You may want to ask me; what has President Jonathan
done to deserve this? But I ask you what has President Jonathan done not to
deserve this? And what has he done to make him stay four more years as the President
of Nigeria?
11 years ago, after the 2003 general elections no one
could have ever imagined that General Buhari would get such a resounding
support as a presidential aspirant like he does now. And after the 2011
presidential election, majority of the people already believed that was the end
of his ambition because many Nigerians believed in President Jonathan and
thought he would fix the economy, fix the insecurity issues, fix the health
sector, etc. Hence no need for a former military ruler- General Buhari
Like many others too, I had hoped that the election of
President Goodluck Jonathan would bring about positive and valuable change of
directions to the country and that he would deliver the true dividends of
democracy to the people. Going by the gospel of transformation he preached
during his campaign, coupled with his innocent look, most people thought he
would place the interest of the nation first above personal gains. We had
thought that the Messiah had come and most could not wait to give him our
mandates. We dashed to the polls voted him and needed him to bring smiles on
the faces of the people. So disappointing he never did! His uncaring,
nonchalant, incompetent and “crimiphilic” (criminals loving, having
affinity for criminals, derive pleasure in pampering criminals etc)
attitude never made him place the interest of the nation above personal
interest.
You were here when our dearly beloved president
negates a statement that is visible to blind, audible to the deaf and such that
could easily be demonstrated by the dumb. I mean, him calling corruption mere
stealing. Who is not aware that corruption is a bane to our development, growth
and success?
Pathetically, you were here in March 2014, during the
nationwide Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise that was
conducted simultaneously throughout the 36 states of the federation including the
FCT. When unemployed Nigerians after paying to get a job were killed by the
same job they never had. The president promised the money would be returned to
them, but as I write, no money has been returned and nobody has been “crucified” for that.
Embarrassingly, you were here in April 2014, after the
Nyanya bomb blast and the abduction of school girls in Chibok, Bornu State.
Barely 24 hours after the ugly incidents and while Nigerians were still
mourning, what President Jonathan could do afterwards was to travel to Kano to
dance “Shoki” in a political rally meant
to promote his selfish ambition.
Furthermore, you were here when he became tyrannic;
tactically using his boys against the opposition. You remember the Amaechi attack,
then the assault on the #BringBackOurGirls campaigners, then the unwarranted
removal of the former Central Bank Governor- Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and then the
invasion of the National Assembly. All in an attempt to shut down the
opposition.
In
addition, you were here when we were looking for $20b and nobody was
apprehended for misappropriations, or fraud nor theft.
Common,
don’t be biased, you were here when all these happened, wake up! What
justification does he have to make him stay four more years as the commander- in-
chief? None! Absolutely none!
During the just concluded People
Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention held in Abuja, in his acceptance
speech, Paragraph 53 through 59 President Jonathan asked some questions which
am going to give him the answers and I quote:
“53. Has change not come to our
railway system?
54. Has change not come to
our airports?
55. Has change not come to
our roads network?
56. Has change not come to
our agricultural sector?
57. Has change not come to
our electoral process?
58. Has change not come to
Almajiri education?
59. Is change not coming to
the power sector? ”
And the answer is No. We have
not seen any appreciable changes that compliment the huge amount that has been widely reported to have spent on
those projects.
We are not blind Nigerians; we
can see clearly. How many sophisticated hospitals do we have in Nigeria? Where
is the power for over 160 million Nigerians? Which education are you talking
about? Where are the 1.6M jobs you claimed to have created?
I
can go on and on and on to justify while President Jonathan must go.
Those
that want him back do not do so out of passion for the country but because of
their selfish interests. They are the types that have pity for the oppressors
because they feed on them but care less about the oppressed!
It
is a simple fact, I neither love nor hate GEJ; I hate nothing but his crimes,
carelessness and cluelessness. A President, whose very name draws foreign condemnations
on the nation, does not deserve to stay four more years as the president of the
country. Giving him four more years as president of Nigeria would not make him innocent,
it would only make more complicated the already complicated issues. .
The
truth is, Dear President Jonathan, you see, majority of Nigerians understand
and know the level of efforts and how hard you have been reported to have tried
to transform the country. But the fact is, your best isn’t good enough and your
well preached gospel of transformation isn’t working. You could please take a
bow it`s time for change!
Therefore,
it is with great regret I pronounce the fatal truth; President Jonathan must go,
(I DO NOT MEAN DIE), rather than a hundred thousand virtuous Nigerian remaining
in abject poverty. President Jonathan must go rather than millions of Nigerians
living in a state of helplessness and insecurity. President Jonathan must go
rather for corruption to continue to grow. President Jonathan must go because
our country must survive!
God
Bless Nigeria
Ogundana
Michael Rotimi
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