Nigeria the largest economy in Africa , the largest concentration
of Black people on earth is on the march again looking for its
President. In less than two months from now Nigerians will go to
the polls to elect a President of its choice . It is also a time to
decide whether Nigeria will remain one as a nation or a fulfilment
of the American prophecy that the country might break up by
2015 . I pray that the country will not break up and I pray the
country remains more united , stronger and prosperous . But there
are issues that must be tackled for a successful and violence
free election in the country .
Let me first of all leave no one in doubt as to where I stand on
the forthcoming Presidential election in the country . I am not a
card carrying member of any political party but I wish that
President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan and the Peoples
Democratic Party [ PDP ] win the election in the interest of peace,
progress , unity of Nigeria and anything that will truncate that
dream will never get my support.
Agreed President Jonathan is not a perfect human being , no man
is perfect after all , only God is perfect. Agreed also that politics
is struggle for power but I don’ t agree that we have to tell lies
and deceive the people because we want to take power from the
incumbent . Let us for the purpose of this discussion reduce the
struggle for the Presidency of Nigeria to Goodluck Jonathan and
General Muhammadu Buhari compare both of them and allow
Nigerians to make a choice in the interest of one Nigeria and
future of their children and generations yet unborn .
Let me remind President Jonathan what gave him the Presidency
in 2011 and see whether he can still use that factor to claim the
Presidency this time around . First the Presidency in the first
place was made possible by God , first and foremost , because if
President Umaru Yar ’ Adua had not died he wouldn ’ t have smelt
that position .
Secondly , he won the Presidency because of the poor campaign
strategies of the North . The North believed that they owned
Nigeria , have the population and that only they can determine
who becomes the President of the country , no other group
matters. In fact one Sheikh Gumi once said that over his dead
body will a Christian win the Presidency of Nigeria . So people
voted for Jonathan to prove them wrong .
Thirdly , Nigerians wanted to fight a cabal that have sworn to
keep Nigeria in their pocket for ever, Nigerians voted to liberate
itself from this cabal . Nigeria voted for fresh breath .
But the question is , has anything changed since then ? The
answer is no . The truth is that those who voted for Jonathan in
2011 have nothing to show for it five years after . Roads in the
South East and South South are still the worst in the country ,
even the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling PDP Olisa
Metuh was quoted to have said sometime in November that
Federal Roads in the South East are still the worst in the
country . Even though we have a Christian as the President more
Christians have been killed in the country than ever before in the
history of the country with no punishment meted out to the
murderers and no compensation for Christians for the loss of
their lives and properties . Has President Jonathan been able to
fight the cabal ? The answer is no . In fact, they have become
more vicious and deadly and even more powerful . President
Jonathan has not told Nigerians why nobody was punished for
the post - election violence of 2011, where over 800 innocent
Nigerians including youth corps members were killed . President
Jonathan has not told Nigerians why he sacked Professor Barth
Nnaji , his former Minister of Power , in whose tenure , for the first
time in Nigeria , we noticed some improvement in power stability
for over a month before he was sacked by the cabal that were
not comfortable with power stability in the country . The
President has not told Nigerians why Abba Moro is still in his
cabinet . Abba Moro , Nigeria ’ s minister of Internal Affairs was
busy fighting the former Comptroller- General of Immigration Mrs
Roseline Uzoma over some appointment of Igbo immigration
officers . That little distraction was what the marauders from
Libya and Mali needed and they entered the country with
sophisticated weapons and mercenaries from Gadafi’ s Libya ,
which are now being utilized by Boko Haram. If Nigeria is a
serious country the Minister should have been sacked by now ,
but he has a powerful cabal behind him that may help generate
vote for Jonathan .
The President should know that the sentiments used to give him
the position in 2011 may not work for him this time around .
But despite all these , is General Muhammadu Buhari a credible
alternative ? My answer is no . How I wish the PDP had brought
out a better candidate to replace Jonathan . I have nothing
against Northern President and how I wish the North or APC
provided a better alternative . But unfortunately I will still pray
that Goodluck Jonathan wins the Presidency than allow
Muhammadu Buhari win . Those who are managing Buhari have
not convinced me why Buhari is a better alternative to lead the
country . The only marketing strategy the media marketers are
using to sell Buhari to Nigerians is that he will fight corruption
and that he is the only Nigerian that is not corrupt . I am aware
that when Buhari was a Federal Commissioner of Petroleum and
Chairman of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation [ NNPC ] the
sum of $ 2. 8 billion was missing from the NNPC account. In fact,
a former Nigeria Television Authority [ NTA ] reporter Theodora
Ifudu was sacked for reporting the story . As a former Military
Head of State General Buhari changed Nigeria ’ s currency and
stopped the importation of naira into the country for change . His
Personal Assistant at that time came in with 53 suit cases with
