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1. He inspires emotion, but he does not impose order.
A president must control a coalition, not just excite a crowd.

2. He changes platforms too easily.
A man still searching for a stable political roof should not be asking for the keys to Aso Rock.

3. He has enthusiasm, not enduring structure.
Hashtags can trend, but only structure wins power and sustains it.

4. His support base often repels the allies he needs.
A movement known more for abuse than alternatives shrinks its own coalition.

5. He speaks like a lecturer, not always like a coalition builder.
Nigeria needs persuasion, not just presentations.

6[b]. He rode a wave in 2023 but could not preserve the gains.[/b]
Winning seats is one thing; keeping them under one roof is another.

7. He struggles to discipline loyalists.
A man who cannot manage followers will struggle to manage a federation.

8. He benefits from protest energy, but protest is not governance.
Anger can launch a campaign; it cannot run a country.

9. He is strongest in passion-heavy zones, weaker in broad national spread.
Regional intensity is not the same as national viability.

10. He criticizes loudly, but the alternative often sounds thin.
A president must offer more than complaint.


Peter Obi may still inspire a passionate following, but passion is not preparation, noise is not nation-building, and excitement is not executive capacity. Nigeria needs more than a protest candidate in a polished shirt. It needs a leader with structure, discipline, coalition depth, and the hard temperament to govern a difficult federation.

You're a tinubu supporter, stop disguising.

OK go and vote for atiku na

CharlesCNG:
1. He inspires emotion, but he does not impose order.
A president must control a coalition, not just excite a crowd.

2. He changes platforms too easily.
A man still searching for a stable political roof should not be asking for the keys to Aso Rock.

3. He has enthusiasm, not enduring structure.
Hashtags can trend, but only structure wins power and sustains it.

4. His support base often repels the allies he needs.
A movement known more for abuse than alternatives shrinks its own coalition.

5. He speaks like a lecturer, not always like a coalition builder.
Nigeria needs persuasion, not just presentations.

6[b]. He rode a wave in 2023 but could not preserve the gains.[/b]
Winning seats is one thing; keeping them under one roof is another.

7. He struggles to discipline loyalists.
A man who cannot manage followers will struggle to manage a federation.

8. He benefits from protest energy, but protest is not governance.
Anger can launch a campaign; it cannot run a country.

9. He is strongest in passion-heavy zones, weaker in broad national spread.
Regional intensity is not the same as national viability.

10. He criticizes loudly, but the alternative often sounds thin.
A president must offer more than complaint.


Peter Obi may still inspire a passionate following, but passion is not preparation, noise is not nation-building, and excitement is not executive capacity. Nigeria needs more than a protest candidate in a polished shirt. It needs a leader with structure, discipline, coalition depth, and the hard temperament to govern a difficult federation.

Good post, another one that aptly captures Peter Obí and his Obidients and the issues they have with reality.

Hope Obidients read this post too and change their ways.

Thanks once more for this post, articulated clearly in a way lesser mortals like us can.

aswani:
Good post, another one that aptly captures Peter Obí and his Obidients and the issues they have with reality.

Hope Obidients read this post too and change their ways.

Thanks once more for this post, articulated clearly in a way lesser mortals like us can.

Peter Obi inspires emotion, but leadership is more than emotion. He keeps changing political platforms, struggles to build lasting structure, and has not shown the ability to discipline a support base that often drives away the very allies he needs. He rode a strong wave in 2023, but he could not preserve its gains. Protest energy can launch a campaign, but it cannot run a country. Nigeria needs a leader with order, structure, coalition depth, national spread, and a clear alternative agenda — not just loud criticism and passionate followers. Passion is not preparation. Noise is not governance. And excitement is not executive capacity.

TemplarLandry:
He speaks like an slowpoke. Add that.

And reason like TemplarLandry, don't forget that

10 Reasons i won't vote for tinibu in 2027
1, He is a greedy man
2,He has no direction as a leader
3, under his regime fuel price and other goods has skyrocketed
4, He told us not to vote for him for second term if he did not fix electricity
5,Insecurity has increased in his regime
6,He has borrowed more than formal Nigeria Presidents put together
7,He runs Nigeria like family business
8,He prefers incompetence to competence
9,He is a drug addict and drug Lord according to Remo omokiri
10. He wants to make Nigeria a one party nation

aswani:
Good post, another one that aptly captures Peter Obí and his Obidients and the issues they have with reality.

