an enabling environment where people from diverse
backgrounds and with divergent views and opinions can
be accommodated. Under the watch of Goodluck
Jonathan administration, the APC was registered by INEC
as a mega opposition party big enough to challenge the
PDP at both state and national levels. This would have been
unthinkable some years back.
2. Conduct of free and fair elections in the country,
including the 2011 poll which was adjudged to be the
most credible election of its magnitude that has ever been
conducted in the country, though it was not without its
flaws. Unlike in other administrations, the Goodluck
Jonathan administration has given a free hand to the
country's electoral umpire, INEC, to perform its statutory
duties.
3. Relative non-interference with electoral and judicial
matters. This is evident in the number of governorship
elections that have been won both at the polls and in the
court by opposition parties in Anambra, Imo, Osun states,
among others.
4. Liberalization of the press and guaranteeing the
freedom of speech in a country where the stifling of the
press and suppression of the citizens' right to freedom of
speech used to be the norm, a legacy of over 30 years of
military rule. The existence of vocal anti-government
media houses and critics would have culminated in some
high-profile assassinations some years back, but today
citizens are free to air their views whenever and wherever
they like just like any other sane country.
5. Opening up of Nigeria to the global business community
and becoming Africa's number one destination of foreign
investors. In the first six months of 2014, a total of US
$9.70 billion or N1.51 trillion flowed into the national
economy as foreign direct investments (FDI).
6. Under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Nigeria
rebased it's GDP for the first time in over a decade to
become the largest economy in Africa, overtaking South
Africa and Egypt in the process.
7. Proceeds from Nigeria's non-oil exports rose to 2.97
billion by the end of 2013, up from 2.3 billion in 2010.
8. Initiation of the YOUWIN program in 2011. The Youth
Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YOUWIN) program
aims to generate over 100,000 jobs for innovative
unemployed youths across the country in the course of
three years. It is currently in its third year.
9. Nigerians are now a step closer to being fully integrated
into the international e-commerce community with the
approval and reinclusion of Nigeria as one of the Paypal-
compliant countries after being banned from using the
service at the peak of the advanced fee fraud (419 scams).
With Paypal, Nigerians can now pay for goods and services
online from anywhere in the world.
10. Goodluck Jonathan administration is the one behind
the revival of the dead automotive industry in Nigeria.
Global auto giants like Peugeot, Nissan and Hyundai now
either assemble or wholly manufacture small cars, Sport
Utility Vehicles, trucks and buses at various locations in
Nigeria. In addition to that, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing
Company (IVM), Nigeria's flagship indigenous automaker,
has begun the sale of their first made-in-Nigeria cars and
SUVs in August 2014.
11. Under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Nigeria
became the first country in West Africa to host the World
Economic Forum (WEF) in 2014. It was also the most
successful World Economic Forum for Africa (WEFA) in
history, boasting of a global reach of 2.1 billion people
according to estimates.
12. Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote's net worth
increased from US$2.1 billion at the start of Goodluck
Ebele Jonathan's administration to US$23 billion in 2014,
making him Forbes' richest black person in the world and
the overall 26th richest in the world. He attributed this
mammoth increase in his monetary worth to Goodluck
Jonathan administration favourable economic policies.
13. Construction and beautification of many federal roads
in the country, including the Lagos-Benin expressway,
Abuja-Lokoja expressway, Enugu-Abakiliki expressway,
Onitsha-Owerri highway and most parts of the Enugu-Port
Harcourt expressway. Also, construction of the second
Niger Bridge between Onitsha and Asaba to relieve the
pressure on the old Niger Bridge which was completed in
December 1965.
14. Revival of the comatose railway system of
transportation in the country is happening under the
current Goodluck Jonathan administration.
15. Remodelling, beautification and standardization of
airports across the country. In addition to that, aircraft
from Nigeria are now allowed to fly directly to the United
States of America instead of going through many
stopovers in Amsterdam and some other European cities
along/in the route. The Akanu Ibiam Airport in Enugu was
upgradede into an international airport, directly
connecting the South-East region of the country to the
outside world for the first time since independence.
16. Establishment of nine federal universities across the
country in states which previously had no federal degree
awarding institution.
17. Computerizing education in the country with the
introduction of the computer-based test (CBT) which will
be mandatory for all UTME candidates from 2015.
18. Introduction of the Almajiri system of education in the
academically disadvantaged Northern parts of the
country.
19. Arresting the outbreak of the deadly and highly
contagious Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in record time,
though it unfortunately claimed some lives at the onset.
