CNN Report (inner thoughts, edition) - Jonathan pledges ''new dawn"?

President Goodluck Jonathan pledged a "new dawn (of corruption)" for Nigeria.


"This time around, one of the differences is that both local and international observers said, 'Yes, there is significant departure from the past (attempts at ballot stuffing, this time around we were very discreet) , '" Jonathan told CNN.

"This historic event marks a dramatic shift from decades of failed elections and a substantial improvement over the 2007 presidential election (at least that is what is written on this paper someone at the state department prepared for me to read) ," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague described the vote as a "significant step forward (assuming you ignore all those other significant steps backwards)" for the nation.

Jonathan said the vote ushers a new era (of chop and clean mouth) for Africa's most populous nation and its biggest oil producer.

"That should tell you that what we are saying, we are going to do it (the wrong way) and this is a new dawn (of inefficiency)," the president said. "We are going to work with all Nigerians to make sure that changes are made (to all my bank accounts, very large changes. He smiles) ."

"My brothers and sisters, we are all winners, (Of course, some of us won more than the others, but we must learn to congratulate not hate)" Jonathan said earlier in the week.

"In this context there is no victor and no vanquished (only the conqueror and the conquered). We have demonstrated, even in our diversity, the progress of Nigeria remains paramount for all (of us with our fingers in the national coffers)."

"We've been having a crisis in the north, we've been having a crisis in the south, all the symptoms are the same, (they be hating in North, they be hating in the south. They be to the East, they be hating to the west, Shit they be hating everywhere) " he told CNN.

"We have a number of young people that have no source of income that we must provide (For. Those thugs used to work for me and now that the election is over, I don’t what to do with them)."

"The government will find out formally (Whenever. It is not important)," he said. "If I make some statements, I will be biased in the minds of people (not that i am not biased or that they need any excuse but why fuel the fire, you know?) and I don't want to accuse anybody (but i can point fingers).”