{"id":333689,"date":"2011-03-23T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/23\/%e2%80%98jonathan-is-the-candidate-to-beat%e2%80%99\/"},"modified":"2011-03-23T23:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T23:42:00","slug":"jonathan-is-the-candidate-to-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/23\/jonathan-is-the-candidate-to-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jonathan is the candidate to beat\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"63\">\n<p><span>President Goodluck Jonathan has been described as the candidate to beat in the presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bayelsa State Director of Due Process and E-governance, Mr. Von Kemedi said the achievements so far recorded by the President within the short time of his coming to power stand him out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kemedi said Jonathan has done very well, especially in the area of national security and the fight against corruption. He said: &#8220;I think that national security is one of the president\u2019s strongest point because as far as I can remember, he is the first president that has met national security challenges and defeated those challenges within the time, he has not left any national security challenge for another person to deal with. Even before he became president he was put in charge of Niger Delta issue by late President Yar\u2019Adua and before he died he had already engineered the amnesty process which led to the current peace that we enjoy in the Niger Delta.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the issue of corruption, he said the president has even gone far in the fight against corruption than most Nigerians would expect, saying fighting corruption after the act has occurred by investigating people, recovering money, prosecuting them, that is one way but an even more efficient way is to prevent it, to block the leakages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We are all aware of the reforms that have been done in the financial sector, we are all aware of the reforms that are being done within the government as far as payment of salaries are concerned through the introduction of biometric and all that. These are the ways of making savings by blocking the loopholes that are available for corruption. This is very important,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4f2252b2thumbnail.php_40.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/web3\/news\/31631.html\" title=\"\u2018Jonathan is the candidate to beat\u2019\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Jonathan is the candidate to beat\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> President Goodluck Jonathan has been described as the candidate to beat in the presidential election. 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