Otah Christopher Israel, writes from Abakaliki
One of the greatest setback that befell politics in the past 32 years in Nigeria is the practice of electing people into offices without any definite political program, principles and set of values as it was in the First and 2nd Republic.
In the First republic, there were clear political guidelines, philosophy and roadmap that disintinguished most political actors forming the basis for electorates to make informed Political choices. Most people did not become leaders simply because they felt like stepping to public office as a new title for vain or egoistic pursuits. That brand of elevated politics made for rapid development of the country at the end of colonial rule.
As a result of the now absence of ideological and value driven politics, some crooks, empty and ignorant people have assumed political offices at various levels. Mundane and negative issues such as tribal cleavages, thuggery, money, evil oaths of loyalty administered by power brokers have become the main drivers of political contest since electorates cannot establish pragmatic differences between most contenders. A regime of political packaging of those who have helped themselves with the public funds have been imposed on the nation, common thieves are coronated as heroes and Political leaders and a society that has acquiesce to this perfidy comes back quickly to complain of lack of Performance at different level of governance.
Politics of no ideology, no value, no character no principle has impoverished the people, divided the nation and created hopelessness and apathy.
It’s time to return to politics of ideology to save our dear nation. Electorates have to be presented with clear choice based on roadmap for social and economic development.
The scrutiny and examination of the histories, values antecedent of contestants must form one of the basis for political leadership recruitment. That was the way politics delivered value in the first republic and that is the way politics delivers in advance nations.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฏ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐. ๐ข๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผrch-๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐s ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.
We are “CORE PROGRESSIVES” our ideological platform is to bridge the gap between the extremely rich and the poor, restore transparency and accountability in governance, return the country to a path of ethical practices of modest lifestyle especially of officers of government. We stand for rapid social development through provision of access to education to all Nigerian children, universal health care delivery, and full employment.
We believe in devolution of powers to the subnational governments in the nation (State and Local Government) away from over centralization. We are devotees of true Federalism. If you subscribe to these, Let Us March Together!!