Why can't we have a president and a deputy president that are almost at par in intelligence and experience and can compliment each other.

Afam4eva: . Why will a Yaradua who was the governor of sokoto state and achieved nothing been brought to lead the largest black nation in the world.

Our Yansh:

Yar'Adua was governor of Katsina not Sokoto...

Thank me later!!

GAR3TH: And the surprising thing is that Nigeria has an abundance of Intellectuals that can make this country great, some of them even ran for president/governor. But nonetheless the intellectuals constantly keep losing either due to election rigging or Nigerians placing the tribal card.

Only in Nigeria will a political party not pick there best preforming politicians as front runners but instead pick random people based on tribe. I mean, why wasn't Donald Duke PDP front runner in the 2007 elections? Duke transformed cross rivers and madeit the most develop and cleanest state in the country. But instead PDP decided to go with Yaradua and Jonathan, knowing both of them did not complete or do anything meaningful while they were governors.

Bélla3: What is this thread supposed to prove?

GAR3TH: And the surprising thing is that Nigeria has an abundance of Intellectuals that can make this country great, some of them even ran for president/governor. But nonetheless the intellectuals constantly keep losing either due to election rigging or Nigerians using the tribal card.

Only in Nigeria will a political party not pick there best preforming politicians as front runners but instead pick random people based on tribe. I mean, why wasn't Donald Duke PDP front runner in the 2007 elections? Duke transformed cross rivers and madeit the most develop and cleanest state in the country. But instead PDP decided to go with Yaradua and Jonathan, knowing both of them did not complete or do anything meaningful while they were governors.

ROSSIKE: @poster, this stuff is all in your head.

What makes Hillary Clinton more qualified than any other person to be US secretary of state? All she was was Bill Clinton's wife. I think she had a legal background or something, but she hardly set the world alight with her litigation skills. So why is she secretary of state? What qualifications exactly does she have? She used her money and connections to govern New York earlier on. How did she manage that, and what qualified her for that role?

Obama himself, how exactly is he qualified more than his peers to be US president? Name me his credentials. I can name hundreds of Americans more qualified than him to be in that position. So everyone uses connections to get ahead in this world, not just in Nigeria.

The problem is you already have it in your head that Nigeria is worthless, so you will use every situation you observe, to validate that belief, whether or not it makes sense. Change your belief then you may come to see some worth in your country.

Our Yansh:

.. And what point is your comment suppose to convey??

Afam4eva:
Pls can you just rest your overly patriotism and see issues for what they are.

Are you saying the Goodluck Jonathan is the best that Nigeria can offer? I'm not saying that Obama, Hillary or John Kerry are the best but they're in the top 5%. In Nigeria we have people that are not even in the top 50% ruling the country.

ROSSIKE:

What did Obama do before he was elected? What succeeses did he record? He didn't even govern any state. Yet he's president. Politics doesn't really work according to the criteria you've set, whereby 'intellectuals' are elected etc. Politics is a rough and tumble game, largely unsuited to intellectuals, whether in Nigeria or elsewhere. Else Gore Vidal would be US president not Obama.

ROSSIKE:

HOW are Obama, Hillary and John Kerry in the top 5%? And 5% of WHAT exactly?

Tell us exactly HOW you reached your conclusion.

Afam4eva: Obama was a senator and apart from that his education and most especially his knowlede which he conveyed vocally won him the election.

How many Nigerian leader have you heard talk

They can't even state in clear terms why they want to become the president. Listen to Obama's speeches and you'll see someone that knows what he wants to achieve and Americans have bought into his vision.

Afam4eva:
My figures are not necessarily factual but the point is that these people are in the top tier of intellectuals in America.

Afam4eva: I just watched the farewell speech of the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton and it just hit me that this she contested against Barrack Obama for the democratic ticket but lost. The person she's passing the baton to, John Kerry was also a democratic presidential candidate who contested against George W Bush. This is just a commentary of the level of intellectuals and experienced people that are heading various agencies in the US. President Barack Obama is not necessarily more intelligent than these two people. They're as intelligent and experienced is not more than the current American president. Obama himself knows what these people have got to offer, that's why he's brought them in to solidify and contribute their wealth of experience to the benefit of America. This goes to show that this is a country where the very best hands are sort after irrespective of the differences that may exist between them...

Nigeria on the other hand, is a country where people who don't have the per-requisite knowledge to run a small business find themselves in the corridor of power. We see a situation whereby a relatively experienced person wants to contest to become a president of governor and he picks a dummy(no offense) to be his vice. he picks someone who's just there to be a figure head without having the know-how to run such an office. These people are mostly picked in other not to pose a challenge to the main man. But sometimes something happens and this deputies become the governor of the state leaving the state at the mercy of luck. It happened in Bayelsa with Goodluck Jonathan, and in Oyo with Alao Akala. The very few deputies that have tried to assert their authority have been shown the way out. It happened with that lady that was Tinubu's vice...

