There are too many negative blokes in this country known as Nigeria. Ever since President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua took ill and was concomitantly evacuated to a Saudi hospital for proper medical attention, some characters who never ever wished Mr. President well have come out of their shelves asking the man from Katsina to resign his esteemed post.
How can he resign when he has an able assistant in his wife Turai; that is instead of Goodluck Jonathan? There is something poetically beautiful in having a very peaceful transition from one Yar’Adua to another Yar’Adua, that is, from Mister President to Madam President! Mr. Jonathan, should wait for the turn of the South-South because now is the turn of the Northern lords!
Come to think of it, if the Gabonese can have a transition from Bongo to Bongo, why can’t the acclaimed Giant of Africa have its own transition from Yar’Adua to Yar’Adua? It annoys me no end that smaller African countries beat us to these records such as a father transferring power to his son. In this instance, we stand on the portals of history by making sure that for once a president in the African continent is succeeded by his wife. It is not only a nation like Argentina that can boast of a powerful woman in the mould of Evita Peron. Our own Turai is very equal to the task.
One of the many reasons Nigeria has not progressed thus far is the lack of continuity in leadership. In letting Turai take over from her dearly beloved husband the promised 6,000 megawatts of electricity at the end of the year would be achieved. Vision 2020 will go on in tandem as dreamed up by the one and only Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. The kitchen cabinet of Umaru made up of the likes of James Ibori, Michael Aondoakaa, Mohammed Aba-Aji etc. will of course continue in the task of making Nigeria one of the 20 most civilized countries in the world by the magical year 2020. And who else can truly apply Yar’Adua’s immortal “Snail Model” than these worthies?
It is crucial to ensure that power stays in the family. Who on earth could have understudied Umaru more than his better half? Even as Mr. President’s holed up in hospital we have it on good authority that it is only his wife who has any sort of access to him. I am quite sure that he must be passing some essential presidential tips to the good wife. It will amount to a scandalous waste if the lessons learnt by Turai are not put into practice as the leader of this nation which is in dire search of salvation.
The New Year will usher in brand new possibilities with a woman as the country’s ordained president. The menace of godfathers in the polity will be a thing of the past. Welcome to the brave new age of godmothers. Who would not prefer a godmother to a godfather? Turai will of course not want to associate herself with the likes of Chris Uba, for instance. A soft and welcome femininity will come into the governance of the country. This will change the gruff nature of government which has only succeeded in giving the country a very bad name all over the world.
The rebranding project as initiated by the inimitable Professor Dora Akunyili will gain greater ground under the sway of Madam President Turai. Both eminent ladies will make fashion statements that will change the perception of Nigeria from Acapulco to Zimbabwe! After all who doesn’t know as the cliché says that whatever a man can do a woman can do much better? A trial will convince this fumbling and wobbling country.
Even the men are already campaigning for Turai. The one and only Godwin Dabo-Adzuana had said it loud and clear that the North would rather have Turai succeed her husband than have Goodluck Jonathan take the coveted seat. I know that some faultfinders are already up in alms, stressing that Godwin Dabo has no clout whatsoever to speak for the North. My take on the matter is that any fellow who speaks in support of Turai deserves to be listened to! Even nonsense should be turned into sense to ensure the transition of Nigeria from Mister President to Madam President!
By the way, an old song has just come in from my neighbour’s house, thus stopping my writing with the tune “Any dummy can play guitar”, a song which promptly reminds me of the immediate need to turn the Nigerian Presidency into a guitar!
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