Politics is still being operated in the
crudest manner in some third world countries till now. Basically, such
countries remain under developed because leaders produced through such fraud-
ridden systems always fail to perform up to the expected standard and also;
they face a lot of reactionary/ resistant forces who use various
anti-social/economic means to sabotage the developmental processes of such countries.
Example of such cont-ravenous activities include assassinations, smuggling, insurgencies,
to mention a few.
Generally, elections are not expected to be “Do-or-die” affairs as it
is; but a noble opportunity to serve and make positive contributions to one’s
father land. However, in countries where election processes are being shrouded
in myriads of malpractices, it is quite obvious that the essence of holding an
elective office is already misplaced. Many of such political office holders are
known to accumulate overnight wealth with a lot of properties acquired both at
home and abroad- all to the detriment of the hapless masses who voted for them
with high hopes and great expectations!
In a grim situation as mentioned above, the most effective way to
correct the anomaly is to have a well trained and well oriented set of politicians
whose mindsets have been defrayed from such ill-intentions as massive misuse of
public assets. Rather, they should be able to view critically the available
resources and engage the services of relevant experts in order to expand and
upgrade such resources for the benefit of all citizens of the country.
One basic problem that requires urgent solution in such economies is
lack of empowerment. The first aspect of such empowerment has to do with
adequate power supply. Most of the citizens are usually willing to engage
themselves in various viable small-scale activities if they have basic power
supply. Activities such as tailoring, food processing and preservation, metal,
plastic and wood-works, welding, electric spray-painting, electrical/electronic
and Information/communication technology to mention a few; are prominent among
petty commercial activities in which the masses engage themselves every day.
The second part of such
lack of empowerment is in the area of agriculture, where the practice is still
in the primitive form. It is a highly profitable venture that can attract
youths and ensure sufficient food production as well as having surplus for
export. Leaders of such poor economies are usually blinded to the realities of
the present-day strides in the profession. Farmers need basic training,
equipment and support in the modern methods of mechanized farming… To be
continued.
