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The Position of Youths in The Recently Concluded Elections
Matsayin matasa game da zaven da aka yi
NOTE: ”Q” represents the Hausa hooked ”K” “X” represents the Hausa hooked “D” “V” represents the Hausa hooked “B”
- A matsayina na matashi a game da zaven da ya gudana a ranar 21 ga watan Afrilun, zan iya cewa ba zave aka yi ba. An dai yi wani abu ne daban. A dalilin haka ne har wasu suke ganin gara a koma zamanin sarautar gargajiya ko mulkin mallaka a kan halin da mahukuntan qasar nan suka wurga mu.
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- Hada-hadar da aka yi a wannan Asabar xin ba ta kai qimar da za a iya kiran ta zaven ba da mulki daga wani mulki zuwa wani zavavven mulkin ba. Da farko duk jami’yyun da kuma jihohin, sun tafka magu-magu da maguxi.
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- Haqiqa laifin, ni a ganina, yana kan ita hukumar gudanar da zave da ta gaza fitowa fili ta xauki alhakin abin da ya gudana, domin an ce mai zaman kanta ce. Ashe abin ba haka yake ba. Sannan hukumomin tsaro ba su yi aikin da ya wajaba a kansu ba, hasali ma sai kare ra’ayin gwamnati suka yi.
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- Haqiqa duk wanda ya faxi, sai ya tashi da qorafin cewa ‘yan adawa ne suka yi maguxi ko murxiya, amma abin da jam’iyyar da ke mulki ta yi ya wuce gona da iri. Sannan ‘yan adawa ba su da hadin kai da salon tafiya tare. Wannan ya sa wasu suke kira da a soke zaven a sake wani. Farawa daga zanga-zangar lumana, zai yi wuya a soke zaben, duk da kukan da masu sa ido a harkokin zave suka yi . Amma ko da za a soke zaven bai kamata wannan gwamnatin ta qara shiga gaba wajen tafiyar da lamura ba. A kafa hukumar zave da zavar mata shugabannin da ba ruwansu da kowace jami’yya, ko a kafa gwamnatin wucin gadi don warware wannan matsala. Sai dai samuwar haka ya dogara a wuyan ‘yan Nijeriya.
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- Sake zave, zai ci kuxin qasar nan, sannan wasu jamiyyun adawan ba za su iya xaukar nauyin kansu ba. Wannan matsalar a gajeren zango za a tashi da rashin halascin wanda za su gaji Shugaba Obasanjo, wanda hakan zai sa a gaza yin komai sai gardama da hukunta ‘yan adawa. Sannan a dogon zangon an sa maguxi ya zama tsarin siyasa a Nijeriya, domin duk wanda ya sami damar yin murxiya don cimma burinsa, sai ya yi, musamman don ba mu yarda da juna ba. Shi shugaba bai yarda da wanda yake mulka ba, hasali bai yarda da kansa ba, sannan su waxanda ake mulka ba su yarda da waxanda suke mulkarsu ba.
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- Haqiqa Nijeriya ba Jojiya ba ce, ba Ukraine ba ce, kuma ba Kenya ba ce, sannan duk da qoqarin xaukaka ra’ayin da aka yi a Gini Konakiri a kwanan nan, duk ba su zame mana darasi ba, sai wani lokacin. Ba abin da muka koya. Kamar yadda Obasanjo ya hau, Kasar nan na tangal-tangal, haka zai sauka ya bar qasar tana tangal-tangal.
