The upcoming presidential elections on February 14, 2015 will go down in history as the most agitating/competitive tussle for power at the centre in the anals of our democracy. The competition has been so fierce that the divide in the political atmosphere of the country is evident not only between the two major contestants (GEJ&GMB), their parties (PDP&APC) but also down to their loyalists who span every sector of the Nigerian economy including the Nigerian youths (mostly students, fresh graduates & few working class).

The die is cast and both sides are tearing down at each other fighting tooth and nail to warm their way into the hearts of the electorates; all this is the norm in any healthy and fair democracy. The burden falls to us (electorates) to ignore all the hustle and bustle of their campaigns, manifestoes and propagandas to carefully in our private closets decipher what is truly BEST for us based on the personalities of the aspirants, their track records and history. My inspiration to write this comes from the percieved misconception of my contemporaries (Nigerian youths) about the aspirants...we have allowed the distractions of all the propagandas and campaign psychics sweep us off our tracks. Like every Nigerian youth, I desperately crave for a change in all sectors of the Nigerian economy. I feel troubled and uncertain about what the future holds when I look at the situation of things around the country. This singular reason was why I somewhat saw a glimpse of hope when the APC merger emerged with the belief that a major contender to the autonomy of the PDP at the central would shake things up a bit and set us on the right path. The APC in all sense of it has looked very bright and promising..."most" of their states seem to experience some form of transformation but there has been a major derail in the trend of all this since the inception of all this "decamping" by various politicians from other political parties. This has made me to realise that if truly our democracy is to move forward as a nation, we must look beyond "party politics" and focus on the aspirants of the various offices.

All this been said, the APC in my humble opinion made a terrible mistake in their candidate of choice for the forthcoming presidential elections. The APC has based its campaign on change because they know its what all Nigerians crave...we are a lot wiser now than ever before. Like everyone else, I desperately crave a change but if we are to truly go for a change, let's be sure of what we are dabbling into. Is the APC trying to tell me they have to recycle a ex-military leader who ruled over three (3) decades ago ? Don't we have better options and brains to lead us into the future. We the youths have to realise we are in the 21st century. A lot of things have evolved. Its evident in the performance of some young politicians....most of the best performing state governors are from a younger generation. GEJ's campaign speech in Lagos might be wrong in every sense to anyone who likes but he got one thing right --- "Our fathers have failed us".

We all desire a change but it should be a positive change and not just recycling old junks...APC may be that platform to offer change but in my own humble opinion, GMB is not what we really need at this point in time. The APC has in the desperate quest to seize the central power from the PDP mortgaged its presidential candidacy to the wrong man. I want not just any change, I want a POSITIVE CHANGE...a positive change has nothing to do with a change of party either PDP/APC/APGA/etc...its in the individual/person in question. APC offers a change in the party dominance of the PDP at the helm of affairs but they served the wrong menu (GMB) to the electorates. Its disheartening to see that in desperation for a change that we all seek, the Nigerian youths are prepared to go down any lane regardless of its consequences just to break off the status quo...this should not be. I greatly fault GEJ for focusing more on setting policies and structures that would benefit our nation in the long run and not tackling many other very urgent needs but in all sincerity my folks, no one can do it all.

The magnitude of change we seek is gradual but steady pace is needed towards it. Voting in GMB will truly offer a change but the question is: "a change from what?"...is it just a change of party from PDP to APC that we desire? Is it just a change of Presidents from GEJ to GMB? In our uttermost hearts my friends, the CHANGE we truly desire is MUCH MORE than that...let's not get carried away. GMB is a form of change but like it or not, its a visit to our past; we are just going on a tour in history. GEJ too is not in any form of it perfect but GMB is a couple of decades late to the party. Let APC/APGA/PDP/SDP/LP/etc offer us a vibrant, intelligent, upright and efficient aspirant in the future and that change we truly crave would have arrived. In conclusion, voting in GMB means our fate is virtually sealed for the next eight( 8 ) years because of his second term while voting GEJ is a four(4) year gamble since he is on his last ticket.

