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Saturday 4 April 2015

Nobody should celebrate Buhari - Etcetera writes

Another article from singer turned writer, Etcetera. Read below...
Why are we dancing? Why do we keep rolling out the drums each time we have a new government, only for us to start crying few months down the line? Is it that we are too quick to forget or we just love to dance? Do you celebrate a child who’s about to write his exams or the one who has written and passed? What is this jubilation for? Because I really don’t understand. Is it that the election of Buhari in itself has suddenly alleviated our sufferings? I am really confused here, hearing how six bikers lost their lives in Zaria celebrating Buhari’s victory. One would think that a people who have been shortchanged for so long by past presidents will know better to be calm and take every word of the new president with a pinch of salt until he proves to be different.
This process is becoming an unending circle, again and again we’ve danced and again and again, we’ve cursed and cried at the end. It is still shocking to me that a lot of Nigerians fell for the story that the president was born without shoes. Was anyone born with shoes on? Buhari’s triumphant entry into the presidency last Sunday which coincidentally was a palm Sunday doesn’t yet prove he is the redeemer. Just like the second coming of our supposed political messiah Obasanjo didn’t prove any significant improvement in our lives.

We all thought he was the one anointed by the gods to take us by the hands and lead us right straight into the promised land, where we shall have no more gnashing of teeth. But when he left office, the roads were still as bad as they were before he took office. The hospitals were still without facilities and most importantly, he failed to defeat the demon in the power sector even with billions of dollars thrown at it. The demons in the same power sector have claimed Jonathan just like they did Yar’Adua, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Sanni Abacha, Shonekan, IBB and Shagari. Even Buhari himself had already been defeated by this demon before. So what says it is not going to be the same this time around. Remember obasanjo was defeated twice by this same demon.

Why won’t our leaders take us for granted when they’ve noticed that we are always ready to jump to our feet and “judile” with the announcement of every new regime? When Buhari overthrew the democratically elected government of Shehu Shagari in 1983, many of you reading this took to the streets to boogie down. When Babangida sent Buhari packing a couple of months later, a lot more of you got drunk and vomited all over the place. Even Abacha’s sudden death brought smiles on the faces of most bar owners across the country as they ran out of booze. Is something wrong with us as a people? We are forgetting a very important fact that this election proves that we are and will still remain a divided people. We are divided by our ideologies with no realistic integration in sight. The election has also reinforced the thinking that we are divided by regional, tribal and religious interests and not national. These are some of the significant issues that will define our tomorrow.

Finally, some of you who are reading this may be saying, oh Etcetera, can’t you be optimistic for once? My brother, I can’t. Optimism and its younger brother, hope have proven to be very dangerous especially in Nigeria. They have sent millions of Nigerians to their early graves. What is the point of being optimistic in a system that has always left me in tears and heartache? Or is it till I get arrested by Mr. Cardiac? Tufiakwa!

281 comments:

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Innocentia Annie said...

Some serious Truth said here
But Etcetra should stop writing already
Its now too much for my liking

Unknown said...

Best article etcetra has written so far...I think he did some thinking on dis one sha..cos he sometimes writes without thinking

Innocentia Annie said...

Some serious Truth said here
But Etcetra should stop writing already
Its now too much for my liking

Unknown said...

Best article etcetra has written so far...I think he did some thinking on dis one sha..cos he sometimes writes without thinking

Unknown said...

etc ooooo
abeg leave us make we judi jorrrr
shiiooooorrr

Juleslouis said...

I know some APC supporters will come for Etcetera's balls not knowing this write up isn't about Buhari in particular. I totally agree with all he said. Elections in this country r becoming overrated biko.

Juleslouis said...

I know some APC supporters will come for Etcetera's balls not knowing this write up isn't about Buhari in particular. I totally agree with all he said. Elections in this country r becoming overrated biko.

emmylyonsignature said...

so tRUE dear!EVEN D BLIND CAN SEE DAT U JUST HIT D NAIL ON D HEAD, AS FOR PEOPLE WEY DIS UR TALK DEY PAIN MBOK MAKE UNA GO BAF ONTOP TRANSFORMER

Anonymous said...

Change: guy you harsh oh! U don change my name to "God" what happened to change ur shirt or change ur tyre! This one u write na God, no be change o!

E teddy said...

This man will so wrath in jail the day he will write this nonsense so called article about a crazy human.he will have a change of name that day.

Unknown said...

Is dis guy ok at all?

Unknown said...

Mehn..this is the best he has written so far..mehn he made good points here..@ terry G's driver I advice u read it before parking Oga's Toyota carina..

Victoria said...

