Nigeria: Would Tinubu break the cycle of evil? 30 April 2023 By Abiodun Kareem Giwa
Democratic election is every four years. There is an opportunity for a party that fails in an election to try its best to win and assuage the people's suffering every four years. However, curious observers have said politicians only fight for their pockets and not the people but use them as scapegoats and that politicians' abandonment of the people is nearly universal. America, as an encourager of Democracy in other countries, should be thinking of ways to do its work to save Democracy. The consequence of politicians' failure is people's expectation of the emergence of a savior, but one seems impossible among politicians. Nigeria is a good example. First, they saw President Muhammed Buhari as an angel, then as a presidential candidate. Many Nigerians quickly find he is not, but some, untired of seeking an angel, quickly see an angelic nature in presidential candidate Peter Obi.
These Nigerians present their candidate as infallible, and the next president, forgetting election victory, decides who would be president. One angel among four major contestants and eighteen others meant the others were on the opposite of the angelic world, said to be ruled by Satan. And the election result fails to produce an angel, but the opposite. Bola Tinubu, one of the other four significant contestants, wins the election, awaiting inauguration as president in a month.
But losers in the election are in court, challenging Tinubu's election for all forms of irregularities. There is nothing precisely wrong in politicians' resorting to a court of law to seek redress from the miscarriage of justice if provable. However, it is sickening hearing people calling others all sorts of unprintable names, disregarding the fact that winning an election is a process based on the ability to convince voters at the grassroots. It is impossible to force within a short period. It does not mean a failure lacks mass followership.
Since many Nigerians whose candidate(s) failed in the election don't see anything angelic in Tinubu, it could be that Tinubu, who isn't an angel, is an instrument to achieve what an angel has failed to do in the Nigerian political hemisphere. Angel-loving Nigerians were hellbent for eight years that only Buhari could do it, and they had him but were disappointed. Some observers say Tinubu has not said he is an angel, and therefore if he fails, no one will say he has promised to do anything as an angel. However, they say Tinubu has enormous work awaiting him.
Some Nigerians are indeed saying he will fix Nigeria. Others say Nigeria's problems are too much to expect a miracle. There is a pocket of people who say the first work the president-elect must face head-on is blocking loopholes of excessive financial loss through embezzlement of government money and that failing will signal the beginning of failure. They say this because Nigeria needs all the money it can get without borrowing to further balloon its debt. Secondly, they say Tinubu must go into the office with empathy for Nigerians, whose experience have been a journey through hell since independence. They compare a reasonable president's position to that of a household head who is empathetic in decisions and directing the household's finances to meet essential needs in its budget than using the money to binge drinking, womanizing, and gambling, leaving household members derelict.
Nigeria is rich. Therefore, use the resources to take care of Nigerians and break the cycle of evil between them and comfort, by stopping the thieves, not with a fight against corruption, but a genuine act to save the country.
These Nigerians present their candidate as infallible, and the next president, forgetting election victory, decides who would be president. One angel among four major contestants and eighteen others meant the others were on the opposite of the angelic world, said to be ruled by Satan. And the election result fails to produce an angel, but the opposite. Bola Tinubu, one of the other four significant contestants, wins the election, awaiting inauguration as president in a month.
But losers in the election are in court, challenging Tinubu's election for all forms of irregularities. There is nothing precisely wrong in politicians' resorting to a court of law to seek redress from the miscarriage of justice if provable. However, it is sickening hearing people calling others all sorts of unprintable names, disregarding the fact that winning an election is a process based on the ability to convince voters at the grassroots. It is impossible to force within a short period. It does not mean a failure lacks mass followership.
Since many Nigerians whose candidate(s) failed in the election don't see anything angelic in Tinubu, it could be that Tinubu, who isn't an angel, is an instrument to achieve what an angel has failed to do in the Nigerian political hemisphere. Angel-loving Nigerians were hellbent for eight years that only Buhari could do it, and they had him but were disappointed. Some observers say Tinubu has not said he is an angel, and therefore if he fails, no one will say he has promised to do anything as an angel. However, they say Tinubu has enormous work awaiting him.
Some Nigerians are indeed saying he will fix Nigeria. Others say Nigeria's problems are too much to expect a miracle. There is a pocket of people who say the first work the president-elect must face head-on is blocking loopholes of excessive financial loss through embezzlement of government money and that failing will signal the beginning of failure. They say this because Nigeria needs all the money it can get without borrowing to further balloon its debt. Secondly, they say Tinubu must go into the office with empathy for Nigerians, whose experience have been a journey through hell since independence. They compare a reasonable president's position to that of a household head who is empathetic in decisions and directing the household's finances to meet essential needs in its budget than using the money to binge drinking, womanizing, and gambling, leaving household members derelict.
Nigeria is rich. Therefore, use the resources to take care of Nigerians and break the cycle of evil between them and comfort, by stopping the thieves, not with a fight against corruption, but a genuine act to save the country.
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