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Wednesday 26 April 2017

Uncovering the hard truth about Nigeria's fragile democracy

 I talked about our electoral democracy in my last blog post.- Election every four years.
Every four years we are called to perform the same rituals, Abracadaba (Nollywood etertainment). Whether we participate or not a winner must emerge to continue business as usual.

 Former President Goodluck Jonathan has finally opened up on the implications of identity politics in our polity and how he was undermined in power. The current president has decided to operate from home instead of getting the Vice to move the country forward and the legislators are finding it difficult to do the needful, everybody is now waiting for the next election.

According to Pius Adesanmi, "the average Nigerian politician does not connect with his constituents at the level of ideas. What drives Nigerian politics is the sharing of cheap envelopes containig a percentage of stolen funds".

 Indeed, we must stand-up against a repellant system that condems our future. This government promised us restructuring, now they're talking about the next election, probably to promise another restructuring.
The political party that guarantees us decentralisation should be voted come2019, alternatively people should vote for regional political parties.

The current dispensation only confirms the fears of many with its 20th century ideologies.- a small minority holding the rest of us to ransome.using division, sycophancy and violence to renegate on election promises.

I think the colonial masters were far better; they built roads, provided very good education, hospitals, vocational training, new skills. What we have now is people dumping national funds in forests and burial grounds.

Everywhere is littered with abandoned projects. The only job now available is whistle-blowing, roadblocks. Young people are now combing all the thick forests and burial grounds looking for abandoned money.
"All domination must end; but after how much devastation?"-Charles Krauthammer.

We must remember in the words of Gandhi; "A small minority cannot control an unco-operative majority, so they must be distracted, divided, tyrannised or anaesthetised into compliance".

The ongoing voter registration is another opportunity to look for responsive leadership that will create the condition for local autonomy that guarantees inclusivessness, and greater economic development.

Go now to register to enable you have the opportunity to effect change with your votes come 2019.

Uche Okeke.

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