The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday November 30th, 2022
2023 and the spectre of a Presidential Runoff Election by Kola King
The 2023 presidential elections promise to be an interesting race. Indeed, it is like no other election in Nigeria’s political history in the sense that the presidential election is viewed as a three-horse race, even with some analysts suggesting that it could turn out to be a four-horse race as the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is also in contention for the race. That’s why there are fears that no candidate will emerge on the first ballot.
At the moment, the candidate of the Labour Party Mr. Peter Obi is creating big waves that may lead to a run-off election. Obi’s entry into the race has galvanized the youth which has witnessed an upsurge in voter registration and with over 9.7 million new voters on the register of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Obi is like a catalyst that has awakened the dormant power in the youth to be a force for change. This time the youths are determined to ensure that their voice is heard in this election cycle. Apart from Obi, Dr. Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso, a grassroots politician and former governor of Kano State is expected to put up a strong showing in the Northwest and Northeast and parts of the North Central which may affect the chances of the two mainstream parties in the north.
Thus, with Obi’s growing popularity among the youth coupled with strong support from urban women in the south and north central, there are fears that none of the mainstream parties will be able to win on the first ballot. Besides, various polls conducted have given Obi a strong lead in the southeast and north central as well as growing support in the Southwest, especially among the youths.
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Saddle over the Horse of Memory #poem by Moustafa Al Yassin
“Still it is, mixing the first lines the father has been drawing over the white paper
Describing the first horse my eyes has ever seen
But that horse was running away
So much has been mixed this lines.”
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Fika bonding! #49 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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