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"THEY'RE ALL THE SAME" IS NOT A POLITICAL PARTY IN NIGERIA! - Lauretta Onochie

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I cannot count how many times I have been told, "This is Nigeria, not UK". It's usually in response to my democratic nonsense. I am a democrat. I also live in a democratic society. I was born in Nigeria. I grew up in Nigeria too. So I have a fairly good understanding of how we do things in Nigeria. I also have an understanding of what governance means in Nigeria. It's meaning and style are a far cry from what they mean, even in Ghana. Then I stumbled on a word, an English word. "Change". So many of us' Nigerians, began to dream. We began to imagine how this word, "Change", could transform the lives of all Nigerians. We dreamed of heights hitherto unattained by Nigerians that we could now attain as individuals and as a nation because of "Change"! We dreamed of reclaiming our position as the giant of Africa that roared in the days of apartheid and the world listened. We dreamed of our leaders standing shoulder to shoulder w