In a functioning democracy, politics is supposed to be a mandate — a transfer of trust from citizens to those elected to serve them. In Nigeria, it often looks more like a marketplace. Positions are negotiated. Allegiances are traded. Loyalty shifts are timed, not by ideology or policy conviction, but by proximity to power. The language of service remains, but the logic of exchange quietly dominates. Votes are cast. But power is brokered. The economics of political movement In recent years, one pattern has bec
In a functioning democracy, politics is supposed to be a mandate — a transfer of trust from citizens to those elected to serve them. In Nigeria, it often looks more like a marketplace. Positions are negotiated. Allegiances are traded. Loyalty shifts are timed, not by ideology or policy conviction, but by proximity to power. The language of service remains, but the logic of exchange quietly dominates. Votes are cast. But power is brokered. The economics of political movement In recent years, one pattern has bec