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Shrilly, it’s paramount for Nigeria to
maintain a credible process enshrined in
equal opportunity and equal access within
which any credible individuals interested in
the plum office could work hard to emerge as
viable candidates; any of these individuals could win the presidency of Nigeria. Nigeria
needs credible candidates for elective offices,
especially the presidency, with the following
traits that I simply call “OHOSIALI”—
objectivity, honesty, openness, selflessness,
integrity, accountability, leadership, and inspirational. Majority of credible Igbo
leaders possess the aforementioned traits.
Also, the Igbo are versatile and resourceful;
these qualities have been great assets to
Nigeria. I truly subscribe to Nigerian President of Igbo
ethnic extraction for various reasons I stated
above and the ones I would enunciate below. The Igbo have a pool of qualified people more
than any other ethnic group. They have a
vision that encompasses the entire nation and
not a section of it. A case in point is the
Jonathan and the Obasanjo administrations
that were replete with credible and qualified Igbo people whose records of service were
impeccable. They never used their various
positions to focus myopically on their locale.
They used their positions judiciously to
promote and execute policies that exert
influences and benefits to the entire country. These individuals in both Jonathan and
Obasanjo’s cabinet worked indefatigably to
improve the condition of masses. The Igbo
have many more like these individuals who
would be able to direct the affairs of Nigeria
in a more effective and efficient manner than others. Also, equity and fairness demand a Nigerian
president of Igbo ethnic extraction. As the
country’s need for transformational
leadership, the eradication of corruption,
institutionalized equity and fairness continue
to grow, other members of the tripod bathe in affluence while the Igbo seethe in
degradation. Is it not a travesty for people
not to realize the inequity in Nigerian body
polity? Perhaps it’s pertinent to note that
by the year 2019, the north should have
ruled Nigeria for 41.5 years, the southwest for 12.5 years, South-South for about 5 years,
and southeast for about 6 months. Attempts
have to be made to reverse these compelling
statistics; we must start now as a nation to
redress the stark inequity. If 1999 ushered in a Nigerian president of
Yoruba ethnic extraction because of the
blatant and unconscionable annulment of June
12, 1993 election, why would 2019 not
witness a historic swearing in of Nigerian
president of Igbo ethnic extraction because of years of subjugation and living in the fringes?
Equity, justice, and fairness demand a
Nigerian president of Igbo origin. Nigeria
would enjoy relative peace if it chooses a
president of Igbo. The restiveness of the
masses would be a thing of the past. More importantly, stability of Nigeria
requires at this juncture in Nigeria’s
history that the presidency of Nigeria be
someone who has the credentials to lead the
country, but also someone of Igbo ethnic
descent. The Igbo have a tract record of patriotism and working diligently for the
unity of Nigeria. They would work harder to
keep Nigeria together than any other ethnic
group. Their nationalistic view of Nigeria is
not in question. Igbo live in every part of
Nigeria. They live in remote parts of Nigeria. No other ethnic group could boast of this
versatility. The Igbo not only imbibe the true sense of
one Nigeria, but it’s also the only ethnic
group that pursues collective interest of
Nigeria with passion and commitment. It’s
an ethnic group that is trusted to protect the
collective interest of all Nigerians. In the absence of ethnic and religious trappings, the
Igbo ethnic group stands a better chance to
produce a Nigerian president that would
maintain peace, keep Nigerian together, and
produce development in all realms of the
society. It’s vital to note that residency rights and its enforcement would mitigate the
negative effects of ethnic politics. It would
help blur the political boundaries of geo-
political zones. For instance, if NASS had enacted the
necessary legislations to extend residency
rights to all Nigerians in any state in which
they have established viable businesses or
have been domiciled for a minimum of six (6)
continuous calendar months or if there were existing laws in the books that grant
Residency Rights to all citizens, and they
were strengthened and enforced, the laws
would allow individuals to run for any
political office in and from their state of
residence without the stigma of ethnicity. Also, with the application of such laws to the
letter and spirit, individuals would have the
right to hold jobs, vote, run for and hold any
office at any level of the government in their
state of residence. Vast majority of the Igbo, including Igbo
organizations in both Nigeria and the
Diaspora would want to produce a
formidable Nigerian president and work
diligently to dissuade any activities that run
counter to the democratic beliefs of the Igbo. The egalitarian nature of the Igbo is
unparalleled. The Igbo believe strongly in the
values of democracy and would work hard to
strengthen democratic structures in Nigeria.
Democratization process of Nigeria would
speed up with a Nigerian president of Igbo ethnic extraction because of the group’s
sturdy trait of egalitarianism. While the Igbo
operate on the egalitarian continuum, other
sections seem less compelled to shake off the
vestiges of militarized consciousness. We implore and beckon on people from other
ethnic groups, especially those in the
academia and elective offices to drum up the
support for Nigerian president of Igbo ethnic
extraction. The Igbo have a pool of democratic leaders
such as the Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike
Ekweremadu, the director of the Lagos
Business School, Pan African University, Prof.
Pat Utomi, former Chief of General Staff,
retired Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe, former Senate President, Senator Pius Anyim,
former Senate President, Senator Ken
Nnamani, former Executive Governor of Abia
State, Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, former
governor of Imo State, retired Rear Admiral
Ndubuisi Kanu, and others in the Diaspora. Nevertheless, most of us in the Diaspora are
willing to sacrifice our personal aspirations
for the accomplishment of the collective goal
of the larger group. Therefore, these
individuals and others I didn’t mention
should be evaluated and considered come 2019. It’s my position that these individuals
and others should be subjected further to
credibility test to evaluate their ideological
underpinnings in many relevant issues. However, as the candidates jostle for firm
positions for the plum office, presidency of
Nigeria, it would be fair to examine their
records on issues such as Economy,
Infrastructure, Healthcare, Poverty, Security,
Unemployment, Education, Foreign Policy, and other issues. We do not have to have 100% unity to
accomplish our collective goal. The necessary
condition is to have a collective interest
people are committed to regardless one‘s
individual interest. Nevertheless, we must
sluice ourselves of selfishness for the collective goal of the Igbo. Interestingly, whatever the case may be, our
success largely depends on individual
responsibility with the understanding of
enshrined unity of purpose and commitment
to task. While courage will embolden our
resolve and actions, trust, honesty, and selfless service, coupled with tenacity, will
serve as bedrock for success.

