Bokoharam:


GEJ was only being humble and giving thanks to God. How many of our past leaders have such humility?

Bokoharam:


GEJ was only being humble and giving thanks to God. How many of our past leaders have such humility?

come chop:

JONATHAN DID NT SAY HE CANTO LEAD THE COUNTRY OR HES NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB.

QUOTING HIM AS SAYING "I WAS NOT CHOSEN TO BE V.P BE COS I HAD GOOD POLITICAL EXPERIENCE. I DID NOT. DO U KNOW WHY HE WAS CHOSEN? IT WAS BE COS HE WAS THE HONEST MAN AMONG THEM A FRESH FISH IN DP WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.

THERE WERE A LOT MORE QUALIFIED POE TO BE V.P - THIS MEANS THOU THEY WERE QUALIFIED WITH MUCH EXPERIENCE BUT WERE ALL LOOTERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO LOOT IF NIGERIAN  GIVE THEM THE CHANCE.

LAST QUOTE. IAM NOT A POLITICIAN- THIS MEANS HES NOT THEIR KIND. KILLING AND LOOTING NATIONAL TREASURE. HES A MAN   OF HIS OWN AND CAN DO WITH OR WITHOUT PRESIDENTIAL SEAT. BUT SINCE IT WAS HIS CALLING, HE WILL LEAD WITH ALL HIS MIGHT, HONESTY AND FAIRNESS.

THOSE  OVER AMBITIONS ARE EXPERIENCED LOOTERS. THEY SHOULD GO TO BED!!!!

come chop:

@ appletago u quoted me.

Frankly speaking, i do agree with you after going thro your post.  However, my perception towards the matter was viewed from a different angle. U should  remember that there are 2 side to a coin , what he meant is deep and expressed in a diplomatic way. He was less experienced in the beginning, he is developing. there are others better than him but they are arrogant, vain.  

Jonathan rose from deputy governor to the chair of a president as am writing indeed, he warmed up already in this field in addition to his academic background all counts! the most important thing as a leader is equal life for all. honesty and sincerity.

Do u remember the late Julius Nyerere of Tanzania one of Africa most respected figure Mwalimu? do u know that he was an ordinary classroom teacher? a school master by choice and a politician by accident?

GLJ has visions i believe he will set them out and things will come to light if truly,

PhysicsQED:

Great tactical move. I gotta admit I'm impressed with this quote. I didn't think GEJ could be this cunning (knowing the quote actually portrays him in a good light with the whole "I'm not a politician I'm a regular guy but I'm doing this to save this country" angle) or this honest.

Excellent move overall. Let those dumb enough to think he was confessing some sort of supposed inadequacy wallow in their own misplaced hate.

Bokoharam:


GEJ was only being humble and giving thanks to God. How many of our past leaders have such humility?

BetaThings:

You really think he is so smart to be able to deceive the US? Think again. Those guys have information.

byrron:

LETS KEEP APPLAUDING HIM FOR EVERY STUPIDITY HE EXHIBITS AND CALL IT HEROISM.

ONE DAY HE WILL COME OUT TO TELL YOU ON FACE-BOOK THAT THE GHOST OF ABACHA,GANI,YARADUA,SARO WIWA,ABIOLA AND OTHERS ARE CHASING HIM AROUND IN ASO ROCK AND DISTORTING HIS GOOD PLANS FOR NIGERIA,AND SOME OF US WILL COME ON FACE-BOOK AND NAIRALAND AS USUAL AND SAY ITS TRUE,THE GUY IS HONEST,HE IS MAKING SENSE, IN FACT A HERO.

LETS RIDE ON, NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY,HE HAS DONE NOTHING IN-TERMS OF JOB CREATION, SECURITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTIES.

LAST TIME SOME CREAM OF THIS COUNTRY WERE ASKED TO COME UP WITH A ROAD MAP ON JOB CREATION BY GEJ,NOTHING IS HEARD ABOUT THAT GROUP ANYMORE.

THEY SEEMS TO BE REACTING TO ISSUE RAISED BY THE PERCEIVED OPPOSITION, WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE ISSUES RAISED BY THEM,WHICH SHOWS THERE IS CLEARLY NO PROGRESS SO FAR RECORDED SINCE THEIR IS NON TO SHOW FOR.

PDP AND ITS MEMBERS DESERVES TO BE AT THE HOTTEST PART IN HELL. NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM THAT BUNCH OF THIEVES.

