Bad rulers In Nigeria

[Agbe]

agree with you because one of the reasons that we are having this kind of leadership style is the way and manner that we conduct our elections in the country there's no room for a free and fair process it's always winner takes it all that is why these politicians do everything within their rich to make sure that they win the election, so after spending much money on the election process it's only natural that they get back what they have spent by way of embezzlement of the public funds

That is precisely why some parts of the country with a larger number of people are left in severe poverty since it is easier to control the poor by providing them with money and food in exchange for their votes. The northern part of Nigeria plays an important role in determining who will be the next President because it has the most voters and high illiteracy and are easily controlled.

We will continue to have bad elected officials unless we stop selling our votes and limit voting to a select few people.

what you're saying is the truth but in reality it can't be done or achieved in this our present day Nigeria because of the high level of poverty that exists in country people prefer to sell their vote's to eat for a while and remain hungry for the rest of the years that that government will be in power

[DragonF]

That is precisely why some parts of the country with a larger number of people are left in severe poverty since it is easier to control the poor by providing them with money and food in exchange for their votes. The northern part of Nigeria plays an important role in determining who will be the next President because it has the most voters and high illiteracy and are easily controlled.

We will continue to have bad elected officials unless we stop selling our votes and limit voting to a select few people.

Poverty is unquestionably a tool for social control. It is said that whoever pays the piper dictates the tunes. Most people compromise because they no longer think with their heads but rather with their stomachs, and they will easily compromise if given food and money, as you mentioned. This explains why, as soon as these people are given food, they forget about their problems and vote for the person who gave them the food, failing to realize that such gestures will not continue as long as this politician remains in power.

The leaders are aware of this, which is why they always ensure that the majority of the people remain poor, so that those poor people can be used to further their selfish interests by bringing them to power. They would rather carry out substandard projects than create jobs for people. Even when they do empowerment programmes, they do so in such a way that these people continue to rely on them because the funds available for empowerment are insufficient to transform an individual. 

[Igebotz]

Poverty is unquestionably a tool for social control. It is said that whoever pays the piper dictates the tunes. Most people compromise because they no longer think with their heads but rather with their stomachs, and they will easily compromise if given food and money, as you mentioned. This explains why, as soon as these people are given food, they forget about their problems and vote for the person who gave them the food, failing to realize that such gestures will not continue as long as this politician remains in power.

The leaders are aware of this, which is why they always ensure that the majority of the people remain poor, so that those poor people can be used to further their selfish interests by bringing them to power. They would rather carry out substandard projects than create jobs for people. Even when they do empowerment programmes, they do so in such a way that these people continue to rely on them because the funds available for empowerment are insufficient to transform an individual.

This is a common format for greedy and corrupt African leaders that want to stay in power for far too long, they try as much as possible to make sure the leave the people in poverty - whoever feeds you controls you. It works for them everytime.

I like the idea of limiting only some certain group/class of citizens to decide/Vote on who to become the president, the general election thing is always going to favor the corrupt politicians since we have more illiteracy rate in Nigeria, these groups of people are vulnerable and are easily manipulated.

If few educated set of people votes, they're going to make a better choice than the whole 200m population.

[DragonF]

I like the idea of limiting only some certain group/class of citizens to decide/Vote on who to become the president, the general election thing is always going to favor the corrupt politicians since we have more illiteracy rate in Nigeria, these groups of people are vulnerable and are easily manipulated.

If few educated set of people votes, they're going to make a better choice than the whole 200m population.

Even a few people can be manipulated because we as a society are not yet prepared to do the right thing. People only criticize the system when they do not benefit from it; once they do, they support it and stop criticizing it. The scenario of delegates voting shows that even if only a few educated people are allowed to vote, much will not be accomplished. Delegates are also influenced by their godfathers and money.

We need statesmen who will prioritize the next generation over the next election. When people think about more than their own personal gain, we can begin to consider the need for those few people to decide who will govern us because we can be certain that they cannot be easily manipulated because they have the people's best interests at heart, except this nothing will be changed if voting is limited to a specific class of citizens, as you mentioned.

[Igebotz]

If few educated set of people votes, they're going to make a better choice than the whole 200m population.

Even a few people can be manipulated because we as a society are not yet prepared to do the right thing. People only criticize the system when they do not benefit from it; once they do, they support it and stop criticizing it. The scenario of delegates voting shows that even if only a few educated people are allowed to vote, much will not be accomplished. Delegates are also influenced by their godfathers and money.

It will not completely eliminate corruption in the system because whatever can be abused will be abused, but it will reduce underage voting and voter inflation from the north, as well as provide each state equal voting power.

