Topic: Election in Nigeria,a do or die affair. - page 2. (Read 382 times)

As it should be, elections should be viewed as a process of changing the administration and installing people who can be trusted and are qualified to lead. Elections in Africa have always been fraught with anxiety and fear; as a result, some citizens leave their homes to wait until the vote is counted. partisan organizations Hired thugs are paid to follow someone about at all times, and while doing so, they kill and damage property to seize control the ballot materials. In this World Party, an election is viewed as a do-or-die situation.

All what is happening during the period is in general because the word power, people like it and they can do anything to get it. The problem we face in Nigeria we the poor mass suffer the consequences because the token we received from them.
I pray Allah with is power to restore good governance.

Politicians always make problem during on an election after, they will come back and also recongside with each other politicians has also make things hard for the most especially for the poor and also the politicians are not given job opportunity to the youths many of our youths today are graduate but there is no job for them they suffering looking for job but there is none

Nigeria is a nation which is very corrupt,  from its leaders to even the citizens.  Election in Nigeria is really something else people tend to go extra miles just to be sure that they actually become victorious in the election. Politician in Nigeria see it as a show ground  of who has the  greater influence. The people involved in the election prefer hoarding public fund to keep for them selves and in so inslaving the poor and oppressing  them on their right. The tusle for power in Nigeria is really a thing that needs to be look into maybe by external bodies who are more specialised in handling election processes because its never a scene to witness

I understand each country has it own pattern when it comes to election but we need not to get distracted by the propaganda forgetting the needful being done which is the call to service, we are humanbeings for crying loud and not animals that has no option or personal opinion for an expression of interest, right and liberty, if you think the country really needs a change in the rulerships pattern in it democratic era then we options like engaging in freedom fight, revolution, military coup and rule, if the masses can voice out their voices can be heard because they are the majority to this few people calling themselves leaders and international rescue can also come in through raising the alarm.

I believe that Nigerian politics are fundamentally corrupt. It is a way for the privileged class to get wealthier. Everyone who enters politics or is given a leadership position does so with the primary goal of enriching his family and siphoning government funds for his unborn children's generation. Taking into account the severity of the situation in the nation(hardship).

Another aspect is that even the wealthy use politics as the fastest and surest means to make hard currency in the nation. even if it causes the poor to become further poorer. My argument is that our so-called heroes' past gave birth to Nigerian politics in that way, and until something cruel happens by removing the corrupt leaders, it will continue to be their ordeal of "do or die election"

We should not predict the outcome of the 2023 elections based on what has been witnessed in the previous elections in Nigeria as a matter of fact, the 2023 election is going to be different from other elections because the citizens of Nigeria have been clamoring for change and I believe the youths especially will make use of this opportunity to vote for a credible candidate that will bring a positive change in the economy of the country. The heat I see is the fact that some blind politicians are still campaigning for candidates whom they know that has nothing good to offer for the development of the country.

Why should an election in your country be a do or die affairs matters, this same challenges you're having currently in the country is almost similar to what others are having as well just some little differences making the rate or level of bad governance so glaring beyond any doubt, you have to believe that everywhere is corrupt but the degrees to this is what makes the difference and as to those that aren't corrupt to that extent they have other unethical segregations they do relating to politics or social lives that go against the common interests of the people.

I have never seen a country where the election is never free and fair. Either the system is corrupt or some naive citizen allows the political theft to use them as a weapon to reach the official through false ways because the result in the bailout box is what the electoral body will announce.
Africa needs to stand for their right and do things right once and for all.

Next year's election would prove to be a herculean task as the country is riddled with insecurity and also one has to ensure the INEC is ready as this would be the seventh consecutive general election since Nigeria went back to democracy in 1999.
 Insecurity will prove a difficult matter to solve since it seems most of the people in power are the perpetrators of this anomaly.

Just yesterday, the national security adviser to the president instructed the inspector general of police to direct each state's police commissioner to refrain from carrying out any executive orders issued by governors against opposition parties in their respective States. that governors are enacting laws to repress opposition parties in their states, and that police commissioners shouldn't be used as instruments for these laws. Additionally, any commissioners found complicit in the repression and intimidation of opposition parties by state governors will be dismissed.
It is documented that governors issue executive orders to stop opposition candidates from holding events or putting up campaign signs in their states. These directives are harmful to the voting process in Nigeria. Additionally, the police inspector general must take action to stop

As a colonized state I believe Nigeria politicians must have leant some of their political culture from their colonial master and going by that it then shows the the country Nigeria is not the only country with electoral violence issues except that the levels in which these violence takes place obviously differs and Nigeria is one country that's not in the highest peak of them all.

