dedeike: Once Again, the opposition has gone full circle in a failed bid to doctor the interesting media chat the President had with Nigeians. I have much respect for Yinka Odumakin as an activit. But it remains to be seen how this analyses can ever be said to be flowing from that media chat. I watched the media chat. First, Yinka proceeded on a faulty assumption that the President was talking about the Ribadu committe set up to monitor our oil revenue. No. What the president clearly said is that while he was an acting president, he had already directed Aganga to invite any globally reputable audit firm to investigate NNPC. The president said this in a bid to clear the air on his alleged plans to kill Lawan's report. He said that even far before the House Probe, he had already taken his own independent step to investigate the oil sector. Logically too, one of the major reasons for the removal of subsidy was to eliminate the cabal from feeding fat from oil subsidy. So does it make sense when people now reprobate to accuse the president from shielding the same cabal from Farouk.'s hammer? Somehow both the President and the masses have a common enemy in the cabal. The president sought to punish the cabal thru subsidy removal while the masses sought to punish the cabal thru the probes but unfortunately both efforts turned awry. Secondly, it is not also true that the president could not face live questions. He did face all the questions thrown at him confidently. He responded to the Brasil trip perfectly. He told about ongoing power reforms in summary. He talked about YOUWIN in response to a question by the caller. He explained the reason behind the sack of Azazi. Please let's try to be objective. We must not kill this man because our preferred presidential candidates lost to him.

don't mind them. That is how they go about deceiving people. Yinka who is saying all these rubbish cannot even tell us where Fashola's assets was publicly declared in any media even if it's SAHARREPORTERS. Hypocrites!

My humble suggestion to mr President-go learn how to present your speeches.It is obvious that the major problem mr president has is how to express himself with proper diction.Oratory ability is one of the attributes of any great leader.The presidency is a big office and should not be occupied by people who are still learning.

I am not a fan of Jonathan, never voted for him because I just don't understand PDP (no clear manifesto or directive). However, he is my president and as such I must condole him with respect. The man may lack the charisma but he does have a heart to make this country better. Nigerians want a quick fix, we deserve a quick fix because we have suffered for so long. Uncertainly, a quick fix cannot resolve the numerous issues our beloved country is facing. As desperate as I want to see rapid changes in all sector of the economy, I do not want to enjoy now and suffer in the future. The President has asked Nigerians to give him 2 more years. I think we should give him the benefit of that. However, what I never liked about the media chat was his effrontery and insolence on declaration of assets. This is a President who affirmed to Nigerians that he wants to fight corruption, while not do so by exemplification.

PS: In the case of Boko Haram, history should be our teacher. It took the British Government more than a decade to squash the IRA terrorists and the US a decade to finally get the crème de la crème of terrorism.

abuchilag: For God's sake we are a lot better than this....why are using every slightest opportunity to score cheap political points? "Unease lies the head that wears the crown".

President Jonathan is not a perfect man, he has his own flaws as an individual and as a president...all these problems we are seeing now took over 50yrs to accumulate...will they vanish in one night or 1yr?

Most of these people calling for the head of the president are not able to hold their homefronts together and ur small office is full of shady deals...back yard runs." He who is without sin should cast the first stone".

Let us not pick only the points that suit our myopic vies and throw out the rest. Mr President said clearly that when he became the president, he directed that the minister of finance should get an independent auditor to audit all the ministeries where the FGN was spending big. He mentioned NNPC,PTDF,ND etc. All these apparently commenced before the subsidy saga.

My opinion is that Yinka Odunmakin and co should fortify the ACN and CPC merger so as to present a very formidable opposition against PDP come 2015.

Mr President can do a lot better, yes we know...but we need to support him.

By the way, was the head forced to wear the crown in the first place?

sunjetg: My humble suggestion to mr President-go learn how to present your speeches.It is obvious that the major problem mr president has is how to express himself with proper diction.Oratory ability is one of the attributes of any great leader.The presidency is a big office and should not be occupied by people who are still learning.

