As Nigeria gears towards elections March 28th, the Country has been in a state of tension, with political kingpins from different Political affiliations trying to get the upper-hand and gain more recognition.
Instead of focusing on enlightening the populace on their plans and manifesto if elected, politicians in Nigeria are busy throwing tantrums from one cardinal of the country to the other.
What is expected of any truly democratic environment during an election period is far from what we see in Nigeria at the moment.political rallies ,rather than create awareness or educate the masses on strategies to tackle existing challenges, such rallies are used to propagate abuses and advertise the in-competencies of the opposition.
Of-course its normal for opposition parties and candidates to give reasons why THEIR OPPONENTS shouldn't be voted, but the focus should be giving reasons why YOU should be voted in.Its kind of a twisted miscalculation.
They should take a positive approach. Instead of creating negativity in the air, they should create positivism. If you tell people during a campaign that Mr 'A' is not qualified because he did 'this and that' does not justify why you should be in office.
The mentality among politicians is rather ironic. They think they should be voted into office because they seemingly committed lesser crimes than their opposition, even though they never admit to committing any crimes ( Directly).
'A' accuses 'B' of looting N10 Million, while 'B' in his defense accuses 'A' of looting N100 Million. 'B' in his twisted mind thinks he should be favored in the polls since he committed a lesser offence. They fail to realize that stealing is stealing. If you steal N100 Million, you are as guilty as the one who stole N1.
Theft is Theft.
Nigerians should also be aware that not all that is said or stated by the media is exactly true. Of-course this is not happening in Nigeria alone, but the time has come when we as citizens should check and properly investigate our candidates before voting them in.
And again , there comes another factor. How well do we know our candidates? We only know them based on what they tell us. No organisation is able to fully and truly educate us on the past, and present histories of any of these candidates.
Many of these candidates hide in the shadow of their fake selves ( With exception of the incumbent officials as its impossible to hide at the time ) until its election time and then show up with millions of promises, which they fail to keep. After their tenure in office, they go into hibernation and then the cycle starts all over again.
Its time for us to get the right leaders in office. They say "They Young shall grow", "They are The Leaders of Tomorrow". But we see a country where the same set of people are being recycled again and again. This brings another question. Is the election truly bringing back these people ? Are we truly re-electing our past leaders or are we being deceived by a pseudo process faking to grant us the right to choose our own leaders.Is the election process real?Or is it a charade , and the real winners are chosen by a select group , long before the election process.
If that is the case , then our right to vote is being stolen from us.Then the whole thing is illegal.
What then can we do? Should we allow this linger on and on?Or is there actually anything we can do?
Instead of creating a more secure environment, these politicians have succeeded in creating panic and fear. People are afraid , This is aside from the bombings.
Should this continue every 4 years?
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