By Austin Emaduku
An example of how much the Nigerian voter has devalued himself and or is regarded by the ruling political class is always on display during festive season like this. They troop to the residents of their so called leaders in government, or any such designated place where they are made to line up like refugees to collect rice and groundnut oil, whereafter they are asked to pose and smile into the camera to be photographed carrying bags of rice on their heads. “Vibrant” Nigerian youth social media gurus, comrades or whatever they call themselves – *The Not Too Young To Rule* – generation, who are paid media assistants to these political leaders, will thereafter, gleefully with aplomb and bylines singing praises of the benevolent leader, posts these images on social media as evidence of empowerment, achievement and love of their principals for the people.
I hope these social media aficionados, who are mostly youths, on whom the hope for a better Nigeria rests, will be glad to see photographs of their parents and wives posted on social media in self same manner.
The democratic truth that power belongs to the people has no meaning to the ignorant Nigerian. Here power belongs to the leaders at whose feet they must worship for these type of seasonal “favours”. If only, the people know the power they posses, they would realise why they seem to get more attention close to election seasons and why, in every Christmas preceding an election year, they have more people justling to give them rice
Charlie Boy, you try but make you no vex. Our mumu never do. Fela be talk am a long time ago say suffer don dabaru our sense.