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Sunday 26 May 2013

President Jonathan says his name has brought good luck to Nigeria

President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday Saturday May 25th that his first name has brought some good luck to Nigeria. While granting an interview yesterday, the president said:
"Traditional societies attach some values to names. That is why people select good names for their children. In the scriptures sometimes, when God sends you on some special assignment, He could even direct, ‘change the name of this child from this to that. But the name in itself does not make much difference because even from my village, there is one of my peers that also answers Goodluck.  Another one that is a little older than me answers Lucky from my small village and I didn’t see the good luck and lucky in them.
“In terms of bringing my name to bear in Nigerian affairs, within this period, we have our challenges. Of course, you are aware that we have our security challenges. But in spite of the security challenges, the country is moving on. I will say yes, it (his name) brought some good luck to the country.”
 With the emergence of a third terror group, I don't think so, Mr president.

118 comments:

dammyroja said...

This guy is the joke of the year!!!

damie said...

Confused man

BLOGLORD (MVBM) said...

With all due respect Mr President, since you got into office, its been BADLUCK for Nigeria. People now killing and doing all sort if terrible despicable things and blame it on "I have no shoe"

suhaila said...

Jona ur a clown

Anonymous said...

See President GEJ who told you ... LOL

Anonymous said...

Is he on drugs?? *straight face*

Anonymous said...

Yea goodluck is overflowing n we α̲̅я̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ all feeling it. Yeye politicians.

Anonymous said...

Linda it pains me that my comments are always swept under d carpet...


Mr presido if u would want 2 know d truth ur name has brought badluck 2 dis nation nigeria, all dis killing within and outside country came 2 lite since u have been on dat seat...I voted 4 u tho but trust me I do regret I did and I have made up my mind never to vote 4 anyone as long as am still in dis country...

Dan

Cute G said...

Yeah right!#yawns#

nomski said...

Where exactly is d country moving on to mr president? Is it d unemployment or d security challenges. Goodluck indeed......mscheew

favour said...

Light up Nigeria!!! That is the first step to development.

Unknown said...

How can we be having a clown, liar & a timid man as presisent !!!

↭PRINCE JOBLESS↭ said...

HAHAHAHA!!! What a moron!

Anyways, I had a wonderful time yesterday - German fans are best fans in the world! They know how to celebrate a football game! I'm also gutted for Dortmund, although they were graceful at death! We partied through the night and drank beer! Wonderful, wonderful experience!

WEEMMBLLEEYYYY!!! Hope to go to Lisbon Next year!!! Cheeeers!

Anonymous said...

Irony mtcheeeeeeeeeew. He shuld jst tk several seats joor......#Ugo_joy

BONARIO NNAGS said...

hehehehehe I'm sure that comment ended with just joking,but Lindiway conspicuosly omitted it.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA3310

kidodo said...

Goodluck indeed no light, employment and securities challenges and d dumb ass said he has brot goodluck to 9jarians.

Anonymous said...

Which yeye luck did his name bring 2our country? 4d past 3mnths we dnt hav Nepa light nd our roads are bad.

Anonymous said...

LOL His dementia is on the rise again. But on a more serious note, I hope he doesn't make comments like this at international meetings. It's like how that other nut-job said evil spirits were causing our power problems.

Anonymous said...

His name didn't bring any gud luck 2our country jor

Anonymous said...

Pls fellow Nigerians,pls lets not tk d insult personal.see it as a joke biko,n jst laff ova it.
90% of Shoeless pple leaves dere brain in d sand n often think n talks lyk psychos

Anonymous said...

ℓoℓ in spanish. Dear Mr Badluck, Ur name as brought lots of badlucK 2 dis country

★★PRINCE CHARMING™★★ said...

It has brought us Goodluck or BADLUCK? Between the former and latter I would unequivocally go for the latter!

Unknown said...

Amen n so shall it B!...happy S'day libers

Anonymous said...

What a shallow and delusional statement to make. And to think this is coming from a president? The mind boggles really. What has his name got to do with anything? Has it lowered the price of garri? And I hve not had light for the pst two days. Yea, I see the "goodluck" indeed. (˘̯˘ )

Anonymous said...