In my opinion, I would rather stick with the status quo for four(4) years than seal my fate to the unknown for eight( 8 ) years. Our PERFECT CHANGE will come but fellow Nigerian youths, its not here yet...God bless Nigeria.

NB:: This post is original to "BraveAfrican"

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True talk, apc have no manifesto as at today that yu talk.Their aim is just to seize power from pdp.Buhari who hasnt got schl certificate camnot represent nigeria well in d comteeof nations.Cannot speek good English,,may not hear clearly what transpired.We need Jonathan to compete his transformation on which others can build on.Vote pdp.

In my opinion tho...I believe the Nigerian youth is now enlightened and we all know for sure that at least we need a change.
Id like to paint a scenario tho...
Ure in d heart of a desert... If u stay there ud die eventually...if u walk north u myt either walk deeper into the desert or walk to safety...what's ur pick?
I know for one tho that GEJ has failed as all the sections where he placed more emphasis in his budjet are suffering:
Education
Health
Security...ati bee be lo
My guy...let's not chicken out in fear of the unknown...our parents have actually failed us in timidity overtime and me for one am not going to wait till the time when Id also tell my children Nigeria has failed while i sat and watched because I was scared of the unknown.
Before I close this tho, if ur basis for fear is actually d fact that Buhari was a military whatever transforming to a Democratic wahever, Id like to point to u that OBJ was one also and I stand to be corrected that no matter aw bad he was, he's is still the best Democratic govt Nigeria has ever had. And our non transforming forever democratic Jona's 6 years tenure is noin to write home abt.

GEJ has failed and its even visible to d blind. I really honestly don't see how an agent of change would think him to go on for another four years tho because..." we fear the unknown"
Pls pardon any typos tho...

Nice try! What exactly is this? A reply?, A question? A discovery?, you want change that will take years, maybe you should think about this, how old are you? How old will you be when this change finally comes? Are you willing to wait as long as this fake politicians that spend 1 billion naira a year for food alone to make that change? If you have ever been to school you will know that there is a specified number of years that a student is allowed to take a course, if such student cannot at the end of the specified years the school will have to drop him, it doesn't matter if he plans to sleep in class for the next year the school won't allow him. You know why? I could tell you but I think you should research on that yourself. I want change and its now, not another 10 years or 20 years.

I may have suggested during the course of my write up that APC is "an unknown" or as it were, is unpredictable but I think I also reiterated that GMB as their candidate of choice is an outright digression from our steady growth path and advancement both as a nation and in our democracy. I stated that offering GMB to us again is just like taking us on a tour in history....more like a merry-go-round. We truly want a change but it should be in the POSITIVE. My agitation is not primarily against the APC because I also advocated the Nigerian youth looking beyond "party polictics", my stand is against its candidate of choice.

The worst of GMB will be better tha Gej rule. If u believe Gej is ruling u are on a long thing. This govt don't have taste for appointment of good persons. I can't imagine FFK Okupe n abati for another 4 years. Abeg, ur message is dead on arrival
We vote you out. Not because there is a better
alternative but so that incompetent leaders will
know and fear the people's ability to elect, select
and deselect.
Why should we endure another 4 years simply
because we fear the unknown. If the unknown comes in and performs at the same level or worse,
we vote them out as well. And so on until our
leaders start to lead.

blemon44:
GEJ is the greatest Nigerian president ever

if you believe that nonsense then you believe Olamide is the Baddest Guy Ever Liveth literarily.

BraveAfrican:
I may have suggested during the course of my write up that APC is "an unknown" or as it were, is unpredictable but I think I also reiterated that GMB as their candidate of choice is an outright digression from our steady growth path and advancement both as a nation and in our democracy. I stated that offering GMB to us again is just like taking us on a tour in history....more like a merry-go-round. We truly want a change but it should be in the POSITIVE. My agitation is not primarily against the APC because I also advocated the Nigerian youth looking beyond "party polictics", my stand is against its candidate of choice.

As if I knew....many of you who write for us to clap for your intelligence are suffering from economic shortsightedness.

