Following sequentially the
drama in our democracy as it unfolds and the quest for good governance, we have
to thread with caution in making our choices in the midst of certain
ideological wars informed by Machiavellian principles that surrounds us. First
of all there are certain fundamental questions we must ask ourselves about the
emergence of this political party called APC: is the emergence of the political
party provoked by the fact of bad governance or offended by the fact that there
is need for a formidable opposition? Are these two political parties (APC and
PDP) fighting each other not having the same political genotype? Does the
National Assembly comprise senators belonging only to one political party? If
the answer is a resounding NO, then what guarantees us that democracy would be
better if the democratic president comes from an ‘antagonistic’ party? Sailing
through the history of Nigeria from independence, have you also noticed that
the older the leaders, the weaker the GDP and our polity in general? Who/what
is the medium used by either APC or PDP? Does Lagos state (Bola Ahmed Tinubu),
which is the political etymology of APC run a transparent-based
governance/leadership? There are very many questions to be raised that lead us
to what the answers may be. Awareness of the level of democratic recklessness
in government is only possible in a government that encourages transparency.
While I keep pondering, all I have to say for now is that, the medium is the
message.