Common if you know much about leadership, you should know that a leader never stops learning. As a matter of fact nobody ever stops learning. Jonathan is learning and he is learning very fast. He was quick to inform the media reps. that he doesn't want to say anything about 2015 in order not to heat up the polity. He also made mention that as President whatever he says can resonate across the country. That is a fast learner to me compared to when he just entered into office and was talking like it doesn't matter. True, he lacks confidence in speech making. Well who doesn't, even Obasanjo, IBB and co. always read from a well prepared script. It takes training.

brabus: Enough of all this talk! GEJ is a failure and the most incompetent president Nigeria ever produced - how do we get rid of him is the next thing. Or how do we stop him from perceived 2nd term agenda?

GEJ must go!

brabus: Enough of all this talk! GEJ is a failure and the most incompetent president Nigeria ever produced - how do we get rid of him is the next thing. Or how do we stop him from perceived 2nd term agenda?

GEJ must go!

brabus: Enough of all this talk! GEJ is a failure and the most incompetent president Nigeria ever produced - how do we get rid of him is the next thing. Or how do we stop him from perceived 2nd term agenda?

GEJ must go!

A ghanian professor has said it all that our president is mediocre, the most unfortunate things that have ever happen to nigeria is Jonathan. Since he has start lossing his memory, by not being able to differentiate d one dat come first b/t january and februay, then d house should invoke d part of constitution that enable d removal of mr president as a result of his sickness

There is really nothing Mr. President would say, that some Nigerians would not find fault in. I really want to ask, what is the job of the ministers and public officer holders in curbing crime and peaceful running of this country. I understand that some individuals have been appointed to do or carry out some operations in different areas of the economy and the president will only make sure that these things are done. Nigerian problems have accumulated since independence till today, even the Buhari and others that want to rule us again failed this country and are the major players of the corruption in this country, your so called Tunde Bakare should remember that he is a servant of God and should be truthful to it, cos he would be held accountable for misleading other Nigerians. You don't expect GEJ to solve the problem of the country within a twinkle of an eye, we don't we even mention names of past presidents and their performances, GEJ is jus started as a president and everyone blames him for problems caused by others. It is just so unfair.

I heard Odumakin say Mr. President's response on the state of maidugri airport reflects to the world that he cannot maintain airports. Another deception. This govt has done in one year what others could not do in 4 years in the aviation sector. They're fixing all the international airports in Nigeria. I went to Abuja airport on Monday and was amazed at the level of work going on on both wings of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. For almost 6 months, the Enugu airports hve been shut down to traffic duevto ongoing rehabilitation work. Kano international airport is also undergoing renovation. Same for Lagos. Where are we so uncharitable in our criticism of this govt?

dedeike: Once Again, the opposition has gone full circle in a failed bid to doctor the interesting media chat the President had with Nigeians. I have much respect for Yinka Odumakin as an activit. But it remains to be seen how this analyses can ever be said to be flowing from that media chat. I watched the media chat. First, Yinka proceeded on a faulty assumption that the President was talking about the Ribadu committe set up to monitor our oil revenue. No. What the president clearly said is that while he was an acting president, he had already directed Aganga to invite any globally reputable audit firm to investigate NNPC. The president said this in a bid to clear the air on his alleged plans to kill Lawan's report. He said that even far before the House Probe, he had already taken his own independent step to investigate the oil sector. Logically too, one of the major reasons for the removal of subsidy was to eliminate the cabal from feeding fat from oil subsidy. So does it make sense when people now reprobate to accuse the president from shielding the same cabal from Farouk.'s hammer? Somehow both the President and the masses have a common enemy in the cabal. The president sought to punish the cabal thru subsidy removal while the masses sought to punish the cabal thru the probes but unfortunately both efforts turned awry. Secondly, it is not also true that the president could not face live questions. He did face all the questions thrown at him confidently. He responded to the Brasil trip perfectly. He told about ongoing power reforms in summary. He talked about YOUWIN in response to a question by the caller. He explained the reason behind the sack of Azazi. Please let's try to be objective. We must not kill this man because our preferred presidential candidates lost to him.

Nonentity.......which preferred candidates,maybe yu dont realise that the people calling for GEJ head are those who actually voted for him 1. cos of lack of better candidate and 2. cos they thought , he will deliver.

@ Bukkyade: a fool and sycophant, if only that is your problem..Why dont yu guys give us plausible analyses of all we heard.

