The Advocacy for a Better Nigeria, through the Medium of Imbibing Dividend of Good Governance -By Nabil Yusuf

Representative democracy is the most practicable method of establishing democracy, therefore,  periodic election become necessary for this purpose.

It’s pertinent to note that as election is approaching, which is an indispensable feature of democracy where members of a particular polity exercise their power to elect those who’ll represent them at the helm of political affairs.

This exciting season of political clamour has returned in Nigeria. The 2023 election drums have been beaten up, and many politicians have started selling their personal interests in the name of national interest. They are making  noise, setting all forms of political gimmicks by feeding people lies and promising them possible and impossible things, they are deploying their arsenal of deceitful manifestoes.

In this market of political interest, politics to them is an art of manipulation  of personal interest which seems like national interest, the politics of saying anything to get  into the mantle of leadership. For instance, the top three presidential candidates (Kwankwaso, Atiku and Tinubu) were adjudged to have lend their voice on the current currency redesign policy, where they advised Nigerians not to panic because if voted they will ensure flexibility of the policy to enable every Nigerian change his/her currency with ease. This is a mind game!

The central and sub-central governments have crowded with mundane political meetings and discussions among the seekers of political seats, which their sole aim is to get into power through whatever means possible. Whereas the masses are left with no trust in those political institutions. Voters anger is skyrocketing in an alarming rate which would invariably affect our nascent democracy.

To this end, there’s always two actor games between the politicians and the political hoax traders, the actual members are always at the receiving end of this political gimmicks.

This few petty elites serve the interest of their Bosses by exacerbating political thuggery and Money Politics among the common masses. Urging you to acknowledge poverty doesn’t mean lost of dignity and it doesn’t mean corruption that makes you to recourse to money politics and thuggery as remedies for your poverty.

This is an appeal to all Nigerians to be sufficiently educated to ensure good governance. They should stop expecting anything from political party apart from being reputable and preventing credible candidates who will listen to yearnings and aspirations of the electorates, by doing this they will taste the dividence of good governance. 

The ability of the masses to determine the candidate of their choice based on credibility and ability to perform certain social functions coupled with the manifestations of party  and constantly navigation of the activities of each party, this among others would ensure good governance which would bring political development.

The Development of a nation  requires the effort of many variables. People should understand that in political sphere there must be a symbiotic relationship between rulers, and the rule. The rule elect and the ruler (s) harmonise, determine and coordinate  the affairs of the people which they (masses)  will in turn benefit from if well articulated by the leaders.