The next President of Nigeria may be decided in the next 10 days. This presupposes that PDP's stranglehold on Nigerian politics will result in the party's flagbearer automatically becoming President of Nigeria. Candidates for all elective posts will be decided at the PDP primaries on December 16. There a couple of issues that need to be analysed in order to accurately predict the outcome of the PDP primaries.
Will the North's desire for power to be returned be acceded to?
Will the PDP's preference be for a Governor?
Will the South-South finally get their shot?
If the last two questions are Yes, then the two candidates in contention will be Peter Odili or Donald Duke. Which of these two will make a better President given their antecedents in Rivers and Cross Rivers respectively? At this point I will not venture to suggest a name except to say that we need a break from the past. Most of the other front runners represent what we are trying to leave behind. Or do we want to take one step forward and ten steps back. What we require at this point in time is what my consultant friends like to call a "paradigm shift".
Back to the topic at hand. Who do you think will pick the PDP Presidential ticket?
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my major grouse with IBB is the fact that he annuled June 12. His incompetence isn't any worse than the twits that have gone before and after him. He however had a chance to do the right thing and he goofed! Abiola might not have been the messiah and he might have been as incompetenet but at least he would have been the incompetent person we chose!
So what would have happened if he hadn't annulled the election?
Kenny, I absolutely share your fears. Thinking of the forthcoming elections scares me to my bones. I am quite passionate about this country and I truly want to see good governance for a change. All my life, i have lived in a country with no rule of law, no proper infrastructure put in place for a common Nigerian to enjoy. No social amenities...you know it has gotten to that stage where the average Nigerian thinks its a privilege to have electricity for 4 hours in a day.
Kenny, my mood changes when i think or talk about Nigeria. I wish we could have different faces in government. The few visionaries who will want to step up are scared of assasination and the evil schemes in today's Nigeria.
For the elections, I have no idea who the PDP candidate is going to be but I will prefer Duke to Odili. To me, Duke is more focused and more of a visionary, He is intelligent, he seems to be able to speak and act intelligently without having a speech written for him or having prepared for a situation. However, I am not sure he'll be able to handle the "mighty evil men" around Aso Rock.
Nevertheless, I am willing to give him a try or put some trust in him
Did you hear that the PDP candidate will be below 55. Check out: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article01
This automatically rules out our best friend IBB. Or does it?!
It is REALLY sad, to say the least, that we are compelled to spill our guts negatively about the one place we truly call "home". Whether we like it or not, those of us who currently resident outside of Nigeria are faced indirectly with these issues and may be faced with them directly at some point in time. I say this because I have discussed at length with other Nigerians who do not give a hoot about what is going on back home, and do not want to be bothered by it. I remind them that they may have family and/or friends who are impacted by these detestable environmental and economical conditions. IBB, Baba Sala and all those who support “the cause”.
I think the question for us out here is this, “What can we do to help the situation?”…
Hello Lioness,
I admire your concern for Nigeria even though you are not currently resident here. However, I wish to clarify your statement "It is REALLY sad, to say the least, that we are compelled to spill our guts negatively about the one place we truly call "home". ". There are issues that will not go away no matter how many times we close our eyes or bury our heads in the sand. If I understand you correctly you feel that this blog is painting Nigeria in a negative light. On the contrary, the fact that we can air our views without the fear of disappearing from the face of the earth shows that things are changing. As to your question of what you can do to help given the fact that you are in the diaspora, take a cure from what the Indians are doing. Repatriating funds home to fund start-ups, micro finance schemes and other innovative ways of earning a living abroad and using the funds back home. You can also portray a positive image of Nigeria by refusing to conform to the stereotype of the typical Nigerian.
Cheers and thanks for your comment
Hello KHS,
I apologise for my unclear comment. What I meant by “It is REALLY sad…”, is that it just troubles me that things have to be this way. Will there ever be a sense of “sanity”? I was not criticizing the topic or write-up in anyway. I just have deep-seated pain, I guess self-inflicted, when it comes to these issues.
But like in different countries all over the world, there are topics that will always touch a sensitive nerve, especially when you know that it may take nothing short of a miracle to have a positive change. We will continue to strive and do our part.
Please keep up the good work, I know a lot of good will come out of this blog.
DelicateLioness
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