When people say that politics is a dirty game, it is not a cliche because politics is really dirty and stinking, and for you to be a politician (a politician in the limelight and not some backyard honorable) you will need to get dirty or play dirty.
The amount of money that gets wasted in the quest for political ambition and campaigns, the amount of betrayal and backstabbing that goes on in politics and political campaigns, the level of lies, dishonesty and fake promises that men who are expected to be upstanding and exhibit the highest level of integrity in the society tell just to grasp power and satisfy their political quest and ambition is ridiculous.
The amount of money that flowed in Abuja yesterday during the PDP presidential primaries makes one wonder if Nigeria is really suffering economically, sharing of money for the purchase of votes was done openly, and delegates are bought or paid for their votes. It is no longer the contest of who is the fit and right candidate based on ideologies, agendas, and track record but a contest of who is the highest paying candidate or the highest bidder. Some candidates are said to have smiled home with an accumulative sum of 50k USD which was paid for the purchase of their votes.
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A government that is built on corruption will definitely be corrupt. A government that is formed through electoral malpractice which is a form of corruption will be corrupt but we no longer want to accept the fact that vote-buying is a form of electoral malpractice and a form of corruption. It is now a norm in Nigerian politics.
After all of these, every politician is expected to exhibit the spirit of sportsmanship and play fair to win, and if he loses he is to bury the hatchet and support whoever wins and be a nationalist and join in rebuilding the nation because politics is a democratic process used in selecting better and fit individuals to take the society from one level of glory to another or from grass to grace.
On this note, if you are yet to get your PVC you have a few days left to do that, your vote counts and you can now apply to get a PVC online through https://cvr.inecnigeria.org
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