Why can’t we get our rulers to speak the truth?
President Jonathan is very serious about cutting costs, this must have informed the fact that he along with forty-seven (47) other people got visas to go to the United Kingdom last Thursday and Friday. Our State House sources informed us that forty-three (43) of those visas were applied for on Thursday the 16th of February i.e. last Thursday and another five (5) passports were sent out from the State House to the High Commission at about 12 noon on Friday.
Curiously though, while the last five visa requests were supposedly for five pilots, their forms had no details whatsoever. Only last month, the First Lady had twenty-three (23) people apply for visa to go with her to the United Kingdom on a tour of Europe. She had the same number of hangers on when she applied for and got a 10 year UK visa for herself just a week after last year’s Inauguration in May.
While the President stated that he would be away for 5 days on this latest trip which they had all listed would be on Saturday last week, the other applicants stated two weeks as their length of stay. Reuben Abati’s was not there as he is said to still have his UK visa along with other regular travelers of the State House. Obviously, whatever this supposed trip is about, it is not being embarked upon by only those without visas. In essence, forty-seven (47) needed UK visas purportedly to travel with the President, we can be rest assured that some more folks would be on the trip who already had their own visas.
This is coming at a time the same President assured Nigerians he was desperate to cut government waste. What if he was not desperate to cut waste? Would this list be as large as the Australian over 200 delegation? And since the President did not travel as stated on Saturday to the UK, could the visas have been sourced just for the 47 people to make their visa request easier? That was a question my ever reliable State House source could not provide an answer to. We found the answer from our other reliable Aso Rock source that the President will be out of the country today and would travel to London, United kingdom tomorrow. Nigerians are blessed with such a caring leader who would rather lie to them that he is cutting waste than tell them he is on a four year splurge. The latter is harder to take.
As I type these words, twelve senior government officials are on a flight to the UK. Most of them in First Class and a few others in Business Class aboard British Airways! God help Nigeria. What a country?!
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The sad story continues…when are we going to task ourselves and chase these idiots away once and for all?
Why am I not surprised? Have we ever believed what GEJ says? It’s a crying shame that the president can be involved in shady events
Funny story as the president has a diplomatic passport and so will ministers
The GEJ administration sadly lacks bearing, we (the youths) need to start preparing for 2015 in earnest, we can’t afford to have these people back in government. #Weist
The UK Embasy too will quickly grant it since its coming from presidency, though some of them on false pretencies. It I have to apply now I have to justify and rejustify and may end up not being given. Such hypocrisy! Ha!
It is only hoped that the nigerian masses would have a rethink of our electoral mistake as a nation. God bless Nigeria!
Democracy in Nigeria is a curse rather than blessing considering the fact that our leaders are self-centered, mean, callous, evil-hearted and devil incarnation, living a lavish life styles at the expensive of over 160 million impoverished mass that are depending on less than a dollar per day. But i’m very sure that nemesis will catch them one of these days. Watch out for bloody revolt in this country in a short distance.
Gej is a failure. Pandulum government
I’ve never had confident in GEJ’s administration. I’ve not seen a President that lacks idea like this. This Government is a mistake to our generation
Well for the interest of the public. Don’t expect positive change of attitude from this GEJ and his cohorts. The government is rooted on lies and falsehood. Therefore expect more lies.
How long shall we continue to nag in d face of dehumanition? I tink we must take an ugly step to ameliorate dis ugly situation,else time shall come wen the so called political elites and their children will use us as their slaves in our own country.we either fight now or never.
Until we stop selling our votes, voting on religious and tribal sentiments,we will keep suffering. We voted GEJ because he’s a christian, now see the shame he has brought to us!!!!!!! Buhari is truly the best for this country for now.
Nigeria only god can served us from this leaders PDP has fail us cheat us obasanjo is to blamed for all what is happenin in Nigeria today instead of leaving good legacy like nelson mandela he only left corruption rigging etc Allah ya’is
what if this is a way if shipping money (hard currency) out of the country. Imagine if each of this 47 people carry on them £9000 undetected add to the numbers of aides that went with the wife last week. Just imagine its true?
I took the Easy Pill long ago…Jonathan is Janus and one whose words find difficulty being in sync with his actions…there will be more to come until Nigerians decide just how much they can take…
As the president , we expect him to show good example to his followers. Foreign trips should be abolish. We have not benefited from such trips.
I knew it b4 he came to power that GEJ does not have any agenda 4 dis country.Our regrets now will not change anything. Let us all resolve to put sentiments aside come 2015. We shall survive somehow.
@Tolu. diplomatic passports do not come with automatic visas. With a diplomatic passport you need not make an appearance at the embassy but your passport must be made available. The president needs visa to travel.
‘I will never never never let you down’. Said Mr. President when he needed us to vote him in. One day, ‘Jonah’ will say in one of his addresses: ‘I will always, always, always let you down’.
I am surprised that in this generation people are not being rational in their thinking. How many people are to accompany any president to another country? The american presidents travel with atleast two boen air planes that carry atleast 400 people. Please people check for the realities on the ground before commenting on things. Please be rational.
Buhari deposed a democratically elected government and wants to be elected?
Hey, its obvious that someone doesn’t know how govt works. Senior Govt officials from minister upwards usually have diplomatic passports. It is almost sure that the 1st lady carries one too.That alone makes one take this with a pinch…
The entire story is based on specualative journalism. This is how we often disgrace ourselves before the british-which official in state house would have problem obtaining visa to london–so why this rubbish published just to tarnish the imgae of 9ja–yet u enjoy his sweet oil where the revenue of the entire country comes from-but when we call on you to let go-a split–u catch cold
we’re always calling fault of our leaders while this country problems are embedded in our mentality as a country men. What have given to the goverment to justify our overbearing demand that we are asking of the goverment return. For those. Let face it. Most of us are unproductive lot seeking for the reward that was never earn. Goverment as we know is not alpha and omega to our problems. By the way nobody pays tax in this country.