Bagehot:


The problem with this thought process is that it glorifies strong men and not strong institutions. Hence why when the strong-men like Quadaffi and Saddam fall, their nations crumble. Should any Leader in a democratic setting suddenly wake up and declare a law to retroactively take effect? If truly you understand how laws work, that alone is a red flag for the courts. If you don't believe me, ask legal practitioners around you about the enforcement of retroactive laws.

I'm not against punishing people who break the law with hefty fines, community service, or even a few weeks of imprisonment, but for a Governor to wake up and make uncouth and draconian pronouncements should be a source of worry to anyone who truly cares about democracy. I also hope you know that this dictatorship you are clamoring for wasn't exactly rosy - it is rife with state-sponsored assassinations, genocides and corruption. So maybe you should ask yourself 'Who would watch the watchman?'

Tonnyray:
GOD bless you bro.
You will make it in life.
I always laugh at the joke we've constituted ourselves into and called a democracy. Simply aping the West because we lack a sense of self worth and introspective reasoning as a people. Until we identify our uniqueness as a people both positively and negatively we're making no progress.
It takes strong men to build or to facilitate building strong institutions. Nigeria, and I must add all of black Africa can only advance under a benevolent, visionary form of dictatorship. I dare say it is a lack of it that has brought us this low and if we do not get our acts together we can only sink further.
We were taught something in medical school: there's no democracy in an emergency. Case in point in a multiple vehicle accident scene, as a doctor it's not a scenario where you waste precious time deliberating or seeking opinion. You immediately get into your element and tell people what to do. You dictate. Delegate what you can. You hold that man by the leg! You check that little girl's pulse!! You raise that woman's head up! You clear that boy's airways like this!! You tie this cloth over the bleeding arm!! No time. Every second counts. Lives are at stake. My question is is this not where we are as a country? If what we are in currently as a country is not a dire crisis, a gruesome emergency somebody tell me exactly what it is. But we swallowed the concept of governance shoved down our throats by our colonial masters hook, line, sinker, fisherman and the whole goddamn boat and expect we will make meaningful progress. Negroes wake up from this inebriated, sedated consciousness. We have an extremely bloated Senate and House that is bleeding us with unmatched and historically unprecedented avarice and we call it democracy. Somebody tell me we do not need an iron hand to handle us in this country and I'll show you a pathological liar. We are lawless as a people, at least 98% of us. Tell us to go out and we choose to stay in. Tell us to stay in and we give you 1,001 reasons why we should go out and how there's nothing you can do about it.
The West has sold us their democratic form of government as the best thing for us but it is nothing but a lie from the pits of hell.
I'm glad you made reference to Lee Kuan Yew and how he transformed Singapore into an economic giant. He held sway for 31 years to achieve this. All the while the West were busy accusing him of highhandedness, lack of freedom of speech, political persecution bla bla... See Singapore today. The end has justified the means. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk of Turkey is another one of note. Paul Kagame of Rwanda who took the reigns of leadership in the aftermath of 1994 ethnic genocide is another classical example. Forget the fine boy look that guy is a ruthless dictator. But he has overturned the woes of the needless genocide and placed Rwanda in a positive socioeconomic trajectory.
I will always say this Visionary benevolent dictatorship is what can get the Black race out of the doldrums. Strong men with vision and unmitigated powers need only to surround themselves with and employ technocrats instead of hopeless self-seeking politicians. A benevolent dictator does not need to pander to every nonsense group, agency or constituency. He has a vision for his people and he pulls out all stops to achieve it. Get in his way and you'll be wasted. As in wasted. Any reasonable government would adopt this principle for our power sector for example. Nothing can kick-start our economic growth faster than instituting uninterrupted power supply to the entire populace. But no, we prefer to speak English at our different levels of tiers of government.
We go tey.

djon78:



I mean what I am saying. Africans need very mean leaders. Majority of our people are lawless. They don't obey laws.
Go around the country and see it everywhere.

Up till today, the most feared government in this our democracy time is still Obasanjos government. If you mess up, you are ruthlessly dealt with. Be you a governor or whoever.

punisha:
Okay, this is a bit extreme.

BlueBanana:

Wike should sha chill with his gra gra. No be only him state get Covid19

seunlayi:


You got it. Just a threat and I m sure he will have lesser people to chase out of the street today because nobody will dare the risk of losing his/her property. I m dissapointed that many didn't realise this and they started blaming woke. Is this not where lagos and many Nigeria state missed it which lead to the partial gain from the last lockdown?

muykem:
Stupidity has started running in Gov Wike's blood. This is the reason why Buhari is still far better than many of our so called governors. You are now executive, judiciary and legislator and come to think of it, he called himself lawyer.

OlujobaSamuel:

Nice question, lockdown the metropolis, then make a newspaper ad on how to get auction details.
Maybe you travel to the rural areas, newspaper vendors should be there

willyjacs:
U right man.
we tend to abuse privileges in this country.
I was watching Chinese news during their lock down, u don't hear news of people violating lock down...
Citizens are well enlightened because they really want to understand the situation....but here,it's the opposite; people behaving like goats.

u don't hear of people violating lock down in Germany,France,....even south Africans are behaving mature on this matter.....
these people are not just ahead of us in advancement,but also in attitude nd maturity...... We will always lag behind if the people don't change their mindsets nd approach to life.

santuspearl:


The only person I see that is stupid here is YOU. I am not surprised because you are like your role model. You don't know anything or you can't read with understanding, a bill was passed and punishment prescribed for those who defile the lockdown orders. One of the punishment is auctioning of the vehicles caught violating the lockdown. He is simply applying the law and you here on nairaland showing your stupidity as your principal in Aso Rock. Cases at rising on daily basis and your best president is relaxing the lockdown, is that not stupidity of the highest order?

dangoteinlaw:
Lol forget these jargons u re saying "not backed by law, sued"bla bla. D question to ask urself is can u really go through those hastles to take on the govt Better just obey, u will end up selling ur house to pay ur lawyer lol

Bagehot:


Africans need very mean leaders Even when people actively disobeyed lock-down rules in Italy and America, I didn't see anyone talking about this sort of draconian measures. With people like you, Africa doesn't even need democracy.

EmmyKrim:
honestly lot of nigerians are very lawless, if you treat them with soft hand they will always misbehave, but when you go hard on them they will start blaming the govt.

djon78:


I don't think Africa needs democracy. Democracy creates weak leaders.
Look at China, are they democratic? No. But they are still economically very successful.

Africans don't like obeying laws. They need very strict, mean leaders, that can now discipline the people ruthlessly and channel everyone to sound economical development.

Bagehot:


In Churchill's words, 'Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others'. China is not a democracy, and yet has managed to become a global power - but you didn't mention how that has worked out for the Uighur, or the millions of lives sacrificed in it's 'great leap forward'. You assume this Dictator would be benevolent, competent, wise, and even-tempered, but you didn't mention how we would manage to find someone who wouldn't turn out to be an Idi Amin.

muykem:
Stupidity has started running in Gov Wike's blood. This is the reason why Buhari is still far better than many of our so called governors. You are now executive, judiciary and legislator and come to think of it, he called himself lawyer.

ESSENCE92:

On one hand, I wouldn't blame the people because these countries you mentioned didn't put anyone on lockdown without palliatives..
How can one survive behind doors without sustenance, the virus we dread so much won't kill but hunger will definitely kill if left unattended to..
Na one death go kill a man o