I can help GEJ with concrete plans and visions that can turn Nigeria around:

1) Security
Nigeria will only have adequate security if the law enforcement agencies are decentralized so that states and local governments can have their own law enforcement agencies as opposed to the situation now where the entire police structure  for  36 states and 774 LGAs are controlled from Abuja.

Niger Delta:
The unrest in the Niger-Delta will only be solved when the Petroleum and Land Use Acts are changed. This will vest ownership of land and resources underneath the land to the people who have customary rights of ownership. A situation where the FG (corrupt elites) dispossess people of their land so that the wealth under the land can be plundered among themselves without the consent of the land owners and benefit is bondage to the state. Has anyone wondered why developed/wealthy countries have unassailable property rights?

Corruption
The reason why corruption thrives in public office in Naija is because political power in Nigeria grants access to econmic power and the patronages that come with it. The moment economic power (wealth) is decoupled from political power by the privatization of all state controlled means of production (electricity, petroleum, airports, seaports, water etc), corruption will reduce to the bare minimum as private ownership of the means of production will reduce / eliminate opportunities for illicit gain.


Taxation
The tax laws in Nigeria have to be harmonized. Private companies are groaning under the yoke of too many taxes / levies imposed by every ministry at the three tiers of government and this is crippling them. A new tax policy act should be promulgated that will streamline all taxes to be paid by businesses in Nigeria. They also need to be reduced.

Education
The FG has no business running secondary schools and universities. Their role should be limited to funding access to qualitative education and setting policy. Private individuals and local governments should be the ones running education. The FG does not have the capacity to provide world class education without people contributing to it in the form of property taxes. The FG should withdraw from running schools. Anybody who thinks world class education will be provided in Nigeria at a tuition fee of N8000 as charged by federal varsities is a joker.

Infrastructure
The infrastructure deficit in Nigeria is only an investment opportunity for local/foreign investment. Open up the sector to the private sector. After all, telecoms is also infrastructure but we have private companies fill the gap that the incompetent FG/Nitel could not solve for decades. Do the same for water supply, roads and electricity. Chile and Malaysia are an example of countries where access to potable water, electricity, excellent roads,  telecoms, fuels is available to more than 95 % of the population simply because companies provide all the infrastructure and run them as businesses. The governments in Nigeria will never be able to provide infrastructure unless profit driven companies are allowed to do it.

Public sector
The public sector in Nigeria is too big. The 2011 budget for Nigeria has recurrent expenditure at 114% of National revenue. In other words, we are slaves to the corrupt public sector and even all the taxes we pay cannot run the government. All capital expenditure will be funded by debt / bonds.  Our children are being saddled with debt  just to pay the salaries and allowances of an over-bloated and corrupt public sector and also to hand out out overinflated contracts to their friends and cronies.   There should be massive restructuring and rightsizing of the government from the NASS to the Presidency to the Civil Service to reduce cost of governance to more than 20% of annual revenue so we can spend the rest on infrastructure.



These are just some of the things that a clueless GEJ should be contemplating and working hard to correct.  But he does not have the gravitas, political will  and capacity to do them

From my findings the day london branch of goodluck/sambo campaign organisation was inaugurated, they promised but not limited to: 1. Restoration of the energy/power sector. 2. Diversifying the economy, 3. Completion of federal govt's abandoned projects. 4. Revamping of the education sector. etc

These your visions are so good o.

Security: bingo - thats it.

Niger Delta - so if you own the land, all the resources found on the land belongs to you as an individual, right? Like all the oil field will belong to a particular community or even a family then? Or am I not getting you right?

Corruption: How will privatisation remove or reduce corruption? Is it only in the public secotr that corruption is prone in Nigeria? Are there not corrupt practices in privately owned corporations and companies? Go to a place like MTN and ask them how they are battling against every form of corruption and the practices that permeates the public sector. I dont see or understand how illicit gain will reduce in the privately owned compnaies - it will still be there.

Taxation - We are paying too much tax in Nigeria? Really? What will the British people say? When last have you paid tax in Nigeria, thats if you live in Nigeria, and how many people pay all the type of tax they pay in the UK? So, your theory is to cut off all the tax. How nice.

Education: Property taxes? I thought you just mentioned that we pay too much tax? So, to provide world class education, you advocate more property taxes? and the local government to take over the universities, and bingo - you will have oxford and havard class universities in Nigeria. But, we still pay more tax which you are advocating to be too much.

Infrastructure: So what is the government doing already? But why were folks shouting against privatisation of government owned concerns?