Why can't we have a president and a deputy president that are almost at par in intelligence and experience and can compliment each other. They'll rather go to Bayelsa to pick some who has goodluck and which has gotten him to the level that he is and not because he has any precedence in governance. Why will a Yaradua who was the governor of Katsina state and achieved nothing been brought to lead the largest black nation in the world. Are we dummies that someone who said we should learn to live with bokoharam is our president and someone whose wife makes such ridiculous statements as "Ojukwu may be gone but his manhood lives on". is this a joke of a country? When are we going to have the Soyinkas, Fawehimnis, Suludos, Akunyilis, Iwealas, El Rufais, Fasholas, Chimes become the president of this country rather than people who are clueless and have no idea of what it takes to runa country and only want to learn on the job. When are we going to put square pegs in square holes. When are we going to get rid of mediocre in government?

Afam bu Afam

Afam4eva:
Pls can you just rest your overly patriotism and see issues for what they are. Are you saying the Goodluck Jonathan is the best that Nigeria can offer? I'm not saying that Obama, Hillary or John Kerry are the best but they're in the top 5%. In Nigeria we have people that are not even in the top 50% ruling the country.

ROSSIKE: HOW are Obama, Hillary and John Kerry in the top 5%? And 5% of WHAT exactly?

Tell us exactly HOW you reached your conclusion.

dayokanu:

Hilary clinton Yale law School

John Kerry - Yale law School

Barack Obama - Harvard law School

Mitt Romney - Harvard business School

George W Bush - Harvard Business School

Bill Clinton - Yale Law School

Do you see the similarities

ROSSIKE:

Do you seriously think these people got into Yale and Harvard because they were among the most intelligent people in America?

ROSSIKE: And what does this Yale stuff mean anyway? Are you saying Jonathan would be a better leader had he gotten his degree from UNIFE or UI as opposed to Unical?

ROSSIKE:

What did Obama do before he was elected? What succeeses did he record? He didn't even govern any state. Yet he's president. Politics doesn't really work according to the criteria you've set, whereby 'intellectuals' are elected etc. Politics is a rough and tumble game, largely unsuited to intellectuals, whether in Nigeria or elsewhere. Else Gore Vidal would be US president not Obama.

ROSSIKE: ^^Dayokanu, Connections are used by the elite in America just like everywhere else. And you do not need to be intelligent to get ''high scores'' if you have the connections. George W Bush could hardly spell simple words, had no idea that Brazil had black folks living there, made the most basic grammatical errors, and yet he was a Harvard alumni who ended up becoming US president. Says it all really. Reagan before him had no real formal education, and was a Hollywood actor.

And do take off that silly picture as it's messing up the thread.

ROSSIKE: @poster, this stuff is all in your head.

What makes Hillary Clinton more qualified than any other person to be US secretary of state? All she was was Bill Clinton's wife. I think she had a legal background or something, but she hardly set the world alight with her litigation skills. So why is she secretary of state? What qualifications exactly does she have? She used her money and connections to govern New York earlier on. How did she manage that, and what qualified her for that role?

Obama himself, how exactly is he qualified more than his peers to be US president? Name me his credentials. I can name hundreds of Americans more qualified than him to be in that position. So everyone uses connections to get ahead in this world, not just in Nigeria.

The problem is you already have it in your head that Nigeria is worthless, so you will use every situation you observe, to validate that belief, whether or not it makes sense. Change your belief then you may come to see some worth in your country.

donchris369: Afam i am very sorry for you. I used to think that you were intelligent before, but you are proving me wrong. This your analogy is the worste analogy i have ever seen in the history of mankind comparing america and nigeria trying to pass a message tactically that jonathan is not qualified to be president. Why not put the title of your thread # nigeria should drop federal character#. Nigeria is a multi-ethnic and religious country unlike the usa. Yes, we need intelligence, expertise and proffessionalism in leadership, but, how do you address this issue is the one million question. When one ethnic group refuses to go to school and get educated, and another ethnic groug goes to school and attain to the highest height of education, intelligence and proffesionalism and you as a leader tries to recruit the later, you know in a country like nigeria you are only brewing for war. Every ethnic group want to be represented whether intelligent or not. So the question is how do we solve this federal character bullshit.

ROSSIKE: @poster, this stuff is all in your head.

What makes Hillary Clinton more qualified than any other person to be US secretary of state? All she was was Bill Clinton's wife. I think she had a legal background or something, but she hardly set the world alight with her litigation skills. So why is she secretary of state? What qualifications exactly does she have? She used her money and connections to govern New York earlier on. How did she manage that, and what qualified her for that role?

Obama himself, how exactly is he qualified more than his peers to be US president? Name me his credentials. I can name hundreds of Americans more qualified than him to be in that position. So everyone uses connections to get ahead in this world, not just in Nigeria.
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J12: Joe Biden looks like a dummy to me.