[Agbe]

That is precisely why some parts of the country with a larger number of people are left in severe poverty since it is easier to control the poor by providing them with money and food in exchange for their votes. The northern part of Nigeria plays an important role in determining who will be the next President because it has the most voters and high illiteracy and are easily controlled.

We will continue to have bad elected officials unless we stop selling our votes and limit voting to a select few people.

Poverty is unquestionably a tool for social control. It is said that whoever pays the piper dictates the tunes. Most people compromise because they no longer think with their heads but rather with their stomachs, and they will easily compromise if given food and money, as you mentioned. This explains why, as soon as these people are given food, they forget about their problems and vote for the person who gave them the food, failing to realize that such gestures will not continue as long as this politician remains in power.

The leaders are aware of this, which is why they always ensure that the majority of the people remain poor, so that those poor people can be used to further their selfish interests by bringing them to power. They would rather carry out substandard projects than create jobs for people. Even when they do empowerment programmes, they do so in such a way that these people continue to rely on them because the funds available for empowerment are insufficient to transform an individual.

One thing that needs to be addressed before we can even stop bad leadership in Nigeria is the issue of poverty because poverty is one great factor that is making people not to stand up against the incumbent system that we currently have because these politicians have used poverty as a toll to control and regulate Nigerian

So nigerian will not be thinking about bringing a change in government but will be more concerned about eating in so doing these same bad leaders still remains in power

[DragonF]

One thing that needs to be addressed before we can even stop bad leadership in Nigeria is the issue of poverty because poverty is one great factor that is making people not to stand up against the incumbent system that we currently have because these politicians have used poverty as a toll to control and regulate Nigerian

So nigerian will not be thinking about bringing a change in government but will be more concerned about eating in so doing these same bad leaders still remains in power

I got your point but then the question is what is the cause of poverty? It can be attributed to bad leadership and so as long as the leadership is bad then poverty will continue. Programmes and policies that would help to alleviate poverty are not implemented and even when they are implemented it is done haphazardly.

Thus, you cannot address poverty first before bad leadership because it is the leadership that will change the poverty situation of the county and so there is need for leaders to change their mindset about the state resources because this paradigm shift in their thought will bring the wind of change in the country and poverty will drastically reduce because people oriented policies and programmes will be implemented.

[Agbe]

One thing that needs to be addressed before we can even stop bad leadership in Nigeria is the issue of poverty because poverty is one great factor that is making people not to stand up against the incumbent system that we currently have because these politicians have used poverty as a toll to control and regulate Nigerian

So nigerian will not be thinking about bringing a change in government but will be more concerned about eating in so doing these same bad leaders still remains in power

I got your point but then the question is what is the cause of poverty? It can be attributed to bad leadership and so as long as the leadership is bad then poverty will continue. Programmes and policies that would help to alleviate poverty are not implemented and even when they are implemented it is done haphazardly.

Thus, you cannot address poverty first before bad leadership because it is the leadership that will change the poverty situation of the county and so there is need for leaders to change their mindset about the state resources because this paradigm shift in their thought will bring the wind of change in the country and poverty will drastically reduce because people oriented policies and programmes will be implemented.

So how will poor people who don't have the needed resources stand up and fight against bad leadership it's nearly impossible because the political class has reduced the rest of the poor society to their slaves and every day the poverty line is increasing so it will be difficult for the poor who are weak economically to fight against bad leadership in the country currently

[Mia Chloe]

So how will poor people who don't have the needed resources stand up and fight against bad leadership it's nearly impossible because the political class has reduced the rest of the poor society to their slaves and every day the poverty line is increasing so it will be difficult for the poor who are weak economically to fight against bad leadership in the country currently

The poor practically have no say of theirs and that's the more reason why the easily fumble on different government decisions the fact is government decisions affect the poor the most especially the wrong decisions. Check for example the effect of inflation on the country you find out that the people that get affected by all these things are basically those that are struggling to earn a living.

Leadership matters a lot and is what tells how progressive and economy will be and how safe the citizens will be. The better the leadership of a country the more patriotic its citizens will definitely be.

[Stuart]

The problem of this country started when the fight for independence started, and since then, the economy has been struggling. With close observations, it is noticed that during the military regime, there was employment opportunities, cause different industries and companies were in the country. But since the insertion of Democratic government leadership in the country, the problem of insecurity started which affected the foreigners in the country to fley, and those companies back loaded themselves out. Instead of more companies and industries to come into the country for business, the ones already in the country left, creating room for unemployment in the society. And when there's unemployment, different things starts happening.

