POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS AND THE REST OF US:

 In Nigeria, politics is more than service, it is a life-time vocation. Politicians have no primary profession and are in the game through all cycles. That explains the desperation and the die-hard posture that comes with it. Some have explained that what is playing out actually shows the inherent weakness of the American styled Presidential system which we currently run as opposed to the British Parliamentary system which we inheri...ted at Independence - hence the high recurrent expenditure, low productivity and low efficiency within the system.

I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE RATIO OF POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS TO ORDINARY CITIZENS IN NIGERIA:

 The ratio of political office holders to ordinary citizens in Nigeria is high, but more importantly, the remuneration is also rather high in comparison with our Per Capita GDP which is put at 3,005.51 USD. There is no sound basis for the fixing of wages of political office holders in Nigeria and the bloated public service gives a cause for concern. Furthermore, there are also other curious components of our recurrent expenditure which is dragging down real infrastructure and economic development. How do you explain having so much cars in a Minister's entourage? How do you explain the concept of a Security Vote not open to audit and public scrutiny? And to even imagine that this Security Vote is an exclusive preserve of a Governor of a State month on month and he reserves the right to spend it the way he pleases, not minding the rate of poverty in the land? That is institutional corruption, etched and entrenched by vested interests. To make matters worse, these shenanigans are not open to public scrutiny because they are ring-fenced by the constitution, so they have the backing of the law! These are the real problems and it does not matter the amount of time you recycle leaders, if we do not deal with institutional corruption by restructuring Nigeria, we are going nowhere.