policies and diplomacy to achieve this.

The Result?

A lot of big foreign companies are already setting up their machinery in Nigeria. They’ll start mining by 2015 and jobs will follow.

Sources:
Think Africa Press - Nigeria Digs Deep in a Bid to Revive its Mining Sector
Vanguard - 6 foreign firms, Dangote to begin mining gold, iron ore in 2015
Change & Revolution - South Africa To Help Develop Nigeria’s Gold Mining Industry


In Conclusion

To succeed in the 21st Century, work smart; NOT hard – and that’s what President Jonathan has done.

No wonder in Just 4 (… OK 6) years, he has achieved a lot for Nigeria.

But he’s not done yet…

He needs your help to finish the good work. Help him by helping more Nigerians see this article: Just share on Facebook or Re-Tweet.