8 Categories Of Nigerians That Cannot Be President

It is a bit unfair if you live in a country and you are being told you cannot be President simply because you belong to a group that is politically unattractive. The constitution may not necessarily be a barrier, but your countrymen and women will just not vote for you. If you belong to any of the following categories, you may never be president of your country.


1. The Atheist
One of the fundamental values of Nigerians is the believe in God. Being an atheist is a major hindrance for any one with dreams of occupying the AsoRock. However, even a non practicing Muslim or Christian will have a better chance.

2. The Traditionalist
Sequel to the atheist, a traditionalist can’t be president of Nigeria also. According to The CIA World Fact Book, over 97% of Nigerians are either Christians or Muslims. This overwhelming majority will simply not allow anyone who isn’t one of them to be president. While a hardcore traditionalist does not have a chance at the AsoRock office, a Christian or Muslim with some traditionalist ties might. A traditionalist here means people who still worship traditional African gods.

3. Women
This will be a lot controversial, but there are two major reasons why Nigeria can’t have a female president. African tradition doesn’t view women as leaders, it views them as supporters and people who should be respected and protected by men. Secondly, almost half the countries population is Muslim. Islam is explicitly against having a female as a supreme ruler and that simply means it will be near impossible for any major political party to sponsor a female presidential candidate.

4. Jehovah’s Witness, Shiites and other religious deviants
First the Shiites; they are deviants from mainstream Islamic believes and values who constitute less than 10% of the global Muslim population, and in Nigeria, they are less than 3%. They have extreme views such as “the Prophet was killed by his wives,” and in extreme cases some of them reject the Qur’an saying it was doctored. With these and other extreme views will make even a moderate Shiite unattractive for the AsoRock Villa.
Jehovah’s witnesses are a Christian minority who believes that the end of the world is near and that only their members will be saved from being damned. Some of them have extreme views such as “don’t get blood transfusion even when you are sick and dying.” Nigerians may be conservative and religious, but they just won’t vote for any religious deviant.

5. The Liberal
If you ever want to be president, and you are asked in an interview on your opinion on same-sex union, condemn it, use words such as “it’s disgusting” and “it should be a punishable offense.” The harsher you sound, the more conservative you’ll look. Nigerians love conservatives and hate liberals.

6. The Celibate
In proper Nigerian culture, not having a spouse means you are incomplete, irresponsible . Celibacy may be acceptable in other cultures, but in Nigeria it isn’t.

7. The Ex-convict
The likes of former President Obasanjo and Senator Shehu Sani are political prisoners, so they can be excused from this category. But ex-convicts, in the likes of Bode George and James Ibori will have no chance at ever occupying the AsoRock Villa. In Nigeria, once a criminal is always a criminal.

8. People with bad reputation
Imagine a Femi Fani Kayode contesting for president. Or a Doyin Okupe seriously campaigning to be President. These men will be seen as more of jesters than they will be considered for the countries number one office. From corruption scandals to baseless arguments on Twitter has made these men completely unattractive for any party to sponsor for the country’s presidency. This category also has to include everybody that has been arrested on corruption charges.

source: nairaland