Could Prof. Achebe be refering to the Ag. President's weak position, not as a weak person? I hope it is not the latter.

We all know that Ag. Presd. Jonathan had to tread gently due to the inscrutable mystery of Nigeria's power web - that is a weak position to be for anyone. Nevertheless, I took it personally that he made a promise to the people of Jos and failed, by omission, commission or circumstance, to keep it. Still, he is demonstraing his genuine intentions, while showing that contrary to appearances, he is not politically naive.

Any person, even with extensive preparations, needs at least a year before we can judge his overall performance in running Nigeria.

Blame Yar'adua if Jonathan fails! I am sure he would claim it in the history books too, if he succeeds .

In any case, we have the tendency in Nigeria to consider gra-gra as strength, but Prof. Achebe certainly knows the power of the pen/brain over brawn.