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With all the new presidential candidates coming together, they stood a better chance, a slim one though. So imagine their chances with the fragmentation that is the present status quo.
It took PMB 12 years to learn politics, that being a man of integrity was not enough.
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It took PMB 12 years to learn politics, that being a man of integrity was not enough.
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PMB had to learn to work with people he wouldn't touch with a 120 foot pole. Had to compromise, appeal to the south, secure confidence in Christians, merge with the ACN, open his government to those outside his original 'holy' circle... took him 12 years to learn this politics.
The inability of the new presidential candidates to compromise & present a united front is a referendum on the supremacy of politics over policy & the learning they have to learn. Idealism drives the conversation that we need leaders who are young, educated, suave, exposed, etc
Many who say this live in a bubble. They do not rightly esteem the place of POLITICS in this who game. That no matter how urbane and visionary Fela Durotoye is, he cannot run with Oby Ezekwesili because he will be alienating the north.
This is the reality, it is THE politics
This is the reality, it is THE politics
So no matter how excellent Durotoye's policy plan is, it will forever remain in the bin of history because the politics was not played right. But the truth is that they & us will be the better for it because of this plunge they took. My prayer is that we take heed to the lessons
There is a place i was in in 2003, 2007 when i voted for Chris Okotie. I learned life thereafter, & though it took another 8 yrs for my candidate to win, i was forever changed. Many friends will learn from experience after February 16, 2019 and it will be for the good of Nigeria.
