This man from my view point wanted Nigeria to work, but he clearly lacked
the bite required to drive the change and these shortfalls have long been detected
by his detractors and are using these against him with full force. President Jonathan comes across as someone who
has sincerity in his towel, but no purpose to achieve, a toothless dog, trying
to bite.
I have taken time to look at his drive and management strategies as a president;
I cannot but add him to the long list of Nigeria’s failed leaders. I won’t be doing any form of injustice to his
person, if I rank him a failure as all indices from every parts of the economy
shows he does not seem to have a clue how to sort Nigeria out. Nigerians will
agree with me that there is no noticeable difference to the economy he
inherited, if anything has changed, it is for the worse. Nigeria deserves
international award for country with the most failed leaders.
I particularly pity this shoeless man from Otuoke, whose fate or luck
has pushed to a position that is bigger than him. President Jonathan by my conviction would
have done better as a university professor, teaching psychology and physiology,
perhaps doing a bit more as the dean of a faculty. I recon it is not his fault to have reached
this position in any effect, perhaps we should blame fate, luck and all the rest of us, who have pushed him
and Nigerians into this colossal
disaster, we cannot but blame each one of us for the situation we find
ourselves. President Jonathan is a
product of our failed society and I do not expect too much from him.
I sometimes have pity for the president, but my pity or that of anyone
else or his crying in a crash site is not what we need. If pity or crying is
the solution to any problem, perhaps the world would have been a house of
weeping and every problem resolved instantly.
I believe that this man clearly lacks any measure of guts required at
the level he found himself. He has also
been unlucky to be a product of a corrupt driven gang, who have manipulated the
economy of Nigeria for decades, these gangs are still not ready to let go and
have inducted him into their cabal of economic manipulators, reducing him to a puppet
in their hands.
President Jonathan is obviously confused, another accidental leader and
not prepared for the job like his predecessors.
Nigeria’s job should not be left for luck or superstition. It is a job
that requires preparation, good foresight, the drive to achieve in the midst of
oppositions and a relentless drive. Looking back at the history of Nigeria and its
various leaders across all sectors, not many really understood and grasped the
concept of leadership and what leading a developing nation like Nigeria
entails. They see their position as an act of luck or a present from their god,
which is why they simply use the proceeds to their advantage at the detriment
of the whole nation. They make a lot of noise; feed their insatiable greed and
bigmanism, with no discipline to back up their promises. They are easily subverted by wealth and
material things. These attributes have
continued down the lane of Nigeria’s leadership, every elected or nominated
leaders believe they are more important than every other citizen, so can get
away with anything they do.
I enjoin President Jonathan to
re-appraise his administration’s performance and ignore the advice of his
corrupt driven god-fathers and rich friends whose interest is only in their pocket.
President Jonathan is already tolling the path of Nigeria's failed leaders, with
no apparent solution in place to fix the mess everywhere.
It is one thing to accept
there are problems and another thing to desire a solution to the problems.
President Jonathan and all other Nigerian leaders across board need to accept
there are many problems, which require immediate solution.
Every Nigerian deserves
quality standard of living and a future they can look forward to. They deserve
to have good roads to reduce daily deaths through accident, constant
electricity, clean water, affordable transportation, education, reliable health
system and other basic amenities required to maintain a normal life.
Nigerians also need to come
together and do their best to move their nation forward. Let’s do away with
tribal/ religious reasons for choosing a leader and avoid bloodshed among ourselves.
Nigeria has already seen leaders from every part of the country, and from
different religious units, but this has not changed the condition of the
country. In conclusion, what we require
is not someone from our clan or religious group, but a leader who can cause the
change we desire.
