IS JONATHAN JESUS?

CredoWriters: Wakdok, Samuel Stephen.



We live in perilous times and as a country we are psychedelically funny. We want Jonathan to leave office in 2011; we also want Jonathan to achieve in one year what our eleven years of uninterrupted democratic rule have been unable to achieve. We want Jonathan to achieve in one year what Obasanjo could not achieve in eighth years and Yar'Adua in three years. We are celebrating eleven years of democracy but we can not boast of eleven hours of uninterrupted power supply, we can't count eleven Nigerians who can take us to the Promised Land out of a population of 140million. We are celebrating eleven years of democracy and we can not boast of eleven states who can survive independent of oil revenue despite all the abundant non oil resources in Nigeria. We are celebrating eleven years of uninterrupted democracy and we can not tame our inflation to eleven percent or below.



Here is a man who never dreamt of becoming a President, by accident rather than by design he became the man at the helm of the affairs, do we expect he will address the problems of this country by accident also? If Obasanjo and Yar'Adua both members of PDP could not salvage the situation even though they sought to be elected or imposed, do we honestly expect Jonathan who did not seek election to salvage us? Are we expecting anything different or better from this Jonathan who is also a member of PDP? If the party had the country at heart, are we not supposed to have achieved more as a nation in these eleven years of PDP rule? This goes to tell that we do not have serious political parties in Nigeria, because if we do and they have their party manifestoes we wont be expecting anything radically different from Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.



It took Obasanjo eight years to mess up our educational system with incessant strikes from the tertiary down to primary levels and we think Jonathan can spring up miracles in a year? It took Obasanjo eight years to toy with the power and oil sectors reforms and we seriously expect Jonathan to perform magic in one year? It took Yar’Adua three years to rigmarole with his electoral reforms and now we believe Jonathan must ensure credible elections based on electoral reforms in one year; Is Jonathan Jesus? It took Jesus three years to complete his public ministry on earth.



Jonathan's one year is more of an interim or transit rule; unless he decides to stand for President in 2011, which many of us are not disposed to. However every Nigerian above 18 years has the right to vote and be voted; it therefore is his sole decision to contest or not. But if we as a people think Jonathan can fix our problems in one year then we are flippant in our thoughts as a nation. Jonathan is not Jesus and we can not expect much from him in this one year. All we expect of him is to keep the ship of this nation on steady waters and not throw our nation into more confusion by attempting to do everything to please everybody especially the elites. He should be prudent in the management of our dwindling resources and accountable to the ordinary men and women especially at a time when the oil wealth is depleting at an astronomically rate.



The best gift we can give ourselves as a people is to stand for change, make our votes count and make sure only credible Nigerians are voted into power come 2011. Whoever we truly give our mandate to rule in the next four years, we can now expect them to deliver on the promises made to the electorate. Until then Jonathan is not Jesus and we can’t expect him to perform magic either. Even Jesus is a miracle worker and not a magician. We would be expecting magic from Jonathan if we hope to have all our problems fixed in one year by one man who hitherto did not have a national plan to rescue Nigeria.Even with his penchant for architects (Vice President, Minister of Mines and Steel, Minister of State for Power) can he build Rome in a day? Remember the elites and not the electorate made Jonathan the President and that is evident in his romance with the ex generals and political gladiators.







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