As I am now, to be sincere I'm confused on what happens in the Nigerian political space in the next 72 hours.

The reality is beyond any logical analysis, I make it bold to say, I'm highly kept in suspense, the plot twist is quite unpredictable.

If Nigeria politics is seasonal film it would sell the most. I know we would all try to save face to the last minute but honestly nobody is getting what they expected not even the presidency.

The biggest winner would be the spectators. For me now, at this point I will go and order popcorn in my room will be playing Jesus Take the Wheel by Cece Williams.

People think I take politics too serious becuase I am a young politician myself but the reality is that Politics is so crucial for people to be apathetic, people get serious when bandits, bokoharam and terrorists herdsmen kill people up North, when Biafran Refendum and agitation is not looked into then unknown gunmen emerged out of the blue, when Niger Delta oil spill and Pollution is not treated with urgency, the West is not left out there is the unending cold war between Fulanis and Yorubas since the days of Afonja, the siege on Yorubaland through Federalisation of Critical Infrastructure.

These whole concern should be addressed by genuine politics, now you see why I'm more of a politician, I have spent lots of time developing as a politician with trainings on the security strategy which is one of the critical aspect that Nigeria needs to fix urgently, upon everything I'm currently clueless for the next 72 hours, I will like to borrow Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu's Metaphor, "It is cloudy but I can't tell if it is rain Cloud".

Bonesbreaker:
PETER OBI SHOULD ANNOUNCE A POLITICAL PARTY OH LETS BEGIN MOBLIZIATION TIME NO DEY AGAIN OH!

Asin ehhhh

You choose to be confused

Hands has been on the wall since 2017 and then late 2018/2019 after election.
Deals were signed and sealed .. political realignment started

But guess you were waiting for the Yoruba media noise .. which started late after all political negotiations has been made and valid ..
From the result of last elections .. the next Nigeria President was already known..

All this permutations and noise came late

Ohaneze saw all this .. but chose to play spoiler at late hour

Wike made a statement in 2020.. he will do anything for Pdp to win .. including suppportung Northern candinate

The south messed up.. not queuing behind a eastern candinate .. which was what the North believe .. when they southern candinate by Aketi was initiated .. which later turned to be yoruba people scheming..

Power will return North.. Pdp will gallantly chose a Northern candinate

Permutations changes is the Obi effect .. Atiku presidency has always seen by all as igbo project

But Ohaneze in their foolish wisdom .. fcvked the whole thing up.. singing no igbo should go for Vice .. like they already have millions of votes in stuck somewhere for igbo presidential candinate
No chips to bargain .. just pure emotions and sentiments ..

The Yoruba in their part has since 15’ gotten their act right .. only say.. the North is always million steps ahead in politcs

Don’t blame the North

Is all the south and thrit leaders .. not even politicians

Bonesbreaker:
PETER OBI SHOULD ANNOUNCE A POLITICAL PARTY OH LETS BEGIN MOBLIZIATION TIME NO DEY AGAIN OH!

It is not that simple for him, he needs to take his time, because he could run under APGA but he needs to wait for the other regional party to emerge, Tinubu is floating a regional party, if he goes to meet Kwankwaso, not sure they would reach accord on who becomes the flag bearer so our APGA is an option but it depends a lot on APC primaries, would Tinubu win or lose would losers accept defeat

Once he joins APGA, then it becomes a full fledged regional party, NNPP would then be the Northern Regional party, APC and PDP would be national party but with very limited capacity.

Sergio104:


Asin ehhhh

It is not going to be a rush decision, but it critical

Frigga13:
You choose to be confused

Hands has been on the wall since 2017 and then late 2018/2019 after election.
Deals were signed and sealed .. political realignment started

But guess you were waiting for the Yoruba media noise .. which started late after all political negotiations has been made and valid ..
From the result of last elections .. the next Nigeria President was already known..

All this permutations and noise came late

Ohaneze saw all this .. but chose to play spoiler at late hour

Wike made a statement in 2020.. he will do anything for Pdp to win .. including suppportung Northern candinate

The south messed up.. not queuing behind a eastern candinate .. which was what the North believe .. when they southern candinate by Aketi was initiated .. which later turned to be yoruba people scheming..

