New President Coming

Next President Coming Soon!

Nigeria will have its next presidential election on February 25. It is very important for the country and for Nigerians everywhere.

There are candidates from all the major parties.

First name is Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State. He is running for the political party LP, or Labour Party. He is matched by Atiku Abubakar for PDP, the People’s Democratic Party. Abubakar has tried before to become president. Third is Bola Tinubu, for All Progressives Congress, APC. He was previously a governor of Lagos State. Rabiu Kwankwaso is the fourth, from NNPP, New Nigeria Peoples Party. He is coming late but has gained some sway.

For their Vice Presidents, Peter Obi has selected Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. Ifeanyi Okowa is the running mate for Atiku Abubakar. Bola Tinubu has chosen Kashim Shettima as his running mate and Kwankwaso has selected Isaac Idahosa.

I cannot begin to explain all their ideas for better governance. But here is how the vote is done:

To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive a plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least 24 of the 36 states. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a majority of votes in the highest number of states.

I will be watching closely.