I don't know if they will be a lot of fighting over who assumes the role of a figure-head President. In fact, many serious politicians will rather aim for a Legislative sit in one of the 3 nations that forms the confederation.

I don't know if they will be a lot of fighting over who assumes the role of a figure-head President. In fact, many serious politicians will rather aim for a Legislative sit in one of the 3 nations that forms the confederation.

Are you talking about Nigeria? Permit me to play devils advocate for a second and paint a very plausible Nigerian scenario. Someone is going to get VERY ambitious, and will come up with the bright idea that if he can somehow subvert the system and undermine the sovereignty of the three sub-regions, he can become, instead of the head of one small sub-region, head of the entire country! This person will probably be someone who doesn't come from any of the oil regions but wants to enjoy oil wealth. Trust me, someone will yearn for the good old days of corrupt wealth and decadent living and do something about it!

This is very interesting and serious question, We need to take this seriously, otherwise we will witness the down fall of this great nation -Nigeria, again.

God briefly left  Nigeria during IBB era. and coming closer now, We do not want IBB  scare him away again.  We should have kill IBB by this time, Since we were able to "yamutu", the dummy Nigeria Head of states  named Abacha, the next should have been IBB, Why MKO and Idiagbon and other nice guys? When IBB is there for us to use to sacrifice to satan and ask God to forgive us for what IBB has done to this country.

Did I read someone wrote IBB should come back. haba!, you want the downfall of the country again. Is there any way we can call on  none politicians, to rule us, We want drug administration chair lady, We want madam finance, daughter of my prof at UI (prof. Okonjo),  Secret: I must have befriend this girl, (now madam), when I was in UI, no! no! no! I am not soliciting  for her for me to occupy the "first boyfriend 's office. I knew she is married now.

Back to topic, Nuhu (EFCC) is there, Soludo is there. We do not want IBB or Atiku they are Thief of the Highest Order (THO).

Thank you

At this point, I will vote for anyone that is willing to break Nigeria up. I am tired of this damn country. Heck, I will sacrifice myself if it was guaranteed that Nigeria will break up after I die.

Who should be the next President of Nigeria?
That is the question.

I have been close to the corridors of power and have worked in the political campaign office of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur between 1990 and 1992 on Eletu Agabi Street on the Victoria Island in Lagos. I have had the privilege of meeting with some top politicians in Abuja. And I can state here that most of the so called Nigerian politicians don't know what is politics and from their so called political activities from the First Republic to date, even a slowpoke can see that they are political vandals and vagabonds. Because, they have only bastardized politics.

The Nigerian political parties don't have what can qualify as real political offices. They only have "open and close" political shops. They open them for elections and close them after elections.

Now, with less than ten months to the Presidential elections, there are no real Presidential Candidates with any organised political campaign. No political education, no political mobilization and no political sensitization of the electorate. They just print posters and handbills of their best photographs to advertise themselves as contesting candidates.

A true political leader would have been known to the electorate in over ten years of statesmanship in public service and interacting with the electorate from the grassroots.

The so called Christian Presidential Candidate thinks pasting posters on the pages of newspapers and on walls on the streets in the cities and on an obscure website is all it takes to convince millions of Nigerian voters that he is worthy to lead them? When the majority of the masses who constitute the legitimate electorate in the villages and towns in the Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern regions of rural Nigeria don't even know him or his political agenda. And if you drop him from an helicopter on the people in Katangora in Northern Nigeria, they will mistake him for another ET from a UFO. And he has not even launched any political education, mobilization and sensitization of the poor majority of Hausas, Ibos, Yorubas and the other 247 ethnic groups. And can he give us a guided tour of his party offices and wards in Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Ẹdo, Ekiti, Enụgụ, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Ọsun, Ọyọ, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara and Abuja Federal Capital Territory?

The other so called political candidates are the same kettle and pot. Clueless. And none of them is a true statesman and the women among them are only their political mistresses or political concubines of the political gamblers who see Nigeria as one big Political Casino and in fact, Nigeria is the biggest Political Casino in Africa controlled by the Nigerian Political Mafia of Political crooks and rogues whose stock-in-trade in political chicanery and robbery.

