Tinubu’s Closed-door Meeting And 2023 Self-appointed Puritans -By Chima Christian

I have continued to curate opinions on Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s closed-door meeting with Orji Uzor Kalu in Abuja yesterday.

First, the media reportage the meeting generated was far from being spontaneous. Regardless of how one Tinubu and Orji Uzor Kalu, it must be acknowledged that both men, especially the former, work so hard to keep themselves in the consciousness of Nigerians. That, out of all the possible meetings that happened in Abuja yesterday, the media chose, or were motivated enough, to be talking about this particular one is proof positive.

Now to the not-so-salutary comments, especially those who retain the view that Tinubu doesn’t seem to have the vitality needed to run Nigeria in 2023 and beyond. The problem is that the so called virile/viable ones are still playing hide and seek.

Despite my best wishes, elections in Nigeria do not go to the most fit and intelligent. It almost always goes to who works the “system” better.

I encourage our intelligent and “fit” 2023 hopefuls to get off their intellectual and puritanical high horse, roll up their sleeves and play the game by its rules. If they refuse to play the 2023 game by its rules, they may have to literally create their own country. This is because they can’t win elections in this one if they don’t apply themselves to the formula or invent a superior one.

Chima Christian