THE NIGERIAN POLITICIAN: Victim Of our Political Manipulations
By Festus Fifen. About 3 days ago Sahara Reporters one of the foremost online news medium in investigative journalism published the names and mobile numbers of state governors in Nigeria for the public to see and demand for a "better deal" in terms of governance; this is shortly after the names and mobile numbers of Senators Representing the 109 Senatorial Districts of the country were published on social media by the same organization with a 'Directive' that Nigerians should demand for dividend of democracy from their representatives. As good this action may seem to some Nigerians, it got me thinking of the impacts those mobile numbers can have on an impoverished people who find it very difficult to feed under the current economic fortune of Nigeria. This publication reminded me of an article Written by one of my colleagues Ukachi Chukwu with the title, "OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE MORE INTERESTED IN REPRESENTING THEMSELVES" initially I thought oh, this to