{"id":1248,"date":"2013-03-31T05:35:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T05:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/2015-why-south-west-may-dump-jonathan\/"},"modified":"2013-03-31T05:35:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T05:35:20","slug":"2015-why-south-west-may-dump-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/2015-why-south-west-may-dump-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"2015: Why South West may dump Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It <\/strong>is becoming clear by the day that President Goodluck Jonathan is fast losing his support base in the entire country with the South West not willing to risk its support in the forth-coming election for the PDP.<\/p>\n

It will be recalled that, in 2011, Jonathan won five out of the six states of the South West geo-political zone which implied that the Yoruba race voted for the President as a person other than a political party in a zone that is regarded as a stronghold of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).<\/p>\n

Findings have revealed that the choice of the ACN national chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, for a national honour recently which was roundly rejected by Jonathan might have grieved some Yoruba elites who seem to have reconsidered their support for the President.<\/p>\n

Akande was said to have been chosen by the Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, as the sole candidate from the state for the award. But his nomination was turned down by the Presidency for no convincing reason.<\/p>\n

A credible source close to the ACN chieftain disclosed that Jonathan displayed \u201chis vindictive\u201d tendency because \u201cAkande refused to carry out the precept of the President,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to the source, after the 2011 general election, Jonathan reached out to all the political parties and solicited their support in an enlarged meeting call at his instance. \u201cThe aim of that meeting was for him (Jonathan) to convince the opposition in particular about the need to form a government of national unity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of that meeting, ACN had to analyse that import of the federal government\u2019s idea of national unity government and the party objected to it. The reason was to enable the opposition to have a free atmosphere to criticize government when necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat disposition did not go down well with Jonathan. So all along, he has been looking for a way of co-opting the leadership of the ACN which is the most vibrant opposition party in the country into their mainstream, but has never worked,\u201d the source explained.<\/p>\n

The second meeting between Jonathan and the leadership of the opposition parties exposed the secret game plan of the President who despite advice from the stakeholders against the removal of the 2012 oil subsidy fell on deaf ears.<\/p>\n

Akande was said to have been peeved up by the President\u2019s attitude of not consulting widely before venturing to take drastic decisions on issues that affect the generality of Nigerian citizens.<\/p>\n

The source also lamented on the public outcry of the Yorubas who look dumped by Jonathan after giving him a massive vote to become President in the last election.<\/p>\n

He explained that the non consideration of Bisi Akande\u2019s candidature for the national honour award may not be unconnected with the unilateral posturing of the South West governors to pitch tent with the camp of the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi.<\/p>\n

More so, the gimmicks allegedly deployed by the Presidency to scuttle the registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which is viewed as party with Yoruba-based political philosophy, also informs the South West\u2019s stance against Jonathan\u2019s 2015 ambition.<\/p>\n

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Source: Daily Independent Newspaper<\/p>\n

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