This may sound a bit too fast, fast forward four years from “Decision 2015”!! What shall we be saying? Nigerians will probably have to come back in 2019 to ask so many questions. Right now, a fair number just want Goodluck Jonathan out of office, and Buhari is their default option. But I think it’s a dangerous place to be and a dilemma between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Reading a post quoting the president saying, “Nigeria will be better in 5 years” I thought to myself this is just one of his campaign gimmick. So he is saying indirectly that if I am re-elected into into office, Nigeria will be better than the way it is currently. But thinking about it, what happened to the last 4 to 6 years of his soon to end administration? Its over 250 days the chibok girls have being kidnapped due to the menace of the boko haram insurgency, still no sign of them yet. If he has not being able to resolve yet, what the assurance the insurgency will stop or there wont be any more kidnapping and terrorising of innocent citizens if he is re-elected?
The question is, if we doubt GEJ’s credibility to rule the nation for another four years; is GMB the ticket to the “Better Nigeria” we have so long been dreaming about? And is he really the best opposition that APC has to offer? With so many opinions from the opposing party, what the supporters of the “#ThisIsBuhari” campaign say is these are just naysayers who do not believe in the #Change slogan of the party. But some people are indifferent and think neither of the candidates is fit for the job. They believe none of them can cope with the problems of Nigeria. Judging from president Goodluck’s performance for the past six, he has been stagnant and has done nothing to solve the nation’s major problems and the stringent measures Buhari took while he was a soldier can work now because the country’s problems are so overwhelming. What Nigeria needs is to have a democratic electoral alliance that has the vision to produce a revolutionary who is patriotic and can cope with the problems of Nigeria.
Still a few think the Buhari and Osinbanjo is the perfect duo that can deal with the problems we have in Nigeria especially insecurity, unemployment and corruption. It is believed that if jonathan continues boko haram will over ride this country. Yet there are many permutations about the nomination of Prof Yemi Osinbanjo as the running mate for Gen Mohammadu Buhari. Amongst the numerous factors is his strong visibility in the Pentecostal Christian movement, also lest we forget Prof Yemi is from the south west. This is where the osinbajo factor could be a game changer for the APC. Neither Oshiomole or Amaechi could boast of such large number of votes from ethnic nationality if either of them emerged as a running mate for GMB. I believe the most critical permutation is the fact that, the less politically exposed and controversial a candidate is, the better the chances of the party. Especially judging from the likes of Fashola and Sambo who were not controversial persons, before they were selected as governorship and presidential running mate respectively.
What still baffles many is that all this while Mr President did not visit the troubled region of the north east but few days to the presidential polls, the people of Borno state receive a surprise visit from him. All this boils down to how desperate the president is to get more votes for himself at the presidential polls on February 14.
Right now its countdown to a nation deciding moment for everyone with the campaign getting intense by the moments and opposition parties employing all tactics possible to get the people persuaded and to convinced , I believe the power is in our hands again not to just vote for anyone that appeals to us but to see this as an opportunity determine the Nigeria we want to see four years down the line, when we shall return to the polls again. The power is in our hands to build the tomorrow we dream of today.
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