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first and most important was that I expected a man who comes from my
kind of humble background to run a simple and less expensive government.
Fellow Nigerians, I had planned, and hoped, to escape from President
Goodluck Jonathan’s unending brouhaha this week but that seems
impossible for as long as our President and acolytes continue to
titillate us with salacious news every week. My piece today was
triggered by a few unrelated events. The first was a chance meeting I
had with a distinguished media baron who spent over ten hours with me in
Accra early this week. He had apparently read most of my articles and
was determined to get me to take a closer look at President Jonathan’s
efforts and achievements so far. He acknowledged, unlike most of this
government’s apologists, that I had maintained a semblance of
objectivity in my writings. He was particularly impressed that I had
remained in the National Conscience Party, at a time most politicians
would have jumped ship.I was grateful for the kind sentiments expressed by him and thanked him as was expected of me. He believes we can’t write this Jonathan Administration off despite many daunting challenges. He said it was the collective responsibility of all and sundry to support the President in order to succeed. He could see the evidence of incredulity on my face but he did not give up on his conviction. I listened to him with rapt attention and responded occasionally.
