Let me start by saying congratulations to Muhammadu Buhari for winning the presidential election and emerging as Nigeria’s president-elect. I have come to realise that Buhari’s victory is the will of God for Nigeria and so, I have come to accept him as my president.

I also want to congratulate President Goodluck Jonathan for being mature enough to accept defeat and concede the election. This man remains one of the greatest Nigerian presidents because he could have decided to set Nigeria on fire but chose the honourable path.

I want to also recognise all my fellow PDP e-warriors that stood beside the President. Thank you for your resilience and unflinching support all through the struggle. Also to recognise all the APC e-warriors who fought bravely in support of their party despite all odds and won the battle.

MY MESSAGE FOR BUHARI

Now that you have become the President, I want to let you know that the change Nigerians really need is not the change of personalities or political party, Nigerians are just tired of the way things have been going in this country. Nigerians are suffering; we struggle to provide basic needs that ordinarily the Government should provide. Thieves continue to steal and get richer while the majority of Nigerians are languishing in poverty. This is the reason why Nigerians have decided to give you a chance; the people believe that God can use you to turn things around in this country that is why you were voted for last Saturday.

(1) Fight corruption to a complete halt in this country especially in the petroleum sector. Sanitize the NNPC, ensure transparency and accountability. Nigerians all over should be able to benefit from our God-given resources. A few cannot continue to hold this country to ransom and steal at will.

(2) Provide stable and reliable power supply for Nigerians. This will enable SME’s to thrive and encourage investors to flock massively into the country. The cost of doing business in this country is crazy because of high energy costs. We must do away with generators in this country for good Mr President.

(3) Please diversify our economy. We cannot continue to depend heavily on oil in Nigeria. Sit down and take a good look at the six geopolitical zones in this country and find a way of harnessing all economic potentials for the good of all Nigerians. Our economy must be less dependent on crude oil.

(4) Deal ruthlessly with corrupt persons who believe that they can continue to steal and do business as usual. This is a democracy but Mr President, you are the C-in-C and you have enormous powers at your disposal, please use them! Don’t be like Jonathan who allowed his Government to be hijacked by criminals who looted the nation dry while Nigerians cried.

(5) Finally, Buhari could be the man that God could use to finally cement Nigeria’s bond of unity by handing over to an Igbo-Nigerian president after his tenure in office whether 4 or 8yrs. Like the Elder statesman Yakubu Gowon said, electing an Igbo president would heal the old wounds of the civil war. Buhari’s name will be written in gold both in the hearts of the Igbos if he can be the instrument to achieving Igbo presidency in this country. If Buhari, being a Fulani from the North can transfer presidential power to the Igbos after him then he will be like the hinge holding Nigeria together.

A WORD FOR THE SE

I want to thank my geopolitical zone the SE for standing with Jonathan till the end. Yes, he lost the election but we have made a bold statement that we can stand with you till death when we give you our word. There was immense pressure to abandon the minority Ijaw man and join the majority but we refused and stood with the minority till the very end. We must however join hands with the new president to move this great nation forward. Personally, I have concluded that Nigeria has come to stay since we have survived this 2015 presidential election. Let us also build good bridges with other geopolitical zones so that we can produce Nigeria’s president after Buhari. No zone can produce the president alone in this country; you need the support of at least four zones to produce the president!

Let us also eschew bitterness and drop all these talk about Biafra; we are Nigerians and we have everything to gain in this country if we can play our game well.


A WORD FOR THE NIGER DELTA

Thank God we can now say that Nigeria has produced a president for the first time from the minority in the person of Goodluck Jonathan who is about to leave office. I can understand the pain/anger because of the outcome of this election but the truth is that what has happened is the will of God for Nigeria; I see the finger of God in all these. This is Buhari’s time to rule this country; he is a man of destiny. He has come just at the right time to save this country from gliding into abyss.

Stop calling the Yorubas traitors and all that. Remember that the Yorubas overwhelmingly voted for your son in 2011 and rejected this same buhari. Check the figures and see that buhari was soundly rejected by the Yorubas in 2011. All Nigerians believed that Jonathyan would be a Messiah that would come and turn things around in this country; this was a man who had no shoes to go to school, who was from a poor background. Nigerians voted massively for him only to be so disappointed that he has not been able to make their lives better. Things are much more difficult for Nigerians now than when Jonathan took over. This is the reason why the Yourubas have rejected Jonathan this time. It is not out of hatred or gang-up but because he has not performed well! Same story about most of the MB and that is why Jonathan lost the MB. Nigerians never had it this bad, state Governors are owing salaries for months, people are hungry, unable to pay school fees and unable to meet their basic human needs.