Public Sector: OK. Trim down the size of the workers and have the labour congress shouting down your throat within the same hour? You still want the rest spent on public infrastructure? I thought you just advocated privatising the public infrastructures. Are you not confused then?


and all the above will bring solution in 6 months of your becoming president.

No plan for power, no plan for food, no plan for transportation, no plan for health!

Kalokalo for President.

@ bluetooth, tru talk

Does anybody think wat i'm thinking? Seems there's some sort of romance betwn nairaland admin nd gej led govrnmnt. nairaland admin has been trying 2 slander d image of other presidntial cntstnt buhari especially nd dat was y we had d stale belated statemnt attributd 2 buhari yrs bck on the 4rnt page and we also ve jonah unachievd achivements on d 4rm page now. Shame on u!

so the the manifesto will be manifested when?before or after the elections?the guy is not even flashing any progress talkless of achieving it.

drgica74:

The person that posted this, is a very big fool,with and empty skull.If you do not know keep quiet or you ask.Listen let me inform you.

1,GEJ stabilized the prices of fuel and other Pet. products within one month or so in office( which some the cabal hijacked and monopolized during Yar'dua's regime)

2,Nigeria's Crude oil export quota by OPEC optimized and became stable( after the Niger Delta crises brought it down)

3,Electricity generation ( Megawatt) improved( more that 4000 now).

4,Nigerian foreign policies are now being taken seriously my both Nigerian and foreign Countries.

These are major areas of achievements ok, my ignorant friend,so thank me because you have learnt a new thing today.

When was the last you bought kerosine or diesel? You need to know that these are the most essential of petroleum product. The prices have gone beyond the reach of most families. Some have resorted to cooking with firewood which says a lot about deforestation and global warming. The high cost of diesel is impacting of the prices of foodstuff as most of the trucks that transport these foodstuffs are powered by diesel. Take a survey and find out that more Nigerians are going to bed hungry. Have you been able to learn anything?

Dude is too Fake, He`s a big thief, trying to get himself a rank in the history of stealing money, i think he wants to claim it from obj, obj claimed it from ibb so obviously gej is trying to meet up lol, They arell thief but why is he trying to learn too fast, Damn !!

boring

Anaegboka

All those people pretending that the country is progressing under GEJ are either outside the country or benefiting from the status quo.

Diesel was at N130/litre when i last bought N15 above the usual price.

http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=21218

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36959:association-urges-govt-to-commence-full-deregulation-on-diesel-kerosene&catid=31:business&Itemid=562

It will be such a shame on y'all if this guy continues to be your President beyond April.

What will you do? LOL.

Ma_J_Blige:

These your visions are so good o.

Security: bingo - that's it.

I'm glad u see the light.

Ma_J_Blige:

Niger Delta - so if you own the land, all the resources found on the land belongs to you as an individual, right? Like all the oil field will belong to a particular community or even a family then? Or am I not getting you right?

Why should a whole nation be dependent on the resources under someone else's land? That  is indolence of national proportions. The resources found on a piece of land should belong to whoever owns the land. Why should the corrupt elites (FG) be able to expropriate my land and then give it to the Danjumas, Etetes, Lukmans, Shells, Chevrons of this world? It is injustice that will make me pick up arms against the state. Whoever wants to access the resources should negotiate individually with the land owners and NOT the FG who will only give it to themselves and cronies.

Ma_J_Blige:

Corruption: How will privatization remove or reduce corruption? Is it only in the public sector that corruption is prone in Nigeria? Are there not corrupt practices in privately owned corporations and companies? Go to a place like MTN and ask them how they are battling against every form of corruption and the practices that permeates the public sector. I don't see or understand how illicit gain will reduce in the privately owned companies - it will still be there.

Can you steal billions of naira in MTN? Can an MTN employee demand bribe from you before you can access their services? Can you get employment in MTN based on federal character and quota? Can you award overinflated contract to your family members if you are an MTN employee?

Ma_J_Blige:

Taxation - We are paying too much tax in Nigeria? Really? What will the British people say? When last have you paid tax in Nigeria, thats if you live in Nigeria, and how many people pay all the type of tax they pay in the UK? So, your theory is to cut off all the tax. How nice.

Yes there is multiple taxation in Nigeria.  Examples are CIT, PAYE, ETF, NITDA, Excise Tax, VAT, Land use charge, Consumption tax, NTDC, radio and television license, business premises tax, parking levy, environmental levy etc.

Ma_J_Blige:

Education: Property taxes? I thought you just mentioned that we pay too much tax? So, to provide world class education, you advocate more property taxes? and the local government to take over the universities, and bingo - you will have oxford and Harvard class universities in Nigeria. But, we still pay more tax which you are advocating to be too much.

