Nigeria Political History

For the Gen Z in the house, let me give you history, for the millennials, let me refresh your memories.

Umaru Musa Yar'adua was Nigerian best performing president till he died, when he died, they hid his death from us for like 2 months, for some reason I don't know. Now to the best of my knowledge, he was very much of a good age to run but he was sick or ailing in health, so no matter how good he was, the sickness got the best of him and took what would have been our best president ever from us, then Goodluck Jonathan came in Man had absolutely no clue what it means to lead but he tried to stick to the legacy of Yar'Adua, he was weak and easily manipulated, people wanted him gone.
Muhammadu Buhari was who we confused as the new Yar'Adua, the latter whom we couldn't enjoy to the fullest Considering they were both from Katsina, they both led a very meagre lifestyle, they paraded Buhari as a no nonsense man who would eradicate corruption to the barest decimal point [only if they knew].
Buhari was the Yar'Adua, some Igbos accepted him, South accepted him, Despite Jonathan's incumbency and the fact that he went and added "Azikiwe" to his name, he still lost, we didn't need a dulling president, we needed a sniffer, a bulldog, someone who will give every form of corruption a technical knockout (TKO).
Buhari came in and refused to Select his cabinet for like 7months, we thought he knew what he was doing, we were commending him.
Fast forward to today, Buhari has the highest corruption index, the worst economy, the worst exchange and inflation rate, worst security, worst unemployment rate, nepotism But we choose to give him a pass in infrastructure, cuz he did the 2nd Niger bridge and lots of failed rail project, just when the pass was sliding down and we're heading to election, he commissioned the Lekki seaport and the rice mill.
I saw a video from a Tinubu supporter On twitter, the video showed Buhari lifting the hands of Tinubu and Shettima in Bauchi, 
the user captioned it "make obidients dey play"... I forgave him because he is obviously GenZ they never too get sense to conceptualise when we had a better Nigeria, they think politics Is like choosing a football team to support, I choose Chelsea, you like Manchester United, my dear, you are watching a video of a failed president [failure in all index] endorsing a man with frail health, dementia and old age.
I tell you what I'm scared for this country My prayers is not even for Peter Obi to win, my prayer is that when he wins, may he never be overwhelmed by how complicated Nigeria is, may his blueprint actually be authentic. He is my most reliable candidate. 
And for you that is choosing Atiku Abubakar, I hope for our sake that your candidate really has a plan because I studied Economics, I understand privatisation. Do you really think Capitalism is what the country needs?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

HEART ❤ BREAK

Ladies and gentlemen behold the moment has come, I type with heaviness in my chest and with a shaky hands, with bruised ego, low morale and a bitter taste in my mouth. People, good people, what you all keep saying has happened, I want to share my tiny experience. I lay awake in my bed, wide awake, my heart kept beating like it is going to blow out from my rib cage, I kept wondering, was I too harsh, I kept hating myself for going too soft, I kept asking why I don't have alternatives, why focus on one case that keeps making me sweat through the cold, laugh through the pain and hide from the crowd. I didn't know the answers to my current predicament, I was pissed at myself, I was trying to get over my situation, worst is that I was worried if I was wrong, I was heart broken 💔.  I used to like myself, I'm a shrewd personality, I'm a calculative person, very assertive, very intentional, I still like myself, heck, those qualities are not gone, just that I can't apply th...
Read more

RELIGION & TRICKS

Nigeria is blessed, not just with abundant resources but also with himalayan number of believers of one religion or another. Most of Nigeria's population are either Christians or Muslims but there lies the root of this write up. One can never be detailed with matter relating to religion in Nigeria and its effect on their believers. The notion of people who are inclined to these aforementioned religions differ and their reasons for subscribing to a particular belief differ too. Some are just born into one religion and as such they spend their whole life defending their birth rights, some convert to a religion for one reason or another but mostly marriage, greener pasture or peer influence. Nigeria is a country where people become religious leaders with versed interests. A country where these leaders move their members to believing that God calls a particular few and the remaining many should follow them. A country where an individual can not have a conflicting opinion about a clergy...
Read more

TONI'S PARADOX

Image
I have this stuff in my mind that I am curious about, can you help me out?  I have this paradox that I can't seem to place. I will try as much as possible to paint you the picture of what I mean, translate the picture 📸 into a question then find me an answer.  There is this discombobulation about population that I can't seem to figure out. Please read attentively because you must help me out! 🙄 My case study is Nigeria 🇳🇬,  a country said to be about 200 million people, the most populous country in Africa. Nigeria 🇳🇬, a country renowned for its level of poverty, and at the same time for how industrious her citizens are. This population is said to be reducing, the "japa" wave and the mass exodus of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and of course the investors. When you visit Nigerian Immigration Service Offices in various states, you will encounter various applicants who are plotting their exit from this once great country, when ...
Read more