Impact of transformation agenda on economic development in nigeria during jonathan administration with abstract, chapter 15. The agenda is based on selected important policies, programmes and projects which when implemented is expected to positively transform the nigerian economy. Prior to that, he served as vice president of nigeria from 2007 to 2010 and as governor of. Stomach infrastructure paroxysm and president jonathans. The goodluck jonathan administration has been silently transforming nigeria from its dark ages of underdevelopment to a 21st century economic and political force, mr. Jonathan gave an analysis of the fiscal policy guiding the budget allocations.
Nigerian president begins reelection campaign world. Information communication technologies in agricultural. Arising from the recurring underperforming nature of the nigerias agriculture sector, the present administration of president goodluck ebele jonathan introduced an ambitious agricultural transformation agenda ata which aims at achieving a hunger free nigeria through assorted thematic strategies, involving commodity and financial value chains. You goofed on jonathans agricultural programme, adesina. His illhealth however, prevented him from fully executing his powers, and shortly before his death in may 2010, the national assembly passed a resolution to enable vice president goodluck jonathan to act as president. Agriculture is an important sector of the economy with a high potentials for employment generation, food security and poverty reduction. Gej key economic achievements of president goodluck jonathan in the power sector. President s transformation agenda the agricultural federal ministry of agriculture and rural development 1 nigeria can no longer continue to be a sleeping giant. Pursuant to the forthcoming 2015 presidential election, president goodluck jonathan has in the opinion of many nigerians successfully carried out his campaign across the length and breadth of the country and in the process winning new converts and further endearing himself to hundreds of thousands who trooped out to show their support at the various rallies organized by the pdp. Though there have been flaws, successes and giant leaps, it is sad that some nigerians tend to focus more on the setbacks. The task of this paper is to critically assess the performance of the jonathan agenda, which, rather than. Presidents transformation agenda the agricultural federal ministry of agriculture and rural development 1 nigeria can no longer continue to be a sleeping giant. Information communication technologies in agricultural extension delivery of agricultural transformation agenda nlerum, f. Impact of transformation agenda on economic development in.
In may 2011, president goodluck ebele jonathan promised nigerians a policy package. The transformation agenda of president goodluck ebele jonathan is yet another. This administration identifies this sector as a key part of the transformation agenda. He was governor of bayelsa state from 9 december 2005 to 28 may 2007, and became the in as vice president of nigeria on 29 may 2007. Adesina, who is warming up to assume office as the president of the african development bank next month, said it was unbecoming of oshimhole. We envisage that the agricultural transformation agenda will add 20 million metric tonnes to domestic food supply by 2015, thereby ensuring. The agricultural transformation agenda of the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development is directly building on the mr. While it was recognized that there are a myriad of different continued. Goodluck jonathan rolled out his transformation agenda.
Deenvoy print media 2014 transformation agenda of goodluck. Jonathan, of the ijo ijaw ethnic group and a christian, was born and raised in the region of the niger delta in what is now bayelsa state. Challenges militating against reform policy, economic. Under the transformation drive, government is expected to guide nigerians to build an industrialized modern state that will launch the nation into the first 20 economies of the world by. Nigeria agricultural biotechnology annual nigerias. As observed by itah 2012, the transformation agenda of goodluck jonathan is a policy package that proposes to reposition the economy by addressing issues of poverty, unemployment, insecurity and most particularly, the diversification of the entire economy. The five 5 years transformation agenda of the president goodluck ebele jonathan is to re position the countrys drive to development in the critical spheres of the economy hinged on the rule of law where equality, peace and justice shall reign businessday 2012. Agricultural transformation agenda is effectively preached to the rice farmers in.