Power will return North.. Pdp will gallantly chose a Northern candinate

Permutations changes is the Obi effect .. Atiku presidency has always seen by all as igbo project

But Ohaneze in their foolish wisdom .. fcvked the whole thing up.. singing no igbo should go for Vice .. like they already have millions of votes in stuck somewhere for igbo presidential candinate
No chips to bargain .. just pure emotions and sentiments ..

The Yoruba in their part has since 15’ gotten their act right .. only say.. the North is always million steps ahead in politcs

Don’t blame the North

Is all the south and thrit leaders .. not even politicians

Forget Ohaneze, they should be holding political position if they were that shrewd in politics, I'm sorry to say this but it is more or less a retirement home for failed Igbo politicians.

The vice plan is still very much valid Kalu is championing that, however Obi is our candidate if the plan in APC fail and there is no Igbo as vice in both APC or PDP,

You and I knows that the only way an Igbo would be vice is if the ticket goes North so we are analysing every option there would not be a western/eastern ticket so perhaps Tinubu wins then the game is unclear from there becuase we don't know if Atiku wins Wike or who else would be Atiku's running mate with Obi out of the picture. Whatever fate awaits Tinubu candidacy as regards Eastern sentiment awaits Osinbajo.

And one more thing, the North is not as powerful as you think for the best part they don't know how to weild power for the benefits of their kinds nor the rest, how long have they been in power and how far have they been good?, and have Northern candidate ever won an election or Southern accepted Northerners?

AlexBells:

It is not that simple for him, he needs to take his time, because he could run under APGA but he needs to wait for the other regional party to emerge, Tinubu is floating a regional party, if he goes to meet Kwankwaso, not sure they would reach accord on who becomes the flag bearer so our APGA is an option but it depends a lot on APC primaries, would Tinubu win or lose would losers accept defeat

Once he joins APGA, then it becomes a full fledged regional party, NNPP would then be the Northern Regional party, APC and PDP would be national party but with very limited capacity.

joining APGA will not sell out more for him, i see sense in what you typed here

AlexBells:

Forget Ohaneze, they should be holding political position if they were that shrewd in politics, I'm sorry to say this but it is more or less a retirement home for failed Igbo politicians.

The vice plan is still very much valid Kalu is championing that, however Obi is our candidate if the plan in APC fail and there is no Igbo as vice in both APC or PDP,

You and I knows that the only way an Igbo would be vice is if the ticket goes North so we are analysing every option there would not be a western/eastern ticket so perhaps Tinubu wins then the game is unclear from there becuase we don't know if Atiku wins Wike or who else would be Atiku's running mate with Obi out of the picture. Whatever fate awaits Tinubu candidacy as regards Eastern sentiment awaits Osinbajo.

And one more thing, the North is not as powerful as you think for the best part they don't know how to weild power for the benefits of their kinds nor the rest, how long have they been in power and how far have they been good?, and have Northern candidate ever won an election or Southern accepted Northerners?

We both know Obi didn’t take a wise decision .. leaving the party was a big no.. resignation is okay..

It would have a make or break .. Pdp will field a Northerner .. everyone else is hustling for Vice

2 hours is very much time in politics.. anything can change
Obi killed his own and dash the hope of many igbos to Presidency carelessly
And his supporters believe he made the right sense
Which sense ?

The North always support a candinate and que behind that

That’s the secret power of North.. and that’s why they’re in power government and I charge..

Watch how they will que behind their own

Apc .. I don’t know .. only certain is that power is not coming West..

Frigga13:


We both know Obi didn’t take a wise decision .. leaving the party was a big no.. resignation is okay..

It would have a make or break .. Pdp will field a Northerner .. everyone else is hustling for Vice

2 hours is very much time in politics.. anything can change
Obi killed his own and dash the hope of many igbos to Presidency carelessly
And his supporters believe he made the right sense
Which sense ?

The North always support a candinate and que behind that

That’s the secret power of North.. and that’s why they’re in power government and I charge..

Watch how they will que behind their own

Apc .. I don’t know .. only certain is that power is not coming West..

No Obi made the right decision, Atiiku is most likely going to be coerced into picking one of the power brocker governors as running mate, the calculation in PDP doesn't favour Obi at all but with his exit, Atiku maybe boxed into a corner to chose either a south East Igbo or maybe Okowa, the other option is Wike but would Atiku be able to work with him and then Wike is not presidential, Eastern voters would not vote for him, neither Igbo nor Ijaws only Yorubas would vote Wike.

