I just got this from Pat Utomi's facebook page.....what do you guys think?

Pat Utomi
It has been pointed out to me that many Nigerians who have supported the workI have done in politics and community service are unaware of the fact that I’m now a member of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). I have been a member for more than a year. The reason I took this course of action is because the progressive opposition in Nigeria has been unable to bring itself under one umbrella though many, myself included, have tried to bring this about by encouraging the subsuming of ego for the common progressive good. This has proven very difficult and progressives cannot afford to dissipate their energies in various small armies while the enemies of the progressive struggle are disciplined enough to coalesce under the conservative/ ­retrogressive Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). I would therefore encourage all opposition parties to join the ACN. As far as I’m concerned, Nigeria should run a PDP-ACN political party structure. PU

Did Pat Utomi Make The Right Decision By Joining ACN?

ACN presidential candidate come 2015.....wu wanna bet

John I don't think putting him up as the presidential candidate for ACN will work. Maybe the vice president or another post entirely. I believe that if the proposed merger between AcN and CPC works, a muslim candidate and a christain vice-president would be the best option. With free and fair elections imagine Fashola running as the president with Utomi as the vice...It is going to be a sure thing.

ACN simply laid their bed for failure! BTW, a two party system in Nigeria is just a dream!

If he cannot get the AC.N Presidential Candidate, then it's a bloody waste of time. I rather vote GEJ as president than Pat Utomi as VP.

PointB: If he cannot get the AC.N Presidential Candidate, then it's a bloody waste of time. I rather vote GEJ as president than Pat Utomi as VP.

That is your own opinion but remember that Nigeria is made up of many tribes with different likes and dislikes...The North and the West may not vote for him...Tribalism matters and so on

Good move

PointB: If he cannot get the AC.N Presidential Candidate, then it's a bloody waste of time. I rather vote GEJ as president than Pat Utomi as VP.

^^Of course you would.

OP,


Link please?


If this is true. . . hmm.


Patrick Utomi has always struggled with building a base. It has dogged all his campaigns and effectively scuttled his presidential ambitions.


I voted for him in '07, thinking that Utomi's natural constituency would strengthen his campaign efforts but it soon became clear that mr. utomi needed to do a lot more work to get anywhere near the presidency. In retrospect, perhaps he should have started lower and built up a political base before taking a shot at the presidency.


I think his latest move (if indeed it is true) is definitely not in his best interests, politically speaking. The overbearing influence of mr tinubu ( a highly questionable character with no redeeming features) over the ACN will not augur well for any politician who truly wants to tear down the evil tower that is Nigerian politics (as it is currently practised).


I hope it works out well for mr utomi. Time will tell.

VolvoS60:
I think his latest move (if indeed it is true) is definitely not in his best interests, politically speaking. The overbearing influence of mr tinubu ( a highly questionable character with no redeeming features) over the ACN will not augur well for any politician who truly wants to tear down the evil tower that is Nigerian politics (as it is currently practised).


I hope it works out well for mr utomi. Time will tell.

The OP's post is true and your post simply says it all!
Need we all say more!

I wish him the best....With the current political situation it is highly unlikely that he can win anything on his own

sanchez4eva: John I don't think putting him up as the presidential candidate for ACN will work. Maybe the vice president or another post entirely. I believe that if the proposed merger between AcN and CPC works, a muslim candidate and a christain vice-president would be the best option. With free and fair elections imagine Fashola running as the president with Utomi as the vice...It is going to be a sure thing.

Its obvious you dont live in Nigeria.Is that how you make political calculations.who is Fashola?

olas2u:
Its obvious you dot live in Nigeria.Is that how you make political calculations.who is Fashola?

Fashola is a man many people will vote for based on his accomplishments

sanchez4eva:
Fashola is a man many people will vote for based on his accomplishments

That is not how they decide presidential candidates in Nigeria.

olas2u:

That is not how they decide presidential candidates in Nigeria.

Please educate us.....how do they decide presidential candidates in Nigeria?

sanchez4eva:
Please educate us.....how do they decide presidential candidates in Nigeria?

Well you must have been a student of government before ,so you know the presidential system of government.Given Nigeria were we have diversity,you cannot peer UTOMI from south south and Fashola from southwest.

olas2u:
Well you must have been a student of government before ,so you know the presidential system of government.Given Nigeria were we have diversity,you cannot peer UTOMI from south south and Fashola from southwest.

Is Fashola a muslim?

sanchez4eva:
Is Fashola a muslim?

Yes,is that how you view it

Well the best candidates dont win elections in Nigeria

olas2u: Well the best candidates dont win elections in Nigeria

That's true but all that must change for development to take place

sanchez4eva:
That's true but all that must change for development to take place

Party primaries determine who emerges for parties,can you influence that from outside,you can only vote after the parties come up with there presidential candidates.Politicians think differently from ordinary people.The presidential system is very expensive and cannot throw up the best in Nigeria.The candidates will negotiate their way up and have to pay back with appointments or patronage after they win.And dont forget Nigeria is a strategic asset to some countries and multinationals,They will not allow you to do the right thing.

Why are people distancing themselves from Jonathan and his thieving gang Who knows how many that will leave him before 2015
retardeen OYO for you

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