THE DILEMMA BEFORE US: GO WITH UMBRELLA TODAY, FOR IT MIGHT RAIN #VoteNotFight (Must See)

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"whenever two Nigerians meet, their conversation will sooner or later slide into a litany of our national deficiencies. The trouble with Nigeria has become the subject of our small talk in much the same way as the weather is for the English. But there is a great danger in consigning a life-and death issue to the daily routine of small talk. No one can do much about the weather: we must accept it and live with or under it. But national bad habits are a different matter; we resign ourselves to them at our peril." Chinua Achebe, The Trouble With Nigeria; pg 23.

Fellow Nigerians, those in Urban and Rural nucleated settlements, I salute you. To the politically indifferent man, even without being nudged, our beloved country has got all of our attention today. A day like this is a defining moment, not merely to us alone but, also to our generation to come. We should be conscious of the very fact that our decision today will either make or mar us, and probably leave us with ugly scars to remember forever.

Without being told, our woes as a nation may not be unconnected with our past mistakes, particularly our choice of leaders...those who came in 'Khaki uniform', not exempting those who entered Aso rock in 'Agbada'. It is paradoxical therefore, that every Nigerian is born free but everywhere in nationally-imposed chains.

However, I also believe that hopeless as she may seem today, Nigeria is not absolutely beyond redemption. Critical yes, but not entirely hopeless. But every single day of continued neglect brings her ever closer to the brink of the abyss. To pull her back and turn her around is clearly beyond the contrivance of mediocre leadership. Else, we'll find ourselves in a quagmire, a melancholy without any hope of melody.

Thank God, the ball is now in our court. The opportunity is now before us to take our destinies into our hands. Indeed, a very difficult choice in Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, rtd., but we must choose. Here, I vehemently agree with my lecturer, Dr. George Ukagba that "when faced with two evils, our rationality ought to tell us to choose the lesser one". Who is the better one, of the two aforementioned candidates? Is a question we must answer as we go to the poll.

We must not forget our past. Though, Jonathan has not served us well but, going for Buhari would be synonymous to taking three steps backward, with the probability of being beaten by rains, and hijacked by that one man "Bola Tinubu." History tells us that Buhari is a weakling, dominated during his military regime by his second-in-command, #‎tunde_idiagbon‬.

Our present wounds are yet to be healed, we can't afford to suffer another one. Any mistake now would be very dangerous. If history repeats itself, there is the tendency that it will rain, and that would drain our hope for a better Nigeria. Its better to vote for Jonathan, go with #‎umbrella‬...at least, to cover our heads.

By MONCRATES