Let me quickly congratulate the governor-elect of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke (PDP): “having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected,” INEC Chief Returning Officer for Osun, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. I also commend the good people of Osun State and the young people across Nigeria. Just like in Ekiti State where the youth chose the APC candidate, their wills are now 2-0. People, this is not about the party, this is about the candidate.
As I have written here, if we break information asymmetry with mobile internet, anyone can win. Yes, the 2023 election is OPEN because new structures are being built – youth mobilize online and then tell their parents to support their candidates.
The Governor-elect should reach out to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno (I admire him) and ask for tips; Governor Soludo of Anambra is also there for a chat. Mr. Adeleke needs to succeed because his people brought this ascension.
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I belong to ALL PARTIES in Nigeria but I choose none. For me, it is “May the best Candidate Win”!
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Comment: Not all people can win irrespective of Technology!
My Response: That is a wrong comparison. US elections are idea-based and ideological. You know where Biden stands for life. In other words, a Republican is known for what he stands for. A democrat, the same. In Nigeria, we are not there – everyone in APC today was in the past somewhere else, less than a decade ago. So, do not compare both countries since a man who won in APC in the past can come and win in PDP today and move back to APC (check senators in Anambra state). In the US, that is IMPOSSIBLE. With that system in Nigeria, parties are not known for anything but a group of people. In US, Democrats are pro-choice, pro-tax, pro-climate, etc; Republicans are pro-life, etc.
Because those have been established, small parties have NO ROOM to provide something new except to go extreme.
Comment: You are very wrong Ndubuisi Ekekwe. Adeleke won because of the structure of Pdp on the ground not because the youths via socialmedia. Nigerian politics is not like Swedish or Irish elections where ideologies win. Its about stomach infrastructure and money. Yesterday Billions of Naira was spent to share money for so many things starting from the ward chairmen to the poling booth agents, to the security to watch the ballot boxes to the State representatives and finally the voters. Adeleke would never have gotten this kind of financial support to pull this off without a party like Pdp who could handle most of these things in his favour financially.
You have no idea what Buhari has done to the masses and how hunger would change a person’s mind to vote. Yesterday APC was paying N5,000 per Voter and Pdp had to match them or pay higher to sway votes. Both parties were using different financial formats to induce voters on election day and it was free for all. You think if APC offered N5 000 per Voter and Pdp was preaching love, equity & good governance, Adeleke would have been governor today? Why didn’t Adeleke join KOWA, Accord Party, Labour or ADC to pursue his Governorship ambition and see if APC won’t have wiped the floor with him?
My Response: Check the Youth participation in the last election for Osun. It was less than 20%. This one, he hit close to 40%. I am a data guy. PDP had structure. APC as the ruling party has stricture. Without those Youth outperforming 4 years ago, he would have lost.
Nigerian Presidency is Wide Open As Mobile Internet Could Disintermediate Old Political Structures
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