My Take(SERIOUSLY) Fellow Nigerians. As we decide on who will be our president for the next four years, let us keep in mind that we are looking at a situation that extends that number of years, regardless of our choice as the electorate. We are at a very crucial phase in our national history and we need to decide if we want to continue hoping and praying or seize the opportunity for change. The Jonathan administration has done the country more harm than good in terms of its attitude towards corruption and insecurity. We have had trillions of our money vanished without a trace and without an explanation. We have an army that has been infiltrated and plagued by corruption. We have a president who believes corruption and stealing are two different things altogether. We have a president who insults our intelligence at every given opportunity. A president who once said he didn’t give a damn about the need to declare his assets. We have a president who said he was “revolutionizing” agriculture by distributing cotton seeds. A president who would not choose to debate simply because he cannot have his facts put together and would not want to be confronted with any situation warranting he gives us those facts we need. We have a president who has pardoned and has even honoured corrupt officers. A president who ordered protesters be dispersed in the cases of the Bring Back our Girls Group (BBOG) and the fuel subsidy protest of January 2012, giving us the drastic increase of pump price as a New Year’s gift. President Jonathan has not, for once, visited any part of the North East since Boko Haram began besieging those communities. Even ordinary, well meaning, Nigerians have since shown more support for the North East than our president. North East Nigeria has essentially been cut off from the rest of the country. When President Jonathan flagged of his campaign on the 8th of January 2014, in the multitude of all the fiery remarks he made, he never for once, mentioned anything about the over 200 Chibok girls captured and whose whereabouts remain unknown. He rather chose to go on the defensive by castigating the opposition, calling on teenagers and adolescents to vote him, knowing many in that age group are young, naive and inexperienced. We have a government that has pumped billions into propaganda on social media, in a bid to hoodwink the unsuspecting. Up until now, we have no explanation for the missing $20 billion NNPC funds, with that being just one instance of theft. Let us put ethnic and religious sentiment aside and vote our conscience. Deep down we know these allegations of fundamentalism and bigotry are baseless. There is no way two notable Christian leaders will choose to run with an Islamic bigot. Its not possible. They have seen what a lot of unsuspecting Nigerians do not see about him. Fellow Nigerians, It is time for us to decide. Like you, I also grew up hearing all sort of things and I had my doubts about General Buhari but through findings and reasoning based on observation and evidences, I have come to realize that the reason some do not want him there is simply because he has a very strong character; something we desperately need as an innate attribute in every political office holder. Corruption is dragging Nigeria to the bottomless pit of anarchy and chaos. I beg you all to vote with your conscience for the good of our country
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 09:23:22 +0000
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