Is President Goodluck Jonathan Really Working?

By Fedelis Duker and Anthony Elikene:
This should be the question on everyones lips and the next question should be what has he done? Is it verifiable? Instead of vehemently antagonising the man, let us judge him by the works of his hands.
On this write up I will offer everyone the opportunity to rate this man who seems to lack a PR department or executive. Mind you publicity is not PR. So please, read the first edition and watch out for the second one within the week.

1. Remember 125 Almajiri Schools in 13 Northern States, no Northern government ever deemed it fit to educate the so called rejects of their society till GEJ came on the scene, not even Buhari
2. 27 Special girls school
3. Built 12 New Federal Universities
4. Created 34 new NCE awarding institutions
5. Provided 101 Presidential Special Scholarship for Innovation and development
6. An increase by 10 Million in Basic education enrolment (UBEC)
7. A 75% Increase in O'Level credit pass in Math and English
8. 100 Innovation Enterprise Institutions licensed
9. Over 7000 lecturers sponsored for post graduate studies home and abroad
10. Rehabilitation of 51 Polytechnic laboratories
11. Doubled increase on Education allocation
12. 104 candidates scaled the final hurdle (First Class Graduates) for Presidential scholarship award and were asked to apply to study in any of the top 25 universities in the world approved for the scheme for their Phd.

LIST OF GEJ Universities:                                                              
1) Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State — North Central.
2) Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. — North Central.
3) Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State – North East.
4) Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. —-North East.
5) Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State.-North West.
6) Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State — North West.
7) Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State — South South.
8) Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State - South East.
9) Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State — South West.
10) Federal University of Oil and Gas, Bonny, Rivers State -South South

ROADS:
The following roads are either reconstructed or nearing completion: 1. Apapa - Oshodi Expressway
2. Benin- Ore-Sagagamu Highway
3. Enugu-Portharcourt Dual carriage way
4. East-West Road
The following roads are undergoing dualisation:
1. Kano - Maiduguri Road
2. Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja-Benin Road The following is fully done: Oweto Bridge across River Benue
The Following Roads are fully done:
1. Onitsha- Owerri Road
2. Vom-Manchok Road
3. Onitsha Head Bridge- Flyover (Ojukwu Gateway) to Upper Iweka road which Gov Obi repaired and got federal refund
The following roads are under construction or reconstruction:
1. Onitsha - Enugu Road
2. Lokoja - Benin Road
3. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
4. Mokwa- Bida Road
5. Akure-Ilesha Road
6. East-West Road
7. Sokoto- Tambuwal-Jega Road
8. Enugu- Abakaliki- Cross River Road 9. Ogoja - Ikom Road
10. Vandekiya-Obudu Road He might not have started some of them but he is ensuring that work is going on (eg East-West Road) BRIDGE The second Niger bridge which previous governments played endless politics with was awarded to Juluis Berger and work has commenced. 

ELECTIONS
No governorship election conducted under Jonathan administration has been cancelled or deemed fraudulent by any court of law. Elections may not be yet perfect but at least results mostly reflect the wishes of the people. No political prisoner anywhere in Nigeria under GEJ administration.

AVIATION:
1. National Aviation Master plan and Road map was developed and is being implemented
2. Air Safety - INSTALLATION of cutting age navigational aids and Instruments Landing Systems, including runway lights and Total Radar Coverage (TRACON)
3. Airport Infrastructure - For the first time in three decades, ALL 22 federally owned airports are being remodeled and renovated
4. Cargo Airport - 16 airports close to nation's food baskets designed to transport perishables.
5. New Terminal for 5 International Airports at Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu.
6. Certification - US Category 1 Certification attained.
INDUSTRIES:
1. Under GEJ, Nigeria has two automobile industries manufacturing vehicles, Innoson in Nnewi, Hyundai, Kia and Nissan in Lagos. Toyota to start assembling cars in early 2015.
2. Nigeria exports cement and rice. Prices of food have remained relatively stable for 2 years now.

HOUSING:
1. Mortgage - The Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Corporation was set up to enable 200,000 affordable mortgages within 5 years at affordable interest rate. Over 324 such housing units were recently commissioned in Enugu this July.
2. Over 61,000 housing units have been built in six geographical zones. LIFE Life expetancy under GEJ improved from 47 years in 2010 to 52 years in 2014 (UN)
CORRUPTION
According to the report released on December 3, 2014, Nigeria scored 27 out of out of a maximum 100 marks to clinch 136th position out of the 175 countries surveyed. This means that Nigeria has ‘improved’ by eight points against its 2013 rating as 144th out of 175 countries. A statement issued from the Berlin office of Transparency International shows that more than two-thirds or over 75 percent of the 175 countries surveyed this year scored below 50, on a scale from 0. Countries within the 0-50 range are perceived to be strikingly corrupt.

RAIL TRANSPORT:
Over 15 years, Rail transport had been comatose and deserted. It took GEJ less than 2 years to put it back on track and commissioned 6 New Air-condition Trains in Lagos last.
1. Lagos-Kano Rail (functional)
2. Kano-Maiduguri,under construction 3. Lagos- Portharcourt (under construction)
4. Kaduna-Abuja - Almost completed, to begin operation in first quarter of 2015
5. Lagos-Oshogbo line fully operational.
6. Port Harcourt-Aba- Umuahia -Enugu fully operational from December 2015. Intra PH rail system fully operational. 7.Rigachikun-Kaduna- Taunin Kura rail line fully operational. Under
Construction:
1. Abuja axis - to begin operation in Dec. 2014 3.
Port-Aba-Uyo-Calabar under construction.
Kano/ Dai/Jimbia an approximate distance of 354KM,
Ilela/ Sokoto/Jega / Kontagora, 408km,
Aba/ Ikot Ekpene/ Itu/ Uyo / Odukpani/Calabar, covering a total distance of 340km,
Kano/ Nguru/ Geshua/ Damaturu/ Maiduguri/ Gamburu Ngala, covering 707 Km,
Calabar/ Ikom/ Obudu/ Ogoja/ Katsina Ala/ Wukari/ Jalingo/Yola/ Maiduguri, 1669km.
The last of the corridor is the rail line from Port Harcourt/ Aba/ Umuahia/ Enugu/ Lafia/ Jos/ Bauchi/ Biu/ Maidiguri, 550km
POWER: Privatised PHCN and Power Generating Plants undergoing constructions in different states.
37 large dams completed nationwide,
10 dams rehabilitaed and 49 dams being built nationwide.

Economy:
Nigerian economy was rebased and became biggest economy in Africa, overtaking South Africa. Previous leaders didn't see the need to do this.
Single digit inflation and sustained growth in economy
Nigeria's economy is the 26th largest in the world
In 2013, IMF classified Nigeria as a Middle Income Nation from the Low Income Nation it had been all the while
IMF also said that hunger has reduced in Nigeria under Jonathan from 16% to 14.1%. KPMG also listed Nigeria's interstate High Speed Rail project as one of the world’s top 100 infrastructure projects.
The rail system which is currently under construction would connect all states of Nigeria to one another. Economic growth has been at a constant minimum of 6%per annum in the last 3 years Agriculture has grown considerably,
Nigeria imports less food and produces more than enough for export.
The airports now wear new looks unlike before when they looked like Oshodi bus stop of the OBJ era. Elections are now free and fair and no snatching of ballot boxes.
Some horribly sentimental people would not do the needful which is to try to verify these things, they would still continue on their hateful trajectory.