President goodluck jonathans transformation agenda and nigerias foreign policy 25 in this paper, transformation refers to complete change and reorientation of the corrupt value system and the strengthening of the three arms of government, government institutions and nigerias economy for national development. Nigeria agricultural transformation agenda support program. When president goodluck jonathan was received in audience by president v obama in june this year, after the successful conduct of the parliamentary, v gubernatorial and presidential elections, the nigerian leader promised his host that key sectors of the nigerian economy on which transformation agenda would be v. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. The transformation agenda of president goodluck jonathan seeks to hopefully transform the nigerian people into a catalyst for growth and national development. Nigerian people covering energy, education, agricultural, infrastructure, wealth creation. Department of agricultural and applied economics and extension, rivers state university of science and technology, nkpoluoroworukwo, p. The commitment of president goodluck jonathan s administration to the promotion of increased food production in the country and the overall revitalisation of the agricultural sector has been. Pdf transformation agenda of goodluck administration. It is a 5year development plan, 20112015, which also. President goodluck jonathan s transformation agenda and nigerias foreign policy 25.
Goodluck ebele azikiwe jonathan gcfr, gcon born 20 november 1957 is a nigerian politician who served as the president of nigeria from 2010 to 2015. The goodluck jonathan agriculture revolution vanguard news. Goodluck jonathan, born november 20, 1957, otuoke, nigeria, nigerian zoologist and politician who served as vice president 200710 and president 201015 of nigeria. Agricultural transformation agenda ata by the then administration of president goodluck jonathan brought about reforms in the input delivery or growth enhancement support ges scheme, agricultural financing, value chain development, including the staple crop processing zones, and farm mechanization yielded an abundant. We have diligently carried forward the purposeful and focused implementation of our agenda for national transformation in priority areas such as power, the rehabilitation and expansion of national infrastructure, agricultural development, education and employment. Speaking at the investment week organized by federal institute of industrial research oshodi fiiro, jonathan, represented by vice president namadi sambo, said the gesture is in line with the governments transformation. His father, lawrence ebele jonathan was a canoe maker and his mother, eunice ayi ebele jonathan, is a.
President goodluck jonathan speech to oxford students. Pdf coverage of the transformation agenda of president. The five 5 years transformation agenda of the former president goodluck ebele jonathan was to reposition the country. I am particularly delighted to present this proposal to you earlier in the year, and soon after the commemoration of our national independence, to signal our commitment to evolving a new nigeria. President goodluck jonathan s transformation agenda, the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development is implementing an agricultural transformation agenda ata.
This took a complete value chain approach from farming to processing and marketing. The full excerpt of president jonathans 20 budget speech entitled fiscal consolidation with inclusive growth. Agricultural transformation agenda directly building on mr. President goodluck jonathans roadmap to nigerias development. Sustainablility of agricultural transformation agenda. Over the past two decades, the stalled expansion of nigerias grid capacity, combined with the high cost of running diesel continue reading. Goodluck ebele azikiwe jonathan born 20 november 1957 was the president of nigeria 5 may 2010 29 may 2015. Former president goodluck ebele jonathan was swornin on 29th may, 2011 amidst optimism for developing nigeria because of the electoral promises he made during campaigns which his administration tagged transformation agenda.
Nigerian president begins reelection campaign world news. Its central aim is to transform nigeria into a developed nation to the position of being at least the 20th economy in. The agricultural transformation agenda was formally introduced in 2006 e. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military ruler muhammadu buhari, becoming the first incumbent president to concede electoral defeat. In response, the administration of the former nigerian president, goodluck ebele jonathan gej, embarked on a broadbased national economic transformation agenda neta covering the period 20112015. Thirty achievements of goodluck jonathan administration. The main period covered in this study are three important policy regimes.
The official campaigning for the 2015 general and presidential elections in nigeria starts soon. Doma local government area of nasarawa state channels. Goodluck jonathan simple english wikipedia, the free. Pdf on his election as the third democratically elected president of. The effectiveness or otherwise of the implementation of some selected past national agricultural programs shall be used as lessons for the implementation of the present national agricultural transformation agenda of. And thus tagged his foreign policy thrust as the transformation agenda which covers the period 2011 to 2015, according to president goodluck jonathan 2011, nigeria. The goal of ata is to build commodity value chains and the institutions required to unlock the countrys huge agricultural potentials. President goodluck jonathans transformation agenda and.
