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fair to state that the bitter complains, outbursts and even agitations seen/heard of here and there are not without reason and/or justification. Everyday occurrences in various facets of the ordinary Nigerian life give plenty reasons for it. It is a thing of great pity that a country culturally and
materially rich, blessed with a good population of vibrant, intelligent and hardworking youth, is one in which its citizens live in poverty, a high level of illiteracy and perpetual fear of the loss of life and property. There is no peace and security anywhere in the country. A large population of the people don’t feel safe in their own homes, at work, at school, at their various places of worship, on the road, on the farms, in market places and even in hospitals. Ordinary citizens and security operatives alike are being killed by the dozens everyday across the country. Kidnapping has notoriously become the fastest growing industry in the country and cyber-crime has slowly become the life
ambition of numerous young men and women. Bad governance brought us here! Good education and affordable health care are basically non-existent. Poor healthcare has condemned people to living with avoidable and treatable morbidities resulting in low quality of life and unnecessary suffering. Total
negligence of the education sector by governments past and present is evident in the dilapidated infrastructure that greets anyone who walks into any public primary, secondary and tertiary institutions of learning. The neglect of the welfare of the healthcare professionals and teachers in the country is also a testament to the state of the country’s education and health sectors. Bad governance brought
us here! All critical sectors of the economy are effectively in comatose. There are no jobs for the teeming youth and ever-increasing number of graduates. The ever￾rising inflation has made life unbearable for most Nigerians. Severe hunger, bad roads, poor and epileptic power supply, multiple taxation and a weak currency speaks volumes of the state of the nation’s economy. Bad governance, apart from causing the aforementioned problems, amongst other things, leads ultimately to moral and ethical decay of a nation. It is the decay of this sort that has ultimately led to the special type of corruption and nepotism that both leaders and ordinary citizens exhibit in our dear country. We believe that
bad governance does not fall from the sky to bedevil any group of people. It happens when the greater population of a country refuse to participate fully in governance and the electoral process. Although, negligence of governance is as serious a problem and as deleterious as lack of participation in elections by citizens of any country, we are more concerned with the problem of VOTING. It is elections that gets leaders into power and therefore, credible elections will more than incredible elections get credible persons into government seats. We are confident that if the people come out in droves to carry out their civic duty by voting, there is a better chance of getting the right leaders into the corridors of power because ‘vox populi, vox Dei’ (the voice of the people is the voice of God).