Welcome to the pilot edition of our quarterly magazine titled “The Politician” a publication that aims to
bring a fresh perspective on all the political happenings across the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The magazine
will consist of “food for thought” articles and exciting interviews of some of the most influential politicians
in the nation. It was Aristotle the Greek Philosopher and Polymath that stated and I quote “Human beings by
nature are political animals” or to put it in Lay mans terms, there’s a politician in each and every one of us.
The word “politics” in many circles is viewed in the same light as profanity, and politicians are mistrusted all
over the world. People often wonder why politicians struggle to fulfil their election pledges, and they cite the
reason for this to be because in their opinion, politicians are by nature dishonest souls, but I disagree.
Many politicians step into public office with the best of intentions but they encounter already established
“power structures” which make the fulfilment of their election pledges an uphill struggle. Let’s look at the power (electricity) sector of our economy. To the ordinary masses it looks like a simple matter. They believe that all
the government has to do is pump several billions of dollars into the sector and case closed. What they did not
factor in is the fact