@ Nlders: When i heard about this media chat, i knew that everyone will come to vent here without actually taking their destiny into their hands like the Northern African countries. The only people with the courage and bravery to do that are unfortunately boko-haraming.

omosexy1: I am not a fan of Jonathan, never voted for him because I just don't understand PDP (no clear manifesto or directive). However, he is my president and as such I must condole him with respect. The man may lack the charisma but he does have a heart to make this country better. Nigerians want a quick fix, we deserve a quick fix because we have suffered for so long. Uncertainly, a quick fix cannot resolve the numerous issues our beloved country is facing. As desperate as I want to see rapid changes in all sector of the economy, I do not want to enjoy now and suffer in the future. The President has asked Nigerians to give him 2 more years. I think we should give him the benefit of that. However, what I never liked about the media chat was his effrontery and insolence on declaration of assets. This is a President who affirmed to Nigerians that he wants to fight corruption, while not do so by exemplification.

PS: In the case of Boko Haram, history should be our teacher. It took the British Government more than a decade to squash the IRA terrorists and the US a decade to finally get the crème de la crème of terrorism.

I "Like" your post. However, to the bolden above. Those are two different things. As Vice President, he had declared his assets PUBLICLY, because the President ask him to because the President believed in declaring publicly and that is his own principle, but, as the substantive President, as a matter of principle, he doesnt believe in declaring assets PUBLICLY. The law allows him to declare his assets to Code of Conduct Bureau, which he had done, any newspaper or individual can go and cross check especially when the Free Information law is in place now. Mr President didnt erred in saying so. And as to saying, he doesnt give a "damn", that is talking tough, meanwhile, I thot his adversaries said he is "mumu", "Clueless", now he is talking tough, they are castigating him again.

realwale:

oga pls listen to urself......d president said he had already directed aganga to invite an international audit firm to probe nnpc.so my question..were they invited? Did they come? Did they probe nnpc? And who did they submit d report to? And were d report made public b4 now? An why is president just saying it now?
Srr i like ebele as aperson but he is unfit to captain my class in secondary school.he lacks everything,most important integrity.

Oga it is obvious you have not been following the goings-on in Nigeria's polity either.
Aganga invited KPMG, an audit firm to audit NNPC and PPPRA and they submitted their reports to the FG through the finance minister who then was Aganga.
Though the FG did not make the report public but they obviously acted on it by removing the subsidy regime Mr Bakare and his Friend Odumakin so vehemently want FG to instal. That report roped business men including the ones that are card carrying members of your darling opposition parties. Where did you think the claims of NNPC mismanaging funds in the tune of 1,6 trillion naira came from if not KPMG report? Most of what Lawal's report contains have already been revealed by the KPMG report.
Although it was clear the FG was reluctant to go public with it, however, the petroleum minister blamed it on the fact that she was not given a copy of the report. Whatever the reason, one fact is established here; the FG actually was the first to initiate any probe, investigation or auditing of the oil industry, Mr Odumakin can take his twisted tales to the pope. People should learn to criticize constructively and objectively, deliberately finding loopholes only shows insincerity and desperation to propagate a dishonest agenda. I too have not been impressed by GEJ's over all performance but I still think there is room for improvement and people, especially the SW critics should tone down on the way they politicize every action the man makes....na wa o

Some GEJ haters and opposition parties are using nairaland to criticise any little act of the presido.Very soon they wil start telin us GEJ is sleeping with his wife on sundays instead of mondays. ;DSome GEJ haters and opposition parties are using nairaland to criticise any little act of the presido.Very soon they wil start telin us GEJ is sleeping with his wife on sundays instead of mondays.

sunjetg: My humble suggestion to mr President-go learn how to present your speeches.It is obvious that the major problem mr president has is how to express himself with proper diction.Oratory ability is one of the attributes of any great leader.The presidency is a big office and should not be occupied by people who are still learning.

do you want him to start reading from a script, he is been open and realistic . For Christ sake, it is suppose to be a PRESIDENTIAL MEDIA CHAT, if you understand what that means and not a PRESIDENTIAL BROADCAST. Hope you can spot the difference.

Bukkyade: Another feeble attempt to take merit away from the presidents speech. Why are haters resorting to lies against the president? What did this man do them? Isn't this the same chat I watched and enjoyed? Or are they referring to something different. I heard the president say loudly that he had earlier instructed Aganga to invite international auditors to investigate NNPC. What is a lie about it? You guys should leave Jonathan Jooor!

