Bad governance is a major factor affecting the economy .

[Agbe]

When there is bad government in a country nothing works well. Every sector is affected. This is so because every country functions in a top-down approach. That is, when the leadership is functional every sector will be functional and vice versa. Evil will never cease to exit in a country when the leadership is mounted by a corrupt leader who got into power through illegal means. The only way to end injustice is to tackle the way election is been run in our country. Secondly, when the election is characterized by rigging, the the judiciary should be impartial and judge based on evidence presented and not based on party sentiment.

Every sector in Nigeria is corrupt even down to the police department, what do you expect from them when even the leaders are corrupt. Like I always say it's not always about the corrupt leaders, As Nigerians we must change our mindset, my reason for saying this is because if the youths were given an opportunity to rule the same things will still happen, take a lot at the elections in Nigeria they are being rigged by polictians through the help of the youths that are supposed to be doing the right thing

[Legion]

When there is bad government in a country nothing works well. Every sector is affected. This is so because every country functions in a top-down approach. That is, when the leadership is functional every sector will be functional and vice versa. Evil will never cease to exit in a country when the leadership is mounted by a corrupt leader who got into power through illegal means. The only way to end injustice is to tackle the way election is been run in our country. Secondly, when the election is characterized by rigging, the the judiciary should be impartial and judge based on evidence presented and not based on party sentiment.

Every sector in Nigeria is corrupt even down to the police department, what do you expect from them when even the leaders are corrupt. Like I always say it's not always about the corrupt leaders, As Nigerians we must change our mindset, my reason for saying this is because if the youths were given an opportunity to rule the same things will still happen, take a lot at the elections in Nigeria they are being rigged by polictians through the help of the youths that are supposed to be doing the right thing

I agree with the assertion that corruption pervades most spheres of public life, ranging from law enforcement to other fields and branches of government, although it appears to have intensified in the last couple of years in particular. Consequently, the change does not necessarily mean replacing leaders, but it also encompasses change in the beliefs and attitudes across the society. To overcome this problem, it is necessary for everyone, including the younger generation, to follow such moral values ​​as integrity and honesty. If young people are given the opportunity to lead change, then the change will only be positive if the young also have the spirits of change and are willing to do the moral things. As the analysis has shown, reform efforts must involve all stakeholders, governance levels and players in order to produce systemic change towards increased transparency and accountability.

[Agbe]

To begin with, it is necessary to understand one simple truth - the government in the country does not appear on its own - it is chosen by someone. And it is most often the population that chooses it. And if the population is led by populists, liars, or religious fanatics, for example, the result is expected! All these "rulers" have the same goal - self-enrichment, at the expense of gullible and not very smart voters. So the question should be rephrased as "why do we elect an incompetent lying corrupt government, and why do we repeatedly fall for their lies and manipulations". When we answer this question to ourselves, we will get answers - how to avoid future problems.

I agree with you, but you know most people that rule today are based on bias and corruption. The masses vote for their choices but at the end of the day we get a different leader which is very bad. And also most citizens sell their votes for small money due to lack of money and greed...
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I keep saying the same thing, we can't blame the government entirely for the mishaps in the country, we as the citizens too have a part to play, take a look at the elections in Nigeria people sell their votes for little pennies forgetting that whoever it is that must rule the nation must be passionate about the people and have a high level of integrity, the leaders are not the only problem in the nation, we are also our own problem. Nigerians need to wake up

[The transformer]

.... I stand to be corrected in my voice to this matter.....

Growing up it was commonly said and I believe it is still being said to little boys and girls that children are the leaders of tomorrow.
As a follower, you see things you don't like about your nation only for you to find yourself around power, you start doing what you hate seeing others do (like embezzlement of funds)
The people who win elections where not born election winners, they voted others and a time came when they were voted for.

I don't know how to make it more obvious that the problems are more on the populace than the few who are supposed to lead.
Talking about elections and election problems, the populace will still be the ones that volunteers themselves not make the vote of the majority not to count, keep their various communities in shambles and so on and so forth. Thereby giving more right to the bad few that's supposed be leaders to abuse power and human rights.
Also the leaders alone cannot make things work.
A good leader with bad followers is almost as good as being useless.

[Agbe]

Before someone should be elected into power, the citizens should look at his past records, if he is the type of person that is corrupt and have a bad record in the past. This will allow the citizens to know the kind of politicians that they want to elect into power. The citizens should also not get carried away with empty promises, and sweet talks from the candidates to be elected. Citizens should also be sincere with themselves and get rid of corruption in them, so that they would not be decieved with little gifts from the politicians during elections. Africa is having problems in getting a good leader due to the high level of corruption. Corrupt leaders are incompetent because they bought their way to power.

The fact is all over the world today bad government is the major course of the economic, environmental and political crisis that nation's are going through we can measure the level of development of a country with the quality of leaders and government that has ruled a particular, when it comes to economic growth and development it's entirely left for the government of the day to create the needed environment for the economy to grow by way of coming up with the right policies that will stimulate economic growth bad manegement of the the country resources is the main difference between the developing and the developed world today infact when it comes to bad governance what we should be looking at should be the qualities of the leaders that are elected into public offices and what they have to offer

[_act_]

Bad governance is followed by having a set of corrupt leader and when this is prevailing, it will be difficult for things to be alright over there, because the government are not going to realized the things missing our from their own arm while the people will also be afraid of making complaints just as usual, because they know that everything at the end will avail to nothing, this is really collapsing the economy growth and development because things are not going to be in an orderly manner for everyone to enjoy.

