{"id":381125,"date":"2011-04-16T03:48:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T03:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/16\/the-odds-favour-jonathan\/"},"modified":"2011-04-16T03:48:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T03:48:11","slug":"the-odds-favour-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/16\/the-odds-favour-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"The odds favour Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"172\">\n<p>By Charles Kumolu<br \/>If the outcome of last Saturday\u2019s election into the National Assembly is anything to go by, today\u2019s presidential election is clearly a straight fight among President Goodluck Jonathan (PDP), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (CPC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (ACN); and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP).<\/p>\n<p>The ruling party is already boasting even before the first ballot is cast today that its candidate will beat his opponents hands down gang up or no gang up, in reference to talks between the ACN and CPC to present a common front in the election.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the strength and weaknesses of the major candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Goodluck Jonathan<br \/>Nigeria\u2019s first non elected executive President, clearly has a lot factors going for him. He represents the generation that is claiming leadership across the world. Many believe that the President represents that generation. If age is a boost for the PDP candidate, his academic qualification is a plus for him, and the PDP platform<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Charles Kumolu If the outcome of last Saturday\u2019s election into the National Assembly is anything to go by, today\u2019s presidential election is clearly a straight fight among President Goodluck Jonathan (PDP), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (CPC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (ACN); and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP). The ruling party is already boasting even before the first ballot is cast today that its candidate will beat his opponents hands down gang up or no gang up, in reference to talks between the ACN and CPC to present a common front in the election. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-381125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The odds favour Jonathan - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/16\/the-odds-favour-jonathan\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The odds favour Jonathan - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Charles Kumolu If the outcome of last Saturday\u2019s election into the National Assembly is anything to go by, today\u2019s presidential election is clearly a straight fight among President Goodluck Jonathan (PDP), Gen. 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