Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political pressure group, described it as the height of political insensitivity and an open invitation to thievery. The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria advised that anyone who purchased the forms at such ‘scandalous amounts’ should be arrested and handed over to the police or anti-graft agencies for investigation into the source of their money.
Therefore, the National Assembly should be reduced to only one chamber, with members working part-time. On the whole, cutting down the cost of governance must begin with reducing the costs of nomination forms to make them affordable to all aspirants so that the electoral process and politics are made all-inclusive.
Did Adamu Garba think that because President Buhari signed the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ bill into law it automatically opened up the political space to all Nigerian youth? In this capricious game of seeking and holding onto political power, sometimes laws are merely promulgated to serve the exigencies of the time. In which case, even the paper on which the ‘Not Too Young’ law was written may have been worth more than its letter and spirit.
Therefore, if you think that the cost of buying the APC’s presidential nomination forms is too expensive, you should have a rethink. Afterall, is there anything that is still cheap in today’s Nigeria? So why should the ticket to such a once-in-a-life-time position of sheer splendour be an exception? In fact, even the once popular ‘pure water’, which you once used to wash your sweaty face and scrawny dusty feet, is no more cheap.
As the political party championing this new pricing regime, APC should also lead Nigeria’s other political parties into the Nigerian Stock Exchange so as to fully, effectively and formally incorporate politics into Nigeria’s corporate environment and network. Their specialty should be trading in political/powerstocks. The politicians could teach the business elite a trick or two about the politics of business. Perhaps this could be the much-needed elixir for our economy.
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