A person cannot not be perfect in all things
neither can a person be totally bad;
something interesting has to be about that
person. Though the presidential and
gubernatorial elections have come and
gone, we’ve witnessed a paradigm shift.
Before now many pastors, prophets and
political gurus said Goodluck Jonathan
would win but alas they’ve been left to eat
their words. They say the voice of the
people is the voice of God, now I’m
wondering which God spoke to those
pastors and prophets. What are we going to
miss Jonathan and the outgoing government
for? You might not have thought about this
but we are going to miss quite a lot such
as:
1. We are going to miss Jonathan as the
first president ever in Nigeria to graciously
concede defeat. This is not just only an act
of patriotism but that singular act forestall
all the possibilities of post election
violence. We will miss Jonathan for setting
this standard.
2. We will miss Jonathan for being the first
president since 1999 not to interfere in the
conduct of elections.
3. We will miss a president who rode to
power, (from deputy governor to governor
and from vice president to president) on
the back of ethnic sentiments, emotional
sentiments, luck and serendipity. In the
build to the 2011 elections, Rev. Chris
Okotie of FRESH democratic party said the
ability and wisdom to lead a country like
Nigeria is not based on luck and serendipity
(in apparent reference to Jonathan) but
experience and knowledge. Now, only
Okotie can tell if he has been vindicated by
his statement or not.
4. Let me say “prestissimbo” i.e as quickly
as possible, we would miss Mrs. Patience
Jonathan. She has had more effect on the
Nigerian polity than her husband the
president, and I can be corrected.
5. We will miss a president who was
shockingly and ignorantly candid and
honest. We will miss a president who after
three weeks admits he doesn’t know where
the kidnapped Chibok girls are (it was at
this time I lost all hope that the girls will be
rescued under this Government). In fact he
even claims the media knows more than
him. These kinds of statements we are going
to miss.
6. We would miss a president who honestly
confessed to us that he doesn’t know what
he is doing and always confused because he
gets conflicting advises from his advisors
and aides. We miss that President who on
Cable Network News, CNN, said Nigerians
are pleased with the power supply and even
challenged Amanpour to ask the ordinary
man on the streets of Lagos, Abuja and
other cities. Meanwhile, most of the people
who followed the interview watched it using
a generator and majority couldn’t because
they had no light.
7. We will miss the garrulous and
loquacious Doyin Okupe who was such a
sycophant that he compared Jonathan to be
like Jesus. I don’t know the basis of
comparisons, or is it because both names
start with “J”?
8. We will miss a president who said
stealing public funds is not corruption.
9. We will miss a government where the
first lady was more powerful than the
president. We will miss a government where
the Vice president was basically unknown
and without a portfolio. I dare say 95% of
secondary school students don’t know the
name of the vice president and many have
failed this question in exams and post jamb
tests.
Now that we have a new president coming
in and another going out, we hope the
constitution will no longer be a joke though
the antecedents of the incoming show how
much he style then contravened the
constitution. The Nigerian people have had
their say and I do sincerely hope we don’t
drop our oars but keep up our vigilance and
watchdog-ness. The cane that was used to
beat the first wife shouldn’t be thrown away
because a new wife is coming in, but should
be kept and even doubled in size and
length; the change they preached must be
visible and not just a mere mantra they
used to get our votes..
For the first time since 1999 we are now
going to have a president who really, really,
really wants to be president and not
persuaded like Obasanjo in 1999, Yar’adua
in 2007 and Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 and
recently.[b][/b]