Podium ReportersPodium Reporters
  • Home
  • News
  • Economy
    • Global
    • Nigerian
  • Education
  • Politics
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Europe
    • Finance
    • Nigeria
    • US & Canada
    • World
  • Science
    • Health
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
      • Comedy
      • Ent & Arts
      • Film & Drama
      • Music
      • videos
    • Homes
    • Luxury
    • Media & Culture
  • Sports
  • Others
    • About us
    • Get In Touch
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Why are you afraid to use your UNN certificate, Labour Party queries Obi
  • Help African nations stop scavengers taking our mineral wealth illegally to wealthy economies – Tinubu appeals to Guterres
  • David Hundeyin: An Obsessed Conartist Desperately Begging to be Persecuted
  • Minimum Wage: President Bola Tinubu to unveil a new minimum wage proposal next week
  • Dangote Refinery set to receive first crude oil cargo in two weeks; targets November for PMS refining
  • Tinubunomics and the Expectations of Economic Re-engineering (Part 1)
  • Bangladesh: Peter Obi, SMEs and his Anambra Scorecard
  • Ag. FIRS Boss resumes office, targets to raise tax-to-GDP ratio from 10.86% to 18% in three years
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Thursday, September 21
Podium ReportersPodium Reporters
Demo
  • Home
  • News
  • Economy
    • Global
    • Nigerian
  • Education
  • Politics
    1. Asia
    2. Africa
    3. Europe
    4. Finance
    5. Nigeria
    6. US & Canada
    7. World
    8. View All

    Aregbesola Champions Easier Path to Naturalisation, Announces Brown Card For Permanent Residency 

    28 May 2023

    FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU

    29 May 2023

    The ARC-P: Everything you need to know.

    28 April 2023

    ISWAP KINGPINS ALI KWAYA, BUKAR MAINOKA AND OTHERS NEUTRALIZED IN NAF AIR STRIKES AT BELOWA NEAR LAKE CHAD

    7 November 2022

    End of the road for Odinga as Supreme Court affirms Ruto’s victory

    5 September 2022

    Breaking: Queen Elizabeth II is dead

    8 September 2022

    Tinubu approves CBN’s plan to address forex market volatility

    14 August 2023

    Naira redesign to have positive impact on the economy – Experts

    27 October 2022

    FG will stop paying petrol subsidy June 2023 – Minister

    22 August 2022

    Exposed: Real Reasons Some Senators Are Plotting Akpabio’s Ouster.

    18 September 2023

    UAE Visa ban on Nigerians lifted after President Tinubu’s intervention

    11 September 2023

    Come back to Nigeria, I have restructured the business environment; President Tinubu tells Volkswagen, other investors.

    11 September 2023

    Nigeria ready to play vital role within G20 – President Tinubu

    9 September 2023

    Ogun Amotekun arrest man with bloodstained pants

    13 October 2022

    BREAKING NEWS: Wagner Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin Feared Dead in a Plane Crash North of Moscow

    23 August 2023

    UNGA77: I’ll leave behind credible election in 2023 – Buhari 

    22 September 2022

    Buhari pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

    9 September 2022

    Why are you afraid to use your UNN certificate, Labour Party queries Obi

    21 September 2023

    David Hundeyin: An Obsessed Conartist Desperately Begging to be Persecuted

    21 September 2023

    Minimum Wage: President Bola Tinubu to unveil a new minimum wage proposal next week

    20 September 2023

    Bangladesh: Peter Obi, SMEs and his Anambra Scorecard

    19 September 2023
  • Science
    1. Health
    2. View All

    Kogi Reference Hospital: Yahaya Bello’s Pure Genius

    28 April 2022

    Kwara hosts 22 APC States’ meeting on improving healthcare access

    26 August 2021

    Distinction: Sanwo-Olu Gets A+ Rating In Covid-19, Security, Infrastructure – Report

    10 August 2021

    Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Coronavirus Press Statement

    11 July 2021

    FG to establish MSME tech hubs in seven states to empower one million youths  

    6 August 2023

    Tinubu’s nomination of CCHub’s Tijani sparks excitement in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem

    3 August 2023

    FACT CHECK: Video of Elon Musk endorsing Obi fake, part of dangerous disinformation campaign

    31 August 2022

    Metaverse ecosystem market to hit $2t by 2030

    3 August 2022
  • Lifestyle
    1. Entertainment
    2. Comedy
    3. Ent & Arts
    4. Film & Drama
    5. Music
    6. videos
    7. Homes
    8. Luxury
    9. Media & Culture
    10. View All

    UAE Visa ban on Nigerians lifted after President Tinubu’s intervention

    11 September 2023

    Understanding the Emotional Tapestry: A Path to a Prosperous Nigeria Under President Tinubu by Gbenga Olorunpomi.

    7 September 2023

    Artificial Intelligence in deepening your Business branding: Tomorrow’s Business is now

    14 August 2023

    Tiktoker bags three-year jail term for cyberstalking, defaming Eniola Badmus

    2 August 2023

    Photos: Banky W, Adesua finally reveal son

    17 September 2022

    Renewed Hope Concert puts Nigeria in celebratory mood as excited youths look forward to Tinubu’s swearing-in

    26 May 2023

    SSANU, NASU call off strike after meeting with FG

    20 August 2022

    Sanwo-Olu Inspects 1,188-unit Sangotedo Housing Project, Sets Deadlines for Commissioning

    17 September 2021

    Did you know? – Perfumery edition

    10 August 2022

    Do You Know Who Wore the First Lipstick?

