Party politics is such a complex game. The fact that it is solely a game for human beings make it so dynamic that it takes a brilliant approach to postulate, project and predict the outcome if you venture into it.
If it is limited to intellectual exercise and does not involve high degree of risks,it would have been left for just the'boys'. How do you start, where and when, should I risk my resources, my time, my energy and above all, my image? To an ordinary electorate in Nigeria, they have the blanket judgement that every politician is a liar.
To some who could understand, the contestant is just a symbol, there are scores getting involved in the risk venture,thus, all of them are expected to move in and form the government. There lies current challenge of bringing together of egg heads to steer the ship of governance.
Today, there is the ugly scenario of the media promoting the idea of bringing some people they call 'technocrats' with a view to lubricate the engine of governance. Then, you ask the question: who is a technocract? Put simply,a technocract is a professional, trained in one field or other with a considerable period of experience in public or private sector.
You will be wondering if among those who engaged themselves in those risks involved in politics,we cannot identify high quality of technocrats. This is why it amused me during electioneering, when a guber aspirant described the governments we have been having in Oyo state as 'that of illiterates for illiterates.'
And you begin to wonder if Lam Adesina,a retired school principal,if Rashidi Ladoja,a Belgium trained engineer and Abiola Ajimobi who is always eager to showcase his academic credentials as a business administrator, should be regarded as illiterates.
Whoever believed he has something to offer the society should be prepared to get involved in the process that leads to governance. If,Seyi Makinde,a trained engineer and successful businessman, Sharafadeen Alli,a legal practitioner by any standard, Adebayo Adelabu,a first class Economist could step aside their lucrative duties and venture into the murky water of politics, let no one hide somewhere there to say'politics is a dirty game' only to come round to brag his credentials as technocrats to benefit from the product of'dirty game.'
This is why I hail Gboyega Oyetola, the incumbent governor of the state of Osun for insisting only his party members can be qualified to hold positions in his government. Bravo.