YES, I AM A JONATHANIAN. I use to get riled up when people infer or even call me Jonathanian. I thought it was odious and unsavoury; that it meant sycophancy and bootlicking. I have never been a bootlicker to anyone at anytime in my life. By some perceptiveness and insight, I now hold myself out as a Jonathanian, just the same way I can say I am an Awoist, or as some would say they are Zikist. Yes, I am an Awoist. I am a Centrist, which Awo was, though many do not even know this. Many thought Obafemi Awolowo was a leftist. He wasnt. In Nigeria, only Mallam Aminu Kano could be described as a leftist so to speak. Looking at Nigerian politics from the beginning till date, I would say I have a bit of something from Aminu Kano whose political focus was on the downtrodden called Talakawas; I have a bit of Ibrahim Waziri who practised politics without bitterness; I have a bit of Nnamdi Azikiwe who is the most charismatic and sophisticated Nigerian Politician of all time; I am obviously more of Obafemi Awolowo who believed in a mixture of capitalism and socialism, and created welfarism therefrom. Can you see why I said I am a Jonathanian? Jonathan is an admixture of Aminu Kano- Jonathan built more than 100 Almajiri schools to give hope to the hopeless and empower those left to die by a long line of Northern leaders; Ibrahim Waziri- Jonathan practises politics without bitterness and believes in bipartisan approach to socio political and economic issues; Nnamdi Azikiwe- Jonathan has shown charisma a and nationalism in the face of crass provocations from APC and their hirelings media vuvuzelas; Awolowo- Jonathan combines social welfare with capitalism with much dexterity to engender healthy business competition and provision of critical infrastructure... ***to be continued
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 21:06:58 +0000
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