chima12: These are the kind of threads you apc lapdogs open out of frustration because you know your apc doesn't stand any chance against pdp as far as 2015 election is concerned.
Igbo have more important projects which they are working on at the moment which are far more important than the nigerian presidency.

payless: Anambra election is the rude awakening that awaits you. Watch out!

chima12: I knew someone like you was going to quote me and write rubbish as usual.useless set of people;you hate Igbo but you want Igbo to support your party.hide there in your southwest and talk about politics of anambra that you've never been to.keep deceiving yourself,apga has already won that election even before they choose their candidate.

chukwudi44:

Abeg where does the sw strategy work here?

A GEJ presidency offers a better prospect(4 more years GeJ + 8 years namadi sambo /igbo vp and the an igbo presidency which is approx 12 years)

Afam4eva: I thought i had educated this ignorance but it seems some people need more schooling. No zone that has produced the presidency did so as a result of any ogbanje strategy. These things only exist in your minds. What did Jonathan or his people do before he became president? You think he would have become president had Yaradua being alive? Did Obasanjo become president because the Yorubas had a game plan? Yorubas supported Olu Falae instead and never had a hand in Obasanjo's election. An Igbo, Idoma, TIV, kanuri president will be when the powers that be want it to be. You Nigerians have no say in these things. You're just a pencil in the hands of the architects. These architects care not where a candidate comes from but about how a candidate can protect their interest in government.

“For me as a person, I believe in the sayings that ‘show me your friend, I will tell you who you are. For Goodluck Jonathan to continue to associate with Tony Anennih despite a series of allegations against him is unfortunate.”

[size=14pt]“But there is a remedy for him (Jonathan) because he has two years more, ending on May 29, 2015, if he can make amends. Let him genuinely reconcile with Obasanjo, his benefactor, listen to and align with Nigerians, who elected him in 2011.”[/size]

“Let him severe and cut off the people around him, who never wished Nigeria and Nigerians well and redeem the battered image of his administration by delivering on his electioneering promises to Nigerians.”

SegzyJoe: If the approach, methodology, perspective and strategy of Igbo community on nairaland is a true representative of Ndigbo larger strategy to clinch the Nigerian presidency, I dare say that Aso Villa will forever remain an elusive dream for the them..

While it is not contestable that Igbos have mastered the art of business strategy (they can grow buz from zero level to an enviable height), the same cannot be said of mastering political strategy, especially within Nigerian context.

For instance, it is not a wise political strategy to have a sizable portion of your population and businesses in SW, and yet display so much hatred for Yorubas, it is not.

It is not a grand strategy to approach politics from emotional point of view (jealousy and hatred for perceived enemy), rulership is meant for men of reason, not those dominated by emotion (you can ask Nicolo Machiavelli or Aristotle).

It is a bear parlour strategy to think Nigerian presidency can be achieved through blackmail and noise making rather than a grand strategy of compromise and bridge building.

It is not strategy to make foes out of friends while gunning for Aso villa. Is it really possible for Igbos to clinch the presidency without the support of South West?

If an opinion poll is conducted in the North today on whether an average Northerner will want an Igbo presidency, the answer could be better imagined, [size=16pt]yet I know that many Yoruba will still opt for Igbo presidency.[/size] If an average Hausa man will not even imagine an Igbo presidency, and the Yorubas are being demonize by Igbo, on whose strength are they then hoping to clinch the presidency?

I am quite aware, Igbos are very proud people with innate desire to lead others, unfortunately Yorubas are not push over in every regard, but resulting to unhealthy rivalry is the least way to respond to our differences.

The lack of political strategy in their SE quest to have a shot at the presidency explained the lack of a meaningful political party in the SE today which will serve as rallying point for their presidential aspiration. LITTLE WONDER IGBO HAS NOTHING TO TRADE WITH OR BRING TO THE TABLE IN THE BID TO OCUPPY ASO VILLA. COULD THIS BE THE REASON WHY NDIGBO ARE PUSHING FOR GEJ (AN AZIKWE IN DISGUISE?). POWER IS NOT GIVEN, IT IS TAKEN, OVERTLY OR COVERTLY.

Igbo need a re-strategizing, a re- order of priorities, compromise, consensus, and bridge building. Igbo should buried their pride, SW represent their best and sure path to the presidency. For almost 30yrs, the Northern ruling elites did not allow an Igbo man to reach major-general rank in the army with the exception of Ike Nwachukwu (who has a northern blood and grew up in KD) until OBJ changed the tide, would the current CAS have been in position to be appointed if not for the restructuring OBJ carried out in the army, would there have been a SS president today, if not for OBJ, why are we behaving as if we have not been around for a while in this country.

Yorubas sacrificed their sons blood to get the presidency, while Igbos are traveling home en mass from Lagos, the jokes those days (1993 - 1998) were they are going for Yam festival, even the 7 SE Govs were opposed to Abiola presidency publicly, Chukwumerije even said Abiola ran away from battle to mock the Yorubas, but after the struggle, while still in the opposition, two Yoruba candidates were nominated as the presidential candidates of the two major political parties of the time, either way, a yoruba must emerge, while can't Ndigbo be strategic for once in their quest for the presidency instead of thinking it is Yorubas that is their enemy. My question is why do the Igbos always think Yoruba is their enemy, instead of the other people that hated them with passion?

An Nidgbo son wrote an article in the news paper last week about lack of strategy in Igbos quest for the presidency, I hope somebody can learn from this.

Sincerely, I didnt write the above to degrade or insult Ndigbo community but I was just disappointed in the way some people are portraying Yoruba as the enemy of Igbo presidency, we can have our differences, but we still need ourselves. The North ruled for many years because of our rivalry. Awolowo worked with Zik even though they have their differences. The hatred being peddled by this generation will definitely widen the divide, and it is not good for the two sides.

agbameta:



The same strategy they used to claim back every inch of Yorubaland from GEJ led corrupt, incompetent and useless ruling party.



This is why they say ibo people base everything on sentiments, pipe dreams and worthless emotions instead of strategies, political skills and strong backbone.

GEJ or any other character can not give you anything without the consent, approval and support of Hausa and Yoruba people.

GEJ himself didn't win based on SS/SE votes alone, the numbers just wasn't there, it came from the SW and the North so what ibo president are you talking about without the North and the SW aka your so called enemies?

Unfortunately, I don't think there's any right thinking adult left in ibo land, you people are eternally clueless, you exist in your own la la land where emotions and sentiments calls the shot..

You people need to wake up and smell the coffee..

revolt: You really fink bulk of igbos careless about the presidency? All we need is someone thtll bring level playing ground, so far yoruba and malus hve shown Deir retrogressive penchant for phobia of meritocracy. GEj so far is nt doing bad. Infact what we enjoy frm his presidency will cause an outcry if it were an igbo president doing same. What strategy did GEjs ppl hve b4 gettn the presidency? Shove ur analysis up ur rectum joor

Afam4eva: I thought i had educated this ignorance but it seems some people need more schooling. No zone that has produced the presidency did so as a result of any ogbanje strategy. These things only exist in your minds. What did Jonathan or his people do before he became president? You think he would have become president had Yaradua being alive? Did Obasanjo become president because the Yorubas had a game plan? Yorubas supported Olu Falae instead and never had a hand in Obasanjo's election. An Igbo, Idoma, TIV, kanuri president will be when the powers that be want it to be. You Nigerians have no say in these things. You're just a pencil in the hands of the architects. These architects care not where a candidate comes from but about how a candidate can protect their interest in government.