“He said ‘No. Listen carefully, when we, the big ones, are looking for a Sec Gen, the emphasis is on the secretary and not on the general.’

The person behind this statement is a savage. Lol. He got me laughing.

goodconsience77:
How I wish obj got his third term materialize, he would have be like Chinese president that change China economy for good, see what China has turn to. Western democracy is not good for Africa people. Country like Rwanda is given their president another term to continue the good work. Pls I'm not talking of bad leaders....

On the contrary, in my own opinion, I believe that the quest for a third term was OBJ's undoing, which contributes to what Nigeria is suffering today. Such moves might have worked in Rwanda and China, but they have proved a failure in Nigeria.

OBJ had already achieved more than people expected of him when he came in as the president by laying a good foundation for the country's economy, effecting a substantial level of debt repayment which allowed his campaign efforts to secure debt forgiveness - a largely successful endeavor.

He was already on the way towards achieving privatization, having started in the Telecom sector. He just needed to settle down and carefully narrow down who could succeed him. However, he was influenced by busybody sycophants who convinced him that Nigeria would not do well without him and that he needed an additional term in office to consolidate on his achievements so far. Once he bought into that idea, he lost focus and devoted his time and effort to gathering money for bribing the National Assembly members in order to change the constitution to allow him to contest again.

All his genuine anti-corruption efforts slowed down, and he began witch-hunting his perceived opponents. He also slowed down on privatization efforts and was busy attempting to secure support for the third term attempt. Of course, those who egged him on in this direction used the opportunity to either steal from the economy, knowing that he was too distracted to fight them with the EFCC, or they collected money from him supposedly to disburse to would-be supporters.

Eventually, when it became obvious that a third term would not be allowed, he had wasted a lot of 'Ghana-must-go' hoards of cash on politicians and had to hastily plan for an emergency successor. He didn't have much time to ensure the sustainability of his successes, which were already eroding under his own tenure due to the ill-advised ambition to secure an extra term.

The rest is history, as we started a nose-dive right from the terminally ill Yar'Adua, who could not govern well and decisively due to ill-health and relied on Turai and the "cabals" to make selfish decisions for the country. He even reversed most of the last-minute Board of Public Procurement (BPP) sales of assets and did not do anything to correct the errors that he was meant to. Now, under his watch, we are wasted assets such as NITEL and left the refineries moribund. Nigeria's fate has only sunk even further under subsequent government since then.

So, greedy elongation of tenure is not a great idea.

CarlsJaz567:


On the contrary, in my own opinion, I believe that the quest for a third term was OBJ's undoing, which contributes to what Nigeria is suffering today. Such moves might have worked in Rwanda and China, but they have proved a failure in Nigeria.

OBJ had already achieved more than people expected of him when he came in as the president by laying a good foundation for the country's economy, effecting a substantial level of debt repayment which allowed his campaign efforts to secure debt forgiveness - a largely successful endeavor.

He was already on the way towards achieving privatization, having started in the Telecom sector. He just needed to settle down and carefully narrow down who could succeed him. However, he was influenced by busybody sycophants who convinced him that Nigeria would not do well without him and that he needed an additional term in office to consolidate on his achievements so far. Once he bought into that idea, he lost focus and devoted his time and effort to gathering money for bribing the National Assembly members in order to change the constitution to allow him to contest again.

All his genuine anti-corruption efforts slowed down, and he began witch-hunting his perceived opponents. He also slowed down on privatization efforts and was busy attempting to secure support for the third term attempt. Of course, those who egged him on in this direction used the opportunity to either steal from the economy, knowing that he was too distracted to fight them with the EFCC, or they collected money from him supposedly to disburse to would-be supporters.

Eventually, when it became obvious that a third term would not be allowed, he had wasted a lot of 'Ghana-must-go' hoards of cash on politicians and had to hastily plan for an emergency successor. He didn't have much time to ensure the sustainability of his successes, which were already eroding under his own tenure due to the ill-advised ambition to secure an extra term.

The rest is history, as we started a nose-dive right from the terminally ill Yar'Adua, who could not govern well and decisively due to ill-health and relied on Turai and the "cabals" to make selfish decisions for the country. He even reversed most of the last-minute Board of Public Procurement (BPP) sales of assets and did not do anything to correct the errors that he was meant to. Now, under his watch, we are wasted assets such as NITEL and left the refineries moribund. Nigeria's fate has only sunk even further under subsequent government since then.

So, greedy elongation of tenure is not a great idea.

He could have won a third term if he owned the fight for it but there was no time he came out in the public to campaign for third term. How can you win a war by proxy?. Other people that won third term in other countries campaigned in the open I believe. Maybe he could have won if he did not hide to fight the battle but who knows?. He may not have been interested in the idea. However you have to own a war to stand a good chance of winning it If you believe something is right, why support it covertly unless you believe it is wrong

CarlsJaz567:


On the contrary, in my own opinion, I believe that the quest for a third term was OBJ's undoing, which contributes to what Nigeria is suffering today. Such moves might have worked in Rwanda and China, but they have proved a failure in Nigeria.

OBJ had already achieved more than people expected of him when he came in as the president by laying a good foundation for the country's economy, effecting a substantial level of debt repayment which allowed his campaign efforts to secure debt forgiveness - a largely successful endeavor.

He was already on the way towards achieving privatization, having started in the Telecom sector. He just needed to settle down and carefully narrow down who could succeed him. However, he was influenced by busybody sycophants who convinced him that Nigeria would not do well without him and that he needed an additional term in office to consolidate on his achievements so far. Once he bought into that idea, he lost focus and devoted his time and effort to gathering money for bribing the National Assembly members in order to change the constitution to allow him to contest again.

All his genuine anti-corruption efforts slowed down, and he began witch-hunting his perceived opponents. He also slowed down on privatization efforts and was busy attempting to secure support for the third term attempt. Of course, those who egged him on in this direction used the opportunity to either steal from the economy, knowing that he was too distracted to fight them with the EFCC, or they collected money from him supposedly to disburse to would-be supporters.

Eventually, when it became obvious that a third term would not be allowed, he had wasted a lot of 'Ghana-must-go' hoards of cash on politicians and had to hastily plan for an emergency successor. He didn't have much time to ensure the sustainability of his successes, which were already eroding under his own tenure due to the ill-advised ambition to secure an extra term.

The rest is history, as we started a nose-dive right from the terminally ill Yar'Adua, who could not govern well and decisively due to ill-health and relied on Turai and the "cabals" to make selfish decisions for the country. He even reversed most of the last-minute Board of Public Procurement (BPP) sales of assets and did not do anything to correct the errors that he was meant to. Now, under his watch, we are wasted assets such as NITEL and left the refineries moribund. Nigeria's fate has only sunk even further under subsequent government since then.

So, greedy elongation of tenure is not a great idea.

You may call it greedy but only God know his intentions. Forget what politicians say about him is all about propaganda to mess him up most especially from d core north.