Don’t Compare Jonathan With Mandela, Obama – Fashola

Date: 23-04-2014 8:36 pm (9 years ago) | Author: Victor A. Ofoma
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Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said the advert currently running on major television channels comparing President Goodluck Jonathan with great leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama and others as well as showcasing his achievement in the area of security and infrastructure is blasphemous.

Fashola commented on the issue on Tuesday at the public presentation of a book titled “Giants of History” (The Making of Our World), written by the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba at the Civic Centre, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

According to Fashola, the video advert, comparing some select world leaders like President Barack Obama, the late President Nelson Mandela and former Singaporean President, Lee Kuan Yew with Jonathan, is to say the least blasphemous.

“If those people think everything is all right, then it must be two things; it is either they are watching the news on black and white television sets or they are reading the newspaper upside down. It is not the leader who would tell us that he or she is great.

“We would be the ones to say it and acknowledge it because we wear the shoes and know where it hurts. At the end of the day, when the people are still crying out about their safety and electricity issues, it means that we are not speaking the same language and that we are not responding to the same stimuli,” he stated.

Governor Fashola said that proclaiming greatness should not be the lot of leaders themselves but the natural testimony of people who have felt the impact of their greatness, adding that great men do not tell the tales of their own greatness.

According to him, there is a leadership question in Nigeria which is primarily about the leadership vacuum that exists in the public sector, maintaining that there are so much resources in capacity and talent in the private sector.

He added that the answer to any question about whether Nigeria had the men and women who could deliver the goods in the public sector would elicit a definitive answer, but that the most pertinent question should be: have such people been deployed to areas where they are most needed?
Fashola asserted that the quicker the nation resolved to redeploy the men and women with the capacity to the areas of the public sector where the shoe pinches most, the better it would be for everyone.
The governor reiterated that this was not the best of times to be a leader because demands had not only become complex but the problems too had become complex, stressing that a leader must lead in good or bad times.

Fashola commended Ibirogba for picking the gauntlet when he challenged members of the cabinet to write and enrich public space because there is a dearth of books on public service life.

He expressed the hope that through the publication of such books which retell already told stories and people get to read them, they will feel inspired to do something about what they don’t like.

In his review of the book, Tunde Ipadeola described the book as a broad publication which shows the difference between fame and infamy, quite versatile and capable of use by people of all ages as it is concise and precise.

He added that having read the book with an inner radar turned on for why any particular choice was made, he discovered that each chosen example earned his or her place in the pantheon and could have been more but because the author chose to settle for the statistically significant number of 150.
The book was later publicly presented by Governors Fashola and Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, while being supported by the representatives of the Governors of Ogun State, Mr Yussuph Olaniyonu; Edo State, Mr Louis Odion; Oyo State, Prince Gbade Lana and Mr Tayo Ekundayo from Ekiti State.
Prominent among those who witnessed the event were members of the state Executive Council including the Secretary to the State Government, Dr (Mrs) Ranti Adebule, Commissioners for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Taofik Tijani, Youth, Sports and Social Development, Mr Enitan Oshodi, Finance, Ayo Gbeleyi and several local government chairmen and party leaders.

Posted: at 23-04-2014 08:36 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
- SugarBB at 23-04-2014 08:42 PM (9 years ago)
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Go and die, "ijiot"

Posted: at 23-04-2014 08:42 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- tankNZ at 23-04-2014 08:45 PM (9 years ago)
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Quote from: SugarBB on 23-04-2014 08:42 PM
Go and die, "ijiot"
heh
Posted: at 23-04-2014 08:45 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
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- christianity at 23-04-2014 08:47 PM (9 years ago)
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Pls next.
Posted: at 23-04-2014 08:47 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- adamuajibril at 23-04-2014 08:52 PM (9 years ago)
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true talk mr. gov.
Posted: at 23-04-2014 08:52 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie
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- adamuajibril at 23-04-2014 08:53 PM (9 years ago)
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true talk mr. gov.
Posted: at 23-04-2014 08:53 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie
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- winace at 23-04-2014 08:56 PM (9 years ago)
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Dats true. Jonathan shld earn such respect first.
Posted: at 23-04-2014 08:56 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Larry28 at 23-04-2014 08:56 PM (9 years ago)
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His saying the truth Honestly
Posted: at 23-04-2014 08:56 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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- odprince at 23-04-2014 09:10 PM (9 years ago)
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FASHOLA IS AN IDIOT,,YEYRUBA MAN LIKE YOU,TODAY THE WORLD ARE PROUD OF NIGERIA ECONOMY,IMF CAN TALK ABOUT NIGERIA,SO IF YOU LIKE,KEEP ON SPONSORING THE BOKO HARAM AND TALK ABOUT SECURITY,THE BLOOD OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU AND HAUSA LEADERS KILLED WITH BOKO HARAM WILL PUNISH YOUR FAMILIES...HAUSA'S HAVE RULED NIGERIA FOR 40 YEARS,WHAT DID WE ACHIEVE?ZERO...YOU ARE NOTHING BUT IDIOT,GOODLUCK JONATHAN IS THE BEST PRESIDO IN AFRICA,TODAY,NOBODY CAN TALK ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA IN AFRICAN ECONOMY AND YOU ARE NOT HAPPY,SPONSOR MORE BOKO HARAM,YEYERUBA MAN,WE ALL KNOWS THE LIFE THAT YEYERUBA MAN LIVES....
Posted: at 23-04-2014 09:10 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Shegzan at 23-04-2014 09:12 PM (9 years ago)
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Dah one no even 'consine' me at all!

