Obama Re-election And Lessons For Nigeria -By Campaign for Democracy

Do you know that almost all the parties distributed cash and other materials to influence the Ondo governorship election? Interestingly the people collected from all and voted according to their conviction about the candidates. A political party was giving voters 70,000 and another 50,000 right on the queue but the people still voted their choice. A typical Nigerian politican is a die hard corrupt and desperate opportunist but the people must rise to teach them bitter lessons like was done in Edo and Ondo. After all said and done the true power still lies with the people, provided they are willing.

The electorates have never been the problem here, but the leaders. Notice the conduct of voters during the June 12 election; they were perfect, because everything was open and transparent. What we have here are "thieves" in govt houses that wont let go. Our job therefore is to find a way to dislodge them. Knowing that we're dealing with criminals, we must summon all our wisdom and wits in seeing through the project. We know they will not play by the standard rules, so let's be wise (danielsmith113@ymail.com).

AMERICAN LEADERS WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND LEGACY, NIGERIAN LEADERS WANT TO LIVE FOR THEMSELVES WITHOUT LEAVING BEHIND EVEN THE SO-CALLED INHERITANCE NOT TO TALK OF LEGACIES. AMERICANS ELECTORATES ARE CIVILIZED, NIGERIAN ELECTORATES ARE FAR FROM BEING CIVILIZED, THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. UNTIL WE ARE DETERMINED TO CHANGE OUR WAYS(THE NIGERIAN WAYS), WHICH HAS NEVER LED US TO ANYWHERE, DEMOCRACY WILL CONTINUE TO ELUDE US.

I begi make we hear better word! Was it focused leadership that led to the murder of gaddafi while human right bodies looked the other way-was it the same focused leadership that is sending drones to kill humans in pakistan-perhaps the same focused leadership is instrumental to the murder of christians in Kenya-daily by Islamic groups from Somalia. Soon the war in Syria would escalate-it may lead to the murder of Assad-leaders are not elected to organize regime change in the 3rd world-or are supported by proxy based on the color of their skin or their tribal marks-its on the quality of life and the peace that their coming ushers into the lives of the global human families that matters-not political sentiments expressed because he hails from the abode of Tinubu somewhere in the South West-hence the need for me to back those who poisoned Abiola.

This is well spoken. Thanks a milion and we hope our leaders will listen.

The US election was fraught with the same mudslinging, divisions, gloom and doom, and irregularities, like Nigerian elections. CD missed the electioneering campaigns, otherwise, they would not have arrived at their conclusions. The US elections left Americans more divided than united, analysts would tell you. CD is probably suffering from 'Romneysia' to forget so soon how much the candidates went for each other's jugular. Americans voted along racist lines, generally!

The elections were not perfect. Far from it! I was disappointed by the US electoral process. If similar process occurred in Nigeria, 'the dogs and baboons would be soaked in bloodbath' party would have called for violence and cancellation of the elections. However, the way and manner all the bickering and mudslinging ended abruptly once Obama won, and the other party IMMEDIATELY CONCEDED DEFEAT, is the lesson worth learning. And not the 5 hours spent on long queues to vote or the broken electoral machines.

It is a dream never comes true to have elections like that of America in Nigeria, because the politicians are animals while the electorates are the feeds of the animals. Not even American elections but that of Brazil or even that of Ghana and Niger republic , Nigeria cannot conduct. Have you heard any American citizen said he would vote Obama because he was a christian or not voting him because he was of African origin. Americans were concerned much about who would develop their country and take them out of hardship. What of Nigeria where a ruler would organize a bomb attack in order to energize the ethno-religious sentiment of his kinsmen and followers against others.