In anticipation of 2019 election in Nigeria......

Nigeria officially has 68 registered political parties the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) has disclosed. The INEC chair, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, was speaking when 22 new political parties were issued certificates of registration on Wednesday (January 10, 2018). The new parties which cut across the country’s geopolitical zones were issued the certificates at the INEC headquarters in the administrative capital, Abuja.

As the 2019 general elections draw near, and the widespread social media campaign for citizens to get their Permanent Voters Card intensifies, a number of people have a few questions on their lips, “Who do we vote for?” or “What are our options?” Questions that imply that although a lot of people are tired of the current administration and its antics, as they should, they are unaware of the options before them and are therefore reluctant to get their PVC’s and actually head out to vote when the time comes.

Thankfully, an active patriotic Nigerian, Oche Oche-Obe has taken his time to put together and tweeted a comprehensive list of everyone that has declared intent to run for the presidency in Nigeria in 2019. “Democracy is active citizenship; it’s up to us to make the right decision for our future and the future of this country”, he said.

Below is the list as was tweeted:

Kingsley Moghalu – 55 years old

-Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at Tufts University
-Attended UNN and LSE (PhD)
-President of the Institute of Governance and Economic Transformation
-Former United Nations official
-Former CBN deputy governor

Fela Durotoye – 46 years old

-Public speaker and business strategist
-BSc. Computer Science and Economics, and MBA/MSc. Business Strategy from Obafemi Awolowo University
-Look up the Mushin Makeover Project

Donald Duke – -56 years old

-LLB from Ahmadu Bello University, LLM from the University of Pennsylvania
-Former Commissioner for Finance and Planning
-Former Governor of Cross River
-Initiated the Tinapa Free Zone & Resort, and the Calabar Carnival

Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies – 55 years old

-Professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State University of Education
-Degrees from the Universities of Ilorin, Port Harcourt, and Northwestern University
-Founded the Agape Bible Church

Muhammadu Buhari – 75 years old

-Current President of Nigeria
-Left secondary school to the army at age 19
-Military Head of State from 1983-1985
-Somehow we put him back in office
-Has so far spent a sixth of his presidency on sick leave

Remi Sonaiya – 63 years old

-Retired professor of French Language and Applied Linguistics at Obafemi Awolowo University
-Degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University and Cornell University
-Was the only female candidate in the 2015 presidential election

Thomas-Wilson Ikubese – 47 years old

-Chief Medical Director of Sckye Hospital and Diagnostics Limited
-Attended the University of Benin School of Medicine and Surgery
-Also a poet, motivational speaker, radio and television presenter

Omoyele Sowore – 47 years old

-Founder and owner of Sahara Reporters
-Degrees from the University of Lagos and Columbia University
-Lecturer at the City University of New York and the School of Arts, New York
-Also a writer, public speaker, and human rights activist

Enyinnaya Nnaemeka Nwosu – 40 years old

-Former lecturer at West George College
-Degrees from Asia State University and Robert Gordon University
-Worked with the Royal Bank of Scotland, SERCO Group, the Legal Aid Agency, and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals in the UK

Ahmed Buhari – 40 years old

-CEO of Skylar Inc.
-Degrees from the Federal University of Technology, and Cavendish College, London

Peter Ayodele Fayose – 57 years old

-Current Governor of Ekiti
-Impeached as Governor in his first term in 2006
-Caught in a 37-minute audio recording of a “vote-rigging meeting” for the Ekiti elections in 2014
-Also in 2014, EFCC froze accounts he used to launder ₦4.7billion

Adesanya Fegbenro-Bryon – 59 years old

-Chairman/CEO of Mothergold Limited, Chief Responsibility Officer for Mothergold Consulting
-Degrees from the University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University
-Former regional coordinator for the Department for International Development

Charles Udeogaranya – 46 years old

-Former Lagos State chairman of the defunct African Renaissance Party
-Now a chieftain of the APC

Mathias Tsado – 41 years old

-CEO of Matstrutt Nigeria Ltd.
-BSc. Mech. Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Minna
-Set up the Hope Platform Initiative
-Say he can provide Nigerians with 16-18 hours of constant power within his first two to three years in office

Eniola Ojajuni – 39 years old

-Businessman and consultant on imports, exports, and investments
-LLB from Lagos State University, MBA from Ghana Business School
-Previously ran for the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Governorship of Ondo

Olu James Omosule – 48 years old

-Attended the City University of New York before dropping out to take care of his ill grandmother
-Former Chief Officer for Scope America Outreach in the US
-Served as General Manager for several US firms

Tope Fasua – 47 years old

-CEO of Global Analytics Consulting Ltd.
-Degrees from Ondo State University, London Business School, and Harvard Business School
-National Chairman of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)
-Also a newspaper columnist and TV analyst

Sule Lamido – 69 years old

-Attended Barewa College
-Former Governor of Jigawa from 2007-2015
-Former foreign minister from 1999-2003
-Briefly jailed and stood trial with his two sons in 2015 for embezzling state funds, blamed his enemies