Governance in Nigeria: President Goodluck Jonathan Speaks and I Quote!

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In 2011, I made a promise to the people of Nigeria that every zone of our great nation would have an international airport. A little over two years to the day I made that promise we are witnessing the inaugural international flight from the Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu.

As I said during my inaugural address, "the time for lamentation is over; this is the era of transformation". Our rail infrastructure is being brought back on track and expanded; our road networks are receiving attention even as we insist on getting them wider and better. As some of you may have noticed, the aviation sector is being overhauled so as to make flying accessible to the average Nigerian.

Let me use this occasion to encourage all patriots to remain resolute in our collective pursuit of development and happiness. We must make progress together and no Citizen, no Community in our Country will be left behind. Our determination to ensure developmental justice in ALL the zones shall remain unshakable.

- GEJ

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7th October 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

Remarks by His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR on the Occasion of the Inauguration of the National Advisory Committee On our Country's Conversation towards a Greater Nigeria

State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja
Monday October 7th 2013

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1. Today, we are taking historic and concrete steps that will further strengthen our understanding, expand the frontiers of our inclusiveness and deepen our bond as one people under God.

2. In my address to the Nation on the occasion of our 53rd Independence and Golden Anniversary as a Republic, I announced that in response to the yearnings of our people, we had decided to take on the responsibility of decisively and genuinely exploring the option of a National Conversation.

3. In furtherance of this objective, Government announced the names of some Nigerians, with wide experience from various disciplines, to form membership of an Advisory Committee to facilitate a most acceptable process that will bring our aspirations to fruition. Our gathering here today is to formally inaugurate this child of necessity, the Advisory Committee to midwife this Conversation.

Read more: President Jonathan's Remarks on National Advisory Committee Inauguration



1st October 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

Address by His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR On the Occasion of Nigeria's 53rd Independence Anniversary.


Tuesday 1st October, 2013

FELLOW NIGERIANS,

1. Today marks 53 years of our Independence as a nation. First and foremost, I would like to say congratulations to us all. Through thick and thin, we have built this country together. Through triumphs and trials, we have developed a Nigerian identity in our own way.

2. In truth, Nigeria is still a work in progress and we are challenged everyday to keep building in spite of the various obstacles that we face. Our strength has been in our diversity. If we look back over the years, we can say confidently that there is every reason to celebrate.

3. Today's Independence anniversary is unique because it is the last before we mark our centenary. On January 1, 2014, Nigeria will be 100 years old as a country, following the amalgamation of the Protectorates of Southern and Northern Nigeria in 1914.

Read more: Nigeria's 53rd Independence Anniversary Address by President Goodluck Jonathan



30th September 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

We have taken further steps towards ensuring and guaranteeing electricity availability for human and industrial use in our beloved country. I congratulate our new owners who have taken over the engines and cables that are expected to drive not just the electricity industry but also the socio-economic well-being of the nation. To the Nigerian people, who have demonstrated such great patience and confidence, putting up often with darkness for decades, I say better days are coming.

