Hello everybody, I hope our day has been great? I know you guys re waiting to know who my crush is. Well you re going to have to wait for a little longer, for now we will continue with the story
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...because I like challenges Mr President
EXT. SUYA BAR- NIGHT
At around 10 in the night, NATE EHOSA is seen quietly sipping his drink when RERE walks into the bar. Nate appears to be a man in this early sixties with white beard. Rere walks toward the far corner where he sits with a smile on her face)
Rere: (she speaks in a loud voice as she walks toward him) I must say this is a nice spot to relax after the day’s work
Nate: (looking up with a plain expression) I think you are in the wrong place lady
Rere: (stands up in front of him) oh I am in the right place Mr president
Nate: (his expression turns harsh) you know who I am
Rere: of course (sits down on a chair directly in front of him at the other side of the table) everybody knows who you are
Nate: then you should know that my security guards are not far from here
Rere: there are no security guards Mr President, it is just you and me
Nate: if you are looking for a juicy story, I believe the place for that is Aso Rock where the press secretary will attend to you
Rere: I am not a reporter
Nate: then who are you?
Rere: I am the woman who is going to help you get your party’s ticket to run for presidency again
Nate: I never said I am going to run for presidency
Rere: you and I know that you are going to, isn’t that the reason why you are pushing for the marriage of your son with Bashorun’s daughter? You are trying to get him to endorse you for second term
Nate: what can I do for you miss……
Rere: Shapiro, Rereloluwa Shapiro. My friends call me Rere and as for your question, it is more of what I can do for you
Nate: oh (scoff) make me the president the second time and how are you going to do that?
Rere: first, you make me your campaign manager
Nate: and who or what gave you the idea that I don’t have one already
Rere: his incompetency tells me that
Nate: you are one bold woman, I give you that
Rere: this is not about been bold; this is about the fact. You should have announced your re-run now but you can’t because the national assembly won’t pass the bill you need to make the people see you in good light. Not just that, you shot yourself in the leg by making a deal to just run for office once. This kind of obstacles should have been cleared but it is still here like Mount Everest and what does that tell you if not incompetency on the part of your campaign manager
Nate: you know this, you know that the party has turned their backs against me and yet you still want to work for me
Rere: yes
Nate: why?
Rere: because I like challenges Mr President and your case is a challenge
Nate: (smiling) I like you, you did not give me a crappy story about believing in my administration. That shows you are honest and that is a virtue I like in people
Rere: does that mean I have the job?
Nate: (he stands up) unfortunately, you are going to have to challenge yourself with someone else
Rere: (shocked) what?
Nate: good bye (he starts to walk away)
Rere: (turns on her seat to face his back) let me help you pass the omega work bill at the next sitting
Nate: (turns to face her) what?
Rere: let me help you move the senate to pass your bill
Nate: do you even know what you are saying?
Rere: yes, I do. Your administration have tried everything and have failed. why not let me look at things for you (seeing that Nate is not yet convinced) you are not going to lose anything by letting fresh set of eyes look at things for you
Nate: you are right about that, I am not going to lose anything but what can you see or do, that the chief whip have not tried already
Rere: well, for starters, I am not the chief whip and secondly I am going to do whatever it takes to get this bill passed which I doubt the chief whip will do for you
Nate: you are very convincing I give you that
Rere: does that mean I have the job?
Nate: I hope you know that the next sitting is in three days
Rere: yes, I know
Nate: and you are sure you can do this?
Rere: yes
Nate: let say I am willing to consider the possibility that you can pass the omega bill, what do you want in return
Rere: I want two things in return. One, when I pass this bill, you will make me your campaign manager
Nate: the second?
Rere: I will tell you when I become your campaign manager
Nate: should things go south, we never met
Rere: I agree
Nate: do whatever you have to do, I will put your request under consideration
Rere: I can work with that
I guess you didn’t get the job
INT. RERE’S OFFICE- MIDNIGHTInside RERE’s office, she is in deep thought as she smokes. She paces her office and sometimes she sits. She was like that until the dawn when ROTI comes into her office
Roti: good morning
Rere: (reply in a low voice) good morning
Roti: I guess you didn’t get the job
Rere: I will get it, I just have to do something first
Roti: what is it (Rere gives him you-know look) no
Rere: (goes to her seat and sits down) yes
Roti: (in a loud upset voice) tell me you didn’t tell the president that you will help him to pass the bill
Rere: I did
Roti: Rere, this is serious
Rere: I know but I had no choice, he was going to walk out on me. I had to say something to make him stay and consider giving me the job
Roti: getting the senate to pass the bill is just impossible
Rere: (gets up suddenly) will it be hard? Yes, but don’t say it is impossible
Roti: but what can you do that the president himself has not tried already? Don’t forget that the chief whip is the president’s man
Rere: the job of the chief whip is to whip vote but what can he do if the house is refusing to vote. It all comes down to the majority leader, he is the one that can get me the votes needed to pass the bill
Roti: the senate president is against the bill, I doubt if the majority leader will vote in favour of the bill
Rere: if I can somehow convince the majority leader to vote for the bill, there is nothing the senate president can do
Roti: I know that but the majority leader is on the senate president’s team, convincing him to go against the senate president is not going to be easy
Rere: I know that but I am still going to try but for that to happen, I need to meet the majority leader. Can you make that happen?