Why worry about these people.

Join us to make money trading gold and silver and insulate yourself from the economic mismanagement of the politicians .

Reach out by reading my previous thread.

Bonesbreaker:
joining APGA will not sell out more for him, i see sense in what you typed here

Joining APGA is only an option when South West floats a regional party, then NNPP becomes automatically a Northern party should Tinubu or Obi not align with Kwanwaso, Tinubu won't be going to NNPP, tussle with Kwankwaso and then Muslim/Muslim Ticket plus the shock of North betrayal from Northern APC.

His best option is SDP which would automatically become Yoruba party, so if there is Northern/Hausa Fulani party (NNPP), Western/Yoruba Party (SDP) then I don't see why there shouldn't be Eastern/Igbo party APGA one thing all these party have in common is that they are controlling the political swing state of each region. KANO, LAGOS AND ANAMBRA RESPECTIVELY

AlexBells:

Joining APGA is only an option when South West floats a regional party, then NNPP becomes automatically a Northern party should Tinubu not Obi not align with Kwanwaso, Tinubu won't be going to NNPP, tussle with Kwankwaso and then Muslim/Muslim Ticket plus the shock of North betrayal from Northern APC.

His best option is SDP which would automatically become Yoruba party, so if there is Northern/Hausa Fulani party (NNPP), Western/Yoruba Party (SDP) then I don't see why there shouldn't be Eastern/Igbo party APGA one thing all these party have in common is that they are controlling the political swing state of each region. KANO, LAGOS AND ANAMBRA RESPECTIVELY

APGA capacity can't sell beyond East that's the problem your other regions to win an election both SDP and NNPP too cannot without another region strong enough as supporter which is bad for OBI is best short is Labour party or NNPP

bizgenera:
Why worry about these people.

Join us to make money trading gold and silver and insulate yourself from the economic mismanagement of the politicians .

Reach out by reading my previous thread.

Politics controls nearly everything in a democracy, few days back, I wanted to pay for my website host, had to learn the hard way that CBN had limited international web payment transactions to limit of $20 a month, things are getting worse, even you can't just break out even when it seem there is ways to bypass Nigerian economy it would still find a way to catch up

Bonesbreaker:
APGA capacity can't sell beyond East that's the problem your other regions to win an election both SDP and NNPP too cannot without another region strong enough as supporter which is bad for OBI is best short is Labour party or NNPP

It is true then his only option is Labour becuase NNPP would automatically become a Northern party Kwankwaso fail to align well. However With PDP and APC still in the game, and two potential regional party with NNPP and later SDP in the waiting, APGA would be a good show becuase the other big parties won't be getting as much regional vote as they could have gotten earlier. Regional party would be a go eventually.

AlexBells:

It is not that simple for him, he needs to take his time, because he could run under APGA but he needs to wait for the other regional party to emerge, Tinubu is floating a regional party, if he goes to meet Kwankwaso, not sure they would reach accord on who becomes the flag bearer so our APGA is an option but it depends a lot on APC primaries, would Tinubu win or lose would losers accept defeat

Once he joins APGA, then it becomes a full fledged regional party, NNPP would then be the Northern Regional party, APC and PDP would be national party but with very limited capacity.

u igbos suck at politics

Where is tinubu floating another party?
Accept d fact that Peter obi is gone like a wind n move on

Reality3080:
u igbos suck at politics

Where is tinubu floating another party?
Accept d fact that Peter obi is gone like a wind n move on

Wait until June 1st,

helinues:

Politics is a lot complex, I must admit

AlexBells:

Politics is a lot complex, I must admit

Complex for the politicians. I don't worry about them apart from discussing about it.

Those people can make some unbelievable decisions at the last hour.

If 20 Politicians gathered to have a meeting and reach a resolution, there would still be like 2-3 meetings after that resolution which those who will decide the final say might not be up to 4 meaning the previous resolution could be dumped in the gutter

helinues:


Complex for the politicians. I don't worry about them apart from discussing about it.

Those people can make some unbelievable decisions at the last hour.

