OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN Dear Goodluck Jonathan, Your Excellency Sir, as a patriotic citizen of Nigeria, I wish to take little moment of my Sunday afternoon and pen a little word of advice to you. I promise to keep it simple and skip all the frivolities. You have no short supply of Professional Praise-Singers, so I will only concentrate on the issues they have hidden from you. Not every Nigerian gets the opportunities such as the privileges that have come your way. Having attended the position to lead this great nation, many of us have expected a lot more than what you have recorded. As a diligent observer of your administration, I must pointed out that your failures are largely because you placed your priorities on things that were totally irrelevant. You pick many fights that were totally avoidable. You defended people you ought to lead the charge to deal with. You lacked control of your subordinates. You became speechless on matters you ought to be a voice for. You took decisions as if you were tele-guided. Mr. President, you never listened to vital advice. You surrounded yourself with people who lacked a full understanding of issues. You abandoned the masses that trouped out in their numbers to put pressure on the cabals who were against you. You came to power through the people, but you governed through the cabals. All of a sudden, you defended and supported the very same people who never wanted you. You pursued policies that appeared as if your throne was in heaven. The worst is that you wasted time before responding to issues (everyone simply thought you were brainstorming and consulting), but in most cases you come up with half baked solutions that won you no acceptance or praise. Your utterance over the years were definitely not impressive at all. Dr. Jonathan your failures and majorities of your travails were self-inflicted. Some you brought upon yourself, others owing to your mishandling of minor issues or unwarranted comments and actions. Your reception and stance on Corruption breaks the heart of every Nigerian (at home or abroad). It discourages even those that are persecuted for being patriotic and upholding their integrity. It also gave encouragement to every criminal in the Civil Service and position of power. As a Nation it is completely unacceptable. You spoke from your heart and months have past without reverting that comment - please dont make the mistake of boring us with any crocodile tears. Moving forward, I will state 4 years is enough to make a change and you have done what you can. But sadly it is not enough. It is my sincere advice that you can still pull-off a positive legacy for yourself in the few months left before you vacate the position you currently occupying. I have taken a moment to outline an action plan for you (at face value, it may not be what you may like, but it is the best hand you can play right now). 1. Inform everyone in PDP that you are not contesting in 2015. Let everyone that wish to contest head to the PDP primaries. 2. Conduct and deliver a Free, Fair and Credible General Election in 2015 (irrespective of which party comes to power). You will be getting yourself a portfolio that is more than what OBJ currently enjoys across Africa and the globe. 3. Hand over and retire back home in peace. You will get a grand home coming reception. You will live like a King among your people. Help develop your local communities. And enjoy your pension. But if you chose to stick with thugs, sycophants, professional praise singers and jump into the 2015 elections, it will be a difficult road ahead (to what benefits if I may ask). You currently have more than enough, if that is the fear. Should you win, that is good (but I doubt you will, your strength in 2011 have depreciated and the opposition is stronger and Nigerians are not receptive to your innocence - because you are not). But if your loose, your fall will be great. You would have exhausted your funds on sustaining professional praise-singers. The parasites sucking-up on you now will simply move to another source. The same people pushing you, will be the ones making fortunes telling the world an-insider story of How Jonathan Failed. And as you know already, you cannot survive if you try to confront the next administration or get involved in any illegal effort to stay afloat. Finally, I will conclude by thanking you for what you did in the sectors of Aviation, Agriculture, Economy, Rails, Roads, etc. But as you can see, a lot more still need to be done to impact positively on the daily lives of Nigerians (which you did not even touch in some cases). It is my hope you will consider your options carefully before deciding. But it is good you set your priorities right - You are going back home to Bayelsa. Thank you for your service to the nation. We all appreciate your efforts. Regards,
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:25:20 +0000
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