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Former President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigerian tolerance has fueled bad behavior by political leaders.
He said that once Nigerians start demanding and insisting on doing the right things, political leaders will start doing the right things.
Jonathan also strongly criticized the deployment of military personnel in Nigeria for their electoral duties and said it overstretched the army.
Jonathan said on Tuesday, February 18, at the release of the book Solomon Arase, former Inspector General of Abuja, “We, Nigerians celebrate the wrong thing. I believe one day, This country will reach the level of people rejecting bad behavior. This problem will not happen again when we reach the level of rejecting bad behavior.
“I believe that one day, all of us will say that we no longer accept the wrong things. The day when we all say that we no longer accept the wrong things, we, the political class, will behave normally. People have to reject us, if we do Wrong.”
Jonathan expressed hope that Nigeria will develop to the point where it is generally rejected of bad political behavior.
He said: “Maybe one day we will have two large buildings in Abuja and we will take pictures of people there (whether they are alive or alive) and they messed up the country so that their grandchildren They knew their ancestors were part of the Nigerian issue.”
He believes that elections should be managed mainly by the police and the Independent National Election Commission.
According to him, in most other countries, the Air Force and Army are used to transport election materials to dangerous areas rather than provide security in voting units as the country does.
Jonathan said: “Being the president of this country used to be, it’s a field that touched me when you talk about internal security. Especially when you talk about election security, it’s a field that touched my heart. In Nigeria In terms of elections, people will worry.
“In fact, we overstretch the army here. In most other countries, the military is not involved in the day-to-day management of the election. Some countries use them to manage strategic systems, such as shipping election materials to dangerous areas. However, Manning’s polls booths and stay around the polling stations – military personnel have never been used for such duties,” he said.
He continued: “I just returned from Botswana a few months ago. It’s a small country with a small population, so almost all police officers are used in the election.
“What the military does is that those conventional responsibilities that police do, including ensuring the police headquarters, the military takes over. Therefore, military officers have senior military commanders to secure government assets and facilities.
“That’s their job. And you don’t hear the story. Last year’s election in countries like Senegal.
“We talk about technology, technology and it’s about technology, and we still have problems. I say they use the simplest form of voting. Actually, there’s a table there.
“They put the ballot box for every candidate. And you, voter, you go, you go choose. Of course, you have to pick from all the candidates. They just put a long table. Every candidate has a His voting documents were placed there.
“You can’t see any police. Election administrators, voting agents, etc. sit there and watch. The police are outside because they use middle schools and primary schools as polling stations.
“Then, each classroom has a different voting unit. So the police stay here. If there is a problem, they call them. Otherwise, you won’t see the police wherever you go. Here are many National standards. But here we are doing something completely wrong.”
Similarly, 2023 Labor presidential candidate Peter Obi stressed that the credibility of the election depends on the responsible leadership at the time.
According to him, free and fair elections can be conducted if the right person participates.
