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After Ekiti gubernatorial elections, I almost completely gave up on Nigeria because of the seemingly irredeemable vote buying that keeps raising its ugly head!

Why would anyone sell his/her vote for money or foodstuffs?

There are many explanations for this that I am not ready to delve into in this article now.

However, if poverty is the reason as easily suggested whenever this issue is raised, why only in Nigeria?
Do politicians buy votes elsewhere?
Outside Nigeria, do the electorate sell their votes for money? Is Nigeria the only country in the world with high poverty rate?

I am greatly disturbed by this development.

Vote buying implies that a known thief or a fraudulent person can present himself for election as long as he has the financial muscle to buy off the voters he knows that he would win! Where does that leave competence and credibility? Your guess is as good as mine.

If we really want to solve the corruption problem of Nigeria, then we should not take vote buying and the general monetisation of our electoral process for granted.

It's delusional to think that the people who caused the problem of Nigeria will be the ones to solve it. It won't happen!

Because they can afford the majority of us should not make us cheap for them to buy!

Efuaye:
After Ekiti gubernatorial elections, I almost completely gave up on Nigeria because of the seemingly irredeemable vote buying that keeps raising its ugly head!

Why would anyone sell his/her vote for money or foodstuffs?

There are many explanations for this that I am not ready to delve into in this article now.

However, if poverty is the reason as easily suggested whenever this issue is raised, why only in Nigeria?
Do politicians buy votes elsewhere?
Outside Nigeria, do the electorate sell their votes for money? Is Nigeria the only country in the world with high poverty rate?

I am greatly disturbed by this development.

Vote buying implies that a known thief or a fraudulent person can present himself for election as long as he has the financial muscle to buy off the voters he knows that he would win! Where does that leave competence and credibility? Your guess is as good as mine.

If we really want to solve the corruption problem of Nigeria, then we should not take vote buying and the general monetisation of our electoral process for granted.

It's delusional to think that the people who caused the problem of Nigeria will be the ones to solve it. It won't happen!

Because they can afford the majority of us should not make us cheap for them to buy!

The solution you proffered isn't viable enough.

The question is why are people vying for post in Nigeria? Simple answer; money.

If the issue of vote buying will be solved, there should be serious downsizing of money gotten from politics or in politicking.

parkervero:
The solution you proffered isn't viable enough.

The question is why are people vying for post in Nigeria? Simple answer; money.

If the issue of vote buying will be solved, there should be serious downsizing of money gotten from politics or in politicking.

There must be political aspirants in Nigeria with genuine intentions other than money and status! Unfortunately, they can't afford the expensive monetised process.