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Published on 2026-01-03 04:04:38
By Carl Obiefuna
By any honest reckoning, Nigerian politics has reached a defining crossroads. The country is no longer dealing only with economic hardship, insecurity, and institutional decay; it is confronting a deeper crisis of political purpose.
For decades, politics in Nigeria has been practised less as an instrument of governance and more as a contest for capture, less about service and more about survival. Power has been pursued not as a means to national development but as an end in itself, often insulated from accountability by ethnicity, propaganda, and patronage.
In this political culture, elections are frequently reduced to rituals stripped of moral meaning, while public office becomes an avenue for private…
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