As President Goodluck Jonathan marks his first
year in office on May 29, his comment on the first anniversary on his Facebook
has attracted varying degree of reactions from some of his friends and
followers on the social media platform.
His comment on the anniversary
uploaded on Monday, May 14 stated thus:
“As we approach the first anniversary of
this administration and because we derive our mandate from the people by the
way of free and fair election, I have instructed members of the Executive
Council of the Federation to render an account of stewardship to Nigerians.
“This rendering by the way of televised
live ministerial briefings are ongoing and I encourage all Nigerians to watch
these briefings and give me feedback on this page.
“Feedback is the
synergy that is needed to make government work better for you and as I have
demonstrated from inception of this page. I take your feedback into account in
formation of government policy as well as the decision making process” the
president wrote.
As at the time of this
report, about 2,720 comments and 922 likes have been recorded on the
anniversary message. While 64 per cent of
the respondents expressed their displeasure on Jonathan’s administration’s
performance so far, 36 per cent gave him a pass mark but urged him to speed up
his transformation agenda.
Some of the comments on the anniversary
message are as follows:
Robert
Akpebi: Goodluck should forget about 2015, complete your tenure and leave for
more qualified person. You forgot to bring development to your home state like
the abandoned East/West road.
Agare Isaac: Sir, you have failed me in
the area of security, your administration has cost the death of 1,800 people,
unlike our Military Heads of State. Going by this data, by 2015, about 800,000
to 1,000,000 souls would have gone.
Sufya Deen Ibrahim: Sir, you have a
silver tongue like the Niger State Governor ( Talba).
Duru Vincent: One year after your
Presidential pronouncement of job offer and immortalization of slain Bauchi
NYSC Corp members, this promise is yet to be fulfilled.
Bisi Awoeyo: Mr. President, your
anniversary gift to Nigerians like the New Year subsidy gift, is the tariff for
darkness instead of light.
Opeodu Olutayo: Where is the
electricity to watch the briefings?
Akan Martins: Mr. President, my
regards, ministerial briefings is good, but people in the village might not be
part of this.
Others include:
Ayodele David: Please, it is time you
step on toes to move this country forward.
Michael Abugu: A big congratulation for
job well done, we have never witness unprecedented transparency a premise upon
which your government was built, your promises for renovation of refinery,
railway transportation has been fulfilled. To curb insecurity, please retrain
the armed forces.
Balogun Abiodun: Mr. President, it is
not the numbers of years, that matter but your legacy. You may be trying but
trying is not enough. Let power be your only agenda at affordable rate. I want
to assure you that Nigerians will forgive your mistakes