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After carefully following and observing Canadian electioneering campaign first hand I concluded that Nigeria has not started at all.
I will take time to highlight some of the important issues....
1. No holidays as everybody was going about their businesses. You cast your vote at ur own time between 8am to 10.30pm (time depending on your location).
2. Campaigns were issue base and one man coming to the podium to be shouting APC or PDP.
3. There was no record of inducing voters either with rice, salt or trader moni. There was no scene of bullion vans entering somebody’s compound.
4. There was no day set aside for voters registration were holiday might be declared depending on the state governor. You go online yourself and yourself for the election.
5. I was at a polling unit, not a single security personnel armed to the teeth were there. No police nor military was deployed for a peaceful electioneering process.
5. All the result were transmitted and not transported.
6. No one man sat in Ontario (Abuja) to be announcing all the result state by state.
7. No one man or body can decide the fate of the voters. No one man can declare your vote inconclusive
8. You vote were you are. You don’t need to travel from Ontario ( Abuja) to Alberta (Osun) to be able to vote.
9. Nobody is going to court to challenge the whole process. They gave their speeches and went home. That’s how Canadians roll.
Their votes counted. When will our votes count in Nigeria? When are we going to adopt issue base campaign? When are we going to do away with manual voting and adopt electronic voting?
We can do it, we have come of age, we talk ourselves down by saying we haven’t grow to that level. The time for that change is now.

Lalasticlala..... this need to make front page

You are comparing a country that has defeated hunger with another country where majority of its citizens don't have food and are willing to do anything to get the next meal. Canada has systems that work but Nigeria doesn't.

We have a long way to go!!




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oz4real83:
You are comparing a country that has defeated hunger with another country where majority of its citizens don't have food and are willing to do anything to get the next meal. Canada has systems that work but Nigeria doesn't.

Yea you are right but we can start from somewhere. The moment we get our electioneering process right Nigeria will be moving in right direction

The comparison isn't fair atal Nigeria to Canada more like comparing efficiency to inefficiency...

Larryfest:
The comparison isn't fair atal Nigeria to Canada more like comparing efficiency to inefficiency...

That is the problem, when we want to borrow we will start shouting America is owing but on good tins n investment we’ll be telling ourselves we never reach dat level. My brother if we re ready we can achieve it

Nigeria still have a long way to go.... not in this our generation, we still de interested with Bbn and social media celebrities.

Lol.

You think Nigerians don't know this?
Is election the only place Nigeria is failing? You guys are funny. We must understand WHY Nigeria is the way it is before we proffer solutions.
Nigeria is like this simply because we don't have a national culture or ideology. We are not one people. For a yoruba person, it's better that a crook like tinubu is on seat than a technocrat like Soludo

It will be hard for you to bring Turkey and into one country and expect that because they are white that they would move forward. Iffa hear. The Moslems in Turkey will be doing their things differently and the Christians in will be doing another thing. Why do you think the EU has refused to bring Turkey in? Ideology.
Go to nearby Ghana and observe their elections... forget about Canada.

We have two options if we want to really progress.

1. Go back to a regional system where power is mainly in the regions and where the federal government only has powers on a few issues (defence, diplomacy, currency, customs). We can use the 6 geopolitical zones as the new regions and the 36 states as the new local governments.

OR
2. Divide the damn country and allow ethnic groups to forge their own paths

Any other thing apart from the two options above will still bring us back to where we are today

jacksonkennedy:
Lol.

You think Nigerians don't know this?
Is election the only place Nigeria is failing? You guys are funny. We must understand WHY Nigeria is the way it is before we proffer solutions.
Nigeria is like this simply because we don't have a national culture or ideology. We are not one people.

It will be hard for you to bring Turkey and into one country and expect that because they are white that they would move forward. Iffa hear.
Go to nearby Ghana and observe their elections... forget about Canada.

We have two options if we one to really progress.

1. Go back to a regional system where power is mainly in the regions and where the federal government only has powers on a few issues (defence, diplomacy, currency, customs). We can use the 6 geopolitical zones as the new regions and the 36 states as the new local governments.

