If Atiku (or anybody the PDP presents as a presidential candidate) is the only alternative to Buhari, then Buhari’s victory in 2019 will be a definite shoo-in, and that’s terrible for the future of Nigeria. As a political party, PDP is a hopelessly damaged brand. It’s too soon to forget the agonizing blight that the party inflicted on Nigeria. However one tries, it’s hard to get past the insufferable arrogance, insensitivity, and impunity of the henchmen of PDP. To be sure, APC (which is actually old PDP in a new bottle) is continuing where PDP stopped. In fact, APC is a crueler, less transparent, and more sinister monster than its older PDP brother. That’s why presenting Nigerians with a choice between PDP and APC is a cruel Hobson’s choice; it’s like a choice between six and half a dozen, between evil and evil. Any selection or deflection would be a distinction without a difference.

Like Buhari, Atiku has no new ideas, is barely educated, is deeply invested in the same retrograde politics of patronage that has held us back, disdains the poor (recall his boast about how his private secondary school students speak better English than UniZik students who are products of public schools?), and is a classic flip-flopper. When he wants to wrest power from southern politicians, he is a closed-minded northern chauvinist, but when his opponent is a northerner, he suddenly transmutes into an exhibitionistic nationalist, playing to the (southern) gallery. It reminds one of Buhari’s theatrical and faux nationalism in 2015 that saw him donning the symbolic ethnic attires of numerous Nigerian ethnicities, even going so far as to attend church functions, but we all know what he has turned out to be.

But why hasn’t any transformational, forward-thinking, truly educated, and energetic non-career politician emerged yet as a presidential contender? Why is our country’s fate perpetually left in the hands of insouciant, doddering, uninspiring, incompetent, and provincial gerontocrats who have no earthly clue what it takes to govern a modern, multi-ethnic nation?

As it stands now, if fractured and feuding PDP is the only alternative to Buhari’s APC, I can bet the farm that Buhari’s second term would be a blowout. I hope I am wrong because I doubt that Nigeria can survive 4 more years of Buhari’s dreadful ineptitude. This is the time for a fresh, viable third force to emerge. I have no idea who that would be, but I know it wouldn’t be the usual suspects; it must not be from the same cast of cancerous characters that have held sway in our polity these past 18 years.

Like for Buhari.



Share for Atiku.


Let's see who win the poll.

The matter tire everybody oo.

We are not done ....Atiku has never been given a chance to prove himself in governance ..He never made it becoming governor of Adamawa and his stint as VP can best describef as redundant because he was caged by OBJ for most of the time . The truthr remains that Buhari failure is not a fluke but the reality of the man Buhari, we all knoe the results of Buhari and governance and nothing is going to change if we vote him again..

SalamRushdie:
We are not done ....Atiku has never been given a chance to prove himself in governance

what did he do as VP for years under OBJ?

make una try it...try to bring back fee dee dee...many of us hate fee dee fee with a passion.....

its not even about atiku per se...although he is a known criminal...its about that shitty party called fee dee fee...tufiakwa...spits....

#atikulate2019 kawai

PDP is gone forever

Jibril659:
what did he do as VP for years under OBJ?

The VP of country is akin to a spare tyre and under OBJ he was caged most of the time but fir the little time he was allowed free hand you can see the quality recruitment he made for the goct then , it was then people like elrufai and Okonjo was brought in by him .

their are sooo many other political parties...una wan bring back fee dee fee....try it....and find out how much we realy hate fee dee fee.... ..

SalamRushdie:


The VP of country is akin to a spare tyre and under OBJ he was caged most of the time but fir the little time he was allowed free hand you can see the quality recruitment he made for the goct then , it was then people like elrufai and Okonjo was brought in by him .

dust.

If you have any candidate that is more sellable than Atiku let us know. Atiku is well known in the North, South, East and West. He might not be the best candidate for the number one seat but I prefer him one million times to Buhari

Farooq has spake.

SalamRushdie:
We are not done ....Atiku has never been given a chance to prove himself in governance ..He never made it becoming governor of Adamawa and his stint as VP can best describef as redundant because he was caged by OBJ for most of the time . The truthr remains that Buhari failure is not a fluke but the reality of the man Buhari, we all knoe the results of Buhari and governance and nothing is going to change if we vote him again..

cage by buhari,?
What a disaster you are?

