The 2019 presidential election has come and gone. Expectedly, a winner and losers emerged.
However, the ultimate winners are all Nigerians and the nation’s democracy notwithstanding the political party that won. Political parties will someday pass away but Nigeria’s flag remains flying. In fact, everyone who participated in the exercise deserves encomium irrespective of outcomes. Hence, unsuccessful participants should civilly sheathe their swords, cheer their successful contenders and look forward to the future while winners show magnanimity in their victory.
Essentially, let oppositions, this time round, be characterised by maturity and constructivism instead of pull-down syndromes. The Democrats and Republicans in the United States are good examples. Remarkably, Hillary Clinton was defeated by Donald Trump amidst alleged irregularities, yet she has since faced her private life, allowing Americans to freely and fairly assess Trump’s administration. That’s patriotism personified.
Amazingly, in the recent presidential election in Senegal, a country with just 6.6 million registered voters, Senegalese citizens including those in the Diaspora voted from 49 countries by digital system. Meanwhile, Nigeria with over 84 million registered voters operates a manual voting system. Obviously, migrating to full digital electoral system will defeat logistic and security issues alongside high financial burdens.
The budget on printing materials that always end up as waste after election dates is excruciatingly painful when digital equipment can be permanently acquired to efficiently handle the task with a little budget and above all, eradicate abnormalities, violence and casualties.
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