Ode,so wee should leave jonathan to continue runnin d country like dis 4 d nxt 3yrs abi.I kno ppeople like u r already used to suffering and poverty.Asinwin like u.

in as much as im not mr presidents fan nor voted for him nor will vote for him come 2015 but the truth must be said,the constitution only requires him to make his asset known to the code of conduct bureau and it becomes a public document to be accessed by anyone of which he has done so and ve not bridge any law. Does it mean that even some of us who claim to be informed don't know what the constitution said in respect to this or must we play politics with everything even to the point of being stupid? the CCB is a public institution therefore i expect all of u who ve being ranting over this issue on the pages of the newspaper and other social forums to first go to the CCB to ascertain if he did declared his asset their as requested by law and if he did not them u can crucify him and all these comments will be justified after all the FOI BILL HAS BEEN PASSED but failure to do so shows how clueless and dumb we ve all turned out to be as Nigerians not just mr president alone. he goofed in other responses but on this one he was right though the choice of expression was a bit un-presidential but do i really give a damn? borrowing the words of mr president nw. PLS BE OBJECTIVE AND NOT BECOME VICTIMS OF THE SAME THING WE ARE TRYING TO CONDEM JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE HEARD.

I am still stand on what i said before, our leader said that part of the reason why he went to Brazil when BH was busy slaughtering people in the North was so that a "wrong signal" will not be sent out to this group. He should stand by his word by appearing at the Eagle Square come October 1st. Nobody should give us the type of excuse they gave on May 1 for his absence.

I feel sickened when i see pple regardless of tribe, n religion defending GEG. Are we dat detached frm realities? Just look around u. Av we fallen to d level whereby mediocrity has become acceptable to our sensibilities? If yes, then I weep for my country. Pathetic

byrron: in as much as im not mr presidents fan nor voted for him nor will vote for him come 2015 but the truth must be said,the constitution only requires him to make his asset known to the code of conduct bureau and it becomes a public document to be accessed by anyone of which he has done so and ve not bridge any law. Does it mean that even some of us who claim to be informed don't know what the constitution said in respect to this or must we play politics with everything even to the point of being stupid? the CCB is a public institution therefore i expect all of u who ve being ranting over this issue on the pages of the newspaper and other social forums to first go to the CCB to ascertain if he did declared his asset their as requested by law and if he did not them u can crucify him and all these comments will be justified after all the FOI BILL HAS BEEN PASSED but failure to do so shows how clueless and dumb we ve all turned out to be as Nigerians not just mr president alone. he goofed in other responses but on this one he was right though the choice of expression was a bit un-presidential but do i really give a damn? borrowing the words of mr president nw. PLS BE OBJECTIVE AND NOT BECOME VICTIMS OF THE SAME THING WE ARE TRYING TO CONDEM JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE HEARD.

OP, Can you tell us where you get your fact that Mr. President has declared his asset to the CCB as stipulated in the constitution. Mr. President was on the nation TV and he has very opportunity to clearly refer who care to listen and check to the office of the CCB to cross-check. And not for him to be making vague statement on the issue. Please don't tell me you are referring to his declaration when he was a Vice-President!

jt2010:

OP, Can you tell us where you get your fact that Mr. President has declared his asset to the CCB as stipulated in the constitution. Mr. President was on the nation TV and he has very opportunity to clearly refer who care to listen and check to the office of the CCB to cross-check. And not for him to be making vague statement on the issue. Please don't tell me you are referring to his declaration when he was a Vice-President!

Oga google is your friend, go make your research before typing ignorance in stupifying confidence.
After Umaru quench, Jonathan and his Deputy Sambo were reported to have submitted their asset declaration form on may 27, 2010 to CCB as the constitution demanded.
If the leadership of CCB refuses to make the content of the forms public, how is that Mr President's fault?
Mind you, the CCB has already pointed out some difficult legal technicalities of the law to defend its stance on the refusal to make it public. For starters, the Bureau according to the constitution is not bound by stipulations of the FOI acts.
Also, the FOI act is even weak an instrument for use to force the bureau to release the contents of the forms cos the act contains up to 10 paragraphs and many clauses that exempt access to certain kind of information that it is almost useless to its importance.
So before you write your argument be sure to do a little background check on what is it you are blabbing about, instead of blabbing in confidence of a dunce.