If truly you understand politics, you will sit down and re-assess your thinking:

No.1. Did GEJ sign in PDP for a ONE TERM tenure or not? The answer is Yes!
No.2. Is GEJ the one ruling this country? The answer is a CAPITAL NO!
No.3 The statement, "Our fathers have failed us" is nothing but what? A coded language referring to OBASANJO, attacking him in reply to the painful damage he has caused to his wasted multi-billion TAN campaign effort (My Watch, Letter to Mr. President, and for openly telling Nigerians that Jonathan squandered our Oil Revenue, despite being a founding father of PDP)
No.4. Is GEJ's government the MOST CORRUPT? The answer is a BIG YES!
No.5. During OBJ's tenure, we can NEVER IN HISTORY forget that he gave us GSM, the power to BUY AND SELL WITH SPEED! Name ONE THING, only ONE that GEJ has given us in 6 years? NONE!!!


Young man, please go and sit down.
BUHARI IS THE WAY FORWARD!
God forbid that I live my life the way I experienced under Jonathan - I REJECT IT IN JESUS NAME
CHANGE HAS COME!

*case closed*

BraveAfrican:
I may have suggested during the course of my write up that APC is "an unknown" or as it were, is unpredictable but I think I also reiterated that GMB as their candidate of choice is an outright digression from our steady growth path and advancement both as a nation and in our democracy. I stated that offering GMB to us again is just like taking us on a tour in history....more like a merry-go-round. We truly want a change but it should be in the POSITIVE. My agitation is not primarily against the APC because I also advocated the Nigerian youth looking beyond "party polictics", my stand is against its candidate of choice.

I guess this is the summary of your long epistle.
How d'you know GMB is not the Positive Change?? Thank God I didn't read the shitbag you put up there.

BraveAfrican:
The upcoming presidential elections on February 14, 2015 will go down in history as the most agitating/competitive tussle for power at the centre in the anals of our democracy. The competition has been so fierce that the divide in the political atmosphere of the country is evident not only between the two major contestants (GEJ&GMB), their parties (PDP&APC) but also down to their loyalists who span every sector of the Nigerian economy including the Nigerian youths (mostly students, fresh graduates & few working class).

The die is cast and both sides are tearing down at each other fighting tooth and nail to warm their way into the hearts of the electorates; all this is the norm in any healthy and fair democracy. The burden falls to us (electorates) to ignore all the hustle and bustle of their campaigns, manifestoes and propagandas to carefully in our private closets decipher what is truly BEST for us based on the personalities of the aspirants, their track records and history. My inspiration to write this comes from the percieved misconception of my contemporaries (Nigerian youths) about the aspirants...we have allowed the distractions of all the propagandas and campaign psychics sweep us off our tracks. Like every Nigerian youth, I desperately crave for a change in all sectors of the Nigerian economy. I feel troubled and uncertain about what the future holds when I look at the situation of things around the country. This singular reason was why I somewhat saw a glimpse of hope when the APC merger emerged with the belief that a major contender to the autonomy of the PDP at the central would shake things up a bit and set us on the right path. The APC in all sense of it has looked very bright and promising..."most" of their states seem to experience some form of transformation but there has been a major derail in the trend of all this since the inception of all this "decamping" by various politicians from other political parties. This has made me to realise that if truly our democracy is to move forward as a nation, we must look beyond "party politics" and focus on the aspirants of the various offices.

All this been said, the APC in my humble opinion made a terrible mistake in their candidate of choice for the forthcoming presidential elections. The APC has based its campaign on change because they know its what all Nigerians crave...we are a lot wiser now than ever before. Like everyone else, I desperately crave a change but if we are to truly go for a change, let's be sure of what we are dabbling into. Is the APC trying to tell me they have to recycle a ex-military leader who ruled over three (3) decades ago ? Don't we have better options and brains to lead us into the future. We the youths have to realise we are in the 21st century. A lot of things have evolved. Its evident in the performance of some young politicians....most of the best performing state governors are from a younger generation. GEJ's campaign speech in Lagos might be wrong in every sense to anyone who likes but he got one thing right --- "Our fathers have failed us".

