29 May and the limits of desperation
By Fredrick Nwabufo
At the coronary heart of Nigeria’s insecure and enchanted existence is wild and minacious politics. Politics defiant of patriotism and nationwide passion; politics vacant of soul and righteous motive; politics of predation and degradation. Politics of gladiatorial contests and duels. Harmful, unhealthy politics.
The losing aspect in the 2023 presidential election has been dutiful and purposive on its agenda to push Nigeria to the precipice. Time and time yet again, this community has made sharp pronouncements, and keeps kindling the furnace of its malicious intents.
What would be more sharp, desperate, and unhealthy than the demand the suspension of the sacerdotal 29 Can also inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu? What would be more inappropriate, psychedelic, misguided and befuddling than this evident contempt for Nigeria’s peace and balance?
It’s miles glaring that the pursuit of vitality by the foremen of the losing aspect became as soon as never out of compulsion to repair Nigeria, nonetheless for some deep, blinkered profit. Essentially essentially based on this community, governance have to accumulated be suspended, and Nigeria can wait in limbo till by some wizardry conjuring, they “reclaim their mandate”. That is utterly ridiculous. What mandate?
The facts of the election indulge in been emphasised assuredly. President-elect Tinubu slightly, convincingly obtained the 2023 presidential election. He has an inexorable date with destiny. On 29 Can also, he’ll be sworn in as Nigeria’s president. The Nigerian folks freely, and enthusiastically gave him their mandate. They entered an accord, a social contract, with him on the energy of his management example.
What is staggering is that the demand this glaring sabotage of Nigeria is now not solely coming from some votaries of the losing aspect on the bring collectively, nonetheless from some revered Nigerians soiled by partisanship and provoked by desperation for ranking admission to to vitality. These Nigerians appear to be having wretchedness adjusting to life after the style of the allures of vitality. They are horrid, irrational, and seem primed for political suicide-bombing. They are ready to possibility their careers and vaunted recognition for partisanship. How depressing?
29 Can also inauguration is inviolable. There are judicial precedents, love President Buhari’s case in opposition to veteran President Obasanjo’s inauguration in 2003, which the court docket dominated in Obasanjo’s favour. There are also political precedents, since 1999 never has the inauguration of an incoming government been put in abeyance over electoral litigation.
What these devotees of dystopia are calling for is merely anarchy. So, because a flesh presser lost an election, Nigeria have to accumulated be made to pay for that? Our peace and balance have to accumulated be threatened because a flesh presser became as soon as rejected by Nigerians?
The identical community, which hounded the Buhari administration in the previous eight years, now decide him to tarry awhile thanks to their pursuit of a self-absorbent purpose. It’s miles rarely any longer about Nigeria, nonetheless about what is right for them and their candidate.
And for this genus, it’s far rarely about steady governance either. To them, steady governance is natively partial; it’s selective of candidates in step with kinship, non secular orientation, or some manufactured puritanism. It shall be their candidate as president, or doom and gloom befall the country. So, they portray themselves right into a bulwark of cynicism, scorching conversations and the polity with hate, prejudice, and fear.
However what happens when the election petition tribunal upholds the will of Nigerians by asserting the election of the president-elect? Will they persist in their enterprise of scorching the country? Will they bring collectively the choice of the court docket? Or will they embark on a political trench warfare to perturb country?
I inquire of that we enable the court docket to indulge in its responsibility without intimidation, threats, and fear. It’s miles unpatriotic to annoy judges on the ungoverned social media with inferior solutions as to how they have to accumulated indulge in their job.
A Season of Gargantuan Expectations
An spectacular begin up. I factor in steady governance will silence doubters and scoffers. Every step the President-elect takes rings “united Nigeria, solidarity, peace, and growth”. The zoning of nationwide assembly positions by the APC looks handsome. Each and each zone became as soon as integrated into the management matrix of the parliament, other than for the north-central which I perceive shall be equitably compensated.
The politics of representation has consistently been a knotty one here. Now now not that there are any tangible accruals to the zone represented, nonetheless I perceive it provides some form of soothing carry out, a feeling of inclusion, to those represented. There are on the full claims of marginalisation by diversified sections of Nigeria. However in actual fact, we all face the same challenges as a folks. We decide food, steady faculties, purposeful hospitals, security, infrastructure, and jobs. We’re more connected by our shared needs, and targets, than we perceive it.
No zone have to accumulated of route feel entitled to any plight. I factor in the solely entitlement one have to accumulated indulge in as a citizen is of steady governance. Every Nigerian is deserving of steady governance. Every Nigerian is entitled to steady governance.
It’s a season of sizable expectations, and an fine begin up.
God bless Nigeria.
Fredrick Nwabufo aka Mr OneNigeria is a media government.
