What did he expect Jonathan to have done, do what
Buhari is doing by the lopsided appointments? This is what is killing Nigeria. Perhaps Amaechi had expected
Jonathan to have appoint more Igbos to office than he did to have made Igbos
feel the kind of impact being talked about – what an arrant fall guy.
Amechi's comment is uncalled
for and patently disrespectful to former president Jonathan. Chibuike Amechi’s politics is perplexing because he does not
apply tact into it, he just practices raw politics which does not make a statesman.
only lasts not long for a political career. Amaechi's success in politics so
far has been due to the grace of God and godfather-ism (of Odili); the later give
him the foothold that has carried him so far.
Chibuike
Amaechi could be president of Nigeria if he would refine his political
operational method. To start with, he should be less vindictive, less
combative, and not too direct. He should learn to use metaphors and adages to
deliver certain messages. He almost ruined any chances of him getting elected
again to anything in the SS with his raw cancellation of the Maritime
University; he should thank Ibe Kachukwu for bailing him out. What he said --
that too much money had been expended on procuring land alone for the
university -- made a lot of sense but his manner of saying it was chastising of
the people and vindictive to them too.
What
he said about former president Jonathan is likely true but his method of saying
it is unacceptable to those who still support the former president. Amaechi
could have delivered this same message without the combative and indicting mode
with which he did it -- he lost Jonathanists with that tone. Whether he accepts
it or not, the SE&SS is still Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's country, so it is
not possible for any politician to dislodge him from owning those areas through
bad mouthing and uncalled-for confrontations.
From
now on, Chibuike Amaechi should map out a mature political system through which
to make himself the political lord of the SE&SS. Now that he has gone
national, luck alone is not going to get him anywhere -- Odili could have made
anybody Speaker of the House of Assembly and later governor in small Rivers State;
that cannot happen at the Federal level where Awusa and Yoruba are bent on
stopping every move of his.
He
should know this, because presidential candidate Buhari wanted him as running
mate but Yoruba said over their dead body, hence Osinbajo was fielded.
President-elect Buhari wanted him as his chief of staff but the Awusa cabal
said over their dead body, hence that man, whose name I don't want to mention,
is occupying Amaechi's seat.
Right
now, Yoruba and Awusa are expecting him to produce something electorally, but
he is not going to accomplish that by badmouthing Jonathan in the SE&SS.
Amaechi should leave unnecessary confrontations, directness, and vindictive
utterances to those of us outside of the political arena.
He
should play pure politics, which is winning over people through making nice statements,
even if hypocritically. If he does not produce results in the SE&SS at the
next election, Awusa and Yoruba overlords of APC will kick him to the curb,
especially now that president Buhari who likes him seems to be gradually
exiting the political arena.
If
I didn't like Amaechi, I would not be saying this -- something I should get
paid for saying. He'd better pay attention to this free advice.
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