gratiaeo:
GEJ is thousand times better than OBJ even though he's not the messiah. You can not compare his administration with that of OBJ, during OBJ sitting governor was kidnapped, election was rigged infact there was nothing like opposition party between 1999 and 2016. OBJ would have not tolerated this madness called APC if he still in charge

I think we should address the message and not the messenger. If we want to be true to ourselves, Jonathan failed Nigerians. He could have done a lot but he did so little. That to me is "below average".

PS. Obasanjo was president while Lagos state was in opposition. But the issue of opposition is not the measurement for performance.

McDonalds2014:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday described the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan as below average.
Obasanjo spoke during an encounter with book writers in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as part of activities marking the popular Ake Festival.
When asked of his view on Jonathan’s administration, he said, “His performance is below average. I will not accept responsibility for his performance. There is nobody that gets such a position without being helped.”
The former President also debunked the insinuations that he had selected Jonathan as the running mate to the late President Musa Yar’Adua because he knew the latter was sick.
“Yar’Adua told me he was well. He showed me his medical report and I even consulted experts,” he said.
He said he had only supported the idea of a South-Southerner succeeding Yar’Adua to extend the sense of belonging that the emergence of a Southern President in 1999 represented.
When the former President was also asked on why he preferred Jonathan to the former governor of Rivers State, Donald Duke, he said, “In my own life, I don’t put all my eggs in one basket. Duke was young enough to be in the reserve.
“He did not agree with me. Donald Duke is my friend but he needs a little of toning down. He needs to get his feet on the ground.”
The former President had, in a December 2, 2013 18-page letter to Jonathan titled: “Before it is too late” raised many issues concerning Jonathan’s administration.
The Presidency on Friday said a statement credited to Obasanjo that President Goodluck Jonathan’s performance is below average was “not true and in error.”
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said this in a telephone interview withSATURDAY PUNCH.
Okupe said if the statement indeed emanated from the former leader, it was the most uncharitable thing to say about the present administration which he said had achieved so much in various areas.
“If indeed former President Obasanjo said that, that statement was in error because no government since independence has done close to 50 per cent of what this administration has done in less than four years,” Okupe said.
He recalled that when Obasanjo was leaving office, the total power generation capacity in the country was about 2,600MW, claiming that the present administration had been able to raise the figure to about 4,000MW.
Okupe also said the Jonathan administration inherited 24 airports that were in states of disrepair across the country at inception.
He said all the airports had so far been refurbished by the present administration, therefore increasing the country’s reputation among comity of nations.
The presidential aide also said the present administration inherited 10 moribund National Integrated Power Projects and went ahead to restore and commission them.
He added that the Jonathan administration had succeeded in completely eradicating the rot and corruption met in the distribution of fertilisers in the agriculture sector.
He also said the present administration made progress in road construction by making 70 per cent of road network motorable.
Okupe also said many of the manufacturing industries that were moribund in 2011 have started work again.
“These are just a few among the achievements of the present administration. So if that statement was indeed made, it is most uncharitable and it is not true,” he added.

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am not a fan of GEJ but i will jus ve to be honest that in my time of living under any civilian goverment GEJ has really done well if we sincerly can take sentiments aside for a minute... OBJ spent 8years as a civilain goverment,he stabilizes the cilvilian rule though but lots of things went wrong despite he has both north south east nd west all behind him.. lets remember that on his laat day in office he marked up our fuel price, signed lots of contarcted for himself nd co....... the other promising regime would have been that of yar'adua but was cut short... jonathan has tried even though we he has his short comings glaring but we should understand that from inception of his goverment he really never had that support from.the north nd if u dont have the support of the north in ur goverment then i tell u that u will have a tough time executing promises smoothly cos if we re to be honest irrespective of where we re from, nigeria was build on the foundation of the north. we might ague dey not very important but look at the logical part of it... the north make up to 73% of any goverment that has eva rule in nigeria.. be it in the era of military or civilain rules.... the point is the north is very important to any goverment in nigeria to succeed. back the to topic... GEJ made so many blunders but this guy is human nd was never ready as a president but when he found himself as our number one , his inexperience came to play, he never really knw how to choose his fight, he made the wrong friends and those who he choose to assoviate with in the north were all light weight. if i were GEJ i will have killed my percieved opponent at arrival,ask me how whe buhari contesyed with him nd lost, and he knows buhari was lved by some section he could ve atleast try to lure him into his cabinet which ever way he can cos every man has his price. if gej really have the sincere interest of this country at heart, he wobt oractice a sectional goverment rather form a coalition and bring in some opponent nd when i say opponent i dont mean hungry political whores or tainted politicians.. by doing the aformention u will weaker the soppose opposition cos truth be told aside buhari nd gej i can see a deserve president anywhere in any polical party right now. declear it openly that if buhari really want to serve this country the way he has wiped for us in tv, he should join d goverment nd the position u offer cos u mustnt be at the helm of affairs to truely serve ur motherland, which if he refuse, by now Gej will have someting to campaign with. brb gat to go.. will cont shortly

d pot calling d kettle black if not 4 dis boko haram disturbing gej his govt is d best so far

