Thiwalade:
This man has a point. The problem in Nigeria is poverty. Until poverty is alleviated, we won't move forward. People who are hungry cannot vote right. Intelligence no help anybody, bring money that's what the average Nigerian thinks. No matter your ideas, degrees or intelligence they will find something to discredit your work just so they feel good about themselves. Don't bother going into politics if you're intelligent without money.

Poverty isn't the issue rather political education

Op Ngozi Okonjo-Iwealla is from South not East

@op, do we have intelligent voters or canvassers? An intelligent canvasser won't rejoice in the failure of the ultimate winner of the election or insult oppositions nor mock anyone over their electoral choice but work hard to convince them to buy his candidate/party view.
An intelligent aspirant in electoral issues should know how to work within established structural framework to achieve his aim, that is, beyond academic and professional intelligence, they need political intelligence.

BianoJay:
Your post is the simple Nigerian reality.

They prefer voting in dullards like themselves, based on emotional sentiments.

Nigerians are too emotional, that's why we keep voting thugs and touts into power.

Just check out from the council chairmen to the president, 90% of them are pure misfits and opportunists.

Yep.....and the greed and jealousy factor they have, along with not wanting to hear the truth....because they don’t have the liver to do the right thing once hearing it