I beseech you Mr President, as a matter of urgency, to open up to God and ask him what you should do in the best interest of the nation regarding the 2011 presidential polls.
The character of the incumbent President as a determinant of EFCC’s quality of response is not a good excuse; if that excuse is offered, it would only further confirm the alleged politicization of the anti-corruption agency. Is this a throw-back to the Obasanjo era?
Beneath Jonathan’s self-effacing appearance lies a deeper ambition to retain his residency at Aso Rock. He is applying an old but familiar political trick which was adopted successfully by his predecessors.
In “Operation Totality”, who does Obasanjo speak for? And why is anyone endorsing a man who has not even publicly declared that he is interested in the 2011 Presidential Elections?
A little over five months before the 2011 landmark polls, it looks increasingly likely ( and I loathe to say this) that the next occupant of Aso Rock would be another thieving politician with not the faintest idea of governance and draped in the regalia of the PDP.
Believe it or not, the divisions in the PDP, engendered by a disputed zoning pact, are driven first by primordial selfish interests, and secondly by regional, religious and ethnic differences and intolerance.
The political space in our country today promotes the survival of thieves and opportunists because the motivations as enshrined in the 1999 constitution are self-serving and unjust and oppressive.
Did the two most important figures for the 2011 general elections declare their assets before assuming their offices? At the end of the elections, Nigerians would like to know if Nwodo’s public declaration that politicians should not visit him at home and Jega’s silence over the jacking up of INEC’s package had any relevance in the first place.
If Goodluck Jonathan really wants to contest in properly conducted polls, he should be out campaigning among the masses and debating policy issues, instead of schmoozing behind closed doors.
It may be hard to disagree that up till now, no Nigerian politician, in the first place, joins politics with the utmost desire and sincerity of purpose. Here we explore the politicians who have been jumping from one party to the other for non-public gains
