President Goodluck Jonathan is indeed a lucky man - that we are all well aware of. You might even say that his advancement in government is "destiny-like". I am not a believer in destiny, but do believe in coincidence and the possibility of repeating patterns, and sometimes luck - but I digress.

The point of this post is to seek your opinion: Have we have found the needle Nigeria needs on top of the sack, by fortuitous accident, or do we need to vigorously search the haystack of current pretenders before we find a true leader. Before GJ received official powers it was easy to excuse certain tendencies, but with full powers in his grip I am beginning to wonder if he is proving to be, not just a good leader, but THE leader Nigeria awaits.

This wonderment results from my vision of what THE LEADER would be. I see:

THE LEADER as a man/woman capable of transcending the divisions that bedevil this potentially great nation - whether tribal, religious, gender, class, age, education, etc. One who at once understands these dimensions of our pitiful state, why they exist, but also can see how to transcend them all.
THE leader would realize that within us resides our own greatness.
THE leader would be capable of bringing out the best in the larger proportion of Nigerians - not just in talk, but in action.
THE leader would operate out of the ideal of making each and every Nigerian happy to wake up each day a Nigerian.
THE leader would be so transcendental in his actions/words as to overwhelm the do-no-gooders through popular support. He would not have to ask for political power or engage in political pandering before popular support gives it to him.
Most importantly THE leader waits for one slim chance to set Nigeria right, and takes it without fear.

Do you believe Jonathan is THE leader?

Before you answer, please think and state a few things THE leader would be doing at this particular time in Nigeria's history to set Nigeria on the right path to long-term peace, prosperity and unity in diversity, given the same chance and time as GJ?

Nigeria cannot waste another decade of this century settling the basic questions of nationhood!

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