OBJAGAJAGA,is the chief of demons in Nigeria .
as old as you demon are ,you are still causing confusion and chaos in the country .
Abacha really missed you .if Abacha had eliminated this demon(a torn ) in Nigerias flesh......?

mokset123:

what do you have to say about the automotive policy that would come on board soon, the reforms in the power sector. The 9 universities built has generated employment for our graduate. All we have to do is push the government to do more for her people as well as secure the lives and property of Nigerians

the automotive policy I don't wanna argue , but know this if there will be no international key player , its just a waste. I will not buy those cars. It's not about local production. There are some goods that the international players still have to help us for us to get there. South Africa for Instance has got an international player in thier automotive industry I mean BMW. If you are talking about inks son motors. Sorry , it's just a waste.power great. Like I said we don't need universities brother. What's the quality of the graduates teaching in those universities and the graduates that will come from them. That should be the question. It's not quantity but quality. We will still have ASUU strike et all. The schools don't matchto standard. We don't need this for now if you ask me. Those fu des can be channeled into something else.... The govt needs to understand they can't solve educational problems alone.

Nigeria,a country where the pot keeps calling the kettle black.Baba,you were not better of either. The truth is that this country needs to move forward but I do not see that happening with the kind of attitude that we have as a people;a people driven with sentiments of all forms rather than true commitment to nationalism

Everyone forgets that OBJ took over a military vaporized Nigeria. That's the most challenging time to take over.

He spent his first tenure achieving a lot, but his second term was spent fighting Atiku.

However, things became better - telecoms, civil servants and the general public could now buy cars and build goodly houses, foreign debt cancellation, increased external reserve, silenced the military perfectly etc

OBJ had a lot of wrongs too, but if this nation had continued at that rate, we would have gone far ahead of where we are now.

GEJ took over a democratic government, when things were fairer and he has really disappointed those who voted him in.

All they can brag about is privatization of the power sector and refurbishment of airports... What nonsense!

And yea, I know OBJ was corrupt (in a controlled manner still) but the corruption we have now us so thick and widespread that common stealing of 20 billion naira isn't enough corruption

If Jonathan has indeed performed, America will know.

majekdom2:
and you are different, oga there is no such thing as a perfect govt because there is no perfect man..... But we expect a best man.If Jonathan had done what the likes of those you compared him too have done , I tell you majority won't be complaining.thats the truth.... Just check out the country's financial situation and you will see for yourself. Are there any projects that will be able to pay the debt incurred by this govt. will the universities built settle the debts.lagos is indebted , but with projects that will be able to settle them . With likes of the present govt we may never get there.

please kindly state one project in lagos that will be able to offset lagos debt or the debt incurred in executing the project. or are u referring to the various tolls plaza?honestly I won't like to go into lagos issue .this discussion borders on what obj said about gej govt. And my notion is obj govt was equally or even worse than this govt

tayork:
Honestly goodluck is trying bt he is still below average jawe... we need someone that have action,someone like fashola, even buhari is slow and old, we need someone like oshomole abeg.. obasanjo should just go and sleep,his own performance was not below self,he had no performance

I see..

GEJ has lot of pressure from opposition, critics n people these people forced him to Perform in few areas
OBJ had few critics den, the strength of opposition was very weak so he only did wat pleases him



Conclusion, If GEJ had d same comfort OBJ had den, Trust me he would do NADA

Dear OBJ,

To measure progress, we need a yardstick. What is the yardstick, by which GEJ's performance is measured by ? When you say 'below average', the question is; Average of the totality of what ?

Well, for a man who starts education at old age, I believe you ruled Nigeria as an ignorantia but presently retiring in dementia.

When you foisted a sick Yaradua, (Ibori's God-son, and a brother of your friend) whom you know has few months to die and who in our hearts never had any impact on Nigeria apart from awarding OML/OPL licenses, you refused to allow Odili to be running mate (In your political algebra, Odilli will be difficult to control), you opted for a calm looking Jonathan that you can control and stay as eternal overlord of Nigeria after your 3rd term bid failed.

Nigerian Youth are happy that GEJ has totally pushed out all the militarily backgrounded oligarchs who believe they own Nigeria out of government, with another 4 yrs, we will totally wipe out you and your oligarchs relevance in our body polity and present this country to the next generation.

