'election for country naa padi padi, padi padi arrangi naa'.
I leave you to guess the meaning with a reference to another lyrics from the song of 9ice.
'Shebe le maa sun o te ba sope e o mo un kan kan, eyin aaro le ma wa o, mewaa n sele o. Lagbaja ti woo le, talo diibo fun pasan taa fi naa iyaale oun be lori aaja fun iyawo. Odo elo tun ra mu ema je koo pe dudu fun yin ni funfun'.
The scenario in Ekiti state seems to be reality of fact expressed by two the musicians. Can we really say over time that elections in Nigeria were what they should be? Apart from 1993 general election which was even annulled, the words of African China seems to be nothing but the truth. 'Election in Nigeria is by arrangement'. The case of Ekiti in the last 8 years really worth been studied by the political Scientist as "Ekitocrazy". It started with an appeal court verdict that ordered a "rerun election", this added a new vocabulary to the field of political science. After the election a three and the half legal battle ended and a winner emerged.
Peace indeed reigned for a short while until politicians gathered again and decided to make a shift from their party to the ruling party. Then power changed hand and the scoreline became 16-0. An average Ekiti electorate has suffered from the hands of politicians who chose propaganda and deceit to sell their personalities and that of their parties to the public. Virtually, all the politicians in the arena overrate their personal ambition than the interest of the state then it become the case of 'ai fagba fun eni kan ni je aaye ogun'.
Eventually, the time for another election is at the eleventh hour and the electorates will have to pick an option from the multiple choices that are not even the best the state can offer. The electorates have the option to pick "Continuity in poverty" or adopt a "Change" they once threw away on a platter of gold. The ball is in their court once again the option become theirs to make.
However, whatever choice eventually make the expectation should not be high, because it will be dawn of a turbulence night. The people should vote conscientiously and wait for the outcome. To sell vote is to buy poverty for the next four years and to vote out of sentiment is to vote for hypocrisy. Election should depict people's will not personal desire nor Federal might. Vote is your right, so vote right.
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