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Seek Ye The Kingdom Of Power In Nigeria And Other Things Will Be Added – Nnaji

A Public Affairs analyst and Legal Practitioner, Mr Chima Nnaji, on Tuesday attributed the political scheming in the country to the quest for political power. … Continue reading Seek Ye The Kingdom Of Power In Nigeria And Other Things Will Be Added – Nnaji


A Public Affairs analyst and Legal Practitioner, Mr Chima Nnaji, on Tuesday attributed the political scheming in the country to the quest for political power.

Reacting to the events that took place towards the end of the year in  Nigeria’s political landscape, he noted that “a lot of things had started happening” from 2013, some of which would culminate “if certain conditions expected, present themselves sometime this year, sometime later part of this year or sometime early next year”.

Mr Nnaji further stated that “everything (playing out) can be reduced to an atomic level” adding that “all the ramifications and the multifarious problems have basis; the basis, like everybody knows, is power” insisting that “it is not power for its own sake; it is power for the lucre.

“All those things that are associated with” in his saying “seek ye the kingdom of power in Nigeria and every other thing shall be added on to you”. He said.

He further noted that politics in Nigeria entails “you kill your enemy, emasculate the ones you don’t like, you ingratiate yourself” adding that “there are so many things that come with power”.

He berated the fact that those people who have found themselves at the corridors of power were not prepared for it. He added that “they did not do and are still not doing anything to cultivate themselves” in the manner of providing good governance to the populace.

He blamed the Obasanjo regime for introducing and institutionalising “this do or die thing” noting that the former president, during his tenure as civilian president from 1999-2007, still used military mentality of “conquering to rule”. He said “it is either they bring them down or ship them in.”

He maintained that the present administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is suffering from a “recency effect” further maintaining that the “mess made before this government is now being taken out on the current government” and that “government is a continuum”.

Though he condemned the strikes that have bedevilled the Jonathan administration, he called on President Jonathan not to shy away from addressing the issues behind the strikes by the unions.

“He must find an intelligent way of addressing the issues while keeping in perspective, for the people to understand, that we are all part of the solution set; we did not cause it, we have come here to solve the problem.” He enthused “how they do it is their problem”.

He further noted that there is so much pressure on the Presidency, from all quarters, to perform beyond the level it is performing.