Ordinary people need to be properly informed. Do not restrict yourselves to what a group of people want you to see and hear. "They like things the way they are so it pays to keep their citizens uneducated and ill-informed, it's the business of ordinary people to be properly informed"-Professor Paul Collier; Oxford University.
Today's liberation technology can be of help. There is urgent need to support Civil Society Organisations working to help ordinary people with Democratic Education and Citizen Engagement, very important.
Democracy in Nigeria works for the big thugs and the rich people that help them win elections. We have just seen a new report which confirms that the Nigeria Senators are paid about N13.5 Million monthly,for running cost in addition to their salaries but we all know what is the minimum wage and some states are struggling to pay the minimum wage . There is massive unemployment and no safety nets. Some of the legislators are still receiving pensions and other allowances as ex-Governors, etc.
Nobody knows the actual salaries of the Executive, their security votes, etc. The System is absolutely disfunctional. Instead of good governance, the actors choose Wastes in Patronage Politics and White Elephant Projects- Funding of religious activities, traditional institutions, 'brown envelope and bullets'
Some Local Government Areas were created for political gains, funds allocated to them are embezzled, whereas people need jobs. Others are hijacked by the politicians appointing their families, friends and associates as Care-takers killing development at the local level. A democratic society exist where equality of opportunity prevail, not a society built on self-interests.
We have argued that the current political structure needs restructuring as its now unable to satisfy today's new demands. It has to be adapted to the 'changing equilibrium of needs and ideas'. We can no longer continue to subscribe to this dysfunctional system instead let us use our freedom to discover what must be done to have total freedom which is the ultimate goal of development.
Read More: http://www.theleadprojectfoundation.com/2017/05/elections-and-political-opportunism-in.html?spref=bl
We must resist bribery and ''political headline grabbing initiatives'' to score cheap political goals. We must not sell our VOTES for a bag of rice. Vote for only credible, educated candidates with 21st-century skills to effect change. Vote for only the political party that will guarantee us the restructuring of the current political structure.
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Uche Okeke is a Social Entrepreneur. He's the Founder of The LEAD Project Foundation
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