I got this message on my blackberry phone and it got me thinking hard.

In 1979, Bamanga Tukur was the Governor of the defunct Gongola State (now Adamawa & Taraba) and 33 years later he is today the Chairman of the ruling Party The PDP.

Dr. Bello Halliru was commissioner in the Old Sokoto State (now Sokoto, Kebbi & Zamfara) and 33 years later he is today Minister of Defence.

Major General David Mark (rtd) was the military governor of Niger State in 1984 and 28 years Later he is today the Senate President.

Gov. Murtala Nyako was the governor of Niger State in 1976 and 36 years later he is today the Governor of Adamawa State.

Ogbonnaya Onu was governor of Abia State in 1992 and 20 years later he is today the National Chairman of ANPP.

Gov. David Jonah Jang was the governor of Benue State in 1985 and 27 years later he is today the governor of plateau state.

Martins Elechi the Ebonyi State Governor is over 80 years old!.

IBB was the military President of Nigeria, for nine years, Buhari who is in his seventies was HOS of Nigeria, so was OBJ, these men happen to be very old and they are stake holders in the Nigerian political system.

Funny I don't remember George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Nixon, Tony Blair, Margareth Thatcher, Yuri Andropov etc being key decision makers and taking part in government when their time is past!

I wonder when the next generation will occupy the helm of politics in Nigeria when these old men still run amok in Nigerian Polity!

very true, infact d real fact dat way parents need to raise their children in d ways of lord. they re future leaders