A pre-election poll conducted for Bloomberg News by Premise Data Corp has called it for Peter Obi. All the polls have been calling this election for Obi:“ Two-thirds of respondents said they intend to vote for Obi, a third-party candidate, in elections scheduled for later this month. The results of the survey conducted for Bloomberg News by Premise Data Corp. were published on Friday – 15 days before the vote to choose President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor ”
“Of the 93% of participants who said they’ve decided how to vote, 66% named Obi as their preferred choice. Obi scored a slightly higher 72% among decided respondents in an earlier Premise poll that was released by Bloomberg in September as the official election campaign kicked off.”
For me, this election will remain the most #open and the best poll is on the election day. Please #vote.
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Mobile internet is reducing information asymmetry as more voters can bypass the filters and intermediaries to get information from the sources. The existence of information asymmetry makes market systems imperfect. In politics, it does the same thing – imperfect electoral systems.
But in 2023, Nigeria will have the first mobile internet era election. This is the first app utility-anchored national election. I am not arguing that decades-old political structures are not important, my point is that disintermediation (cutting out intermediaries) is evident, and general voters have access to more information about candidates now, to make decisions independently, out of the influence of political bundlers and brokers.
The Ezes, Obas, Amanyanabos and Emirs influenced many past elections through zone defense and zone offense (as in football) via block voting, being custodians of information;
Comment: “Ndubuisi Ekekwe …we ve challenged Prof.several times to show us the capacity, verified track record of Obi,maybe we can change our minds…”
My Response: I do not respond to […] because I am flummoxed, looking at his grammar, usage of words, blind partisan noise, etc, that someone like him is working to write Bills for Nigeria. But this is Nigeria where anything goes. See the thought-processes. He saved these banners, texts, and next week, he will repost the same things irrespective of the topic. Yet, on Monday, he goes to the National Assembly to work on Bills. I put this comment because he keeps challenging me to tell him what Obi has achieved in life.
He is one of the 3 people paid by a party to come to challenge anything I put here. They work on banners, texts and repost exactly the same things when I have a post that has “Obi” on it even if that Obi means Our Brothers Institute.
As I have said, I admire Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, etc and insults should be off. He insults Obi for owning a bank. He insults Obi for taking Anambra from #28 in WAEC to top 3. He insults Obi for making primary education compulsory in Anambra, boosting literacy from 56% to 95% in the state. This guy insults Obi for his name. Yet, he works in the parliament with that blind partisan mindset. Do not waste time on him. I do not respond to him but he keeps “challenging”.
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93% of respondents…how many people participated in the poll? It’s a good indication but let us not be deceived ooo…any of the 3 candidates can win but dynamics have changed but it’s too early to call but February 25th is the D day!
Nigeria’s political and economic systems are facing serious difficulties, and disintermediation and information access may be able to help.