It is too early as we wait for the final results in Osun state. But I want to commend the Nigerian youth. What an exceptional operational execution. Did you see the playbook? They picked someone they believe will anchor their future and they went into markets, communities, etc with loudspeakers and recruited their parents.

Who would you believe? Your son/daughter or one strange politician on whom to vote? That is how you win your future – devise a strategy that connects the power of mobile energy with get-out the votes and spread the vision. #respect to young people.

And did you see how they organized? They are not picking parties – they are picking candidates? If they like a PDP guy, they ask others to bulk-vote for that person. If they like an APC, the same happens.  What this means is simple: irrespective of your party, if you have good records, you will keep your job as they are not after parties.  It is too bad that our political science professors are on strike but this is amazing. In Osun, they connected the cyberspace and meatspace.

And did you see what happened in Sokoto today? That procession? #believe . We simply want the right person, irrespective of the party!

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My Response to a comment: Actually, LP Youth endorsed the candidate for PDP Youth in Osun. They did not like the LP candidate in Osun and asked everyone to support PDP. As I noted, our political science professors are on strike. If not, they could have explained what is happening. I am an engineer and have no good understanding of this. But I can tell you this – look beyond party. If you see this as APC vs PDP vs LP, you will be tripped.

Comment: ….this made the south west a unique set of people in Nigeria Politics. No religion or Party sentiments. Since 1999, South west has produced Governors across different Political parties (AD, ANPP, PDP, APC and Labour Party) and religion lines. Yoruba tenet of ‘Omoluabi’ (Good Character) which reflect in their political activities must be emulated by other regions of the County to produce credible candidate in respective of Political or religion affiliations.

My Response:  It has nothing to do with tribe, I will say. If you are counting party, no single state in Nigeria has produced more governors from more parties than Imo State. They have PDP, APC, PPA, APGA. What is happening in SW is that it has become a huge lab with two of its 6 states outside the general election day (Ekiti and Osun); no other region has that.

If you live in Abia State, I urge you to get your PVC before INEC concludes the issuance of new PVCs. The next Abia state election is very important. We must vote. The electoral umpire, INEC,  had extended the date for the registration process, and no one should expect INEC to extend it beyond the July 31st deadline. Many of us want Abia State to work and run better. We need growth in Aba, Umuahia, Ohafia, Bende, Isuikwuato, Ngwa, Arochukwu, Ugwa, etc. We must vote smartly.

The elders of Abia state honoured me as the Abian of the year in diaspora. We have provided opportunities in Abia, building companies. We have invested in real estate and provided jobs in our state. But we can do more if we have more confidence that our state is growing.

I call all qualified ABIANS to get his or her PVC and on the election date, VOTE. I am speaking with some of the gubernatorial (governor) aspirants; many are great. And I want you to become engaged. Forget the party, vote for the best person to make the God’s Own State the paradise in the world. God bless Abia State.

Ndubuisi Ekekwe

2021 Most Outstanding Abia Professional in the Diaspora

2021 Abia Ambassador

It is the largest and the most corrupt institutionalized distortion of democracy in the world. When they began it last time, I called the election for Buhari, months to the election. Now, the APC government is back. Yes, they were sleeping for 3 years and just months to the election, they have found N400 BILLION to share. OBIdient, ATIKUlated, etc disciples, it is going to get extremely harder now because by the time people see alerts, days to elections, common sense will go.

You may say – they can take the money and still vote for the right person. Do not bank on it. In my village, Ovim, Abia State, we had one of the finest men ever lived in that community – Dr ENC Ukpabi, the first indigenous students affairs dean in University of Nigeria Nsukka. He was exceedingly generous and a pillar in the community. His doors were never closed. He returned from America and made his community the united states.

But he also caused problems for the reverends: during catechism, required before baptism in the Church, people were expected to pass an exam. When the Reverend asked them, “Who is your savior?” Many men and women said “Dr Ukpabi”. They failed (forgot the teaching in the catechism that Jesus is the Saviour). Try again, the same result. Simply, many villagers could not understand who could be better than Dr Ukpabi. 

If APC credits many of our citizens with N30,000 days to the election, good luck debating that paradise has not come to the earth already. What a shame that we continue to score these own-goals on our democracy where the best should WIN fairly.

Tufiakwa that rigging credit alert is back.

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