I first saw it on BBCnews that Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated the serving Governor of Kaduna as his Vice President, hmmm. I then put the name on google and wikipedia search to get to know my new VP, but the funny thing was there was nothing , only some tiny bits of news of him being a governor. I was curious to know the reasoning behind decison of the very lucky President to have chosen him, but apart from 2011 political inspiration to remain president, and maybe to garner some support from certain quarters and at the same time neutralize other political forces,

Culled from The Nigerian Guardian Newspapers

“We now have a Vice President”, the television networks announced enthusiastically, the moment Namadi Sambo ‘s name was released as President Goodluck Jonathan’s nominee for the post of Vice President after a whole week of needless pussyfooting and nearly endless politicking. You would think it was the election of a new Pope that was being announced, but this was no Papal birth, rather the politics of Namadi Sambo’s nomination and his eventual emergence draw further attention to the lack of sense in the Nigerian political process, the triumph of politics over service and how the electorate continues to be discounted in virtually everything that is important,

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