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Wednesday 25 October 2017

Nigeria's Democracy And Its Crisis Deliberate, Avoidable : $2Billion Dollar Niger-Bridge; We are yet to learn the lessons of the past

"Elections are the one time when we have some direct contact with politicians"- Jeremy Paxman, The Political Animal.
They say in politics being deceived is no excuse. Sadly it's always very easy for people to get misled and blindly offer support to politicians who make vain promises to score cheap political points. Today, It's very easy to predict politicians next move. The timing for this project is the Anambara state governorship election.

 I have strongly argued that the government has suddenly built it's future on a new South-East and South-South coalition going by the body language of the activities of the South-West leaders who have maintained their ground on 'restructuring' and given a strong signal that they may not be easily used in the future for political gains.

The second Niger bridge has always been a political scoring point, since 1979, especially when elections are round the corner. We only hope that this is not another political manipulation to secure a desperately needed coalition to consolidate political positions, given the behaviour of a leadership using conquering tactic to further weaken the chances of the region to compete for political power.

  However, this is another golden opportunity to underscore the integrity and sincereity of the leadership. They simply need the votes to advance their career, so they can promise anything to keep their jobs.

The beauty of democracy is that every four years, the politicians will seek to renew their mandate.
This project could be a major determinant of increased public trust in government given it's starategic importance to the economic development of the region
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 Let us learn not to lend blind support to politicians who peddle vain promises to remain powerful. The government has got two good years to be held accountable for this project, so we are watching.


Uche Okeke

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