[quote author] President Jonathan By Tim Owhefere The political march towards 2015,
despite the avalanche of uncertainties
deliberately engineered by unfriendly
friends, hell bent on bringing the
heavens down, has once again placed
our continued unity on the Road To Golgotha. Golgotha, the final place of
crucifixion also known as the Place of
Skull represents two variables. These
are absolute destruction as typified by
the skull and absolute redemption as
believed by the Christians in the crucifixion of Christ. The year 2015 in projection has created
another Tower of Babel with discordant
voices and varying opinion each
deploying every means to silence the
other in the battle to win or redesign
the psyche of the electorate to achieve one goal…..Jonathan must run or must
not run. The intent of this literary exercise is not
to discourage or encourage any of the
schools of thought or the ideas being
sold by them but to put forward in very
clear language the untainted truth
which if allowed to prevail will tally with the adage…A stitch in time saves nine. It
the opinion of this writer that President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan should not
only run for a second term in 2015, but
that all men and women of goodwill,
who sincerely treasure our continued unity as a nation must rise above petty
tribal politics to ensure that President
Jonathan is re-elected for a second
term. In this shade, I salute the courage
and nationalism in Mallam Nuhu Ribadu
who has seen the need to sail on the same boat with President Jonathan to
foster good governance. His present
posture now poses a major challenge to
our brothers, Governors Amaechi,
Oshiomhole and their co-travellers. In a country where every political
speech or statement is often
punctuated by the proverbial unity and
indivisibility of our great nation, it beats
ones imagination that a particular
section of the country or the political class do not still comprehend the
untainted truth that the power to rule
this country do not and cannot be
confined to any particular section of this
country. All Nigerians are equal. This is
the modern day gospel and it should be preached with such vigour to awaken
some of our Northern brothers from
their wishful thinking that they have
suddenly become our new colonial
masters. In the political history of this country,
the Hausa/Fulani in all sincerity cannot
claim not to have had a fair share in the
administration of this country, be it
military dictatorship or civilian
democracy. Under their administration, Nigeria designed and built a brand new
capital called Abuja, now the most
beautiful and expensive city in black
Africa. It is of note, that this project was
financed from the scratch with the
resources extracted from the communities of those being paraded
today as unfit to rule, Jonathan
inclusive. I cannot stop praying for Jonathan, but
for him, am sure by now the country
called Nigeria would have relocated all
of us from the Niger Delta to a barren
land, somewhere up in the north,
quarter us in some hurriedly built 2- bedroom flats, rename the colony of
flats after their heroes and compel us to
spend the rest of our lives there because
crude oil must be drilled even from our
bedrooms in the Niger Delta. It looks
like a dream but it would have become a reality going by the way the country
was drifting and the attendant
arrogance from some our brothers up
North. Many years back, you would never
contemplate a business trip to Abuja
without ensuring that you have a well
starched Hausa/Fulani clothing in your
travelling bag. Matched with an Hausa
cap, it was perceived as the Master key to open all doors for success. Your
academic attainment was of no
relevance. Even having dressed the way,
they wanted all of us to dress then, your
inability to speak their “national”
language immediately reveal your fakeness. All that is now history,
demolished by Obasanjo and being
smoothened by Jonathan. I can now
dress the way of my fathers, a wrapper,
top and even carry a walking stick in
pursuit of government contracts in Abuja. I wish I was a woman, I would
have dated Jonathan for free, no cash
demands because he has restored the
dignity of a people….the mocked people
of Niger Delta. Still on political governance, the Yoruba
from the South West are a people of
very high intellectual standing. They
come first in this country when it comes
to education but it took the life and
death of people like Chief MKO Abiola for them to be considered good enough
to govern this country. First, it was a
make-believe arrangement headed by
Chief Shonekan, but when it became
obvious that the arrangement would
never pacify the Yoruba with all their might, they chose a Youba man
General Obasanjo whom in their
reckoning will be a stooge and do their
bidding. How wrong they were, some
are still licking their wounds, but it
availed the Yoruba a chance to rewrite their history and place themselves on
the same pedestal with the
North…..those qualified to govern
Nigeria. The emergence of Jonathan in
governance was also supposed to
rewrite the history of the Niger Delta, to
enable us move up to that same
pedestal and preach further the unity of
this country but some people think otherwise. Such persons must be made
to understand that there can never be
unity in the absence Justice and equity.
Let it known also that this unity will
remain a mirage until the south east
move up to that same pedestal. No one is a fool again in Nigeria, those years of
slavery and foolishness are gone
forever. If a section of this country is not fit to
govern like the other sections that have
done so, that unfit section is also not fit
to remain with the superior section lest
it infest it with her ignorance. In clearer
language, the unfit section should not also be a part of Nigeria. Herein lies our
predicament of Jonathan running for a
second term. He must run and he must
win in line with the unity we preach. If
he runs and loses by any margin, those
of us from the Niger Delta will interpret it to mean our collective rejection by the
Nigerian state. Let no one be deceived
by the few from the region fighting this
concept, they are on their own. They are
traitors of our cause and will reap the
fruit of their greed in no distant time. However, to those our brothers from
the South West and up North who
genuinely see us as brothers and
partners, who consistently believe in
Jonathan and to a larger extent the
whole region, be assured of our continued respect and love. Nigeria is a
country of one people, one destiny in
obedience to God. *Owhefere is a serving two-term
member of the Delta State House of
Assembly where he represents Isoko
North Constituency.). [/quote]

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/2015-mr-president-must-run-win/

I sshare this writer's view and if you ask me why I will say is for peace and stability in this nation. However, if you you feel it doesn't matter, may God help us all.

