Okey:
What the people you are disparaging are saying can be distilled into the following brief paragraphs::
They see themselves and or their families drifting in rough seas in a leaky
boat for 6 years with a Captain at the rudders and his crew who
appear confused about what can be done to rescue them.
They see a brand new ship at the horizon with a seasoned Captain whose crew are offering them life jackets and rafts and beckoning them to jump on board the new ship.
Why are you blaming them for at least giving the Change of Boat and Crew some serious consideration?
Even though the would be rescuers might turnout to be no better than Somali pirates on the Indian Ocean, I believe it is their inalienable right to
decide on who leads them for the next
four years.;)
The above might appear simplistic but it says a lot about the dilemma facing all Nigerians as we ponder the future direction of our motherland.
Bye,
Ola
NB:
Any political party that underestimates the influence of the Diaspora on the voting patterns in Nigeria on the basis that we can not vote, does so at its own risk.
Even though we cannot vote we do have the power of persuasion on our family members, friends and acquaintances as well as former colleagues who live and work in Nigeria.
Almost every extended Nigerian family has an ambassador in the Diaspora!
And do not forget that we send
USD $12 billion in remittances back home to our relatives in Nigeria each year! I can just imagine Pastor Joe jumping at the bait to protest that figure which has been corroborated by the CBN on several occasions:)
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--"The country needs a change that will put an end to this senseless carnage. The change that will make our military to be respected and not be disgraced by any form of insurgency.The change that will make the naira appreciate and turn the economy around for robust development and prosperity of the country.The change that will make the country take its rightful place in the comity of nations.Whoever can do that among the candidates contesting the post of president, I believe will get the majority votes in the next coming election. "---Segun Ogungbemi Ph. DI challenge anyone on this forum to provide ONE concrete or specific strategy of policy statement made/provided by Maj-Gen Buhari (not by his ethno-nationalist howlers, spatially-limited media hacks, or non-voting diaspora dominated new social media jobbers) regarding each of the following values that would supposedly "get the majority votes in the next coming (sic) election":1. put an end to this senseless [Boko Haram]carnage;2. make our military to be respected and not be disgraced by any form of insurgency;3. make the naira appreciate and turn the economy around; and4. make the country take its rightful place in the comity of nations.Most of us here may rightly be smelling imminent ethno-religious harvest season, and that's o.k.. However, it does not appear that the APC and their supporters learned much from Dr Fayemi's defeat in Ekiti State--and he was the only non-Muslim Governor in the APC! It's neither the crowd at rallies, nor non-voting diaspora-dominated social media fundamentalists and ideologues and spatially-aligned newspaper hacks that win elections. Most of the punditry on these fora demonstrate thin knowledge about the contemporary North (This is especially true of those diaspora folks who rarely visit Nigeria but are the most loquacious about naija politics); and the BAT choir seem to be discounting the religious factor in the Southwest, Prof Osinbajo notwithstanding.I strongly agree that the North is Buhari's major problem. The more sober wing of the APC had better start preparing their faithfuls for a different electoral outcome. We can't afford another 2011 bloodshed by disappointed but ill-informed foot soldiers.Peace as always!OkeyOn Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 5:05 AM, Segun Ogungbemi <seguno2013@gmail.com> wrote:Funmi,You are right. It seems most Ibos think that the best thing that can make progress possible in Nigeria is to return President Jonathan to the Villa regardless the number of people killed in the north east, regardless of the school children abducted or killed, regardless of the number of people displaced and their property destroyed, regardless the psychological trauma the victims of insurgency go through.The country needs a change of leadership and the electorate are conscious of that.The country needs a change that will put an end to this senseless carnage. The change that will make our military to be respected and not be disgraced by any form of insurgency.The change that will make the naira appreciate and turn the economy around for robust development and prosperity of the country.The change that will make the country take its rightful place in the comity of nations.Whoever can do that among the candidates contesting the post of president, I believe will get the majority votes in the next coming election.
Segun Ogungbemi Ph.DProfessor of PhilosophyAdekunle Ajasin UniversityAkungba-Akoko, Ondo StateNigeriaCellphone: 0803304137108024670952
On Jan 15, 2015, at 7:13 PM, "'Funmi Tofowomo Okelola' via USA Africa Dialogue Series" <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:Mr. Emetulu:Are you implying that any sane Nigerian should vote for 4 more years of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan? Where have you been? Are you not aware of Boko Haram, Chibok Girls, Corruption, Crimes and Misdemeanors by government officials?I'm not an APC member, nor a Buharist, however, it is time for a change in Nigeria.From my unscientific sample of Nigerians, I observed that the Igbos insisted that GEJ is still the best for Nigeria. What is going on?It's imperative that Nigerians reject President GEJ during the next election on February 14, 2015.--Funmi Tofowomo Okelola
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