It has often been said that your vote is your power and that the electoral process is your major avenue towards determining who leads you, whilst exercising your franchise.

Several campaigns run on media channels emphasize the importance of the permanent voter registration in order to gain the pre-requisite to participate in elections, which had been the case for every electoral cycle over the years.

There is no gainsaying the fact that these are elements required in ideal scenarios, in very sane climes populated by humans with a great deal of logic reasoning capabilities, as democracy itself, envisages. Hence, the staging and impact of debates at key levels of leadership aspirations.

Sadly, I have come to infer over the years, based on experience and intent observation , that the Nigerian scenario is grossly undeserving of any such sensitisation and element. Indeed I dare say, registering to get a PVC is a waste of time and the Voter Card itself, is as useless as a piece of tissue...yes; to the right thinking citizens of this nation.

First off, since the advent of the fourth republic, experience has shown a predictable outcome in electoral results favouring candidates deriving the support of "behind the scenes kingmakers", who possess political and should I say oppressive capital, resident in a vast majority of the plundered population of the country, who have been impoverished financially, physically, emotionally and worse still; mentally. This is so because, the records have shown same repetitive action by this category of citizens over the years, with the expectation of totally differing outcomes; a classic definition of fools, who constantly sell their birthright for porridge, that barely lasts a week in exchange for lifetime suffering.

Again, it is made worse by the realisation that the sheer number of citizens in that category overwhelm that of those who still retain their intellect and capacity to question the system, challenge the status quo and vote for other candidates outside the major recycled platforms.

It is indeed a shame, that whoever gets to win elections in the Nigeria of today will largely be determined by the overwhelming majority that make up the vast populace. A reason a certain aspirant has been described as "strategic and smart" in his declaration speech, by opting to eulogise his boss's "failure-achievement", just to gain his political capital in the north. A political capital consisting of the almajiris both local and imported, the grossly uneducated, the area boys who don't know their left from right, the religious and ethnic bigots, the market women overruled by emotions rather than reason, the lazy youths with no personalized world view, the starved civil and public servants, bimbo slay queens and mamas, the jobless stipend receiving N-POWER/ SURE -P and other government palliative beneficiaries, et al.

So, even though an election is a great avenue to determine sane, fair, just, equitable, focused, driven and effective leadership, it is a complete disgrace that the Nigerian electorate seeks to beget what it is unlike and the minority intellectual population, who think differently, are as yet to realize, that they share a country with a vast majority of fools, morons and idiots.

This is a key reason the next general elections will end up producing the best nincompoop candidate amongst the lot, suited to that vast majority, except there's a major reset, as suggested by the Senior Advocate and University Proprietor.


PS:
My definition of a fool, slowpoke and idiot: A person who keeps doing same things, same way, over and over again with the expectation of different outcomes.

The results of the PDP Primaries today, shows the class of people that determine whoever becomes Nigeria's President.

Very apt,majority if Nigerians are dump fools

babasolution:
Very apt,majority if Nigerians are dump fools

That's the population sane voters are up against, unfortunately.

Imagine a 70 years old emeritus professor from South and a 12 years old almajiri from North having the equal voting right. That's the ugliness of democracy in Nigeria. It is the majority stupeed people that determine who wins the election. "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large number." Nigeria can never get it.

Newton2024:
Imagine a 70 years old emeritus professor from South and a 12 years old almajiri from North having the equal voting right. That's the ugliness of democracy in Nigeria. It is the majority stupeed people that determine who wins the election. "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large number." Nigeria can never get it.

You are so stupid to understand that the basis of ur problem starts from u. The bunch of educated illiterates in ur backyard who voted them into office?
Abuja is made up of mostly educated civil servants and business men, have they ever voted for the best public servants?
Is it not clear that today North have the most performing public servants than the so called educated illiterates from the South?

ArewaNorth:


You are so stupid to understand that the basis of ur problem starts from u. The bunch of educated illiterates in ur backyard who voted them into office?
Abuja is made up of mostly educated civil servants and business men, have they ever voted for the best public servants?
Is it not clear that today North have the most performing public servants than the so called educated illiterates from the South?

If North have the most performing public servants, why the increase in poverty and insecurity? Most of the insecurity in the south is the spill over from north. E.g Fulani herdsmen terr-orists.

Mynd44, seun

Newton2024:

If North have the most performing public servants, why the increase in poverty and insecurity? Most of the insecurity in the south is the spill over from north. E.g Fulani herdsmen terr-orists.

In developing countries poverty has more index where there is larger population growth and North has despite being the most employable region.
Kidnapping emanated from ND around 2004-2006, arm robbery has been a very profitable business by criminals as far back as 50yrs or aftermath of civil war, communal clashes have always been in the South coupled with the recent cultism, ritual killings and other vices. So, don't accuse others for ur problem when in reality arm robbery is an imported criminality from south to North quite some decades ago.

