The road to the Nigeria seat of power Aso Rock is long, expensive, and exhausting. Becoming a candidate is only the beginning of the election process. Successful candidates must both persuade voters that they deserve their individual votes and garner the critical votes of electors in the Electoral Constituencies.
Persuading voters is the essence of a political campaign. Advertising, theme songs, stump speeches, and even negative campaigning have been around since our country began, and each technological advancements since then has offered new opportunities for candidates to persuade voters. Study the campaign poster of previous political times from 1979. Would the figures of peace and progress wearing gowns and hats surrounding Alhaji Shehu Shagari and Alex Ekwueme of NPN, Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe of NPP looks sway to modern voter? Probably not, even with the Nigeria flags, code of arms, party logos did'nt translate to good governance, every parties display their manifestoes to convince the electorate but instead of Nigeria and Nigerians becoming better for it, revise became the case.
We shall soon see imagery in advertisements for candidates running in current presidential elections with the aim to woo our votes, as they said, once beaten twice shy, it is human to make mistakes but to repeat and remain in past mistakes is foolishness. Friends now we have another great opportunity to correct our mistakes, it starts with our PVCs, go get one for yourself, We are the threshold of history.
Developments in photographic techniques sparked new campaign strategies. For example, in 2007, photographs of Musa Yar'Addua and Goodluck Jonathan, later Mohammadu Buhari and Yemi Osibanjo in 2014/2018 were featured on campaign billboards. Campaigns still relied on tried and true ways to persuade voters, such as sheet music, Campaign promises and direct contact between voters and candidates.
Fellow electorates we should resist any temptation of votes buying for an immediate gratification, your vote is your right, it's your powerful weapon for change. "Essau in the the Bible sold his right for a pot of stew, he paid dearly for it in the future, people blame Jacob for tricking his brother for his birth right but refused to blame Essau for selling it for now, now, now gratification. LESSON: The future came and it was time for the blessings, he didn't get it, he blamed Jacob but he forgot that he sold his future. Today too many Nigerians are crying and blaming their predicaments on bad governments but we forgot that we sold our birth right like Essau, But nevertheless we having a golden opportunity to reclaim our birth rights and TIME IS NOW!.
Nigerians, as you listen to the aspirants of various political parties jostle for their party's victory at the coming general elections, think and ask if they can offer tomorrow what they couldn't provide in about 22 years; and if Nigerians are doing better now than when we were 22 years ago before voting for them. Our Mumu done do, Shine your eyes well well.
It's hard to imagine what transpired in Abuja Nigeria last month. "Monitocracy" money bag politics displaced by the two maga nigeria political parties, the aspiring candidates message couldn't speaks or make any sense to the people, even when they choose their issues wisely, the office of president was sold out for the highest bidder not the best aspiring candidate.
CAMPAIGN is on going, the media may not be completely innocent in the process, at time the they played the role of accomplice, because of politics of "Monitocracy" they gave in and fell prey to the lust of the eyes, lust of flesh and pride of life, though over time the media has changed and won back the confidence of the Nigeria populace. This transformational process is seen in today's campaign strategies, the use of statistical analysis and the science of influence and effect. Today, a candidate's every word, every action, and even their perceived thoughts should be read precept by precept and line by line, paraded and lay bare before the public before they can get our votes.
Thank you, let's meet at the polls.
NEVER SELL YOUR VOTE FOR IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION PLEASE.
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UN Global Ambassador
Rev Bright Samuel Otso
Bishop Elect
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