Roti: (sighs) I will make some calls (he walks towards the door)
Rere: Roti (he turned to her) the senate’s sitting is tomorrow, I am on a clock here
Roti: I understand (he turns to leaves, then he turns back to Rere) he is highly promiscuous, if a dog is in skirt, he will sleep with that dog. I just think you should know that
Rere: I will handle him (Roti leaves)
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Happy birthday to this man with suspiciously well shaped eyebrow. This man is the definition of hardwork and determination which is what I admire about him. I wish him and his family all the good things in this world.
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……….Ehosa is a sinking ship that is sinking fast.
EXT. GOLF COURSE- LATE MORNING(At a golf course, SENATOR CHIKE NNUKWA (the majority leader) is seen playing golf at around eight in the morning. He is a fair, tall old black man in his early 60s. RERE walks towards him)
Rere: that was a nice shot
Chike: (turns to look at Rere smiling) thank you
Rere: (smiling) I like the way you try to keep fit
Chike: it is more of relaxing but I haven’t seen your face before, who are you?
Rere: I am Rere, Rere Shapiro
Chike: (smiling as he takes Rere’s hand and kisses it) such a nice name for a beautiful lady (Rere removes her hand from his grip) well what can I do for you Ms Shapiro?
Rere: I want you to get the other senators in the house to vote in favour of Omega works bill
Chike: I think you met the wrong person
Rere: I don’t think so, Senator
Chike: you know who I am (starts walking away and Rere follows him) why will I vote for that terrible bill
Rere: it is not terrible for more works to be created for the people
Chike: (he stops walking and turns to Rere) I see that you are one of the naive citizens who only look at the present and do not see the clear picture. Will this create more jobs for the people? Yes, it will but it will only lead to an increase in tax and a reduction in the annual bonus of government workers, revoking this bill is the best thing the current senate administration has ever done for ignorant citizens like you
Rere: I didn’t know you care about the people this much
Chike: well I do, it is my job to care about the citizens of Nigeria
Rere: you and I know that this is a political battle between the president and the senate president
Chike: (looks at Rere weirdly and continue walking) be careful of what you say lady
Rere:(follows him to where the ball is) everybody in this country knows that the senate president has been out for the president’s blood since he started as a president. He will do anything to sabotage the president’s administration (in an upset loud voice) this has nothing to do with the people’s welfare, this is just a political tactics and the people are right in the middle of it, you know that
Chike: (plays the ball and he runs to see where it stops. The ball is in the hole and other golfer congratulates him, he turns to see Rere walking towards him) are you still following me, you really need to consider taking teaching as a job. They don’t give up on their students and so do you
Rere: Senator
Chike: (he starts walking back to where he started from as Rere and his security guard follow him. He turns to the security guard) I didn’t know Ehosa was such a weakling, he sent an ignorant citizen to do his work for. (Chuckles) this is going to be an interesting conversation at the club this night
Rere: (frustration sets in) what do you want Senator?
Chike: (turns to the Rere) from you or from Ehosa, nothing
Rere: come on senator, you are still a hot blooded politician who still has many things to achieve. I am hearing waves that you are thinking of becoming the governor of your state
Chike: (laughing) so you think Ehosa will make me that (Rere makes a move to answer and he stopped her with his hand) it was a rhetorical question, I don’t need an answer
Rere: (angry but controlling herself) well, I am serious here senator, help the President pass this bill and he will endorse you as your state governor
Chike: (in a loud voice) don’t you get it. The party has turned their back on the President. He can’t even endorse himself not to talk of someone else
Rere: but with your help he can turn that around
Chike: and why will I do that. I am a term player, the winning term. Ehosa is a sinking ship that is sinking fast. There is nothing that can be done to save his ship just like Titanic
Rere: senator, you need…..
Chike: (holds his finger up and turns to his security guard) we are done here (the guards moves towards Rere)
Rere: (holds her hand up) I will leave on my own
Chike: if you are interested in any other aspect of me apart from my vote, you know where to find me
Rere: (in an angry tone) this is not over Senator
Chike: (with a smug expression) oh it is over
Rere: when I save that sinking ship, I will be back
Chike: have a nice day, Ms Shapiro (Rere leave in anger)
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