A DIAGNOSIS OF DR. GOODLUCK E. JONATHAN (GEJ); HIS PERSON AND PRESIDENCY ‘MY PHLEGMATIC PRESIDENT’ BY Joe Dauda.

In this book, Joe Dauda, an author, social analyst and writing consultant rehearses the history of the temperaments of President Goodluck Jonathan; doing a psychological analysis of his fluctuating behavioural patterns.
Starting with a quote, from the book; concerning the president’s reaction to a negative TV broadcast...he writes, ‘...not even the worst critic of the president will disagree that his decision to visit the college himself while on his way to important regional meeting was very commendable...with that one act, President Jonathan,’ should have, ‘silenced for all time any criticism on being lackadaisical in governance. By visiting Police College, Ikeja, he showed Nigerians that he cares and is willing to work to correct what needs correction in the country...’ however, ‘after seeing the rot in Ikeja Police College with his own eyes...’ rather than as expected roll out the promises to right the wrongs, ‘the president,’ instead, had an unfortunate brainwave, ‘forgot the real issue..., and ‘unbelievably said...’ the TV broadcast was a distortion and, ‘was the handiwork of opposition politicians...,’ thereby poring cold water on the “Goodluck” aura, he would have inspired. Joe concludes, ‘no need to pretend...it was an embarrassing reaction.’ But, being the psychosomatic idealist, Joe carves up human conducts into different psychological compartments and at the end, was able to pigeon-hole the president’s illogical ping-pong retorts into two slots then meshed into one, which he explains was largely responsible for such epic slip.
How did he proceeds? His breakdown: There are various temperaments within the concepts of introvert and extrovert personalities. These he subdivides into; sanguine and choleric, belonging to the extrovert set and, melancholic and phlegmatic subset, which he says belongs to the other-the introverts: He says that all the subsets have both strength and weaknesses based on the percentage leaning of having more constitution of one or the other. He concludes with a further subordinate break down of these subset characteristics into: ‘The Sanguine-Chloric or SanChlor,’ ‘The Sanguine-Melancholy or SanMel,’ ‘Sanguine-Phlegmatic or SanPhleg,’ ‘Chloric-Sanguine or ChlorSan,’ ‘Chloric-Melancholy or ChlorMel,’ ‘Choleric-Phlegmatic or ChlorPhleg,’ ‘Melancholy-Sangine or MelSan,’ ‘Melancholy-Choleric or MelChlor,’ Melancholy-Phlegmati or MelPhleg,’ ‘Phlegmatic-Sanguine or PhlegSan,’ Phlegmatic-Choleric or PhlegChlor,’ Phlegmatic-Melancholy or phlegMel.’
Using the above psychological and intellectual analysis of individuals’ temperaments; the mixes and blends pasture of the history, and the osmosis that occurs when each ingredient is blended: He opines that President GEJ’s resulting mix and blend, is of the phlegsan potpourri.
Furthermore, he conceives that democratic dispensation that Nigeria has subscribed to, that demands that Nigeria must a have Chief Executive President, guaranteed in a 1999 constitution; also schedules that the Nigerian president, though a Head of States of the Federation with all the powers to employ and sack various functional servants administering the country, the President is only to be a chief servant, to be monitored and checkmated by two houses – one of Senate and another, Assembly on behalf of the Nigerian mass; the media is also invested with enormous power and influence, acting further as fourth unofficial “house,” checkmating estate. However, despite all the checks and balances, the current Nigerian social, economic and political system, he says, has remained hopelessly corrupt; a system needing a president smart enough to be able to juggle the demanding investment of time, intelligence and resourcefulness to administer a system with such rot. He also infers that such president also needs apart from intelligence, patience, good luck, and time for the desired fruitful yields -a process GEJ has embarked on in his own unique phlegsan ways.
Joe Dauda swings between approval and disappointment in President Goodluck Jonathan: He gives in that there has been mixture of social, political and economic fortune and misfortune as a result of the GEJ phlegsan approach which he says, has caused accolades and rages against his judgments, but then, believes GEJ is uniquely, different, ...probably listen more than any leader in Nigeria and political scientists should be able to learn from ‘his’ style of leadership. But then again, he says, GEJ is a Moses in desperate need of an Aaron, or an army of Aarons; good counselling lieutenant ‘without whom he could end up’ a spectacular failure.  He then went on to offer suggestions on how to deal with such disruptive and unpredictable behaviour; propositions which he says are best prescriptive/“constructive” approach to critiquing a person of GEJ’s temperaments; his reactions, handling of governmental affairs, etc.
Prescriptive, rhetoric, radical with an exuberant optimism that usually keeps the tendentious text aloof.