- GEJ



23rd September 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

Today, I had the honour of ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange after I had heralded to global captains of industry Nigeria's efforts in recent times that has made our nation a prime destination for foreign investment and one that ensures some of the highest Return on Investments (RoI) in the world. This is just the beginning of greater things to come for our country and our continent. The foundation of planning which we laid at the inception of our administration is being strengthened for greater service delivery for our people. My attention has just been drawn to some modest but positive steps in the education sector. In 2010, the pass rates for our National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examinations was 15.84%. To address the abysmal failure and general decay in education we convened an emergency education summit in 2010 to deliberate on why we had fallen so far back and how best can we move up? We took the report from that conference and began implementing some of the recommendations. The education sector had the highest sectoral allocation in the budget the following year and has remained among the topmost in allocation since then. On Friday the 20th of September 2013, the results of our efforts began to manifest. This year, 69.57% of Nigerian students passed the 2013 Senior School Certificate Examinations. We cannot relent. While we continue to negotiate with ASUU so that never again will strikes be an impediment to the realization of our children's educational aspiration, it is important that we keep our eyes on the ball: a holistic turn around in our education. As we make progress in every sector of our economy: Transportation, Aviation, Agriculture, Power, Finance, Energy Security and all others it is not celebration time until all our citizens can feel the progress in our communities and our constituencies. We must pay greater attention to education. As I said on this page on April 10, 2012 when I commissioned the first of 400 Almajirinci Model Schools in Gagi, Sokoto state "a nation does not become wealthy by what it has under the ground rather the wealth of nations are today measured by what is between the ears of her citizens". To the world I say, we have the most industrious humans on earth and we are ready for business. To fellow Nigerians, our collective work for change is not done. Lets us not be discouraged by the attempt to drag us into partisan politics when the urgent issue of the moment is governance.

- GEJ

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13th October 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

Congratulations Super Eagles. As I said when I visited you in your camp yesterday, the Nigerian people and I are with you all the way. - GEJ

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Before now i really believe in the leadership of Jonathan, but ever since the show of shame i mean the wasteful burial ceremony of his wife's surrogate mother that he spent 7 Billion Naira. Hoodoo i really pity every Nigerians.

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5th December 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

Not too long ago, we announced a new National Automobile Policy. I am happy to note that the policy is now attracting great interest in our country with the consequential benefit for job creation and savings for our nation. The announcement by the Nissan Corporation that it will be investing in our country by way of manufacturing its brand of cars in Nigeria is very heart warming. With the confirmation that Nigeria ranks fourth in the world as the fastest Return on Investment (RoI), I hereby call on other world class automobile manufacturers and other businesses to also begin their journey to establish factories in Nigeria as we have a well trained and hardworking work force, at home and abroad, ready to add value to the growth of businesses and our country.

- GEJ


25th November 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

Today is a great day for Nigeria and womanhood as our mother, Chief Mrs. Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, the Yeye Odua and 'jewel of inestimable value' celebrates her 98th birthday. I want to warmly on behalf of myself, my family and all Nigerians wish our mother a most glorious birthday anniversary. Mama, you have inspired millions of people around the world. Your sterling qualities of honesty and dedication have been qualities that womanhood will be proud of. To me, the service and greatness Chief Obafemi Awolowo left as great legacies was made possible by the dedicated partnership that you offered. Mama, I wish you many more years of great leadership and service to Nigeria. Happy birthday mama! May the Lord Almighty bless you for us.

- GEJ


16th November 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

Again, the Super Eagles have demonstrated why they are the Champions of Africa. The match today in Calabar was a master piece of great footballing. This is the sort of team work and synergy that the world has come to expect from not just our football teams, but from the general Nigerian society. With the type of play we witnessed today, the World Cup is within reach. I commend Stephen Keshi for putting together a formidable team and urge all our players not to rest on their oars as we march forward to Brazil next year. All Nigerians can count on this administration to provide every necessary support towards achieving set objectives for the good and greatness of our country. Congratulations to all Nigerians and may God bless Nigeria.

- GEJ



8th November 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

Today, I commend Nigeria's Golden Eaglets for their well deserved victory at the FIFA Under-17 World Soccer tournament in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, UAE. The players played with great skill and projected the Nigerian can do spirit and the end result is that Nigeria is now a four time champion. This could not have come at a better time seeing as Nigeria is on the cusp of celebrating our centenary as a nation. In February this year, the Super Eagles won the African Cup of Nations and now our youths are today the world's champions. This is no fluke. It is no coincidence. It is a reaffirmation of what I have always known; that excellence is a Nigerian habit. I believe Nigerians are poised to extend this habit to every facet of our national life. May God bless us all and may God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

- GEJ



15th October 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

On this day when our Muslim brothers and sisters celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, I see a point of congruence between Islam and Christianity in that this day of celebration is held to honour the willingness of the Patriarch, Ibrahim, to make sacrifices to God. Ibrahim or Abraham is a central figure to both faiths and is proof that there are a lot more that unite us as Muslims and Christians. As we celebrate the sacrifice of this patriarch, I call on all Nigerians to join the Islamic Ummah in praying and working for a greater Nigeria. This is what we should take from this holy day and beyond. Happy Eid-el-Kabir to our Muslim brothers and sisters and also to all Nigerians.