God Bless Nigeria.

You mean Jonathan The Friend of the Corrupt and Shielder of Terrorists?

Yes he must run out of Aso Rock and Win a long prison term at The Hague for providing presidential cover for looters and Boko Haram sponsors in his cabinet

#Jonathanarrest Sheriff and Ihejirika now!!!!

Are you people mahd? you are here posting rubbish while Bama is on fire, please go and preach this to the inhabitants of Borno state, and lets see whether your head wont be on a tray before sunset.

It does not matter who is President of Nigeria. Nigerians will remain poor and discontented in both their lives and the presidency.

it beats ones imagination that a particular section of the country or the political class do not still comprehend the untainted truth that the power to rule this country do not and cannot be confined to any particular section of this country.

This author captured the crux of the matter, the North wants power by all means but sadly for them theirs no vacancy till at least 2019.

CROWE: It does not matter who is President of Nigeria. Nigerians will remain poor and discontented in both their lives and the presidency.

Rather I will say it does not matter which zone or religion the president of Nigeria comes from. However, I equally say there's a lot of distrust amongst the ethnic groups more now than before.
If the election of MKO/Kingibe was not annulled, it was my perception that would have moved out of regional and ethnic politics by now. This was done by the same group that wants to maintain dominance at the centre. All I want is peace and equity in this country.

God Bless Nigeria.

M0GIDI:

This author captured the crux of the matter, the North wants power by all means but sadly for them theirs no vacancy till at least 2019.

Thanks dear. The author's write up is easily comprehensible too. Anyone who thinks otherwise must be playing a local politics and is not looking at the larger picture.
I've been in the ND region for some years even at the peak of the militancy, it's impact on the nation due to our monolithic economy.
As it stands now, this nation need to be pampered and its citizens from every zone made to believe and see of having equal stake in the governance with competent personnel not anyone, till such a time no one will be concerned where the leader comes from but only questions the competency.

God Bless Nigeria.

Did you just use MUST win? If the other party used the same you will be screaming like a nagging old lady. The blood the Coven is sheding to remain in power, there is God ooooh!

Thank God that nigeria my con3 has not being invaded since gej incompetence camouflage us as our president where as is not the president , can you image that nigeria has not any particular president ?

All I know is : we nigErians want president come 2015



All you so called leaders should stop killing us!

nitrogen: Are you people mahd? you are here posting rubbish while Bama is on fire, please go and preach this to the inhabitants of Borno state, and lets see whether your head wont be on a tray before sunset.

It's painful the continued terrorist attacks in the North Eastern Nigeria. As a person, my spirit is saddened each time someone is killed innocently anywhere. The army might not have done all they should to put the BH in check. (after the killing of Mohammed Yusuf, they have been operating clandestinely. No one claims to know their identity. This is in contrast to the ND militant)
My simple question is, what is the BH fighting for? Though am not directing the question to you.

titoetal:

It's painful the continued terrorist attacks in the North Eastern Nigeria. As a person, my spirit is saddened each time someone is killed innocently anywhere. The army might not have done all they should to put the BH in check. (after the killing of Mohammed Yusuf, they have been operating clandestinely. No one claims to know their identity. This is in contrast to the ND militant)
My simple question is, what is the BH fighting for? Though am not directing the question to you.

they are fighting to make Nigeria and the world a better place

Where is he running to?

CyberWolf: they are fighting to make Nigeria and the world a better place

Crack my ribs in laughter. I wonder why people refuses to stand on the part of truth. They are happy whenever BH gains ground cos they wish to see this govt. dethroned instead of speaking against it.
In the history of Nigeria, no president has been attacked or called all manner of names. Not that he is not performing nor was he the originator of all the rots, rather inherited it.
The larger picture I see in all this attack is a bleak future if their aim is achieved cos the measure one gives is what one receives.

Let's keep praying for our nation dear.

Kasynpaulsyn1997: Where is he running to?

You know already.

titoetal:

Crack my ribs in laughter. I wonder why people refuses to stand on the part of truth. They are happy whenever BH gains ground cos they wish to see this govt. dethroned instead of speaking against it.
In the history of Nigeria, no president has been attacked or called all manner of names. Not that he is not performing nor was he the originator of all the rots, rather inherited it.
The larger picture I see in all this attack is a bleak future if their aim is achieved cos the measure one gives is what one receives.

Let's keep praying for our nation dear.

isn't that what you wanna hear