Mr President, The Kokomaster

There are 18 people running for the post of President in Nigeria. During the week, the news channel NN24 in conjunction with Tony Elumelu foundation and Benson Idahosa University organized  a presidential debate for the four "forerunners" in the up-coming presidential elections (It seems the other 14 are just there to amuse Nigerians). The forerunners are Pres. Goodluck Jonathan (PDP), Mallam Shekarau (ANPP), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (CAN) and Gen. Buhari (CPC). There where four (4) podiums but one was empty (it was that of Pres. Goodluck Jonathan). Where can the President be on this special evening?

 The answer to the above question would surprise many of you and it may make you question the smartness and the decision making abilities of our president. You might be wondering, "what in the devil's vocabulary can keep our president from showing up from a debate like this that would be viewed by millions all over the nation and give him a great chance to reach out to the public?". Who on earth can he be granting  audience when he has the chance to prove to Nigerians that he has something upstairs? It wasn't Barack Obama neither was it Nelson Mandela it was…wait for it…. D'Banj (a musician)!!!

Pres. Goodluck Jonathan

 When I first heard that, I felt like vomiting (it not only caused emotional upset but also stomach upset). I asked my self, "what in the devil's vocabulary can our President be doing with D'Banj at this time when his mates are on a platform expressing their views (it reminded me that biblical story of David, walking on the roof of his house when the Kings were at war. And  you know what he saw…). It was said that he was being interviewed by D'Banj and I started to ponder about the rationale behind that.

 I believe the time has come when our leaders should stop "covering" themselves and come out and tell us what they have got. It's time for our leaders to involve themselves in intelligible conversation with their rivals and not loafing around with any frivolous artiste that has captured the hearts of musically deaf and irrational Nigerians by his unreasonable, incoherent and morally depraved shouts and yells. I would like to congratulate the three (3) candidates who showed up.

 Some people say he was on tour with D'Banj, others say that Mo'Hits  Record has signed our President up and he was waxing an album with D'Banj in the Aso Rock. Nevertheless, irregardless of what he was doing with D'Banj, the truth is that there was a Presidential debate and the President, who is a candidate was not present due to some reasons best known to him but don't seem pertinent enough.

 But seriously… NIGERIA DOESN'T NEED A KOKOMASTER AS A PRESIDENT!