Dear Yinka Odumakin and All:
Let us read more closely: In declaring, GEJ gave FOR HIMSELF the following seven achievements:
1.- delivery of adequate fuel supply in Nigeria.
2. - revamping of the textile industry by delivering a bailout package worth 150 billion naira that is being currently dispensed.
3.- achievement of the highest U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) , the Category 1 Certificate aviation clearance
4. - delivery of a brand new INEC under a proven God-fearing and incorruptible leader.
5. - protection through the new AMCON program, of our loans, deposits and investments in the banking industry over and beyond what is covered under the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Scheme.
6. - on power, initiation of a brand new national Super Grid as well as launching a concrete Road Map to the Power Sector with realistic goals tied to realistic dates. [Proof of ongoing success: mails stating that there has been some small improvements in electricity supply in some communities.
7. - an economy that has verifiably grown by 7% this half year ending in June.
Questions to my people:
1. Which of these achievements elicit no, minor or major handclapping or ovation - or a loud yawn? [Of the minor or major hand-clapping items, we can expect GEJ to wish to continue in that direction.]
2. Furthermore, which of these can be delivered by GEJ - and no one else from the Niger-Delta or political party other than the PDP in any upcoming presidential contest?
These are now the important questions.
Like Yinka Odumakin state, Nigeria may be in for some major surprises in the coming weeks and months, starting with registration matters, followed by the slate of presidential candidates, coupled with a specter either of free, fair and credible elections, or one that becomes UPSET due to fear of the CONSEQUENCES of free, fair and credible elections.
We shall see.....
Bolaji Aluko
Still reading the political tea leaves
Joe:
You wrote somewhere that it has not been seen where a sitting President is denied the ticket of his party.
The Octopus just told me that GEJ is about going down in history as one.
That reality could only be unclear to his clueless team today.And that would only confirm the impression that his camp would be hard put to organise its way out of a sack!
A sitting president who loses four issues in a row to the Governors cabal within his party must be smoking something dangerous to think he can win nomination.
First was the proposal to reform the PDP that was thrown out.Next was the decision to register members online which the Governors scuttled.The president again introduced picking the Presidential candidate first but the Governors overturned that too.The most childish was the idea of fixing NEC meeting for the same time Baboongida was making his declaration .Gov Aliyu Babangida of Niger rubbed that in at Eagles Square this morning as he boasted how they got that meeting shifted.
The greatest weapon in GEJ,s hands in his bid for the behemoth was the calculation that the first term governors would have their balls on the block if their primaries are done first.Now that is not going to happen.
A sign of what to expect is in what a Governor working for IBB who has now become a Zonal coordinator of Jonathan reportedly said in Minna.He told the IBB camp that he accepted the assignment to save his neck but that 60 % of his delegates will vote for the evil man,and the remaining 40% will be distributed to other aspirants.
GEJ is having to plot his way to power on his own for the first time and the inexperience in the game is gaping all over.
It is like Obasanjo who rode to power twice on the back of fortune ending his quest for tenure elongation plotted on his own strength in disgrace.
I do not fear to say that the Presidential hope of JEG has melted except he has a plan B outside the PDP.
Yinka."After going around and around and around the same old mountain,may be it's time to finish the job.May be it's time to claim the promise.I dont know about you,but im tired of going around and around and around the mountain"-Rapheal Warnock"-
From: Joe Attueyi <topcrestt@yahoo.com>Sender: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.comDate: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:38:46 -0700 (PDT)To: Noyo Edem<babytonia62@yahoo.com>ReplyTo: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.comCc: Mobolaji ALUKO<alukome@gmail.com>; All Nigerians In Diaspora<NIDOA@yahoogroups.com>; naijapolitics@yahoogroups.com<naijapolitics@yahoogroups.com>; NigerianWorldForum<NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>Subject: [NaijaPolitics] Re: NIDOA | DECLARATION OF INTENT: For 2011 Presidential Race - by incumbent President Goodluck JonathanNoyoJonathan is determined to make an impact?Is there anything you have seen that gives you this impression?Please shareJoe
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No. For continuation of the President's developmental programs it is always good for him to have a second term, except if the President has done nothing during his first term in office.
Why vote in a President that has no vision/plans for the people? It seems President Jonathan is determined to make an impact, so it is good to give him a chance.
--- On Wed, 9/15/10, Joe Attueyi <topcrestt@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Subject: [NaijaObserver] Re: NIDOA | DECLARATION OF INTENT: For 2011 Presidential Race - by incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan
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Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 8:20 AMProf.Do you know anywhere in the democratic world where a ruling party denied a sitting president it's ticket?Except a sitting president chooses not to run, it is political harakiri for the party to deny him it's ticket.Jonathan is proceeding on the basis that the PDP ticket is his for the asking-----and he has asked.Next move is opposition's.Joe
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Dear All:
QUOTE
I Goodluck Ebele Jonathan by the grace of God hereby offer myself and my services to the Nigerian people as a candidate for the office of President in the forth coming 2011 elections.....I will by the special grace of God be making a formal declaration to this effect at the Eagle's Square, Abuja, on Saturday 18 September 2011.