OR
2. Divide the damn country and allow ethnic groups to forge their own paths

Yea you re right, Nigeria is failing in so many areas but like I said the day we get our elections right tins will be better. Yahaya bello no dat police n soldiers will impose him on kogi people dats y he’s misbehaving. When d process doesn’t give room for all dat my dear tins will start changing.

We don't have visionary leaders, everybody is either after money or power, or both.

bilulu:

Yea you re right, Nigeria is failing in so many areas but like I said the day we get our elections right tins will be better. Yahaya bello no dat police n soldiers will impose him on kogi people dats y he’s misbehaving. When d process doesn’t give room for all dat my dear tins will start changing.

You are again missing the point.
We will not get our elections right. Until the elected criminals we have today take the bold step to change Nigeria's structure.

How do you think that an Hausa man will not rig for a fellow Hausa when his opponent is a yoruba?

Until we localise power, the centre will always be too lucrative not to kill and loot to control it

No postponement unlike Nigeria.....

You are talking of Canada and mentioning Nigeria is the same post Have some respect biko

It not a curse but we can never get to that level in Nigeria or black African as a whole

bilulu:

Yea you are right but we can start from somewhere. The moment we get our electioneering process right Nigeria will be moving in right direction

...don't mind them, they're the type who can sale their children or give their wives to another man to Bleep in order to have the next poorest level meal

Biggty:
It not a curse but we can never get to that level in Nigeria or black African as a whole

As Nigeria maybe...
But as for other black African nations, we will surely get there.

The youths are still watching BBN...wait till they wake up

D

bilulu:
After carefully following and observing Canadian electioneering campaign first hand I concluded that Nigeria has not started at all.
I will take time to highlight some of the important issues....
1. No holidays as everybody was going about their businesses. You cast your vote at ur own time between 8am to 10.30pm (time depending on your location).
2. Campaigns were issue base and one man coming to the podium to be shouting APC or PDP.
3. There was no record of inducing voters either with rice, salt or trader moni. There was no scene of bullion vans entering somebody’s compound.
4. There was no day set aside for voters registration were holiday might be declared depending on the state governor. You go online yourself and yourself for the election.
5. I was at a polling unit, not a single security personnel armed to the teeth were there. No police nor military was deployed for a peaceful electioneering process.
5. All the result were transmitted and not transported.
6. No one man sat in Ontario (Abuja) to be announcing all the result state by state.
7. No one man or body can decide the fate of the voters. No one man can declare your vote inconclusive
8. You vote were you are. You don’t need to travel from Ontario ( Abuja) to Alberta (Osun) to be able to vote.
9. Nobody is going to court to challenge the whole process. They gave their speeches and went home. That’s how Canadians roll.
Their votes counted. When will our votes count in Nigeria? When are we going to adopt issue base campaign? When are we going to do away with manual voting and adopt electronic voting?
We can do it, we have come of age, we talk ourselves down by saying we haven’t grow to that level. The time for that change is now.

Lalasticlala..... this need to make front page

when I come I go see am myself

Una sure naija go even dey like South Africa b4 God blow trumpet?

bilulu:
After carefully following and observing Canadian electioneering campaign first hand I concluded that Nigeria has not started at all.
I will take time to highlight some of the important issues....
1. No holidays as everybody was going about their businesses. You cast your vote at ur own time between 8am to 10.30pm (time depending on your location).
2. Campaigns were issue base and one man coming to the podium to be shouting APC or PDP.
3. There was no record of inducing voters either with rice, salt or trader moni. There was no scene of bullion vans entering somebody’s compound.
4. There was no day set aside for voters registration were holiday might be declared depending on the state governor. You go online yourself and yourself for the election.
5. I was at a polling unit, not a single security personnel armed to the teeth were there. No police nor military was deployed for a peaceful electioneering process.
5. All the result were transmitted and not transported.
6. No one man sat in Ontario (Abuja) to be announcing all the result state by state.
7. No one man or body can decide the fate of the voters. No one man can declare your vote inconclusive
8. You vote were you are. You don’t need to travel from Ontario ( Abuja) to Alberta (Osun) to be able to vote.
9. Nobody is going to court to challenge the whole process. They gave their speeches and went home. That’s how Canadians roll.
Their votes counted. When will our votes count in Nigeria? When are we going to adopt issue base campaign? When are we going to do away with manual voting and adopt electronic voting?
We can do it, we have come of age, we talk ourselves down by saying we haven’t grow to that level. The time for that change is now.

