Saturday, 12 September 2015

TOP 5 POLITICIANS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2019

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The 2015 general elections came with a tsunami that swept away the Peoples Democratic Party after 16 years in Aso Rock. The political wall in Nigeria was stained with surprises just as the All Progressives Congress, APC rode on the mantra of change to the presidential villa of the most populous black nation on earth. However, just
hundred days after taking over the drivers’ seat in Aso Rock, many mistakes have been repeated with gallons of complains rushing out through the wide mouth of the media, raising doubts over the ability of this vehicle of change that we bought with our money to take us to the promised  land without an accident.
             The high point is not even whether this vehicle of change can take Nigeria to the promised land or not, but the ambition of these political heavy weights and news makers who are rumored to be eyeing the number one seat or aiming to blind the eyes of others who may want to stare at the post or them and their ambition. Hence I have put together this list of the top five politicians to watch out for come 2019 as many pessimists have already thrown the change slogan into the deep pit of history, and their attention has now shifted to the next election year, 2019.
PMB- President Muhamadu Buhari is one Nigerian politician that has distinguished himself by remaining inside the cold and poor room of credible Nigerians, an act which to a large extent gave him the trust, confidence and votes of Nigerians during the last general elections.
             As we head towards 2019, all eyes will be on PMB whether he will be a party man by succumbing to the whims and caprices of  the political gladiators who engineered his victory, many who are perceived by the general public to be stinking of corrupt wealth. Or will he be a statesman and be ‘for everyone and for no one’ as he had promised during his inaugural speech?
             The eagle’s eye on his administration will surely be on how he will fight corruption and fulfill his truck load of campaign promises. After that, the biggest question will be on if he is going to seek reelection or not. And will the big guns in his party, the APC still release their wealth to oil his campaign?  Only time will tell.

BOLA TINUBU-  A former Lagos state governor and the most influential politician in south western Nigeria. His role in the just concluded general elections can never be over emphasized, especially considering the fact that even the worlds’ renowned international magazine, ‘The Economist’ acknowledged the effect of his political master stroke, and his role in the electoral fortunes of his party, APC.
            But after the victory of president Buhari, the music has changed and everything has not been going on smoothly in Tinubu’s camp. His anointed candidates, senator Lawal and Honorable Femi Gbajabiamila both lost their bid to become the senate president and speaker of the House of Representatives respectively. The sour part of the defeat was how they lost to the PDP backed candidates, Senator Bukola Saraki and Honorable Yakubu Dogara, with president Buhari despite being the father of the party with enormous political power doing little or nothing to help Tinubu’s men from the hands of these aggrieved APC members. As it is said, political sins are never forgiven, so what will the picture be like in 2019 between Tinubu and Buhari? Especially if Buhari should seek reelection. And what role will Tinubu play in paying back the so called “disobedient” APC members in their own coin, especially those from his ‘political territory’, the South West

SENATOR BUKOLA SARAKI-Nigeria’s senate president, a former governor of Kwara state, and a long time antagonist of Bola Tinubu.  Senator Saraki backed by the Peoples Democratic Party alongside other APC national Assembly members, went against all party directives to contest and win the election for the senate presidency. His desperation to become senate president is not far fetched as he is believed to be nursing a presidential ambition in 2019 with the hope that president Muhamadu Buhari will not seek reelection.
            If things go his way and he decides to vie for the post, the drama will be produced by Bola Tinubu and his loyalists whom Saraki had humiliated politically on his way to becoming to the senate president. Pay back period?

GODSWILL AKPABIO- former governor of Akwa Ibom state and a strong loyalist of former president Goodluck Jonathan. The man who the PDP and national Assembly had to bend their rules in order to allow him join the train of principal officers in the national assembly. His fast growing popularity at the federal level especially considering his landmark achievements as governor of Akwa Ibom state, and the fact that the PDP is believed to be secretly grooming a marketable candidate that will help them reclaim the mantle of leadership come 2019.

OLUSEGUN OBASANJO- former president Olusegun Obasanjo contributed in no small measure in pulling down the pillars of the immediate past administration of president Goodluck Jonathan, but what will be his role in 2019? One thing you should never expect from Baba, as he is popularly called, is for him be a passive listener.
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