By Dr. Okeme Arome. The political atmosphere in Nigeria ahead of 2019 general elections is increasingly becoming dense and tense with the various intrigues, political maneuvers, mathematics, betrayals, dissolution of weak static bonds with previous allies and the formation of perceived covalent bonds with formidable political gladiators and influential parties to create alliances aimed at achieving set goals and agenda that, more often than not, are self-indulging, rather than people oriented or altruistic. One very important arm of government of the Federalism that Nigeria is made to believe it is practicing is the legislature, the others being executive and judiciary, where one is meant to checkmate the activities of the others. The legislative arm boasts of being the most vocal, or so it should be, of the tripod of government. Legislators are elected by their constituents to “deputize” and create for them a sense of national worth by the instrumentality of their deliberations. The National theatre of action of the legislature, the chamber or assembly, is often comprised of a motley of culture and tribes; religion and beliefs; creed and color thereby arguably making it a true microcosm of the nation. Their duties include, but not limited to, creating policies, budgets and programs; participating in debates on proposed legislation; seeking funding for their districts; negotiating with other lawmakers to gain consensus and move legislation forward ; making public appearances, presentations and speeches. More often than not, superior arguments garnished with tact and wit attract more support than inferior, vapid and cold polemics. These features are what constituents should look out for in aspiring legislators if they must put their best foot forward. This arm of government is mostly characterized by logorrhea, therefore, people who are tacit or reticent and untrained to sustain an argument will only become a waste of vote, inefficient and unfit for the job. Legislators are meant to sponsor bills, debate them and make legislations that would favor their community and, by extension, the nation. But for the constituency allowances, execution of projects should not directly concern legislators. These are the functions of the executive. They would only serve to distract legislative businesses and activities. The various parties and individuals must make it a duty to their people to educate them on all these division of labor and functions of the various arms of government in the grassroots where misconceptions are rife. This would go a long way in relieving the pressure off legislators while they take on their primary assignment of law making. The masses have a duty to send “deputies” that are very verse and knowledgeable enough about their plights; influential enough to sponsor and debate bills that would engender people-oriented projects to them; and smart enough to place their constituents on the pedestal of human and infrastructural development to be reckoned with nationally.
The 8th assembly of legislators in the various states houses of assembly across the country have done very little in checkmating the excesses of the Executive and Judiciary. States such as Kogi, Kaduna, Imo, Ekiti and Osun can best be described as having a rubberstamp legislature. These crop of lawmakers may have all rode on the tide of the victories and good fortunes of their parties to victories not necessarily through their personage, competence and abilities to ably represent their people. This is probably why they appear easily swayed by the executive. The people from these states must elect individuals now rather than parties to ensure that true democracy and its dividends are deeply entrenched in the land. They must look out for audacious, agile and combative individuals who are severely patriotic to their course as a people and possess the complete arsenal of argumentative skill to outwit their peers in the house. People who have been tested and gifted with the skill in dialectical thrust and parry. Those who have perfected the jabs and drubs of parliamentary pugilism. These qualities should form their best foot for a turnaround of their present misfortunes and predicaments. They must be able to divorce executive duties from legislative ones, shy away from highest bidder politics and be patriotic enough to select from the contenders people who may have the genuine interest of the community at heart. This is true because the recovery of monies spent on seeking elections would assume the only agenda for them at the expense of the constituents when they are finally elected, and the god of fairness and fair play will only turn the ostrich as both parties will have arrived at a deuce or compromise; a case of ‘do me I do you’, god no vex.
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