How foolish can a Government be? Imagine someone that wants to come for a second term and civil servants were not paid their December salaries to celebrate Christmas! This is just unbelievable! It was in December last year that I began to question this Government in my mind but I still continued my relentless support on Nairaland for Jonathan. I saw my relatives who were Civil Servants going hungry during the Christmas celebrations, some could not even purchase new clothes for their kid, how painful!

As for me, I will do my very best in my own little capacity to support Buhari in changing this country for good. If things should continue the way they were going under Jonathan I wonder what the future of our children would be to be honest. It is God that has pushed out Jonathan not Nigerians because of all the prayers and crying that has gone up to him.

Let me also use this medium to appeal to all reasonable Yorubas on Nairaland to prevail on their people to stop opening funny threads about Igbo this Igbo that just because Jonathan lost. The APC people should stop opening threads to tell other Nigerians ‘Ntorrr’, we should move away from such pettiness and mediocrity.


A WORD TO THE CORE NORTH

And to the core North, let this election be a lesson and a reference point. A southerner sitting as president presided over his own defeat, accepted the results and went ahead to congratulate the winner from the north. In 2011 when Jonathan defeated Buhari, he refused to concede defeat but shouted that the election was rigged when we all know that he was defeated by Jonathan then. Nobody is burning tyres on the road in the South, nobody is burning Mosques, nobody is burning houses/cars and nobody is going about killing Northerners. Should the Northerners lose elections in future we expect them to accept the results and not disturb the peace. Jonathan has set a very good precedent not only for Nigeria but Africa.

Seun,

Lalasticlala,

Ishilove,

Ngwakwe,

Afam4eva,

OAM4J,

Maclatunji

Please take this to front page so that all may read.

Shut up we don't need your stupid advice!

Desola:
Shut up we don't need your stupid advice!

Please read again and point out what is wrong with all I wrote up there Desola. What I wrote is just the reality my dear.

Sai Buhari to a new Nigeria!

kastonkastrol:
look at this hypocrites for Christ sake. When we were busy condemning the ills of jonathan's bad government, must of you ingrates were calling us abo.ki slaves and all sorts of unprintable names. Now all you are acknowledging the rots in gej government because he was so clueless that he couldn't successfully rig the election in his favour. Smh.

They say anytime a man wakes up that becomes his own morning. The truth is that Jonathan was rejected by Nigerinas becuase he did not perform otherwise he would have defeated Buhari again.

Thank God for his deliverance.

Aligning with north only to defeat Jonathan was not the thing that make you abokii slaves but considering yourselves inferior muslims are one of the things and not been able to retaliate when killed in your land because you believe they are violent and so shouldn't be dared is another thing, downplaying it when a yoloba is killed in North and shouting massacre when an Igbo is killed in North is another reason, blaming Igbos when they fight Fulanis in East and not defending your land but blame Igbos for buying up all the lands in Lagos is another reason.

You can add yours

kastonkastrol:
look at this hypocrites for Christ sake. When we were busy condemning the ills of jonathan's bad government, must of you ingrates were calling us abo.ki slaves and all sorts of unprintable names. Now all you are acknowledging the rots in gej government because he was so clueless that he couldn't successfully rig the election in his favour. Smh.

Ok

egift:


Sai Buhari to a new Nigeria!

These Guys at StateCraft are just so creative. Their choice of Font, Pictures, Color et al is dope!!

IgboMonk:
Aligning with north only to defeat Jonathan was not the thing that make you abokii slaves but considering yourselves inferior muslims are one of the things and not been able to retaliate when killed in your land because you believe they are violent and so shouldn't be dared is another thing, downplaying it when a yoloba is killed in North and shouting massacre when an Igbo is killed in North is another reason, blaming Igbos when they fight Fulanis in East and not defending your land but blame Igbos for buying up all the lands in Lagos is another reason.

You can add yours

Grow up bro and stop all these nonsense. Lets embrace peace and move forward.

EUROBOMBER:


Please read again and point out what is wrong with all I wrote up there Desola. What I wrote is just the reality my dear.

This loser is back with platitudes! No one needs to read another line or hear another word from you Fhoolish LOSER! Keep you advice for your loser ilk! Hahaha...this fphool used to beg Yorubas about allowing Ibos to live in Lagos, then he went all out tribalistic for Jonadarft, the GEJ till whenever crew, now he has lost and he comes back rebranded??

