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15 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Sir, let me be honest with you. You won't learn much about politics by running with these upcoming political parties. Running for presidency in Nigeria is very very expensive and no matter the plans you have and discuss with this woman, it won't change the reality.
Our political reality presently is that anyone that wants to run for presidency and doesn't have as much as N30billion to spend without looking back, is only in the game to play. At the end of the day, you won't get up to 20,000 votes Nationwide. I am a field politician...
How do you intend to change the political realities in Nigeria presently? The one chance you had was with the passage of electoral bill. Do you know the numbers of polling units we have spread all over the country? Do you have any idea what it takes to build a structure...
...to build a structure in one local government, much less a state? Do you think it happens overnight? This is Nigeria, where the grassroots and the unlettered know the essence of political participation than the intellectuals and let's say you even get intellectuals...
...get intellectuals on your side, what is their percentage compared to the unlettered at the grassroots? Sir, I won't advise you not to run but I will tell you the truth. You can't win and you won't learn the nitty gritty of politics with these upcoming political parties

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Don't let anyone broke shame you, it is not an insult, it is a temporary condition that won't last.
If they call you frustrated, own it. It is not an insult, Nigeria is frustrating and only demons will claim all is well.
Be reactionary. Don't bottle up what can kill you!
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...'The difference between Nigeria and Ghana is that MTN dare not try it in Ghana, if they try it, the poor people in Ghana will go to their office and give them hell, while the poor people in Nigeria suffer and smile'. It dawned on me why Nigerians are suffering in silence.
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@GEJonathan wasn't a good student of history. One question he never asked and which loads of Nigerians never asked is, why did he appoint Jega as INEC chairman? As a person, I would have done my background check. Buhari was part of the military officer that planned counter coup..
...so was a particular Muhammadu Jega or is it Mohammed Jega. From accounts, Buhari and this person were close. He hails from Gwandu Kebbi and so also does Attahiru. The least @GEJonathan could have done was a background check on what was Attahiru's relationship with the general.
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Better said David, I would have said we don't have uneven distribution of wealth in Nigeria but uneven distribution of knowledge and literacy. Most people assume that elitism is equal literacy because of choice in tastes and exposure and this is what where we get it mixed up.
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..but because taste, exposure and choice for quality life, it is often believed that education and literacy equals elitism, so, how do we eat the rich? I was once opportuned to work at a store in Isale eko and daily revenue was over N400,000- that was the average.
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