We have all been following the political seen in Nigeria for quite some time. Some trends are obvious in the way things are being done. It is observed that we are constantly recycling the same old leaders that brought Nigeria to its current economic and political chaos. The solution to our problem is a revolution. Revolution is a dreaded word which is often associated with blood letting. Every country that is making progress today has undergone a revolution at one time or the other. Ghana, to which we are loosing our industries and people, was revolutionized by Rawlings. However, a revolution does not have to involve blood shed.

The revolution that I am proposing is a  political one. PDP has come to be identified as a political party that can never mean well for Nigeria. Some folks came up with the idea of forming a Mega Party that will oppose PDP and snatch power away from them. The unfortunate thing, however, is that the folks that constitute the so-called Mega Party are still the same set of people with old ideologies of governance that can never get us anywhere.

We the new generation Nigerians who are progressive in thinking actually have to take over NOW! President Obama has laid a precedence and has shown us how powerful the votes of the youth and progressive-minded populace can be in winning an election against powerful money bags who think the seat and corridor of power can only be bought with their money. We can adopt the same strategy in winning back our Nigeria. This is the political revolution that I propose. The aim of this revolution is to make those old politicians irrelevant; to infuse new and progressive minded politicians and put them at key positions. We all know those people that mean well and are demonstrating their good intentions. We know the ones whose good intentions have not been allowed to flourish because they are being cutoff by the so-called "powers that be". This revolution is to tell them that though we might not be rich but yet we are still powerful. This revolution is to take back what rightly belongs to us as a nation. This revolution is to secure the future of Nigeria for us and the generations yet unborn. This revolution is to instill sanity into the polity. If necessary, this revolution is to instill fear into the minds of the "powers that be" to keep them in check and at bay because we the true Nigerians are in-charge. This revolution is to re-write the rules of political engagement.

The political entity that will result from this revolution will have no place for old-age politicians. In fact, their ideas are not relevant and as such are not welcome. In this entity, the choice of representatives and leadership will be by transparent and unanimous vote.

To this end, I am calling well-meaning Nigerian professionals to duty. We need to act now and act fast. We need to start gathering ourselves and organizing ourselves. We have to start immediately mobilizing resources to achieve our objective. What I'm proposing is definitely bigger than nairaland. However, it will be on record in the future that nairaland was the starting point. I'm putting this on here because I have come across the posts of many like-minded intelligent progressive thinkers on nairaland who feel that what they say doesn't really matter because the people concerned ain't really listening or paying attention. We can no longer fold our hands and do nothing. Our inaction is responsible for our fate. We have to act. Calling on all intelligent and progressive thinkers home and in diaspora to take this cause seriously and act now. I believe we far outnumber those stinking politicians that we have. There is a huge power and potential in our number only if we know how to harness it.

I will like to read our constructive criticisms on how best to approach this issue. Progressive thinkers, where and how do we go from here?