PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA!

in #politics6 years ago (edited)
Hello guys, it's the first Sunday of the month and a very crucial day in the politics of NIGERIA because we just heard in the news, the final results of the primaries held in one of the biggest political parties in Nigeria, PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP).

The only party that is strongly capable of removing the incumbent political party(APC) from power of the presidency.

Before now, the party had thirteen presidential candidates and for me, I had a favorite candidate which was senator "Saraki" based on personal assertions of his ruling prowess.

Not to mention that he was a two term governor of sokoto state, and the current Senate President. Attempts have been made to take him off the seat, but he stood his ground (just to mention but a few).

HERE ARE THE RESULTS BELOW:

Result of PDP Primaries in Porthacourt.

  1. Invalid - 68
  2. Jonah Jang- 19
  3. Dati Ahmed - 05
  4. David Mark - 35
  5. Kabiru Turaki- 65
  6. Sule Lamido- 96
  7. Attahiru Bafarawa - 48
  8. Dankwambo - 111
  9. Ahmed Makarfi - 74
  10. Rabiu Kwankwaso - 158
  11. Bukola Saraki- 317
  12. Aminu Tambuwal - 693
  13. Atiku Abubakar- 1653
    Total Votes= 3,274
From the result above, it shows clearly that my favorite candidate came third, so what about "Atiku abụbakar?

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Atiku Abubakar

Atiku abubakar, was the vice president of Nigeria, in the days of olusegun Obasanjo. Ever since then, he had always contested for presidency but was never given the chance of winning the primaries,but now, he has won.

WHAT CAN HE OFFER ?

I seriously can't tell, but so far so good, Alot of controversies about how well he will rule if actually he beats the incumbent power, has been on the trending pages of newspapers, blog posts and sites, social media etc.

I am not a political analyst but I vehemently say that in Nigeria, based on our political history and records of past leaders, when an individual has persistently chased a particular political seat and eventually gets it, he or she tends to rule in favor of a group of persons called " political cabals", against the will of the masses. This is simply because, these political cabals must have helped put him or her in power and would have placed certain conditions that must be met.

Also, we all know that political campaigns require lots and lots of money to run and the cabals must have invested /borrowed or loaned out so much money just to support their candidate.

However, I am not saying or concluding that my favorite candidate should have been the best option, neither am I saying that the elected PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S flag bearer will rule badly, but I am saying that based on the records of our past political leaders, there are very high chances that Nigerians are heading towards the same mistakes made in the past which leaves us going in circles without a single hope for change to the devastating economic situation in the country.

They Atiku is known to have a record of "highest employer of labor", even more than dangote (the richest man in africa) which will boost money flow in the country.

But I say what we actually need in this country is not necessarily money to flow, but we need a president that will take out time to see to it that there's development in each nd every state in the country.

We need a leader that will give appointments not on sentiments but on qualifications.

Yet again, who am I to decide and who am I to preach?... I only have my pen and I must write. People have said that the current PDP flag bearer stands a better chance to over throw the incumbent power, but after that... WHAT NEXT?

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God bless Nigeria!

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