Nigerian Presidential Elections

I have not blogged for a while but I cannot resist the temptation of making some comments on the forthcoming elections after i saw the last debate organised by NN24 news channel.

First of all, I wonder why any right thinking Nigerian is still supporting the incumbent President for refusing to show up at the debate - I think he still believe that this is all about luck

It is quite obvious that we still have a long way to go when one listens to the way issues were raised by the anchor & the responses of the aspirants - there is a general assumption on all sides that Nigeria has all it needs for development and that all that is needed is for someone to get there and disburse the funds - nothing was really mentioned about wealth creation.
All of them stylishly avoided the question on the rift between the Central Bank governor and the legislator; it is still all about patronage.

Buhari said there is nothing wrong with our educational sector, I dont blame him, he never received any, so he might not really know what education is all about. This general is retired and definitely not part of our future

Shekarau should follow in the footsteps of most of the outgoing Governors - Go to the Senate, he will be a good one there. He sounds a bit articulate but definitely is not a Presidential material especially in the 21st century.

Ribadu, though a new face and not much experience; i never really believe in his bid but he seems to be the only untested among the whole lot and he can sure be helped with a good team - Fola's choice as VP is a good one, he understands how to make systems work, he has GT bank as a good CV


Bakare is obviously ambitious and hoping Buhari will die & he can become president; he should cover his face in shame with how he killed the wonderful vision of SNG on the altar of personal ambition. I pray that the love that God has for him and the undeniable call of God upon his life will not make him win so that he can retrace his steps. I know he will want try to reactivate the SNG vision when he loses the election but it will be too late.

I am not one who believes that pastors cannot go into politics and seek political office (infact i might do it some day i don't know yet), but it must be done right with all sincerity. Bakare's bid is lacking in all of these. Imagine the wonderful role of political education and orientation which SNG would have been carrying out today.

Bakare and Buhari cannot in any way work together because both has dictatorial tendencies. The OBJ/Atiku sort of feud will definitely resurface and will come with more unfavourable tendencies as it will finally polarise the nation along religious lines. This is very critical for me because i reside in Jos and i don't have plans of relocating from my adopted city.

As for Oyegun, he is also a face of the old and definitely has nothing to offer.

The VP debate especially just showed that these guys are all saying the same thing & they would have done the nation a whole lot of good if they can just drop their selfish ambitions & come behind Ribadu to push PDP out of Aso Rock, any other thing apart from the PDP would do for starters

On a lighter note, I am glad NN24 did not bother invite the other comedians like Dele Momodu (I have really missed his wonderful articles), my English teacher Rev Chris Okotie and such like...

I still believe we have a long way to go but we will definitely get there

Blessings on NIgeria