    10 August 2022

    ‘Nothing can shake Tinubu’s presidency’, Youths in high hopes after thrilling ‘Renewed Hope’ concert

    26 May 2023

    Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci breaks Guinness World Record for ‘longest cooking time’

    15 May 2023

    ‘Gangs of Lagos’, mockery, misrepresentation of our heritage — Lagos govt fumes 

    13 April 2023

    Nigeria’s database increased by 150% in three years, Pantami recounts success of NIM

    17 September 2022

    Exposed: Real Reasons Some Senators Are Plotting Akpabio’s Ouster.

    18 September 2023

    UAE Visa ban on Nigerians lifted after President Tinubu’s intervention

    11 September 2023

    Understanding the Emotional Tapestry: A Path to a Prosperous Nigeria Under President Tinubu by Gbenga Olorunpomi.

    7 September 2023

    Navigating Challenges, Inspiring Change: The Strategy Behind Ahmed Usman-Ododo’s Kogi State Guber Ambition

    4 September 2023
  • Sports
  • Others
    • About us
    • Get In Touch
Podium ReportersPodium Reporters
Home » News » 2022 APC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: “TOO LITTLE TOO LATE”
Politics

2022 APC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: “TOO LITTLE TOO LATE”

By Adekunle15 May 2022No Comments0 Views5 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Email
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Reddit WhatsApp

15 May 2022


The Vice President is understandably enduring a pretty difficult time on the campaign trail. A complete political novice before 2014, the VP has created for himself a situation in which his first ever solo campaign isn’t just for the biggest office going; it is also being fought against his erstwhile benefactor who happens to be a veteran of a fair few scraps over the course of his long (and largely successful) political career. Like being asked to predict the outcome of a teenage central defender making his debut in the Champions League final against peak Cristiano Ronaldo, it has not been a surprise to most expert observers that the VP’s campaign has come to resemble a slow moving train-wreck.

The evident contrast between the campaigns of the Vice President and his most formidable opponent, Bola Tinubu, has, at times, been excruciating. Where Asiwaju darts around the country trailed by former Governors, serving Senators, a Speaker or two, a few elder statesmen and even a couple of known “Presidency” figures, the Vice President seems only to be followed by his own staff, led by the erratic and somewhat unpopular Babafemi Ojudu.

The contrasts do not end there. When Asiwaju and his distinguished entourage arrive in a given State, the Governor and the all important delegates are often visibly unable to contain their excitement. Asiwaju has now been unanimously endorsed by delegates in Niger and Kaduna to go with his ringing endorsement in March by members of the National Assembly. The Vice President, meanwhile, finds himself having to deal with a fresh indignity each day; whether he is being snubbed by the top brass in the state or his people having to walk back their, shall we say, eager claims on social media about their principal being endorsed by certain figures who invariably deny ever having said anything of the sort. While Asiwaju is racking up rigning endorsements from those who actually have a say in this month’s presidential primary, the Vice President has had to make do with the gentle encouragement of ‘ordinary’ Nigerians.

One would not be wrong to ascribe the VP’s difficulties to his relative inexperience. Not having done anything like this before, it is probably unfair to expect him to be able to predict where the landmines are buried before he steps on them. What is harder to explain, however, is the terribly tough time his people seem to have had coming up with a decent campaign slogan. The effort they seem to have decided upon “let’s get working” begs a few questions one would have thought the VP would prefer had gone unasked.

First, and most obviously, why has the man who has been the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the past seven years only now decided to start “working”. Further questions raised in this regard may be: what on earth has he been doing while he was the number two man in the country if not work; and why should we trust that the man who hasn’t really been “working” until now will indeed “get working” if Nigerians decide to entrust him with the number one office.

Of course, the Vice President and his people will protest that the above interpretation of their chosen slogan is deliberately facetious. They’d argue that he has achieved quite a bit working side by side with his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari. But this contention only leads to another question; if he truly believed in the Buhari administration and its achievements, why characterise his candidacy as the start of something new? If he was genuinely convinced by his claims that Buhari has been a success, why would he choose not to position himself as the continuity candidate?

For all his professions of loyalty to President Buhari and of fealty to his vision, the Vice President’s true feelings towards his boss are exposed by his chosen slogan. He may never say so openly, but that slogan betrays his acute awareness of the failings of the administration of which he has been a part for seven long years. Ultimately, it is nothing short of an implicit rebuke of the President and his leadership these past seven years. When all is said and done, the VP’s message to Nigerians is that he has had his hands tied behind his back but if freed, he believes he can right the good (but listing) ship Nigeria.

This brings us neatly to the final and most important question of all; should we believe him? The answer is a resounding no. If the VP could not, in the course of seven long years, figure out how to be even moderately effective within the Buhari administration, there is no reason to believe he has what it takes to handle the responsibility of the top job. Would Tinubu, for all his faults, have found life as the Vice President as difficult? Does anybody believe he would have been as unsuccessful as the VP evidently has? When all has been said and done, the VP was handed a golden ticket on a silver platter. He knows he has squandered it. Yet still he expects Nigerians to give him another one. Unfortunately for him, we are not so easily duped.

2023 Presidency APC Asiwaju Professor Osinbajo Tinubu trending
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Telegram Email WhatsApp

Related Posts

04 Views

Why are you afraid to use your UNN certificate, Labour Party queries Obi

21 September 20233 Mins Read
0142 Views

David Hundeyin: An Obsessed Conartist Desperately Begging to be Persecuted

21 September 20236 Mins Read
012 Views

Minimum Wage: President Bola Tinubu to unveil a new minimum wage proposal next week

20 September 20232 Mins Read
Add A Comment

Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

© 2023 The Podium Reporters. Designed by Marvelworx Limited.
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Lifestyle
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Sports

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.