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Political Autopsy of Nigeria 2019 election

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The recent concluded election  of Nigeria  reminds us of troubling political experiment that as gone wrong. For starters,  the laws establishing  Inec and conduct of election is deeply flawed.secondly, the method of appointment of Inec chairman by the president is a non-starter .thirdly the era of  bringing Vice-chancellors/academic professor into conduct of election as   not helped the political process. This year election was the worst ever conducted in recent memory starting with extreme poor logistics to embarrassing party primaries across all party spectrum of which the ruling party defied all antecedent of democratic ethos. The multiple party system we are operating today exposed the waste of funds in this party as 90% of them did not win any seat which when compared to expenses of printing of ballot paper begs a question how long can we continue with this white elephant project called elections? . The seeming desperation of the political act...