[Stuart]

One thing that needs to be addressed before we can even stop bad leadership in Nigeria is the issue of poverty because poverty is one great factor that is making people not to stand up against the incumbent system that we currently have because these politicians have used poverty as a toll to control and regulate Nigerian

So nigerian will not be thinking about bringing a change in government but will be more concerned about eating in so doing these same bad leaders still remains in power

When there is flow of money within and into the country, then we can start talking of poverty alleviation, but when there is no flow of money, but rather hording the money and stocking them up in a room somewhere without flow of cash in the daily activities will only make things more difficult for every civilians of the country.

The poverty rate in Nigeria is only on those who are not doing anything, causes if there be anything one is doing, there is a chance of leaving the poverty line. If everyone is working, either in an office or self employed, and the cash flow system in the country is moderate, then there won't be issues.

The growth and development of the country is in the hands of the political leaders of the country, if they will permit the flow of cash, and stop stealing from the country's Treasury, there will be a very great improvement in the country.

[DragonF]

The problem of this country started when the fight for independence started, and since then, the economy has been struggling. With close observations, it is noticed that during the military regime, there was employment opportunities, cause different industries and companies were in the country. But since the insertion of Democratic government leadership in the country, the problem of insecurity started which affected the foreigners in the country to fley, and those companies back loaded themselves out. Instead of more companies and industries to come into the country for business, the ones already in the country left, creating room for unemployment in the society. And when there's unemployment, different things starts happening.

We should not be discussing the fight against independence when it comes to unemployment. We have abundant resources that can help to alleviate the country's poverty. We should think about moving forward as a country rather than blaming the past for anything.

If we consider the fight against independence to be our problem, what will happen to other countries that have achieved independence and are still developing? Leadership has always been a problem, and it is unfortunate that each new leader is unwilling to change the narrative, preferring to follow suit and profit from the country's treasury. 

[Stuart]

The problem of this country started when the fight for independence started, and since then, the economy has been struggling. With close observations, it is noticed that during the military regime, there was employment opportunities, cause different industries and companies were in the country. But since the insertion of Democratic government leadership in the country, the problem of insecurity started which affected the foreigners in the country to fley, and those companies back loaded themselves out. Instead of more companies and industries to come into the country for business, the ones already in the country left, creating room for unemployment in the society. And when there's unemployment, different things starts happening.

We should not be discussing the fight against independence when it comes to unemployment. We have abundant resources that can help to alleviate the country's poverty. We should think about moving forward as a country rather than blaming the past for anything.

If we consider the fight against independence to be our problem, what will happen to other countries that have achieved independence and are still developing? Leadership has always been a problem, and it is unfortunate that each new leader is unwilling to change the narrative, preferring to follow suit and profit from the country's treasury. 

What I meant talking about the independence is that the motive for the fight for independence was not a pure motive. The first sets of corrupt leaders took up the fight, and immediately after independence, military cub for over taking which were for self motive.

If the leadership had been completely on a selfless motive from the first leaders, the following will take suite. Godfather is a major canker worm that eats up every aspiring leaders, and for you to be accepted, you must obey and play along.

[Cryptsafe]

One of the worst things that has happened to Nigeria as a country is bad leadership it's like a natural disasters that has plague this nation and hold everyone to Ransom, the current economic stagnation that we are currently experiencing is a product of bad leadership and looking at the situation there's no hope because when it's comes to chosing leaders I think the people has no say as the power to choose has been taken away from the masses as corruption has taken over our electoral empire because when it comes to leadership we have not gotten it right that is why we are having problem in virtually all aspects of our country because leadership is what defines every thing

Indeed we have not really gotten it right when it comes to leadership in our country. This has got me thinking if this country offended anybody in the past or what because I have been wondering this whole time after independence from our colonial master, it even became worse than it was then that a very rich nation endowed with natural resources and human capacity is still wallowing in abject poverty and economic chaos. Our leadership is even the worst sets of individuals that only care and think about themselves, it is just like a stinking smell that has polluted the environment making it unbreathable for her inhabitants.

[DragonF]

Indeed we have not really gotten it right when it comes to leadership in our country. This has got me thinking if this country offended anybody in the past or what because I have been wondering this whole time after independence from our colonial master, it even became worse than it was then that a very rich nation endowed with natural resources and human capacity is still wallowing in abject poverty and economic chaos. Our leadership is even the worst sets of individuals that only care and think about themselves, it is just like a stinking smell that has polluted the environment making it unbreathable for her inhabitants.

Sadly, we have leaders who only think about the next election and not the next generation. We have leaders who spend their time strategizing how to win the next election but never sit down to strategize how to move the country forward. People who have not ascended to a leadership position already have the skewed belief that it is a way to earn money, so when they do, they view it as a dream come true.

It is terrible that leadership has been called a "turn-by-turn" thing. When you get to the position is your turn to amass wealth. This is their main concern, which is why they only embezzle public funds and do nothing else for the nation.