Thank you so much @ Madam Hoha. Pls I will plead that you continue your voice on this platform cos our society is in so much need of voices like yours. Too much of ignorance not willing to give way for knowledge

Anonymous said...

People celebrated Sai Baba cos they believe so much in him. GEJ was not celebrated, people were just happy cos he got there, we see him as same wit poor people. I got faith in buhari. his past record was excellent. Not after money like GEJ. How could a man use 1billion for food. Change is here


Somebody

Anonymous said...

R u stupid...dayummm am.amazed at ur foolishness...u r dull...aswear...afta wasting 4 years of ur lyf...plz linda post dis comment..itz important..am a reguar reader of dis blog buh i dont comment..buh dis dude z stupid..hez d height of stupidity...plz post dis comment..am begging u..plz...plz..

Anonymous said...

Hahahaha. If he'll let you

Anonymous said...

In this era of dwindling revenue base, we need to be very careful bcos we may not get what we want from this new administration.

Anonymous said...

True. God willing he will do a good Job. The difference between Jonathan and Buhari is that while Jonathan is a pushover by all his sycophants, Buhari is a strong man that cannot be push over by anyone. He will not tolerate people like Stella Oduah in his govt

Anonymous said...

Truth!!!!

Anonymous said...

sound article from sound mind. Remain bless bro.

Unknown said...

Lost fool his own is just to comment without thinking. Mtcheeew

Anonymous said...

Great article. Kudos man!

Me said...

Yes ooo

Unknown said...

Gbam

Anonymous said...

I de laugh oooo, real change will come when a newbie enters Aso rock. That might be possible in 2019 when all the machinations of the APC are in full public view. For now, develop yourself, criticize constructively and lower your hopes on our politics. Listen to fela's songs and you will find that Naija is not controlled by the masses, but by a few who call the shots..

Anonymous said...

I never knew this etcetera guy was this smart, for once he sounds sane and literate, weldone Mr good point made. Keep jubilating y'all and learning the hard way.
Happy easter LIB family.
~D great anonymous!

Unknown said...

Lol, this guy don carry come again

Anonymous said...

Sense oga

Anonymous said...

As irrelevant as the anonymous u are. Iti

Anonymous said...

Anonymous 9:17am get a life. Ur the trouble with Nigeria.

Unknown said...

My thoughts exactly!!! We need to know his agenda first before applauding.

Anonymous said...

Linda. Please help get this message across to this guy that, the jubilation is not about Buhari but change and the power that Nigerians have to decide their future. Stop all this story.

Anonymous said...

TRUE TALK BUT SOME SELFISH POLITICANS AND CONFUSED NIGERIANS WILL NOT ACCEPT THE TRUTH. GOD BLESS YOU. YOU ARE JUST ONE OUT OF MILLIONS THAT HAVE THE SAME POINT OF VIEW WITH ME. TRUTH IS BITTER BUT TIME SHALL TELL. LET'S EQUALLY JOIN HANDS TOGETHER AND PRAY THAT GOD WILL HAVE MERCY ON US THIS TIME. PLEASE NEVER STOP WRITING.
I LOVE YOUR ARTICLES. AS FOR OUR WONDERFUL PRESIDENT GEJ, GOD WILL BLESS HIM AND HIS GENERATION IN JCN.

Anonymous said...

TRUE TALK BUT SOME SELFISH POLITICANS AND CONFUSED NIGERIANS WILL NOT ACCEPT THE TRUTH. GOD BLESS YOU. YOU ARE JUST ONE OUT OF MILLIONS THAT HAVE THE SAME POINT OF VIEW WITH ME. TRUTH IS BITTER BUT TIME SHALL TELL. LET'S EQUALLY JOIN HANDS TOGETHER AND PRAY THAT GOD WILL HAVE MERCY ON US THIS TIME. PLEASE NEVER STOP WRITING.
I LOVE YOUR ARTICLES. AS FOR OUR WONDERFUL PRESIDENT GEJ, GOD WILL BLESS HIM AND HIS GENERATION IN JCN.

Anonymous said...

Who told u ur vote counted. Ewu Gambia! Kano INEC official down, more to go!

Anonymous said...

It's not about reading it. U can run away from the truth but u can't change the truth. Truth is eternal it can never change

linda said...

It's true...wondering y pple r jubilation when no1 even knws hw buhari will perform in office. Tnx jor for dis writeup.

Unknown said...

@davido's ur comment is a summary of u, lazy and foolish at it.
@aboki u're as one-sided as a typical Malo man. If this has been to the praise of Buhari and defamation of Jonathan, u wud be the first to praise his (Etcetera) writing-ability.