Lalasticlala..... this need to make front page

Just shut it.

MelesZenawi:


Just shut it.

You shut it.... leave dis place if u don’t like good tin
you will die there, idiot. when people re praying for a better Nigeria u re there praying for Nigeria to remain stagnant maybe cuz u re one useless politician payroll.

dnawah:
when I come I go see am myself

When do you intend coming?

bilulu:
When do you intend coming?

when I get an invitation.

bilulu:
When do you intend coming?

when I get an invitation.

chinwezdasilva:
Una sure naija go even dey like South Africa b4 God blow trumpet?

it will never be like South Africa,we’ve been praying since the 80s still the same story

jacksonkennedy:
Lol.

You think Nigerians don't know this?
Is election the only place Nigeria is failing? You guys are funny. We must understand WHY Nigeria is the way it is before we proffer solutions.
Nigeria is like this simply because we don't have a national culture or ideology. We are not one people. For a yoruba person, it's better that a crook like tinubu is on seat than a technocrat like Soludo

It will be hard for you to bring Turkey and into one country and expect that because they are white that they would move forward. Iffa hear. The Moslems in Turkey will be doing their things differently and the Christians in will be doing another thing. Why do you think the EU has refused to bring Turkey in? Ideology.
Go to nearby Ghana and observe their elections... forget about Canada.

We have two options if we want to really progress.

1. Go back to a regional system where power is mainly in the regions and where the federal government only has powers on a few issues (defence, diplomacy, currency, customs). We can use the 6 geopolitical zones as the new regions and the 36 states as the new local governments.

OR
2. Divide the damn country and allow ethnic groups to forge their own paths

Any other thing apart from the two options above will still bring us back to where we are today

You made some valid points.

However, the bane of Nigeria is tribalism and religious sentiments.

Rid the country of tribalism and watch it soar high.

As long as ethnic champions like Buhari and Tinubu hold sway in Nigeria, forget about advancement...

All the noise is nothing but blowing hot air...Nigeria is not ready to see the light.

Given 70% of Nigerians an opportunity to escape this mad system and you will see a ghost country, if there is anything like that...

jacksonkennedy:
Lol.

You think Nigerians don't know this?
Is election the only place Nigeria is failing? You guys are funny. We must understand WHY Nigeria is the way it is before we proffer solutions.
Nigeria is like this simply because we don't have a national culture or ideology. We are not one people. For a yoruba person, it's better that a crook like tinubu is on seat than a technocrat like Soludo

It will be hard for you to bring Turkey and into one country and expect that because they are white that they would move forward. Iffa hear. The Moslems in Turkey will be doing their things differently and the Christians in will be doing another thing. Why do you think the EU has refused to bring Turkey in? Ideology.
Go to nearby Ghana and observe their elections... forget about Canada.

We have two options if we want to really progress.

1. Go back to a regional system where power is mainly in the regions and where the federal government only has powers on a few issues (defence, diplomacy, currency, customs). We can use the 6 geopolitical zones as the new regions and the 36 states as the new local governments.

OR
2. Divide the damn country and allow ethnic groups to forge their own paths

Any other thing apart from the two options above will still bring us back to where we are today

i agree with you

Blackvic1:
it will never be like South Africa,we’ve been praying since the 80s still the same story

It's in our hands

chinwezdasilva:


It's in our hands

this is what we’ve been saying for so many years my brother it is not a rocket science to make this country livable atleast to some certain extent but the problem is the citizens not the leaders anyday we start seeing basic social amenities as our right not luxury that’s when this country will be better

Buhari is not a visionary