Nigeria is clearly on the match once again in search of the best individual to step into the huge shoe of the President come 2023. After being thoroughly misrule and misinformed, Nigerians have instantly despaired on the capacity of political leaders to do as they state. But this angle of reflection is for another day.

Today, our mind is resolving an emerging situation where political leaders who wish to be President have actually carved a new tradition of paying homage to the incumbent to unveil their goal.

With this emerging modus operandi by political prospects for 2023 Presidency, it is safe to state that the year 2022 has not surprisingly began with a flurry of disclosures of aspirations and ambitions by enthusiastic candidates for the Presidential workplace with a few of them literally starting their project even prior to the whistle is blown for electioneering campaigns to start by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC is progressively becoming defenseless and uninspiring.And so this preliminary spectacular bad move of some of these enthusiastic aspirants who are mostly guvs or former guvs is to have made it a brand-new political ritual to embark on a pilgrimage to the office of the outgoing president in Aso Rock to notify him that they are considering his seat come 2023 when he, Muhammadu Buhari would have rounded his non-renewable second period in office. This marks a new low and upsets the provision of the constitution that will be cited hereafter.

Specifically, section 14 (1) 2 (a) of the Nigerian constitution is clear on who is more important to candidates to any optional offices in Nigeria when it supplies therefore: “The Federal Republic of Nigeria SHALL be a state base or the concepts of democracy and social justice. It is hereby, appropriately, stated that- sovereignty belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government through this constitution derives all its powers and authority”.

Those who are trooping to the office of the president to notify the incumbent about their aspiration to contest for the workplace of the President of Nigeria have selected the extremely wrong path and this is an early warning that they aim to be president to please not the cumulative interests of the residents who are the voters however that of their selfish objectives and line their pockets with dirty lucre. We will see soon why the citizens need to be the main source of recommendation and not the lame duck President who has just a vote.

The great American philosopher, John Dewey, matured in Vermont in the late 19th century and went to the University of Vermont before making his mark on American political idea. Primarily, Dewey is remembered for his contributions to the field of education. He believed that education is less about getting a repaired body of knowledge and more about establishing skills in crucial thinking and applying those abilities as active residents. The worth of education goes well beyond the private advantages; an informed citizenry supports democratic norms and a more robust civic life.

The Philosopher Dewey was a strong advocate of democracy as the very best means for fulfilling the needs of the public. In his book, The Public and Its Problems (1927 ), Dewey tried to reconcile civic engagement in American democracy with the depersonalizing forces of industrialism and industrialism. While Dewey recognizes the value of policy professionals, he likewise argues that popular involvement in federal government is needed to uncover the problems we jointly face due to the fact that specialists will be too eliminated from the public to clearly see the issues individuals challenge. “The guy who uses the shoe understands best that it pinches and where it pinches, even if the professional shoemaker is the very best judge of how the difficulty is to be remedied” (p. 207).

Naturally, Political scientists and civics educators often express the idea that voting is necessary without describing why that is the case. To many students, and to a lot of Americans, voting appears to be not likely and fruitless to make a difference. And yet, the 2016 governmental election depended upon roughly 78,000 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, or less than 0.06% of the total votes cast in the governmental election. Putting aside governmental elections, there have been many elections at the state and local level where a single vote made the distinction. In 2017, the 94th District of the Virginia House of Delegates, where 11,608 ballots were cast, led to a tie, and the winner was picked by randomly drawing a name from a hat. More significantly, control of your house of Delegates depended on the result of the 94th district, as the Republicans held 50 seats and the Democrats 49.
The scientist who is telling these stories said that many elections are not carefully chosen, but that does not mean that one’s vote does not matter. The very act of ballot is a kind of civic responsibility and the workout of a right for which lots of American citizens had to fight. For lots of Americans, voting is their only type of civic engagement, he stressed, (Rich Clark, Professor of Political Science).

The American Professor of Political Science observed that as Americans, it belongs to our common creed that the federal government’s legitimacy is based upon the consent of the governed. Yet, without any formal rites of citizenship or nationwide service requireds, Americans who do not acquire citizenship through the naturalization process never ever clearly avow their consent to be governed; rather, we accept the idea of implied consent. Voting is one of the few chances for many Americans to weigh in and express one’s preference on the direction of government, thereby recognizing the legitimacy of the government through involvement while doing so.

