GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA HAS ALL ALONG BEEN A THING OF WHAT SOME CLASS OF PEOPLE WANT AND CONTROL AND WE ALL HAVE TAKEN IT AS A FAITH. I UNDERSATAND THE FACT THAT POLITICS WHICH GIVES BIRTH TO GOVERNANCE IS A TOOL OF THE INFLUENTIALS IN THE SOCIETY. BUT OUR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AS A COUNTRY IS SO WEAK, SO MUCH TO HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING THE MOST UNPOPULAR AND WICKED, DULL AND VISIONLESS SET OF PEOPLE TO TAKE GOVERNANCE IN THIS COUNTRY AS THERE BIRTH RIGHT. WE ALL HAVE BEEN FOLDING OUR HANDS, FEEL UNCONCERNED AND HAVE LEFT POLITICS/GOVERNANCE AS IF IT DOES NOT AFFECT US. POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE AS I UNDERSTAND IS A WAY OF LIFE WHICH AFFECTS EVEN EVERY OTHER AREAS OF LIFE.

THE COMMON SAYING HAS BEEN THAT "THERE IS NO ELECTION IN THIS COUNTRY". THAT WINNER DOES NOT MEAN THE ACCEPTED BY THE MAJORITY. WELL CONSIDERING THE TWO ELECTIONS SINCE 1999 IN NIGERIA, I VE SEEN THAT CONTRARY IS WHAT HAPPENS TO WHAT THE 'GENERAL BELIEVES' ARE. TAKEN FOR EXAMPLE THE AD WAS WIDELY ACCEPTED BY THE SOUTH WEST AND IT WAS THE AD THAT WIDELY WON IN 1999 IN THE AREA, LIKEWISE THE STATE AT WHICH THE APP WON AND LIKEWISE WHERE PDP WON. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE AT ALL FOR THE OPPOSITION TO WIN IN THE SOUTH WEST THEN. BUT I SAW A DIFFERENT THING HAPPENED IN 2003 BECAUSE PDP WON IN ALL THE STATES IN THE SOUTH WEST EXCEPT LAGOS WHERE AD HAD A VERY NARROW ESCAPE. WHAT HAPPENED IN 2003 PROVED TO ME THAT AD WAS NOT POPULAR AGAIN IN THE SOUTH WEST BECAUSE IT FAILED TO DELIVER TO THE PEOPLE. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT WHEN I SAW MY PEOPLE SAYING THE 'PDP WE DID NOT KNOW BUT THE AD THAT WE KNEW WOULD NEVER COME BACK', AND THAT HAPPENED. I SAW PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH WEST, ESPECIALLY THE TEACHERS AND THE FARMERS COMING OUT EN MASS TO VOTE. AND NOTHING MORE BUT TO VOTE OUT AD IN POWER. THIS MADE IT SO MUCH IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE INCUMBENT AD GOVERNMENT TO RIG ELECTION. I DON’T THINK ANYBODY CAN PROVE TO ME THAT THEY DID NOT ATTEMPT TO RIG THE ELECTION

THIS IS A LESSON FOR US ALL THAT, RIGGING IS ONLY POSSIBLE WHEN THE THE CANDIDATE IS POPULAR AND ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE. ITS HIGH TIME WE ALL UNDERSTAND THIS AND WAKE UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF MAKING THIS COUNTRY GREAT BY TAKING PART IN ELECTIONS AND FOLLOW OUR GOOD CONSCIENCES. WE VE GOT VERY FEW GOOD, INTELLIGENT, ARTICULATE, CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND YOUNG PEOPLE COMING OUT TO CONTEST FOR PRESIDENCY COME 2007 (AMONG THEM ARE GOV. DONALD DUKES AND PAT UTOMI) WE ALL NEED TO ENCOURAGE THESE FEW TO STAY IN POLITICS WE ALL NEED TO DEFY ALL ODDS AND MAKE THESE FEW ONES MAKE THIS COUNTRY A BETTER PLACE JUST AS WE HAVE KNOWN THEM TO HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST. WE ALL NEED TO SEND THE LIKES OF DEVLISH IBB, STUPID ATIKU ABUBAKAR AND OTHER SELFISH, WICKED AND MONEY MINDED INDIVIDUALS LIKE THEM PARKING FROM THE CORRIDOR OF GOVERNANCE IN THIS COUNTRY. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GO BACK AGAIN TO THOSE DAYS OF LAWLESSNESS, RELIGION CRISIS, YOUTH UNREST, NO FOOD, ERA OF 419, COCAINE PUSHING, BAD IMAGE FOR THE COUNTRY AS THEY ALL LEFT THEM IN THE PAST

GOD BLESS NIGERIA