About a month ago, there was a viral video online which purportedly showed Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, referring to the United States Of America, as the “United Kingdom of America”. While it was not quite clear if that was exactly what he said(his accent made it difficult to really comprehend what he said), the story that he said United Kingdom of America caught and stayed.
The past week has seen the social media space inundated with the Linda Ikeji story. The popular blogger had come out finally to reveal the father of her son Jayce, to be Sholaye Jeremi.
Atiku represents jobs, affluence, a knitting together of a fragmented country. And all of these qualities are what Nigerians are looking for in their new leader. Aware now that pretense to fighting corruption will not solve Nigeria’s problems, Nigerians have begun to queue behind Atiku, since he represents the solution to the country’s needs.
The conflict between former Lagos state governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the incumbent governor, Akinwumi Ambode, brought to the fore again, the servant-master relationship the Yorubas and Tinubu have.
This is by no means an attempt to talk down or insult the President of Nigeria. It is simply the act of asking the hard question that may cause President Muhammadu Buhari, to carry out a proper introspection that should help him to be better, and most importantly, start treating Nigerians better.
Over the weekend, one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, put out a tweet which reads;
This revelation of Tinubu’s(and by extension of all the loyal Tinubu supporters) reason for supporting Buhari reveals not just the selfish reasons behind their actions, but also puts to question the so called promise to Ndigbo that the Presidency will revert to them in 2023 if they support Buhari’s second term bid
In 2015, what drove most Nigerian voters as the country headed to the polls to elect who would be President between 2015 to 2019, was the need to change what many believed was the ineffectual and incompetent government of Goodluck Jonathan. It did not matter so much, what characteristics the person would be, provided the person seemed to offer a change from Jonathan’s style of leadership.
Port Harcourt has always been like that child with enormous promise, but who never comes around to fulfilling his or her potential. At best, the city, as far as the entertainment industry is concerned, has always been like twenty-first century Arsenal FC—get so close to the finish line, make a detour, and start at the beginning.
It seems for President Buhari, the only thing that matters now is his 2019 ambition. So everything must be done to ensure that it is attained; even if it means stripping millions of Nigerians of protection so that his party can secure the South West for him. Even if it means retaining Security Chiefs who are so incompetent that Nigeria is soaked in blood. After all, those Security Chiefs would reciprocate by ensuring that everything is done to repay him with a 2019 electoral victory–and if Ekiti is anything to go by, security men can now guarantee the protection of vote buyers, and the safety of funds brought in for the same purpose.
