People Won't Need to Be Forced to Vote If the System Is Fair
The political system in my country is nothing to write home about. Everyone is corrupt from the top to the bottom. Even the citizens are corrupt; they just do not have the opportunity to loot like those at the top, which is why they are always crying. Give them that opportunity, and you will see that they are worse than our leaders. You can see this in the way some of them handle things as citizens, through their greed and insatiable desires.
Many of us do not believe in the voting system of our country, and this is because we believe it has been rigged. That is what stops most people from voting. People will support a candidate online, but when you ask them if they have a voter card or if they are going to vote, that is when you start hearing excuses like, "I have never voted in my life," "I do not have time to go and collect my voter card," or "My vote does not count because the system has been rigged."
I am among those who give excuses for not voting, and I have also never voted in my life because I do not believe in the system. I believe those in power already know who will win, and the voting process is just a facade to fool the citizens. I refuse to be taken as a fool by those old men.
During the last election, many people were shouting "Obi" online and also vowed to vote for him. However, on election day, a lot of things happened. Some thugs came out and started threatening people to vote for the current president, telling them that if they were not going to vote for him, they should go home without voting. It is surprising that a country governed by law allowed such a thing to happen. But when it comes to supporting those in power, who can question them? This is one of the reasons most people think voting in this country is a joke, because why would they even allow such a thing to happen?
The current president even boasted that whether we voted for him or not, he was going to win. Just imagine that level of confidence. It means he was well prepared and knew he would win. Contestants should be anxious until the end of the voting process and the announcement of the results, but things in my country always seem to be different.
The majority of Nigerians do not vote. If there were a system that forced people to vote, it could only make sense if we were guaranteed a free and fair election. Not just a promise, but one hundred percent certainty that it would be fair and that the people were truly electing their leaders through their votes.
This would motivate citizens because they would know that their votes really count and that the election is not just a facade.
The only thing stopping me from voting is the unfairness of the system. If that is overruled, I will vote, and I believe many other people will also vote. We all want a better country where everything works as it should.
So, forcing people to vote will not be necessary if there is fairness in the system. We will vote.
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Hahaha..they say that the government is the reflection of their people.
Truly, the system is corrupt, but if we sit down and only watch, it will only remain the same.
Countries that are better today didn't get better without work from their citizens.
If we come out to vote and see that our votes were rigged. We can fight against it.
One thing I know we lack as a country is awareness and information. True that there are people above the law, but if we stand as one, we can change the narrative.
For me, I don't believe that is a good excuse not to vote. I believe that my effort matters.
I saw how difficult it was to rig elections in a lot of places; we can't be forced to vote, and yes, the election process is flawed.
But if it was very easy to rig, they would not stress as much as they do to rig.
Lets all do our parts, educate others, join a party, it is where we can start from
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This had me hollering.
It’s only in Nigeria do you see politicians feeling bigger than the program. Their confidence is second to none and oh well, just like you, I don’t have a voters card, never registered for one, because what’s the point?😂
Few days ago, I came across a conspiracy theory. The poster talked about the seven brothers who determine the leaders of the country and my flabber was ghasted.😂
Whether we vote or not, they already have decided who takes the seat. All they do is chose the individual, introduce them to us with some fake manifesto, juxtapose his opponent and make the opponent appear to stand a chance by being everything we’ve ever wanted, then boom, when votes have been casted, we wake up to news of the chosen one crowned winner. Lmao.
The country is joke but we gather dey😂
I have a voters card, I just don't vote... I did it back then cos I needed it for bank verification.. xd
Voting is a thing of choice
Yea
You have said it all, I don't see a free and fair election ever happening in this country.
Not in Nigeria... Everything is rigged
Tinubu will do everything in his power to make sure the election is not safe. Nigeria is tribalistic and lackluster, if not, they could have taken the country away from him.
I think he is going to win the 2027 election again...