[b]I almost passed out when the President
admitted that Otedola ,Dangote and co have
always been around every PDP president from
Obasanjo through Yaradua and to him " but
they are not patrons of the ruling party since
they are not on our Board of Trustees"
[/b]I almost passed out when the President
admitted that Otedola ,Dangote and co have
always been around every PDP president from
Obasanjo through Yaradua and to him " but
they are not patrons of the ruling party since
they are not on our Board of Trustees"

Chei see comment, so Dangote and co must officially be on pdp's board of trustees to be their patrons? A primary school pupil can do better than this. So our president is also admitting that NOI is our president since she is the one running the economy.
The man should simply stop speaking in public. I would love to have compilation of his speeches to lighten my mood since he has never uttered a word without committing gaffes.
During 911 terror attack, if the president( and am sure he would) cancelled foreign trip, would the world see america and such country as finished or see the president as a concerned and dedicated president.
May God save us till 2015.

Bush was in the US when 911 happened. Not going on a foreign trip. He was reading to schoolchildren. I don't know why people are just conjuring up all sorts of bullsh1t that has no correspondence with reality.

dedeike: Once Again, the opposition has gone full circle in a failed bid to doctor the interesting media chat the President had with Nigeians. I have much respect for Yinka Odumakin as an activit. But it remains to be seen how this analyses can ever be said to be flowing from that media chat. I watched the media chat. First, Yinka proceeded on a faulty assumption that the President was talking about the Ribadu committe set up to monitor our oil revenue. No. What the president clearly said is that while he was an acting president, he had already directed Aganga to invite any globally reputable audit firm to investigate NNPC. The president said this in a bid to clear the air on his alleged plans to kill Lawan's report. He said that even far before the House Probe, he had already taken his own independent step to investigate the oil sector. Logically too, one of the major reasons for the removal of subsidy was to eliminate the cabal from feeding fat from oil subsidy. So does it make sense when people now reprobate to accuse the president from shielding the same cabal from Farouk.'s hammer? Somehow both the President and the masses have a common enemy in the cabal. The president sought to punish the cabal thru subsidy removal while the masses sought to punish the cabal thru the probes but unfortunately both efforts turned awry. Secondly, it is not also true that the president could not face live questions. He did face all the questions thrown at him confidently. He responded to the Brasil trip perfectly. He told about ongoing power reforms in summary. He talked about YOUWIN in response to a question by the caller. He explained the reason behind the sack of Azazi. Please let's try to be objective. We must not kill this man because our preferred presidential candidates lost to him.

One thing is clear, a liar know he is lying.

I heard Mr president loud and clear when he said he instituted Ribadu team before the house probe. Everybody (except JEG sycophants) knew when Ribadu task force was inaugurated.

And let me even ask you dedeike, what has the FG done with KPMG report on NNPC. Not all Nigerians are fools, this government cannot fight corruption, because itself is built on corrupt practices.

I was trying one of the telephones lines for more than 40 minutes but no sooner had i dialed than it disconnected, hmmm, only God knows the magic behind those who successfully called in., anyway, for our country home naija, anything "fil" happen

rhymz:
Oga google is your friend, go make your research before typing ignorance in stupifying confidence.
After Umaru quench, Jonathan and his Deputy Sambo were reported to have submitted their asset declaration form on may 27, 2010 to CCB as the constitution demanded.
If the leadership of CCB refuses to make the content of the forms public, how is that Mr President's fault?
Mind you, the CCB has already pointed out some difficult legal technicalities of the law to defend its stance on the refusal to make it public. For starters, the Bureau according to the constitution is not bound by stipulations of the FOI acts.
Also, the FOI act is even weak an instrument for use to force the bureau to release the contents of the forms cos the act contains up to 10 paragraphs and many clauses that exempt access to certain kind of information that it is almost useless to its importance.
So before you write your argument be sure to do a little background check on what is it you are blabbing about, instead of blabbing in confidence of a dunce.

A whole professor from Ghana couldn't use Google either apparently so it's a waste of time expecting such from nairalanders.

