THE 2023 General Elections have come and gone, leaving in their wake a sour taste in the mouth of losers, and imprinting a celebrative mood on winners.
VICTORY indeed is sweet, but winners need to celebrate for just a while and then get down to the business of planning on how best to discharge their mandates from May 29 and beyond.
IN the past 24 years of unbroken civilian rule, the nation has learnt much about the practice of democracy. In the light of this experience, legal reforms have been made to guide the nation’s politics.
THE most significant of these reforms have been the several amendments to the 1999 Constitution as well as the Electoral Act. With the ever-present conflicts revolving around party primaries and the main elections, the Nigerian judiciary has also played its role in shaping the nation’s political culture.
AS winners from the electoral contests of the 2023 General Elections prepare to settle down for the next four years of democratic governance, they need to always have at the back of their minds the fact that an electoral mandate is a call to serve the people.
THE losers on their part also owe the nation a duty to cooperate with the winners as they discharge their mandates. Attempting to sabotage the political office holders would portray them as bad losers.
NOW that elections are over and the nation looks forward to a smooth transition to the next leadership at the federal and state levels, The Voice appeals for calm from political gladiators. For it is when we avoid rocking the boat, that the progress of the nation would be guaranteed.