11 Federal Universities, Railways back on stream, Airports turnaround, power privatization, Agriculture and food independence, Road Constructions, are just a few.

If GEJ's performance is below average, we wish you and Yaradua performed up to 'below average', we would not have been in this mess.

Thank you Mr. Dementia.

OBJ CLEARED 38BILLION DEBT BURDEN AND LEFT OVER 70BILLION DOLLAR IN SAVINGS , A REFORM AND BOOMING BANKING AND COMMUCATION SECTOR. .RATING BOTH LEADER OBJ 30 % GEJ - 20%.BOTH LEADERS HAVE FAIL THE NATIION.

President goodluck jonathan is d best state man nigeria as produce, show me a country who empower its feauture genaration(youth) den i wil show u a cuntry wic wil stand aldo with tym. Dat is d perfect discription of our dear presidnt admin

Not true

he's only paranoid becus gej refused to allow him rule nigeria from backyard.

These comments are born out of hatred for GEJ.. Nigerians forget too easily. Saying obj achieved more than gej in his 8yrs of reign clearly shows we are very bad followers. I still remember the 16billion rail project obj commissioned which never came into existence. But now our rail system is beginning to take a good shape kudos to gej administration.
No one saw Obj as a weakly when he couldnt tackle the Niger delta militancy which accounted for the loss of many lives down south , not until yar adua came in with the amnesty deal. We all Knw what this country was like during objs regime. Bank robbery was the order of the day , people getting hit by stray bullet on daily basis, police brutality, kidnapping,extra judicial killing and so on. Pls let's give credit to this administration ... Obj is a bastard to say gej performed below average .

onatisi:
there is no country in the world where their govt is able to provide job for every single youth or person.but it is the duty of govt to provide an enabling and conducive environment for job creation by its citizens and foreigners. If you can't tap into the abundant business opportunities in nigeria ,then that is your problem. Stop asking what ur country can do for you and start asking yourself what you can do for urself. So during obj tenure ASUU didn't go on strike ,abi? Or the problem that caused the ASUU strike wasn't it caused by the agreement signed during obj tenure?most of u guys don't even know what you dabbling about.

please don't mention me ,if you don't understand my post. I never said the govt should give everyone jobs. Where is the enabling environment if you ask, you are the regular Jo that talks about business opportunities. I have a great job but the truth is doing business is as tough as getting a job in nigeria. .where did I ask the govt to do something for me, my post was to the guy that made it clear govt is not about infrastructure. So because there was ASUU strike during obj , there has to be ASUU strike during GEJ....can you see your folly. GEJ need not to compare his tenure to past leaders. How well would it have been if OBj compared himself to abacha or abdusalami .A Successful man don't do that.

obj u cannot even organise ur family what transformation did u do wen ruling Nigeria

peleson:
For example, obj speny 8 yrs building bells university, obj farms, obj libery,obj holdings which are all worth millions of dollars while in office! Atiku was busy as vice building the most expensive university in w/africa in yola.
Gej in his 1st 3yrs in office established 11 federal universities. Built roads obj didn't build. Completing power stations obj budgeted for n looted all the money tru imoke. Hmmm Nigerians should know their hero! Obj is not one!
In 1999 u couldn't pick up form for ur presidential election because u were so broke but after being a president u are worth billions of dollars! Then u are a saint abi! Reasons he wanted 3rd term! Ewu awusa

peleson:
For example, obj speny 8 yrs building bells university, obj farms, obj libery,obj holdings which are all worth millions of dollars while in office! Atiku was busy as vice building the most expensive university in w/africa in yola.
Gej in his 1st 3yrs in office established 11 federal universities. Built roads obj didn't build. Completing power stations obj budgeted for n looted all the money tru imoke. Hmmm Nigerians should know their hero! Obj is not one!
In 1999 u couldn't pick up form for ur presidential election because u were so broke but after being a president u are worth billions of dollars! Then u are a saint abi! Reasons he wanted 3rd term! Ewu awusa

peleson:
For example, obj speny 8 yrs building bells university, obj farms, obj libery,obj holdings which are all worth millions of dollars while in office! Atiku was busy as vice building the most expensive university in w/africa in yola.
Gej in his 1st 3yrs in office established 11 federal universities. Built roads obj didn't build. Completing power stations obj budgeted for n looted all the money tru imoke. Hmmm Nigerians should know their hero! Obj is not one!
In 1999 u couldn't pick up form for ur presidential election because u were so broke but after being a president u are worth billions of dollars! Then u are a saint abi! Reasons he wanted 3rd term! Ewu awusa

Creating 11 universities instead of funding the existing ones...Mtchew!

watchindelta:
God Nigeria never gat any heros that we can celebrates. Obj, gudluck n the other past presido no difference, both are corrupt.............. I don,t used failure to compared failures. I will never vote for PDP or APC both are brothers in disguised......