If 20 Politicians gathered to have a meeting and reach a resolution, there would still be like 2-3 meetings after that resolution which those who will decide the final say might not be up to 4 meaning the previous resolution could be dumped in the gutter

While true, apart from the fact that Aristotle said that man is by nature a political animal, the problem of Nigeria which almost impacts everyone is highly political, that's why politics and political decisions should be everyone's interest, the current crop of politians some of who are not quite ready to impact.

However There is no other way to solve Nigerian problem other than politics, force had been used, killings, backstabbing had as well been used, illiterates and professors had held crucial positions in this country yet no solution, I sure knows that solution is somewhere not to have a perfect country but at least something more acceptable, more habitable, I really feel sleepless atimes cause of these issues.

Everyone should have a very good back up plan

AlexBells:

While true, apart from the fact that Aristotle said that man is by nature a political animal, the problem of Nigeria which almost impacts everyone is highly political, that's why politics and political decisions should be everyone's interest, the current crop of politians some of who are not quite ready to impact.

However There is no other way to solve Nigerian problem other than politics, force had been used, killings, backstabbing had as well been used, illiterates and professors had held crucial positions in this country yet no solution, I sure knows that solution is somewhere not to have a perfect country but at least something more acceptable, more habitable, I really feel sleepless atimes cause of these issues.

Growing up as a kid, the then governor of our state was from the same ward with dad meaning dad played some vital roles in the government. You see all those morning headline news, they are not current events cos overnight, several meetings have been held.

You can't tell me Obi just wake up one morning and said he is no longer interested in Pdp. He made the decision some time ago while keeping his supporters in the darkness.

If you noticed, I have stopped campaigning for any of the aspirants from SW until after primary because the leading candidates from the region don't have any feud, they are all working in the same direction for the region to win the presidency which some decisions must have been made within them but keeping the supporters out of it.

Politicians are master of mind games, I only pity the supporters they are toying with their emotions

christistruth01:




Everyone should have a very good back up plan

Lol, no be small backup plan, the chess game is very terrible, this one set na still 2022

AlexBells:

No Obi made the right decision, Atiiku is most likely going to be coerced into picking one of the power brocker governors as running mate, the calculation in PDP doesn't favour Obi at all but with his exit, Atiku maybe boxed into a corner to chose either a south East Igbo or maybe Okowa, the other option is Wike but would Atiku be able to work with him and then Wike is not presidential, Eastern voters would not vote for him, neither Igbo nor Ijaws only Yorubas would vote Wike.

And where does that leave Obi and igbos in Nigeria politics?

Staying back would have change a lot

You don’t pridict politics at that level.. anything can happen

But he chicken out ..

No political party and no leverage

How do he hope to win another election.. same sentiments

No worry .. after 2023 igbos will add and subtract

2023 is their best shot at presidency.. but they lost it foolishly

Time will tell

helinues:


Growing up as a kid, the then governor of our state was from the same ward with dad meaning dad played some vital roles in the government. You see all those morning headline news, they are not current events cos overnight, several meetings have been held.

You can't tell me Obi just wake up one morning and said he is no longer interested in Pdp. He made the decision some time ago while keeping his supporters in the darkness.

If you noticed, I have stopped campaigning for any of the aspirants from SW until after primary because the leading candidates from the region don't have any feud, they are all working in the same direction for the region to win the presidency which some decisions must have been made within them but keeping the supporters out of it.

Politicians are master of mind games, I only pity the supporters they are toying with their emotions

As much as I'm concerned it is very complicated because deep down my own proffered calculations was for an Igbo to be vice so we can stay close to power pending next 8 years of gunning for presidency lol, but Igbo politicians are making good threats that it is either outright presidency or nothing.

Another issue people may think that I'm always attacking Yorubas or undermining every opportunity but the truth is that the two ethnicity of Igbo and Yoruba being in the South makes political clash of interest inevitable. I don't play emotional politics, I also believe the positive rivalry between the Igbos and Yorubas is better for the corporate existence of Nigeria becusse the day the Igbos and the Yorubas unite for real that's the end of the existence of Nigeria as we know.

The North would secede at the reality of a United South

Frigga13:


And where does that leave Obi and igbos in Nigeria politics?

Staying back would have change a lot

You don’t pridict politics at that level.. anything can happen

But he chicken out ..

