IDRIS FAISAL ABDULLAHI
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Nigerians voted overwhelmingly for All Progressive Congress in the last 2015 general election. Election results put APC in superior position, having the president, controlling the national assembly (both the upper and the lower chambers) and 23 States of the federation.
The APC became popular with its change slogan. Nigerians voted for them under their change mantra which implies that the general populace wish to see a radical overhaul in the way the country was governed for the past 16 years, since the inception of fourth republic in 1999. A report published by Thisday newspaper had shown that, the period (1999- 2015) was characterised by corruption, nepotism and poor leadership among others. Albeit, the economic growth was very massive and impressive, those in power failed to utilise the benefits for the common man.
In 2014, Nigerias economy was ranked the first in Africa, this same rhetoric was anchored by the International Monetary Fund and Africa's Development Bank in 2016. it is a rhetoric because, unemployment still endangers the hope of the youths. To many Nigerians, corruption has been institutionalised. The National assembly which has the duty of making legislations for the country was seen as a conglomeration of bench warmers. In 2016 Daily Trust gave an assessment which shows that 30 senators (including the Senate president and his deputy) spent a year without sponsoring a single bill, this narrative was the same during the Goodluck Jonathan administration, as such nothing has changed, assuming Nigeria is not a country where ethnicity and religious jingoism are the yardsticks of evaluating political office holders such kinds of lawmakers would have been recalled.
However, Nigerians are now trying to make a comprehensive evaluation of what happened in the economic and political development in the last 16 years under the PDP leadership and APCS one year. After the swearing-in of President Buhari, most of the vulnerable and destitute masses believed that within a blink of an eye, Nigeria will be great again. Many people were shocked with the way things are moving in Nigeria, it seems no change has occurred; Nigerians complain too much with the way National Assembly is carrying out its affairs, despite the economic hardship and cash crunch in the polity, the national assembly purchased exotic cars for its members. Although, the senate came out to justify the gesture, nothing changes, instead it becomes a continuous process.
Still under the change era premiumtimesng.com reports that, top government officials shared employment slots to their siblings, sons and daughters to lucrative government parastatals such as CBN, FIRS, and that also, the DSS recruitment exercise was lopsided while the poor were jostling with police 10,000 recruitment exercises.
Is this the kind of change Nigerians voted for? Are Nigerians seeing positive changes as they wish?
U13MM1027
Nigerians voted overwhelmingly for All Progressive Congress in the last 2015 general election. Election results put APC in superior position, having the president, controlling the national assembly (both the upper and the lower chambers) and 23 States of the federation.
The APC became popular with its change slogan. Nigerians voted for them under their change mantra which implies that the general populace wish to see a radical overhaul in the way the country was governed for the past 16 years, since the inception of fourth republic in 1999. A report published by Thisday newspaper had shown that, the period (1999- 2015) was characterised by corruption, nepotism and poor leadership among others. Albeit, the economic growth was very massive and impressive, those in power failed to utilise the benefits for the common man.
In 2014, Nigerias economy was ranked the first in Africa, this same rhetoric was anchored by the International Monetary Fund and Africa's Development Bank in 2016. it is a rhetoric because, unemployment still endangers the hope of the youths. To many Nigerians, corruption has been institutionalised. The National assembly which has the duty of making legislations for the country was seen as a conglomeration of bench warmers. In 2016 Daily Trust gave an assessment which shows that 30 senators (including the Senate president and his deputy) spent a year without sponsoring a single bill, this narrative was the same during the Goodluck Jonathan administration, as such nothing has changed, assuming Nigeria is not a country where ethnicity and religious jingoism are the yardsticks of evaluating political office holders such kinds of lawmakers would have been recalled.
However, Nigerians are now trying to make a comprehensive evaluation of what happened in the economic and political development in the last 16 years under the PDP leadership and APCS one year. After the swearing-in of President Buhari, most of the vulnerable and destitute masses believed that within a blink of an eye, Nigeria will be great again. Many people were shocked with the way things are moving in Nigeria, it seems no change has occurred; Nigerians complain too much with the way National Assembly is carrying out its affairs, despite the economic hardship and cash crunch in the polity, the national assembly purchased exotic cars for its members. Although, the senate came out to justify the gesture, nothing changes, instead it becomes a continuous process.
Is this the kind of change Nigerians voted for? Are Nigerians seeing positive changes as they wish?
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