Theanalysis of the incumbent president returning as president in the comingelection seem to be a farce to reality.
Asa
reminder, In 2011 the president was widely accepted and supported by
almostall the geopolitical zones, the SW, SE, SS, NC, NE and NW.
Asits
unfolding, a lot of voters from these zones are thoroughly disappointed
bythe performances, corruptions and handling of urgent- cogent national
mattersby the Commander in Chief. These obvious facts that stuck the
face of the ruling party has cause some irrational decisions, prominent
of it is the rescheduling of the general election.
Thusgo the analysis:
1. The
South West: Majority of voters, both educatedand uneducated are going
to votes against the incumbent, while some who wouldhave voted for the
president will abstain based on the aforementioned above.For this
reasons, the votes accredited to the president in 2011 will fall
farshort of what should be expected, also protest vote is also sure to
emergeagainst him.
Note:
The Ekitipeople will want to prove themselves as not been ‘for food
only’. This is thestate where stomach infrastructure was coined for the
Nigerian dictionary, alsowith the attitude of the Governor; it will be a
repayment time.
2. North
West and North East: Religion is a major issuein this zone. The
campaigners of the incumbent have been using this already butto no
effect. The northern Christians have seen the incumbent as incapable
ofhandling their plight. Protest votes and abstinence will also be in
play here.Therefore, the votes he was able to garner will drastically
reduced.
3. North
Central: This region is a region where theincumbent should beat its
opponents hands down not necessarily on theachievements but on religion
sentiments. It is very obvious that this will nothappen, as the majority
learned Christians in this area are not impressed withthe performance
and the sky level corruption in his government.
4. South
East and South South: These are region whichhigher level of election
rigging will be perpetrated. This will be achievedbecause of low or no
presence of oppositions. The incumbent is sure to win thisregion, but
only half of those in possession of their permanent voter’s cardwill be
willing to exercise their right, in both regions. In south East it is
aknown fact that an average Igbo man seldomly participate in national
activities,either they are occupied with their business or stay indoors
if movement isrestricted. In the South South this will also apply as
people will be scared ofmayhems and attacks from opposing parties.
People not coming out to vote willoff course give room for the party
with strong local base to engage in massiveelection rigging. In a free
and fare election the president will receive halfof what was accredited
to him in 2011.
By
this theory;the only region the incumbent can garner much votes is the
South East and SouthSouth. Also, the rancor of primaries election in PDP
will play a huge part.This for sure will not be enough for him to
return as president in 2015.
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