We all desire a change but it should be a positive change and not just recycling old junks...APC may be that platform to offer change but in my own humble opinion, GMB is not what we really need at this point in time. The APC has in the desperate quest to seize the central power from the PDP mortgaged its presidential candidacy to the wrong man. I want not just any change, I want a POSITIVE CHANGE...a positive change has nothing to do with a change of party either PDP/APC/APGA/etc...its in the individual/person in question. APC offers a change in the party dominance of the PDP at the helm of affairs but they served the wrong menu (GMB) to the electorates. Its disheartening to see that in desperation for a change that we all seek, the Nigerian youths are prepared to go down any lane regardless of its consequences just to break off the status quo...this should not be. I greatly fault GEJ for focusing more on setting policies and structures that would benefit our nation in the long run and not tackling many other very urgent needs but in all sincerity my folks, no one can do it all.

The magnitude of change we seek is gradual but steady pace is needed towards it. Voting in GMB will truly offer a change but the question is: "a change from what?"...is it just a change of party from PDP to APC that we desire? Is it just a change of Presidents from GEJ to GMB? In our uttermost hearts my friends, the CHANGE we truly desire is MUCH MORE than that...let's not get carried away. GMB is a form of change but like it or not, its a visit to our past; we are just going on a tour in history. GEJ too is not in any form of it perfect but GMB is a couple of decades late to the party. Let APC/APGA/PDP/SDP/LP/etc offer us a vibrant, intelligent, upright and efficient aspirant in the future and that change we truly crave would have arrived. In conclusion, voting in GMB means our fate is virtually sealed for the next eight( 8 ) years because of his second term while voting GEJ is a four(4) year gamble since he is on his last ticket.

In my opinion, I would rather stick with the status quo for four(4) years than seal my fate to the unknown for eight( 8 ) years. Our PERFECT CHANGE will come but fellow Nigerian youths, its not here yet...God bless Nigeria.

NB:: This post is original to "BraveAfrican"

a well constructed write up I must say..but pls permit me to say that u made ur choice and decision based on some not very acceptable things..i initially tot ur final decision will be based of "the personality, track records and history of the individauls involved., I was wrong. I noticed some element of doyin okupe's mentality in ur write up..cos thats one of the reason that pivot ur final decision sir; "buhari is old"yea he is old.his muscles are aging. .the vigor of the youth may not be there, the strenght of the youth may not be there..well Goodluck even suddenlyturned a neurologist making a diagnosis of dementia (phone number issue), u may even say he has not been actively involved in politics for a while.while I ws thinking about these things..the case of a man came to my mind..a man who was incacerated for 27yrs away from the pplitics of his dear country...yet came out out of prison, ascend to presidency at 70+ despite ur type of critism and became a game changer in his country today.he was an hero of positive change for that nation.even nigeria will not find it easy competing with thats country's economy.the person of nelson mandella.sames for ronald reagan of the USA.ronald was even in the military. so ur reasons arebnot too good.if u want sometin good for nigeria now..vote based on personality, , track record, history and past/previous effects of the individuals involed on nigerians economy.the future starts now.

omolami:
True talk, apc have no manifesto as at today that yu talk.Their aim is just to seize power from pdp.Buhari who hasnt got schl certificate camnot represent nigeria well in d comteeof nations.Cannot speek good English,,may not hear clearly what transpired.We need Jonathan to compete his transformation on which others can build on.Vote pdp.

apc has no manifest ke? where hqve u been has there has not been electricity in ur area to watch the news, to compare and contrast joe' s with buhari...and see verbal political blundersssssss from our C-o-C.. i can also hear the spirit of propaganda in FFk talking in u.lol

