Political bribery and Authoritarian rule in Nigeria.
The big thugs, the rich people that helped them to win elections and the corrupt media.Today "80 Million Nigerians are poor, the presidency affirms", despite wealth in natural resources. The result of prolonged military rule in Nigeeria is 'corruption, poor resource management and political instability, fraudlent elections,etc.'. The game is almost 'unrecognisable' now from how it was at independence.
Absolute power weilded by the state with weak institutions-legislature, Judiciary,etc to counterweight the power possessed by the state. No independent institutions and rule of law too weak.
The media is influenced to determine what people hear and see. Anyone who disagrees is an enemy of the state that must be ruthlessly dealt with, i.e. to be violently repressed. Read More: Nigeria's 'brown envelope' journalism- BBC News Africa 5 March 2015. Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-31748257.
Delegiwa was killed by a mail bomb in his Lagos home on 19 October 1986(wikipedia), Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dele_Giwa
The election of President Muhammadu Buhari has alarmed the people of the dangers to social life in morden times. Exploitation, discrimination, repression, propaganda and lies, intimidation of the judiciary, disrespect to constitutional checks and balances, etc. See more: [Propagandocracy and the Buhari Media Centre; Farooq.A. Kperogi, Ph.D]. Link: http://www.farooqkperogi.com/2017/03/propagandocracy-and-buhari-media-center.html
Globalisation/technology has empowered ordinary people with new awareness of best practices and the tool to ask important questions about the future. The time for change is now, Restructuring is the answer. The number of functions excercised by the state is too many, it kills growth. Duplication of autonomous functions is not the answer.
Uche Okeke is a Social Entrepreneur. Read More : http://www.theleadprojectfoundation.com/2018/02/restructuring-nigeria-big-political.html
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