Monday, March 28, 2011

CAN WE BUILD A NATION ON GOOD LUCK

The present tension generated in the country, over the general election that is coming up on April is something worthwhile to write about, Different issues have to be made clear and addressed, one of such issue that needs attention, is the way some frantic and ravenous politician, are going about politicking. The idea of politics in Nigeria has been defaced, in the sense that we no longer see politics in its intrinsic self, which is politics as a way of governing effectively, efficiently and elusively, for the people. Politics here (I mean Nigeria precisely) as now been turned into a do or die affair, quoting the words of a major stakeholder in the country, Olusegun Obasanjo, he said and I quote, politics in Nigeria is a do or die affair”.
Our so-called politicians have been brain washed with this crazy idea of politics; this is responsible for their untamed attitude. Lies now seem to be the order of the day in political propaganda, they promise you something before they get their, they get their and do the otherwise. One stroking thing however, is that, do we need to be promised anything before we as a legalized and legitimate citizen get our rights. One of such annoying promise is saying; “when elected in I will provide light, provide water, provide jobs and all sorts of…” These promises are our rights and we do not need to bargain before we get them, the only bargain we needs do is promising to give or play our responsibilities back to the state. Nevertheless, it is pathetic how citizens of this country Nigeria do not consider things, we are so engross to solutions without identifying problems.
Even in the university, we do not need to demand for something before what is needed is provided. The mentality developed in this claimed good universities has passed on to the larger society. I will like to say in a broader note that the university or academic institutions in the country have played major roles in destroying the country. With less digression, most Nigerians are of the mindset of voting for a candidate based on sentiment. Some of them claim that, they will vote for a candidate just because he or she hails form a certain community or such candidate is related to one person or the other. The criteria for voting for a person based on credibility have been exchanged for sentiment.
Some aspirants or political candidates even go further to give baseless reason why we should vote for him/her. For example the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan,is said to have good luck right from his childhood days, i advice he do not incucate such into our political sysytem. Some of his campaign representative even went far, to claim that from his stay as a deputy governor in Bayelsa he has always meet Goodluck and has become successful on good luck even to his present position of being a president. Nevertheless, the big question is; can Nigeria be built on good luck instead of hard work?
However, we will like to employ all citizen of the country Nigeria to be well convinced of the candidate they are voting in. as their decisions might make or mare them for the next four years. Because, good governance is not about individual it is about a system. We should avoid voting for voracious leaders who loot in times of famine instead of saving in times of harvest. LET US BE WISE, THINK WISELY AND VOTE WISELY AS WE GO OUT TO VOTE.

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