The best universities in the world are private. That includes the Harvards and the Princetons. The FG currently mass produces graduates with very poor quality. Private ownership of universities will increase quality but reduce quantity while local government control of universities will bring accountability to the grassroots since property taxes will be used to fund education.

Ma_J_Blige:

Infrastructure: So what is the government doing already? But why were folks shouting against privatization of government owned concerns?

Because privatization will remove the status quo. There will no longer be room for the incompetence and corruption and unaccountability that are happening in those firms. Have you ever heard of lecturers going on strike for months in private universities? or ghost workers in private companies? It won't happen because there is accountability.

Ma_J_Blige:

Public Sector: OK. Trim down the size of the workers and have the labor congress shouting down your throat within the same hour? You still want the rest spent on public infrastructure? I thought you just advocated privatizing the public infrastructures. Are you not confused then?

Have u not heard of public private partnerships (PPP)? Public funds may still be spent on infrastructure in certain cases.

Ma_J_Blige:

No plan for power, no plan for food, no plan for transportation, no plan for health!

The FG has spent at least 7 billion dollars in the past 10 years on power with no result. Why spend more when investors can do it better.
There should be a policy that will spur commercial / industrial scale agriculture. Unfortunately today's generation do not want to farm.
On health, the government should only fund access to quality health-care and set policy. They don't have the capacity to run world class hospitals.

I have no reason to run for president. All I'm saying is that GEJ has an opportunity to at least articulate his vision and show and tell us how he will do it. That is the least expected of a leader. But he lacks that bandwidth

Gej has the qualities of a leader - he is not able and not striving to satisfy everybody, only those watching him can see

Ok, GEJ has outlined what he intends to do with his mandate if elected president of the FRN come april, which, viewed objectively, is not bad at all. But, what a minute, what is the opposition offering? Let's see their's so that we can compare.

Ma fellow nairalanders, Jonathan is not wat d counry needs rite now, when yaradua (RIP) wanted to contest for presidency, he campaigned wit his achievements in his state, Shekarau is doin d same rite now, Jonathan was d deputy gov of bayelsa, he becam gov. What was he able to achieve, now he is president, wat has he achieved, moreova he said "I won't run for presidency in 2015", ma pple , he knows he'll win, #FACT

GEJ is a man with mission but not on solid foundation,

The President has done a lot to stabilize this nation in the past 12 months, he has started the process of empowering the various institutions that will make for a stable nation. If nothing the president has stabilized the nation, despite the effort of unpatriotic nigerians to pull the nation down.

I laugh when I hear people mention opposition, change of the status quo. What opposition, where are they? The record of Buhari in power is there for all to read and decide whether he is better than GEJ, we all remember the banning of forex, and simultaneous favoring of the black market peopled by his people. Double standard. Who else is the face of the opposition, bring them on let's talk. Is it Ribadu? We all remember his selective prosecution of corrupt persons, and to cap it all he is back to his vomit, he is the one who refer to Bola Tinubu as very corrupt public official, but today just a few days down the line, he is in the same capm with Tinubu, huzzling for power, what happened to the very corrupt status of Tinubu? What a pity. Who else, bring them on and let's talk. Without an exception all in the opposition belong to the status quo, so do not bother talking about changing the status quo. I will rather GEJ than that bunch in the opposition. At least GEJ has some level of control over his emotions, an attribute critical to good leadership.

arogbowei:

The President has done a lot to stabilize this nation in the past 12 months, he has started the process of empowering the various institutions that will make for a stable nation. If nothing the president has stabilized the nation, despite the effort of unpatriotic nigerians to pull the nation down.

I laugh when I hear people mention opposition, change of the status quo. What opposition, where are they? The record of Buhari in power is there for all to read and decide whether he is better than GEJ, we all remember the banning of forex, and simultaneous favoring of the black market peopled by his people. Double standard. Who else is the face of the opposition, bring them on let's talk. Is it Ribadu? We all remember his selective prosecution of corrupt persons, and to cap it all he is back to his vomit, he is the one who refer to Bola Tinubu as very corrupt public official, but today just a few days down the line, he is in the same capm with Tinubu, huzzling for power, what happened to the very corrupt status of Tinubu? What a pity. Who else, bring them on and let's talk. Without an exception all in the opposition belong to the status quo, so do not bother talking about changing the status quo. I will rather GEJ than that bunch in the opposition. At least GEJ has some level of control over his emotions, an attribute critical to good leadership.

mr man,in a very simple sentence,you are a sycophant ,you can lie to us but not to yourself

as much as we would want to borrow from the western block, it must of necessity be remembered that they already have a stable and workable system which is a far cry from what is obtainable in our fathers land. GEJ so far has been trying to lay a better foundation for our future system of which if sustained will yield a better modus. thus it would not only be onerous to compare the UK and Nigeria but it would be a misplacement of scope. moreover the political quagmire in which we are at the moment should not be blamed on GEJ but on those who misused their tenures.

