The opening life in inimitable Fela Anikulapo’s “authority stealing” aptly describes the current drama on Nigeria’s political plane. It is just about one month until the country’s next presidential election, and the atmosphere is full of more noise than substance from the candidates.
In the last two weeks, there has been enough mudslinging to go round the four leading candidates and then some. You would wonder whether electioneering was about what politicians planned to do for the people or digging up dirt about their opponents. It is tiring and becoming nauseating.
Jonathan, speaking on an occasion in Akwa Ibom State, said: “I am worried by the negative energy generated ahead of the 2023 elections. We have noticed a level of bitterness in our politics that does not bring development, and I plead with politicians that politics is about marketing your ideas. Politics is not about fighting, it’s not insulting, it’s not about abusing…”
Nigeria is a sore case of official malfeasance for two main reasons, both of which result from the elite capture of the country. One is the deliberate crippling of national institutions, and two is the weaponisation of poverty and ignorance, which has hampered citizens’ capacity to hold the government accountable.
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