Selected Representatives

It is a classic irony. Many Nigerians decline to get involved in the electoral process to represent the majority on good governance.

But the same citizens want quality and sincere representation in the mode of servant leadership at all levels of government. It’s a similar scenario to not paying taxes and then haranguing government to fulfil the social obligations due to tax-payers.

determine the kind of representatives they want.

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the mother lode in political represen-

ifications notwithstanding. On the night before the recent local council

- served a meeting of some ‘committed’

the future of the council was being decided while other seemingly lessinterested citizens slept in their warm beds.

Some would argue that the average citizen’s vote hardly counts during elections because final victory only goes to who the governor or political godfather selects; thus no need to come out and cast a ‘valueless’ vote. But nature doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The student who makes the most noise in a classroom is more likely to become the class captain faster than the cerebral student who studies quietly in a corner.

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they (citizens) also forget that they hold the power to recall any errant

who should ideally be in power shy from taking charge for whatever rea

with no obligation to deliver on any promise... bitter truth