The Adamawa governorship race in January 2012 may be CPC's chance to make a comeback.  Their current candidate, Buba Marwa, is a man with national name recognition.  In addition, since Marwa's image is that of a Muslim who transcends religion, him becoming the poster child for CPC could help heal the party's wounds.

In addition, if CPC can win in Adamawa with Marwa, it could make an opposition alliance in 2015 stronger because it will give such an alliance/merger the much needed regional balance.

Right now it appears that Marwa's campaign is struggling.  My suggestion is for ACN not to field a candidate for this race.  In addition, I think that ACN should try campaigning for Marwa with the hope of building political capital with him.  Such political can come in handy when the time comes to discuss a possible alliance/merger.  What do you guys think?

danjohn:

The Adamawa governorship race in January 2012 may be CPC's chance to make a comeback.  Their current candidate, Buba Marwa, is a man with national name recognition.  In addition, since Marwa's image is that of a Muslim who transcends religion, him becoming the poster child for CPC could help heal the party's wounds.

In addition, if CPC can win in Adamawa with Marwa, it could make an opposition alliance in 2015 stronger because it will give such an alliance/merger the much needed regional balance.

Right now it appears that Marwa's campaign is struggling.  My suggestion is for ACN not to field a candidate for this race.  In addition, I think that ACN should try campaigning for Marwa with the hope of building political capital with him.  Such political can come in handy when the time comes to discuss a possible alliance/merger.  What do you guys think? 

I don't think ACN has a strong foothold in adamawa yet, although not sure

CPC should try to campaign stronger in adamawa, I am sure ACN would field in a candidate but would likely lose

the question is; is marwa a credible candidate?

cjfavour:

the question is; is marwa a credible candidate?

I do not live in Adamawa state and I do not know whether the residents of Adamawa have a favorable opinion of him.  From a very high level, he looks like a sellable candidate for a state like Adamawa.  He looks like a candidate that can build a broad base of Muslims and Christians which is very important for a state like Adamawa that is 47% Christian.  A person like Marwa, if elected, can help dispel the negative opinion that people have of CPC.