Peter Obi and Kwankwaso are actually running a powerful formation in this 2027 race.
In as much as I remain loyal to Asiwaju, but I must admire their strategy.
The other time, Peter Obi was in the diaspora, addressing and engaging Nigerians in diaspora, while Kwankwaso was in Nigeria running a strong local media campaign for the ticket.
Peter Obi is now back and has taken over their media rounds, while Kwankwaso returned back to grassroots mobilization across the country.
I heard that people are now using speakers and public address systems to preach the OK ticket across markets in Northern Nigeria.
This is the finest presidential tickets Nigeria have ever seen in our recent history.
The @pmnewsnigeria , I see that your desperation and those of the @officialABAT’s @NGRPresident’s @NigeriaGov and their officials like @fkeyamo as well as their ruling party @OfficialAPCNg officials like @Morka2Felix, for Oby Ezekwesili’s praise is definitely real.
That’s why 24 hours later, you have failed to delete your manufactured quote-headline “Tinubu has achieved what many doubted in Nigeria’s economy” that you fraudulently attributed to me.
You deliberately lied to the public by crafting and spreading a sentence I never uttered in any form.
And you have persisted in keeping it up on all your social media handles to deceive the public.
Your @pmnewsnigeria exemplifies those among Nigerian journalists and media houses that have willingly and shamelessly sold themselves and their profession to our country’s vile politicians who are destroying the country and people.
I won’t even waste my time suing your rag-sheet @pmnewsnigeria because after all, like-media-like-judiciary in the hands of corrupt politicians who have infected both institutions to a metathesized state with their cancer of corruption. So, no need.
But I know for sure that they will get their comeuppance. Trust me.
When citizens are ready for Good Governance, we will all collectively arise and fight to reclaim our Land and all broken institutions from political hyaenas and their allies. ✍🏾✍🏾✍🏾
Why This Septuagenarian Is Investing in Peter Obi’s Presidency
At 74, I have lived long enough to know the difference between politics as entertainment and politics as a matter of national survival.
I have watched Nigeria move from promise to disappointment, from abundance to scarcity, from hope to cynicism. I have seen governments come and go, heard magnificent campaign promises, watched politicians reinvent themselves at election time, and witnessed citizens repeatedly vote for the same failed political formula while expecting a different outcome.
That is why, as a septuagenarian, my support for Peter Obi's presidency is not an emotional investment. It is an investment in the possibility that Nigeria can still change the trajectory of its political leadership.
I am not investing in a messiah. Nigeria does not need one.
I am investing in competence, prudence, accountability, human capital and a different philosophy of governance.
I Have Lived Long Enough to Know That Time Matters
At my age, I cannot afford the luxury of pretending that Nigeria has unlimited time.
The young can perhaps afford another decade of experimentation with incompetent leadership. My generation cannot. We have already spent decades watching Nigeria squander opportunities that other countries seized.
We have seen countries that were behind us economically overtake us. We have watched nations without our oil, population, arable land and enormous human resources build functioning economies.
The question, therefore, is no longer whether Nigeria has potential.
The question is why we have consistently failed to convert that potential into prosperity.
For me, one major answer is leadership.
Why Obi?
My attraction to Peter Obi is fundamentally about his apparent understanding that government is not a theatre for political grandeur; it is an instrument for improving the lives of citizens.
His current campaign agenda places emphasis on education, healthcare, agriculture, energy, security, human capital development, production and institutional reform. He has also spoken repeatedly about reducing the cost of governance and insisting that public resources produce measurable value.
Those are not glamorous promises.
They are, however, the boring fundamentals upon which serious nations are built.
And after decades of watching Nigeria chase political spectacle while neglecting fundamentals, I have become particularly interested in the boring stuff.
Schools. Hospitals. Electricity. Roads. Agriculture. Manufacturing. Security. Jobs. Institutions.
That is where national development actually happens.
I Am Investing in a Philosophy, Not a Personality
Peter Obi is not infallible. I do not subscribe to the idea that because I support a politician, I must defend everything he says or does.
That is precisely the mentality Nigeria must escape.
I will support Obi where I believe he is right, question him where I believe he is wrong and demand accountability if he eventually occupies Aso Rock.
My support is therefore not a blank cheque.
It is a conditional investment.
The condition is simple:
«Give Nigerians government that works, and Nigerians will judge you by the results.»
Obi has also argued that four years should be sufficient for a serious leader to demonstrate whether his administration is capable of changing the country's direction.
I find that proposition particularly compelling.
Nigeria does not need another administration asking for eight years before Nigerians can see results.
We have waited long enough.
