A country where no one ask questions

The Local Government Election in Lagos has come and gone and most of Lagosians are indifferent about the outcome. There was evidence of voter’s apathy; so much reason why people refused to come out to vote. The closest government to the people which includes the Local government, the Action Congress of Nigeria’s Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) as well as the wards have made no impact on the people. Some have questioned what their duties are and others have called for the scrapping of the Local Governments.

The Local governments ought to be agents of developments in the grassroots, and this ought to be the reasons for the creation of the Local Council Developmental Areas.  The new LCDAs seem to be a way of creating more positions for the increasing number of people seeking political posts. I have never been an advocate of creation of more Local Governments or states because it is obvious some of the States and Local Governments are not self-sustaining but rely heavily if not solely on allocation from the Federal Government.

It’s disheartening when I see the calibre of people jostling for the positions in the wards and local governments. These positions have been left to the semi-illiterates who have no idea what governance or administration is all about. There is still the question of the legality of the LCDAs and the issue of transparency regarding how the allocations are being shared amongst the LGAs and LCDAs.