blemon44:
GEJ is the greatest Nigerian president ever

.yea right..l tell u.these and many more are the things he did/allowed over the last5yrs.i wonder whatmore willl be added if re elected
#copied##
1. Worsening insecurity
a. Over 13,000 innocent souls lost to Boko Haram insurgency
since 2009.
b. Inability to fish out the sponsors of Boko Haram and wipe
out the insurgents.
c. Inability to curb the spread of the Boko Haram menace.
Initial operating base: Adamawa, Yobe, Borno and Abuja. New
target states: Gombe, Bauchi, Kano. State(s) to follow: It
could just be yours.
d. 276 Chibok girls yet to be rescued, 10 months and
counting.
e. BBC: 1.5 million people displaced on account of growing
insurgency in the North-East.
f. Hobnobbing with alleged sponsors of terrorism – Ali Modu
Sheriff and his co-travellers.
g. Loss of territories to Boko Haram.
h. Kidnapping has become widespread across the federation.
2. Monumental corruption and nepotism
a. Missing $20bn from the coffers of NNPC yet to be
explained.
b. Diezani Alison-Madueke: ₦10bn Private Jet Scandal.
c. Diezani Alison-Madueke: $25mn House acquired in Austria,
Vienna.
d. John Yusuf: ₦27bn Pension fraud.
e. Abdulrasheed Maina: ₦21bn Pension funds embezzlement.
f. Farouk Lawan: $500,000 bribe.
g. Stella Oduah: ₦255mn BMW salon cars.
h. Pardoning of ex-convicts and dropping of charges against
friends – DSP Alamieyeseigha, Bode George, Femi Fani
Kayode, Mohammed Abacha, Al-Mustapha.
i. Petrol subsidy scam: Nobody has been prosecuted till date.
j. Continuing Kerosene subsidy fraud despite the product
being fully deregulated. ₦91bn included in 2015 FGN Budget
proposal.
k. Creation of emergency billionaires – Asari Dokubo, Ayiri
Emami, Mr Government Tompolo.
l. Oritsejafor: $15mn private jet arms deal scandal.
m. Continued environmental degradation of the Niger-Delta
through oil spill.
n. Continuing oil theft. Over 300,000 barrels of crude oil was
stolen on daily basis in 2013.
o. Militants now contracted to secure national waterways.
p. Transparency international ranks Nigeria 136th out of 175
economies surveyed on corruption index. Put another way,
Nigeria is the 39th most corrupt country in the world.
q. US State Department Global Human Rights Report:
‘Massive, widespread, and pervasive corruption affected all
levels of government and the security forces… and officials
frequently engaged in corrupt practices with impunity’
3. Political immaturity
a. Encouraged and practiced politics of divisiveness along
ethno-religious lines both personally, by his aides and political
party. Doyin Okupe, Reuben Abati, Femi Fani-Kayode, Olisa
Metuh and pepper seller-talking Marilyn Ogah have
desecrated the Presidency.
b. Completely polarized the country along same ethnic and
religious lines. Most divisive President in the history of
Nigeria.
c. Continues to fan embers of discord in the polity through
unguarded comments.
4. Crass administrative incompetence
a. Inability to prioritize. 17 Million housing deficits remain yet
the Ministry of Science and Technology intends sending a
Man to space in 2015. To go and eat Amala there or for what
purpose?
b. Immigration Job scam: 23 applicants dead.
c. Incessant social unrest: Fuel subsidy strike, ASUU strike,
Doctors’ strike, Judiciary strike.
d. Doing Business 2014, a World Bank Group publication ranks
Nigeria 147th out of 189 countries surveyed on ease of doing
business. By implication, Nigeria is the 42nd worst
environment to do business in the world in 2014. Nigeria
ranked 58th worst in 2013.
e. Lack of competent hands. Most of the former and serving
Ministers are touts, characterless, spendthrifts or thugs:
Musiliu Obanikoro (Defence), Jelili Adesiyan (Police), Labaran
Maku (Information), Nyesom Wike (Education), Stella Oduah
(Aviation), Diezani (Petroleum), Onyebuchi Chukwu (Health)
and so on.
f. Policy somersaults now common-place (Rice, Motor Vehicles
and so on)
g. Supposed Harvard-trained IMF agent and financial
terrorist, Okonjo-iweala’s only economic solution for Nigeria is
subsidy removal with attendant negative impact on general
price level and cost of living.
h. Introduction of 70% import tariff on Motor Vehicles in the
absence of vibrant steel sector and constant power supply.
5. Lack of vision
a. Inability to articulate a clear economic vision, plan or
direction.
b. Awfully deficient in sincerity of purpose.
c. Inability to diversify Nigeria’s economy from dependence
on oil.
d. Appointed economic team and kitchen cabinet that has
failed to implement an effective import substitution strategy.
e. Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) yet to be passed.
6. Financial recklessness
a. Plundered fiscal buffers. Mid-2008, External Reserves
(EXRV):$40bn Excess Crude Account (ECA):$22bn. Total
buffer: $62bn.
Fast Forward end-2014: EXRV:$32bn ECA:$1bn, SWF:$1bn
New total buffer: $34bn