PhysicsQED:

Deceive the US about what?

PhysicsQED:

Great tactical move. I gotta admit I'm impressed with this quote. I didn't think GEJ could be this cunning (knowing the quote actually portrays him in a good light with the whole "I'm not a politician I'm a regular guy but I'm doing this to save this country" angle) or this honest. I was more neutral before but now I think GEJ is simply more intelligent than anybody else in the running and consequently better equipped to actually change things. We should remember that no intelligent person has ever been head of state in Nigeria. Just mediocrities.

Excellent move overall. Let those dumb enough to think he was confessing some sort of supposed inadequacy wallow in their own misplaced hate.

PStylish:

Wrong! Very wrong!!
Should GEJ handover to a northerner next year I can bet my d*ck on it that the northern president, and anybody GEJ inclusive, will claim constitutional right to seek a second term by 2015 and rightly too. Let's face it the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is superior to any form of verbal internal party agreement. Zoning can only be applied after any sitting president has exhausted his constitutional right to contest an election irrespective of the circumstances that brought him to power. Its unfortunate Yar'Adua died.RIP.Why did he allow himself to be used as a pawn by the likes of OBJ and why didnt the northern elite force him to reject the offer at the time? They(The North) never thought the South could ever have the courage to attempt holding onto power after Yar'Adua's possible and eventual exit especially as the 8-year zoning time frame wouldn't have been exhausted. How dull they were!!!

Kobojunkie:


Can I ask you to go back, check your facts and then come back with a better post?
The reason is your post is filled with way too many faulty assumptions to even compare in any way to the political reality in Nigeria. Handing over to a Northerner or not is not Jonathan’s decision to make. He is president in a democratic Nation, and regardless of what happens in the PDP Party, at the end of the day, the people will pick who will win or not come next year.
Also Zoning agreement currently applies ONLY to PDP party members, not to all of Nigeria. 

babsmii:

sure boi!!! GEJ, goodluck to you man,
im sure all we want to hear are lies cos we're used to it, he just came out to say the truth now and some people are still complaining, do you want him to start lieing like others

sweet9ja:

Wikileak is God sent to GEJ. Is there anyone still doubting his sincerity?

PhysicsQED:

Great tactical move. I gotta admit I'm impressed with this quote. I didn't think GEJ could be this cunning (knowing the quote actually portrays him in a good light with the whole "I'm not a politician I'm a regular guy but I'm doing this to save this country" angle) or this honest. I was more neutral before but now I think GEJ is simply more intelligent than anybody else in the running and consequently better equipped to actually change things. We should remember that no intelligent person has ever been head of state in Nigeria. Just mediocrities.

Excellent move overall. Let those dumb enough to think he was confessing some sort of supposed inadequacy wallow in their own misplaced hate.

FEARS ABOUT MILITARY
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¶7. (C) Jonathan said “everyone, including the Army Chief of Staff (COAS) [LTG Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau] and Chief of the President Guards Brigade [BG Abdul Mustapha]” are concerned about the confusion over who is the executive of the nation. The AgP said the military chiefs are making sure no politicians are reaching out to the rank-and-file, and encouraging the military to stay in the barracks so that the uncertain political situation does not generate coup-like behavior emanating from the mid-ranks because of the confusion. As the Ambassador began her meeting with the Acting President, he had just concluded a meeting with COAS LTG Dambazau (see reftel A for Ambassador’s conversation with the COAS February 24).
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USG ADVICE: BECOME A NATIONAL FIGURE
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¶8. (C) Based on points developed telephonically with Assistant Secretary Carson (ref B), Ambassador encouraged Jonathan to change the perception that he is a regional figure, and be seen, rather, as a national figure who has the best interest of the nation at heart. Ambassador expressed that given that the U.S. and Nigeria are very best friends, we feel the need to share our concerns, as any good friend would do, and that we are counting on him to steer Nigeria through this troubled and uncertain period. At the moment, Jonathan’s detractors believe he is a surrogate for former President Obasanjo. Ambassador advised the AgP that he needs to publicly demonstrate that he is the sole executor of national issues, not being directed or serving a political purpose for Obasanjo or others, so that his leadership would not be in question and the polity would accept that he had the best interest of nation at hand. The AgP said he appreciated our advice, including publicly holding Obasanjo at arms length. He said he would consider taking steps, including possibly convoking the entire diplomatic corps to brief them on the current political climate, using this and other events to demonstrate that he is his own man,
and diminish the appearance he is a regional leader.
¶9. (C) Jonathan noted that the Northern politicians would always be uncomfortable with him as president, and he understood the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) picked him as Yar’Adua’s running mate in 2007 because he represented the Niger Delta. Jonathan said he was handling Niger Delta issues until the Ministry for Niger Delta Affairs was created in September 2008, allowing him to distance himself from being viewed as someone who could only work on that issue. [b]“I was not chosen to be Vice President because I had good political experience,” he said. “I did not. There were a lot more qualified people around to be Vice President, but that does not mean I am not my own man.” However, he said, with the changed circumstances, the AgP said that his sole focus is to leave a legacy of both electoral reform and credible elections, including changing the entire Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). [/b]The AgP said he was appreciative of the Ambassador’s remarks made during the National Day reception February 25 and Assistant Secretary Carson’s February 24 statement because both provided him with the courage to press forward.
¶10. (C) Jonathan shared initially, he had the intention to dissolve the Cabinet early the week of February 22, and had planned to make that announcement at the February 24 FEC meeting, but found out that Yar’Adua was returning, and thus dissuaded him from acting. He said the last Cabinet meeting was disastrous and included yelling and screaming, and it is totally dysfunctional. He said he is “not a politician” and had very limited experience as an administrator, but concluded, “I will not tolerate a brawl.” Jonathan said he will dissolve the Cabinet once he knows people are more comfortable with him being the Acting President or if the current strategy to convince Yar’Adua surrogates and family members to allow the ailing president to resign.

