I wonder if it's unjustifiable to expect the highest possible level of competence for one who aspires to the denizenship of the highest office in the land. In the same vein, is it superfluous to demand mental agility to be preponderated in office? If the answers to these questions are exclusively and mutually in the negative, then Nigerians are entitled to, and deserve, a much better crop of politicians, technocrats and bureaucrats to run our affairs. That is without question, and that should be non-negotiable. We do not deserve this lot; we jolly well do not. A beautiful country like ours, with highly resourceful, intelligent and resilient people, simply do not deserve to be on the wrong end of the stick. Still, we persevere. Still, we tolerate mediocrity from this so-called government and many others before it. The cycle of despair shows no sign of ending. Insecurity of lives and property is the order of the day. Unbridled corruption is the new mantra. Infrastructural development is not part of the plan. The incalculably high unemployment rate among the working age population is unimportant to these recreants in power. Providing high quality education for our children is not a serious matter of concern to these dunderheads. Their lust for power, money and influence is well-catalogued; they are lost in lust.
TurningPoint will not cease to ram this simple message into their demonstrably impervious ears: We need you to check out while we still have hope, however dim, of rescuing the present for us, and the future for generations to come. TurningPoint has been harping on the sadly inescapable fact that we are mired in a rut of unimaginable proportions. The sooner these bogus politicians are tossed out the better for our country.
Familiar questions are ringing in my ears now: How do we toss them out?
First of all, I'd say haranguing them, albeit within the letter of the law, is one sure way to get their attention. They may be deaf to reason and blind to decency, they are not deaf to heckling, and certainly not blind to the rage on people's faces.
Secondly, with the INEC now seemingly more transparent and accountable in its operations, the next general elections afford us a golden opportunity to root them out, at all levels, from ward to the presidency. This is exactly why we must fight for a change in our Electoral laws to permit independent candidature for all political offices, bar none. If it has currency in most parts of the free world, why not in Nigeria?
Thirdly, well-meaning Nigerians should be more active in our nation's politics: educate the vulnerable among us that political thuggery is a thing of the past. They use thugs to force their will on people; others die for them while they and their ilk live a life of affluence and despicable debauchery. The little each and everyone of us can do will go a long way in sanitizing our festering polity. The political landscape needs reshaping and you, as a concerned citizen, cannot afford to go AWOL.
This idealess government must not be allowed to further ensnare us in a fishnet of debt. Loans being sought for uncosted pipeline projects spring to mind. We must resist, and protest once again if we must. Silence is not golden when one is being led like a lamb to the slaughter. We owe them nothing; they owe us everything.
TurningPoint will not cease to ram this simple message into their demonstrably impervious ears: We need you to check out while we still have hope, however dim, of rescuing the present for us, and the future for generations to come. TurningPoint has been harping on the sadly inescapable fact that we are mired in a rut of unimaginable proportions. The sooner these bogus politicians are tossed out the better for our country.
Familiar questions are ringing in my ears now: How do we toss them out?
First of all, I'd say haranguing them, albeit within the letter of the law, is one sure way to get their attention. They may be deaf to reason and blind to decency, they are not deaf to heckling, and certainly not blind to the rage on people's faces.
Secondly, with the INEC now seemingly more transparent and accountable in its operations, the next general elections afford us a golden opportunity to root them out, at all levels, from ward to the presidency. This is exactly why we must fight for a change in our Electoral laws to permit independent candidature for all political offices, bar none. If it has currency in most parts of the free world, why not in Nigeria?
Thirdly, well-meaning Nigerians should be more active in our nation's politics: educate the vulnerable among us that political thuggery is a thing of the past. They use thugs to force their will on people; others die for them while they and their ilk live a life of affluence and despicable debauchery. The little each and everyone of us can do will go a long way in sanitizing our festering polity. The political landscape needs reshaping and you, as a concerned citizen, cannot afford to go AWOL.
This idealess government must not be allowed to further ensnare us in a fishnet of debt. Loans being sought for uncosted pipeline projects spring to mind. We must resist, and protest once again if we must. Silence is not golden when one is being led like a lamb to the slaughter. We owe them nothing; they owe us everything.
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