No political party and no leverage

How do he hope to win another election.. same sentiments

No worry .. after 2023 igbos will add and subtract

2023 is their best shot at presidency.. but they lost it foolishly

Time will tell

It leaves Igbo at having a presidential candidate at the ballot, primary is very predictable but general election isn't. Obis choice is the best, he is not the only Igbo in the race, Anyim is still in PDP, Okowa is in PDP so for whatever reason, if PDP microzoned to South East there are still candidates there, Obi couldn't have won PDP primaries, primary elections is about who has the deepest pocket and Atiku and Wike is currently better in that regards as far as PDP is concerned, Wike already have the backing of the the two serving PDP governors in south East, the odds in PDP is not in favour of Obi

AlexBells:

It leaves Igbo at having a presidential candidate at the ballot, primary is very predictable but general election isn't. Obis choice is the best, he is not the only Igbo in the race, Anyim is still in PDP, Okowa is in PDP so for whatever reason, if PDP microzoned to South East there are still candidates there, Obi couldn't have won PDP primaries, primary elections is about who has the deepest pocket and Atiku and Wike is currently better in that regards as far as PDP is concerned, Wike already have the backing of the the two serving PDP governors in south East, the odds in PDP is not in favour of Obi

Understand this today
Igbos has lost 2023 .. all those names you mention won’t give Pdp presidency .. Atiku is the Northern candinate ..
obi shouldn’t have leave Pdp..

He already know he can’t win .. and won’t win.. every Pdp party member knows Pdp is going North.. even Buhari knowns this truth

Losing primaries doesn’t stop him from being Vice

Wike and governors can’t stop him from being Vice

Ohaneze gibberish can’t stop him from being Vice

Everywhere in the world of politics.. everything can change in 2 mins

After delegates and deep pocket .. can a Wike garner votes ? Will the north vote him? South south? Or Yoruba ?

Where will his vote come from?

This is what is considered in politics.. votes .. every votes count .. even if you have republican rigging machine .. first votes .. votes first before you can rig.

And that’s same reason .. Apc is considering Gej..
Tinubu won’t give a Gej vote .. 12 million votes is not okay
Atiku 11 million votes is not chides

Buhari 12 million votes .. is what keep him on race ..

Nobody remembers who come secound after primaries
Atiku has money than Buhari .. but Buhari won ticket

Is the priority of the candinate to pick his vice

Someone like Atiku don’t need to be threaten by common Wike .. where he’s having statutory delegates that will work for him if they governors don’t ..

Obi left pompously and it’s painful.. he never consulted

Wike is bringing money

Obi is bringing votes ..

Atiku is bring votes and money..

Ayim is never an option for igbos .. in Nigeria politics

Ben Obi.. would have been a great one too

In all like I say

After 2023 .. igbos will count their loss as usual and start another round of Biafra or Death

Frigga13:


Understand this today
Igbos has lost 2023 .. all those names you mention won’t give Pdp presidency .. Atiku is the Northern candinate ..
obi shouldn’t have leave Pdp..

He already know he can’t win .. and won’t win.. every Pdp party member knows Pdp is going North.. even Buhari knowns this truth

Losing primaries doesn’t stop him from being Vice

Wike and governors can’t stop him from being Vice

Ohaneze gibberish can’t stop him from being Vice

Everywhere in the world of politics.. everything can change in 2 mins

After delegates and deep pocket .. can a Wike garner votes ? Will the north vote him? South south? Or Yoruba ?

Where will his vote come from?

This is what is considered in politics.. votes .. every votes count .. even if you have republican rigging machine .. first votes .. votes first before you can rig.

And that’s same reason .. Apc is considering Gej..
Tinubu won’t give a Gej vote .. 12 million votes is not okay
Atiku 11 million votes is not chides

Buhari 12 million votes .. is what keep him on race ..

Nobody remembers who come secound after primaries
Atiku has money than Buhari .. but Buhari won ticket

Is the priority of the candinate to pick his vice

Someone like Atiku don’t need to be threaten by common Wike .. where he’s having statutory delegates that will work for him if they governors don’t ..

Obi left pompously and it’s painful.. he never consulted

Wike is bringing money

Obi is bringing votes ..

Atiku is bring votes and money..