¶13. (C) Jonathan said he does not anticipate standing for elections in 2011 and that he is not working towards being a presidential candidacy. He wants to put into place an electoral structure that will be ready for national elections. He did, however, note that, “if they want me to run, that will be something to consider at that time.” However, he stressed that his focus now and for the next 12 months will be on “doing a good job and witnessing respectable and credible elections in 2011.”

Sanders’ dispatch read: “Pickard said that Nigerian entities control the lifting of many oil cargoes and there are some "very interesting" people lifting oil. Oil buyers would pay NNPC GMD Yar'Adua, Chief Economic Advisor Yakubu and the First Lady Turai Yar'Adua large bribes to lift oil. Pickard also reported an instance of the Attorney General Aondoakaa allegedly soliciting a $20 million bribe to sign a document. The International Oil Companies (IOC) are quite concerned about the "very flawed" new petroleum sector energy bill. The IOCs will be asking U.S., Dutch, and U.K. COMs to convey points on the bill to GON policymakers.

“Pickard said that Nigerian entities control the lifting of many oil cargoes and there are some "very interesting" people lifting oil (People, she said that were not even in the industry). As an example she said that oil buyers would pay Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) General Managing Director Yar'Adua, (Note: not related to President Yar'Adua. End Note) Chief Economic Advisor Yakubu, and the First Lady Turai Yar'Adua large bribes, millions of dollars per tanker, to lift oil. The IOCs control the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cargos, so GON actors do not have the same opportunity for illicit gain. Pickard also said a former associate of hers (protect) had told her he had been present when Attorney General Aondoakaa had told a visitor that he would sign a document only if the visitor paid $2 million immediately and another $18 million the next day.”

Beaf:

Some of the posts here are soooooooooooooo funny!!!
Some fools actually see humility and honesty as bad attributes for a leader to have. This clowns evidently prefer the likes of Atiku (caught pants downs stealing 40 billion in the US) or IBB ($12.4 billion oil windfall theft) or Tinubu (drugs). Thank God for GEJ, a leader who is honest, forthright and a gale of fresh air, the country is at last taking steps forward.

I am happy for threads like this one, because they separate the true lovers of Nigeria from the godforsaken parasites who wish to continue the ra'pe of previous govts and the Pakistanisation of Nigeria with Boko Haram, Kala Kato, Maitatsine cults and Jos style pogroms. Shame on you!

I made this post elsewhere, but its apt here; its all about the "experienced" politicians some clowns here are gunning for:

This was one of the very first areas GEJ cleared up, hence the old actors hate him so much and are so bitter. It used to be a free for all for anyone to walk in, pay a bribe to the cabal and walk off with oil that was meant for the countries development.

Both the lifting and importation (another lon and shocking story) areas were cleared  and thats how come we are able to buy petrol for 65 Naira per litre (or less) without spending nights at fuel stations.

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It will never be business as usual again.