Hope Obidients read this post too and change their ways.

Thanks once more for this post, articulated clearly in a way lesser mortals like us can.

You mean you're lesser than the Op

Do you think so lowly of yourself

If the Op is so knowledgeable o wonder why he's not running for office but busy hawking audio clean energy in the order of manna and freestuffs
We know them. Political jobbers

Just the same reason that my family, friends 🧡 and Nigerians will vote 🗳 Peter Obi over a failure call Tinubu

1. "He inspires emotion, not order."
Politics in Nigeria, and any developing context, usually derive order from party structures and alliances. One single individual personality rarely brings "order", rather party discipline, alliance-building with other politicians and groups and existing government structures contribute to order. Supporters argue that he attempted to foster discipline through campaigning style that focused more on issues and less on old style patronage networks.Also, system in Nigeria usually weakens president with attempts to have direct personal command over the entire system. This is a collective issue not a personal issue of a president.

2. "He shifts platforms too easily."
Arguments of proponents would claim this isn't about inconsistency of opinion, but rather about Nigeria's highly unstable political party system. Every politician and group scrambles from one platform to another due to lack of party democracy within Nigeria's internal party mechanics. His followers say that he never deviated from the message ofanti-waste and governance reforms in Nigeria, even when the party's platform has changed.

3. "He has enthusiasm not enduring structure."
The argument is that he was able to build a grassroots and youthful oriented movement from a very scratch within short period of time, which is a form of structure. Structure can also mean ability to mobilize large number of people. Whether such movement can be sustained in the long term or can transmute to sustainable organization remains the question.

4. "His support base repels allies."
Every major wave that emerged in Nigeria had hyper supporters whose behaviors may alienate others. This is not unique. Nigeria's coalition politics is often characterized by opportunism, and such "allies" usually come because of political bargaining and deals not because they feel a sense of fellowship with supporters of presidential candidate. Accusing supporters alone would be failing to understand the workings of elite politics.

5. "He speaks like a lecturer and not a coalition builder."
An alternative reading is that he communicates clearly through policy and facts instead of vagaries characteristic of Nigerian politics. Coalition building in Nigeria often relies on compromitory rhetoric which leads to opportunities for corruption and vague policy promises. His style could be simply different rather than ineffective.

6. "He rode a wave in 2023 but did not know how to carry over that momentum to structure."
The electoral machinery and state institutions did not work for him in 2023 elections, in terms of winning parliamentary seats for his party, for example. Successfully continuing a movement demands access to established political structures and this candidate, or the structure that propelled him to victory, was limited in such access. The argument is that the system limited his capacity not that the president personally failed to structure that movement.

7. "He can't rein in supporters."
Very little evidence shows direct presidential command and control over a highly structured party machinery. Supporters in loosely structured movements have far more latitude than those within traditional, hierarchal party machines. What seems like excesses might not necessarily imply lack of organizational control on the part of the presidential candidate.

8. "Protest energy is not governance."
The assertion that the energy used to protest does not translate to good governance is a valid one. However, a protest movement does transform into governing personnel upon gaining power from protests and entering formal political structures. It is not about the origin of the energy, but the capacity of those who wield it to bring in qualified technocrats to run the government, which should only be assessed once they have entered power and governance process begins.

9. "Regional intensity as opposed to broad spread."
The 2023 election results indicated that he enjoyed significant votes in several regions not just one specific area. Nigerian political context is always accompanied by regional patterns in votes for all major candidates; hence the contention would be about his ability to spread and build more alliances across other regions of the country with time.

10. "He criticizes more than he offers proposals."
His documents and campaigns in 2023 did address issues of fiscal policy, expenditure rationalization and the restructuring arguments that many would call proposals. Individuals may disagree on the detail, viability and implementation methods but it cannot be asserted that there are no proposals at all. It's simply that individuals might argue that such proposals aren't as concrete as they should be, or aren't practical.

Kukutente23:
You mean you're lesser than the Op

Do you think so lowly of yourself

If the Op is so knowledgeable o wonder why he's not running for office but busy hawking audio clean energy in the order of manna and freestuffs
We know them. Political jobbers

I mean op has articulated things in an apt way I could never do.

Nothing to do with op being better than me.