The Greatest Investment Must Be in Nigerians
And a president who understands that public resources belong to the people can begin restoring something Nigeria desperately needs:
trust.
My Septuagenarian Investment
So why is this septuagenarian investing in Peter Obi's presidency?
Because after 74 years, I have learned that the most expensive thing a nation can lose is not money.
It is time.
Dolly Parton: The Compassion That Came From Humble Beginnings.
There is something deeply moving about Dolly Parton that goes beyond her extraordinary music. For those of us who admire her, perhaps the most enduring part of her story is not the fame, the records, the awards or the wealth, but the person she remained after all of them.
Dolly Parton’s greatness, to me, goes far beyond her extraordinary music. It is in the person she remained despite the fame, wealth and success. She came from poverty in rural Tennessee, from a large, humble family with little materially but rich in love, faith, resilience and family values. She never seemed to forget those beginnings. Instead, she carried them into her music and her life.
That is why her songs resonate so deeply. She sang about love, heartbreak, hardship, loneliness, hope and the struggles of ordinary people—not merely as a performer, but as someone who understood them. Her music gave dignity to people who were often overlooked.
Her compassion seemed to flow naturally from her upbringing. Even at the height of her success, she retained a remarkable warmth, humility and generosity, particularly toward children, the poor and those in need.
I admire Dolly Parton not simply because she became a great musician, but because success never made her forget where she came from. She turned her humble beginnings into music (Coat of Many Colors) that comforted millions and a life that continues to inspire.
For me, that is her greatest song: the sound of a good heart that never forgot its roots.
May God Almighty, who made her such a compassionate soul, grant her soul eternal rest. -PO
Many Lagosians are wondering why I would accept the nomination to be a Deputy Governorship candidate to a younger Gubernatorial candidate in Gbadebo P Rhodes-Vivour. Many think I am more experienced, mature, etc, and should therefore be the candidate and Gbadebo the deputy.
I have decided to explain this only once.
For decades, those in the corridors of power have repeated the sentence "the youths are the leaders of tomorrow", but have refused, consistently, to leave the scene.
That sentence "the youths are the leaders of tomorrow", has in fact, been a big fat lie the whole time. Let me explain.
In the 1950s, the colonialists carried out an experiment, allowing regional self-rule in Nigeria. Western Nigeria was led by the Action Group, a party led by Obafemi Awolowo, who was in his early 40s.
Many of his colleagues were in their 30s, and some were even in their 20s, like Anthony Enahoro, who demanded independence for Nigeria on the floor of parliament at the grand old age of 23!
That government of mostly young men was easily the most impactful government in Africa, if not the world, at that time.
Moving into the 60s, and many of these men had moved into their 50s, and become so used to the trappings of power, that they forgot that they were in power to serve the people, and not themselves.
A crisis erupted, which eventually resulted in a military coup, led by YOUNG soldiers in their 20s.
A counter coup was to follow 6 months later, led again by young soldiers in their 20s and 30s.
The two governments that arose out of the second coup (another coup happened in 1976), were again, the most impactful governments in Africa, with their influence stretching as far as Britain and South Africa.
General Olusegun Obasanjo (as he then was) was to hand over to much older civilians in 1979, and they promptly began to destroy the vibrant nation he and his colleagues had built, through their selfish, gratuitous politicking.
Again, another coup, and yet another, and Babangida took over, in his 40s, completing projects abandoned by the older civilians, like the 3rd Mainland Bridge and the Shiroro dam.
Coming to Lagos State, Mobolaji Johnson was appointed founding governor at the grand old age of 31, and decided to appoint men like Chiefs Adeniran Ogunsanya, S L Edu and Ganiyu Olawale Dawodu, all in their 50s, into his cabinet.
Again, that government, led by a much YOUNGER man, was probably the most impactful Lagos State has seen since, besides the government of the late Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande.
I am proud to say that I was somewhat instrumental in ensuring that Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour got the Labour Party ticket in 2022, partly because he is a younger man, and also because of the unique skill set he brought to the table, which I still consider to be the best fit for Lagos State right now, following the 27 years of blight, wrought by the greedy, incompetent and wicked Tinubu criminal gang.
I refuse to join those who repeatedly lied to my generation that "the youths are the leaders of tomorrow", when in fact, they led us in their youth!
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is in his early forties - a perfect time when the energy of youth meets the wisdom of experience. The time for the youths to lead is NOW, not tomorrow, and we need to revert back to what we did before, to get the results we desire for our children and our children's children.
If you want to Make Èkó Great Again, and build a better Lagos than the one we have all endured for the last 27 years, please join Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and I, and help us to chase away the locusts that want to feed on your children's future, while telling you to your face that THEIR youths will be your leaders tomorrow.
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