- GEJ

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6th December 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

My dear friends on facebook, the news of the passing of the great Nelson Mandela to ancestorhood has left Africa and the rest of humanity with a deep feeling of loss.

Never in recent living memory has a leader mobilized the consciousness of human existence to the cause of freedom and the advancement of world civilization as did Mandela.

By his exemplary life of humility and high inclusivity, the former president enshrined a beacon of hope for the hopeless and gave power to the powerless in the world as we know it today.
He was a man who planted trees whose shade he knew he would never physically enjoy but was nonetheless satisfied that the trees would provide some shade for the living.

As humanity looks into the future, the Mandela story will remain a most outstanding example of compassion, forgiveness and progress. Because of the work of Mandela and his compatriots, humanity now looks forward to a better world in the centuries ahead. Adieu, our leader Mandela!

- GEJ

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25th December 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:


As the world marks the birth of Jesus Christ, let me, on behalf of myself, my family and the Federal Government, extend the good tidings of peace, progress and joy to every home throughout our beloved country Nigeria.

Christmas is a time of joyous family gatherings and as President, I see every Nigerian as a member of my family and I urge us all to retain the unique sense of brotherly love that this season evokes beyond the Yuletide period.

While we will surely mark this holiday in our different ways and according to our established traditions, it is my desire that we all celebrate Christmas with some minimum comforts and my team and I have long prepared for this by working to improve our infrastructure especially those that most serve us during this season.

Knowing that this period is the peak period for cross country travels amongst our people, this administration has fast tracked the repair and reconstruction of artery roads nationwide. We have also ensured that the nightmare our citizens suffered at fuel stations during periods like this is put behind us. For the second year in a row, train services have continued to run from the Lagos Terminus all the way to The hinterlands of the North. This year, we also introduced cargo and haulage train services from the Lagos Port to up country locations.

With the Enugu airport now handling international flights, more of our people can fly directly to their localities resulting in reduced pressure on our roads.

Our policies to spur local production of staples such as rice and wheat are bearing fruits as evidenced by the 2013 Global Hunger Index.

Although I will not depend on statistics until every Nigerian has enough to eat at all times and in every season, the report is salutary and only galvanizes us to further action.

I have also personally monitored government's fiscal effort which we ensured were tightened for the purpose of avoiding or severely reducing the seasonal inflationary trends on consumer goods around this time of the year with the attendant result that inflation is at single digit rate.

These steps have been undertaken because of my belief that every good and great thing is possible in our country if we desire to achieve it.

So, as we all celebrate with friends and family, I say from me to you, Merry Christmas and may the joys of the season extend from our individual homes to those of our neighbors and neighboring communities irrespective of religion and region.

- GEJ

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1st January 2014 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

My friends on facebook, 2014 is the year of our centenary. The Almighty God has decreed a stronger, more united and prosperous nation. I urge you my friends to stand with Nigeria now and always! I want to thank many of you who wrote to commend the ongoing work on our roads, agriculture, aviation, on availability of fuel, on the power privitazation among others. I will refuse to allow the orchestrated drumbeat of politics to detract or distract us from our mission to serve you with all my heart and in accordance with the oath of office I swore to uphold. Happy New Year!

- GEJ



25th December 2013 Update from President Goodluck Jonathan Facebook Wall:

A Christmas message from me to you and your loved ones this Yuletide Season. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance. GEJ

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We hope he does more especially with the problem of power in the country. Some areas don't even have electricity at all.