As a political Strategist, I concur with the abovementioned affirmation of this Professor of Political Science.However, the early risers who are now jostling to change President Muhammadu Buhari have actually shown that they do not sign up for the time-tested, time-trusted political philosophy which elevates the voter to the pedestal of primary status. They have actually shown their bad understanding

of the principles of good governance embedded in the truism that governance is all about the people. Utilitarianism says spreading joy to the greatest number of individuals is the essence of government.They, the species of politicians
in our clime especially those who selected to tell President instead of individuals of Nigeria, that they wish to run for the optional workplace of the President of Nigeria, have by this primitive tendency, demonstrated a disturbing absence of loyalty to the citizens who are individuals of Nigeria that the constitution decreed as the owners of the sovereignty of Nigeria.I will take the scholastic liberty to price estimate from the book by Mark H. McCormark on the Concept of loyalty. He composed hence:”Loyalty is another form of trust. Employees often do not understand

the value nearly any business puts on it. They will trade off loyalty for a gain that is too small or an objective that is too short-sighted. Certainly, if you believe another business will make a deal you cant refuse, you would be insane not to pursue it. But if you do not plan to leave you have to be really mindful about how to utilize other opportunities.If people don’t like to be tricked, they don’t like to be threatened either
. Your risk of looking for another task only injures you. You have, in effect, informed your employer that you do not position much value on loyalty and, even worse that you do not even have anything to show for your attitude. You lose something important while acquiring nothing. I have never ever been favourably impressed by someone telling me he is head-hunter bait. If you do have another job offer, but want to remain with the company you work for, stress the importance of your commitment. Instead of stating,

‘Look, they’ve provided me this. Either match it or top it or I’m out the door, find out how much more effective it is to utilize slightly various words: Obviously, this is where my commitments lie, and what can the company do so that I do not need to take this other job?”from the book: ‘What they Don’t teach you at Harvard Business School by Mark H. McCormack’. In the light of the above adumbration of the location of commitment in human society, it is necessary to state that these entire disloyal practices of trooping into the vacation home to inform’Baba’

of their ambition to succeed him deviated for the extraordinary when the previous guv of Lagos State Bola Ahmed Tinubu embarked on the self-serving political expedition. In his interview with State House reporters, Tinubu stated it has been his life-long aspiration to lead the nation one day. It is just a SELFISH AMBITION and not a CALL TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.Tinubu who ended up being too wealthy after serving for

eight years as Lagos governor said:”I have informed the President of my ambition however I have actually not notified Nigerians yet, I am still consulting. There’s nowhere worldwide where a kingmaker can not himself be king.”About the cap of a kingmaker. I’ve never ever seen the cap of a kingmaker before. That is the truth. And I have never seen where it is composed in the rulebook throughout any nation that a kingmaker can not be a king unless he has actually committed murder. So, whatever you compose is your own viewpoint. Me, I wish to pursue my aspiration without the title of a kingmaker,”he stated. The previous Lagos State governor added that he plans to actualise his aspiration under the platform of the judgment APC, keeping in mind that with what he performed in Lagos in his time as guv, he has the capability to lead Nigeria.”You will quickly hear. All you want to hear is the categorical declaration.

You’ve gotten that fact from me that I have actually informed Mr. President of my aspiration, and you do not expect more answers than that,”he stated. He shrugged the concern of a possible race for the APC ticket in between

him and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, whose support groups have actually since started mobilising for his candidacy. On Osinbajo’s possible aspiration, the APC national leader maintained that he would not be drawn into any discussion on any person.

Tinubu said: “I do not want to go over individuals now. I need to discuss myself. I have the vision, capability and self-confidence to rule, construct on the foundation of Mr. President, and turn Nigeria better. I’ve done that before in Lagos State. You’ve seen that experience and the capability to turn things around and that is what we are doing.

