It
was a season of lamentation for many Facebook friends of President
Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, as they flocked to his Facebook page to
register their displeasure with the state of the nation.
While observing that there was little to
celebrate about the 53rd Independence Day, they urged him to live up to
his responsibility and deliver on the yearnings of the citizenry.
The Nigerians who were commenting on the
President’s Independence Day message, which he posted on his Facebook
page, said they were tired of his continued rethorics of a better
Nigeria.
In the comments they dropped on his
Facebook page, they particularly asked Jonathan not to think about the
next election but the next generation, by providing solutions to the
problems in education sector and the rate of unemployment as well as the
worsening state of insecurity in the country.
One of the President’s friends, Igweoha
Chima, laments that as Nigeria clocks 53, “his face is not wearing a
happy look;” adding that he is “so much interested in knowing the
achievements of Nigerian leaders for the past 53 years.”
University students used the occasion to
demand an end to the three-month old strike embarked upon by members of
the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
A particular friend of the President,
Moses Ohiomokhare, while urging him end the lingering crisis, says as a
former university teacher, he expects Jonathan to know where the “shoe
pinches.”
Ohiomokhare says, “We have noted the
points made in your speech and look forward to their implementation. We
wish you well. But Mr. President, we are still troubled that ASUU strike
is still unresolved.
“We all do not need to remind you that
you were a lecturer and know where the shoe pinches. We request that you
move the matter to your desk and see it resolved. Your subordinates
find it difficult to handle it. The buck stops on your desk, sir.”
A student, Victor Chinomso, laments,
“Goodluck Jonathan, all what you just said here (Facebook) translates to
nothing to me. Who are you deceiving when the Nigerian students, the
future leaders, are on strike? Mr. President, you promised us good
education and fresh air. Mr. President, what we are experiencing is bad
air.
“Mr. President, I remember how I stood
in the sun and went through stress just to cast my vote for you during
the 2011 presidential election and all you could do is to pay us back
with strike. But Mr. President, there is nothing to celebrate. I am only
thanking God for the gift of life.”
Another Facebook friend, Yahaya Musa,
observes that the state of insecurity bothers him a lot. He argues that
the state of insecurity had never deteriorated in the country like it
has in recent times.
He, therefore, asks the President to
take “drastic actions” beyond the ritual of delivering speeches and make
the nation safe for everyone.
Musa notes, “Well done, Mr. President.
However, you need to take drastic actions beyond the speech. Truly, sir,
we are suffering for nothing in this country; it’s only by faith that
we get back to our houses when we come out. There is no guarantee for
the next hour or day.
“Security situation has never
deteriorated like now: innocent people being killed without any cause.
Rural populace cannot boast of the next meal and we are living in a
country that is ranked eighth in terms of fuel exportation. Mr.
President Sir, re-strategise your plans and policies. Sir, if you can
tackle these problems, even within the shortest time possible, 2015 will
decide for itself.”
Artisans and businessmen befriending
Jonathan on the social network lament that the menace of epileptic power
supply is frustrating and call for a speedy implementation of the power
sector reform.
One Adegeye Ade says the President has
failed the nation as he has yet to fulfill his promises on set targets
of electricity generating capacity.
“If his (Jonathan’s) business has packed
up because of epileptic supply of electricity, may be he would have
known that he has not only failed Nigerians, he has equally failed God,”
Ade says.
Meanwhile, a cross section of the
President’s followers say they are happy with him for listening to their
clamour for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference, with
the setting-up of an “advisory committee whose mandate is to establish
the modalities for a national dialogue or conference.”
“Congratulations, Mr. President, for
taking the first step in the convocation of a sovereign national
conference. We believe it will help us live better as a nation. God
bless you and God bless Nigeria,” one Emmanuel Sampson-Jaja observes.
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