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- Maganar gaskiya ‘yan Nijeriya, musamman magoya bayan Janar Buhari, ba da gaske suke ba, sannan ANPP ba ta yi kamfen yadda ya kamata ba, domin a wasu jihohin Kudu maso Kudu ba su kutsa zukatan mutane ba, kuma ko a Kano babu issasun allunan hoton tallata da xan takararsu. Ta bangaren jam’iyyar adawa ta AC, an sami matsalar rashin shiri ganin kwana kaxan da yin zave aka tabbatar da tsayawar takara madugun jam’iyyar wato Atiku Abubakar, Mataimakin Obasanjo (1999-2007), wanxa burin ya tsaya takara a qurarren lokaci ya sa aka shiga sharo ba shanu. Wannan dalili ya san sai nake gani ko ba a yi maguxi ba, PDP na iya cin zaven. Saboda ku dubi yadda suke fita kamfen na shugaban qasa da gwamnoni, amma zarin neman quri’u da nuna fintinkau a iska ba za su haifar da xa mai ido ba. Murxiyar da aka yi ta yi yawan da za a kirayi abin da aka yi a Nijeriya da sunan zave, wani tsari ne kawai na xora na naxa wakilai da magada. Nan gaba ya kamata ’yan adawa su qara xamara domin, rashin halascin mahukunta na iya haifar da rikicin kunxi. Sannan xaukar lokaci wajen kwaskwarimar dokoki na hana aiki, da salon qarshe ke gyara hanyar da aka bi, wato a yi aiki don share kuskuren da aka aikata. Maganar gaskiya, ta yadda ka hau, tan an za ka sauka. Duk da an ci mutuncin dimokuraxdiyya, dole mu yarda da nasarar Shugaba Umar Musa ‘Yar adua, fatan da za mu yi masa shi ne a samar da wutar lantarki da ruwan sha, duk walkiyar da za a yi.
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- Illar zaven nan, ita ce ya haifa wa matasa da matsalar cewa komai suke so za su iya bi ta kowace hanya. Dole dattijai su zauna a gyara lamuran, a kawo wuta da ruwa wanda ba jin daxi ba ne a duniyar yau, dole mutane su rayu da issashen ruwa. Wajen ci gaba dole sai da makamashi. Sannan a ba tsaro muhimmancin da ya kamata. A tada ilimi da noma da masana’antu. Akwai illar rashin xaukar mataki, musamman a wuyan malamai da, ma’aikata da xalibai, da duk wani wanda zai iya cewa wani abu game da wannan makircin da ya yi shekaru. Muna da masu ilimi da ya kamata su sadaukar da kansu don jin daxin sauran, su nuna mana hanyar da za mu warware wannan musiba.
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- Wasu malamai kan ce a barwa Allah, a yi addu’a. Maganar gaskiya talakan Nijeriya ba ya da haquri. Zuciyarsa ta mutu domin rashin qarfin masu tasowa. Wannan ba abin da wani zai ce bai shafe shi ba ne. Ya kamata ya zama akwai manufa, amma mutane ba manufa, jam’iyya ba manufa, qasa ba manufa, wannan shi kan shi haxari ne, kuxi su ne burin ‘yan qasa.
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- Ta wata fuskar jam’iyya mai mulki ta ci ribar raunin talaka da rashin haxin kan ‘yan adawan, amma a kowane ma’auni za a gwada wannan zaven bai yi ba. Sannan akwai illar rashin halasci ga wanda za su gaji wannan hukumar in ba a sake ba. Ya kamata a saurari kukan talaka.
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- Duk da halin da aka shiga haqiqa ya kamata mu guje wa masifa. Mu saurari abin da manyanmu za su ce game da wannan lamarin, ba wai a fara yaqi tsakanin ‘yan adawa ba, ko vata kayan hukuma, a warware matsalar ta hanyar fahimtar juna.
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- Gaskiya ke haifar da gaskiya, mu zama masu gaskiya, sai mu sami shugaba mai gaskiya, amma shin haka za mu ci gaba da zama har 2011?
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The Position of Youths in The Recently Concluded Elections
- From my perspective as a young person, regarding the election that took place on 21 April [2007], I would say that what we had wasn’t an election. What happened was something different. This is why some think it would be better to return to the era of the traditional political system, or even colonial government, having decided that this country’s leaders have failed us.
