What 2023 General Election Might Mean for Nigeria’s Democracy

By Ebuka Onyekwelu

There are increasing signs that 2023 might just be another lost opportunity for Nigerians unless they approach it differently.

Usually, election in Nigeria is about money. How much money one has to stake in an election project; willingness to ditch out the money to individuals and groups who position during election seasons for the sole purpose of financial benefits through donations from aspirants or through extortionist web carefully crafted to hoodwink aspirants.

This is the reality that obtains within the Nigerian political sphere. Consequently, both politics and governance have been expediently conceived of as transactional…