20. Transformation of the agricultural sector, so that, in
the words of Agriculture minister Akinwumi Adesina,
"Nigerians will stop thinking of agriculture just as a means
of livelihood, but more as a business."
21. Nigeria has reduced its food imports by over 40% as of
2013, moving the country closer to self sufficiency in
agriculture.
22. Nigeria is the world's largest producer of cassava with
an output of over 45 million metric tonnes in 2014
according to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the
United Nations (FAO).
23. Due to favourable economic policies, Internet
penetration in Nigeria has now increased from about 45
million in 2011 to 63 million in 2014, overtaking countries
such as the United Kingdom and France in the process.
What this means is that more people now use the internet
in Nigeria than in the UK and France.
24. As of the second quarter of 2014, the number of
registered active telephone lines in Nigeria stood at 130
million out of a total of over 170 million telephone lines.
25. Introduction of the Nigerian electronic identity card
(e-ID card), one of the most secure in the world d the
largest in Africa. The e-ID card serves as both an
international identification module and an electronic
payment solution.
26. Introduction of the cashless system which aims to
encourage the use of e-payment systems in the country
and reduce the volume of physical cash in circulation.
27. Unbundling of the dysfunctional Power Holding
Company of Nigeria (PHCN) into about 18 profit-driven
successor companies.
28. Under the watch of President Goodluck Jonathan
administration, Nigeria won the African Cup of Nations for
the first time in 19 years in South Africa in February, 2013.
29. Nigeria ended up with 11 gold , 11 silver and 14
bronze medals at the recently concluded 2014
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, finishing 8th in the
overall ranking.
30. Women in politics have been given more prominent
roles in the current President Goodluck Jonathan
administration. A large number of the federal appointees
of the Goodluck Jonathan administration are women. They
include, but are not limited to, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala;
Miriam Aloma Mukhtar, Nigeria's first female Chief Justice;
Diezani Alison-Madueke; ex-aviation minister Stella Oduah,
Joy Ogwu, Nigeria's representatives at the United Nations;
Sarah Jibril; and Viola Onwuliri.
TO MENTION BUT A FEW........
NOW YOU TELL ME, WHICH OTHER PRESIDENT HAS
ACHIEVED AS MUCH AS HE HAS? I AM NOT FALLING FOR
ALL THE PROPAGANDA MESSAGES FROM APC, FOR ONCE
WE HAVE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION LIKE WE HAVE NEVER
HAD BEFORE IN THE COUNTRY, SO MUCH SO THAT EVEN
THE SO CALLED GENERAL THAT SUPPRESSED THIS VERY
RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DURING HIS TENURE,
IS NOW EXPLOITING IT AS WELL, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA, LIKE IT JUST STARTED
YESTERDAY AND SAYING HOW BUHARI WOULD DO A
BETTER JOB, I DISAGREE FOR ONE BUHARI USED THE FULL
MIGHT OF HIS MILITARY POWER TO SUBDUE AND ALSO
CREATE FEAR, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO EXECUTED AND
JAILED AS IT PLEASED HIM AND THOSE IN POWER, IF OUR
PRESIDENT DID ANY OF THESE THINGS THE WAY BUHARI
DID IN THE PAST, PEOPLE WOULD ASK FOR HIS HEAD,
PERSONALLY I AM FOR A NIGERIA THAT UNDERSTANDS
AND OBEYS THE RULE OF LAW, AS WRITTEN IN OUR
CONSTITUTION, NIGERIA IS A COUNTRY OF WELL OVER
150 MILLION WITH HUGE POTENTIAL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE
A CHECKERED HISTORY OF GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE
COME IN AND INSTEAD OF BUILDING, CAM IN AND TOOK
ADVANTAGE FOR THEIR OWN GOOD, THEREBY
PROMOTING A CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, SO MUCH SO
MOST NIGERIANS GROW UP THINKING THAT'S JUST THE
WAY IT IS. FACT!!, THIS PRESIDENT HAS MADE PROGRESS
LIKE NO OTHER BEFORE HIM, INCLUDING BUHARI, FACT!!!
