“When the citizens of a nation deem their most accomplished thieves as the most electable then they lose the right to complain when theft becomes their national creed” ~ Modibo Keita (Former Prime Minister of Mali).
It is ridiculous that amongst all the persons who have indicated their interests for the presidential bid and those who are rumored to have indirectly indicated that they have eyes on the presidential seat, the most popular and most rooted for candidates are the ones who have a lot skeletons in their cupboard. Those that have been fingered for unspeakable and undeniable corruption cases and forgery of documents.
Nigerians are always placing themselves in between the devil and the deep blue sea; in a position where they can only choose from two evils thereby choosing the lesser evil and rejoicing that the made a great choice. It must not always be the case. We can start choosing from two good, forcing us to pick a better or best candidate from the good.
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We are in the election period again where the citizens who have a lot unanswered question mark to their names are again fielded and aggressively campaigned for forcing a lot of citizens to question the sanity of the campaigners.
The Lagos landlord is again thrown around Nigeria while his supporters are doing all they can to wash him clean to become as white as snow before the electorate but history cannot be cleansed. This is a man who right from his name, his parentage to his education and source of wealth is questionable, but yeah, let him who have no sin be the first to cast a stone. This man is the same man who forged his way into every office he has occupied, it is an open secret, so why are his supporters forming blinds eyes to the mysteries that shroud this candidate.
This is however not a campaign for or against any of the political candidates but it’s a national call of duty for Nigerians to know that if we must get it right this time, we have look in-depth and see that there are far more qualified candidates with untainted record and with solid track record too, who have been asking Nigerians to give them a chance to effect positive changes. Why don’t we give them a chance instead of always rigmarolling around same set of individuals.
Some people have cried out that if by any mistake president Buhari hands over power to one of the candidates who happens to be the most popular at the time being; it will be jumping from fry pan to fire. This comparison is definitely not far from the truth and we can’t afford to wait to see if this comparison is right.