"THE REELECTION OF PRESIDENT JONATHAN GOODLUCK OF NIGERIA IN 2015 IS A DAUNTING TASK"

The easy reelection of President Jonathan Goodluck of Nigeria back to the Aso Rock villa in 2015 in a free, fair, transparent, credible and all-inclusive election is a daunting task. The year 2011 when this man was new on the national political stage of Nigeria and he promised Nigerians heaven on earth if he was elected into power is now very different from the year 2014. Time and events of the last four years in the governance of Nigeria under the watch of this man have both shaped and defined his presidency clearly to the Nigerian voters. The electorates that will be voting in 2015 are now in a better position in the year 2014 than in the year 2011 to make a well informed political decision with their votes.
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This President is running for his reelection with a political party, the PDP that is no longer the same party that he won his presidency with in 2011. The PDP has lost the speaker of the House of Representatives, five state governors, several members of the national and state assemblies and party leaders at national, state and local levels mainly to the opposition party, the APC. The political landscape in 2011 is now totally different from that of 2014 when this President ran against many smaller political parties and very weak opposition. Today, this President will be running against the united opposition parties, the APC that now has national spread and massive support base across Nigeria. The failure of this President in his war against Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East region of Nigeria despite the yearly billions of dollar that are allocated for the defense of Nigeria, the international scandal that surrounded the kidnapping of the over 200 school girls at Chibok and the daily bombings of innocent Nigerians that have now claimed 15,000 souls are huge political baggages into the 2015 election that this President can never sweep under the carpet.

The recent global drop in the price of oil that has resulted in the quick declining of the Nigeria's economy and the rapid collapse of the Naira are part of the legacies of this President for his reelection in 2015. This President has also failed to address the double-digit youth unemployment rate and the provision of electricity for Nigerians as he promised in 2011. The government has failed woefully to address the issue of official corruption in Nigeria and has been clouded with many financial scandals, such as, the missing $20 billion oil money, the billion of dollar in the Malibu oil deal, allegations of corruption against the members of this President's executive council as well as top public officials in his government. The truth is that Nigeria today is now worse than the Nigeria that was handed over in 2011 to this President to govern. Finally, the most important question that every Nigerian voter must answer before they cast their votes in 2015 is this:Are Nigerians truly better off today than in 2011? Nigerian voters may answer this question on February 14, 2015 #FailedPresidencyOfJonathanGoodluckOfNigeria -