On Voting Behaviour -By Abdulrahman Yunusa

In Nigeria, glorification and adulation of one party is the beginning of political fanaticism. The earlier we get to know this and save ourselves from being victims of it implications, the better for us to have a better society filled with reasonable and sound minded people.

Because the voters will have a sense of direction of who to vote while voting a candidate regardless of their parties and in return the candidate will definitely imbibe the idea of working tirelessly for the benefit of the society and the people as well.

Therefore it’s of great impact, one to know that there are better hands across the existing political parties, sticking to one political while having voting affairs in the election could do more damages and bring more harm to society. 

Hence that mentality of absolute loyalty to party should henceforth be tagged as boyish and implausible thought and it should be halted as well. Don’t stress yourself by being static in your political dealings. You can still be a card carrying member of a certain political party but voting based on party affiliation shouldn’t priotized.

Thus, scrutinizing among contending candidates and going for the best one among them would always be the best decision of one. At the Same time you can have the audacity of voting President from party A, governor from C, Reps from party B and Senate from Party D. Depending on their competence and nothing else.

And this could only be achieved when citizens of a given society are politically educated enough. Anything aside this, won’t make a beautiful outing.

May we be astute politically 

Abdulrahman Yunusa is a political and social affairs analyst, he writes from Bauchi and can be reached via abdulrahmanyunusa10@mail.com