A message to our Nigerian youths: The fundamental power of your vote rests in your ability to make a choice. Yet, one must ask what purpose voting serves if your only decision is picking between 3 fools. Similarly, how impactful can your ballot truly be when you are forced to select from four fools?

Please understand that there is a mechanism far more influential than your final selection at the polls, which is the emergence of options. Ultimately, the general election plays a secondary role compared to party administration. It is the internal party management that actively brews and determines the candidates you eventually rally behind. Consequently, these preselected options completely restrict your freedom of choice.

The moment political parties finalize their flagbearers, your power to decide is boxed in. You are compelled to pick exclusively from the individuals provided, and if those four options are fools, casting a ballot simply turns into a foolish vote. In the larger picture, the act of voting is a low resolution action.

When you wait until election day to exercise your powerful right to choose, you are only operating at the second base of the political hierarchy. The primary and most critical base is how the options emerge in the first place, which falls entirely under party administration. If we do not correct our political system from this foundational level, we will find ourselves doing nothing but tweeting our frustrations for many years to come.

Historically, we tend to misplace our political priorities. However, as the saying goes, when you are ready, the teacher will appear.