*Azubuike Ihemeje wrote;*

Dear supporters of Peter Obi,

This piece is strictly for You.

You have a great candidate whose message resonates with majority of Nigerians.

He has one of the best credentials and verifiable fine antecedents.

For nobody, absolutely no person abhors good product.

Unfortunately,

You, I mean most of you supporters, are his greatest albatross.

Most of you demarket your fine product, inadvertently.

You can make or mar him, depending on what you say or do.

But the good news is that you still have a lot of time to readjust your actions.

Firstly, you have to watch Peter Obi very closely and emulate his style and the way he delivers his message.

He’s focused on his good message and the things he’ll do, rather than being distracted into fruitless insults.

Secondly,

Most of you are too provincial.

Your provincialism is alienating other people from buying your fine product nationally.

For example, you don’t assume every Fulani or Hausa or every northern man is that local Aboki man, or a Almajiri; nor assume every Yoruba person is involved in Pa Tinubu's hegemony.

You don’t assume Northerners or Westerners don’t know good products that’ll work for them.

That’s why you keep saying; Hausa people, Yoruba people everywhere.

You need to eschew your primordial hate and thinking first, then develop some broader world view by seeing everyone as Nigerians only.

You can conquer those suspicions that most of you just want to use Obi to achieve some separatist agenda, by the kind of things you say.

Everybody loves to be loved.

North and West, people are more inclined to work with people who truly love them and express love.

Most educated northerners still control the opinions and actions of the vast majority of their locals.

Therefore it’s your duty to make them feel welcomed, appreciated and protected too.

For if they feel safe with you, and trust you, they can go extra miles for you.

I have most of my friends from the North.

And I know as a fact, they are most reliable people you can ever imagine, especially when they trust you.

You must begin to win their trust from today.

Stop referring to people as "these Hausa people"... "these Calabar people"... "these Yoruba people"... etc.

For such can never win the trust and confidence of others.

Many northerners and people from the West are literally tired of these Pa Atiku and Pa Tinubu.

You just need to convince them you have better alternative in Obi.

Dear Obi supporters,

Kindly remove those IPOB insignia on your profiles.

For they portray you as secessionists, and not as one that’s advancing the course of Nigeria.

If truly you desire Peter Obi to win, you must do everything necessary to help him succeed.

Obi, is not, and can never be the only person to spread all his messages.

The bulk of the job is on you.

You must build confidence and trust in other parts of Nigeria for an Obi to succeed

True talk.


We may beg to differ but there are some salient points raised that should be taken into cognisance. Obi is a good product but we the marketers should understand that we need votes across all zones of the nation. Thus we need to convince the next man who apparently sees the ibo candidature not trustworthy to believe that the agenda isn't tribal but Nigerian. In as much as we will be at peace with him in the east 100 percent, we need to convince our Northern and Western brothers that Obi's movement is detribalized, its about rescuing Nigeria bc poverty knows no tribe, zone, party or religion. That point shouldn't be neglected bc the writer may have added other things that don't go down well with some. Wisdom is profitable to direct.

.....QR (Writer/Contributor)




*I am not campaigning for Peter Obi*
*I am campaigning for myself*
*I am campaigning against the status quo*
*I am campaigning for the future*

*My name is Iyelobu Collins Ekhaesomi. I am from Edo state. Before that, I was from Bendel state.* *I wish I can simply be referred to as Nigerian*

In 1986 I took the common entrance exams, chose Kings College Lagos as my first and second choice. In that exam I scored 376 but didn't get in because Bendel state had a cut-off mark of 390. However, students from "educationally less privileged states" who scored 110 were admitted into the school. 30 years later, my son did the same exam, scored 287, chose the same school but couldn't get in because the Edo state cut-off mark was 300.
*I am campaigning against this*

My first jamb exam was in 1992, scored 275, chose the university of Maiduguri to study Nuclear Physics as it was the only school offering that course, the cut-off mark was 250....I didn't get in because it wasn't my catchment area.
*I am campaigning against this*

Growing up in Victoria Island Lagos in the 80s through early 2000s, the scream of NEPA always permeated the air when the power authority "brought or took light"....some 40yrs later my 16month old daughter caught on with the scream......"pepaaaaaaa"!!!
*I am campaigning against this*

I got admitted into the university of Benin in 1994 following my second Jamb in 1993. I left the school in 2002 through no fault of mine. ASUU and NARD strikes made sure of that. A document I saw a couple of days ago showed that some of the current ASUU, NARD issues with the FGN can be traced back to before I even got into the university. Students are currently at home and chances are that they would still be at home next year.
*I am campaigning against this*

My tuition fees in the University of Benin was N250 from the first to the fourth session. In my fifth session it was increased to N2,750. Accommodation fee was N90. Here I am now a civil servant and in a bid to prevent my children from suffering the same fate, I will have to source for millions of Naira to get them a university education.
*I am campaigning against this*


I left medical school in 2002 and it took me 11years to get a government job. This was after years of hovering cap-in-hands begging people for me to bring my skills and zeal to work for my mother land.
*I am campaigning against this*

So many other problems that have bedeviled this lovely country of ours. The country that gave me the cheapest medical education anywhere in the world, the country that has made me who I am.

*Some or all of these problems may have affected other people here.*

The PDP and APC have together ruled this country since 1999, because I mean they have just been circulating themselves over and over again.

Electrity generation is less than 5K megawatts for a country of about 200m people, the roads are death traps due to huge gullies we call potholes, criminals have taken over same roads, inflation rate is staggering, education is comatose, medical practice and care is terrible, no jobs, and those who are employed are grossly underemployed!!

How long would we want to try the same old goons that have failed us over the years? How long do we want to pretend that everything is fine? How long do we want to keep being tribalistic, nepotistic and selfish? How long do we want to make our grandchildren pay for our mistakes??

*How long do we want to practice mediocrity in Nigeria?*

*I am not campaigning for Peter Obi, I am campaigning for myself, I am campaigning against the status quo, I am campaigning for a better Nigeria.*

*For so many years we haven't had the guts to stand up against the status quo, Peter Obi has awakened that inner strength, I am only riding on it, you should ride on it, Nigerians should ride on it. If you have any love left for this country, I urge you to ride on it.*

*It is an audacity of hope.*

*Hope for a better Nigeria, hope for a true Nation, hope for a true Giant of the world, Hope for justice, equity and fairness.*

*A hope for peace.*

*God bless us all*
*God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria*

Is the new tantrum coming in form of decisive ill advice .

You guys should rest na

There new system its to start giving Advice like everyone is now advicer we are done taking this shit advice go advice APC, PDP and Other party is it only LP that is in the Race