CDS Nomination

So! I was nominated by the President and the Provost of the EFCC CDS group for the presidential post. The current heads of the group will be passing out in a couple of weeks. Although I was flattered, I refused to contest by refusing to make a speech as to why I should be elected.

I know many would say "oh, but you should have ran at least." But the truth is, I probably would have been elected (I'm not blowing my own trumpet here). I say this because the last 2 presidents I've witnessed have been men and I would assume the ones before that were probably men also and many people are dying for a gender diversity for this particular post. The people sitting around me were actually encouraging me to run for the position saying they would vote for me and all that.

I refused because I'm hardly present for the meetings and when I do attend, I'm always late because I just don't understand the point of these meetings. And although I would like to work for the EFCC and the likes eventually, we have never, and I mean NEVER! done anything related to the actual organization. I can't possibly head a group I don't believe in.

Furthermore, the president always has to yell for people to be quiet (we Nigerians don't do well in a crowd) and for those who know me well, you know my voice wasn't built for hall speeches and we got no microphones. I mean, I can't even talk over loud music like most normal people. My voice was built for the bedroom. Lol.

The second most important reason is that when school goes on vacation, I would have to remain here in Osogbo for 2 months because of CDS and like most people do, I'm not one to be coming to Osogbo every Thursday. I'm certainly not built for such. I could use those 2 months to search for employment in Lagos, write tests or go to interviews (this is a hint that I am looking for employment for after NYSC so if any of my readers know of any hiring companies or can pull any strings, help a sista).

So, yea, those are my reasons for not contesting.

On my way to eat amala after the elections charades, I was gisting with the korope driver (those who read my old posts would know what this means but for those who don't, korope is what they call the public buses in Osogbo). He told me a story about a female Corper from Benue state who married one of his friends who also is a korope driver. She told him that she could not marry someone who went to school and graduated with her because if she does and her and her hubby both happen to get government jobs and the government owes them salary (this appears to be a common issue for government workers), they will be screwed. So she reckoned a korope driver was a better choice. That's good thinking but seriously? A korope driver? (Pardon my shallowness).

~kdamsel~