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I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Shaev7(m): 8:28am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has, Monday, said that he was never elected as Nigeria’s president to spread poverty but to generate and spread wealth. Former President Jonathan giving his speech at Oxford Jonathan who spoke at the Oxford Union, with the theme ‘Fostering Youth Entrepreneurship, and succeeding US Secretary of State who spoke at the same event in May this year, said that only being entrepreneurial can completely cure poverty and not having a job or working for someone. “I once said that I was not elected President of Nigeria to spread poverty; I was elected to generate and spread wealth.” “My belief in this regard is that getting a job or being a worker cannot completely cure the disease of poverty. It is only your own business that can provide such security and give you the financial freedom you need to prosper.” Dr. Jonathan, whose speech was streamed live, rhetorically queried his audience asking why some nations are rich and others remain poor. Former President Jonathan giving his speech at Oxford ”Why are some nations rich and some poor? Why do individuals that grow up in similar circumstances end up differently, with some as successes and others as failures?” “Is the wealth of nations a result of geography, weather, culture, destiny, etc.? What could a leader do to effectively lift a people out of the depths of poverty and enable them to achieve prosperity?” asked Jonathan. The former Nigerian leader talked about youth entrepreneurship programs his administration pioneered, saying that one of them, YouWIN, was a major plank of his job creation efforts. “The motivation for this program is for young people to go into SMEs, create jobs for other young people with the expectation that some would grow to large scale businesses” Dr. Jonathan said. He concluded his speech by giving a short brief of his achievements in the economic sphere, saying, “Under my watch, Nigeria was projected by CNN Money to be the third fastest growing economy in the world for the year 2015 and rated as the largest economy in Africa and the 23rd largest in the world by the World Bank and the IMF, with a GDP above half a Trillion US dollars.” Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan with some students at Oxford The speech was streamed live via Dr. Jonathan’s Facebook page and will be hosted on the Oxford Union’s site. Previous speakers at the Oxford Union include the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, author of 48 laws of power, Robert Greene, the Dalai Lama, former British prime ministers Winston Churchill, Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher and John Major. Others were Mother Teresa and former US presidents Richard Nixon (November 1978), Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton.htt http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/elected-president-spread-wealth-not-poverty-jonathan/ cc: lalasticlacla, Seun Mynd44 1 Like |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by talk2hb1(m): 8:37am On Oct 25, 2016 |
#LieStories #HorrorStories 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by talktonase(m): 8:45am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Jona mind yasef oh! Abi you allowed your friends and cronies to steal public funds. 2 Likes |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by divinehand2003(m): 8:47am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Which wealth did GEJ generate? He only ended up wasting our excess crude account and our reserves. He was a waster Of wealth and not a creator of wealth. 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Nobody: 8:49am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Come u beta stop abusing Jonathan, if u dont know anything abt what he did for d north... Still they never appreciated it. Shame on dem... Poverty will remain their legacy 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by otitokoroleti: 8:49am On Oct 25, 2016 |
talktonase:thats not 100% true, GEJ is not perfect/saint but bubu is more corrupt than Jona. Have you asked yourself why bubu has never probed dambazzau & burantai? bubu fight against corruption is to decimate opposition & that was how he did in the 80s. divinehand2003:As per the excess crude account, I think you should accuse Amaechi & his gangs for taking FG to court just because GEJ refused to share money from the excess crude account. BOTTOMLINE, ALL THE NOISE ABOUT FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION UNDER BUHARI ADMINISTRATION WAS TO KILL OPPOSITION & HE HAS FAILED. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Nobody: 8:57am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Shaev7:No wonder there's much corruption under your govt. I blamed myself for casting my ballot for you in 2011. I thought being the first university graduate presidential candidate, you'd lead differently, but I was wrong. You can imagine if the wealth was spread legitimately, those trillions recovered would have generated employment to a sizeable number of Nigerian youths who constitute the largest part of our population. Your spread of wealth had led the country's economy into the state of coma it's found herself today. Amazingly, nobody found to be corrupt under your government had ever denied it. They ended up returning their looted money. Despite obanikoro's bragging, he ended up showing up in the EFCC's office willingly and has accepted to pay the huge sum he got to manipulate the Ekiti election. Fayose's case is a story for another day. He cannot escape justice. 2 Likes |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by rottennaija(m): 8:57am On Oct 25, 2016 |