” Responding to a question on President Buhari’s reaction, Tinubu stated:”That’s our organization. He is a democrat. He didn’t ask me to stop. He didn’t ask me not to attempt and pursue my ambition. It is a long-lasting aspiration. Why do I anticipate him to state more than that? Instantly Tinubu’s political pilgrimage gained currency as the most popular story in the area the Ebonyi State Governor jumped into an airplane from Enugu Akanu Ibiam International Airport off to Abuja to perform his own contrived political pilgrimage of notifying their ‘godfather ‘that he too, wants to run for the workplace of President in March of next year.Mr Umahi, in an interview

with State House correspondents, said he has actually told the president about his ambition to contest for the seat if the celebration zones the ticket to the Southern area. “We discussed politics as the growth of our party, APC, in Nigeria, and the South East. And, naturally, you know, the interest of the South East, for the seat of presidency in 2023.
“And, naturally, I informed Mr President, that without prejudice to whatever will be the choice of the party, which we shall comply with, that if the celebration tosses the ticket open

or zones to Southern part of Nigeria that I think that with what I have put in place in the past 6 years plus, that I will be running for presidency on the platform of the APC.

“So, I told him and obviously, he believes that whoever wants to run for president of this country need to have to speak with extensively, go to all the leaders which we must do whatever to eliminate ethnicity and religion in our politics so that this nation can grow, “he stated. Like the APC national leader, Mr Umahi assured to replicate his tasks as a guv at the national

level if he eventually gets to fly the celebration ticket and win the governmental election.The guv, who will settle his second term in office in 2023, was among the 3 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)governors that dumped the party for the ruling party in between late November 2020 and June 2021.

Mr Umahi left the PDP in November 2020, six months before his Cross River counterpart, Ben Ayade defected. Guv Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State was the last to dispose the PDP last year. The Ebonyi guv had actually argued that his defection had nothing to do with the 2023 governmental ticket but to take the Southeast area to the centre.”I wish to clear the air that I never ever sought(for) PDP presidential ticket and

I will not. So whoever stated that I moved to APC due to the fact that they refused to zone the ticket to me is being very naughty,”the guv had actually discussed at the time.However, with Mr Umahi’s statement, he might be scrambling

for the APC presidential ticket with Mr Tinubu and the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, who had actually declared his intention to object to the presidential election on the

APC platform. The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, likewise of the APC, might be a contender but he has not officially stated his objective to run. The Ebonyi governor joins some of the South-east politicians who have actually shown interest in inhabiting the nation’s greatest political office.Last year, a previous Senate President, Paul Anyim, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP ), revealed his strategy to run for president whether his party zones the slot to the South-east or not. These are those we can consider to

have revealed the ugliest side of politics. Their actions have also ignited a political earthquake in the sense that

others have started following this pattern of notifying the President prior to notifying individuals. Previous Abia State Governor and Chief Whip of the Senate Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has stated he will be ready to object to the All Progressives Congress (APC)Presidential ticket with Former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu if the celebration zones it to the South. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, Kalu said while he has nothing versus the goal of Tinubu, he thinks that his own Southeast is ripe for the Presidency which it must be the turn of the area to produce the next President that must be him. According to Kalu, he has all that it takes to match Tinubu grit for grit and campaign for project if need be for the APC ticket in 2023. Tinubu had on Monday stated his ambition to take the reins of power as Nigeria’s next President; a relocation numerous believe may have foreclosed the clamour for Igbo Presidency. Tinubu had last November checked out Kalu in his Villa estate where he intimated the federal legislator about his Presidential aspiration. Orji Uzor Kalu simply wrote to Nigerians thus: “I have been swamped with pressured requests to likewise state my intent to run for the

Presidency of our dear country and visit Mr. President following check outs by my other brothers to Mr. President yesterday. I have removed time to inform ourselves through the media that as a party male who believes in the supremacy of our party. I will as quickly as the party zones the Presidency and southern Nigeria is zoned to produce the Presidential candidate

of our party, my train which is already steaming will take off with a check out to Aso Rock Villa and short Mr. President of our collective decision. May God bless you all”. * EMMANUEL ONWUBIKO is head of the HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA( HURIWA) and was federal commissioner of the NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF NIGERIA. DailyPost