Edo elections

Obaseki was a flawed candidate whose party was seen as having delivered while Ize-Iyamu was a better candidate whose party was flawed and still carried the bagage of  Igbinedion.

There were passable and explainable paths to victory for both and on this occasion Obaseki won, just. Ize-Iyamu fought a good fight to have won the right to expect victory just two years after PDP were swept out of office at the national level.

Obaseki must not take the attitude of winner takes all in his governance of Edo State. He must take his narrow win into consideration and seek to carry those who did not vote for him along. Ize-Iyamu has earned the right to be an elder statesman of Edo state, given his galant fight, he is now more relevant than ever. When Oshiomole lost to Osunbor, Ize-Iyamu gave heart and might to Oshiomole to claim what was rightly his vote. If there are grounds for redress, then history will repeat itself and Osaseki will be seat warmer for the duration of legal electoral fight. But he must sue for peace and restraint from his supporters. Edo state is too weak to stand any violent and unconstitutional reaction to their unexpected poll defeat. If Oshiomole like Lazarus come back from his political death so shall Ize-Iyamu and if not now later. But for that to happen he must be a democrat by accepting a lawful result and present himself to the people again in a short four years time. He has earned that right and respect. However, his action from today will determine if he will be gracious and await his turn. 

Obaseki was behind the economic platform of his government, he must accept that government mistake and not take his election as an affirmation of the debt driven economy Oshiomole has bequeathed Edo State. The attempt at improving on the infrastructure of the state may have been rewarded with this victory and Obaseki must improve on that and build a platform from which Edo state can rival Lagos state. The economic potentials of Edo state can not be over emphasised, a quarter of its citizens are in diaspora. Their contributions must be sought to join hands with the abundant talents in the state to build up the state. Edo state must not the play ground of any individual or individuals, Dangote and Igbinedion stay away. 

Power does strange things to people and Oshiomole must remember that as that is his story. Ize-Iyamu assisted his rise and he jettisoned him and others as he grow more confident in office and his hangers-on told him how tall he was. He ceased to be labour and a comrade and acquired yellow girl. So shall it become Obaseki. Oshiomole may now think he has a lackey in Osadebe Avenue but his own antithesis begs to differ.

The debate

This is no moral and or political equivalence between Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton. They were not dealing with the same same cards. While Clinton was firmly rooted on earth, Trump was up with the fairies. 

He has no plan, no idea, no game and total waste of time. He is evidence that political freedoms and democracy is fragile and subject to external and internal attacks. His political philosophy is the grave yard our freedoms and democratic rights will be buried. Trump and his gang of deplorables pose a threat to world peace. 

Clinton is class apart and ought not be on a stage with such an excuse of a candidate. She was pose, articulate, intelligent with plans and ability to deliver.

*MARRIAGE SOFTWARE....*

A young husband wrote this to a Systems Analyst -

(Marriage Software Div);

Dear Systems Analyst,

I am desperate for some help! I recently upgraded my program from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 and found that the new program began unexpected Child Processing and also took up a lot of space and valuable resources. This wasn't mentioned in the product brochure. 

In addition Wife 1.0 installs itself into all other programs and launches during systems initialization and then it monitors all other system activities.

Applications such as "Boys' Night out 2.5" and "Golf 5.3" no longer run, and crashes the system whenever selected.

 Attempting to operate selected "Soccer 6.3" always fails and "Shopping 7.1" runs instead. 

I cannot seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background whilst attempting to run any of my favorite applications. Be it online or offline.

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I am thinking of going back to "Girlfriend 7.0", but uninstall doesn't work on this program. Can you please help?

.... The Systems Analyst replied:

Dear Customer,

This is a very common problem resulting from a basic misunderstanding of the functions of the Wife 1.0 program. 

Many customers upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 thinking that Wife 1.0 is merely a UTILITY AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM.

 Actually, Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM designed by its Creator to run everything on your current platform.

You are unlikely to be able to purge Wife 1.0 and still convert back to Girlfriend 7.0, as Wife 1.0 was not designed to do this and it is impossible to uninstall, delete or purge the program files from the System once it is installed.

Some people have tried to install Girlfriend 8.0 or Wife 2.0 but have ended up with even more problems. (See Manual under Alimony/Child Support and Solicitors' Fees).

Having Wife 1.0 installed, I recommend you keep it Installed and deal with the difficulties as best as you can. 

When any faults or problems occur, whatever you think has caused them, you must run the.........

C:\ APOLOGIZE\ FORGIVE ME.EXE Program and avoid attempting to use the *Esc-Key for it will freeze the entire system.

It may be necessary to run C:\ APOLOGIZE\ FORGIVE ME.EXE a number of times, and eventually hope that the operating system will return to normal.

Wife 1.0, although a very high maintenance programme, can be very rewarding.

To get the most out of it, consider buying additional Software such as "Flowers 2.0" and "Chocolates 5.0" or "HUGS\ KISSES 6.0" or "TENDERNESS\ UNDERSTANDING 10.0" or even Eating Out Without the Kids 7.2.1" (if Child processing has already started).

DO NOT under any circumstances install "Secretary 2.1" (Short Skirt Version) or "One Nightstand 3.2" (Any Mood Version), as this is not a supported Application for Wife 1.0 and the system will almost certainly CRASH.

BEST WISHES!

Yours,"

Systems Analyst.