As the 2019 general elections draw near, and the widespread social media campaign for citizens to get their Permanent Voters Card intensifies, a number of people have a few questions on their lips, “Who do we vote for?” or “What are our options?” Questions that imply that although a lot of people are tired of the current administration and its antics, as they should, they are unaware of the options before them and are therefore reluctant to get their PVC’s and actually head out to vote when the time comes.
Thankfully, an active patriotic Nigerian, Oche Oche-Obe has taken his time to put together and tweeted a comprehensive list of everyone that has declared intent to run for the presidency in Nigeria in 2019. “Democracy is active citizenship; it’s up to us to make the right decision for our future and the future of this country”, he said.
Below is the list as was tweeted:
-Attended UNN and LSE (PhD)
-President of the Institute of Governance and Economic Transformation
-Former United Nations official
-BSc. Computer Science and Economics, and MBA/MSc. Business Strategy from Obafemi Awolowo University
-Look up the Mushin Makeover Project
-Former Commissioner for Finance and Planning
-Former Governor of Cross River
-Initiated the Tinapa Free Zone & Resort, and the Calabar Carnival
-Degrees from the Universities of Ilorin, Port Harcourt, and Northwestern University
-Founded the Agape Bible Church
-Left secondary school to the army at age 19
-Military Head of State from 1983-1985
-Somehow we put him back in office
-Has so far spent a sixth of his presidency on sick leave
-Degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University and Cornell University
-Was the only female candidate in the 2015 presidential election
Thomas-Wilson Ikubese – 47 years old
-Attended the University of Benin School of Medicine and Surgery
-Also a poet, motivational speaker, radio and television presenter
-Degrees from the University of Lagos and Columbia University
-Lecturer at the City University of New York and the School of Arts, New York
-Also a writer, public speaker, and human rights activist
Enyinnaya Nnaemeka Nwosu – 40 years old
-Degrees from Asia State University and Robert Gordon University
-Worked with the Royal Bank of Scotland, SERCO Group, the Legal Aid Agency, and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals in the UK
Ahmed Buhari – 40 years old
-Degrees from the Federal University of Technology, and Cavendish College, London
Peter Ayodele Fayose – 57 years old
-Impeached as Governor in his first term in 2006
-Caught in a 37-minute audio recording of a “vote-rigging meeting” for the Ekiti elections in 2014
-Also in 2014, EFCC froze accounts he used to launder ₦4.7billion
-Degrees from the University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University
-Former regional coordinator for the Department for International Development
Charles Udeogaranya – 46 years old
-Now a chieftain of the APC
Mathias Tsado – 41 years old
-BSc. Mech. Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Minna
-Set up the Hope Platform Initiative
-Say he can provide Nigerians with 16-18 hours of constant power within his first two to three years in office
Eniola Ojajuni – 39 years old
-LLB from Lagos State University, MBA from Ghana Business School
-Previously ran for the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Governorship of Ondo
Olu James Omosule – 48 years old
-Former Chief Officer for Scope America Outreach in the US
-Degrees from Ondo State University, London Business School, and Harvard Business School
-National Chairman of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)
-Also a newspaper columnist and TV analyst
-Former Governor of Jigawa from 2007-2015
-Former foreign minister from 1999-2003
-Briefly jailed and stood trial with his two sons in 2015 for embezzling state funds, blamed his enemies