Continue to gaslight yourself data boi.

Wahala ti e niyen

Abeg vote whoever you want to... Them no dey advice person to remove hand from fire.

BRO WHY 10 REASONS, YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE IT 1001 REASONS YOU DATA BOY.BETTER USE YOUR LIFE FOR SOMETHING MEANINGFUL THAN THIS 30K PAYROLL JOB.

CharlesCNG:
1. He inspires emotion, but he does not impose order.
A president must control a coalition, not just excite a crowd.

2. He changes platforms too easily.
A man still searching for a stable political roof should not be asking for the keys to Aso Rock.

3. He has enthusiasm, not enduring structure.
Hashtags can trend, but only structure wins power and sustains it.

4. His support base often repels the allies he needs.
A movement known more for abuse than alternatives shrinks its own coalition.

5. He speaks like a lecturer, not always like a coalition builder.
Nigeria needs persuasion, not just presentations.

6[b]. He rode a wave in 2023 but could not preserve the gains.[/b]
Winning seats is one thing; keeping them under one roof is another.

7. He struggles to discipline loyalists.
A man who cannot manage followers will struggle to manage a federation.

8. He benefits from protest energy, but protest is not governance.
Anger can launch a campaign; it cannot run a country.

9. He is strongest in passion-heavy zones, weaker in broad national spread.
Regional intensity is not the same as national viability.

10. He criticizes loudly, but the alternative often sounds thin.
A president must offer more than complaint.


Peter Obi may still inspire a passionate following, but passion is not preparation, noise is not nation-building, and excitement is not executive capacity. Nigeria needs more than a protest candidate in a polished shirt. It needs a leader with structure, discipline, coalition depth, and the hard temperament to govern a difficult federation.

Only 10 reasons. Why not 100 reasons? 🤔

Una go reasons tire. Bulaba!

CharlesCNG:
1. He inspires emotion, but he does not impose order.
A president must control a coalition, not just excite a crowd.

2. He changes platforms too easily.
A man still searching for a stable political roof should not be asking for the keys to Aso Rock.

3. He has enthusiasm, not enduring structure.
Hashtags can trend, but only structure wins power and sustains it.

4. His support base often repels the allies he needs.
A movement known more for abuse than alternatives shrinks its own coalition.

5. He speaks like a lecturer, not always like a coalition builder.
Nigeria needs persuasion, not just presentations.

6[b]. He rode a wave in 2023 but could not preserve the gains.[/b]
Winning seats is one thing; keeping them under one roof is another.

7. He struggles to discipline loyalists.
A man who cannot manage followers will struggle to manage a federation.

8. He benefits from protest energy, but protest is not governance.
Anger can launch a campaign; it cannot run a country.

9. He is strongest in passion-heavy zones, weaker in broad national spread.
Regional intensity is not the same as national viability.

10. He criticizes loudly, but the alternative often sounds thin.
A president must offer more than complaint.


Peter Obi may still inspire a passionate following, but passion is not preparation, noise is not nation-building, and excitement is not executive capacity. Nigeria needs more than a protest candidate in a polished shirt. It needs a leader with structure, discipline, coalition depth, and the hard temperament to govern a difficult federation.

How are you able to cope with that little stipend u are receiving from APC. Don't u buy gas, pay rent, pay school fees, fuel ur car, generator. Don't u feed ur family.

That's your right. You are entitled to it. Same reason you can't vote for him, some people equally have reasons to vote for him. That's the beauty of democracy.

Your choice. Free world. I don’t think Obi will miss fake Obidients on or offline.🍷

We are gaining more TRUE supporters.
The war has many battles.

We have bigger fish to fry.👍🏽

Just be proud as an agbado eater than hiding under the guise of of giving reasons of not voting Peter Obi, no reasonable person can listen to tinubu and know his antecedents in Lagos and still vote him

Food is ready Politician

All noise, no substance

The biggest reason to ignore PO is that he is a distraction to the noble aim of removing the incumbent govt

He is Tinubu's pathway to remain in power

These are the same reasons people will vote him. one man's meat is another man's poison. Just vote wisely.

guass:
How are you able to cope with that little stipend u are receiving from APC. Don't u buy gas, pay rent, pay school fees, fuel ur car, generator. Don't u feed ur family.