orders from above that he should not be searched . The officer in
charge of Nigeria Customs at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in
Lagos then was Atiku Abubakar who insisted on searching the
suitcases and discovered huge sums of money inside , Atiku was
subsequently sacked from the customs. As a military Head of
state , General Buhari ’ s government arrested some politicians in
the country and sent them to prison. He left the then President
Alhaji Shehu Shagari a northerner and muslim untouched while
he went ahead to arrest and jail the Vice President Alex Ekweme
a southerner and Christian . We have certainly seen some
development in the country in the last five years of Jonathan ’ s
administration . We have seen roads being built and
rehabilitated , seen remodelling of the airports , railways working
again, seaports working against, we ’ ve seen more investments
in power sector , petroleum sector , telecommunication sector ,
education sector , health , politics , etc .
The big question is , what does Nigeria need now ? Nigerians are
not interested in what the government does for the country , what
Nigerians need now is what has individuals benefited from the
country and this is what will decide the fate of Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan in the next presidential election . The advice I will give
to Jonathan is that he should continue the projects being
executed across the country , he should as a matter of urgency
do something to ameliorate the suffering of Nigerians . He
should bring out all the money in the foreign reserve , $ 40 billion
or thereabouts . There is no point keeping the money for Nigeria
that might not exist after the 2015 elections . Declare free
education at all levels , declare free health for all , bring down the
price of fuel in the country to about twenty naira per litre, settle
traditional rulers and opinion leaders , religious leaders , civil
society groups , the media, the military, everybody .
Take care of people in the National Assembly buy them over ,
take care of all the governors , buy them over . In politics there is
no permanent friend what is permanent is interest . Find out from
the governors like Comrade Adams Oshiomhole who were your
friends why they are suddenly against you . At the last media
parley in Benin the previous week Governor Oshiomhole was
asked why he will not support a South South President like
himself and he said a brother who failed to act like a brother
should be treated like an enemy . He said President Jonathan a
President from the South South refused to give him money from
ecological funds to take care of his people , but the President
only gave ecological funds to Northern governors . Why will the
President not give Oshiomhole what he wants ? Jonathan needs
Oshiomhole to deliver Edo vote more than he needs Tony Anenih .
These are issues the President must tackle and not rely on the
luck of 2011 .
The biggest problem facing the president’ s re - election bid is the
issue of Boko Haram. I was a child still growing up in 1984
during the apartheid regime when Chief Olusegun Obasanjo said
we should use juju to defeat apartheid. Just recently during the
inauguration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola in office , leader of
APC Bola Ahmed Tinubu was reported to have told the people to
use juju to defend their votes . I know the Yorubas believe so
much in juju, how juju has helped him so far in politics today I do
not know but I know Bola Tinubu is the most beautiful bride in
today’ s politics . I think we should consider using juju to bring
back the missing Chibok girls and even end Boko Haram . I know
the Ijaws also have an idol called Egbesu shrine , please consult
him or her if he is not on leave.
On the election proper the President should be serious to win the
election or withdraw from the race . He should not allow the
post - election killings take place again. From every indication ,
there will be crisis before , during and after the election so he
should prepare for it . Statements coming out from the
opposition party leaders is not encouraging . General Buhari has
talked of Monkey and Baboon soaking in blood, Bola Tinubu has
talked of Use of juju, Rotimi Amaechi has talked of orange
revolution. Amaechi has said if the 2015 election is rigged the
APC will take to the streets and form an alternative government .
The President should not rely on the security agencies alone to
enforce law and order , we are dealing with opposition that is
desperate for power . He should be thinking of mobilizing the
OPC , Bakassi Boys, Niger Delta Ex - Militants and even hunters to
save the country .
I want to remind the media that they have a responsibility to
save the country . In the second Republic Chief Obafemi Awlowo
was the leader of opposition in the country . He did not see
anything good in Shagari ’ s government as he opposed and
criticized every move made by the government then . When the
Buhari and his gang struck in 1983 they used some of the
attacks made by Chief Obafemi Awolowo as reasons for the
coup . Then one week after the coup the military went to
Awolowo ’ s house in Apapa , Lagos ransacked everywhere beat
up his personal staff and family members . The next morning
Awolowo not only condemned Buhari ’ s coup but added that the
worst democracy was better than the best military regime . A
word is enough for the wise .
• Egunyanga , a public affairs analyst , is a true believer in one
Nigeria .

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Conspiracy theories...

I think you said, you are not belonging to any political party but your write up have totally show that you are a PDP member.you only said negative thing about Buari but positive of jonathan to the extent of giving a way of how to win election.Therefore you are not a good analyst but a detractor.

Unionised:
Conspiracy theories...

Elaborate ur point. What makes it conspiracy?