Since the dawn of the new political era, it's been the same word CHANGE. But for me, there's more to our problems than change of parties! The idea of moving from one political party to another in this country is born out of selfishness of our politicians.
A political party should have a philosophy, what they believe in. Particular beliefs and schools of thoughts are constituted by believers and thinkers whose reasoning align with their schools. No matter what happens, criticism or no criticism, they always find ways to stand by what they believe in and find ways to root it firmly to avoid rational embarrassment.
If they find holes spotted by other schools of thought, they go back, do their homework and come back strongly with superior reasoning to uphold that SAME BELIEF. That is what I call healthy competition for the good of what they believe in (the good of the country); a perfect example of what political parties should represent.
In a country like the United Kingdom, you have the conservatives, a movement, a party promoting the retaining of traditional social institutions. You have the Liberal democrats, Labour etc. all with their respective beliefs, arguing them out for the good of their country.
In the U.S, same thing, Democratic, Republican Parties, etc. all standing on their beliefs, arguing them out sincerely for the good of their people.
In my country Nigeria, APC and PDP are same except for change of names. They have no philosophies, no believes! Politicians move from one party to another for their selfish interests. A classic instance of the expression, that "he who pays the piper, calls the tunes."
It is horrific a thing to think of. Even as the fuel scarcity saga looms, it is still the same selfishness worn as permanent robes by some of us that have kept us in this road map to destruction. But God is with us!
But come to think of it, where does this begin each time? it begins from you and me. That we have decided to vote according to the riches of our selfish interests, ethnic groups, religious affiliations and so on.
If we want to get it right, let it start from you, from me! Believe in a good, stick to that good, see your belief out till the end. Let your change of mind be born out of sincerity of purpose and belief. But you see, as for now, the elections of last month were just changes of political acronyms.
I challenge our politicians to let us know the philosophies of their parties! Why is he or she a candidate of the PDP? Why is he or she a candidate of the APC? Until each of them answer these questions, and their answers give meaning to solutions of the problem of the ordinary Nigerian, they are huge jokes!
