Mua'zu Najibu Abubakar
U14MM1071
In her 58 years of independence, 19 uninterrupted years of democracy, Nigeria's is still grasping for weak political administration. People begin to wonder where exactly are we getting it wrong? Is it absence of strong institutions to resuscitate our economy or is it lack of having strong personalities to man our affairs? Probably, the answer might be both. Here's how!
All political parties are now into primaries to select candidates they'll present for electorates to vote during the 2019 general elections. Unfortunately, most of these parties present either candidates with little or no leadership capabilities or maybe have just accumulated so much money to give delegates during the primaries. In fact, some even argued that a candidate's probability of winning election is directly proportional to the amount he shared to party delegates.
Does that mean if a candidate with perceived potential credibility lacks the money to share could not emerge victorious? Or is the exorbitant parties' certificate of nomination forms not a blockage to creditably rich but financially poor candidates? Of course, your guess is as good as mine regarding these issues.
We keep promising our youths a hopeless tomorrow by blurring their capabilities and recycling our century-long "champions", even though we deceive them with "Not Too Young To Run" bill. We need to therefore redefine our political system to actually prosper as a nation.
Accordingly therefore, we muster place nationalism above party politics, by selecting credible candidates with good qualities to change our country. We must shun regional, tribal and religious politics, alongside giving our youths the opportunity to try their abilities. If these issues are relooked at again, certainly there is hope for our future politics.