WHO IS REALLY POOR?

It's a pity our country is the way it is because the people leading us in Nigeria are as poor as the so called 'poor'. The difference is; while the poor live in a poverty that can be corrected with very little money and basic amenities of life, such as portable drinking water, a decent roof over their heads, good education etc, the politicians have all these in abundance but are still poor....How? Simple. They have what is called the poverty of the mind and are never satisfied; so they loot, embezzle, amass.... and do it over and over again but they are still poor! Their reasoning is deadened by material wealth and they can't see beyond themselves!

DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE: A LOOK AT NIGERIA

Democracy is defined as government of the people, by the people, for the people. This means the person who sits at the helm in any organisation or establishment is taken from among the people as the choice of the people, in order to represent them and to protect their interests. When a person is chosen to lead, it portends that the people have confidence in this person and have entrusted him/her with their lives, invariably believing that an erstwhile bad situation will change for the better.

Over the centuries, the tyrannical rule of villages, cities, states and empires was held together by the power of individual rulers through political, legal, religious, economic and military force. In those times, the few people who were actually content with their lives were either the rulers themselves, or close allies enjoying their ruler's favour, rugged individuals who isolated themselves from "civilization", or the fortunate few who lived in the rare kindgdom ruled by the benevolent dictator.....http://takingitglobal.com