He’s unarguably Public Enemy No.1 in Nigeria as of today. Barely less than 4 years ago, Nigeria elected a ‘fresh breath of air’ intoits political arena and for the first time, a man who had no shoes. For the sake of readers not getting carried away by the minor aspect of the debate on who they should have voted for in the 2011 Presidential Polls, this is NOT a blame game on who Nigerians should have voted for or not but when we go out to vote based on cheap superstitious beliefs surrounding a man’s nameand theatrical continuous ascent to power rather than genuine instincts andcommonsensical opinions on who to vote for; the result is what we have today.
Nigeria has had dictators and authoritarian leaders but I stand my ground to say never has the country has a clueless leader as that of President Goodluck Jonathan. From worsening financial crisis to dwindlingjob rates, the much alarming rate of insecurityin the country, high rates in kidnapping, insecurity, and unending sight of corruption all coupled with him taking highly unpopular actions tantamount to causing uproars among his citizenry. No apology reserved and none owed but we’ve got a clueless leader as Commander-in-Chief who even with although rare laudable steps and actions, have ways of ill-timing or wrapping it up with negative effects attached;the Fuel Subsidy Removal,the UNILAG Renaming and the Al-Majiri school creations are such examples.
Typically, he is not an overrated person as of today he is downrightly detested by all n sundry. But the fact that PresidentJonathan is a product of an overrated & highly misinformed electoral campaign process and tactics, aided by celebrities, business moguls, eminent personalities, overwhelming misinformed youths and an amazing 78% of the voters elected him despite presenting no articulate and clear-cut manifesto as to how he aimed to carry out Presidential tasks; he makes the list as my Number 1 most overrated person in Nigeria.