UNQUOTE
Should this not be merely a declaration as candidate for PDP primary presidential contest?
Inquiring minds want to know, because the announcement makes no mention of the PDP, and its presumptiousness therefore is pretty amazing.
Bolaji Aluko
Shaking his head
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http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/my-declaration-intent-2011-presidential-race-goodluck-jonathan
My Declaration Of Intent For The 2011 Presidential Race By Goodluck Jonathan
Posted: September 15, 2010 - 11:19Dear compatriots, four months ago, providence placed me at the leadership of our dear country, following the untimely death of our dear former President, my brother and leader, President Umaru Musa Yar'adua.
It was a very solemn and trying moment for me personally and for the country as a whole. My immediate task and priority was and still remains to give the nation purposeful leadership and to focus on the priorities of our administration in order to maintain national peace and stability and pursue our key development priorities. In these few months as leader of the country, I have concentrated on managing the affairs of the nation, and resisted all efforts to respond to the drums of partisan politics which have been sounding very loud across the land. As President and leader of government, I decided not to place partisan politics above the immediate needs and priorities of our people. I came under intense pressure to make a declaration concerning my political future, but declined to do so because that would have immediately distracted us from all the development initiatives we have accomplished so far. I therefore told Nigerians to give me time to concentrate on my work and that at the appropriate time I would make a public statement on my political future after due consultations with all the segments and leaders of our nation.
Today, I confirm that after wide and thorough consultations spanning the six geo-political zones that make up Nigeria, with members of my family, my party, the opposition, civil society, the Private Sector, members of the Labour Unions, religious leaders, youths and student groups and our revered traditional institutions, I Goodluck Ebele Jonathan by the grace of God hereby offer myself and my services to the Nigerian people as a candidate for the office of President in the forth coming 2011 elections. In presenting myself for service, I make no pretense that I have a magic wand that will solve all of Nigeria's problems or that I am the most intelligent Nigerian. Far from it. What I do promise is this – If I am elected President in 2011, I will make a covenant with you the Nigerian people to always do right by you, to tell you the truth at all times, to carry you along and most importantly to listen to you, fellow citizens in our communities and also those of you on this page. I do not want to win your affections by giving you promises of things I would do in the future which others before me have given and which have largely been unfulfilled. Rather, I would want you to judge me by my records. Since God Almighty and yourselves permitted me to serve you in the present capacity, I have busied myself with setting Nigeria on the path of peace and progress.
My team and I made no promises on adequate fuel supply in Nigeria. We simply did what was expected of those who govern, we delivered it, and you are living witnesses to that. We made no promise to revamp the textile industry. We delivered a bailout package worth 150 billion naira that is being dispensed as I write. We made no promises of securing the highest U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aviation clearance, the Category 1 Certificate which enables Nigerian registered airlines to fly to ANY U.S city. We delivered. We made no promise to give Nigeria a brand new INEC under a proven God-fearing and incorruptible leader. We placed Nigeria first and delivered. We made no promises of protecting your loans, deposits and investments in the banking industry over and beyond what is covered under the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Scheme. We delivered it via AMCON. Rather than tell you what we could do to improve power, this administration demonstrated it by initiating a brand new national Super Grid as well as launching a concrete Road Map to the Power Sector with realistic goals tied to realistic dates. I understand from some of your mails that there has been some small improvements in electricity supply in some communities. We met an economy that was beginning to slow due to the global recession. Today, the economy has verifiably grown by 7% this half year ending in June.
I know you are tired of empty promises, so I will make only one promise to you today. The only promise I make to you my friends, fellow citizens and Nigeria, is to promise LESS and deliver MORE if I am elected. I call on you to join me to work together in harmony and synergy to forge a nation where we understand our differences instead of pretending they do not exist and work towards a perfect union founded on transparency, equity and justice. A nation that is on her way to repairing her International reputation and project to the world that things have changed and the people of Nigeria have now taken Nigeria back from a few into the hands of her people who are eager, very eager to pull her weight in the forward movement of the African continent and the world in the pursuit of peace, prosperity and happiness.
I will by the special grace of God be making a formal declaration to this effect at the Eagle's Square, Abuja, on Saturday 18 September 2011.
I call on you my friends on this page and all Nigerians to give me your support and prayers so that together we can liberate our country from the confines and self –inflicted wounds and limitations of the past. My dear friends and fellow citizens, to borrow an often used slogan by our youths, please join me in proclaiming: Forward Ever, Backward Never! Please let us all unite across tongue and creed to move our long suffering nation forward together. I thank you and may God bless our country Nigeria
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