Obasanjo's Coalition for Nigeria is an assemblage of expired geriatrics. It isn't the solution Nigeria needs.

When Chief Olusegun Obasanjo made public that very famous special press statement in which he practically tore President Muhammadu Buhari to shreds, he announced his rescue mission for his nation called Coalition for Nigeria.

“All hands of men and women of goodwill must be on deck. We need all hands to move our country forward. We need a Coalition for Nigeria, CN.

“Such a Movement at this juncture needs not be a political party but one to which all well-meaning Nigerians can belong. That Movement must be a coalition for democracy, good governance, social and economic well-being and progress. Coalition to salvage and redeem our country. You can count me with such a Movement", Baba Iyabo wrote.

Obasanjo added that his coalition for Nigeria “will be new, green, transparent and must remain clean and always active, selflessly so”.

Except that when members of Obasanjo’s new coalition converged on Abuja on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, there was nothing new, green, transparent or clean about a lot of them.
Old and tired

There was 81-year-old Ahmadu Ali who was Chairman of the PDP from 2005 to 2007 and who was Minister of Education in 1975. He of the infamous 'Ali-Must-Go' protests of that era.

Obasanjo’s ‘green’ coalition also has Buba Galadima who was Secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) before the party collapsed its structure into the APC. Galadima has been around Nigeria’s governance circles since forever.

66-year-old Olagunsoye Oyinlola who governed Osun State in the early 2000s and who has switched political camps his entire life, was also at the unveiling of Obasanjo’s ‘new’ coalition.

Everywhere you looked as Obasanjo’s CN was unfurled, were old, tired and recycled politicians who have only come under this so called ‘third force’ umbrella because they’ve lost out in the allocation of the governance spoils of the day.

Aside Donald Duke and maybe Akin Osuntokun, the faces of Obasanjo’s coalition leave little room for cheer. They don’t look like they are capable of bringing fresh ideas to the table. They appear spent and tired. They are mostly past their sell-by dates.

It would appear that in trying to have a say in the governance of this country like he relishes, Obasanjo is assembling aggrieved geriatrics, former allies and expired politicians while hoping to prop one up for the presidency. It's the oldest trick in the Obasanjo book.

Today, Donald Duke is an Obasanjo favourite. But the same Obasanjo who loves to play kingmaker when he wants, overlooked Duke in 2007 and went for an ailing Yar’adua instead.

Nigeria needs more serious, visionary, ideologically driven and youth-centered alternatives to the binary of the PDP and APC. This Coalition for Nigeria certainly won’t last the distance--at least from what we have of its current make-up.

This Coalition for Nigeria would prove a hard sell.


http://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/obasanjos-new-coalition-is-dead-on-arrival-id7922300.html

OBJ will be retired permanently in 2019..

NgeneUkwenu:
OBJ will be retired permanently in 2019..

Calm down old man


Lemme call mynd44 for you before you start shouting his name

I saw this coming!

Obasanjo is usual character of spinning schemes round and round to continue in his relevance and godfatherism.

The same recycled elites that have fed fat on us are the ones behind this coalition to gain some relevance again.

Third force my anus!!!

There is nothing clean and fresh about Donald Duke .
people talk about this guy as if he is any different from the others but a look at his regime in cross river leaves a lot to be desired..............

A game changing nation builder or developmental politician /expert, he isn't.

like I said in the previous thread goodluck to them.

Is this the coalition?


Let me arrange my dinner of palmwine and akara

This show promises to be interesting

Old wine in new bottles

It is a welcome development to try to get power through elections. Ironically, they are trying to prevent the president from running. So much for their great love for Nigeria.

Anybody half-smart would have noted it is more of an attempt to get into power for no genuine reason other than self-promotion.

maclatunji:
It is a welcome development to try to get power through elections. Ironically, they are trying to prevent the president from running. So much for their great love for Nigeria.

Anybody half-smart would have noted it is more of an attempt to get into power for no genuine reason other than self-promotion.

Exactly same reason Buhari and APC got into power in 2015. That is why he is totally lost, confused and completely clueless.

Close your mouth.... what idea have you brought....

wingmanII:

Exactly same reason Buhari and APC got into power in 2015. That is why he is totally lost, confused and completely clueless.

You know you are lying when you feel the need to exaggerate. If you are truthful it needs no embellishment.

Take it or leave it. Donald Duke's Vice presidential candidature under a 'certain' northern politician loading.

Over dead sef..

Obasanjo has forgotten so soon that he was never the choice of Yorubas. It will dawn on him in 2019 that his influence ends in his Ota farm and maybe Ogun state.

From the look of things, 2019 is sealed for APC whether Buhari runs or not. Our only prayer is for the outcome to favour well meaning Nigerians.

mexxmoney:
Old wine in new bottles

True talk

Obasanjo third force is a fraud, Nigerian youths Shine ur eyes, don't be deceived again

It's not looking good for OBJ. Baba knows dat d Halliburton scam might be revisited. His coalition has been demystified & revealed as a recycling of discredited old politicians.

After a failed bid to alter d Nigerian constitution in order to get a third term, OBJ now wants to grab power thru d backdoor.
d man who turned PDP into a conduit pipe of corruption thereby rubbishing d lofty dreams of its founding fathers now wants to be Nigeria's guardian angel. Ko jọ.

this is them trying to muzzle us