MID TERM REPORT/ACHIEVEMENTS OF PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN

POWER

• Launch of the Roadmap for Power Sector Reform. The Roadmap launched sets out a clear implementation plan of the Electricity Power Sector Reform Act (2005) as a reaffirmation of the commitment to resolve the power crises and setting the path for power sector Improvement.

UP GEJ: NDDC SET TO COMMISSION OVER 1,500 COMPLETED PROJECTS

No fewer than 1,500 projects executed by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have been completed and ready for commissioning in the nine Niger Delta states of the region.

MAJOR ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN ADMINISTRATION

MAJOR ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE JONATHAN ADMINISTRATION

UP GEJ!: Ports Reforms

PORTS REFORMS

•Opportunities for bribery, documents forgery and other sharp-practices in the Nigerian ports have been substantially removed through a number of measures introduced by both the Ministries of Finance and that of Transport.

UP GEJ!: Pension Reforms

PENSION REFORMS

•Before the Jonathan administration came on board, the pension funds administration regime was one the major channels through which public funds running into hundreds of billions of Naira are misappropriated by corrupt officials.

•Problems associated with the pension management system include embezzlement, falsification of records, Ghost pensioners, obsolete administrative structure and denial of pensioners their due entitlements. This was what necessitated the setting up of the presidential pension Reform Task Team. The activities of this important task force resulted in the following:

•Detection and deletion of over 73,000 Ghost/Fake pensioners from the Head of Service/police pension office.
•Stoppage of a monthly theft of over N4 billion from the National treasury.

•Saving a monthly sum of over N1billion from the police monthly pension releases.

•Discovery of over 50,000 unpaid pensioners and immediate payment of their entitlement.

•Discovery of over N2.7billion fraud by the Nigeria Union of Pensioners.

•Seizure of about 200 properties including choice hotels and cash worth billions of Naira from corrupt public officials.

•Arrest and on-going prosecution of pension fraud suspects by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

•Introduction of a more efficient tamper-proof pension funds management system.

UP GEJ!: Why Goodluck Jonathan Must Run For A Second-term

‘’It is preposterous to insist that a sitting president should not go for a second-term when he is entitled to do

President Goodluck Jonathan Official commissioning of May & Baker Pharma Centre in Otta, Ogun State

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (left), with President Goodluck Jonathan (middle) on his arrival at the VIP Lounge of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Ikeja, Lagos for the Official commissioning of May & Baker Pharma Centre in Otta, Ogun State, on Monday, June 27, 2011. With them are: Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (right) and the Commander, 9 Brigade, Nigerian Army Cantoment Ikeja, Brigadier General Sanusi Nasiru Muazu (2nd left).

Jonathan Commissions Phases 3 & 4 Abuja Water Treatment Plants

President Goodluck Jonathan has commissioned the Multi-Billion-Naira Phases 3 and 4 of the Abuja Water Treatment Plants with a pledge to complete all projects initiated before his Administration.