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No, not “Come 2023”—NOW.
I’ve heard so many people say how they wish this was an election year. No: THANK GOD IT IS NOT AN ELECTION YEAR. It’s the stupid idea that “Vote any other option available” was a sensible thing to do that got us here.
Short Thread on the way Forward— https://twitter.com/fkabudu/status/1319230524997632000
I’ve heard so many people say how they wish this was an election year. No: THANK GOD IT IS NOT AN ELECTION YEAR. It’s the stupid idea that “Vote any other option available” was a sensible thing to do that got us here.
Short Thread on the way Forward— https://twitter.com/fkabudu/status/1319230524997632000
We are at this point because finally the Bubble that most of the rest us were living in has finally burst—now everybody knows it can be anybody & nobody is safe. The amount of the disgruntled up to the point of violence as well as the hoodlums in a city as metro as Lagos alone...
...Is just a glimpse into how bad things are all over the country. If Lagos is this bad and impunity can be this high here, imagine what the far more under the radar cities, townships and villages go through.
But now we are alert to it—with enough time to strategize & actualize.
But now we are alert to it—with enough time to strategize & actualize.
We have enough time to float a party that is not just going to present state and presidential candidates; but more importantly local government chairmen and members. Imagine the likes of you FK, Aproko Doc, Feminist Co members & Adetola as administrators in an area...
...If you/we could achieve all that was achieved across the nation in less than 3weeks, with only limited & crowd-sourced funding, imagine your type administrating over every ward & local government in the nation, answerable to us & transparent all the way down to daily dealings.
We don’t even need to win all the seats/offices—we just need to win enough to cause the right kind of envy. When the LGs/areas that are developing & the people that are living better are all found to be those living within our areas of governance even the most stupid will wise up
Bottom line—WE: that's you and I & the likes of Falz the Badtguy, MUST go into politics. The time of trying to skirt around it has long passed. You all need to do it and YOU NEED TO DO IT NOW.
No more "I'm more suited to the background/framework" rhetoric.
Anything else is a fail
No more "I'm more suited to the background/framework" rhetoric.
Anything else is a fail
The youth are many amazing things, but patience & long term planning is something they must learn & accept. The reason many people are so disheartened right now is because they thought this war would be over with in a flash. That was NEVER going to be the outcome.
What were seeing all around us are just labor pains of birthing a new nation—it’s the worst pain in the world but when the baby comes they say you don’t even remember how much pain you just bore.
There’s only one way to win, and it’s to START NOW to build a Party & plan for 2023
There’s only one way to win, and it’s to START NOW to build a Party & plan for 2023
When apartheid was over and the nation of SA was still sinking into anarchy, Nelson Mandela held a broadcast & the words that stood out were—
“We cannot win a war.
But we can win an election.”
The same holds true for our struggle today.
And thank God we have time to get ready.
“We cannot win a war.
But we can win an election.”
The same holds true for our struggle today.
And thank God we have time to get ready.