THEY SAY WELL HIS BEEN THERE FOR SIX YEARS THEY
SHOULD SEE MORE, TO THAT THIS IS WHAT I SAY, A LOT OF
THE ACHIEVEMENTS HE HAS FORMER PRESIDENTS HAVE
SERVED LONGER AND AGAIN NOT COME EVEN CLOSE, YOU
SAY BUHARI SERVED FOR TWO YEARS, WELL WHAT DID
ACHIEVE IN THOSE TWO YEARS, WITH THE POWER HE HAD,
WHERE HE WAS REALLY ONLY ANSWERABLE TO HIM SELF,
COMPARED TO OUR PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN,
THAT HAS TO ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE OF NIGERIA
THROUGH THE SENATE?, TRUST ME POUND FOR POUND
THERE IN NO COMPARISON THERE, SOME SAY WELL HE
DID NOT ACHIEVE ALL THIS ON HIS OWN, AGAIN I
TOTALLY AGREE, BUT IT TAKES A GOOD LEADER TO PICK
THE RIGHT TEAM FACT!!, WHERE IS THE MISSING $20
BILLION FROM NNPC YOU SAY?, WELL AND INDEPENDENT
FINANCIAL AUDIT COMPANY PWC HAS CLEARED NNPC OF
STEALING THAT MONEY IN FACT MOST OF IT HAD BEEN
REMITTED BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, LEAVING
ABOUT $1.8 BILLION OUTSTANDING, NOT MISSING!!!!!,
WHICH HAS BEEN REMITTED BACK. MOST NIGERIANS
FOLLOW WHAT EVER THEY ARE TOLD WITH OUT REALLY
QUESTIONING THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT IS BEING SAID TO
THEM, SOME POLITICIANS SADLY EVEN USE RELIGION AS A
PREMISE FOR THIS, WE ARE ONE NATION MUSLIM AND
CHRISTIAN TOGETHER, WE FIGHT AND KILL EACH OTHER
FOR THE STUPIDEST THINGS IN WORLD, PARTLY BECAUSE
MAJORITY OF USE ARE STILL STUCK WITH AN OLD WAY OF
THINKING SOME BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN HAS SPENT A LOT OF
TIME, AND THE NATIONS MONEY DEVELOPING ALL PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY, NO NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST
DIVIDE JUST ONE COUNTRY. NIGERIA! SOME SAY WELL WE
CANT SEE OR FEEL THIS CHANGE, WELL TO THEM IS SAY
THIS, THE FACT THAT YOU CANT SEE OR FEEL IT RIGHT
NOW DOSE NOT MEAN A CHANGE IS NOT TAKING PLACE,
A GOOD ONE AT THAT, LOOK AT OUR ECONOMY
DIVERSIFICATION INTO OTHER SECTORS LIKE
AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURING TO MENTION BUT A
FEW, THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE POWER SECTOR, THE
INCREASE IN POWER PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF THE
NATION, THESE THINGS ARE BEING DONE, BUT THEY TAKE
TIME TO FULLY PROPAGATE DOWN INTO THE RURAL /
GRASS ROOT AREAS, ANY ONE TELLING YOU THAT THEY
COULD HAVE DONE THESE THINGS QUICKER IS MIGHT
NOT BE TELLING THE TRUTH!! WATCH OUT, NIGERIA IS A
COMPLEX COUNTRY WITH COMPLEX ISSUES THAT DATE
BACK THROUGH THE DECADES AND IMPLEMENTING
CHANGES AS FUNDAMENTAL AS THESE ARE DIFFICULT,
LOOK AT THE LOCAL CONTENT BILL FOR EXAMPLE? THE
CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SO FAR GIVE A GOOD
FOUNDATION, FOR PROGRESS TO BE MADE FASTER, BUT
WITHOUT THESE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES, THE CHANGE
YOU SO DESIRE AND WISH FOR, CAN NOT TAKE PLACE,
KNOWING THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY,
UNEMPLOYMENT IS STILL A BIG ISSUE I KNOW, AND
ACCEPT THAT ARGUMENT, BUT LOOK AT WHATS BEEN
DONE SO FAR, IN SIX YEARS HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS
CREATED OVER 6MILLION JOBS AMOUNTING TO ABOUT A
MILLION JOBS PER YEAR, WITH THE EFFECTS OF THESE
CHANGES BEEN MADE TO ALL SECTORS YET TO BE FELT,
FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE AFRICA'S LARGEST ECONOMY,
WITH THE HOPE OF JOINING THE G20, IM SORRY BUT
THAT TAKES INCREDIBLE VISION AND INSIGHT, SO WITH
THAT I REST MY CASE. VOTE WISELY!! VOTE GOODLUCK
JONATHAN FOR PRESIDENT 2015!
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