If GEJ could not attend the national day ceremony at the Eagle's square last october 1st 2011 due to very obvious reasons,why then can he travel to Brazil with the same 'obvious reasons' at its peak of activity?
Aside from air can't our dear President visit Yobe & Borno via road or d same 'obvious reasons' determines to such extent even with a multitude of security operatives at the president's disposal what he should do.
sir,Oga had already sent a distress signal to the whole wide world! If he can't attend to issues/events at his backyard and he got the 'obvious reasons' to travel abroad then something is not in order.
A poor dance, an unskilled,dull and shoeless dancer will complain that either the dance arena is bad or the music and the spectators are off-beat.

Dpeacemaker101: There is really nothing Mr. President would say, that some Nigerians would not find fault in. I really want to ask, what is the job of the ministers and public officer holders in curbing crime and peaceful running of this country. I understand that some individuals have been appointed to do or carry out some operations in different areas of the economy and the president will only make sure that these things are done. Nigerian problems have accumulated since independence till today, even the Buhari and others that want to rule us again failed this country and are the major players of the corruption in this country, your so called Tunde Bakare should remember that he is a servant of God and should be truthful to it, cos he would be held accountable for misleading other Nigerians. You don't expect GEJ to solve the problem of the country within a twinkle of an eye, we don't we even mention names of past presidents and their performances, GEJ is jus started as a president and everyone blames him for problems caused by others. It is just so unfair.

Dpeacemaker.

My people has a saying " omo ti yoo je ashamu, kekere ni yo ti ma je enu shamu shamu"

I dont know how to translate it, anybody in the house can help me.

Please list GEJ milestones in his first year and extrapolate to the remaining 3 years, then convince us that he deserves the office he is occupying, when within one year he has inflicted untold hardship on us. By my own assessment, these are GEJ performance scorecard in the last one year.

1. punished Nigerians by increasing fuel price - I can no longer drive to office cos i cant sustain fueling my car daily, previously i spend 1k daily (my car is 6 plug) and consumes average of 15 litre to and from my office daily. with fuel being sold at 97 i would spend N1,500 daily. The resultant effect is that i have to take public transport and use my car only on weekends. And do you know the consequences, sometimes , i get drenched if it rains, am stained even before i get to work in the morning cos public buses are not well maintained. I know someone would argue that in advanced countries even their big men like CEOs patronize public transport, but the question is are the buses operated in same ways?

2. Power supply has gone awry and we are now even talking of higher tarrif. From the begining of this year, i spent average of 2k weekly on fueling my gen, whereas in the past about 3-4k would do me in a month.

3. Prices of foodstuff has gone up in the market.

Finally, its not only Bakare who is accountable to God, you are , Iam, and Mr President is.

We are all accountable to God, when we see black and we say its white cos of our selfish interest. when we are supposed to talk and we keep silent, when we are supposed to say yes but say no.

EVERYBODY IS ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD,.

To all the adult critics(since i believe many here are still teenagers): who is the president of Nigeria since you were born that has ever recieved your credit while in power? You only see good when it is past. Please lets be objectiv in our critism.. . . . . . Today,Abacha must go...tomorow,he was our best leader. Hmmmm. We luv goin with the crowd even when we hav no gain. No wonder all these losers like fani-kayode, el-rufai, odumakin ,etc are having so much fun. Its time to make constructive critism and build Nigeria. God bless FRN.

rhymz: Once again Miss Junkie, you like I always tell you, are not all knowing.
Mr President of course ordered Segun Aganga to audit both NNPC and PPPRA when Aganga was Finance Minister. How do you think they came about the KPMG report, Madam oversabi?
Everyone has come to know you as unneccessarily argumentative and combative, the premise of your arguments are always petty and dumb. What has Goldman Sach got to do with if Mr President actually lied about starting the investigation of NNPC or not?
Bukky did not even make mention of Goldman Sachs, why are you so annoyingly arrogant to a stupifying degree? Abeg, let better people comment jare, oversabi numbskull.

I like this Part..."Madam Oversabi". Or wetin you think self...You think say she no no wetin she dey com talk

omosexy1:
PS: In the case of Boko Haram, history should be our teacher. It took the British Government more than a decade to squash the IRA terrorists and the US a decade to finally get the crème de la crème of terrorism.

