Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Five Reasons President Johnathan lost to Buhari [Opinion]


Hanging out with the wrong people:
Mr President was always having dinners with celebrities and not so good advisers. He should have known better than to surround himself with so called celebrities who make up a minority of Nigerians. A youth interactive session made up of a small fraction of the youths is definitely not enough to get votes.

Underestimating Buhari the same way he underestimated Boko Haram: It’s funny how he never saw this coming. I believe it was a thing of, “he lost before, why won’t he lose now?” He however, forgot that nothing lasts forever. Well, I guess it’s his thing or bad advisers, not sure which one. He did the same with Boko Haram like he said.

Bad campaigning: I don’t know if it was only me, but all I could deduce from PDP’s campaign was a constant attack on the opposition. From calling him brain dead, to saying he was too old and the whole certificate saga. Too much time was simply wasted on irrelevant things and main things ignored.

Trying to work at the 11th hour:  
The fire brigade approach to Boko haram in the last minute just wasn’t enough to convince Nigerians. While girls were missing, Nigerians were dying, our dear Mr President was busy relaxing with popcorn and Nollywood movies. Okay, I am not saying promoting the entertainment industry is wrong or relaxation is wrong, I’m just saying, who does that when his house is on fire? If only he tackled Boko Haram the way he did in the last few weeks earlier, maybe things would have been different.

Nigerians simply had enough:
Like they say, there is a limit to everything and this was it for Nigerians. They were overwhelmed by Mr President’s inability to deliver. Too much was going on and things kept going from bad to worse and all they needed was change. Little wonder, when someone else came with the idea of change they jumped on it. To those who ask why they think this change will be good, they answer, “we don’t think he is the best man for the job but simply want our leaders to know that they can be voted out the same way they are voted in”. Classic response indeed!

The wind of change is indeed here and all I hope for is that it benefits all Nigerians including members of the working class who have been marginalised for so long because I saw them at the polling units. Please, stay happy and spread happiness around. Xoxo.

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