The greatest character flaw of
Nigerian politicians is that they
always think there would be no
tomorrow. Similarly, they fail to
grasp that nothing flies like time.
And that no condition is
permanent.
President Goodluck Jonathan.
Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo was the worst student
in the under-estimation of how
times fly. So when his eight years
at Aso Rock flew away like a
rocket, he resorted to illegal
means in his evil bid to extend
his tenure as president. Even if
he had succeeded, he would still
not have been president today.
Obasanjo's parting gift to Nigeria
was President Goodluck
Jonathan. Unfortunately, he, like
his benefactor, failed to realize
that one of the certainties of life
is that tomorrow will dawn. At
the midnight of his presidency,
he has also figured out that he
has not used his time maximally,
as president of the Republic, to
serve the interest of ordinary
Nigerians, who entrusted him
with leadership.
In Nigeria of my time, Jonathan is
the only man that ascended the
presidency on popular
acclamation. Nigerians connected
massively with his humility then
and the touching story of his
shoeless childhood. More than
ever in the history of our nation,
the commonplace people had
genuinely hoped for a new
beginning and a new Nigeria,
where they could pursue a
dignified life, as citizens of a
major oil exporter.
The saddest thing about Nigeria
is that it is the only country,
where the citizens needlessly
suffer in the midst of plenty, due
to the treacherous callousness of
the ruling class.
Jonathan had promised to end
that in his promise of “a breadth
of fresh air.” It resonated well
and the people trusted that he
will change once and for all the
way business is done at the top
of government.
Unfortunately, once he secured
power, he turned his coat and
began to serve only the interest
of the rich. Naturally, Nigerians
got disappointed – this writer as
well.
As another political tomorrow is
about to dawn and because
Jonathan failed to see tomorrow,
he is now desperately doing
everything to win back the minds
of estranged Nigerian voters.
Normally, no serious president
could have the effrontery to ask
the electorate for reelection
when over 200 Nigerian girls
remain unaccounted for. The
Chibok school girls continue to
languish in the captivity of Boko
Haram. This is why Jonathan is
doing all within his means,
including secretly negotiating
with Boko Haram without telling
Nigerians, to secure the release
of those girls and also to improve
on the security situation in the
country.

In his almost six years
presidency, nothing has given
him sleepless nights like the
abduction of the Chibok girls. He
is quite aware that it will go a
long way in defining his days as
president.
If he had done the right things;
changed Nigeria as he had
promised and served the interest
of the people, as he should have
done, things would have been
different. His political life would
not have depended on the
Chibok outcome.
The truth remains that this
president cannot be blamed for
Boko Haram. Before Jonathan,
there was Boko Haram. However,
if the security situation in the
country is anything to go by,
Boko Haram, which was once a
toothless bulldog, has turned
into a monster of mass
destruction under his watch.
Jonathan could certainly be
blamed for not taking drastic and
decisive measures to check the
growth of the terror group.
At the twilight of his first tenure
in office, there is nothing
memorable he has given to
Nigerians or the nation. Jonathan
failed on his promise. After six
years, there is still no light, water,
good roads. Unemployment,
especially among the Youth, has
worsened. In fact, young
Nigerians of the future
generation died while
scampering for an unattractive
Immigration job they never
would have gotten any way.
The disappointment about
Jonathan's presidency is
widespread and intense. But
somehow he thinks that
Nigerians could forget and
forgive him if he brought back
the Chibok girls alive and if he
ended the Boko Haram
insurgency.
It was pitiable to watch the
government declare a unilateral
ceasefire, which collapsed within
hours as an unimpressed Boko
Haram ransacked another village
in the North East. If two parties
have been at war, one party can
not hurriedly mount the platform
to announce a ceasefire without
the presence and expression of
consent of the other party.

But if the girls are eventually
freed, they would not be coming
back the same girls who went
into captivity. Their lives would
surely never be the same again.
So, it is certainly a wrong
premise for Jonathan to anchor
his reelection bid. His greatest
undoing is that he failed to
realize that his time as president
and commander-in-chief is
limited. Jonathan, like all others
before him, failed to see and
think about tomorrow.
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They writer didn't label this administration a failure. But we all know it is. Vote out GEJ and his band of looters. #teambuhari, vote for progressive leader an old man with integrity. Vote GMB

GEJ screwed Nigerians like the writer, who belief in his fresh air. I never did.

height of insensitiviy, setting up a commitee for presidential declaration.