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Through his latest entry into the #NigeriaDecides2019 conversation, President Obasanjo helps to clarify issues that shd control the decision making of voters in the ballot. For him the question is the issue of #Nigeria's continuing coexistence.
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In #NigeriaDecides2019, ppl will have to decide what issues matter most to them. Votes, outcomes & possibly the fate of a generation if not of a country will hang on these decisions. The defining issues are clear and all very important.
One issue clearly will be security or insecurity. It was a major issue in 2015. It remains so in 2019. For many #Nigerians, the question is: are you more secure today than you were 4 yrs ago & which of the candidates can make a better job of fighting insecurity
Another issue is the economy, clearly. Lives & livelihoods hand in the balance. What will happen to the value of the Naira, inflation, wages, financial inclusion, jobs, especially youth unemployment, debt overhang, poverty, etc?
Another big issue that #Nigerians surely care about is fighting impunity. This includes issues of institutional integrity, ethics in government, the fight against corruption & sustaining the rule of law & equal protection of the law for everyone
All these are important issues for #Nigerians & legitimately so. Different ppl will make different choices depending on their vintage. There is no reason to quarrel over the choices that ppl make in #NigeriaDecides2019 as long as those choices count & are lawfully counter
However, 1 issue towers above all else in #NigeriaDecides2019 - coexistence. #Nigeria has never been as divided before as it is today. Look for a leader who cn make #Nigerians, irrespective of where they are from, believe in their country & in 1 another. A candidate of #Naija4All
A president who can forge common faith among #Nigerians & help the country begin to find healing will be able to forge solutions to the myriad problems that confront the country. The country is not looking to elect a Pope in #NigeriaDecides2019; it's looking for a national leader
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