Mr Presido, i disagree wit u. Its our prayers that has kept us, pls

Anonymous said...

Dis man shld jst go n put hez ynash smwer mschewwwwwww, wiv all d bomb blast n terriorist group, hw on earth has d name brought gudluck

mona said...

Uhmmm... Quite on d contrary oga prezido

oisa said...

Liar,Liar.

spesh04 said...

I think the answer to this is relative, depends on which angle you're coming 4rm, if dis govt is or has benefited u, den his name has definitely brought u sum gud n vice versa. As 4me, I'm still at a lose 4his disillusionment Presido has ova his name.

Janelicious said...

Gej I av not seen any gud luck ur name brought.

Anonymous said...

yeah and after that statement the whole nation rose up as one in unparallelled unity and shit on their TV sets,Radios and computers....

goodluck to you as you continue dreaming,Mr Frazident!!

Unknown said...

Hmmm my oga at the top ur statement is not welcome. I pray u do more gud work in dis ur second half dat ll start on Wednesday. But for ur first half u are not try sir.

Anonymous said...

This man is living in his delusional world

Anonymous said...

DAFT shud v bin ur middle name Mr president

Anonymous said...

President 'Goodluck' Jonathan D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ mad 4 teeth. His name has 'brot' enuf 'Badluck' 2 dis country dan d Ǥõõϑluck in it. N̶̲̥̅̊☺ b by name oº°˚˚˚°º,enuf europeans,asians,whey D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ bear funny names av done better dan dis figure-head. Ȋ̝̊̅̄ D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ para,make una clear road. #Dodorima.

Blogtoto said...

I believe climate-change's affecting d president's thinking

LawAbidingCitizen said...

If it is supposed to be a joke,it definately aint funny. And yea Linda u r ryt,it sure has brought us more terrorists!!!

Anonymous said...

Dis man no know where dey pain am,I don't knw what he's still doing in dat office sef,GoodLuck indeed.pls we need 2 be more prayerful cos God is our Leader in dis country,Stephy says so!!

Anonymous said...

Mr jona hw na? Pls state d good tins ur name has done thus far.

Anonymous said...

This guy is simply deluded! smh.

Anonymous said...

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ho ha ho ha ha he eh ho ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha aha ha hhaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... JOKE OF lIFE beat by jona

Anonymous said...

Ds man is not well

ary said...

The guy is working, it is just the northerners making it ungovernable

Anonymous said...

Mr president go and sit ur ass down somewhere,ur name has brot nothing but badluck,figure head president oshi.nways i still love my country nigeria with or without badluck egbere jo lantan.

Anonymous said...

LOOOL,Broda jonah is funnier than basket mouth I swear...Patience better thaan I go die.

Heskey said...

Indeed Goodluck.. I pray that fish should not come for the Jona in your name Jonathan.. Lolzz.. #Love My President#

Anonymous said...

Linda did GEJ form the third terror group? come on your sad about this man ...Do you know the nature of our boundaries and what Northerners want to turn this country into?

Anonymous said...

Ehya dis man don suffer sha! Its nt his fault

Anonymous said...

Your name brought the opposite BADLUCK ! Nonsense!

ejikebiggerdick said...

Will u shut the fuck up and try as much as possible to complete ur horrible tenure nd gerrout frm there? Telling us abt ur small village, wetin concern us there? Shoe-less human being

Anonymous said...

Linda,GEJ is not the one forming the terroist groups.These are things that are bound to happen. we are in end time;of which war is one of its characteristics.Christ told us to watch out for these signs and it is staring us at the face now.with all these legalization of gay marriage in prominent countries of the world,tell me what is it if not end time.why are there happening simultaneously now? Every day with its viral news;it wasn't like this in the 19's. He who have ears let him hear what the spirit is saying.

Anonymous said...

This is the full text of the interview..if you like publish it...but stop copying where you like only..

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said despite the security challenges in parts of the country, his first name had brought some good luck to Nigeria.

