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The ascension of President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan has been adjudged divine in the jaundiced
opinion of some religious bigots who have refused to
confront the reality that God wanted us here on earth
to, improve it, subdue it and occupy till he comes and
our reward when he comes will not be as a result of how
many wives we had, how many cars we drove, how many
foreign countries we had been to, but on how we were
able to inconvenience others into positively changing
their ways. President Jonathan’s take over as Acting
President was a cold calculated power game of using
others as cannon folder while keeping at safe distance
from the projectile in-case it backfires. This has been
the preferred route to power by President Jonathan. When
there was vacancy in Bayelsa State Government House, he
allowed those chanting constitutionalism to pave way for
his ascension and had that failed, he would have told
the Governor General of Ijaw land that he was not
interested in taking over. Same tactics was deployed
during the “Doctrine of necessity saga”. The President
revealed this much during his interview with CNN
Christine Anampur(14 April 2010), where he said he knew
what he would have done to see Mr. President but chose
not to do it.
He chose not because he didn’t want the
appendix President to his name but he wanted the people
to raise dust and again, in-case Yar’Adua recovered, he
would have been seen as a faithful deputy. If this
analysis is wrong, what became of the PDP Reform Group
that was chanting due process? Have they not scattered
since the President Jonathan’s administration has
nothing to offer them after they paved way for his
ascension to Nigeria’s most choice office? What became
of the Civil Society Groups that were chanting
constitutionalism so as to pave way for Mr. Jonathan to
become President Jonathan while our C-in-C was still
signing his swan song? I hope generations to come will
not blame us for expediting Yar’Adua’s death; for we
were told that the constant sick leave of Yar’Adua was
responsible for the snail speed Nigeria at which Nigeria
was moving towards goodies for all in the nearest
future. Can these Civil Society Groups stand up to
protest the darkness in the land?
My anger today, I am sure it is also
yours, only that you cannot express it, is the irritant
manner people are saying that 2011 is Goodluck’s because
God brought him in. Please wake up. His victory in 2011
is because the opposition are not organised, they are
busy splitting hair while PDP is using state funds to
intensify its war chest.
In the history of the Jews called the Old
Testament, at different times, God allowed his chosen
people to be chastised by a hostile kingdom. He also
allowed his own chosen King to be mean to his people
because of sin. If there is God in all affairs of a
nation, can we say he brought Jonathan for good or to
punish Nigerians for the manner in which we buried
Yar’Adua while he was alive? Before you decree fatwa,
let me point out the following;
I now write with candle for there is no
light to recharge the rechargeable. The light situation
has gone from comatose to purification. Under Yar’Adua
it was one day on one day off but with Jonathan on the
throne, it is ¼ day on four days off. Many small scale
industries have packed up; many intellectuals have
become drunks all because there is no light to procreate
intellectually. The springboard from underdevelopment to
development is the presence of active small scale
industries. It is the presence of artisans and
fabricators of different things. In Nigeria although did
not start with Jonathan, what we have is young men being
given Keke in the name of poverty alleviation. It is
Jonathan’s headache because as a PHD holder, I don’t
expect him to make some simple mistakes a primary 6
certificate holder will make. He had been Deputy Gov.,
Governor, Vice President, Acting President and
President. If after all these suffix to his name and he
cannot solve Nigeria’s problem in a year, he doesn’t
deserve any elongation.
Is God not source of light? If he brought
Jonathan why is Jonathan giving us darkness? Let us
sincerely seek the face of God and find out if he truly
gave Nigerians this president and if true, is it for
punishment or blessing?
Let all these aspirants stop talking
about zoning either generationally or geo-politically
and tell Nigerians how they want to revamp the
dilapidated textile industries, equip the hospitals and
improve light situation in Nigeria. Tai Solarin said
knowledge is light and the Nigerian leaders not wanting
us to see how they are ruining the country have
consciously done everything to make sure that education
suffers in Nigeria. Have any of these aspirants said
anything about the over 4 months strike by ASUU in the
South East? And these are the youths they want their
votes?
These religious leaders, who go about
bantering divine mandate, should be careful, for the
hottest part of hell, is reserved for religious leaders
who had the rear opportunity of speaking truth to these
corrupt politicians but failed to because of the
offering they are expecting.
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Published
November 2nd, 2010
