2015: The South-West Should Not Fall For Jonathans Foolery As 2015 general elections draw near, with some politicians desperately courting the Yoruba for support, may I just use this medium to conscientize the Yoruba to the need to be wise and tactical before supporting anybody, particularly President Goodluck Jonathan, who is obviously frantically in need of the South -West votes to secure another term in office. One is particularly upset by the president’s insensitivity to the Yoruba in the power sharing during his outgoing tenure. Is it not shocking to note that from number one most important position to number 22 in this country, President Jonathan did not deem it fit to feature a single Yoruba person? Besides, nothing illustrates President Jonathan’s regard for Yoruba better than the way he removed some Yoruba people from key positions on allegation of being too close to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. To buttress my point, I recall how he dismissed Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola as People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary. Mr Yomi Bolarinwa was removed as Director General of Nigeria Broadcasting Commission, Otunba Segun Runsewe was removed as Director General of Nigerian Tourism Development Commission (NTDC); and they were replaced with people from the South-South. Now that 2015 is around the corner, President Jonathan who had been hitherto treating Yoruba with disdain suddenly woke up to their importance in his election bid, thereby resorting to using Chiefs Bode George and Ebenezer Babatope as campaign managers for South-West . It cannot work. Yoruba are no fools. We cannot be deceived this time around. This is where Yoruba must be wise. We all know that Chief Bode George will strive to justify the appointment of his wife as Director General of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), hence his determination to do the master’s bidding. But where was Chief George when President Jonathan was removing Yoruba people from key positions? Oh! Sorry; he was in prison then. But let it be said that this campaign will not achieve its intended result. President Jonathan should look elsewhere for support and leave Yoruba alone. Yoruba are too politically sophisticated to be manipulated. We have seen Jonathan’s performance in the last four years. We have seen the amount of the promised fresh air he has brought to Nigeria. We have equally seen the transformation in terms of security of lives and property, in terms of electricity supply as well as sundry service deliveries. Nobody is deceived by the Ife pro-Jonathan summit by some so-called leaders of South West. We know where our votes are going to be. We are tired of inept attitude to governance; we are tired of corruption. There has not been significant improvement in our lives in the last four years. The naira is now almost 200 to the dollar. Yoruba, like the rest of discerning Nigerians, want a change. We will vote for a change. From all indications, we need a change. We will vote for a change because change is inevitable. Chief Kola Aderemi, Ado Ekiti
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:50:04 +0000
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