YAR’ADUA’S CAMPAIGN AFTER ELECTIONS

2/08/09
YAR’ADUA’S CAMPAIGN AFTER ELECTIONS
This sounds like a very popular term I mean campaign after elections “but growing up I felt this was a mere exaggeration and that this was only meant to address the tongue in cheek fellows who have failed at every promise possible, but I am a sincere Nigerian, it is happening here and now.
The seven point Agenda
Somebody said seven is just too much, why not one or two or say three and we will be alright. Don’t be deceived, I am not saying seven is not a perfect number it’s the spiritual number for perfection and three is not a bad idea, it may stand for the trinity and one is the best of ideas at least if that one is power, many of our prayer points can be re-aligned.
I cant remember the seven exactly but any fool knows what any third world does not have, power (electricity) security, education, infrastructure, respect for the rule of law and the likes.
Before 2007 during campaigns. President Musa Yar’ Adua sorry add the sheu on my behalf, was not any of those the former president Mr. Obasanjo referred to as power hungry and power thirsty who would end up as power drunk. This meant that while his counterfeits, he had made near or similar feats, he had not left the Katsina state he was destined to govern.
Like the Biblical David, he was called from the backyard to become the choice one, and the prophet Obasanjo (Samuel) did not anoint the Atiku’s, Odilis, Duke’s, Okorocha’s Baba Gana’s, Jerry Ghana’s etc but he choose his anointed.
Resultant Effect
This selecction process where all contestants but few were threatened to step down and stand down meant that the man who has eventually emerged did not have ample time to convince us about his candidacy, this was very obvious as his health was also another hindrance to the short time the Prophet Obasanjo’s and Kingmakers gave to the people, or Have you forgotten the famous phone call, Hello; Umoru; They say you are Dead?
Answer them, Are you Dead?
To God be the Glory! That usually comes before or after obituaries often but Umoru was and is still alive. Umoru was not dead, is not dead but the campaign was not sufficient.
If you ever get to watch the Network News then this is no news.
The Campaign ”I want to thank Mr. President for allowing the rule of law….. these were words of labour party aspirant and governor of Ondo State’s Olusegun Mimiko speech that was converted into a campaign material for Yar’Adua, on the television for so long we have heard a cardinal point. Rule of law.
Then comes security, the security adverts sounds more stupid, and awkward, the more we are being promised we will be safe the more the truth is being told, Now look at this Scenario, The president just promises security and the next item on the news is the lives of scores and hundreds wasted in armed robbery attacks
Anyway on each of the seven points, Yar’Adua comes up with a campaign, is this so we can vote for him in 2011 or for the 2007-2011 that’s already two years and more. Now imagine Yar’Adua’s advert on education when ASUU is on strike, that must sound like a comedian! Ali Baba! Not long, I watched the minister of works saying no other government has awarded 16 roads for 116billion Naira, No other government, No other Indeed!
If anyone is not yet clear about what campaign after elections mean, watch NTA when you have time, I’m sure it will bore you but before you find courage you’ll see reason with me.
If anyone sees yar’Adua or any of his allies tell them no need to tell us, let them just do something, I mean, if they have to do roads, don’t announce decades before. Imagine GSM being advertised in 1999, how stupid would it have looked or Muritala Muhammed Airport terminal 2 if they held told us centuries before that one day Babalakin’s Bi-Courtney would do it.
Please leaders, I almost said, preferably government officials, repair Lagos-Ibadan Roads, benin-Ore and co without telling us before hand maybe you think we wont really be cool with it, on behalf of Nigerians, I am saying do not bother to tell us the number of megawatts we need just let me see light, I mean after 3days of uninterrupted power supply I then can start calculating the trillion megawatts already given.
If you are a Nigerian politician, well, please map out a plan before your election, tell us what you want to do so we can hold you to something, if you continue with campaign after elections “one day monkey go go market e no go return oh”.
And if you want to continue like the foolish, just come home rig all riggables, get to office without no action plan, start campaign and planning committees instead of implementation. As for me I want leaders who have a plan oh!
Epilogue
Minutes after I had written this the governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio started reading out the Akwa Ibom of his dream, stale gist. I guess! Anyway it’s a story for another article, I’ll sure do justice to it. Plan! Plan! Before you get into office, if you ever get there, as for me, I don dey plan.