[koang]

Bad governance is followed by having a set of corrupt leader and when this is prevailing, it will be difficult for things to be alright over there, because the government are not going to realized the things missing our from their own arm while the people will also be afraid of making complaints just as usual, because they know that everything at the end will avail to nothing, this is really collapsing the economy growth and development because things are not going to be in an orderly manner for everyone to enjoy.

They know but pretend not to know because bad governance will benefit them.

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"

So power must be controlled, and we must ensure that power is objective. In this era of social media, people can play their role as government controllers by using social media such as X as a tool to build objective critical opinions.

[Agbe]

To begin with, it is necessary to understand one simple truth - the government in the country does not appear on its own - it is chosen by someone. And it is most often the population that chooses it. And if the population is led by populists, liars, or religious fanatics, for example, the result is expected! All these "rulers" have the same goal - self-enrichment, at the expense of gullible and not very smart voters. So the question should be rephrased as "why do we elect an incompetent lying corrupt government, and why do we repeatedly fall for their lies and manipulations". When we answer this question to ourselves, we will get answers - how to avoid future problems.

I agree with you, but you know most people that rule today are based on bias and corruption. The masses vote for their choices but at the end of the day we get a different leader which is very bad. And also most citizens sell their votes for small money due to lack of money and greed...
[/quote] Deceiving people with sweet stories and with campaign agendas that will not be implemented by the government is one of the many political strategies that is been deployed by politicians to come into political positions so the society should be more aware of the stories that politicians that They follow tell them

[0t3p0t]

Deceiving people with sweet stories and with campaign agendas that will not be implemented by the government is one of the many political strategies that is been deployed by politicians to come into political positions so the society should be more aware of the stories that politicians that They follow tell them

The only advantage people had with their government is that if those who are in their respective departments will do what is good for the people and not for their own which most of the time has been like that ever since politics became a source of wealth for politicians. If we found one that really care for us then we defend him or her we don't want to suffer years of distability and chaos.

[DragonF]

Deceiving people with sweet stories and with campaign agendas that will not be implemented by the government is one of the many political strategies that is been deployed by politicians to come into political positions so the society should be more aware of the stories that politicians that They follow tell them

People are so wise now that they understand the tricks of politicians that they are beginning to vote for credible leaders even after collecting money from other politicians. However, the challenge now is that these politicians, particularly in Nigeria, are buying the body that conducts elections and even the judiciary in that even when the people or any party is not satisfied with the election result and takes it to the Court, the court will still affirm the victory of the leader who rigged election. This is our current reality, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to overthrow bad governments because they also control the military and the resources. 

[Agbe]

Before someone should be elected into power, the citizens should look at his past records, if he is the type of person that is corrupt and have a bad record in the past. This will allow the citizens to know the kind of politicians that they want to elect into power. The citizens should also not get carried away with empty promises, and sweet talks from the candidates to be elected. Citizens should also be sincere with themselves and get rid of corruption in them, so that they would not be decieved with little gifts from the politicians during elections. Africa is having problems in getting a good leader due to the high level of corruption. Corrupt leaders are incompetent because they bought their way to power.

Politicians have a way of deceiving people with their sweet mouth and with their empty promises that they give during campaigns and that is making people vote for them during election, bad governance is the first thing that triggers economic hardship, in a situation where people without any knowledge about Economy and who knows nothing about formulating policies that can help to sustain the economy that country is set to experience problems with their Economy but the main problem is not even about electing corrupt leaders into public offices but now adays corrupt leaders force there way into office by way of corruption they bribe the electoral umpire which help manipulate the electoral process for them to come and continue to lead this is normally the case that usually experienced in Africa that is why from government to government the people has nothing to say as these politicians continue to loot the common wealth of the country at the detriment of the citizens

[Jaycoinz]

Indeed bad governance is a major factor that can affect the economic growth of a country. Take Nigeria for example, the country is blessed with a lot of resources enough to generate revenue for the betterment of it's citizens but the corrupt leaders embezzle these funds coming into the country, jobs are also scarce and people can barley survive. This has been going on for a long time in the nation and it only seems to get worse, politicians steal money that they can't even exhaust, that's quite selfish. They do all of these forgetting that the country needs to be developed. Corruption has always been a major issue in Nigeria and it will remain that way if we don't change our mentality about money

[Findingnemo]

Democracy gives an illusion that one among the people gets elected but it isn't the case 99.9% of the time, only the powerful and rich people has the opportunity to participate in election because they are the ones who is capable of spending money which is essential to reach out the people and even if no one votes the participants will win based on the casted votes.

Now, the rich people spend all these money for the goodness of people, nah they come to power and make as much as they can and repeat in the next election meanwhile the policies are just a temporary patch instead of finding solutions to the roots.

[Agbe]

  but we still have corruption which affects the elections negatively.

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  The problem with bad governance is related to the kind of electoral process that a country has because we can't be talking about good governance when the electoral process is corrupt and manipulative this is the situation in most third world countries where we have bad governance and corruption at it peak but yet the same leaders are elected into power this is because the electoral process is corrupt and in such an environment you can't see any meaningful progress Economically  because the Will of the people is not what is speaking as the entire election was rigged in favour of those in power