^^^^^^
this dude right here is part of Nigeria's problem

backward ever, forward never.

If GEJ's proximity to those you say are the cause of our predicament does not ring alarm bells in your head then you should be checked out. Big words little thought.

are we to rate him by his proximity to his predecessors or by his performance? that may be your closest friend is a thief , does that necessarilly make you a thief? dude abeg wake up.

akuigwe:

as much as we would want to borrow from the western block, it must of necessity be remembered that they already have a stable and workable system which is a far cry from what is obtainable in our fathers land. GEJ so far has been trying to lay a better foundation for our future system of which if sustained will yield a better modus. thus it would not only be onerous to compare the UK and Nigeria but it would be a misplacement of scope. moreover the political quagmire in which we are at the moment should not be blamed on GEJ but on those who misused their tenures.

What foundation has he laid incase he does not become our president after the election? HOW DO PEOPKE THINK

akuigwe:

are we to rate him by his proximity to his predecessors or by his performance? that may be your closest friend is a thief , does that necessarilly make you a thief? dude abeg wake up.

YES! It makes you complicit with the crime! I was shocked to my bone marrow when GEJ assumed power and did not instigate action against Aondoakaa who had actively fought against what was GEJ's right. If you want me to believe that GEJ is performing he should first take down Aondoakaa or Ibori or Odili then i'll start listening to his fight against corruption.

As for every other aspect (Security, Power, Education, etc), I believe corruption is the major kink in their gears. All I want to see is GEJ take a no-nonsense stance against corruption then i'd support him to run till 2024 sef.

If you can tell me how you think he is fighting corruption transparently please let me know.

akuigwe:

are we to rate him by his proximity to his predecessors or by his performance? that may be your closest friend is a thief , does that necessarilly make you a thief? dude abeg wake up.

I don't myself like to rate by proximity to his predecessor but it does matter to an extent. However, by performance, the man has barely lifted a finger in the right direction though in about a year now ( AP AND President positions).

This doc to me is quite empty.The moment we all begin to really look at issues bothering us in this country and be bold enough to tackle them, then we can get to the next level. There is no hope for the young school leavers, the oldies and the common man in the street in this doc.It would have been better something inspiring was written let alone that it isn't implemented when the time comes rather than making obvious that this PDP are just angling for another 4 years of money-sharing

I really try to convince myself that GEJ has good intention for this Nation but have we asked how reckless he seemed to be with our monies in recent time despite the throat-cutting poverty level in this country?

ddc machine:

Gej has the qualities of a leader - he is not able and not striving to satisfy everybody, only those watching him can see

pls can u lend us your magnifying glass so we can see for ourselves, or maybe you are seeing them in your dreams and i'll advice you to wake up.

Dude runs a government that is shockingly reckless and this shows no sign of abating.Hope the FG's account doesnt go into the red to soon.Of course,the first couple's atrocious english could be forgiven,but not his cluelessness.

Nigeria's Foreign Exchange Reserve fell from $41 billion to $33 billion between Feb, 2010 and Jan, 2011 (with oil price always at or above $75/barrel while the 2010 budget was pegged at $67/barrel).
Nigeria imported $7.6 billion (N1.15 tr) worth of petroleum products in the past eleven months, out of an estimated $60 billion crude oil earnings (65% of gov't revenue) in the same period.
The excess crude account (ECA) has dwindled from $20 billion to $3 million in the same time frame.

What is going on?

This is a condensed issue because is brings out quickly the management credentials of our present gov't.

WILL YOU VOTE FOR THIS?

I put this together from looking at various sources:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/sweetcrude/2011/january/pageflip.html
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/01/political-uncertainty-may-hinder-nigerian-oil-output/
http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/editorial/letters/24119.html
http://www.cenbank.org/IntOps/Reserve.asp
http://oil-price.net/dashboard.php?lang=en
http://allafrica.com/stories/201004050574.html

Our past leaders and not the present one failled us, buhari is one of our past leaders, shekina

ddc machine:

Our past leaders and not the present one failled us, buhari is one of our past leaders, shekina

No, that is not true. Our present leaders has on failed the people in Jos for over a year now. Our present leader has failed Nigerians for the last 12 months or so.