Until true statesmen and stateswomen become political leaders in Nigeria, Nigerians will continue to be plagued in the vicious circle of corruption in the corridors of power.

If you want to lead Nigeria, then you must begin the political education, sensitization and mobilization of Nigerians through public service or charity and only through your benevolent service of leadership by example will you prove that you are a true political leader worthy of the mandate of the electorate of Nigeria.

The late Malam Aminu Kano is a good model of such a true political leader.
The late Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo is another good model of a true political leader and the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikike is also a good model of a true political leader.

How many of the so called Nigerian Politicians have read the books of Malam Aminu Kano, Obafemi Awolowo and Nnamdi Azikiwe?

They have to read their books to study their examplary models of statesmanship in political leadership.

The political kleptocrats and plutocrats destroying Nigeria now wasted millions of Naira, Dollars and Pounds from our treasury on useless trips to America and Britain pretending to go there to learn from the American Democracy and from the "Mother of Parliaments". But the political pretenders actually went for tourism and shopping spree from London to Washington DC. And their Political Kingpin, the ruling President of Nigeria saw his once in a lifetime opportunity of his wildest dreams to go globe trotting to almost all the countries in the Western world and Asia and wasted tax payers money in his useless day dreaming trips in his so called quest for foreign investors. And the only foreign investors he got from his ludicurous world tour are buyers of GSM licenses and illegal oil blocs. Any dummy can sell GSM licenses and stolen oil blocs. And of course, he will jump at the slightest opportunity to mention his famous "Debt Relief" success story. And I ask him again, whose debt?

THE DEBTS INCURRED DURING THE LOOTING OF OUR NATIONAL TREASURY BY THE PAST EMBEZZLERS WHO WERE WELL KNOWN TO PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO OF NIGERIA. AND MANY OF THEM WHO ARE RETIRED GENERALS ARE THE CHIEFTAINS OF HIS CORRUPT RULING PARTY OF NIGERIA.THE PDP.

How many of the retired military rulers have been charged , arraigned and convicted of embezzling large sums of public funds and taking bribes? And their partners in crime and political lobbyists are still in business as usual in the kleptocracy and plutocracy ruining Nigeria in the masquerade of political parties?

May I ask you again?
Who should be the next President of Nigeria?

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Orinkila, good post. Nigeria has a problem with the ruling class. Now, I do not believe, like you do, that the ruling class is the only problem with Nigeria. Ignorance is also a major problem with Nigeria.

It is this same ignorance that allows Nigerians to accept anything less than constant electricity and access to fresh roads. This same ignorance tha allows Nigerian to accept political parties that fail to provide clear views on critical issues like resource allocation and State rights.

I don't believe that the average Nigerian is stupid, but the lack of exposure to outside ideas is showing its effects on the mental well-being of the people.

“Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.”
    Thomas Jefferson

We should enlighten the ignorant ones and as you can see that we are already doing so in various ways online and offline.

The ignorance of the masses is a product of their poverty.
The more ignorant they are the more the dishonest politicians can fool them.
The dishonest politicians want them to remain so.

"Only the best is good enough for us."~~ Bishop Ajayi Crowther.

God will help us.

Orikinla:

“Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.”
Thomas Jefferson

We should enlighten the ignorant ones and as you can see that we are already doing so in various ways online and offline.

The ignorance of the masses is a product of their poverty.
The more ignorant they are the more the dishonest politicians can fool them.
The dishonest politicians want them to remain so.

"Only the best is good enough for us."~~ Bishop Ajayi Crowther.

God will help us.

Well said!!!!!!!! I totally agree!!

Orikinla:

“Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.”
   Thomas Jefferson

We should enlighten the ignorant ones and as you can see that we are already doing so in various ways online and offline.

The ignorance of the masses is a product of their poverty.
The more ignorant they are the more the dishonest politicians can fool them.
The dishonest politicians want them to remain so.

"Only the best is good enough for us."~~ Bishop Ajayi Crowther.

God will help us.

Well said!!!!!!!! I totally agree!!

GBA - Gaun!
F-Ing Idiota!