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- The gathering that was convened this Saturday did not qualify as an election, which transferred power from one elected government to another elected government. First of all, all the political parties and the states have committed massive fraud. In my opinion, the blame for this lies with the election commission, which failed to appear in public and assume responsibility for what happened, since it is supposed to be independent. But in fact, that’s not the case. And then the law enforcement authorities did not do the work that was required of them; instead, all they did was protect the current government. It’s true what they said: they just stood up and made a fuss that it was the opposition that was being fraudulent, but what the party in power did was much worse [“pass by the farm with the seeds”]. The members of the opposition failed to come together in a spirit of cooperation. Calling for demonstrations and boycotts will not lead to the annulment of the election, in spite of the complaints made by election monitors. But even if the election were annulled, this government must not again take the lead in conducting another election. We should establish a truly independent electoral commission whose members would not belong to any political party, or else we should establish an interim government to solve this problem. But achieving this depends largely on Nigerians. Redoing the election would cost this country a lot of money, and some opposition parties could not assume the financial burdenhemselves. This problem, in the short run, would be the establishment of a government with legitimacy problems to take over from that of President Obasanjo, and that would result in a failure to get anything done, except the continuing persecution of the opposition. In the long run, rigging elections would become part of our political culture because everyone who gets the opportunity to manipulate things in order to achieve his ambitions will do so, especially when we don’t agree with each other. The president will not trust the people and, in fact, he won’t trust himself. Those who are ruled over won’t accept those who are ruling them.
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- It’s true that Nigeria is not Georgia, it’s not Ukraine, and it’s not Kenya. And despite the government’s attempts to implement the lessons that were exemplified in the recent events in Guinea-Conakry, the government is not always able to do so. We have learned nothing. This country was on the point of failure when Obasanjo came into office, and that’s just how he’ll leave the country, on the verge of failure.
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- The truth is, Nigerians, especially those who are supporters of General Buhari, are not serious, and the ANPP [All Nigeria Peoples Party] did not do the campaigning that was needed, because in some southern states they didn’t endear themselves to the people, and even in Kano there weren’t sufficient images displaying their candidate. As for the AC [Action Congress] opposition, there was a problem with poor planning, since it was only a few days before the election that the candidacy status of the party leader Atiku Abubakar, Obasanjo’s vice-president from 1999 to 2007 was confirmed. His candidacy was the root cause of his fight with Obasanjo. This is why, as I see it, even if there wasn’t fraud involved, the PDP [People’s Democratic Party] could have won the election, because look at how they went out campaigning for the president and governors; but the greed for votes and showing a false lead were not going to produce a valid result [“a child with sight”]. The bickering that took place was so great that one might say that what happened in Nigeria was not quite an election; rather it was a simple process of appointing representatives and successors. From now on, the opposition must step up their efforts, because the illegitimacy of administrators could give rise to conflict. Then time must be taken to restore the laws that are stopping the work of finally repairing the road that has been started; that is, we should work to clean up the mistakes that have been made. There’s truth in the saying, you reap what you sow. Although democracy has been betrayed, we must support President Umar Musa ‘Yar adua’s victory, hoping that he will provide electricity and drinking water, no matter what.
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- The flaw in this election was that it created for young people the impression that whatever they want, they should follow any method to get it. Our elders must sit down and resolve matters, and bring electricity and water to those who are suffering in today’s world; people must have adequate water in order to prosper. To get ahead, one needs to have fuel. And security should be given the importance it requires. Education and farming and industry should be encouraged. It’s a crime, this lack of progress, especially given the conflicts among teachers, workers, students, as well as anyone with influence. We have educated people who must volunteer themselves for the well being of others; to show us the way we should resolve this misfortune.
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- Some scholars say it’s up to God, one can only pray. The truth is, the Nigerian commoner has no patience. His spirit has been broken due to the weakness of the critics. This is not something that someone should say he’s not up to. He has to come up with an objective, but people are not an objective, a political party is not an objective, land is not an objective. This is the real danger, that money has become the goal of our countrymen.
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- On the other hand, the party in power has profited from the weakness of commoner and the lack of cooperation among the opposition, but by any measure it’s obvious that this election was not done right. And there’s the issue of legitimacy on the part of those who would inherit this government if we don’t change. We must listen to the complaints of the commoner.
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- In spite of the situation we are in, we must avoid conflicts. We should listen to what our elders would say about this matter, not to begin infighting or lose the means of authority, but to resolve the problem by understanding each other.
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- Truth begets truth, and we should become truth-tellers, so that we can find a real leader. Must we continue to live this way until 2011?
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