Nepotism, Tribalism and Ineptitude Will Fuel More Agitation in Biafra and Nigeria

Twitter user @KingDouyeAlfred gives deep insight into the root of our Ineptitude, Tribalism & Nepotism?

He buttressed his point in a series of tweets as follows

We complain about tribalism & nepotism in govt everyday but will never ask why it's there

You cannot solve a problem you can't identify

There is a logical reason why tribe/ethnicity/creed are criteria for appointments, benefit etc ahead of merit in Nigeria

It is by design
You see, believe it or not, tribalism is economic behaviour - and it responds to market forces like any commodity & it's in demand

Tribalism is in demand for 2 reasons
A: Brotherly love
B: Nigeria's structure

To illustrate this, I did 2 polls with ordinary Nigerians

5-Poll A is a unitary system with statutory allocations monthly for governors to spend - like Nigeria

Voters are the governor

See results?

 1st Pole

Because it was solely to share benefit, majority(rightly) turned to their loved ones first - this is normal & even noble

It's why we toil
7-Our leaders, governors, president are not doing anything surprising or out of the ordinary when they are nepotistic

Your votes prove that
Poll B is a federal system with no allocation where the governor needs skill for production before he can give his people

See results?

2nd Pole

The governor (voters) in poll B, though they love their kin the same, shunned them to employ the best hands who merit the job

See?

Its simple, production demands factors of production & skill is one of em- creating demand for merit

Sharing creates demand for nepotism

Put simply, our unitary system is creating no demand for merit as there is no need to produce before earning revenues

But nepotism? Yes

When earning is decoupled from productivity, people will rightly revert to primal sentiments of responsibility to take care of home first

If a Bauchi state governor knows he needs to produce lots of rice to earn & a Yoruba man is best farmer, he'll employ him

Merit

If the same governor's only job is to wait 30 days for allocation to share (even in the form of jobs)? - Bauchi citizens first

Nepotism

We have created a system that incentivises, encourages & rewards all the things we claim to hate

Our dysfunction is by design

You cannot solve a problem you cannot identify

Nepotism in governance is not a moral issue- It's an economic one

We need to stop moralistic approach to institutional issues

It's the system - always was

We know what to do

As you were