Dialogues: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - President Goodluck Jonathan-Submits a Prgress Report

Jonathan is increasingly looking like he is not the one that should lead Nigeria at this time. The man must be trying his hardest. What seems to be the case is that his best may not be enough. If this is the case and it seems to be, he must retool if he is to lead Nigeria and Nigerians as they are entitled to be lead. Can Jonathan do better? Yes he can. He is running out of time and Nigerians’ patience though.

Leadership is nearly everything when you think about groups, organizations, and countries making sustainable progress. Do a majority of citizens and electors always take political leadership seriously? It is doubtful that they always do. This is why citizens and electors should be properly informed. This is why a critical, faithful, and strong press is required. Do the processes that produce Africa’s leaders meet the above and other standards? It is doubtful that they do to say the least.

Leadership, especially political leadership in Africa, is overburdened with primordial ideas of group dynamics and simplistic notions of democracy and political governance. Political elections are serious events. They are not intended to produce any leader. They are intended to produce the best leader for the time. If this is to happen, a rigorous screening process is necessary to weed out sand from hay. What you have in many African countries is mostly lawless and paternalistic grace and favor systems that overprice and over-reward ethnicity, religion, party loyalty, and pays less than necessary attention to ability and competency. There also tend s to be a fundamental lack of understanding of the purpose of political leadership and the nation/country.

A political leader for example may be a good man/woman. They may be patriotic and well-meaning in political office. They may be short however in the knowledge and skills that the office calls for at the time. This is why it is important that the process by which political leaders emerge is rigorous. Such a process is more likely to produce the best candidate of even a bad lot. Is there hope for the future. Yes there is. There has to be.

From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amatoritsero Ede
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 8:45 AM
To: USA Africa Dialogue Series
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - President Goodluck Jonathan-Submits a Prgress Report

Dear Sir,

The point is we have no leaders.. We almost did during the civilian rule in the late 1970s and early 1980s at some point. But it is very sad what is going on all over Africa, with Nigeria being a sprawling mansion amongst the houses of horror. A country that cannot master electricity generation in the 21st century. Just one little example. About time we begin to be vigorosuly self-critical. Jonathan goodluck Ebele is not a president. He is like a school boy in a vice chancelor's chair. What his body language when he stand beside Hilary Clinton, hands folded behind his back body bent like close to collapsing, a houseboy pose. What, what exactly is wrong with the African. Look towards South Africa, post apartheid. The system is breaking already. What did that black man do when he gets into office, i mean zuma? He takes a new wife and buys a 5 million dollar mansion to house her. What exactly is wrong?

Regards

Amatoritsero

On 5 November 2012 03:54, Ifedioramma E. Nwana <ienwana@yahoo.com> wrote:

Part of maturity is ability to be civil. Any one can critisise anybody without being insolent. We can learn to use more mature language in referring to our ourselves and our leaders. That way we may get them to read what we want to say and perchance change what we do not like in them. If I find a rude comment on me I will not read or reflect on it let alone allow it affect my future action.

I have read the document 'Sure and Steady Transformation' and I agree that there are definite steps of progress. Whether they are enough depends on the targets we have set and these targets may or may not be realistic.

Ifedioramma Eugene Nwana

From: Amatoritsero Ede <esulaalu@gmail.com>
To: USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 4 November 2012, 8:09
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - President Goodluck Jonathan-Submits a Prgress Report

Ebele says he is making progress? What a clown!

Amatoritsero

On 3 November 2012 20:20, Nkolika Ebele <nkolikae@yahoo.com> wrote:

The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has submitted a Progress Reprt to Nigerians tltled Sure and Steady Transformation. Check it out in this Website-

http://sureandsteadytransformation.gov.ng/download/Sure_and_Steady_Transformation_Volume_One.pdf

Nkolika

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