Continued From Sahara Reporters blog post: As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct,” which is why wise people learn not to dread but actually welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems. The president is not so wise. He avoids problem. He procrastinates, hoping that they will go away. He ignores them, pretends they do not exist. He attempts to skirt around the problems rather than meet them head on. He attempts to get out of them rather than suffer through them. Nigerians and the rest of the world see Mr. Jonathan not as problem solver because he doesn’t anticipate problems, doesn’t accept the truth, doesn’t see the big picture, can’t handle one thing at a time, and gives up major goal even before the project takes off. Since he’s not a good problem solver, he should complement his weaknesses by surrounding himself with problem solvers. Diverse thinking makes it possible to solve a variety of problems. Leaders who changed the world have sharp focus. Self-discipline is required and recommended for Mr. Jonathan. Mr. Jonathan needs to govern his actions. Display self-control, guard his attitudes, lead by example, think on the positive things that will lift Nigerians from poverty. Shun materialism for nothing purifies more than sharing resources. What’s Mr. Jonathan doing with 12 presidential jets and 17 ambulances idly parked at Aso Rock while hospitals in the country could not boast of one dependable ambulance? Nigeria’s history of corruption is long and benighted. Why is the president so impotent in dealing with the brood vipers of his administration? The scale and scope of graft can feel both mundane and extraordinary. His administration serves as a repository for citizens palm-greasing. More evidence of grand-scale graft in Mr. Jonathan’s administration continues to defy reasoning and explanation. In the face of all these graft and greed, the president is criminally quiet and self-possessed and maintains a starchy reserve. He’s never been outraged by the brazen crookedness of his cabinet on corruption. His trajectory crusade against corruption has been jagged. With 2015 around the corner, no one should be surprised if the president and his administration give away airplanes and armored cars as bribes to INEC officials and voters to rig the election. After all, this is Nigeria a behemoth of corruption! The way a leader handles people or institutions like SR who do not want to travel with him is the acid test of a leader’s poise. If Mr. Jonathan believes the best way to govern his tattered nation is to harass SR and other critics of his administration, let him go for it. By the time you finish reading this, a court summons from Aso Rock might be lurking around SaharaReporters offices. Mr. President bring it on! “A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.” – Bertrand de Jouvenel byolu@aol The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of SaharaReporters Last StoryN
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