Jonathan said this while granting an interview to a 10-year-old Nigerian girl based in California, Miss Zuriel Oduwole, on the sideline of the ongoing 21st ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Africa Union holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Oduwole who was said to have earlier interviewed some other African leaders is working on a documentary on the union’s 50 years of existence.

She had sought to know from Jonathan how much good luck his first name had brought to the country under his leadership.

Jonathan said religion and traditional societies attached some values to names.

This, he said, was why parents select good names for their children.

He said, “Traditional societies attach some values to names. That is why people select good names for their children.

“In the scriptures sometimes, when God sends you on some special assignment, He could even direct, ‘change the name of this child from this to that.’

“But the name in itself does not make much difference because even from my village, there is one of my peers that also answers Goodluck. Another one that is a little older than me answers Lucky from my small village and I didn’t see the good luck and lucky in them.

“In terms of bringing my name to bear in Nigerian affairs, within this period, we have our challenges. Of course, you are aware that we have our security challenges. But in spite of the security challenges, the country is moving on. I will say yes, it brought some good luck to the country.”

On the legacy he would want to leave behind at the expiration of his tenure, Jonathan said he would like to be remembered for sanitising the nation’s electoral system as well as fixing the power poor and security challenges.

“If we can stabilise the electoral process, sanitise the political environment, then we make sure that we have power in this country and of course, security, every other things will take off on its own,” the President said.

Jonathan said he would also like the sanitation going on in the electoral system to be internalised in all sectors of the country.

He said, “People should be allowed to decide who governs them, who represents them at the parliament, who runs their affair at the local government level; the country never had that opportunity and the elite were no longer interested even in voting.

“Democracy was almost left floating in the hands of people who ordinarily have no place there. So, we are sanitising the electoral process. Now, Nigerians can select who they want to be their President, who they want to be their governor, who they want to be their senator, who they want to be their House of Representatives member or even their state House of Assembly member or even chairman of their council.

“We are doing that and I want that to be internalised in all the ways we do things. I want people to remember me for that.”

Jonathan also talked of his desire to put the nation on a better stead in the area of Information Technology.

He said with technological development, power could be stabilised and then, micro, small and medium scale enterprises would be encouraged.

These, he added, are the areas that create jobs for the people, improve the economy and reduce poverty to the barest minimum.

Also, the President said for African countries to come out of the woods and take their rightful positions among the comity of nations, their leaders must deepen democracy by avoiding abuse of power and impunity.

Anonymous said...

One word*fool

Unknown said...

linda if you continue to mention this guys name on your blog...i wont ever visit your blog again

Niger Delta Generation Next said...

Uncle Jona is a comedian

Psychotic bitch said...

Whatever

Anonymous said...

Badluck Jo brought breathe of polluted air in Niaja.......he has the intentions but no will. Poor Jo, Obasanjo imposition has caused us four years of backwardness.

THEOGEJ.. said...

Linda stop saying wat Ў☺ΰ don't knw...lest Ў☺ΰ will b derailed frm u̶̲̥̅̊я mission...jonathan I knw ȋ̝̊̅Ƨ̷̜̌̋ a G̶̲̥̅ơ̴̴̴̴̮͡ơ̴̴̴͡d̅ man and one ϑαў posterity will account dis...and Ў☺ΰ guys raining insult tell ♍ƺ one singular tin Ў☺ΰ hve done τ̲̅ȍ bring development τ̲̅ȍ dis nation??

Unknown said...

Well I think mr president is a God sent to Nigeria and because of him a lot of things has bEen reveal

Anonymous said...

That statement should end with "Just kidding....lol". Idiot. *ThatFunctionGuy*

Anonymous said...

If dx Man shud leave power,,nd anoda man surfaces!!then we wud knw d relevance of GEJ.*i wud gv u 4/10 tho*

Anonymous said...

"I don't give a damn what any of you think". says Badluck Jonathan; the thief without shoes.

Anonymous said...

Y are u always SO BITTER..using the word"fuck" like its ur second name....u can still send any message across without using vulgar words,being harsh or sounding so bitter....abeg no1 is fighting with u jooor...*chilax,uwa bu ebe nkili ooo*

Anonymous said...

