Here2BustnScrew:
[s]Facts, they say, are sacred. They also say facts
are stubborn. Then someone else said that facts
will not simply disappear just because we do not
like them.
One of the most misrepresented truths about the
Jonathan years in office is his record on anti
corruption. It has been very convenient for the
opposition to accuse the government of doing
nothing on corruption because they have simply
refused to look at the numbers. But in the end we
cannot avoid looking at the evidence because it
remains the only valid basis for conviction. So here
are the numbers.
But first we must progress from policy and strategy
of government against corruption to get to the
measurable deliverables.
Perhaps not many people realise that one of the
earliest, very significant steps President Jonathan
took against corruption was to convene a tripartite
meeting between leaders of the executive, the
legislature and that of the judiciary from across the
country to discuss and design a system wide
strategy against corruption. It was a kind of inter-
governmental conference on corruption, the first of
its kind in Nigeria. In attendance were the President,
Senate President, the Speaker and The Chief
Justice of Nigeria. The Vice President, Secretary to
the Government, Head of Service attended the
meeting. Other key members of the three arms of
government were in attendance. The ‘conference’
took place in 2012.
That parley between the three tiers of government,
unprecedented in our history, produced a national
strategy for fighting corruption.
In more ways than one, that conference was
symbolic in setting the tone for President
Jonathan’s systems-based anti corruption strategy.
Subsequently, the administration came up with key
public service systems and processes reforms
initiatives, to not only detect corrupt practices at
source, but preclude incidences of corruption in the
process of public administration.
One of these initiatives was the establishment of the
Government’s Treasury Single Account, a unified
structure of government bank accounts which
consolidates government’s cash resources. The
key objective is to achieve effective aggregate
control over government cash balances. It also
minimises transaction costs during budget
execution by controlling the delay in the remittance
of government revenues, facilitating reconciliation,
efficient control and monitoring of funds and better
coordination with monetary policy implementation.
Another key component of this processes reforms
strategy is the Government Integrated Financial
Management Information System. It is an IT based
system for budget management and accounting to
improve public expenditure management processes,
enhance greater accountability and transparency
across MDAs.
A third public finance management and control
initiative implemented by the Jonathan Government
is the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information
System. It is an electronic payroll management
system designed to, among other objectives,
prevent the kind of sharp practices associated with
public service payroll administration that has for
years served as a conduit for stealing of
government funds. Although conceived and pilot-
tested in 2004, this system became fully
implemented by the Jonathan administration.
All of these initiatives are clear evidences of
President Jonathan’s belief in the efficacy of
institutional mechanisms for solving systemic
problems and in improving the conduct of
government business.
However, it isn’t just the soft power approach that
defined the administration’s commitment to
enhancing transparency and enforcing
accountability. At no other period was the anti-
corruption agencies more active than during the
present administration. Between 2011 and 2014, the
EFCC alone recorded 415 convictions, representing
more than half of the total convictions by by the
commission in the more than 11 years since it was
established. All of these was evidently due to
increased material and policy support for the anti
corruption agencies by the Goodluck Jonathan
administration.
And of course the proof of the pudding, they say, is
in the eating. Despite the mass of propaganda that
emanated from the camp of the opposition, the
verdict of the global anti corruption community on
the Jonathan administration’s anti corruption efforts
has not been as deprecatory as opposition
propaganda has portrayed. In the last report of
Transparency International, Nigeria recorded
significant improvement from its performance over
the years, from among the 175 countries surveyed.
In 2014, Nigeria ranked higher than 9 other
countries which were preciously above or on the
same position with us in 2013. On the other hand,
no country above or in the same position as Nigeria
scored higher than us in 2014.
Remarkably, Transparency International, in a study
conducted in 2013, acknowledges that the efforts by
the Jonathan government to fight corruption has
been considerably effective.
Clearly, the Jonathan administration’s anti
corruption record would stand head and shoulders
above any other attempt made by precious
administrations against the scourge. But of course
this president is not one to blow trumpets and play
to the gallery, so opposition propaganda seemed to
have acquired traction.
But President Jonathan’s goal in this policy sector,
just like his overall commitment in other aspects of
social and economic policy, is sustainable social
and economic development. This model does not
lend itself to quick fixes and political posturing.
Rather, it is deliberate, it is measured, it is
incremental.
It for the benefit of Nigeria and Nigerians; not for the
cameras; not for the ego; not even for the
detractors.
Still, no one can alter the evidence, however
desperately they despise the facts. In the words of
John Adams, “facts are stubborn things; and
whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or
the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the
state of facts and evidence”.
http://pdpmediaroom247.press/2015/03/26/this-is-president-jonathans-record-on-anti-corruption-by-godwin-okpene/[/s] Trash, wash wash story story ooooo

Here2BustnScrew:
[s]Facts, they say, are sacred. They also say facts
are stubborn. Then someone else said that facts
will not simply disappear just because we do not
like them.
