Although, it is not expressly stipulated in the 2022 Electoral Act that the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC], could play the role of an advisory body or institution that could suggest a better system of government for a country like Nigeria which had thrown its advantageous DIVERSITY PROPENSITY to the dogs unlike the United States of America which had turned its similar experience into a gold mine of economic prosperity and the undisputed “numero uno” military world power!

But in 62 years of conducting Nigerian elections – under different nomenclatures – INEC, which had always been headed by seasoned technocrats and professors from the Ivory Tower, was most qualified to speak truth to power that the choice of Presidential system for a developing nation as Nigeria could tantamount to an OLIGARCHY in which the illiterate few would apply feudal influence to always have their way, as it now obtains inside the very domain of the Giant of Africa on paper !

Counting down to the uninspiring and very unpopular February/March 2023 Presidential, Governorship and Legislative Elections being forced down the throat of the over 95 per cent downtrodden multi-dimensionally poverty-stricken citizens Nigerians, gory scenarios of political violence, destruction of lives/properties, and institutionally-sponsored vandalism of strategic infrastructure have become the order of the day across the entire LANDSCAPE!

The National Anthem lyric which states that; “.... though tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand.....”, is balderdash, propaganda and diversionary! Since the flag-off of electioneering campaigns, the 36 States have experienced violence and bloodshed as party thugs unleashed mayhem on perceived political enemies!

That Nigeria is truly "a GEOGRAPHICAL CONTRAPTION" of many countries wickedly sandwiched together by the British colonial masters, is playing out its drama in disunity, ethnic rivalries, religious intolerance, bigotry, hatred, unhealthy rivalry etc!

TO THE OUT-GOING BUHARI ADMINISTRATION, INSECURITY IS MERE BY-WORD!

Presently, there are three major commotions in circulation like the bourbon plague across the expanse nation and it very evident that Major General Muhammadu Buhari and his cohorts who believe that Nigeria belongs to their Ethnic Fulani Clan, C-A-R-E-L-E-S-S!

1) Recalcitrant nation-wide fuel scarcity which began in Quarter 2, 2022 and is still persistent has been a snare to the entire population across the six-geo political zones.Previously, there was a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which administrative headquarters in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria was classified as "The Four Towers of Corruption", because of the untamed, co-ordinated, aggressive and daring kind of institutional robbery of the national treasury - the Federation Account by the very powerful agency which calls the shot in respect of NATIONAL FOREIGN EARNINGS from crude oil! From its establishment in 1997-2022, the NNPC which supervised OIL EXPLORATION, EXPLOITATION including activities of FOREIGN OIL COMPANIES, was virtually non-accountable to all consecutive administrations - military or civilian! It accounts were never audited for decades and its administrators never queried because consecutive civilian Presidents – except Mr. Jonathan, doubled as Ministers of Petroleum! Until the year 2020, when one Mr. Mele Kyari, emerged from nowhere to become Group Managing Director (GMD), and out of the blues, produced the very first “Audited Financial Statements And Annual Report, which portrayed unverifiable magical profits of USD$ 698 million dollars in spite of OPEC’s production cut back due to Covid-19 lock down effects! And whereas, in 2019, NNPC suffered a combined loss from three moribund Refineries in Warri, Port-Harcourt and Kaduna to the tune of NGN162.22 billion naira and in 2020 year of Covid-19 lockdown another whooping sum of NGN108.29 billion naira, according to records scooped from its official records! Following public outcry and condemnation of the Corporation, Major General President Muhammadu Buhari's government decided to transform it to a limited liability company now called Nigerian National Petroleum corporation Limited. (NNPCL)! BUT the woeful transition can best be described as a situation of jumping from frying pan to fire in view of the current situation of PETROL in an election year!

2) Systematic disenfranchisement of the electorate by the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which has woefully failed to distribute the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), to thousands of registered citizens - still in the SECOND WEEK of February 2023, when the elections were few weeks ahead!

3) Unavailability of RE-DESIGNED NIGERIAN CURRENCIES which were believed to be diverted by commercial banks to political leaders at all levels in connivance to mop their stolen old currencies instead of releasing them to the masses as top priority in spite of Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBNs), new exchange closing deadline date of 10th February, 2023!

DUTIES OF INEC AS SPELT OUT IN THE 2022 ELECTORAL ACT!

The duty of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is to conduct free, fair, transparent and credible elections and is incumbent on the electoral body that the citizens were neither disenfranchised nor exposed to any form of electoral malpractices or threats on appointed election days.
Officials of the very strategic and sensitive agency of government must live above board and totally insulated from politics for them to faithfully discharge their onerous national duties without fear or favour.

THE WAY OUT OF THE QUAGMIRE!

The only way out for this nation to be set free from of the oligarchy, nepotistic, egoistic and tribal leaders whose main agenda is to keep every Nigerian in perpetual servitude is ADOPTION OF A UNICAMERAL PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WITHOUT! FURTHER DELAY!
The 774 Local Government Ares will collapse into CONSTITUENCIES which will produce PARLIAMENTARIANS from the various political parties while the party with the highest votes will produce a PRIME MINSTER at the Central Government! This means that from the grassroots everybody will be able to participate in governance to douse all tensions/animosities and diversity deliberately created through DIVIDE AND RULE TACTICS OF THE OLIGARCHY!
All built-up anger, dissatisfaction, segregation and bad blood among the people will disappear and fritter away because there would be a collective effort to work on the economy to become the TRADING GATEWAY AND ECONOMIC DESTINATION OF AFRICA OF THE 21ST CENTURY IN NO TIME!

This is a clarion call on Nigerian YOUTHS AGAIN FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME TO RESENT AND REJECT THE POSITION OF THUGS AND CRIMINALS DURING ELECTIONS AND CLAIM THEIR RESPECTABLE POSITION OF PRESENT AND FUTURE LEADERS!

We know that you cannot stop their coming presidential elections BUT YOU CAN CHANGE THE GAME-PLAN OF THE SHAMELESS RE-CYCLED MONEYBAGS BY VOTING FOR YOUR PEER GROUPS AMONG THE “SMALLER DESPISED PARTIES” WHOSE CANDIDATES WILL DELIVER DIVIDENDS OF DEMOCRACY AND INTRODUCE THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM IMMEDIATELY THEY ASSUME OFFICE!
YOU CAN DO IT BECAUSE GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE!

[WATCH OUT FOR A NIGERIAN PRIME MINISTER – NOT A PRESIDENT IN 2023!]



I am, yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon. 08130669886, 08080243066. g-mail-dvdolufon@gmail.