Anon, 1:30pm, go nd form ur own blog since u knw hw 2 wrte it full. D msg whether long or short is stl d same try 2 learn hw 2 summarize nobody hs time 2 read ur long article. Bck 2 Jona, its a pity he hs decided 2 be delusional, evn if we remove all d deaths including d plane crash, bombings, uni killings, etc. He shld name 1 economic dev he's so called goodluck hs done just 1 nd I'll rest my case.

Anonymous said...

He should pray for the same good luck that happened to Nigeria to happen to his own family and let's see the outcome

Unknown said...

This is Not the first or the last that will have be hearing this form so call politicials.why not put this to work because I known will(Nigeria) have what it to have all this ideas to come to reality.thanks

Anonymous said...

Joke of the year ! Someone that is definitely high on some crack

funkiedoc said...

Hahahaha! U on point!

Anonymous said...

Take time to study your bible. Everything that's happening in Nigeria today is simply the signs of end time. irrespective of who's rulling the country Nigeria today. Let's stop all this blames and continue to pray for the mercy of God upon our country.

Anonymous said...

He asked Amanpour to ask his father the meaning of his name. Now he knows the name has brought goodluck? Can someone tell him to stop talking? -Newyorker

kunle said...

Better answering Obama because in terms of security in Nigeria, it has become worsen with kidnapping and stealing everywhere compared to your predecessors. In the states, security seems a little improve compared to his predecessors. So forget name and act. Good name is right and fine but you must act and keep striving, be righteous man.
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Unknown said...

Is a lie o only his enemies are confused people thaz Y they are trying here and there to make my Daddy ,my Oga, my Mentor and president look as if he is the worst cos they really know what he can offer even OBJ knew that so I personally is blessed at thesame time av good luck till the rest of my life, I don't know about u brethren...............GoodLuck Biafra ....cos bokoharam had made the world hear our cry thank u GoodLuck for a wonderful opportunity ur existence has create............hope everybody is happy.....Ogaoooooo

B€£ said...

Baba if u don't knw what to say go sleep abeg

ammy said...

Ds man is sicker dan I thot.I see we are in very big trouble since Mr President see all d issues in ds country as Goodluck.God save us 4rm ds ignorant man. May worst befall his family.

Veeon said...

PLEASE THIS GUY SHOULD NOT LET ME CURSE HIM FOR SAYING THIS RUBBISH.

WHAT NONSENSE?

LINDA DONT SPOIL MY MOOD ABEG.

pallychuma said...

Who gave Ɣ☺ΰ‎​ the right to contribute on issues concerning nigeria cos from every indication Ɣ☺ΰ‎​ r not a nigerian..illigal immigrant like Ɣ☺ΰ‎​.

Anonymous said...

To even think he knows about the bible. Smh....woe to they that know d scriptures but choose to be wicked. And his wife is d mother of all corruptions.

--Teeteelahyo--

Anonymous said...

How on earth will a country will be negotiating with terrorist were v it b done.bastard jona

Anonymous said...

GEJ, God punish you!

confessor said...

Ohhh my world!
Dis man is just a stupid
Old fool,are u sure rehab
Is not calling dis animal

4 ur info mr prsident d
Reason we keep moving is
Bcos we ♥ our live,kids,
Family to start any war..
So we put our country in
Gods hands
Well goodluck won't work for
U come 2015

Anonymous said...

Joke of d year. Why do people deceive themselves.

Anonymous said...

My achievements in that last 3yrs were due to hardwork and strategic planning and not anywhere near your "myth" of Goodluck
Mr presi pls make way,we need a strategic and innovative thinker.

THEOGEJ.. said...

Linda for Ў☺ΰ τ̲̅ȍ hve posted an abusive word on u̶̲̥̅̊я president via a popular blog lke dis ȋ̝̊̅Ƨ̷̜̌̋ senseless..ȋ̝̊̅Ƨ̷̜̌̋ not done anywere in d world...I think dis ȋ̝̊̅Ƨ̷̜̌̋ an abuse of FOI...

confessor said...

