www.nairaland.com/2129980/nairaland-gej-vs-gmb-opinion#30423226

Very important Nairaland opinion poll between GEJ and GMB that will expire February 14 2015, just click like on your choice nothing more. One of them is already leading with wide margin you can either close the gap or expand the margin.

stupid retard, you dropped ur e-mail, so while gej or one of your fellow TANOIDS scroll through and see ur comments, they can compensate u from the looted oil funds shbebi?? bunch of eediots campaigning for jonah

bestat:
I only give kudos to the APC campaign team, (hired America's) that were able to look and dig the strength and weakness for campaigning for them. Even when they are a lot of loop holes from the APC side. Calling Agriculture and the transport sector achievement as a mere governmental responsibility, we only mean that if the power sector is achieved, we should look at it as a normal government duties. Knowing fully well that all these sectors have suffered negligence by previous administration. If not for the growing security issues ravaging the country, is checked it would have been a different story. And i'll say.. the real popularity of buhari is nt really because of the love 4 him, No oooo! is just the love and hope we all had for GEJ and the pains and disappointment of this regime in tackling pressing issues. That some Nigerians are willy to risk their vote for buhari even when we all know he's not fit and grounded to manage Nigeria economic in this 21st century. But i'll still throw support for GEJ not because he's has done too well but for he's better suited than buhari any day, any time. Buhari is not for this generation, if he really wants to help Nigeria, in his capacity as a former major General and since the security crises is from his region. He can be of help but not as a president. Happy with the wind of change by the opposition, for GEJ will know Nigerians are not happy and will sit up if elected. Will still risk it with GEJ than buhari.. if only the other opposition were as strong like APC, then the choice would have been wide open.

okokhaerat:
stupid retard, you dropped ur e-mail, so while gej or one of your fellow TANOIDS scroll through and see ur comments, they can compensate u from the looted oil funds shbebi?? bunch of eediots campaigning for jonah

Plz No curse words Can't u reason your point without cursing!! Some Nigerians self!!!! Because some one doesn't share the same view with you, must you show your aggression or lack of comprehension!!! Is not a force, is an election.
We all entitle to our own believes, and reason of choice!! Everybody are just making their points here!!!! If you can't comprehend it then please stop the ranting and reason your point as a responsible citizen, this a forum not a request show

The least awful
A former dictator is a better choice than a failed president

SOMETIMES there are no good options. Nigeria goes to the polls on February 14th to elect the next president, who will face problems so large—from rampant corruption to a jihadist insurgency—that they could break the country apart, with dire consequences for Nigerians and the world.

And yet, as Africa’s biggest economy stages its most important election since the restoration of civilian rule in 1999, and perhaps since the civil war four decades ago, Nigerians must pick between the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, who has proved an utter failure, and the opposition leader, Muhammadu Buhari, a former military dictator with blood on his hands (see article). The candidates stand as symbols of a broken political system that makes all Nigeria’s problems even more intractable.

Start with Mr Jonathan, whose People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has run the country since 1999 and who stumbled into the presidency on the death of his predecessor in 2010. The PDP’s reign has been a sorry one. Mr Jonathan has shown little willingness to tackle endemic corruption. When the governor of the central bank reported that $20 billion had been stolen, his reward was to be sacked.

Worse, on Mr Jonathan’s watch much of the north of the country has been in flames. About 18,000 people have died in political violence in recent years, thousands of them in January in several brutal attacks by Boko Haram, a jihadist group that claims to have established its “caliphate” in territory as large as Belgium. Another 1.5m people have fled their homes. The insurgency is far from Mr Jonathan’s southern political heartland and afflicts people more likely to vote for the opposition. He has shown little enthusiasm for tackling it, and even less competence. Quick to offer condolences to France after the attack on Charlie Hedbo, Mr Jonathan waited almost two weeks before speaking up about a Boko Haram attack that killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of his compatriots.

The single bright spot of his rule has been Nigeria’s economy, one of the world’s fastest-growing. Yet that is largely despite the government rather than because of it, and falling oil prices will temper the boom. The prosperity has not been broadly shared: under Mr Jonathan poverty has increased. Nigerians typically die eight years younger than their poorer neighbours in nearby Ghana.

Goodbye Jonathan
Voters have ample cause to send Mr Jonathan packing. In a country where power has often changed through the barrel of a gun, the opposition All Progressives Congress has a real chance of winning through the ballot box. Yet its candidate, Mr Buhari, is an ex-general who, three decades ago, came to power in a coup. His rule was nasty, brutish and mercifully short. Declaring a “war against indiscipline”, he ordered whip-wielding soldiers to ensure that Nigerians formed orderly queues. His economics, known as Buharism, was destructive. Instead of letting the currency depreciate in the face of a trade deficit, he tried to fix prices and ban “unnecessary” imports. He expelled 700,000 migrants in the delusion that this would create jobs for Nigerians. He banned political meetings and free speech. He detained thousands, used secret tribunals and executed people for crimes that were not capital offences.

Should a former dictator with such a record be offered another chance? Surprisingly, many Nigerians think he should. One reason is that, in a country where ministers routinely wear wristwatches worth many times their annual salary, Mr Buhari is a sandal-wearing ascetic with a record of fighting corruption. Few nowadays question his commitment to democracy or expect him to turn autocratic: he has repeatedly stood for election and accepted the outcome when he lost. He would probably do a better job of running the country, and in particular of tackling Boko Haram. As a northerner and Muslim, he will have greater legitimacy among villagers whose help he will need to isolate the insurgents. As a military man, he is more likely to win the respect of a demoralised army.

We are relieved not to have a vote in this election. But were we offered one we would—with a heavy heart—choose Mr Buhari. Mr Jonathan risks presiding over Nigeria’s bloody fragmentation. If Mr Buhari can save Nigeria, history might even be kind to him.

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21642168-former-dictator-better-choice-failed-president-least-awful