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Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by SillyMods: 8:59am On Oct 25, 2016 |
It's official. The Ineffectual Buffoon has gone insane! 2 Likes |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by otitokoroleti: 9:00am On Oct 25, 2016 |
awelekiti:what happened to the said recovered loot? |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by omenka(m): 9:07am On Oct 25, 2016 |
The picture below depicts how the decrepit Ineffectual Ogogoro Lout spread wealth among his "yoots", mostly TANOIDS... 2 Likes
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Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by divinehand2003(m): 9:08am On Oct 25, 2016 |
otitokoroleti: Why won't the governors clamour for the sharing of the excess crude account when Oga Jonathan and his croonies have already started emptying the ECA without following the due process? Check your facts right. During Jonathan's administration, the governors we shown, ''THE MORE YOU LOOK, THE LESS YOU SEE". 1 Like |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Nobody: 9:52am On Oct 25, 2016 |
buhari don suffer. |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Nobody: 10:01am On Oct 25, 2016 |
So you be MMM |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by mazifrankmore: 10:08am On Oct 25, 2016 |
I still remember jonathan's years when thing were better! Our people where not dying of hunger Petrol was cheap Three square meal was never an achievement to parents unlike today. What really changed between just one year this illiterate call buhari came to power is what I can't phantom! |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by DaGC(m): 10:36am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Its a catchy and powerful phrase if you ask me. |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Funlordjnr: 10:39am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Spread wealth to whom exactly? Looters? This mans stupidity seems to be factory fitted! |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Nobody: 10:41am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Only people whose family benefited from this man's administration will come here and defend him. Nigerians have really suffered. |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Ganiyat72(f): 10:46am On Oct 25, 2016 |
awelekiti:^^^ This one zombiesm is raised to power of trillion, in his dellusion of grandeur he believed any loot was recovered. He however, refused to ask his robotic oblangatha why is the FG borrowing left and right to pay ordinarry salary, when trillions have'be recovered! It sucks to be u gullible zombies. You guys are pathetically pathetic. 1 Like |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Nobody: 11:03am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Yes yhu did by silently fighting corruption without making noise |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Ganiyat72(f): 11:11am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Funlordjnr:If anyone is stupid, then it is definitely those who elected an illiterate, certificateless, normadic and a relic like buhari to lead a country of 170+ million people in this jet age. A damned despot who his first stint was charactarised with hardship, suffering and scarcity. A fool who after 30+ years of leaving office can not bost of one NGO or company to his name nor improved himself academically. 1 Like |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Abeymills(m): 11:16am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Well am not surprised 2hear d usual children of hate prosperity n progress abuse gud luck d great they are called zOmBi wat has mr fantastically corrupt president offered Nigerians?recession death poverty abuse of d rule of law abuse of human rights etc 1 Like |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Funlordjnr: 12:00pm On Oct 25, 2016 |
Ganiyat72: My guy take your frustrations elsewhere and stop staining my mentions with all this regurgitated wailing nonsense! I'm more interested in the senseless comments the former president made which holds no water and not whether you like pdp, apc or opp! I don't vote so its not my business how and why anyone got elected, I only observe from my vantage point! If you like his comment say so, if you don't say so, I don't give a flying _fuck about how you feel about buhari because that is not the subject matter of this thread! Shalom! |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Femmyfamous4u(m): 1:08pm On Oct 25, 2016 |
spread wealth? what effrontery in spiting anti-corruption crusade ? in saner climes, he ought to be behind bars than gallivanting about saying utter rubbish! |
Re: I Was Elected President To Spread Wealth, Not Poverty- Jonathan by Alkanoicacid(m): 3:01pm On Oct 25, 2016 |
mazifrankmore: Which country dem just deport you from? Because you're not talking about Nigeria. |
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