The winning at all cost of the Nigerian politics have taken a
scary and life threatening dimension ,election in Nigeria and some parts of Africa has become a do or
die affair where the winner takes all has developed a hydra headed approach and calls for serious concern.
The dynamics of electing leaders was in the past based on merit
and performance as the candidates understood the essence of been elected a
leader of a particular set of people with common interests and goals however in
recent times this is not the case in the society.
Political appointments these days are seen as the avenue to make
quick money that has little or no accountability to the people that put them in
office, quite often than not the people have been betrayed by the same people
that they elected into office immediately they are sworn in. embezzlement and self-aggrandizement
is the order of the day. people have sold their conscience to mammon and the
"god of money" how unfortunate.
The political and moral decadence is alarming and on the increase,
a rising trend has been observed amongst the populace and the political elites
. Political godfathers go all the way to anoint their godsons to office in a
bid to be tools and puns that they will eventually use to control happenings
and dictate the way the office they occupy will be run, all expenses are paid
during the campaigns ,moneys are disbursed to all and sundries ,people are
mobilized to ensure that their political prodigy assumes that office , because
moneys are involved the voters get bribed with a few Naira notes usually less
than 30$ to sell their conscience like the proverbial Esau in the bible that
sold his birth right just for a bowl of porridge.
With this menace growing amongst the politicians ,of a truth the
people are tired of shedding of blood of innocent Nigerians especially during
and after elections all in a bid to grab power by all means. we have seen many
lose their lives, some lose their limbs ,eyes, and some vital organs on their
bodies once election approaches for all manners of reasons including rituals,
kidnapping for ransom and hostage taking etc.
The fundamental principles of our corporate existence must be
entrenched on the tablets of our hearts as a nation ,our values and morality
must not be left behind in nation development as cliché as it may sound but the
gospel of love amongst the people and being your neighbors keepers cannot be
overemphasized because where there is love the act of murder, killings ,kidnappings
will not be an option to be explored by politicians.
Charity they say begins at home, the upbringing of our children is
very paramount to determine the type of society to be expected in the nearest
future, love of God and love of neighbor must be thought by all and sundries ,
morals in our schools, churches, mosques must be taken very seriously and a
compulsory part of our daily lives.
On the other hand the politicians of the day should not see
politics as a do or die affair or as a get rich scheme but rather as a means of
serving the people, as a call to leadership and above all as the contribution
of their quota to mother nature. Our society has to be sanitized and the cries
of innocent bloods that have been hitherto shed all over the country will no
longer pollute the land and usher in a new era of peace, love and prosperity.
Michael O@cocoinsights
Michael O@cocoinsights
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