PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN SCORECARD IN THE YEAR 2012 ENDING- BY NATIONAL PEOPLES NEWS: ISSN :1595-0549
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The year 2012 has come to an end , thus ending the first year budget
of H.E Goodluck Jonathan's mandate of four years; He proposed a second
year transformational budget of the Nigerian political economy and the
Senate has approved his 2013budget for him .
The President Scorecard began with a courageous mark:
1] Timely preparation of budget and deliberation and approval by
Senate: This is perhaps the first time in Nigerian History were the
Budget for the year is settled within a week or perhaps two weeks to the
beginning of another year. This is highly commendable.
2]Improved Education: The level of failure in school certificate
exams has dropped from the former above 80% in OBJ era to a marked
significant 62 % failure last week according the new SSCE exams results
released by WAEC. This is a good development and if the 2013 budget,
were education took the second largest shear and with the contributions
from governors it is anticipated that an annual drop of 10% will just
see our educational standards improving to less than 40 % failure by the
end of the president 4 years term and this projection and success is
laudable and commendable as the most difficult thing in the world to do
is changing the direction of trends for the positive and once this is
achieved it is easy to continue the improvement... congratulations
3]Electricity : A significant improvement to above 4.500 mw. this is commendable
4] Transportation : a giant stride in Railway transportation in the
Trans- Nigerian Rail way line commissioned last week . It is indeed a
good development
5]Security: The President needs to do more on the security of the country this year
6]Banking, economy: He succeeded in improving the overall GDP and
secured a portable economic growth without going a borrowing in the face
of world economic recession, global crisis in all aspects of life. This
is commendable.
7]Job creation; The President has to do more this year 2013
8]Sports and Youth development : There was a portable success in the
Olympics as well as on Interstate sports won by Delta state. But there
is the need for continuous improvement
9]Health: Similarly lots were done on the anti AIDS / HIV campaign,
Malaria , typhoid and many other killer diseases... some states had
improved hospitals as well, but 2013 should witness an improvement in
health sectors.
10]Agriculture and industry: The President Agricultural schemes are
commendable but more is required. The capacity utilization of the
industries improved with improved power supply but more is required as
regards the real sector of the economy.
11] FDI AND Foreign Policy thrust: This department witnessed
tremendous success and if the trend is kept in the 2013 year Nigeria
will emerge to be gradually taking its right place among Nations of the
world
12} Anti - Corruption Crusade: Our index on the anti corruption
tables of some organizations of the world plummeted due to the fact that
other insecurity issues of bombing etc is diverting the attention from
the anti corruption crusade but notable and commendable was that at the
burial of the Former Governor of Kaduna state the President reinstated
the commitment of his Government to strict public probity and the EFCC
has moved into action declaring Former Korgi State Governor Audu wanted
while the ICPC has given directives that torch that money and go to
jail to Ministers and Directors...it is a commendable rejigging the
anti corruption crusade...
13] INEC / CONSOLIDATION OF NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC EXERCISE: INEC was
able to organize the best election in Nigerian history as in Edo
election 2012 and moving towards autonomy and consolidation of
the Nigeria democratic institutions. This is commendable.
Lastly we wish the President of the Nigerian Federation happy new
year in Advance and all Nigerians at home and in Dispora- and advice the
President and all members of his government to put more efforts to
service delivery, focus, transparency and hard work and to announce that
the overall scorecard of his one year in government of 2012 is above
average... about 65% which is highly commendable by the high standards
of international standard practice used by National Peoples News..
Dr Patrick Iwebo
National Research and Development Editor/Director
National Peoples News.
Basiru Ayandiran
Desk Editor
Ezikeal Majiyagbe
South west Region Chief