When Obidients cannot answer substance, they open their last remaining shop: “How much APC is paying you?” It is a cheap way of avoiding the real debate. If my points are wrong, refute them. If all you have is stipend talk, then you are not discussing politics — you are advertising intellectual bankruptcy.

Jlow2:
Just be proud as an agbado eater than hiding under the guise of of giving reasons of not voting Peter Obi, no reasonable person can listen to tinubu and know his antecedents in Lagos and still vote him

So instead of answering ten reasons, your own response is payroll investigation. Thank you for confirming the article: more abuse than alternatives.
Answer the argument, not your imagination.
“Stipend” is not a rebuttal.

LagosOrigin:
You're a tinubu supporter, stop disguising.

OK go and vote for atiku na

You are right . I will be voting for president Tinubu . Here are just ten reasons why.



Ten Reasons I Will Be Voting for President Tinubu in 2027

1. He took the hardest economic decisions instead of preserving a lie.
Removing fuel subsidy and liberalising FX were painful, but they addressed distortions that had become fiscally unsustainable. Reuters has consistently reported that these reforms were harsh, but central to stabilising public finances and investor confidence. ([Reuters][1])

2. The economy is hurting less chaotically than before.
The pain is real, but macro indicators have improved: Reuters reported a 2024 balance-of-payments surplus, and reserves rose sharply into 2025–2026. A president should be judged not only by comfort today, but by whether he is rebuilding the foundation. ([Reuters][1])

3. He made states financially stronger.
FAAC distributions have risen significantly since subsidy removal. The Finance Ministry reported **₦1.578 trillion** shared in March 2025 alone, while later analysis showed total FAAC allocations rose sharply year-on-year. States now have more money; the real question is whether governors are using it well. ([Federal Ministry of Finance][2])

4. He pushed the most serious progress yet on state police.
Reuters reported on **June 11, 2026** that Nigeria’s parliament advanced the constitutional bill enabling state police, with Tinubu backing it. That is not a slogan; it is concrete movement on a reform Nigerians have debated for years. ([Reuters][3])

5. He has moved power supply forward, even if the sector is not yet fixed.
Reuters reported Nigeria’s electricity output surged to nearly **6,000 MW** in March 2025 after grid-overhaul progress. Government also approved **₦185 billion** to clear gas debts and support generation. In power, progress is not perfection, but progress still counts.

6. He kept higher education more stable than the ASUU-darkness era Nigerians remember.
Nigeria suffered an **eight-month ASUU strike in 2022** before Tinubu. Since he took office, there have been disputes and warning actions, but not a repeat of that prolonged nationwide paralysis. He also approved part-payment of withheld salaries to lecturers in 2023 to cool tensions. ([Reuters][5])

7. He opened a real student-support pipeline.
Tinubu signed the reworked student-loan law in 2024, and by April 2026 reporting said **1.38 million beneficiaries** had received support amounting to over **₦242 billion**. That is not theory; that is direct educational intervention at scale. ([National Universities Commission][6])

8. He raised the minimum wage instead of pretending wages could remain frozen.
Reuters reported the federal minimum wage process culminated in a higher floor after difficult negotiations. It does not solve everything, but it matters in a reform period where households are under pressure. ([Reuters][7])

9. He is building long-term economic tools, not only making speeches.
Reuters reported new moves on consumer credit and a national credit-guarantee framework to widen access to finance for citizens and businesses. That is the kind of structural support that matters if growth is to become more broad-based. ([Reuters][8])

10. He governs like a man carrying the burden of office, not like a protest candidate performing outrage.
Tinubu may not be perfect, but he has shown willingness to take politically costly decisions, push reforms, negotiate wages, decentralise policing, strengthen state finances, and keep working through turbulence. Nigeria needs endurance, not just excitement.

Conclusion:
President Tinubu inherited a distorted economy, a weak power system, overstretched public finance, and a long security crisis. He has not solved everything, but he has moved on difficult reforms, strengthened state revenues, pushed power and policing reform, avoided a repeat of the old ASUU paralysis, and expanded support through wages and student loans. **That is why I will be voting for him in 2027: not because the journey is painless, but because the direction is serious.

aswani:
I mean op has articulated things in an apt way I could never do.

Nothing to do with op being better than me.

That is because u don't pay bills or have responsibility when u are still under your parents roof
Being a man is not just having something between the legs oh

ngmgeek:
Only 10 reasons. Why not 100 reasons? 🤔

Una go reasons tire. Bulaba!

