Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has picked PDP presidential nomination form for the 2023 election. The amount is hefty, N40 million, making sure that teachers like us will stay out! With Atiku in, the equation changes in the nation. People, it is all permanent interest, no permanent enemy or friend!

Now, the most important phase: the zoning arrangement. If APC zones to South and PDP goes North, expect the balance to flip. Why? Southwest and Southeast politicians seem not aligned. The SE politicians have maintained that fairness demands that if APC zones the president to the South (they have), that SW politicians should leave it for them. Of course, Senator Bola Tinubu is already in, which means that arrangement is not working.

Atiku’s chance of being the next President brightens  if PDP zones it to the North. APC’s biggest risk is a SW ticket; the North will move PDP, making a point that if the North agrees to zone the ticket to South, it expects the SW to return the love for SE, if fairness and equity should rule. But where SW refuses, they see no reason for allowing power to move South.

I have expected PDP to zone the ticket to the South. But with Atiku going ahead, surprises can happen. Why? Who can write the big cheques for a national campaign?

Yes, the Igbo Nation said it loud and clear: “anaghi eji anya egbu agu” [you do not kill a leopard by merely looking at it]. If you want the Presidency, you need to battle for it because justice, fairness, and equity rarely work in Nigeria.

I wish we do not need zoning to select a president. But why not when we “quota” everything? And since that is part of our system, modify the Constitution and allow the damn office to rotate across zones!

Greetings. Tekedia Institute is one of the largest educational institutions in Africa. We have learners from more countries than any school in continental Africa.

When ASUU (university teachers in Nigeria) announced that it was extending its strike, our organization decided to show solidarity to college students by giving them access to our world-class CollegeBoost, a mini-MBA designed for undergraduate students. Also, we removed the group registration requirement, making it possible that any student can register on-demand (you register and begin your studies immediately).

Tekedia CollegeBoost awards Tekedia Advanced Diploma in Business Administration after eight weeks of rigorous studies with us.

We invite undergraduate students to register with N10,000 (or $30) per person (discounted from N45,000 or $100). The program syllabus and many payment options are here.

This discounted offer will end March 31, 2022. 

Regards,

Tekedia Institute

Good People, join me to thank Engr Dele Olajiga. M.Eng,(MNIAE),(Ph.D Scholar) for providing FULL scholarships to 20 undergraduate students of Federal University of Technology, Akure. Since ASUU extended its strike in Nigeria, hundreds of students have joined Tekedia CollegeBoost, a mini-MBA for students, and most are enrolled via scholarships funded by our fellow citizens.

We thank leaders like Engr Dele and others for giving our young people the opportunity to be academically engaged during the ASUU strike.

Tekedia Institute has structures in most universities and polytechnics in Nigeria. Our program manager, Eyitayo Adeleke, mMBA, knows the SUG presidents. Once a scholarship is available for a school, he works with the SUG leadership for the selection. This makes it very fast with no need of going through formal school bureaucracies. So, if you want to sponsor, reach out to him.