Whenever the time for elections and political campaigns come around in Nigeria, there are broadly two demographics that politicians and political parties try to win over in exchange for votes: those who are won over by the policy proposals of politicians, their characters and records; and those for whom the most important things are the ethnic, religious or regional backgrounds or their combination of the political candidates.

The first demographic, mostly the educated, exposed middle class, is unfortunately, not taken with all seriousness because their numbers are not large enough to solely win a politician an office. Most Nigerians and Nigerian voters are still beholden to their ethnic, religious and regional sentiments before being nationalistic.....continue reading on http://www.viewpointnigeria.com/opinion-mob/item/398-mark-amaza-keeping-nigeria%E2%80%99s-new-power-bloc-happy