Wednesday 5 November 2014

Things you Probably Didnt Know About President Goodluck Jonathan



Before you begin to castigate a Man, first take a look at his achievement so far in the last few years as Mr President....
 President Jonathan set the below infrastructures in place ....

 1. 125 Almajiri schools in 13 Northern States.

2. 27 Special girls school.

3. 12 New Federal Universities.

 4. 34 New NCE awarding institutions.

5. 101 Presidential Special Scholarship for Innovation and Development.

6. 10 million increase in Universal Basic Education Enrollment (UBEC).

 7. 75% increase in O'Level credit pass in Math and English.

8. 100 Innovation Enterprise Institutions licensed.

9. 7,000 lecturers sponsored for post graduate studies home and abroad.

10. 51 Polytechnic laboratories rehabilitated.

11. Doubled increase on Education allocation.

12. 104 candidates scaled the final hurdle (First Class Graduates) for Presidential scholarship award and were asked to apply to study in any of the top 25 universities in the world approved for the scheme for their Phd......

 * List of  Universities GEJ made functional : 1) Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State. - North Central.... 2) Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. - North Central.... 3) Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State. - North East.... 4) Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. - North East.... 5) Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State. - North West..... 6) Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State. - North West..... 7) Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. - South South..... 8) Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State. - South East..... 9) Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State
. - South West.....

 * Roads and Bridges: The following roads are undergoing dualization:
 1. Kano-Maiduguri Road.
 2. Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja Road.
 3. Enugu-Port Harcourt Dual carriage way.

 The Following Roads and Bridges are completed:
1. Onitsha-Owerri Road.
 2. Vom-Manchok Road.
3. Onitsha Head Bridge-Flyover (Ojukwu Gateway) which Gov Obi did and got federal refund.
 4. Oweto Bridge across River Benue. Construction of Second Niger Bridge has been awarded to Julius Berger and works have commenced:

The following roads are under construction or reconstruction:
1. Onitsha-Enugu Road
 2. Lokoja-Benin Road
 3. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
4. Mokwa-Bida Road.
 5. Akure-Ilesha Road.
 6. East-West Road.
7. Sokoto-Tambuwal Jega Road.
 8. Enugu-Abakaliki-Cross River Road.
9. Ogoja-Ikom Road.
10. Vandekiya-Obudu
 11. Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.
12. Benin-Ore-Shagamu Highway.

 * Aviation:
1. National Aviation Master plan and Road map was developed and is being implemented.
 2. Air Safety - Installation of cutting age navigational aids and Instruments Landing Systems, including runway lights and Total Radar Coverage (TRACON).
3. Airport Infrastructure - For the first time in three decades, All 22 federally owned airports are being remodeled and renovated.
4. Cargo Airport - 16 airports close to nation's food baskets designed to transport perishables.
5. New Terminal for 5 International Airports at Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu.
6. Certification - US Category 1 Certification attained.

 * Industries:
 1. Under GEJ, Nigeria has two automobile industries manufacturing vehicles, Innoson in Nnewi and Nissan in Lagos.
 2. Nigeria exports cement.

 * Housing:
1. Mortgage - The Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Corporation was set up to enable 200,000 affordable mortgages within 5 years at affordable interest rate.
 2. Over 61,000 housing units have been built in six geographical zones.

 * Sports:
1. African Nations Cup (Last won in 1994).
 2. FIFA U-17 (Last won in 2007).
3. Word Athletic Championship 4 medals (No medal since 2000).

 * Rail Transport:
 Over 15 years, Rail transport has been deserted. It took GEJ less than 2-years to put it back on track and commissioned 6 New Air-condition Trains in Lagos ,
 1. Lagos-Kano Rail.
 2. Kano-Maiduguri, under construction.
3. Lagos-Port Harcourt, under construction.

 The performing president didn't just end there, bellow are more of his transformation achievements  * Power:President  Jonathan's government have successfully handed off our power companies to Private institutions for effective management and we have started seeing the wisdom in such decision within a short time. Privatized PHCN and Power Generating Plants undergoing constructions in different states.

* Economy: Our GDP is now viable, overtaking that of South Africa and Brazil for the 1st time. Nigeria is now the biggest economy in Africa. Foreign investors who ran away from Nigeria are now beginning to come back to invest in our economy.

 * National Conference: President Jonathan's Government  has successfully convened a National Confab where stake holders tabled their demands and grievances. The conference report has been submitted to the Government to implement for the overall benefit of the nation.

 * Elections: This administration has conducted free and fair elections allowing opposition to win their enclaves back, unlike what played out in past administrations. The era of election rigging is now over, courtesy of President  Jonathan....

 Sentiment apart, which past Nigeria President / Head of state recorded such remarkable achievements in 3- years? I have no doubt in my mind that Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will surely do more if re-elected into office, i am looking forward to 2015 with excitement because I know his good works will speak for Him...

I Endorse GEJ .............. Do you?

Let your Votes count come 2015......

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