b. Piled debt on the Nation with nothing to show for it.
$47.4bn (214%) growth in total public debt between 2007 and
2014
According to Debt Management Office: End-2007 Debt levels
(Foreign:$3.7bn, Domestic:$18.5bn. Total:$22.2bn). As of
end-Sep 2014sadForeign:$9.5bn, Domestic:$60.1bn. Total:
$69.6bn)
c. Has 10 aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet (PAF). An
eleventh one already included in the 2015 FGN Budget
Proposal. UK Prime Minister, David Cameron flies commercial
on British Airways. South African President has 6. Egypt has
1. Israel has none.
d. ₦7.5bn spent on reconstruction of Abuja city gate.
7. Impoverishment of the masses
a. 2012 New Year ignoble gift of pump price increase of 117%
to ₦141 per litre.
b. Naira devaluation with attendant impact on businesses and
standard of living of the citizenry.
c. Incessant increase in electricity tariff.
d. 70% import duty on Motor Vehicles.
e. Increase in pump price of petrol leading to general increase
in price level and cost of living.
f. Complete detachment from the socio-macro economic
realities of Nigerians.
g. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS): Unemployment rate
at 24%.
Unemployment rate in selected oil producing economies:
Venezuela: 5.9%, Saudi Arabia: 5.5%, UAE: 4.2%
8. Flagrant disregard for rule of law and intolerable impunity
a. 16 > 19: Nigerian Governors Forum elections.
b. 7 > 19: Ekiti State House of Assembly impeachment saga.
c. 5 > 27: Rivers State House of Assembly impeachment saga.
d. Police-National Assembly Saga.
e. Militarization of the electoral process and intimidation of
the opposition.
f. Nigerian Police and DSS now effectively Military wing of
the PDP.
g. Number of jail breaks in the current administration is
unprecedented (Kogi, Niger, Ekiti and DSS Headquarters in
Abuja).
9. Litany of failed 2011 campaign promises
a. Constant power supply- still a pipe dream 6 years in the
saddle and 16 year of PDP rule.
b. Completion of Second Niger Bridge - where will this
happen?
c. Transformation of the economy – optical illusion.
d. Creation of 1.5million jobs in 2 years – imaginary vision.
e. Fertilizer Blending plants in the Niger Delta – mere
fantasy.
f. Ilesa water scheme – complete delusion.
g. Ife/Ijesa Dam – ignis fatuus.
h. Promise to make solid minerals key export earner for
Nigeria – phantasm.
i. Resuscitation of collapsed industries in Kano – hallucination.
j. Exploration of coal deposits in Benue and Kogi – mirage.
k. Establishment of petrochemical plant in Koko FTZ in Delta
State – chimera.
l. Revival of mining activities in Plateau State – yet to
happen.
m. Rehabilitation of ailing industries in Aba – when?
n. Dualization of Enugu-Abakaliki Federal High-Way –
Mirage?
o. Exploitation of bitumen deposits in Ondo State.
p. Completion of Shonga irrigation project in Kwara State –
which year?
q. Dredging of River Niger – which decade?
r. Dualization of Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja High-way – which
century?
s. Government refineries yet to be sold as promised in the
aftermath of fuel strike in 2012 – which millennium?
10. Catalogue of Presidential blunders:
a. Question: Where is the missing $20bn? Jonathan: America
will Know, it is their money.
b. Question: Corruption in Nigeria. Jonathan: There is no
corruption but mere stealing in Nigeria.
c. Question: Assets declaration. Jonathan: I don’t give a
damn
d. October 2011: ‘We are responsible for Independence Day
bombing’ – MEND.
‘MEND is not responsible for the Abuja bombing; I know my
people’ – Jonathan.
Fast-forward January 2015: ‘MEND was paid to assassinate
me during Independence Day bombing’ – Jonathan.
e. World Bank Report: Nigeria is among the 5 poorest nations
in the world. Jonathan: “If you talk about ownership of
private jets, Nigeria will be among the first 10 countries, yet
they are saying that Nigeria is among the five poorest
countries…Nigeria’s problem is not poverty but redistribution
of wealth.
f. 7-January-2015: 11 people killed in France, the whole
nation is thrown into mourning. 14-April-2014: over 100 killed
in Nyanya Bomb Blast. GEJ goes dancing at Kano campaign
rally a day after.
g. Presidency’s first reaction to Chibok girls’ abduction: ‘It is
a propaganda’. Took the President three weeks to believe the
abduction happened.
P.S.
What Nigerians need is GOOD GOVERNANCE which entails
social security, adequate infrastructure, job creation, food
availability, affordable healthcare, socio-political harmony
etc. What has ethnicity or faith got to do with it? All that
matters is the competence to do the job and nothing more. If
you have a private business, will you hire an incompetent
salesman from your hometown or of same faith and run the
risk of going bankrupt?
Please vote wisely come February 2015. We need a change.
Nigeria cannot continue like this.
Long live Nigeria.
#GoodGovernanceInitiative

