Jonathan’s Performance below Average – Obasanjo

Jonathan’s Performance below Average – Obasanjo

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Nigeria's Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan as below average.


Obasanjo gave this assessment during an encounter with book writers in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as part of activities marking the popular Ake Festival.


When enquired to rate Jonathan’s administration, he said, “His performance is below average. I will not accept responsibility for his performance. There is nobody that gets such a position without being helped.”


The former President also denied the insinuations that Jonathan was selected as the running mate to the late President Musa Yar’Adua because of the latter's ill health.


“Yar’Adua told me he was well. He showed me his medical report and I even consulted experts,” he said.


He said he had only supported the idea of a South-Southerner succeeding Yar’Adua to extend the sense of belonging that the emergence of a Southern President in 1999 represented.


When asked why he preferred Jonathan to the former governor of Cross Rivers State, Donald Duke, he said, “In my own life, I don’t put all my eggs in one basket. Duke was young enough to be in the reserve.

PDP Lawmakers Move to Block Impeachment Move On Jonathan

PDP Reps move against Impeachment Threat on Jonathan 6 hours ago

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction of the heated House of Representatives have begun mobilising against moves by the opposition All Progressives Congress lawmakers to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan.

This came as Pen4Truth got wind of the information on how 113 lawmakers began signing on Thursday to remove the President.

Investigations have revealed that after Thursday’s stormy session, the PDP members immediately started making contacts on how to counter the impeachment moves.

Inside sources confirmed that members were advised against listening to their APC colleagues, especially now that the country was facing serious security challenges.

The message to all members was that any impeachment of the President would only worsen the situation of the country, with obvious consequences for our nascent democracy and all Nigerians.