Each four years for election of political officers that electoral process tend to improve compared to the previous and this 2023 election is a prove to that assertion, there is greater political consciousness and involvement among the citizens like never before, Nigeria may not get it well now but gradually the violence level is diminishing by the day.

OP I hope you have your PVC cause it is a tool to peaceful elections as we all hope for.

actually not only in nigeria but in several countries that have very strong politics there will always be bloodshed in order to win a position or a seat of power. all of that because I think the basis of politics is about power struggles that make money and are willing to shed blood.
and to be honest I really hate politics that is unfair and only rely on power, control using money just for the sake of more money.
for me politics is a class of selfish community

It is the people who is not a politician or who have not occupy any political position that do see politics as in a meeting but a strong politicians who is well-known in the society to embrace each other in Nigeria whenever they see but in terms of castigation or carrying a negative information from one party to another for or from one person that I have a good reputation to another so that the condemnation of that person will lead the person not to achieve its goals or plan in the next election that is how the system of Nigeria elections work

Well, I think the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has given a hint that there are new technical ways implemented to ensure free and fair election this time due to how Nigerian youths have shown interest in the election, so I pray that this year's election will be a fear one without any violence throughout the electoral process. We hope for change in the electoral process due to the advent of technology.

Election in Nigeria will always be a period where citizens would be apathetic towards the electoral activities because despite the beautiful manifestos issued by these contesting candidates, you'd still notice that deep down what they are most concerned about is how they can move from one level of corruption to the other as soon as they win and enter power.

 We are not strangers to the cases of violence during the election period as it only goes to show how these peeps can go to obvious lengths just to get a slice of the national cake.

 Former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar also believes that some electorates are to be blamed as they allow themselves be swayed by sweet talks and gifts, but hopes that the 2023 election coming up will be different. I hope so too.

Those who make enemies with their friends over politicians during elections are not smart because politicians are not worth fighting for. They have a common ground they agree on and that is how to loot the people's money. In Nigeria, the set of politicians we have are career politicians. They have no other trade or profession except to be in politics and steal public funds. This is why it is called a dirty game in Nigeria. In this coming election in 2023, we should not make it a do or die thing. Just be obidient and vote wisely.

Politicians in Nigeria are taking elections to be a do or die affair because that are corrupt people and are fighting for their personal interest,if they have good intention for the country, they will not make election a do or die affair since they will care more about the welfare of the people,instead of hiring thugs to kill people and steal ballot boxes.

Politicians sees their offices as an opportunity to syphon public funds for themselves and their families instead of seeing the office as a medium to reach out to the people's needs and welfare. I will say that Nigeria Politicians are thieves in disguise and not politicians. This is known as abuse of power because Nigeria Politicians placed themselves above the law because the Judiciary is in their palm.

Nigerian politicians are the most desperate in the entire world because they can do anything to grab power. The reason for this is because the country lacks strong institutions that ensures that the constitution of the country is upheld. Elected political officeholders become emperors and despots because they are not checked by any institution. The legislature, executive and judiciary connive to loot the treasury of the country without any form of obstruction. The lucrativeness of these political officers now make politicians to do everything including instigating ethnic and religious crisis to win elections. They sponsor thugs that hijack ballot box or attack electoral officials because they want to win elections. Opposition or political opponents are intimidated and sometimes killed because they want to be silenced.

Until politically offices in Nigeria ceases to becomes an avenue to become stupendously rich, electoral violence would not stop. If political office holders are persecuted and punished for the crime they committed during and after election, other would take note. The public especially the youth must also know that these politicians would never use their children to carryout these electoral crime because they know how risky it is. We must also take note that these politicians will also want the masses to be poor so that they can be easily used for these risky and violent electoral crimes.       

Nigeria's viewpoint on the election is distinct from others'. because in Nigeria politics is regarded as a career. Politicians purchase high-tech weapons for young people running in elections, but they have trouble getting the weapons back from them afterward. resulting in a crisis after the election. Politicians are already recruiting lads to help them in their campaign for office in the upcoming 2023 election. The new electoral statute, which prevents manipulation and lessens electoral violence, was signed by Mr. President Buhari, which is wonderful news this time around. because the results of the election will be broadcast digitally.