Posted: at 23-04-2014 09:12 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- odprince at 23-04-2014 09:14 PM (9 years ago)
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FASHOLA IS A AN IDIOT,,,YOU SPONSOR BOKO HARAM WITH ATIKU AND THINK THAT PEOPLE DOESN'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE?HIDE UNDER UMBRELLA,WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE,NO PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA THAT WILL BE LIKE JONATHAN,NO ONE AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANYONE AGAIN,OBASANJO IS ASHAMED OF HIMSELF.HAUSA'S ARE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES..SO WHETHER BOKO HARAM OR NO BOKO HARAM,JONATHAN AND OBAMA IS THE SAME,WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OF NOT,,ABIOLA AND OBASANJO IS THE PROBLEM WE HAVE AND HAUSA'S IN A ELECTRICITY,BUT VERY SOON,NEW NIGERIA WILL BE OUT,,,
Posted: at 23-04-2014 09:14 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- daveobahon at 23-04-2014 09:27 PM (9 years ago)
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Go and die, "ijiot"
Hehehehe APC
Posted: at 23-04-2014 09:27 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- zoe61 at 23-04-2014 09:27 PM (9 years ago)
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true talk, what has the president done for his country the ppl comparing him to Mandela, or Obama should pin point one good thing that his gonvernment has done or he is gooding for 9ja
Posted: at 23-04-2014 09:27 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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- dynasty4all at 23-04-2014 09:44 PM (9 years ago)
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LET FASHOLA GO 2 HELL, BLOODY CIVILIAN
Posted: at 23-04-2014 09:44 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ajanni at 23-04-2014 10:27 PM (9 years ago)
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Quote from: winace on 23-04-2014 08:56 PM
Dats true. Jonathan shld earn such respect first.
you sataaaap there
paid PRO
Posted: at 23-04-2014 10:27 PM (9 years ago) | Grande Master
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- dareper at 23-04-2014 10:51 PM (9 years ago)
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See jonathan wey dem dey compare with mandela and obama, chai! I don suffer for this naija. Una don see where muscle pull dey do lizard?
Posted: at 23-04-2014 10:51 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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- HOPEA23 at 23-04-2014 10:57 PM (9 years ago)
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Joke

Posted: at 23-04-2014 10:57 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- eoadex2003 at 23-04-2014 10:59 PM (9 years ago)
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Quote from: odprince on 23-04-2014 09:10 PM
FASHOLA IS AN IDIOT,,YEYRUBA MAN LIKE YOU,TODAY THE WORLD ARE PROUD OF NIGERIA ECONOMY,IMF CAN TALK ABOUT NIGERIA,SO IF YOU LIKE,KEEP ON SPONSORING THE BOKO HARAM AND TALK ABOUT SECURITY,THE BLOOD OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU AND HAUSA LEADERS KILLED WITH BOKO HARAM WILL PUNISH YOUR FAMILIES...HAUSA'S HAVE RULED NIGERIA FOR 40 YEARS,WHAT DID WE ACHIEVE?ZERO...YOU ARE NOTHING BUT IDIOT,GOODLUCK JONATHAN IS THE BEST PRESIDO IN AFRICA,TODAY,NOBODY CAN TALK ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA IN AFRICAN ECONOMY AND YOU ARE NOT HAPPY,SPONSOR MORE BOKO HARAM,YEYERUBA MAN,WE ALL KNOWS THE LIFE THAT YEYERUBA MAN LIVES....
Idiot and tribe less human being.
Posted: at 23-04-2014 10:59 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- osarobo62 at 23-04-2014 11:17 PM (9 years ago)
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“If those people think everything is all right, then it must be two things; it is either they are watching the news on black and white television sets or they are reading the newspaper upside down. It is not the leader who would tell us that he or she is great.

true talk.  Abati and Okukpe are playing their masquerade game.
Posted: at 23-04-2014 11:17 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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- okilo101 at 23-04-2014 11:34 PM (9 years ago)
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Frank talk!
Posted: at 23-04-2014 11:34 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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