Thinking about Voting

The article was a stimulating thing to read in the NATION newspaper. The article cleared my thoughts about voting in the forthcoming presidential election. This was how I thought:

If Nigeria must thrive and grow, we have no other choice than to throw away sentiments and look at hardcore analysis seeing what will strengthen the nation. The development of Nigeria will derive from basic evolutionary changes without rash pushes and impulsive strong-personality leadership. Nigeria is too big for any self-righteous autocrat and every responsible Nigerian must avoid any leader with such trait or tendency, because it a good recipe for anarchy. Sam wrote what I read and he did a good write-up. He has told the truth in much rhetorical sarcasm. The Arab uprising is not for Nigeria. If IBB dogged it, no ruler in Nigeria will wait for it to happen. My choice is clear and I know it can never be a former soldier, who loved to hate trade unionism (Journal of Politics and Law Vol. 4, No. 1; March 2011), who protected public officers with decrees while fighting corruption, who did not understand the systematic evolution of social infrastructure, who thought soldiers were "holier" than politicians and who thought we could be organized with a whip on our backs. I am old enough to have seen it all. In a democracy, we decide how we are ruled. But if we are indolent in our creativity, we may choose wrongly and hate what we have done. Most strong-minded former coupe-ists have little faith in the final triumph of democracy as shown in the statement: ......democracy stands in danger of failing in Nigeria How could democracy be failing when we are moving forward in various areas of articulation of public will? The autocrats usually promised a better life for Nigerians, but often left us disgruntled. Nigerians need to know their history and respect its lessons.