Will you Vote for Buhari in 2015?
Footnotes:
Opinions about whether or not to vote for him traverse according to most perspectives and the situation in which the Nigerian polity falls within during the forthcoming election.
For some, No. A man who truncated a democratically elected system on Dec 31, 1983 is not fit to pilot the affair of the country. We need open minded individuals and not religious bigots. This is reasonable if you ask me! I believe Buhari is unfit to govern this 'complex' nation as its my belief he's lost touch with the current realities of Nigerians as a people and the political terrain of the system. These, he clearly demonstrated during the last elections by his dire negligence of other regions during his campaign. I mean, who does that?
More so, whether or not to vote for him depends on who he contests against. But for sure Buhari is a million times better than the Clueless Mumu called GEJ. If we look at the party manifesto of the CPC in the last election of
which Buhari comes from, it has the reform of our Federal System clearly
stated on it and for me that's worth commending cause I am of the
opinion that the major cause of the controversies surrounding our polity
is long over-due reformation of our federalism. Also, Buhari carefully
and meticulously chosen running mate in person of Pastor Tunde Bakare
seems to me to be a sign that he means real business in the act of good
governance cause there is no way, Pastor Tunde Bakare will allow him to
Islamize Nigeria and if that was Bnuhari's interior motive in
government, then he wouldn't have opted to have Pastor Tunde as his
running mate.
However, this should not be erroneously misconstrued to
mean that I have concluded yet to cast my vote to him come 2015 but all I
am saying is that let us be articulate enough on issues and look
beyond tribal and ethnic cleavages which have overtime divided us
against each other as a nation. I am a Christian by faith and I am so
because my parents were Christians. If they had been Muslims, then
automatically I too would have been one. So therefore let us look
beyond religion and tribal sentiments and vote for the right candidate
that will eventually take Nigeria to the promised land. By happenstance,
I am from same geo-political zone with Mr. President GEJ and voted for
him in the last election but don't think and will not vote for him again
should he choose to contest in 2015. Why? Because he has hit below the
belt but that's just my personal view and everyone else is entitled to
his/her candidate of choice.
Summarily, should Buhari decide to
contest and surpass other contestant in the 2015 election and is able to
convince me clearly and articulately on why I should cast my vote in
his favour, then he has won my vote. My candid advice is that we think
beyond the box and try as much as we can to be articulate on issues
rather than take sides on ethnic fanaticism
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