2019: Antecedents of Politicians or Their Loyalty to Buhari?

In 2016, 2017 and even this year, APC, especially the loyalists of the president have been seriously asserting that National Assembly is the bottleneck of the APC's administration largely because of the 'Sak' voting in 2015. It was alleged that whoever supported Buhari genuinely or otherwise, was voted. At that time, the notable measure of a man's 'integrity' was his loyalty to the then GMB. This was because of the immeasurable love for Buhari.

In 2016, and in what many people are saying, the National Assembly began to politically misbehave: delaying passage of budget, padding, delay and refusal of ratifying bills and appointments etc. Those people realised their mistake in 2015; they heavily blamed 'Sak' voting because it prevented them from meritocratic voting. They voted every Tom, Dick and Harry in hurry to get their worry down.

But as I write this piece, I foresee same mistake going to be repeated. I have observed that such immeasurable love of the president is gradually constructing a road for 'Sak' voting again comes 2019. Just sit down and observe the political space in Nigeria, one will understand that whoever supports Buhari is "good-to-go". An aspiring senator or House of Reps member who is of questionable antecedents and who shows to side with the president, is not challenged.

It is high time Nigerians get their eyes open, inquire about a person's antecedents before voting him no matter how much support he has for the president. If there is a deserving person whichever party he comes from, vote him. A political administration that is a mixture of the ruling party and the opposition too, yields result.

Abdul Mutallib Muktar

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