The PDP is yet to wake from
the shock of their defeat at the presidential polls.
After 16 years of being the
ruling party and growing to become the largest political party in Africa, (na
them talk am o) they are gradually going off the radar on per second billing. In
a couple of months, Kogi will be used as a litmus test if they will finally go
off completely from the political scene.
It will be such a disastrous
end for the PDP if they end up controlling almost no state in the country. With
the frontline states in the country already controlled by the ruling party, the
PDP's new position as the major opposition party is as well under threat.
Will Governor Wada emerge as
the flag bearer of the party, or will Jibrin Isah Echocho be given the chance
to use his fast rising and established popularity to save Kogi and the PDP is
the question on the minds of most concerned Kogites?
With so much noise in the
media already on how Wada has become very unpopular in the state, one is left
wondering why.
Jonathan lost the election
and so will Wada if. I am not a prophet of doom, I am just not given to
sycophancy. My reasons are simple. The same song that played while the PDP
presidential ambition and campaign lasted is still playing in Kogi.
#1. GEJ kept Nigerians confused
for so long before declaring publicly or should I say officially to run for
second term. Wada just did the same.
#2. The PDP lacked a media
ideology at the national level which the APC exploited. Emotional Intelligence.
Understanding your people's state of mind and exploiting it. The Okonjo
Iweala's the Abati's and Okupes could not explain to Nigerians what GDP meant
and how it affected the large crowds at fuel stations, almost absence
electricity, the exchange rate of dollars at the money market. And even when
questions were being asked, they knew very little about image crisis management
and the place of prompt logical response thereby making Nigerians feel taken
for granted.
The fact is, you cannot
govern an individual physically without first governing his mind. It doesn't
matter what you do for me, if I don't like you, I may not notice. Just the same
way it is taking the Wada led administration lot of resources and difficulty to
convince Kogites of their stewardship in the past 3 years plus.
#4. The rank and file of the
GEJ's team was filled with saboteurs. People whose allegiance could not be
ascertained thereby leading to the disclosure of sensitive campaign strategies
to the opposition. Same makosa is playing in Kogi in the Wada team. His cabinet
is full of lieutenants who no longer believe in his ability to lead them.
Sources from Kogi have it that, members of the cabinet are even contemplating
resigning so they wouldn't be part of the disgrace when he eventually loses.
#5. People, especially Nigerians
are feeble minded. We can forget the evil of a man be it perceived or real if
he or she brings on a good propaganda show. Who thought the sins of Buhari will
be so easily forgiven? As long as Nigerians got a promise (Change) in exchange
for the reality (Transformation) they were ready to roll. It was the ability to
instill in people their perception that made APC take the day at the polls. If
the same game is played in Kogi, the integrity of Audu Abubakar that is now
being questioned in the media will be washed away with the Holy Soap of Change
of the APC.
#6. The GEJ administration
lacked a youth appeal from the inception. It was towards the dying end of the
campaign that we began to see the youthful side of the "Hero
Jonathan". Imagine if the NIS crisis was well managed and nibbled in the
bud. Imagine if GEJ created massive jobs that the youths could see even if the
economy was not rebased? Me no even know wetin e completely mean rebase economy
till now
#7. Finally, Wada will lose
the election if the PDP should give him the ticket (which to me is a political
decision they should carefully make cos they will regret) if the team end up
attacking the person and not the issue in their campaign.
The job of a critic is not to
spite or fight anyone. It is to open up the issues for both redress and further
discussion. Issues. Here I rest my case.
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