U are in ur own world
Reverend,I'm in this world
To multiply so until I see
My great grand children d
World never end for me

If u r with me shout
Hallelujah....

confessor said...

We will if only u can tell
Us if u emptied ur account
To get dat suit/coat

confessor said...

U are in ur own world
Reverend,I'm in this world
To multiply so until I see
My great grand children d
World never end for me

If u r with me shout
Hallelujah....

confessor said...

Ohhh my world!
Dis man is just a stupid
Old fool,are u sure rehab
Is not calling dis animal

4 ur info mr prsident d
Reason we keep moving is
Bcos we ♥ our live,kids,
Family to start any war..
So we put our country in
Gods hands
Well goodluck won't work for
U come 2015

ejikebiggerdick said...

Who damn cares? Ode!

PAVOUR said...

Hehehe

Anonymous said...

Hhmm Mr Jonathan I never voted you. Those who did are regretting bcos u fOoled them. U r at it again. I will vote anything or anyone pair with u again next time even if it is a goat becos u're not a good leader. So slow to act. Confused. Incoherent. Visionless. Squaderer. No passion for the poor. Where are the palliates? Where is the cassava bread?? I know u will rig it again but u can't stay there forever. Linda, must you post??? Leave all imbeciles alone please. Nigeria is just an experiment.

Anonymous said...

In a way I feel bad 4 uncle jonah cos all ds buhari pple were determined to make his tenure a living hell, which is exactly wat it is. Bt den again, jonathan has no balls @ all, nt even one, so he has just made d job easier for his bullys. His name hasn't brought ny gud luck o, its bin a really bad tenure, nt because he is a bad person per se bt because d northerners re out to frustrate him n he is a freaking dumbass n coward.

Anonymous said...

Prince charming, If I slap yuh..... Yuh go dey see stars.

Anonymous said...

Pls linda help me out hia. Av bin lukin for d 'luck' o. Av checkd west, east, south n north, tins r jus gettin worse by d day. Frm fuel hike to PHCN to portable water supply n health services, all i can c is corruption, insecurity n an unserious govt. Dnt knw if dats d new definition of luck. #bringOutOxfordDictionary

Unknown said...

In his dreams... Jonasatan has brought nothing but bad luck to 9ja

Anonymous said...

OGa park well, what good luck are u talking about? Are u ok? U mean good luck in poverty or good luck to those life lost or what. Infact devil dey wait fir u with big cutlass. To kill u again when u reach hell for all the bad things u hv done for his people.

Anonymous said...

Hahahaha...I'm telling u, linda plz next time don't omit such vital phrases...

Unknown said...

See this yeye bad luck man, abi u dey sleep ni.
Abi u need to visit Aro at abeokuta ni ?

Anonymous said...

Can u imagine jonathan, 4his mind...he brought naija gudluck. So how wz nigeria b4 he became president. Whr we living with badluck? I don't blame him at all...

tima said...

Is this man just realising himself now or it him coming outta his closet. Abegi make u go sleep, the nation has lost confidence in u since. U are the first President to have truely won election. Buh u are the only president that came without an agenda. Anything goes for u and ur wife.Always on top of the situation. Give way in 2015 buh not fo Buhari o. Come I never even see cAndidate wey I go wan vote self.. Abi make I comot? Hahhaha

Anonymous said...

IS THIS FOOL KIDDING>>UR NAME BROUGHT AND CONTINUES TO BRING THE OPPOSITE..THE WORST LUCK NIGERIA HAS EVER HAD..WHATS ALL THESE KIDNAPPING AND BOKO-HARAM WHICH WE NEVER HAD IN ABACHA OR BABANGIDA'S TIME..SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!

Anonymous said...

This dude is still on this name issue? Where have you heard of any other country's President saying his name did so &so?

Anonymous said...

Hahahaha yes pls lindiway don't oo

Anonymous said...

Yeye Man, mad man, snail..abeg do comot for the seat make we see road. Mumu president.

Anonymous said...