op as it stands now. anyone but GEJ. We
can't cope till the whole country is wiped out.
We can't endure another 4 years of GEJ
incompetency. op again "anyone but GEJ" =
GMB> kwankwanso> amechi> rochas>
akpabio> ... > babasuwe> iyabasira> danfo
drivee>truckpusher> my dog bingo> GEJ

BraveAfrican:
I may have suggested during the course of my write up that APC is "an unknown" or as it were, is unpredictable but I think I also reiterated that GMB as their candidate of choice is an outright digression from our steady growth path and advancement both as a nation and in our democracy. I stated that offering GMB to us again is just like taking us on a tour in history....more like a merry-go-round. We truly want a change but it should be in the POSITIVE. My agitation is not primarily against the APC because I also advocated the Nigerian youth looking beyond "party polictics", my stand is against its candidate of choice.

did u say steady growth?...Nigeria is not growing oh

Poorly researched analysis.
Your knowledge of the political history of Nigeria is F9.
Read Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima's "In the House of Dogs" or the great Chinua Achebe's "The Trouble With Nigeria".

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michaelbiz:


As if I knew....many of you who write for us to clap for your intelligence are suffering from economic shortsightedness.

If truly you understand politics, you will sit down and re-assess your thinking:

No.1. Did GEJ sign in PDP for a ONE TERM tenure or not? The answer is Yes!
No.2. Is GEJ the one ruling this country? The answer is a CAPITAL NO!
No.3 The statement, "Our fathers have failed us" is nothing but what? A coded language referring to OBASANJO, attacking him in reply to the painful damage he has caused to his wasted multi-billion TAN campaign effort (My Watch, Letter to Mr. President, and for openly telling Nigerians that Jonathan squandered our Oil Revenue, despite being a founding father of PDP)
No.4. Is GEJ's government the MOST CORRUPT? The answer is a BIG YES!
No.5. During OBJ's tenure, we can NEVER IN HISTORY forget that he gave us GSM, the power to BUY AND SELL WITH SPEED! Name ONE THING, only ONE that GEJ has given us in 6 years? NONE!!!


Young man, please go and sit down.
BUHARI IS THE WAY FORWARD!
God forbid that I live my life the way I experienced under Jonathan - I REJECT IT IN JESUS NAME
CHANGE HAS COME!

*case closed*

Your on point. Please this is 2015. People change, mentality change I believe that if buhari has changed. Stop dwelling in the past