About the writeup, it's a huge food for thought

Unknown said...

Hehehehehe

linda said...

Lol....royal priesthood or whatever you call urslf...Ur nt serious. Nt even tlking about Ur jumping canopies buh did u read d writeup at all or u jst read d caption n quickly typed dis balderdash?

Cute BusyBee said...

No lie. Let's wait and see.

Unknown said...

Numerology examines the significance of numbers in human events. Let us examine what numbers reveal about Buhari's presidency. According to APC, Jonathan's Presidency was clueless, unproductive and generally of Zero value, therefore = 0; a verdict that corresponds with 12,853,162 being the number of votes he got because the numerological value of 12,853.162 = 1+2+8+5+3+1+6+2 = 28 = 0.
As for Buhari,15,424,921 Nigerians voted for Buhari and the numerological value of his 15,424,921 = 1+5+4+2+4+9+2+1 = 28 =0
Therefore Buhari's Presidency will amount to the same thing as Jonathan's Presidency. NO CHANGE.

sexy chizzy said...

You don't call someone a fool, unless u are and u know the qualities of fool. Ode nia

Unknown said...

FOR THE FIRST TIME... THIS GUY'S WRITE UP MAKES SENSE, COMMENTS ON THIS WRITE UP GOES ON TO PROVE THAT MORE THAN HALF OF NIGERIANS ARE DUMB.
ASK YOUR THOUGHTLESS SELF... WHAT IS THE JUBILATION FOR? DIDN'T JONATHAN'S EPISODE TEACH YOU ANYTHING? DON'T GET IT TWISTED, I LOVE GEJ'S APPROACH TO THE ELECTION AND IT'S RESULT, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I RESPECT FOR.... DEFINITELY NOT THE WAY HE RAN NIGERIA FOR SIX YEARS.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT POWER HAS CHANGED HANDS. BUT I HOLD MY SKEPTICISM DEAR TILL PROVEN WRONG BY THE NEW GOVERNMENT.

BUHARI WINNING IS NOT VICTORY FOR YOU. IT'S WHAT HE DELIVERS THAT IS THE TRUE VICTORY.

SO... YES... ETCETERA IRRITATES ME TOO, BUT HE SAID IT CRYSTAL ON THIS ONE.

DEAR DUMB ASS NIGERIAN, TAKE OFF YOUR ROSE COLOURED GLASSES AND SUPPRESS YOUR STUPIDITY UNTIL YOUR GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING FOR YOU.

AWON ODE!!!!

Anonymous said...

Etcetera doesn't get the point. First of all, when a child gets admitted into school, there is a ceremony. He must accept my sincere apologies if this did not happen in his case. Secondly, celebrating GMBs victory is not a celebration of GMB. It is a celebration of victory to Nigerian's. Victory over oppression by our policy elite even during the electioneering process. It's a celebration of the awakening of sorts of the Nigerian people of their sensitization to their powers and responsibilities as voters. I however agree with him on one note, we need to measure the President-elect by results as we failed with the incumbent. Worthy of note is that our democracy is young, probably infantile, but a step in the right direction is a step worthy of note.

Anonymous said...

So was Mandela. See the change he brought about.

Unknown said...

Thank you Mr Etcetera for reminding us. You did good, loved every bit of it...dope!

9ja Parrot said...

This "Davido's driver" is mentally lazy for commenting rubbish to truth. I advice you go back and read the article. In addition, delete that your "rubbish' comment!

Anonymous said...

You know what, I have noticed that an average Nigerian wants His Tribe person to occupy all the key positions in Nigeria irrespective of wether they chop from the national so long as it will be said that The president or vice president or senate president of Nigeria is an Igbo or Hausa or Yoruba,They re just so satisfied with that and want nothing else.Effects of Tribalism.Therefore I want to state that Buhari's Wining is not the best interest of all Nigerians but rather some sections of it,Hausa and yoruba.Yorubas gave Buhari their support because of His running mate and the party because APC controlled by Yoruba's if not I fear what they would have done.They would have either stayed out of the election process or have no other choice than to support jonathan their fellow southerner.So what am trying to say is that Nigeria is being controlled by a lot of tribalism and hatred.May God help us to overcome this in other to move forward.

TeamFaceless said...

Well said. Until true change comes, enough of this celebration(s)

Unknown said...

Was wondering when I'll hear from Etcetera about the outcome of the presidential elections, and finally, he has spoken. This guy makes lotta sense with his write-ups. I like.



#TeamBlessed#

Unknown said...

the test just started for him. i believe the celebrations had more to do with the change of power and the possibilities that the people's opinions are been respected in Nigeria

Abrihanna said...

