We have talked about fraudlent elections and its implications in Nigeria. We're only worried that elections are not going to be free and fair, the result is chaos and Nigeria's three friends: 'corruption, poor resource management and political instability, i.e, rats, snakes and cows. We have also talked about the reasons. Read More: http://www.theleadprojectfoundation.com/2018/02/fraudlent-election-produce-fraudlent.html
Just few days ago the leading opposition political party in Nigeria, the PDP declared that Nigerians have lost confidence in Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission -INEC's ability to conduct free and fair elections in 2019 and demanded immediate review of voters registration list in Kano and Kastina because of under-age voters, and removal of the Chairman , etc. The electoral commission cited threatening of their staff in these states as the reason for registration of under-age voters.
This is exactly the point, so how do we expect a sound government from such a sorry situation? It's very difficult to explain this deplorable resistance to modernity, 'no direction, no purpose, no discipline' just the next election.
The opposition PDP party said : "the credibility of the electoral process under the current INEC is hugely in doubt. By this alarming statement INEC under Professor Yakubu has completely discredited and disqualified itself and cannot be trusted to conduct a credible, free and fair general elections in 2019". [2019 We Have Lost Confidence in INEC; PDP, Vanguard, February 20, 2018].
Furthermore, the opposition PDP party also alleged attack and demolition of properties belonging to opposition members and percieved opponents of the government's re-election bid. No doubt 'the next level' is chaos, more corruption, exclusion, death of rule of law and constitutional checks and balances, repression, exploitation, more wastes on patronage politics: traditional rulers, religiious leaders, pilgrimmage, railway for Niger, etc. Enyimba Forest United -100, Sharks of Portharcourt-0.
The striker has injured most of the players especially the defenders , forward and the goal keeper yet he escaped a red card, this is not good for his club and the football association, because the stadium will be empty anytime he's featured to play, because the spectators know he's a very dangerous striker, so empty net to score as much as he likes.
Tinubu's wife said the president dumped his husband the owner of the football club immediately after the party won the the 2015 elections, and only remembered him because of his re-election bid, the next level is chaos given the signs. In the words of Anne McElvoy, senior editor at The Economist; "to court the same problem twice does not look like a winning strategy".[If there's another referendum, Remainers must change tack; Evening Standard, Teusday 13 February 2018]
This is the time to 'think again' whether to continue with this striker who has injured all the players including the goal keeper to score goals for Enyimba Forest United or do what we have to do perhaps stop him at the club level so that the stadium will be full again with many football fans. The signs of dangers ahead are getting worse, it's 'scary', so we need to think-again.
The era of running government on words alone is over and will not help to restore already battered public confidence. Finally in the words of Mattew d'Ancona :"The Government lives only in the sense that it has not died. It has no direction, purpose, or discipline"[Boris's NHS antics reveal just how feeble No.10 really is; Evening Standard, Wednesday 24 January 2018].
We must reject any leadership that is at odd with modernity, perhaps what they said is 'analogue' leadership, except we are prepared to remain in this sorry state of anarchy. We have been working why democracy is failing in Nigeria and how to put it right, so we believe that leadership change is very imperative to get the democractic dream in the right direction. Read more: http://www.theleadprojectfoundation.com/2018/02/nigeria-democracy-and-its-crisis.html
Uche Okeke is a Social Entrepreneur.
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