Forget all this nonsense you wrote, you and your ilks are losers and nothing will ever change that! M. Buhari and his teeming supporters do not need your advice because you did everything to ruin progressive change and here you are with your typical any government in power mentality? Thunder destroy your useless empty brains!

Lol
So you knew all his deficiencies but backed him heavily. To what end may I ask?

Anyway, let it not detract from the message you're passing across. Everyone is tired of the status quo and hopefully can all move forward from this.

Eurobomber was one moniker that used to irritate me so much before this election because something told me he knew how bad the gej govt was but was very happy to continue spewing hate and division in its support simply to get on the nerves of the SW and North. It was obvious he was deriving some morbid enjoyment from it. Its almost unforgivable because we could have been stuck with this same rot (which he fully was aware of) for the next 4 years if not for resilience on the part of the change proponents.

But then, you've written one of the most interesting piece I've seen since the results were announced. The truth is that we all need ourselves and no one part is or should be more important than the other.

I wish combatants on both sides of the divide will sheath their swords (keyboards??) And let bygone be bygones because tomorrow beckons and we shouldn't be caught napping. Change is here

Weldone bro.

madamoringo:


This loser is back with platitudes! No one needs to read another line or hear another word from you Fhoolish LOSER! Keep you advice for your loser ilk! Hahaha...this fphool used to beg Yorubas about allowing Ibos to live in Lagos, then he went all out tribalistic for Jonadarft, the GEJ till whenever crew, now he has lost and he comes back rebranded??

Forget all this nonsense you wrote, you and your ilks are losers and nothing will ever change that! M. Buhari and his teeming supporters do not need your advice because you did everything to ruin progressive change and here you are with your typical any government in power mentality? Thunder destroy your useless empty brains!

Ok my dear. I accept the lashes from you. Now change has come and I have Changed to a good guy. Now give me a kiss.

theV0ice:
Eurobomber was one moniker that used to irritate me so much before this election because something told me he knew how bad the gej govt was but was very happy to continue spewing hate and division in its support simply to get on the nerves of the SW and North. It was obvious he was deriving some morbid enjoyment from it. Its almost unforgivable because we could have been stuck with this same rot (which he fully was aware of) for the next 4 years if not for resilience on the part of the change proponents.

But then, you've written one of the most interesting piece I've seen since the results were announced. The truth is that we all need ourselves and no one part is or should be more important than the other.

I wish combatants on both sides of the divide will sheath their swords (keyboards??) And let bygone be bygones because tomorrow beckons and we shouldn't be caught napping. Change is here

Weldone bro.

Thank you bro.

EUROBOMBER:


Ok my dear. I accept the lashes from you. Now change has come and I have Changed to a good guy. Now give me a kiss.

4uck off!!

Desola:


4uck off!!

What is it now? Ok give a sweet kiss Desola.

Eurobomber, may the same God u call on punish u severely. I was banned because of u. I was exposing the ills of jonathan's government and condemning it while stating how I and other igbos will vote GMB. What did u not call me. U even insulted my mother and bragged how u would get me banned and nothing would happen to you. You are indeed shameless. If u had any brain, u would deactivate ur moniker in shame and completely stay out of nairaland. Are u not worse than a devil? U saw ur relatives suffering cos of this useless government and u still supported it and insulted me. If Jonathan had won, would have typed this truthful rubbish? Shove ur head up ur as.s in shame. Just deactivate.

chukel:
Eurobomber, may the same God u call on punish u severely. I was banned because of u. I was exposing the ills of jonathan's government and condemning it while stating how I and other igbos will vote GMB. What did u not call me. U even insulted my mother and bragged how u would get me banned and nothing would happen to you. You are indeed shameless. If u had any brain, u would deactivate ur moniker in shame and completely stay out of nairaland. Are u not worse than a devil? U saw ur relatives suffering cos of this useless government and u still supported it and insulted me. If Jonathan had won, would have typed this truthful rubbish? Shove ur head up ur as.s in shame. Just deactivate.

Oga, the era of hatred and bitterness is over. Change is here. Why you dey hold me for trouser naa? Na me carry you come Lagos

EUROBOMBER:


Oga, the era of hatred and bitterness is over. Change is here. Why you dey hold me for trouser naa? Na me carry you come Lagos

political jobber. We don't need ur sycophancy. We need truthful patriots who will tell GMB the truth no matter how bitter when and if he goes wrong. We don't need praise singers, people who massage ego with false information just for selfish purposes. Guy, deactivate.