One of the most misrepresented truths about the
Jonathan years in office is his record on anti
corruption. It has been very convenient for the
opposition to accuse the government of doing
nothing on corruption because they have simply
refused to look at the numbers. But in the end we
cannot avoid looking at the evidence because it
remains the only valid basis for conviction. So here
are the numbers.
But first we must progress from policy and strategy
of government against corruption to get to the
measurable deliverables.
Perhaps not many people realise that one of the
earliest, very significant steps President Jonathan
took against corruption was to convene a tripartite
meeting between leaders of the executive, the
legislature and that of the judiciary from across the
country to discuss and design a system wide
strategy against corruption. It was a kind of inter-
governmental conference on corruption, the first of
its kind in Nigeria. In attendance were the President,
Senate President, the Speaker and The Chief
Justice of Nigeria. The Vice President, Secretary to
the Government, Head of Service attended the
meeting. Other key members of the three arms of
government were in attendance. The ‘conference’
took place in 2012.
That parley between the three tiers of government,
unprecedented in our history, produced a national
strategy for fighting corruption.
In more ways than one, that conference was
symbolic in setting the tone for President
Jonathan’s systems-based anti corruption strategy.
Subsequently, the administration came up with key
public service systems and processes reforms
initiatives, to not only detect corrupt practices at
source, but preclude incidences of corruption in the
process of public administration.
One of these initiatives was the establishment of the
Government’s Treasury Single Account, a unified
structure of government bank accounts which
consolidates government’s cash resources. The
key objective is to achieve effective aggregate
control over government cash balances. It also
minimises transaction costs during budget
execution by controlling the delay in the remittance
of government revenues, facilitating reconciliation,
efficient control and monitoring of funds and better
coordination with monetary policy implementation.
Another key component of this processes reforms
strategy is the Government Integrated Financial
Management Information System. It is an IT based
system for budget management and accounting to
improve public expenditure management processes,
enhance greater accountability and transparency
across MDAs.
A third public finance management and control
initiative implemented by the Jonathan Government
is the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information
System. It is an electronic payroll management
system designed to, among other objectives,
prevent the kind of sharp practices associated with
public service payroll administration that has for
years served as a conduit for stealing of
government funds. Although conceived and pilot-
tested in 2004, this system became fully
implemented by the Jonathan administration.
All of these initiatives are clear evidences of
President Jonathan’s belief in the efficacy of
institutional mechanisms for solving systemic
problems and in improving the conduct of
government business.
However, it isn’t just the soft power approach that
defined the administration’s commitment to
enhancing transparency and enforcing
accountability. At no other period was the anti-
corruption agencies more active than during the
present administration. Between 2011 and 2014, the
EFCC alone recorded 415 convictions, representing
more than half of the total convictions by by the
commission in the more than 11 years since it was
established. All of these was evidently due to
increased material and policy support for the anti
corruption agencies by the Goodluck Jonathan
administration.
And of course the proof of the pudding, they say, is
in the eating. Despite the mass of propaganda that
emanated from the camp of the opposition, the
verdict of the global anti corruption community on
the Jonathan administration’s anti corruption efforts
has not been as deprecatory as opposition
propaganda has portrayed. In the last report of
Transparency International, Nigeria recorded
significant improvement from its performance over
the years, from among the 175 countries surveyed.
In 2014, Nigeria ranked higher than 9 other
countries which were preciously above or on the
same position with us in 2013. On the other hand,
no country above or in the same position as Nigeria
scored higher than us in 2014.
Remarkably, Transparency International, in a study
conducted in 2013, acknowledges that the efforts by
the Jonathan government to fight corruption has
been considerably effective.
Clearly, the Jonathan administration’s anti
corruption record would stand head and shoulders
above any other attempt made by precious
administrations against the scourge. But of course
this president is not one to blow trumpets and play
to the gallery, so opposition propaganda seemed to
have acquired traction.
But President Jonathan’s goal in this policy sector,
just like his overall commitment in other aspects of
social and economic policy, is sustainable social
and economic development. This model does not
lend itself to quick fixes and political posturing.
Rather, it is deliberate, it is measured, it is
incremental.
It for the benefit of Nigeria and Nigerians; not for the
cameras; not for the ego; not even for the
detractors.
Still, no one can alter the evidence, however
desperately they despise the facts. In the words of
John Adams, “facts are stubborn things; and
whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or
the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the
state of facts and evidence”.
http://pdpmediaroom247.press/2015/03/26/this-is-president-jonathans-record-on-anti-corruption-by-godwin-okpene/[/s] Trash, wash wash story story ooooo, damage control, it is too late !!!