My surprise with most Nigerians has been that,
rather than work to vote in the best for the country, we keep wailing over bad
leadership and bad politicians, while allowing ourselves to be victims.
However,
the most interesting lesson from the just concluded Big Brother Nigeria reality
show is the fact that Nigerians are not as docile as we portray ourselves to be.
It is obvious that the people mobilized and voted for Efe, which meant that
they knew exactly what they wanted, they went for it and they got it.
Democracy itself and ideas of
popular sovereignty and natural rights are considered a "myth"
excerpt the people are conscious enough to be part of the process, the first step
is mobilizing to vote for those they trust and the second step is to monitor
them in offices.
From what has
transpired in that last few weeks shows that Nigeria would be in a better shape
if the citizens show interest in elections in the same manner as they have
shown in the Big Brother Naija competition. The overwhelming victory of Efe Ejeba in the Big Brother
Naija reality show was based on mass mobilization, which
could be extended to party politics.
Politics and government are the areas that are
most responsible for providing the opportunities for us to experience
effectively and fully the development of our own human potential. Once we have
the institutions of government well-established and on proper grounds, a lot of
the other issues will fall into place.
It therefore means that if Nigerians, especially the youths put in half as much
interest and energy as they did in #bigbrothernaija2017, into those we elect
into public offices, Nigeria would be a much better place, governed by people
of our choice.
It is time to recover the country from the scoundrels.
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