*You are proving my point.
I assume you have no real response to what I stated. Otherwise, you would have addressed the reasons one by one instead of dancing around them. There is a proverb: when a man has no answer, he begins to chase shadows. Silence in the face of substance is often the loudest confession of weakness. He who cannot untie the knot should stop pretending he holds the rope. In the end, the empty drum makes the loudest noise, but it still remains empty.

CharlesCNG:
So instead of answering ten reasons, your own response is payroll investigation. Thank you for confirming the article: more abuse than alternatives.
Answer the argument, not your imagination.
“Stipend” is not a rebuttal.

give ten problems tinubu has solved in nigeria since he assumed office in 2023

Jlow2:
give ten problems tinubu has solved in nigeria since he assumed office in 2023

Thank you . here are the first ten set with focus on areas tinubu have materially improved several long-running structural problems
Note this just part 1. i will give 100 specific , verifiable problems tinubu has solved. Thank you for asking.

Here are **ten problems Tinubu has solved or substantially addressed [/b]since 2023**. I’m saying **“[b]solved or substantially addressed”** on purpose, because some of these areas are clearly improved but not fully finished. that's why am voting for him again so that he can complete the good works he has started.

1. The petrol-subsidy drain.
Tinubu ended the long-running petrol subsidy regime that had become a major fiscal burden and distortion in public finance. That did not remove pain, but it did remove a structural leak that had been draining state capacity for years.

2. The multiple-exchange-rate mess and FX opacity.
Reuters reported that stronger net reserves and improved market confidence were linked to clearer forex rules, better transparency, and reduced distortions in the currency market. That means the old opaque FX regime has been materially cleaned up. ([Reuters][3])

3. Nigeria’s external-accounts weakness.
Nigeria moved from balance-of-payments deficits in 2022 and 2023 to a **$6.83 billion surplus in 2024**, with a **$13.17 billion goods-trade surplus** and higher remittances. That is a real macroeconomic turnaround.

4. Weak reserve buffers.
Reuters reported net FX reserves rose to **$34.8 billion by end-2025**, up from **$3.99 billion two years earlier**, while gross reserves also climbed strongly. That is a major improvement in Nigeria’s external safety cushion.

5. Excessive fiscal slippage.
Reuters reported Tinubu said the fiscal deficit narrowed to **3.0% of GDP in 2024** from **5.4% in 2023**, supported by stronger government revenue. That is not cosmetic; it is a sign of fiscal repair.

6[b]. The unresolved minimum-wage dispute.[/b]
The government negotiated a new **₦70,000 minimum wage**, and Reuters reported parliament passed the bill, ending the labour dispute around the wage floor. That did not end hardship, but it did resolve a major national industrial standoff. ([Reuters][5])

7. The long-stalled state-police debate.
Reuters reported lawmakers advanced the constitutional reform for **state police** with Tinubu’s backing, calling it the biggest progress yet on a reform long debated as a response to deepening insecurity. ([Reuters][6])

**8. Oil-and-gas revenue leakages.**
Reuters reported Tinubu ordered that all oil and gas revenues owed to government be paid directly into the **federation account**, ending the old pattern of heavy deductions before remittance. That is a concrete fix to a long-standing fiscal complaint.

9. Electricity-sector fiscal stress.
Reuters reported Nigeria cut electricity subsidies by **35%** after tariff reform for Band A users, reducing the tariff shortfall from **₦3 trillion to ₦1.9 trillion** and raising sector revenue. That is a real cleanup of one chronic problem, even though the power sector remains weak. ([Reuters][8])

**10. Stagnant electricity output and weak rural access.**
Reuters reported power generation rose about **30%** to nearly **6,000MW** after part of the grid overhaul was completed, and separately reported a **$200 million mini-grid deal** to expand power access for **1.5–2 million people** in rural and peri-urban areas. That does not solve power, but it does show concrete movement on generation and access.

Tinubu has not solved everything Nigerians complain about, but he has clearly solved or materially improved several long-running structural problems that previous governments avoided, delayed, or decorated.

aswani:
I mean op has articulated things in an apt way I could never do.

Nothing to do with op being better than me.

You're still saying the same thing in a different way

You summarily consider Op to be intellectually superior to you