"The Senate is filled with people of questionable character who put their personal interest ahead of that of the nation"-Professor Itse Sagay. Photo : Google Images
The big thug vs the rich people that helped him win election. The battle for the big loot.
The big thug will not get the money without the rich people that helped him win the election so why wouldn't the rich people that helped him win the election get a fair share of the national loot?
Simply put, the legislators want their share of the national budget because they don't trust the executive for proper execution especially the autocratic governors. The politics is that the executive will not get funds including external borrowing without the the legislators so why would they turn blind eye when it's obvious that there will not be proper accountability. We must have our share of the national cake.
The result is that they will be in a weak financial position to fund the next election, exert influence in their communities and respective political parties, leaving the terrain to the federal executives and the state governors.
These are some of the sad outcomes of centralisation- gross neglect and abuse, alienation, social exclusion and poverty to ordinary people who are supposed to be the main beneficiaries of democratic governance. These people are not accountable to their constituents. They are not accountable to anyone.
There is urgent need for active civil society support to help provide ordinary people with vital information that will help them make better decisions.
The truth is that some of the legislators are unqualified to be in the national assembly. Some of them have just basic school certificates, some have forged documents, just beneficiaries of Nigeria's dysfunctional politics.
"According to Ian Birrell, "some are charlatans and chancers, but most are decent people doing difficult jobs..., although this can be hard to appreciate amid the tedious tribalism".
There must be a break from the old way of doing things to salvage our fragile democracy marked by gross inequality.
Uche Okeke
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