When we say it is all about Jonathan (southern presidency), some naive, ignorant and conspiratorial people doubt it.
The mullahs want to wear him out so hard that he either leaves soon, does not come back in 2015, or even die in office unsong. It is about the grab for power and unwillingness to allow a power shift.
By their actions and distractions, they not only kill Nigerians, but they waste our time and resources. The time and resources that the govt would have used in delivering the dividends of democracy are being wasted fighting the politico-religious murderers.



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KAITA’S INCENDIARY OUTBURST

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Wednesday, 13 October 2010
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ELECTION time is a period if excitment, when contenders for political offices cudgel their brains to outwit me one another in their efforts to win the sympathy of the electorate. It is a season of promises, arguments, claims and counterclaims. This, unfortunately, has not been the case in the run-up to the 2011 general election. There have been verbal exchanges but they are not aimed at convincing prospective votes about the capability of political aspirants to get Nigeria out of the woods. It should be a matter of considerable public concern that the debilitating effects of subject of arguments on the political arena. The part of the country, and by extension, the ethnic group that should produce the next president has been the focus of attention.

THE various aspirants for the presidential ticket of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have virtually relegated the very essence of governance to the background. The pressure groups within the party have been hurling political brickbats at one another. The aspirants’ campaign organisations have not been addressing the issues of massive unemployment, pervasive corruption and other problems that have rendered the economy prostrate. The focal point of their concern is the geo-political zone that should produce the president.





A former governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Lawan Kaita recently took the agitation for a “northern president” in 2011 to a worrisome dimension. He was reported as saying that the North would make the country ungovernable for President Goodluck Jonathan if he emerged the winner of the forthcoming election.

“ANYTHING short of a northern president is tantamount to stealing our presidency. Jonathan has to go and he will go. Even if he uses incumbency power to get his nomination on the platform of the PDP, he will be frustrated out,” he was quoted as saying. He further said that the North should not be blamed for the calamity that would befall Nigeria if Jonathan emerged as the president.

IT is highly disappointing that such an unguarded statement has emanated from a man of Kaita’s age and experience in partisan politics. It is as reprehensible as it is irresponsible. To make Nigeria ungovernable is to destabilise Nigeria. The logical inference that can be drawn from this reckless statement is that a “northern presidency” is more important to Kaita than Nigeria itself. It is apparent that Kaita has failed to bring to bear his chronological age and decades of experience on the history of political leadership in Nigeria. If he had done this, the probability of a Southerner winning the presidential election in 2011 would not have been as insufferable to him as it is. If he had endeavoured to reflect on the trajectory of Nigerian politics and access to political power in the last 50 years, he would have been less desperate in his disposition and less intemperate in his utterances.

THE position of Kaita and others of his ilk is predicated on the assumption that the emergence of a PDP candidate as president of Nigeria in 2011 and after is a fait accompli. They see Nigeria more as a one-party state than a multi party democracy. They have foreclosed the likelihood of another political party or coalition of political parties securing the mandate to govern Nigeria even in the distant future. They see the rotation of the presidency from one geographical area to another as a programmed event that will take place with mathematical precision and in virtual perpetuity under the PDP’s zoning arrangement. This mindset could have been informed by failure to take cognizance of the fact that they are dealing with rational human beings who have freedom of choice which can always be exercised whichever way is most beneficial to their collective and individual interests. Such a mindset could also have resulted from the belief that the people’s right to choose their own leaders can always be trampled upon. The sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo in one of his seminal books had identified the desperation of the then Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) to cling to power forever as one of the causes of the 1966 crisis.

THE apocalyptic utterances of Kaita provides ample evidence of desperation for political power for sectional benefits and personal aggrandisement rather than for the good of the people. Nigeria is in its eleventh year of uninterrupted civilian administration. The country should by now be showing signs of improvements in the observance of the principles of democracy. A rabid desire to either rule or ruin the system is unbecoming of a politician and unacceptable in Nigeria of today. At this age and stage of his, Kaita should serve as a good example to the younger generation of politicians and not as a rabble-rouser. His outburst was totally uncalled for.

If I were Jonathan, in addition to putting in place any possible security measures, I will reward the murderers with mockery by paying each non-[b]muslim [/b]Boko Haram's victim's family 10 million Naira. I guess he does not need the senate approval to dip into his security vote. So, the more they kill, the more the national treasury is emptied to assuage the dead. At some point, the idiots will begin to blow themselves up, hoping to get a bite of the money too.

Where are ndu_chucks and Olodostein?

Nchara:

If I were Jonathan, in addition to putting in place any possible security measures, I will reward the murderers with mockery by paying each non-muslim Boko Haram's victim's family 10 million Naira. I guess he does not need the senate approval to dip into his security vote. So, the more they kill, the more the national treasury is emptied to assuage the dead. At some point, the idiots will begin to blow themselves up, hoping to get a bite of the money too.

Quite brilliant Nchara! 

I believe defeating this politico-religio-ethnic BH war will require a multi-pronged approach

Nchara:

I believe defeating this politico-religio-ethnic BH war will require a multi-pronged approach

Why seek for a multi-pronged approach or dash N10million per death (now human life will be exchanged for money ) when he could and have the power to cut those id.iots out of the country?

Maybe when you give them the presidency and another Christian comes in after that, they'll start another round of Boko Haram.

The word in everyone's mouth should be "Divide the Country" from Ngige that's "fearing division" to CAN that's seeking for AK47s. Enough of this rubbish.

Obiagu1:

Why seek for a multi-pronged approach or dash N10million per death (now human life will be exchanged for money ) when he could and have the power to cut those id.iots out of the country?

Maybe when you give them the presidency and another Christian comes in after that, they'll start another round of Boko Haram.

The word in everyone's mouth should be "Divide the Country" from Ngige that's "fearing division" to CAN that's seeking for AK47s. Enough of this rubbish.

You are truly my brother!

Obiagu1:

Why seek for a multi-pronged approach or dash N10million per death (now human life will be exchanged for money ) when he could and have the power to cut those id.iots out of the country?

Maybe when you give them the presidency and another Christian comes in after that, they'll start another round of Boko Haram.

The word in everyone's mouth should be "Divide the Country" from Ngige that's "fearing division" to CAN that's seeking for AK47s. Enough of this rubbish.

Of course division is the ultimate wish. The other options are things that should be done while the division process is on going. You cannot divide in one day, or can you?

if not for the deaths of innocent nigerians, i don't see nothing wrong in a group standing up against the few idiots dictecting for us how and who rules nigeria without considering what the masses want.
obasanjo was imposed on nigerians even from prison. he came and hyjacked the system and his powers have gone to the extent that he chooses ordinary councellors at ward levels.
what happened in anambra under the governorship of Dr. Chris Ngige is a rape of democracy and our president consented to that without anyone asking questions.
in imo state, obasanjo did all he could in the open to impose his own candidate (Eng. Ugwu) not caring about what the people of imo state want or what the court said.
his failure to secure his third term agenda forced him to impose yar adua and now jonathan. these are men who in all ramifications are not ready for the task.
pdp had a zoning arrangement that allowed obasanjo rule for 8 years so why won't the hausas do 8 years for others to do same?
what are the criterias for choosing our presidents? we have a very large country of which we must have in our constitution, a organised system of producing presidents and by so doing, we will reduce the powers of the so-called cabals who are nothing but members of secret cults ruling nigeria.
what will happen tomorrow if obasanjo decides to bring bode george or alams as the next president?
why will things continue this way? it is only a fool that does the same thing always and expect a different result.
if only this boko haram will start targeting the ruling class, majority of nigerians will be ready to join them.