As I watch the unfolding political campaigns of the two major political parties in the last few weeks, I feel anger, disappointment and frustration.

my concerns for the future of this country has never been more genuine and self-inflicting. Nigeria is a country loved by God and detested by its Citizens.

The past few weeks have shown that we are incapable of demanding the basic requirements of leadership from our leaders and neither do the people parade their credentials of leadership understand what it takes to lead the most populous assemblage of black people on earth. President Jonathan seems like a man who is groping his way out of an overwhelming wonderland while Buhari lacks basic understanding of Change. A man cannot propose Change without outline and content! He has come with a populist mantra of revolution without road map! While Nigerians who queue hopelessly behind these two clowns and their entourage of political jobbers are true to type! We have been raped for far too long that any promise of redistributive justice seems like a utopia.



That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war , against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed and yet would be; businesses shuttered. Our health care is recklessly mismanaged and underfunded; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use our God given resources threaten our future.

These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging fear that Nigeria's further decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights. None of the two major candidates have told us how they would solve our problems. Buhari has promised jobs, security, electricity, health revolution and a robust education resurgence. He seems determined to end the war against corruption and Boko Haram. Yet, these are all promises which any man can easily cough out in an attempt to win over a beautiful maid. A man must put forward a firm proposal to justify his quest to govern 170 million people and we seem to be quite taken. President Jonathan, has so far redefined cluelessness. It is either he is yet to come to term with the weight of the responsibility entrusted on him in 2011 when he rode to power on the ticket purchase with the sheer currency of sentiment and fortune. Jonathan was a lucky man in 2011, a man beloved as much as Bashorun Abiola. He could have easily being the best President in the chequered history of Nigeria, having presided over the most prosperous moment of our recent history. Yet he was misguided, misled and lost confidence in his ability and integrity as a leader.



As we march into another election, we must all realize that the challenges we face are real, They are serious and they are many. The years of Oil driven prosperity is gone! The years of free petro money is over! We need a serious minded leader whose mien exude confidence and the assurance of a man who is in charge of his life and office. We cannot afford to go through the next four years under the leadership of clowns who do not understand the simple ethics of governance. Nigerians must decide without tribal sentiment, we must demand issue based campaign, we must hold the men who are soliciting our vote accountable. We must demand of them clear performance deliverable.


President Jonathan must apologize to Nigerians for failing us inspite of the confidence we reposed in him. He must wake up and be the president for what is left of tenure and prepare for whatever the electorates decide. It is shameful that he has not told us how he would confront the unabated daily slump in Oil price, how he would address our near empty foreign reserve, he has no clue on how to redress the lost anti-corruption war and the Boko Haram seeming insoluble debacle. He is the President! He must act line one! He must talk like one! Until he learns the requirements of his office, he cannot demand for another term. It is immoral!

Nigeria, at a time when the Naira is almost as useless as Zimbabwean Dollar, cannot afford another four years of uneventful leadership. So many people are struggling to keep up with soaring costs in a sluggish economy, we know that the status quo in Abuja just won't do. Not this time. Not this year. We cannot keep playing the same game with the same players and expect a different result – because it's a game that ordinary Nigerians are losing. And as people have looked away in disillusionment and frustration, we know what's filled the void. The cynics, and the lobbyists, and the special interests who've turned our government into a game only they can afford to play. They write the checks and we get stuck with the bills, they get the access while we get to write a letter, they think they own this country, but we're here to take it back through our vote. The time for that politics is over. It's time to turn the page.


We must demand real leadership through our vote and cast aside those who want to continue to use us for their personal gains. Buhari may not be the Saviour, yet he would make a better President than the clueless President who takes glory in a re-based economy as one of his prime achievements in office. I would rather vote my restless Power Generator than queue behind Jonathan!