The woman must have lost it. Look at the goat ... it was even feeling embarrassed.

Prowizy2:
F0ool

True talk.
That guy for carry Ballon D'or if them dey give World Best for foolishness.

Why must it be Jerusalem? Why not Istanbul or Afghanistan?

johnstar:
Choi

Afonjas

Hehehe. This guy sef.

On the topic, what a pastor indeed. One wonders how he sleeps at night with a mound of human bones in his house. Some people get heart die.

teawhy2788:
It's about time govt did NOT does. It's NOT its. Sorry for the correction o

Thanks o.

Why is it always a MUSlIM man marrying a underaged CHRISTIAN girl who ''willingly'' converted to islam and chose to become his wife immediately? Its never the other way round. Yet to hear of a Christian man abducting and marrying an underage muslim girl.

Something is wrong somewhere. Some people are being quite economical with the truth.

You take someone else's daughter and give her off in marriage and without her parent's consent. As what? Chief marriage commisioner? This is beyond barbarism. Sheer savagery.

The height of calous impunity. And to think that this was done by a supposed community leader, is just unbearable.

Its about time govt does something about these paedophiles.

For Jude's sake, what does a 14yr old know about marriage? She barely fully understands herself.

Amberon:
I didn't know Soludo was a Biafra supporter.

The Igbo intelligentia and leaders of thought are beginning to openly support the Biafran cause these days. Are some high calibre buttons being pressed behind the scenes? Something is cooking. The aroma is quite strong. Some are already salivating. Me go park somewhere, dey watch proceedings.

vengertime:
Buhari is silently digging his own grave

And he seems in a haste to get the digging over with. I wonder who his advisers are.

This man is a blessing to his town, Anambra and Igboland at large.
I hope to tow his path and be a blessing to the nations.

Flets:
I hope everyone involved gets the message. America does not have the monopoly of issuing travel advise when it has burning security issues/ concerns on its home front.

Gbam.

Beautiful. Happy married life.

Nice move.
Let's buy ''made-in-Nigeria'.'

Where are the confused Name Checkers?

Complete thrash.

Shiitposter:
How dare yee judge a book by its cover.

My bad.

Shiitposter:
its just breast feeding and not sex, why are you making a big deal out of a woman generosity to a lesser animal who also happens to be mans's best friend.
You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat their pet. And this woman is a kind soul.

One look at your moniker ... I don't know ...

She will soon lose the nippple.

Make that dog just grow small teeth.

Foolishness in its purest form.

idupaul:
And how do you know it's a waste ..contrary to what we think people that commit suicide might be actually smarter and braver than the rest of us ..Those guys know when to call it curtains over a miserable and hopeless existence being continously towed by the thing we call hope. now he will never be heart broken again, he will never be hungry, he will never hope for a mirage he might never come across in his life..His suicide is not painful to him but just to the living who still believe that if had just put in an extra day it might all end well but all Na lie ooo....WTF am i even saying sef

Make una come check name o.

What a waste. Waste of life. Waste of potentials. Waste of emotions. Waste of everything.

For crying out low, no human being is worth your taking your life.

This man's got insight.

sonofspada:
it's high time we stop celebrating fools

Now this is a suggestion worth looking into.

Person just dey flaunt orgasm like say na only she dey get am.

How are we supposed benefit from a pic like this?

Misplaced priority.

salients:
both of course
two parasites inside one room
hell mates indeed

I tells u.