Hmmm

*APC = PDP*

The difference between APC and PDP is stated thus:

National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, (PDP decampee).

National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, (PDP decampee).

National Women Leader, Betta Edu, (PDP decampee).

Barr Ahmed El-Marzuk, National Legal Adviser, (PDP decampee).

Uguru Matthew Ofoka National Treasurer, (PDP decampee).

Senator Abubakar Maikafi, National Auditor, (PDP decampee).

Barrister F.N. Nwosu, National Welfare Secretary, (PDP decampee).

Deputy National Chairman South East, Emmanuel Enukwu. (PDP decampee).

Muazu Bawa Rjau, National Vice Chairman North-Central, (PDP decampee).

Mustapha Salihu, National Vice Chairman, North East, (PDP decampee).

Barrister Festus Fuanter Deputy National Secretary, (PDP decampee).

Nze Chidi Duru, Deputy National Organizing Secretary, (PDP decampee).

And,... very soon,...
GOODLUCK JONATHAN; New APC Presidential Hopeful (Former President under PDP).

*Where are the so-called founding members of the APC?*

Dem de PDP

*See the PDP line up.*

Iyorchia Ayu — National Chairman, (APC decampee)

Taofeek Arapaja — Deputy National Chairman South, (APC decampee).

Umar Damagum — Deputy National Chairman North, (APC decampee).

Samuel Anyanwu — National Secretary, (APC decampee).

Ahmad Mohammed — National Treasurer, (APC decampee).

Umar Bature — National Organising Secretary, (APC decampee).

Kamaldeen Ajibade, National Legal Adviser, (APC decampee).

Ibrahim Abdullahi, Deputy National Publicity Secretary, (APC decampee).

Hajara Wanka, Deputy National Women Leader, (APC decampee).

Now tell me what is the difference between PDP and APC?

These are SAME DRIVERS EXCHANGING CARS.

We are their pawns because we refuse to do the right thing and take care of our future.

They are all selfishly after their individual welfare and not ours.

Worse-of-all is that they turn some of us to errand dogs that are ready to be zombies for scraps and a bleak future for themselves and their families included.
Politics in Nigeria is the MADNESS of the MAJORITY for the BENEFIT of the FEW.

ONE EYED MAN IS KING IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BLINDS. CAN'T COPE. TOO BAD.

orisa37:
ONE EYED MAN IS KING IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BLINDS. CAN'T COPE. TOO BAD.

Succinct

The recent happenings in sokoto shows how true the topic of this thread is.

The results of the PDP Primaries today show the eventual winner will only be determined by the class of people described above. It's going to be another case of choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea. What's the point of your PVC?

ArewaNorth:


You are so stupid to understand that the basis of ur problem starts from u. The bunch of educated illiterates in ur backyard who voted them into office?
Abuja is made up of mostly educated civil servants and business men, have they ever voted for the best public servants?
Is it not clear that today North have the most performing public servants than the so called educated illiterates from the South?

Educate him without insult least u be like him. We are not all almajiris down here

Hmmm. What we need now is a restructuring and an upgrade of our electoral system such that voting will be done by people with the capacity to decipher between what is wise and unwise and not by those interested in dollars now in exchange for their future well being.

stancydg:
The results of the PDP Primaries today show the eventual winner will only be determined by the class of people described above. It's going to be another case of choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea. What's the point of your PVC?

That is the reason they will never do direct primaries within the parties anymore.
The fear that someone the people trust to fix the nation will emerge through people's choice is the reason where they put consensus candidate in the law. If you can afford to pay the nomination fees, it gives to the power to determine the election winner by trading for money and position

Asiwaju is one of the greatest politician ever. As it stands, he is the most mentioned politician in Africa. He is so present almost on every news

sultaan:



That is the reason they will never do direct primaries within the parties anymore.
The fear that someone the people trust to fix the nation will emerge through people's choice is the reason where they put consensus candidate in the law. If you can afford to pay the nomination fees, it gives to the power to determine the election winner by trading for money and position

Exactly why a RESET is needed now and not election.

ArewaNorth:


In developing countries poverty has more index where there is larger population growth and North has despite being the most employable region.
Kidnapping emanated from ND around 2004-2006, arm robbery has been a very profitable business by criminals as far back as 50yrs or aftermath of civil war, communal clashes have always been in the South coupled with the recent cultism, ritual killings and other vices. So, don't accuse others for ur problem when in reality arm robbery is an imported criminality from south to North quite some decades ago.

I like the way you reason. You are a very enlightened and smart but I think the person you quote is right to some extent just that he chooses a wrong choice of words. 80% of the problem in this country are coursed by unable to educate our brothers from the north. The northern leaders have not much in utilizing God given population. We have more liabilities as a you in the north more than any region.

Well, politics is a game of numbers and in this game (at this stage) the numbers are made to delegates who are swayed not by eloquence, rhetoric nor poise but by the whiff of money.
If you put those bits together, your guess is as good as mine.

COPIED.