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Continued from part 2, which can be read by clicking here.
Regardless of what your opinion about the best way forward for Nigeria is, the
starting point for everyone is getting involved. I am totally for one Nigeria
through proper restructuring and regional governance though I absolutely recognize
and respect other people’s rights and opinions. But since there is a common starting
point, I will briefly discuss 3 things we can all do to move from poor
governance to good governance in Nigeria.
1. Get Involved
Join the political process. You don’t
have to join a political party or ask to be voted for. But you can support
those that you’re sure have the capacity to change the narrative. So, get your
PVC. Get educated about your rights as a citizen. Educate others too. Think up
useful solutions to the problems in your environment and provide ideas to those
that can implement them. Rebroadcast good initiatives.
Also, remember that bad leaders don’t
drop from the skies. They were raised by some parents and guardians too. So, do
your best to raise a good family. Before doing something, ask yourself if doing
it will make Nigeria better or worse if everyone does likewise. Yes, the
country could be hard at times. But if we can’t be good examples at the base,
we won’t be better examples than those at the top and the problems in our
society will keep mounting. So, strive to become one of the points where the chain
of problems in the entire system always have to get broken. Get involved
responsibly.
2. Demand for Accountability
If there are no followers, there will
be no leaders. But when leadership is not accountable and the system is vulnerable
to unpunishable misconduct, its quality is more likely to be poor. So, demand
for accountability at the local, state and federal government levels. Don’t
judge people blindly. Don’t spread fake news. Ask for facts and figures. Seek
to know how much was budgeted, how much was given or obtained and exactly how
the funds were spent.
You don’t have to know the president
of Nigeria but your ward counsellor and local government chairmen are not so
far from your reach. Get to know them. Some these people will sit up if they
know that a lot of serious people are checking up on them for public reasons.
But then, as you demand for
accountability, be accountable too. Be disciplined. You may be facing a lot of
challenges but you’re not alone. A lot of people are feeling the heat even when
they don’t make it obvious. So, don’t be the one that will pull out the cord of
hope in other people’s hearts through your actions. Don’t be a source of
misdeeds that the rest of us have to manage. Be responsible. Be a beacon of
light in your environment. And really, I’m not asking you to love other people more
than you love yourself. I am only pleading that you let people see that there’s
hope for Nigeria when they observe how genuinely you try to make Nigeria
better.
Continued in the next post. Read the next but last post in this series here.
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