Overall, Nigeria’s democracy is on course, no matter what the naysayers and jingoists say. They have piled on; the tribe of individuals and groups who want to pull the house down simply because it does not bear the colour they want. The most recent election that produced Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect is on sound […]
Overall, Nigeria’s democracy is on course, no matter what the naysayers and jingoists say. They have piled on; the tribe of individuals and groups who want to pull the house down simply because it does not bear the colour they want. The most recent election that produced Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect is on sound footing and one of Nigeria’s freest and fairest.
Technology reduced the level of malpractice such as ballot box stealing and multiple voting by individuals. Violence was held to a low level. No question, Nigeria has to continue refining its electoral processes. However, it is simply unfair for the international media to ridicule this election simply because the outcome did not fit the narrative they had constructed. Nigeria should not be made to suffer because of the media’s lack of knowledge about it.
Our politics is a complex mix of party, ethnic, religious and regional factors. Yet, ideology and class identification play larger roles in our politicis than is generally appreciated. This multilayered situation does not lend itself to quick, simplistic portraits. Our trends cannot be accurately contextualised in a way that conforms to Western political themes, often inapplicable to Nigeria’s internal dynamics.
A businessman and majority shareholder in Fidelity bank, Peter Obi was a state governor for eight years, with different views on his tenure highlighted by MASSOP violence, allegations of warehousing state funds in a bank in which he had interests, rather than spending it on the developmental needs of the state. In 2019, he was the vice presidential candidate of Atiku Abubakar, the conservative PDP’s candidate in the past two presidential elections.
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