I have heard some quarters said President Jonathan has performed and done well in the last four years considering the facts on ground. I have also heard some quarters condemning him that he has been the worst President Nigeria ever had. We all have our different opinions and we are entitled to our opinions.
But may I ask you friends, what is your own view of President G.E.J? Does he deserve a second term?
Now that NFF has sacked Keshi midway to qualification, can Amodu Shuaibu achieve anything in the last two games? Can he put a solid team together? It seems poor decision making always tag along with NFF. Keshi should either have been sacked after world cup or left to complete this qualification pursuit.
Again, personally I do not think Amodu can do anything different, we are just recycling the same set of skilled and maybe seasoned coaches but who lack technical prowess to read, analyze and outsmart the opponent coach from the bench. All our coaches need is to understudy some of the Champion League coaches for a year or so.
Do we have the humility of kind to do this? I doubt it.
Is it true Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi has been sacked? If it is true, is this right? Is the timing right also? Let us discuss…
There are many people in our corporate world and even at the national level that are hungry for power and will do everything to get to position of power yet without the essentials qualities and skills required to make a success of the position. This seems to be our bane as a nation.
Until we elevate altruism above self aggrandizement and selfish interest, Nigeria and the Nigerian businesses will continue to struggle and continue to record the dismal performance we have been having since the exit of the likes of Zik, Awolowo, and Tafawa Balewa.
Power is not good in itself. It is only good to the extent that the holder uses it to transform and impact as many people, communities, states and nations as possible. Stop power pursuit for selfish purpose, it will only destroy you.
You are the average of the five closest people to you. If you want to be a lion walk with lions. If you want to fly high, associate with high flyers.
Is the creation of 18 New States our priority? If 36 Governors haven’t been able to effectively utilise and show result for the monthly allocation, how would 54 Governors be able to do it?
Ekiti Gubernatorial has come and gone. Though the victor and vanquished have emerged, political pundits are still wondering what went wrong for the incumbent governor. It is not even now and then you see an incumbent losing to another.
Picking the lessons in this election is therefore necessary for both aspiring politicians and sitting politicians. Here are a few lessons to be learnt.
One, the electorate do not necessarily like a reformer. Especially when it is an electorate that is largely uninformed, the populist will always have his way over the reformer. The electorate in Ekiti spoke clearly that they are not interested in the beautiful reforms of Gov. Fayemi. They would rather follow Fayose.
Two, a leader can only succeed to the extent to which he is able to strike a balance between his vision and the desires of the followership. No matter how beautiful the leader’s vision is, if the followership feels that its interest will be jeopardize, such leadership will meet with frustration. Fayemi dared the status quo, constructed new roads, challenged the old teachers to upgrade their qualifications, but the people of Ekiti felt he wasn’t taken care of their own interest and they voted him out.
Three, no matter how good you are or how successful you have become as a leader, don’t take your followers for granted. Reach out to them by every means possible. They can make or break you. Billboard campaign can only take you far. House to house campaign always endears the leader to the people. Get involved in the grunt work.
Four, our democracy is still a young one. In another clime and under a different democratic dispensation, Fayemi would have won a second term. In matured democracy, politics of ideology always win over ‘Amala politics ‘. But this is not necessarily so in a growing democracy like ours. You must mix your ideology with some Amala. ‘A little to the people and a little to the party’ is more like it.
Five, don’t rely on the strength of your political party. People sometimes vote for the personality and not the party. Other times too, people vote for the party regardless of the personality. Jonathan won last Presidential election based on personal appeal built up from the ‘boy with no shoe’ story. He didn’t win because he belonged to PDP.
Finally, to the people of Ekiti, I wish you the best as you await the inauguration of the second coming of Fayose. I pray your decision augurs well for your State.
It is distraughtful that almost everything we do in Nigeria revolves around money. We have sacrificed almost everything good at the altar of money. When the Super Eagles are at a crucial stage, where a loss means exit from the World Cup, rather than focus on how to defeat France and move on to the Quarter final for the first time, our Eagles are boycotting training and asking for their share of the $8m from FIFA for qualifying for the second round. Whether it is justified or not is not my focus, it is the fact that the crucial match is of less importance than the money that beats me.
Also, why do we keep having this issue? Why can’t our players have confidence and trust in our football administrators?
Again, I say we are the architect of our woes as a nation. Our institutions (traditional, religious and educational) continue to celebrate, encourage and reward corruption and we keep hoping that things will get better. Nay, far from it. Any society that celebrates corrupt practices is self-destructive.
See another evil under the heavens, Stella Oduah, former aviation minister who was embroiled in corruption, has been given a chieftancy title by some chiefs in Anambra. We can’t record any progress at this trend.
adewumioni 