I made the point that the presidential agenda for Nigeria had been set since the time of the Jonathan administration.
That Nigeria has continued to face an existential crisis due to the three core maladies of insecurity, corruption and an economic crisis, which have all been allowed to deepen and fester to the level where the corporate existence of the country is at risk. Jonathan promised a breath of fresh air for the country and he was elected for this but failed to deliver.
All the candidates, for example, promise to successfully combat corruption. This is good. But the question is: how will they do this? Let’s first note that corruption is an illicit activity, not just in the statutes but as expressly addressed even in the Constitution. We know two things about corruption that have served as structural constraints to those who have tried to fight it. First, the entire public service system is configured to engage in massive corruption and hide their tracks.
I have looked at how some of the presidential candidates have explained how they will combat insecurity in their manifestoes. The APC, PDP, LP, NNPP, PRP and YPP have all promised to:Improve professionalism of security forcesProvide improved training and training facilitiesThis is an obvious wishlist for addressing the problems. For these promises to make sense, there is need to address how all these would be financed in a context in which the Nigerian state is almost bankrupt.
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