Continuing with the countdown of the aspirants for the number seat in Nigeria. In my previous post, I talked about the young bloods who are running and hoping to make history.
In this part, we shall be looking at the Old Cabal.
Atiku Abubarkar. This ex custom's officer, served as the second elected vice-president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, on the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), with President Olusegun Obasanjo. A Nigerian politician, businessman and philanthropist, and he is one candidate with enormous wealth.
His campaign for the presidency has been since he left office as a vice president and he is hell bent on becoming president. He is one of the old ones.Mohammed Buhari. He is the seating president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. His campaign for change and fight against corruption was what endeared him to the people. Since he assumed office, his constant sickness and frequent trips overseas always makes the headlines. His style of leadership is in question and many are waiting to see a new dawn. He is one of the old ones.
Sule Lamido. This former governor of Jigawa State and Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant, kicked off his electioneering campaign by declaring at a rally that he was confident of becoming Nigeria's president after the 2019 general elections. He is one of the old ones.
Ayodele Fayose. The ever controversial Fayose is the Governor of Ekiti State and he is an outspoken individual who is known to openly attack the leadership of President Buhari. He is always on the news for one case or the other. The most recent is the freezing of his accounts by the federal government on allegations of corruption. He too wants to get into Aso Rock and make a difference. He is one of the old ones.
These four have so many supporters and they have been making some very loud noises on their plan to kick Buhari out of Aso Rock in 2019. The news media has so many stories of Ayo Fayose and the others openly attacking the president and his cabinet for their lack of love for the Nigerian nation and also their high level of corruption.
With Buhari being the incumbent, many fear there will not be a displacement and there is also the issue of zoning. (We funny for this country sha)
I blame this very administration of Buhari for introducing corruption in a more subtle way than we have known it before. Buhari came preaching war against corruption but his workings and that of members of his cabinet just shows outright corruption.
Should we talk about the war in our various arms of government? What about the constant misleading of the people making them take up sides with the foreigners to condemn the nation? What about the constant bombings and killings in the North Eastern parts of Nigeria?
Right now, there is no job, no industrialization, no growth in the development of the economy and the various policies being implemented just keeps making things difficult. From the CBN to the States and Local Governments, the wave of corruption just keeps taking an advanced pathway.
There is the case of the Chibok girls adopted by the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group at the beginning of the Buhari presidency and till now, our girls are still missing. Last week, the CBN announced some very funny law that will not allow you and I transfer more than N100,000.00 through our mobile phones daily. Today, i am just waiting to hear the next most disturbing news that will come from our leaders. - End of rant.
We need to have a country we can be proud to leave for our children. We are the ones who will determine what happens after now and we hope to get into the best sections of our lives and national development.
I am thankful for Cryptocurrency and also mostly for Steemit. It has helped me and thousand others find a workable path in life. I look forward to that day when, we can start using the Blockchain to conduct elections in this country.
Who will you be casting your vote for???
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We are also having elections in Pakistan after 2 to 3 months.
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WOW! its the thing that remains constant everywhere!One person cannot remain in power forever!
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Wait..... isn't that first one Tiger Woods?
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@ejemai, Nigerian politics is like circle jerking on steemit. They sit at a table and share power like upvotes like sp. It is irritating and I'm truly tired of it.
I have actually never voted in my life. This is because I have not seen the person worth my vote. No one has walked the talk, they all talk the talk, but walk a different path.
When I see a Nigerian that really wants nigeria to grow, I'll go all the way for him or her. Until then, I am at home watching the news and eating popcorn.
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Thankyou
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Truthfully not so many people are well acquainted to he new guys. They appear to hold so much promise of a better future but then we don't possess a crystal ball that will tell us if they would make fine leaders or not should any of them be elected into office.
The older guys on other hand, despite a few incompetencies have also proven themselves to be reliable in the past, and then there's this thing that comes with "experience". I'm not here to tell anyone who to vote or who I'd be voting for. Personally if I were karma I'd pick the one the country deserves. I'll simply guard my voters card jealously and wait till the 2019 elections to put it to good use.
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Exactly! i look at someone like Fela Durotoye and I can say that the man has revolutionary ideas that can transform the country. But how many people know him and how many will cast their votes? Another question is will their votes even count?
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If at the end of the primaries and these four a left for me to chose from, i will gladly chose Atiku Abubakar.
President Mohammed Buhari has not not done anything as far as i can see, his four years tenure will elapse soon and yet his administration has nothing to show as any tangible thing it has done for Nigerians. He promised a New Nigeria and that was the reason he was voted into power, ever since then his administration has been the worse so far. Corruption, nepotism, insecurities, terrorism, maginalisation and pure neglect of the poor. To be frank he is sick and unfit to rule Nigeria again. Voting him into power was a mistake Nigerians did and i am sure it won't repeat itself anymore.... Although as an incumbent wrestling power away from him won't be easy, but if the votes of Nigerians will count, then i am sure, Nigerians will be more than glad to retire him back to Daura his home town.
Lamido Sule is not that popular but i have not seen much while he was a governor. He will not even win the primaries. But he might be whom we are looking for, although him and his son were involved in some scandal which is yet to be confirmed. Should the scandal be true then he is not my option.
Ayodele Fayose, was vocal when there was a need for the opposition party to have a voice that would challenge the ruling party. But that isn't a guarantee that he would make the best of president Nigeria needs as a nation.
Atiku Abubakar who hails from Adamawa who has been a business all his life would manage Nigeria well, since he has been into business, he would know what and what to do and what and what not to do.
Although i know he might be coming out to hunt those who hunted him, but his clear chances of winning is the fact that he has empowered a lot of Nigerian youths through his various businesses ventures.
Atiku is my choice, that's my humble submission.
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Good that you have a choice and have been able to decide based on your understanding of these various leaders. We never know how the elections will turnout, but it is expected that we do our best and hope for a win.
Stay awesome!
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On May the 24th we will also have village officials election here in my country. But I wish Nigerian people to have a government who is quite lenient to cryptocurrencies so that they could get a leveled playing field when it comes to getting a chance to use cryptos for their lives and alleviate poverty for most @ejemai
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@ejemai, my heart bleeds when I remember the kind of resources we have that are mismanaged by our leaders. Imagine few Nigerians with bulk rooms in their houses filled with millions of foreign currencies, while beggars are becoming a corporate entity. Sir, we need to participate positively if we want this country go change. Enough of circling around, we have been having almost the same set of people governing us since independence.
Then you missed out on one candidate- Durotoye Fela, thanks for sharing your thoughts
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Participation is key but then, these corrupt leaders have also put processes in place the destroys sincere participation. We just have to keep pushing forward and hope we get a win.
Stay awesome!
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Persistence is the key word sir. God help us
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