2015 :Which South East Governor Can Be Presented For President

All things being equal, the next president of Nigeria in 2015 is likely to be from the rank of governors. The Nigerian Governors’ Forum(NGF) are probably the most powerful political group in the country. This group has become so strong with each passing year right from the twilight of president Olusegun Obasanjo when they literally forced Obasanjo to kowtow to their whims and caprices by making sure that both the vice presidential and presidential candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) were former governors. That was how the former governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and former governor of Bayelsa State, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan emerged president and vice president respectively in 2007.

In the north of the country besides, the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change(CPC) in the 2011 presidential election and former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, most of those tipped for president are serving governors like the governor of Niger State and chairman of Northern States’ Governors Forum(NSGF), Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu and the governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido.

In the South East, however, while many opinion leaders are canvassing for a president from the zone no serving governors’ names are being thrown up as possible candidates. That is why I am throwing the question: between the governors of Imo, Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi and Enugu States which state governor on the basis of performance can the South East present in 2015 for president? To be frank, I am not satisfied with the performance of most of the governors.