Bros GEJ na wa o.. im sure it was Dame dat wrote the headline not u

Unknown said...

U guys are jst talkn out of ignorance.. Nbdy can do anytn 2 Please man.. U thnk its easy 2 rule a class, talk more of a state and 2 think of it a country wif 36 states inside? Its nva easy.. Gudluck is trying his possible best jst 2 do d much he can do @ least 2 hv a clear conscience.. Power corrupt n absolute power corrupts absolutly.. Its smtn natural we all mst past tru assuming we r up thr... So u guys shud jst shut up n kp praying 4 him dat God will protect n shower more blessings wif enuf greeze 2 his elbow instead of hating.. Cos most ppl will do worst

JSBunny said...

Is he for real? This guy is a joke!!! Confused idiot!!!

Anonymous said...

Linda, I like your blog. But u allow too many damn irresponsible posts, many which don't deserve the space u give to them. I dont bother myself toread those trash u call comments

Anonymous said...

This Man is just a clown,he actually doesn't have anything to offer,wit d enormous resources in dz country,a leader after 18mths of rule can't boast of improvement in d majority of d indices of national life is a failure.there is no two ways to issue,Jona should resign honourably or d third world trait of dying in office will haunt him.

Anonymous said...

Agada u must b crazy ,wat luck has he brought,bad I suppose ,its fools like u dat wud neva say d truth.

Anonymous said...

Jonathan,are u trying to venture into comedy again, u better just leave dat office 4sum1 who can perform

Anonymous said...

Dumb ass!

Anonymous said...

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. You may think that this is just comments from just a tiny drop of Nigerians in the country BUT you should try to just place yourself ALONE without the military or police at a central area for example like Obalende and you will see what the true nature Nigerians have become. Lets see if you can survive the hardship you have brought on the people with your tenure. Where is the minimum wage you used the gain votes from people. You will only bring destruction if you come in a second time. As far as I am concerned your lilly-livered personality has only been able to make non-corrupt people corrupt and those who were already corrupt more corrupt people. You should be ashamed of yourself and causing you is just a waste of time because Lord knows that and your party and any other party have only the more corrupt people to offer us in the next election. The big question now is who will be the next Nigerian President that will not give us excuses for promises, who will make the people to help in cleansing the country of bad evils physical and spiritual. Who the Almighty Lord Most High will give to help us out of the depths of suffering that Nigeria finds itself. Whom will work together with the people to make Nigeria a respectable country where Obama can come to visit and the government won't really spend more than 500 000 Naira to welcome and NOT 500 000 000 naira as GEJ government would want to spend. I bet you that if GEJ were to go to USA they probably won't spend much to receive him. Do you know how many people in his government are not happy that Obama is not coming again? You know how much that could have gone into roads, hospitals, education, agriculture.... that his government would have spent if Obama had decided to come? Shame on you gej,,,shame on you.

Anonymous said...

cant stop laughing............ahahhahahahahahahaha

Kush Alabi's Blog said...

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Anonymous said...

Aside Terrorism may Βε̲̣̣̣̥ it's G̶̲̥̅Ơ̴̴̴̴͡.̮Ơ̴̴̴͡D̶̲̥̅ luck to our petrol money embezzlement our unstable light, our insufficient food A̶̲̥̅πϑ moreover our fantastic education whr children now learn new vocab lyk "my fellow widows" it is a pity guess we should join hands A̶̲̥̅πϑ change dat name to 'Prsido Lukdog Elebi Jumongthan' jst a suggestion anyway fellow 9ja's let support D new name.his first name Wa̶̲̥̅̊ƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇̇ a mistake pls. Council of elders have changed it....

Anonymous said...

Sorry, is Mr Pres high on cheap drugs abi designer drugs???

Anonymous said...

i have been in shock since you came to Government with so much lack lustre leadership.

Anonymous said...

If we look up DELUSIONAL in the dictionary, this man's picture is there. Jonathan is a joke. You know how people give a sarcastic "goodluck" when they know you have a harebrained scheme... well it is the meaning of the Goodluck in Ebele Jonathan's name. YINMU

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