This is my position too.

Nigeria has never had any selfless leader.

Whose prior occupation is the good of the masses.

No Jerry Rawlings or Nelson Mandela yet in Nigerian politics.

When we have one, then I will start voting.

I stay home and watch television on election days.

Smh.

abeyomoegba:
OBJ CLEARED 38BILLION DEBT BURDEN AND LEFT OVER 70BILLION DOLLAR IN SAVINGS , A REFORM AND BOOMING BANKING AND COMMUCATION SECTOR. .RATING BOTH LEADER OBJ 30 % GEJ - 20%.BOTH LEADERS HAVE FAIL THE NATIION.

obj cleared 38billion dollars and left 70billion dollars as saving!!!!!! Yepaaaaaa nigerians don become original mugu and magas . Who the hell gave you this figures?

100Cents:


Don't mind him.

He loves Mediocrity, he opened his mouth to tell journalists in the write up that Donald Duke did not agree with him. That is to say, OBJ loves Puppets and Idiots.

Imagine the kind of Infrasctructural development Nigeria should have witnessed under DONALD DUKE..

yea , his great mistake. Tho duke insisted presidency or nothi g , baba felt duke would rebel. Sadly , the gentleman he thought is a saint an lion.

Come May 29th 2015, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will hand over to General Muhammad Buhari. I know the likes of Abati ,Doyin Okupe ,Labaran Maku etc will run away due to their excesses mismanagement .
Obasanjo had spoken the bitter truth last year December concerning how desperate GEJ is as regard 2015 election. Obasanjo himself is regretting his evil plot to have chosen GEJ as VP then .

peleson:
For example, obj speny 8 yrs building bells university, obj farms, obj libery,obj holdings which are all worth millions of dollars while in office! Atiku was busy as vice building the most expensive university in w/africa in yola.
Gej in his 1st 3yrs in office established 11 federal universities. Built roads obj didn't build. Completing power stations obj budgeted for n looted all the money tru imoke. Hmmm Nigerians should know their hero! Obj is not one!
In 1999 u couldn't pick up form for ur presidential election because u were so broke but after being a president u are worth billions of dollars! Then u are a saint abi! Reasons he wanted 3rd term! Ewu awusa

obj is corrupt,gej is double corrupt,why! because gej is covering up for d corrupt in order to steal his own.

beengils:
Southerners ruling for close to 16yrs in a civilian dispensation and nothing to write home about, lets just say u are as bad as northerns but this time in a civilian galleria

Don't you think 16 years is too short ?

Let's try 40 years so south can be at par with the North..

NewsHub:


The issue is not whether OBJ is better than GEJ. You are being technical here. Obasanjo's performance is not the standard for measuring Jonathan's or any other president's performance. GEJ's performance is measured based on "what he has done so far against what he could have done. It is a plot of Potential performance (considering the resources at his disposal) against current performance. If we want to be true to ourselves, based on this measurement scale, then we will agree that Jonathan's performance is abysmal.

oh , thank you. I said this earlier. Objs tenure is not a yardstick for measuring development. This is what people don't see. It is about what he ought to have do e with the available resources. How well would it have been if obj compared hi self to abacha.

Nobody can loot the treasury as much as GEJ dd and fails to show something to defend his spending.

majekdom2:
yea , his great mistake. Tho duke insisted presidency or nothi g , baba felt duke would rebel. Sadly , the gentleman he thought is a saint an lion.

If Duke was actually offered Vice President slot, he should have taken it. Great mistake by him.

He should have been the Presido by now. Smh..

Phemmy99:
[b][/b] Creating 11 universities instead of funding the existing ones...Mtchew!

and the existing ones you are talking about ,are they able to cater and accommodate the teeming nigerian students eligible for university and higher education admission? So the fg was wrong to create more space and oppourtunity for people who yearned and desired univeristy and higher education ?don't u know that by establishing new ones ,more jobs was created?more towns were developed and more road constructed?did u bother to think about the positive multiplier effect of creating universities in a town or place?

Obasanjo is a gr8 Transgresor! d worst eva!

Omo dis na serious upper cut from Obj,see blood,he remain small front teeth for comot. Obj 1-0 Gej. This new fight will be bloody. Mama nkechi una ye mi 2 plates of ebola pepper soup and 1 big stout and a packet of rothmans cigarrete make I take dey watch dis fight between Obj and Gej.