So we should wait a decade before we see an end to Boko. That is assuming we ever will see an end to them. It's ok. I hope you and your family do not get blown to bits in the meantime. Like you are better than those who have fallen casualties. Mtscheeew!!!!

rhymz:
Oga google is your friend, go make your research before typing ignorance in stupifying confidence.
After Umaru quench, Jonathan and his Deputy Sambo were reported to have submitted their asset declaration form on may 27, 2010 to CCB as the constitution demanded.
If the leadership of CCB refuses to make the content of the forms public, how is that Mr President's fault?
Mind you, the CCB has already pointed out some difficult legal technicalities of the law to defend its stance on the refusal to make it public. For starters, the Bureau according to the constitution is not bound by stipulations of the FOI acts.
Also, the FOI act is even weak an instrument for use to force the bureau to release the contents of the forms cos the act contains up to 10 paragraphs and many clauses that exempt access to certain kind of information that it is almost useless to its importance.
So before you write your argument be sure to do a little background check on what is it you are blabbing about, instead of blabbing in confidence of a dunce.

Mr. Internet warrior, learn to be civil in public forum even if you need to impress your pay-master. Anyway, to the main issue, its seem maybe the President has declare but it is still very vague. My point of concern about the issue of asset declaration is that Mr. President should have taking the opportunity at the president media chat to clear the air on the issue of asset declaration by referring us to the CCB to confirm its asset. As a government that has proclaimed a transformation agenda and wanting to fight corruption, it is important that President Jonathan leads by example, and one way he can do that is to be seen to be transparent in its dealing, just as Mr. President clearly acknowledge that perception account.

Clearly Mr. President is the head of government, its is responsibility to ensure that all aim of government obey the law and constitution of Nigeria. From my google search on Mr. President declaration of Asset, I only see articles of CCB not releasing Mr. President asset form which make me assume that Mr. President may have declare its asset but you can never be sure because Mr. President or the Chairman of CCB has not official inform us if Mr. President has declare its asset (mind you, na Mr. President they appoint the Chairman thus subject to Senate confirmation).

So assuming that Mr. President has truly declare its asset and CCB refuse to release the document to the public as stipulate by law.
"Paragraph 3, Part I of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, provides that the Code of Conduct Bureau shall have power to: (a) receive declarations by public officers made under paragraph 12 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to this Constitution; (b) examine the declarations in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Conduct or any law; (c) retain custody of such declarations and make them available for inspection by any citizen of Nigeria on such terms and conditions as the National Assembly may prescribe.

Paragraph 11 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution provides that: (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, every public officer shall within three months after the coming into force of this Code of Conduct or immediately after taking office and thereafter -- (a) at the end of every four years; and (b) at the end of his term of office, submit to the Code of Conduct Bureau a written declaration of all his properties, assets, and liabilities and those of his unmarried children under the age of eighteen years".[/b] [b]Mind you, you said Mr. President Declare its asset May 27, 2010 when i know for sure that that was during the death of the late President Yar'adua and you fall to mention that Mr. President also later take the oath of office May 29, 2011 and fall to declare it asset as required my law.[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

But CCB only reason of not releasing Mr. President Asset Declaration form was said to that the FOI Act can’t make us release Jonathan’s assets declaration, says CCB. http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155746:foi-act-cant-make-us-release-jonathans-assets-declaration-says-ccb&catid=1:news&Itemid=2

But it is clear that Nigeria constitution clearly allow the public to request and obtain Mr. President Asset Declaration from CCB. Even the FOI Act itself clearly allows such.
"Pursuant to the aforementioned constitutional provisions and section 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2011, which states that “Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, Law or Regulation, the right of any person to access or request information, whether or not contained in any written form, which is in the custody or possession of any public official, agency or institution howsoever described, is hereby established”, [b][/b]



Looking at this scenario, its is obvious that Mr. President body language and statement is what CCB chairman is acting on if we need to use reason because right now, CCB is not following Nigeria constitution which also direct them to release the asset declaration of any Public office including Mr. President to any member of the public upon request but possible Mr. President Principle on the issue is not allow them if only Mr. President has even declare its asset.

jona... my only wish for U at this juncture is to leave dat place b4 it gets hotter and unbearable for YOU!