Who says Africa is underdeveloped? Those people might not even know that development includes the ability to conduct elections fairly.
For instance, I received a letter in my mailbox yesterday notifying those concerned about Quebec’s election on Monday, October 1.
All the things stated in the election time table will be nonsensical to the average African, particularly to most Nigerians.
People temporarily residing in another electoral division are given an opportunity to vote. Even people that are outside Quebec are allowed to vote too.
If a person is in a long-term care center or a private seniors’ residence, provisions are made for them.
To make matters worse, there is a programme tagged, ‘Voters in Training’. This involves bringing the children to polling stations. Such children even have polling booths.
Note that there’s no empowerment programme in all these. There’s no, ‘dibo ko se’be!’
If not for the mail which I received yesterday, I wouldn’t even know that an election was to take place.
I trust Africa, especially Nigeria. We live from one election to another. By this time, at quarter to election, the stomachs of most delegates will be close to bursting.
Europeans sha, what concerns little children with the election process. Suppose it becomes a case of, ‘boolo oya’, like it always does in Nigerian politics. Who will look for whom?
It is the cash we receive before we ‘appoint’ a post seeker to the post that we will spend for the next four years. If he likes let him do some developmental programs, gege! If he likes let him not, gege!
As long as he empowers us, abusebuse!
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