These two candidates who are vying in the 2015 presidential election in Nigeria are using different political and campaign strategies to raise money and to reach the Nigerian voters who will determine their fate in that election that is slated for next year. The incumbent President Jonathan Goodluck relies on the Nigeria's tax payer money that came from the federal agencies and the PDP state governorsas well as the huge monetary donations from the handful of his moneybags friends and business beneficiaries of his government economic policies, who are the major players in the oil, gas, telecommunication, banking and power sectors of Nigeria. These handful of Nigerians raised N21.27 billion ($117 million) so far for this President's reelection in 2015.
On the other hand, General Muhammadu Buhari has so far raised N54 million ($300,000) for his presidential campaign by depending solely on the meagre donations from the ordinary Nigerians into his Buhari Support Organisations (BSO) that has 475,796 coordinators and a total membership in the region of 8,492, 226 across the country. President Jonathan Goodluck is fighting for his reelection with the tens of billions of Naira in his campaign coffers and General Muhammadu Buhari is fighting to defeat this incumbent President with the support and votes from the millions of army of volunteers across Nigeria. President Jonathan Goodluck believes in the Naira power to win his reelection and General Muhammadu Buhari believes in the people's power to win this election. Will the 67 million electorates of Nigeria vote for the Naira power or the people's power on February 14, 2015? Only time and future events will surely tell.#NairaPowerVersusPeoplePower
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