Nigeria agricultural transformation agenda support. A pessimists view point as a public policy concept, the goodluck jonathans transformation agenda, hopes to. The transformation agenda of president goodluck jonathans administration is. In this paper, transformation refers to complete change and reorientation of the corrupt value system and the strengthening of the three arms of government, government institutions and nigerias economy for national development. Goodluck jonathan achievements the tranformation agenda of. An appraisal of president goodluck jonathans transformation agenda 20112014 find. Ii transformation agenda of president goodluck ebele jonathan. Jonathan, the peoples democratic party nominee, was a former university professor and a deputy governor of bayelsa state, an oilrich state in the south. The effectiveness or otherwise of the implementation of some selected past national agricultural programs shall be used as lessons for the implementation of the present national agricultural transformation agenda of the goodluck jonathan administration. Goodluck jonathan achievements the tranformation agenda. A pessimists view point as a public policy concept, the goodluck jonathans transformation agenda, hopes to attain the objectives of the vision 20.
Home topics criminology project topics pdf good luck jonathan. Thirty achievements of goodluck jonathan administration legit. In may 2011, president goodluck ebele jonathan promised nigerians a policy package tagged as the transformation agenda. The inauguration of nigerias fourth, democratically elected president, dr goodluck ebele. The transformation agenda also seek to address the. Goodluck ebele jonathan, former president of nigeria, was born november 20, 1957 in otuoke, ogbia local government of bayelsa state.
Full script of president gooduck jonathans new year speech. I am online and ready to help you via whatsapp chat. Oct, 2012 it is my pleasure and honourto present the 20 federal budget proposal before this esteemed joint session of the national assembly. Reversing nigerias food import dependency agricultural. By abiose adelaja adams president goodluck jonathan announced in lagos on wednesday, a n220 billion fund to support young entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector. Jan 08, 2015 nigerias president, goodluck jonathan, formally began his campaign for reelection on thursday, taking the fight to a key opposition stronghold with a mass rally. The goodluck jonathan administration has in the four years been in power. The inauguration of nigerias fourth, democratically elected president, dr goodluck ebele jonathan, has come and gone and he now seems to be. Its specific objective is to increase, on a sustainable basis, the. Value chain analyses of selected commodities and strategies. Goodluck jonathan lists his successful youth policies in. Goodluck jonathan, was inaugurated as the president of nigeria on february 10, 2010, under special parliamentary procedures, succeeding umaru musa yaradua who was unable to carry out presidential duties, hence his assumption of the office. The transformation agenda of president goodluck ebele jonathan is yet another policy somasault in relation to the 7point agenda of his immediate predecessor, late president umaru musa yaradua. Agriculture and industry in the areas of agriculture and industry, the agenda.
Challenges militating against reform policy, economic growth. Nigerias president, goodluck jonathan, formally began his campaign for reelection on thursday, taking the fight to a key opposition stronghold with a mass rally. Atasp phase i atasp1 will be implemented in five years and is estimated to cost ua. His father, lawrence ebele jonathan was a canoe maker and his mother, eunice ayi ebele jonathan, is a retired farmer.
President goodluck jonathans transformation agenda, the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development is implementing an agricultural transformation agenda ata. Goodluck jonathan lists his successful youth policies in office during speech at oxford october 25, 2016 10. Electronic newsletter and other publications pdf, msword, etc. Pdp ticket and was sworn in as the first president to assume power from a previously elected leader through the ballot box. President goodluck jonathan affirmed that unemployment among our youth is one of our. With respect to agriculture, he informed that fiscal measures on rice, cassava, wheat, machinery for. Aug 19, 2015 adesina, who is warming up to assume office as the president of the african development bank next month, said it was unbecoming of oshimhole to tag jonathans agricultural transformation agenda. Pdf transformation agenda and anticorruption crusade. When president goodluck jonathan was received in audience by president v obama in june this year, after the successful conduct of the parliamentary, v gubernatorial and presidential elections, the nigerian leader promised his host that key sectors of the nigerian.
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