Ayim is never an option for igbos .. in Nigeria politics

Ben Obi.. would have been a great one too

In all like I say

After 2023 .. igbos will count their loss as usual and start another round of Biafra or Death

You are making a distant calculation, if you are ever blessed enough to be in the eyes of the storm, the governors have every capacity to demand vice presidential candidate be one of them, Atiku don't own the party and if he don't reach compromise, winning can be tough for him, it could be natural for him to sacrifice Obi to please the governors by choosing one of them, so Atiku can't fight for himself and fight for Obi, Obi also needs an outing in the presidency, if Atiku must pick vice from one of the governors Okowa is there, the game plan is still up,

Obi is trending among the young and those who believe in saving Nigeria it would be unfair to deny those who has been Clamouring "Give Us Peter Obi" he couldn't have won the primaries, Obi is needed in the ballot simple as that

AlexBells:

You are making a distant calculation, if you are ever blessed enough to be in the eyes of the storm, the governors have every capacity to demand vice presidential candidate be one of them, Atiku don't own the party and if he don't reach compromise, winning can be tough for him, it could be natural for him to sacrifice Obi to please the governors by choosing one of them, so Atiku can't fight for himself and fight for Obi, Obi also needs an outing in the presidency, if Atiku must pick vice from one of the governors Okowa is there, the game plan is still up, Obi is trending among the young and those who believe in saving Nigeria it would be unfair to deny those who has been Clamouring "Give Us Peter Obi" he couldn't have won the primaries, Obi is needed in the ballot simple as that

You still don’t get

Those governors don’t have bargaining chip with Atiku
That’s was it the last time .. and they know.. many didn’t work for Atiku .. but he got his vote
You can always reach an agreement and sort things out
The main issue here is Pdp wining.. not about persons

Obi going to another party is a heavy lost and miscalculation

Which party has presence in 36 state and 774 local government of Nigeria aside Pdp and Apc

So what’s being on ballot ..

Was moghalu not on ballot last year

Will obi have gotten popular if he was in Apga ?

Okowa won’t give Pdp votes ..
Wike is not as option as Vice
Udom ..

Maybe a fayose ..

We talking winin election not delegate and party nonsense that will end and everyone will stilll be compensated


Maybe you’re not a Pdp party man.. I’ve been there since 99’ and live in the north

And am telling north won’t share their votes for a peter obi not even Tinubu..

Igbos lost this with eyes wide open

Obi will admit he’s mistakes someday

He will like to go back to national politics .. and he will understand Nigeria politics better

Gej as former President is humble and acting foolishly to power stakeholders to get what he want

Obi dey form Kwankwanso.. a movement without structure
Talk more political structure for a politician

Nigeria politics no be anambra politcs ...

Frigga13:


You still don’t get

Those governors don’t have bargaining chip with Atiku
That’s was it the last time .. and they know.. many didn’t work for Atiku .. but he got his vote
You can always reach an agreement and sort things out
The main issue here is Pdp wining.. not about persons

Obi going to another party is a heavy lost and miscalculation

Which party has presence in 36 state and 774 local government of Nigeria aside Pdp and Apc

So what’s being on ballot ..

Was moghalu not on ballot last year

Will obi have gotten popular if he was in Apga ?

Okowa won’t give Pdp votes ..
Wike is not as option as Vice
Udom ..

Maybe a fayose ..

We talking winin election not delegate and party nonsense that will end and everyone will stilll be compensated


Maybe you’re not a Pdp party man.. I’ve been there since 99’ and live in the north

And am telling north won’t share their votes for a peter obi not even Tinubu..

Igbos lost this with eyes wide open

Obi will admit he’s mistakes someday

He will like to go back to national politics .. and he will understand Nigeria politics better

Gej as former President is humble and acting foolishly to power stakeholders to get what he want

Obi dey form Kwankwanso.. a movement without structure
Talk more political structure for a politician

Nigeria politics no be anambra politcs ...

2023 is different from 2019, most of the governors are two term governors and eyeing retirement if they don't bargain well, 2019 a governor knows he's going back to second term, there was no need to draw blood but this time around a drowning man clings to a straw, politics complex, the out going governors would fight dirty if it gets to that, if one of them is not the vice or assured of ministerial slot they would spoil market.

Don't underestimate them, they have the financial chest, the will and every reason to fight, if the lose they lose out, not going back to office, no other position, lol and you think they would live Atiku to do as he please, the best part they had done two terms so nothing to hold them to ransome lol, bro politics is not funny Obi did the right thing.