Eligibility, Competence and Governance
- By solomon2day
- On 04/07/2022
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- In Solomon's Column
Controversies surrounding certificates of some Nigerians with political ambitions has up to this moment not attracted the attention of Those-in-Authority for obvious reasons.
However, Nigerians expect those involved to convincingly extricate themselves from the web already knitted around them. Sadly, the media, perhaps, for pecuniary reasons, is complicit in the covert efforts not to get to the root of the controversies.
Read-Helplessness in the Face of Dirt
Indeed, a lot is wrong with the system which can be seen in the sorry state of all sectors of the economy.
The failure to acquire qualitative education results in incompetence, mediocrity and ignorance, just as it has become glaring among the youth that education is no longer the means to ends.
-Legalizing Crime and Criminality
Furthermore, it is worrisome to note that even though background checks were conducted on most political office holders, the results of such checks have not been mad to have impact on various political offices in the land.
-Landlords and Tenants Associations, Crime and Criminality
The outcome is the failure to meet the expectations of the people. Various reasons including religious, tribal and political considerations have impeded the activation of a process that shall ensure that only the most eligible and competent occupy positions in governance.
-Law Enforcement: The Reactionary Approach
The hunger in the land coupled with the prohibitive prices of foodstuffs are both reflections of the comatose state of the agricultural sector at all levels of government. In addition, the price of kerosene and transport fares have gone beyond the reach of impoverished Nigerians.
There is no justification for Those-in-Authority and those who have been there in the recent past to aspire to political offices.
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