Goodluck Jonathan: 100 days of transformation
One of the main themes of Jonathan inaugural speech on May 29 this year was his promise to transform the nation’s economy and fight for the improvement of life of all Nigerians. For some of us who took Jonathan serious, we thought this was the beginning of the long awaited campaign promises he made of changing the way things are done in Nigeria. His campaign promises were catching and Jonathan was talking as if he has done his needs assessment and has mapped out strategies of tackling Nigeria’s myriad of problems. Here him ‘I do not make empty promises in my campaign because whatever I promise to do, I had already carried out adequate study to make sure I can accomplish it in the next four years’. But hundred days into his Presidency little can be said to have been put in place to ensure Nigeria reached the promises he made in the next 4 years. Although nothing much has changed since he came in after the death of Umaru Musa Yar’adua, the impression he gave Nigerians, after he wa...