Gani Adams, the 15th Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, has become a stargazer and made seemingly terrible predictions for next year and even beyond.
His predictions, made in an interview with The Sun, include:
1. Possible breakup of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
2. Emergence of a new party in 2020 or 2021 ahead of the 2023 general elections.
3. Further clampdown on the opposition by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
4. More of the ex-governors facing corruption charges to go to jail.
5. The president may use anti-corruption war to cow down most of the opposition and those who don’t believe in his cause.
6. More civil society groups will come out stronger.
7. Many people we thought were powerful, their secrets will be opened and the whole world would know that most of them are enemies of this country.
8. Stronger judiciary – some officers insisting on separation of powers and daring the excutive.
9. Economic sanctions by the international community coming against government; the international communities were not pleased with the process of our democracy. There may be sanctions from the United States of America; EU. If the federal government does not manage our international relations very well, the crisis between the government and the international community will be worse than the military because a statement that came from the spokesperson of the president that we are not answerable to the US, Britain and EU, that statement would generate a lot of annoyance because these are the powerful forces in global scene. They control World Bank, IMF, United Nations. About 99% of the institutions that govern the whole world, they control them. You are not answerable to them, but you get grant from them and they are selling world equipment to you.
10. The international community blocking Nigerians from traveling to their countries.
11. Higher inflation in 2020 due to increased value added tax from 5.5 to 7.5%. Definitely, we should expect a serious economic hardship in 2020.