-Mr. Omojuwa, you are a Blogger, a Socio-economic and Political commentator, a Social Media Expert, a Mentor
and a whole lot of other things. How do you juggle round all of these?
I delegate as much as possible, not to mention I prioritize a lot. I am able to take each day as a whole and maximize the
minutes and the hours. I love doing all I do and I love doing them excellently well but time will never be enough for one to do everything alone so delegating becomes a natural order. I try as much as possible to manage my time well too.
-It would not be out of place to say people like you won the election for General Buhari, long before the election was conducted as a result of your vehement campaign on twitter and other Social Handles. Why a GMB and not a GEJ?
The reasons are quite many but the most obvious is the fact that status quo had to change. The incumbent had lived through its usefulness. They were just okay with power; they mostly did not have an idea about the essence of power. The corruption was unprecedented, the foreign exchange earnings were a record high, yet the depletion of our foreign reserves was just as unprecedented. The Excess Crude Account is gone. We were told to accept insecurity as the norm. They missed out a chance on an early rescue of the Chibok girls, they insisted on lying with respect to the power situation. They were clannish, parochial and overly obsessed
with picking enemies. They had to go and thankfully, most voters agreed.
-A lot of people say President Jonathan deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for accepting defeat long before the result was announced. What say you?
Go and read the history of those who won the Nobel Peace Prize and tell me if they won it just because of doing their regular job or something they were expected to do. Let us not cheapen the Prize, it is not for jokes. President Jonathan deserved commendation for conceding, that was a new one for a Nigerian President, and we both saw how he was praised and commended for that.
The Nobel Peace Prize is a different proposition altogether. His failing with the Chibok Girls alone is a permanent argument against him for what remains a prestigious prize. We came about this Nobel Prize discussion because his supporters crafted a quick agenda for same, but all of us cannot afford to drink out of that stream of delusion.
-You and other extraordinary Nigerians have worked hard to put a 72 year old general in the highest office in the land.
Do you see the general keeping his own end of the
bargain?
Nigerians have done their part and must continue to do their part by keeping their government on its toes. The onus is now on the General to do his part. I am hopeful that they will make change happen and anyone who can see can already see that even before he takes power, certain contractors and government officials are already adjusting. Fingers crossed for the coming days.
-Everyone’s eye is fixed on May 29th, what should Nigerians expect in the first 100 days?
I’d rather we keep an open mind and watch the first 100 days unfold before us. The days are here soon enough, there is no need speculating over what is here within days.
-Social Media played a key role in this election, and people like you deserve a lot of credit for that. Do you think General Buhari can put up with criticism from that quarter when it starts coming?
That would be his question to answer. But he knows better than to try to clamp down on social media. Nobody can win
that battle and it would be in his interest and that of everyone in his government to just let social media be. Do your job and letsocial media be.
-We need a strong opposition to build a virile democracy,
and just recently we saw a Tsunami of defection from PDP
to APC. How unhealthy is this to our democracy?
Very unhealthy but we will attain equilibrium eventually. Politicians will leave the APC for the PDP later and the movements will rise again towards the next election. The PDP will pick up some strength in the course of this administration. It’s a forming political ecosystem and I believe these movements are normal for now. Eventually ideologies will be formed at both ends and the movement will reduce drastically.
-The name Omojuwa is becoming a household name in Nigeria, how do you feel about that?
I am not aware of Omojuwa being a household name in Nigeria, so I don’t feel any differently from how I felt say 5 years ago. I am not conscious of things like that.I just look to get on with my life and do my bit of contributing to a virile civil society. I am a believer in the power of the individual
and I believe in the protection of individual rights. There is no time o look back on what has already been done, especially as there is a lot more to get done.
-Mr. Omojuwa, where do you see Nigeria four years from now?
At a much better place. Most Nigerians will be much more proud o call themselves Nigerians in 2019 than most do today. Corruption would not be as popular then as it is today. Infrastructural development would have advanced. Reforms would hopefully have advanced and in certain sectors already bearing fruits.
-One word to describe Nigeria.
Amazing!
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