wedapeople:

Political experience. Look what all the years of political experience has given Nigeria. I see you are in the US. I'm not sure you remember what it feels like to be without electricity for days at a time. What we need is work and the vision and pledge to build Nigeria. If he's from the USA, you know he understands work and also used to having 24 hr electricity. What's wrong with him bringing same back home to us. I don't care about his business in Texas, if he brings service and accountability to Nigeria, then he's my kind of leader.  Lets's focus on issues and not the person people!

wedapeople:

Wow, People I can see we know a lot of "NO GOOD Nigerians". Do you know any GOOD Ones?

Kobojunkie:


I am sorry but STOP!!! STOP!!!!

We've had visions and pledges; had them since Babangida - sweet talkers who convince the people they are for change. Obama did not invent the CHANGE campaign. We have had them for decades in Nigeria. We have the likes of Bankole, Tinubu, Akunyili etc no experience politicians who do nothing but yap all day and end up with nothing to show for all the yapping at the end of the day.


That I live in the US does not change the fact that we need people who have some experience when it comes to actually ACCOMPLISHING GOALS. Any person on the street can tell you wonderful stories of what he/she would do if he/she were to win the lottery, or become president, but majority of those same people will fail to do 3/4 of what they initially claimed they would do when given the chance.
I live in US does not mean ALL NIGERIANS who live in US are GOOD NIGERIANS. I can point you to some Nigerians who live here but are involved in one 419 deal or another somewhere in Nigeria or abroad. I can point you to at least 2 Nigerians who live and work in America but get paychecks ( Ghost workers) from the Nigerian government to date. I can show you Nigerians who are lax, and unwilling to work on building themselves up here but hold to the dream that once they get themselves a political position in Nigeria, they will be made for life.

[size=14pt]Please, let us use our heads and our hearts, not just the latter 99% of the time. We have about a year to the next election. We need to use this time to serious vet the candidates so as to ensure that we choose the best of the bunch and hope that with power we have in our democracy, we can drive things our way, even with the candidate we choose. [/size]

Dejiteru:

Perhaps we don’t know much about this guy because he is not a politician. Politicians Plan for “THE NEXT ELECTION” while statesmen Plan for the NEXT GENERATION. I don’t know why Mr Balogun chose this period in time for his cause but he seems to be talking more about us and the future of Nigeria and less about himself. I find that very refreshing. A leader, that’s focused on the need of the PEOPLE. I am less worried about his looks like you seem to be SAMMY107_d. Its OK not to like him – That’s DEMOCRACY what is not ok is to prefer a candidate with an inferior agenda, to him. We have a Huge forum here on NL, we can either promote HIM and his Ideas or we can chose to promote only his ideas so other potential candidates will know what we WANT in our next leader. The type of leader we get next year depends on US.

Dejiteru:

Do we want CHANGE in this country or NOT? Will it be more acceptable if what this guy is saying comes from say IBB, ATIKU or BUHARI? Because this seems like the choices we are going to have in this election. And by the way. IBB, OBJ, BUHARI, ABACHA, SHAGARI, Which states did they govern again?, or which local government were they chairmen of before becoming PRESIDENTS? And, the current FORMER GOVERNORS in Power, What experiences have they transferred to their current positions? All I am saying is simple, OBJ, ATIKU, IBB, BUHARI etc, fool us once? Shame on you. Fool us TWICE? Shame on us. Presidency is about managing the resources of a Nation to the benefit of every citizen not just a few. NOBODY (despite all the requirement people are laying down here) have been able to do that in 50 years. Are we trying to change the rule for a so called "outsider" while ignoring the failures of our Favored insiders?

wedapeople:

Again, you guys are very academic. Just the old British Syndrome. All Talks and No Work. Getting things done? Who get's anything done in Nigeria for crying out aloud? Now I'm not suprised anymore about why Nigeria is the way it is. Just all of us. Stuck on Neutral. Miraids of opinions , while worth noting, simply shows why we don't and won't have 24 hrs of electricity, anyway except for my dear friend(s) who has all the amenities at his disposal. You know, if you don't have to live through it, you have all the time in the world to work at getting it right. Peolpe, the whole world around us are getting it right but we are still "THINKING' about it. Paralysis by education. Yes lot's of theory, that's pretty awful. Can we for a change DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR UGLY SITUATION OR JUST SOUND OFF from individual pedestals. 2011 would roll in and we will still be talking on Nairaland. Take a stand for Christ sake and tell us who you think can get the job done. All NO NO NO with NO POSITION is just, -------------- you can fill in the blank as you wish.