Efio-Ita Nyok|30 June 2017
Sequel to the description of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, concerning former Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, as being weak and incompetent a Nigerian social commentator from the south-south geopolitical zone of the country has replied Kanu in a social media thread dubbed 'Under Jonathan', within which he has made attempts to under the tag of weakness and incompetence. Trust me, Utsu's chronicle of Jonathan's positive credentials especially on the Igbo of Nigeria is seminal. Excerpts:
'This is my leader, his name is Goodluck Jonathan, an epitome of competence and the quintessential example of a world class leader.
'He was a pioneer student of the University of Port Harcourt where he nearly graduated with a 1st class save for some last minute administrative technicalities. He went on to obtain his Master's and Doctorate degrees.
'Later on in his blissful life, he became a deputy governor, then governor. Shortly after, he became a vice President and rose to the position of acting President before being made a substantive president…how can such good lightening strike almost five times in the life of just one man and you call him incompetent?
'He was the first Nigerian president to make an Igbo man the chief of Army staff- breaking an unwritten Federal political tradition in the process. He defied a senate resolution/vote and went ahead to accord Ojukwu what was a state burial by all standards. He was also the first to circumvent the constitution and make an Igbo woman his coordinating minister -a portfolio that drew the ire of power brokers from all across the country.
'He was also the only President in recent history that allocated oil blocs within Nigeria to an Igbo man- At least I know of Ernest 'Obi-Jackson' Azudialu(of Nestoil and Neconde oil). He also stepped on toes to ensure an Igbo man, Emeka Offor won a bid to own a Disco(distribution company). Under Jonathan, Ifeanyi Ubah became a financial giant and his company a conglomerate to reckon with. Under Jonathan, Arthur 'Arthur 1000' Eze found his mojo once again and made so much money such that, he blessed himself with a 50+ million USD dollar gulfstream private jet at the end of GEJ's tenure. Under Jonathan, Innoson stopped manufacturing bikes and started manufacturing Cars and aeroplane parts.
'As President, he surrounded himself with the best Igbo minds. So if he was incompetent, it means his core team members primarily made up of Igbos where incompetent isn't it?
'Under Jonathan, Nigeria's economy became number 1 in Africa and was listed amongst the top five fastest growing economies in the world. Food was cheap as our agriculture sector came back to life. Under Jonathan, the education sector was given top priority, lecturers from all parts of the country were sent out en mass to go study and gather international exposure, first class graduates were sent to the best universities in the world under the aeges of the Pressid scholarship which he instituted.
'Under Jonathan….Wow, I can go on and on in this my under Jonathan series, what an incompetent man, he must really be an 'under' achiever….
'So why do some Igbos keep insisting that Jonathan did nothing for them and why should that rascally thug who couldn't even complete his undergraduate studies in UNN obviously due to intellectual deficiencies and academic incompetence come out to call my hero and leader incompetent?'
With the above scenario could Kanu conveniently say that Jonathan was weak and incompetent? Granted that there were areas here was weak and incompetent, has Kanu praised him for those?
Efio-Ita Nyok
Is a Blogger, the Editor & Publisher of NegroidHaven
