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The noise and furor surrounding these 2015 elections have become similar to trading the Euro/Dollar Forex market on a 1 minute time frame. LOL

Thats exactly how I see it.

Real issues that should've been discussed have been shoved aside and all we talk about are trivial issues that shouldn't matter to a discerning mind. The elections have been turned to a gossip topic. This is damn wrong.

Like Soludo said, real issues that are meant to be at the forefront of national electoral discussions are being relegated to the background.
For example:

Nigeria's foreign reserves fall to $34.38 bln by Jan. 28 - cbank

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Nigeria's foreign exchange reserves fell to $34.38 billion by Jan. 28, down 20.3 percent from $43.16 billion a year earlier, owing to drawdowns by the central bank to defend the local currency, the naira.

Data from the central bank on Friday showed the reserves of Africa's biggest economy have steadily declined, falling 0.43 percent month-on-month from December, when they stood at $34.53 billion.

The naira has remained under pressure, trading outside the central bank's target band of 160-176 to the dollar as oil prices plunge. This is despite a devaluation meant to find the currency's true value and shore up Nigeria's foreign reserves.

Indeed, it important that we clarify and verify the educational and academic backgrounds of each presidential candidate but should that be the most important discussion during this critical economic and political period. Oil prices are crashing and they don't seem to be increasing anytime soon.

Neither of the political parties have outlined concrete and feasible plans to rescue us out of the economic turmoil that is looming. Our reserves are depleting: there is unemployment; education is falling; Most Nigerian graduates are unemployable; Jobs are being cut in the oil and construction industry etc

I have perused the manifesto of the APC and it looks like a love letter, filled with empty promises. It's no different from the transformation agenda, all political rhetoric and no plan or solution.

Take a look: [url]http://apc.com.ng/apcroadmap.pdf
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Is this how our democratic processes are meant to be?