IN the ingenuity of the politician, the future of
Nigeria is tied to elections. When politicians, who
call themselves leaders, engage in phased
discussions of Nigeria, they are not
contemplating legacies that would enhance the
development of Nigeria. Their entire concerns are
elections, the struggle for power, the decisions
about who becomes what, and those marked for
nothingness.
The reduction of the country to this contracted
vision is the biggest failure of civil rule since
1999. Every administration, from the local
governments, through the States to the centre,
sees elections as the platforms to perpetrate
either itself or its interests in power. When it
leaves, the damage endures.
It appears the most important ambition of the
politician is to grab power, stay in office as long
as he can, produce a successor that would do
his bid, and retire to continue manipulating the
system.
Disruptive as this attitude is, it is heightened, to
the extent that most administrations do nothing,
other than engaging in schemes to hold power
which is everything the politician wants. He gets
it first, before thinking of what he would do with
it. Rarely do we hear politicians espousing their
ideas about the future of Nigeria and expending
their energies in ensuring their dream is realised.
It is not surprising that most of those who gain
access to power in these circumstances, abuse
it. The abuses stem from ignorance, outright
greed and an obnoxious contention for narrow
interests. The evidences include governors who
have no agenda for their States or the federal,
where there are no reflections of national
aspirations in projects that are being executed, if
any.
Do politicians realise that each year they spend
in their quest for frivolities wastes opportunities
for the country’s progress? What do they intend
for Nigeria in 2015, 2019, 2023? What is their
vision of Nigeria by those years beyond
elections? Nigeria as a country should be built to
last hundreds of years. The future of its
institutions, for the benefit of its peoples, should
be a primary concern of its leaders.
The well being of its peoples should be at the
centre of policies. The Constitution explicitly
states these in Section 14 (2b) where is says the
security and welfare of the people should be the
primary purpose of government.
Our future is not about elections; in the sense
politicians see them. Elections are useful as part
of the quest for democratic governance.
Democratic importance of elections is over-
emphasised where the people play minimal roles
in them. What is important – always – is what
people want to make of their country, elections
cannot change our people, not the way
politicians use them

U no lie lailai..

Until we demand what with our actions, our leaders will continue to mismanage our country. Irrespective of the party PDP, APC, apga, labour party etc are all the same but we need to put them into oder by voting them in or out.

And the solution is; Go for Gold and not Copper. Go for Education and not bokoharam. Go for the Future and not the past. Go for good culture of growth, progress and unity and not bad emotions of retrogression. Go for Successes and not Failures. GO FOR GEJ NOT GMB. GOD BLESS NIGERIA!!!!