Who Born the Maga: Vision 2015

When John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November of 1963 the United States mourned. Lyndon Johnson his vice President became President on board of Air Force 1 less than three hours after JFK passed. President Johnson went on to finish JKF’s term. In 1964 he ran for office and he won. LBJ however didn’t win a reelection. LBJ withdrew from the race! His foreign policy and the war in Vietnam affected his popularity. Can you see where am going with this? Alright I will make it clearer. On May 5, 2010 President Yar’Adua died in Aso Rock after returning from a medical trip in Saudi Arabia. On May 6, 2010 President Jonathan was sworn in to complete his boss’ term. Haven said that you might think am advocating GEJ to be president. You are dead wrong!

Before JFK took office in the States, he was preceded by a two-term Republican President; Dwight Eisenhower. In Nigeria, President Yar’Adua was preceded by a two-term PDP president; Chief Obasanjo. During his tenure in office between 1999 and 2007 his party had a majority in the National Assembly. That means that he could have passed any legislation with no difficulty whatsoever. I would leave the details of that administration to the experts. However like any administration Obasanjo’s tenure has a basket full of criticism.

                        

When Yar’Adua became President little was known about his deputy on a national scale. Every political position he ever took was achieved on the mandate of a boss. Dramatically after the death of Mr. Yar’Adua many Nigeria started beating the drum that the name of the new president will be bring good fortune to Nigeria. GEJ suddenly became the right man for the job. That is just absolutely ridiculous. I wonder why he didn’t run in 2007. I guess this absurd notion gingered the president ego. He declared to run for office. This is his first ever. Now that is where I have a problem.

Mr. President wants to rule Nigeria in his own right. He has promised not to seek a reelection in 2015. Nigerians are easy believers. Mr. President I personally do not understand how you would complete your campaign promises in 4 years considering they are the same your party promised through 1999- 2010. As I said earlier, PDP have had a majority in the National Assembly since 1999. In the forth coming election, the opposition parties are not smiling. The chances of PDP winning absolute majority is slim. So Mr. President the task would be more difficult taking that fact into consideration.

In true democracies around the world, the presidency often rotates. This makes for fresh ideas to come into government. GEJ has promised to deliver what the PDP has failed to do in 11 years in 4 years. I do not see it happening. Do you? Egypt with 80 million people generate 25,000 Giga watts of power; and South Africa with a population of 35 million generate 40,000 megawatts while Nigeria with a population over 150 million people, can only generate 3,000 megawatts of power.

The point am trying to make is simple. In soccer a coach subs an underperforming player for someone on the bench even if was to be his best. Alright that might not apply to politics.lol. Nigerians should seek what is right for once. What does a candidate’s name have to do with governance? Nigerians have tried the ruling party since 1999. Are we satisfied? No. Is there enough public goods? No. Are we performing at our optimum? No. Is there enough employments for our annual University graduates? NO. Is there constant power and security? NO. Nigerians do we have a choice? Yes! Let’s make a change. We owe it to our generation.