Fighting the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Yesterday we (I and some Nigerian professors) spent close to an hour analyzing whether or not Barack Obama of the United States of America will survive as a president if brought to Nigeria to rule. Quite some interesting facts were released by those who found the topic debatable. Some of them believe that Obama will crack like a pack of rock fired under pressure if he attempt leadership in Nigeria while others say he will make it because of his tenacity, dynamism, decisiveness and ability to strengthen the weak “institution” that we have. I hope to get your own view on this as you are done reading.

In all of our discussions yesterday, one point formed the bedrock of my topic of projection today and that is “fighting President Goodluck Jonathan”. President Jonathan could say that the reason he has under-performed since he took on the position of president is because he’s been fought from every angle. But you and i know that’s not true! I only drew this line to establish a point here. Because the truth is that Jonathan has under-performed because he has been confused ever since he entered their, even till this very moment, he still doubt or rather still did not believe that he’s the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

That been said, the likes of Governor Rotimi Amachi of Rivers State, Retired Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Atiku Abubakar and a whole lot of other prominent and unpatriotic Nigerians are fighting President Jonathan not for the purpose of good governance, not for the purpose of ending the long trade of corruption scandal that has rock this nation, but for their individual selfish goals, for their inability of having more access to squander public fund etc. This however, does not make Jonathan a saint because he’s not. He is as corrupt and unpatriotic as the clique that fights him.

My singular opinion on this is, whether or not they want to fight themselves, they should leave the Nigerian youths out of it. Moreover they only show off their struggle in the public only to get behind a close door and share our money. All we ask of is good governance and safety of the Nigerian people, it’s not too much to ask, that’s our entitlement.