What Your Vote Truly Represents

This week on the blogspot we go-in and touch on politics a little bit (I promise to get back to the interviews next week). Just my observations on the state of leadership and governance here in America and back home in Nigeria. Nothing too deep or serious; however, what is important is the role we play as individuals in all of this.

Ok people; let me get focused…

So the much anticipated and highly controversial Nigerian elections will conclude after this week’s gubernatorial races are decided. What does all this mean for Nigeria going forward? The fact is there are so many parallels one can draw from in the month long Nigerian elections that are eerily similar to that of the United States. It is now to the point I am having difficulty distinguishing one from the other. 

Here are a few things to consider:

Why is it that in Nigeria & United States elections when the opposition loses; all that is ever presented to the public is allegations of rigging or cheating that propelled the winning side to victory? Sad to witness that with all the sophistications and technologies that have been amassed over the years there is no such thing as “Free & Fair” Elections.

In Nigeria & United States the masses never target the influential and/or corrupt elite when voicing their frustrations or resentment at the aftermath of elections. It is always innocent lives of children and poor families that are made victims.

As much as we claim to be a melting pot of cultures, ideas and values; never has it been more clearly stated and made evident that at the end of the day Nigeria & United States are simply Christian vs. Muslim societies.

Voters in Nigeria & United States continue to basically cast their vote under the old idiom; “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me”. Truth is the idea of voting for the lesser of two evils rather than the “BEST QUALIFIED” is a village idiot mentality that needs to cease immediately (Me Included). 

We (Nigeria & United States) remain SUCKAS for attractive catch phrases like “Yes We Can & Yes We Did” or novelty acts with funny looking fedora hats that hold public forums on FACEBOOK. But once our beloved new heads of states take office, we are quick to throw them to the wolves & under the bus at the start of the engine.

Think for a second; why do people (Nigeria & United States) immediately correlate the idea of a new face in the presidency to a power shift toward his/her Race, Religion or Region? Last time I checked, gas prices are now over $4 per gallon.

In closing; rhetoric and teleprompters can only take you so far before you get exposed as a fraud. The (Nigeria & United States) national debts will continue to paint a picture of disaster as we drown in a sea of over-spending. Voters of both respective countries have clearly expressed their lack of confidence in the leadership of their elected officials in all branches of government (local, state, federal). At the end of the day it all comes down to simple math and in the words of former president Bill Clinton “It’s the economy stupid”.

There is no TRUST…