You know what, I have noticed that an average Nigerian wants His Tribe person to occupy all the key positions in Nigeria irrespective of wether they chop from the national so long as it will be said that The president or vice president or senate president of Nigeria is an Igbo or Hausa or Yoruba,They re just so satisfied with that and want nothing else.Effects of Tribalism.Therefore I want to state that Buhari's Wining is not the best interest of all Nigerians but rather some sections of it,Hausa and yoruba.Yorubas gave Buhari their support because of His running mate and the party because APC controlled by Yoruba's if not I fear what they would have done.They would have either stayed out of the election process or have no other choice than to support jonathan their fellow southerner.So what am trying to say is that Nigeria is being controlled by a lot of tribalism and hatred.May God help us to overcome this in other to move forward.

Anonymous said...

Then dance again when a new Government takes power..taaaa!!

Anonymous said...

Y r u so angry

Anonymous said...

Linda love, pls encourage LIBs to be fair in all they do, if they bear their minds and insulted how does it feel, and please whatever situation we are Etcetera let's be optimistic cos in the end it's our fate in God.

Anonymous said...

Am in love with u already. So on fu*king point

Kechi L.E.E said...

Most Nigerians are ignorant. Why not just read the piece. Smh

Kechi L.E.E said...

Hahaha very funny. Ever head of Mugabe. If it was that easy, Zimbabwe should have gotten rid of this totalitarian ass

Kechi L.E.E said...

So naive

sexy lily said...

Very true talk

Anonymous said...

Davido's Driver, you should get a bit more education so you can appreciate perspective. Or you could point us to your writing if you have ever written anything in your life

#KING_KHALIFA said...

This punkass shud shut It plss.... He shud go and make himself some money and stop disturbing

Anonymous said...

Dumb bitch
#NWord

Anonymous said...

Anon 10:40, pls pity yourself.

Unknown said...

Wen a man is bored and jobless. He do foolish things like writing jargons

Unknown said...

True Talk

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Unknown said...

Well done mr writer, If a Christian pray to God for the gift of a child and after sometime he understand that his wife has took in... Is it a bad thing to go and give thanks to God?? Are u saying u ll wait till u see the child?? But has that shown faith in God? As for me and many who may reason same way i do. It is better to thank God for answering our prayers first!!! Personally i may not agree with anyone who has doubt about the expectations of the president-elect.. Bcus they never for once think of Him (Buhari) winning the election.... but today...... Thank u all and Happy Easter..

. <<100%Nigerian>>

Unknown said...

{Linda please put the "post a comment" link at the top, aba!] Here is great thought in this article, but honestly, liberation from PDP is the breaking of a Tyranny. Entering another, if so be, is a story for another day. We pray APC's Buhari is the answer.

moyoky said...

Must she always observe u?lol very funny

Unknown said...

Good piece! I hope Nigerians will stop thinking with their emotions and concentrate on facts as it is. This elections typically shows how divided Nigeria is. The pretence of one Nigeria gimmick needs to stop. Let's get real with ourselves and do the needful -Unity in division!

Anonymous said...

Pls what difference does it make wen u vote out 10 bad governments, who do u blame nd how many yrs were wasted.Sometimes when I pass refuse dump areas I always ask mysef if Nigerians are animals u see ppl won't throw their dirt inside d waste bins only to liter dem on d ground or do we talk about traffic situations were u see ppl driving so selfishly or was it d PVC dat sm ppl who were paid attend to nd give d PVCs to its owners were busy demanding tips b4 they do their job.can somebody tell me who nids change its US as a ppl. (WESTINO)

Eze911 said...

Irrelevant person writes irrelevant non consequential article.

Unknown said...

On point! Our multi-ethnicity is killing us,some shit tribe just like partying even to thier grave.

Cynberry said...

Very true talk! Spot on! Let us wait for Buhari to perform before rejoicing

Nky said...

Leave Linda alone jor, comment on post..

Anonymous said...

thats why you children fail waec nowadays.

Unknown said...

I really love this.

Anonymous said...

Vote him out you say? U think Buhari is Goodluck Johnathan who willingly conceded defeat? Think again. Sometimes I feel some Nigerians are under a strong spell that is holding them captive not allowing them to reason properly and taking our history into perspective before making most of our hasty conclusions about people in politics. We're easily swayed, tossed back and forth without a care in the world. Don't be deceived into thinking after 4 years we'll collectively vote Buhari out if he fails us, if he decides to hold on to power at all cost, there's nothing your votes will do to oust him.

Anonymous said...

at least u try dis time

Unknown said...

Somehow true

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