Another View: Is June 12 the answer to Nigeria's Many Problems?

Its very sad that People are not asking the right questions. In the words of Jaron Lanier: "When people become fake everything becomes fake". Today, the conditions that led to June 12 completely stare us in the face. Rejecting Reforms- Restructuring, discriminations, insecurity, killings, constant attack on civil liberties including using conquering tactis on ethnic minorities, attack on constitutional checks and balances, and dearth of rule of law, disobeying court orders, sycophancy, corruption, political assasinations, etc,  are worst than the annulment of June 12, 1993 Presidential election won by the late MKO Abiola.
Abiola paid the supreme price for us to know that things like this  still exist, so that we can do something about it, but we are yet to learn the lesson.

 There is no guarantee that the next elections in 2019 will be free and fair given the desperation of the government to consolidate their grips on power, so what are we actually celebrating? Almost all the key opposition stakeholders including Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, Governor Ayo Fayose, Governor Wike, etc, have raised alarm of assasination plots, plans for frame-up , intimidation and harrassment by the government.

We can never solve the many problems of Nigeria especially Inclusiveness by addressing one Social Injustice., neglecting the major issues. The recent Global Peace Index report about Nigeria should be a great concern to us not a political distraction for political gains- reasserting traditional rights. According to DW; the Global Peace Index Report indicates that Nigeria is now in "the category with D.R Congo, Libya, Somalia,and South Sudan as the most non-peaceful countries". Does Nigeria deserve this ranking?

 National Adjustment-Reform-Restructuring is the only solution to the nation's problem of inclusion, thinking needs to change. Sadly there is No Democracy in Nigeria to celebrate despite acquiring democratic institutions. Restructuring the current political structure to ensure Constitutional Change- proportional representation-the will of the whole society is one sure way of ensuring a 'transparent and proper democracy' in Nigeria.

Indeed the time has come to ditch this 'wasteful, expensive and dictatorial' political system that no longer has any future in the modern era.

Uche Okeke is a Social Entrepreneur, the Founder of The LEAD Project Foundation.

Read More: Why We Think The Ruling APC Political Party Is Not Sincere About Restructuring Nigeria: http://www.theleadprojectfoundation.com/2018/05/the-ruling-apc-party-not-sincere-about.html