Yorubas are identified to make the worst one of the best in others, whereas others make the worst in one of the best of Yorubas — Yahaya Balogun.
The pessimist sees problem in each alternative. The optimist sees the chance in each problem —Winston Churchill.
I wrote a chunk about Tinubu a very long time in the past, on July 27, 2015, at 2:41 am, titled: “Who is Bola Ahmed Tinubu?” The article in The Guardian remains to be very related to our nation’s state. Nigeria is a fancy nation with so many contradictions. Nigeria wants a rogue political chief to take care of our blissful ignorance, collective conceitedness, and ethical mischief.

Sometimes, it is advisable to be blunt and never give a rattling. “Yoruba ó ní ìrònú ni? Unfortunately, this isn’t the time to play with the strongman in our family who can lead us to victory. Yorubas make the worst one of the best in others, whereas others make the worst in one of the best of Yorubas.

You all need restructuring with out a strongman to take care of the intractable political scenario in Nigeria. Jagaban is a political rogue, which Nigeria wants now, not a pushover or push-around persona for the Oligarchs’ mission. There are too many Ọlọọ̀tẹ́ in Yorùbáland with no sense of creativeness for potentialities! I’ve been sitting on the fence earlier than, however we are able to’t try this anymore. Ọmọ wa ò lè burú burú ká le fún ẹkùn jẹ (We can not as a result of our baby misbehaves and make him prey for lion’s consumption).

In a nutshell, Nigeria has gone past sanctimonious preachments the place “prayers and fastings” are old style to nation-building. Nigeria wants a benevolent chief to reset our collective brains to defaults. We all want to return to the fundamentals and work to earn a residing legitimately. We want visionary leaders with a way of creativeness to create enduring job alternatives and safety for all Nigerians.

Historically, have we forgotten how BAT remodeled Lagos’s financial fortune from N600 million to greater than N750 billion in 20 years? Have we forgotten how the operation “Taxpayer money in action” labored to rehabilitate important roads in Lagos? How shortly have we forgotten the “Rapid Response Squad (RRS)” that morphed into “Operation Sweep,” a safety structure that handled the state of insecurity in Lagos State?

With rueful nostalgia, we overwhelmingly supported PMB to vary Nigeria, he meant nicely for Nigeria, however his ethnic jingoism beclouded his nicety and hyped integrity. As a grasp political strategist, I don’t see that repeating itself in Jagaban’s roguish political methods. BAT is a extra apolitical Nigerian and liberal believer than his homeland and faith in our geopolitics.

However, Jagaban has no iota of ethnic chauvinism in him. He’s all-inclusive and all-involved in all that includes statecraft. But individuals (particularly Yoruba) are very emotional when the problems of the tribe, faith, and different nuances of bitter democracy come to the fore. Hausa individuals won’t ever throw away their infants with the bathwater. Yorùbá and Igbo are good at dishing and capturing themselves on foot.

“Tinubu is a thief” and “Jagaban has amazing wealth through state commonwealth,” the peddlers of those insinuations haven’t requested themselves the place BAT is investing (his wealth) the cash they accused him of stealing. No courtroom in Nigeria or elsewhere has accused Jagaban of embezzlement or mismanagement of state assets. Yet, the grasp strategist has created tens of millions of jobs for all Nigerians.

Though human beings are untrustworthy however indispensable, Tinubu is rarely a political saint, similar to different people. The mistake that normally launches Yorubaland into political chaos is our “too-know,” tẹ̀mbẹ̀lẹ̀kun, ọ̀tẹ̀, and different poisonous gingers that poison our collective well-being to greatness.

Osinbajo is an effective and God-fearing man with none equivocation, however he was used to harvesting a mission for the Oligarchs. Osinbajo’s meekness and (un)roguish character mismatch the present dystopian state of the nation. If Osinbajo turns into the nominee for APC, the northern oligarchs and sociopath enablers in our geopolitical puzzle can be very pleased to keep up the established order. Ruefully, Atiku could also be effortlessly elected on the expense of the restructuring we yearn to attain.

Nigerian individuals are not looking for extra of the identical in Osinbajo’s hypothetical administration. The Ijebuman can be used as a surrogate to perpetuate the ruling class and the mission completed by the oligarchs in Nigeria.

Sarcastically, Tinubu can be a “glorified thief” and rogue to remodel the nation for good. He is aware of and has nothing to lose to make historical past. Unlike Buhari, who refused to make historical past, Jagaban is an clever politician who understands the humanities of politics and legacy. BAT is aware of easy methods to de-entrench (de-establish) the trenches of his political adversaries.

Tinubu wouldn’t be discovered eager to rewrite historical past. I didn’t need to assist anybody, together with BAT, based mostly on my bitter expertise with President Muhammadu Buhari. But within the absence of our sleeping big–the youths, we are able to’t enable Atiku to be there to protect the tradition of corruption in Nigeria. Tinubu is a examined chief with the data of bringing resourceful youths collectively to harness and unearth the untapped assets of a probably nice nation.

To quote Mr Jide Ayobolu’s in-depth description of BAT: “Asiwaju Tinubu remains one of the most influential, courageous, and principled politicians and statesmen in contemporary Nigeria. In a political culture where most political class members gravitate towards the ruling party for financial reward, Tinubu’s resilience and steadfastness in giving inspirational leadership to the opposition are remarkable. Moreover, it is a testimony to the depth of the convictions that have motivated and sustained him in politics over the last two and a half decades.”

In all ramifications, what Nigeria wants now’s strategic management to redirect in the precise course the socio-economic and political nuances of a nation on the famished street to nowhere!

Note: this piece was written throughout APC’s presidential marketing campaign major.
Balogun writes from Arizona, USA.