Honestly, I love politics. However, the way this game is played in Nigeria, one's interest begin to wane not gradually but steadily with horrifying speed.
Last Saturday evening, after the elections, I called a friend in the volatile Niger-Delta region...
He gave me a blow- to- blow account of what happened and how the military with armoured tanks were used to disenfranchise thousands of would -be voters...
Since then, every page you flip, every article on the pages of Nigerian newspapers speak of gross irregularities and dissatisfaction by many...
So much so that a coalition of the opposition has called for an outright cancellation of the gubernatorial and state assembly elections held on the 14 of April...
The coalition group has also decided to boycott the scheduled presidential elections next Saturday...
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the body saddled with conduct and organisation of the elections, yesterday, asked those not satisfied with the results of last Saturday’s elections to seek redress at the election tribunals, affirming it would not be moved by reports of irregularities to cancel the elections.
Then, you begin to wonder, whose interest INEC represents...?
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Where Do We Go from Here...?
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why not, since you caught me i say.
if only i wish i don't give a damn about the country nigeria. if only i wish i can stop listening to news from that end and reading your stupid blog.
If one finds himself in a pit, the first thing to do is to "stop digging". Nigerian has been in the pit for decades, but rather than figuring how to get out, we have been busy digging! I'm tired and seriously questioning if Nigeria is worth all this stress after all...
PS: Blogger created the moderating features because of people like zora I think...Use it!
...Imnakoya, please don't let the frustrating tactics of Nigerian politicians and INEC get to you.
In spite of the huge outcry by people like you pointing out the flaws associated with governance; things, are still on the down-ward slide in Nigeria...
Imagine what the country would look like if everyone gets tired and remain silent...
Please, don't for once think that people are unware of your contribution...so, getting tired is out of the question...?
...zora is one 'demented' associate who has stuck to me like a blood sucking leech over the years...he is a nice comic fellow.
Please, ignore his rant everyone.
INEC is a fcukking puppet, rep. his masters at aso rock.
fcuk them all!
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