PDP destroyed and embezzled our common wealth to default but, the guys in APC are product of the former. Both parties are the same people with same motive.
Only revolution can overturn the system.

chinjo:
If you have any candidate that is more sellable than Atiku let us know. Atiku is well known in the North, South, East and West. He might not be the best candidate for the number one seat but I prefer him one million times to Buhari

no problem...you vote atiku and we vote buhari....no wahala...no be democracy we dey practice..?...una say atiku is better,we say buhari is better...

why all this noise online...??.....we no want fee dee fee no more.....get it...??

why must we agree on the same thing..?..you like nsala soup,i like pepper soup....whats the problem..?...

Truth

If not for anything, atleast he would unite Nigeria.

A united Nigeria would bring about smooth governance.

Buhari is living in eldorado compared to obasanjo/yar-adua administration in terms of countries purse, but they sailed through better because they had a united Nigeria.

Nutase:
Farooq has spake.

And I concur.

okay...you people vote atiku,we vote buhari...deal...??...let our votes deceide...

this trying to promote a candidate online bring nothing....apc is in charge now....that una think,apc would loose against a fee dee fee candidate baffles me....try to rig and we shall counter rig again....try it....

una should get used to apc and stop fooling una selfs online....bring back fee dee fee...........i dont think thats gonna happen...

we the westerners,northerners and the delta are against the idea of bringing back fee dee fee.....period...

Jibril659:
what did he do as VP for years under OBJ?

don't mind her
Intel refused to remit money to government coffers when he's not the president so what would happen if he's the president

SalamRushdie:


The VP of country is akin to a spare tyre and under OBJ he was caged most of the time but fir the little time he was allowed free hand you can see the quality recruitment he made for the goct then , it was then people like elrufai and Okonjo was brought in by him .

how old were you during that time
cos if you are old enough and conscious enough ,you won't spew thrash like that

forget fee dee fee...join other parties then we can discuss...anything but fee dee fee....

chinjo:
If you have any candidate that is more sellable than Atiku let us know. Atiku is well known in the North, South, East and West. He might not be the best candidate for the number one seat but I prefer him one million times to Buhari

The way we play politics in Nigeria is shameful. I don't blame the leaders but we the citizens.

The idea of a sellable candidate stems from the voice of the masses but unfortunately most especially the youths are too shallow in thinking hence believe a person with bad records would be competent to perform.

PMB nor Atiku can make this country work. Atiku does not have any plan. He looks like a desperate monkey heading to eat banana treasury of the country.

Honestly, we are finished.

SalamRushdie:
We are not done ....Atiku has never been given a chance to prove himself in governance ..He never made it becoming governor of Adamawa and his stint as VP can best describef as redundant because he was caged by OBJ for most of the time . The truthr remains that Buhari failure is not a fluke but the reality of the man Buhari, we all knoe the results of Buhari and governance and nothing is going to change if we vote him again..

You are ibo, so anything but Buhari is good to go for you guys, but Nigerians will not jump from frying pan into fire.

So, we are substituting one looter for another one? This should work out just fine but the last time i checked, Nigeria had more than 2 political parties.

festwiz:
So, we are substituting one looter for another one? This should work out just fine but the last time i checked, Nigeria had more than 2 political parties.

Looting is the least of the problem in nigeria. Lack of visionary leaders is the issue. A good leader would evolve a system to make looting almost impossible. For instance look at how Adeshina former agric minister eliminated the fertiliser scam(that has been on for decades) with a new initiative

However for all said and done, atiku is a more dynamic and pragmatic leader than buhari. Nigeria may not survive another four years of buhari.

aolawale025:


Looting is the least of the problem in nigeria. Lack of visionary leaders is the issue. A good leader would evolve a system to make looting almost impossible. For instance look at how Adeshina former agric minister eliminated the fertiliser scam(that has been on for decades) with a new initiative

True, but until we have leaders who puts the country's interest above their's, we won't evolve as a nation. The progressive countries do this. Their citizens get better health care, salary etc in order to promote their economy.

Atiku we know, he's a trusted man for the job