Politics Is Now A Dumping Ground For People Who Lack Integrity – Rita Edochie

Rita Edochie

Nollywood actress Rita Edochie has come out to lament about the state of politics in Nigeria. She recently expressed sadness at how politics has been badly degraded, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Stressing that anyone is allowed to contest for office nowadays, Rita disclosed that she misses the times when political aspirants underwent concrete evaluation and had to be up to the task.

Edochie concluded by wondering when politics became a dumping ground for people who swim in the pool of illusions.

Her words, “Politics has been badly degraded; anything and everything can now come out to contest, even with nothing to offer, Alu Mee!

You no get integrity and captivity, so hide your face biko.

When Nigeria was Nigeria, every contestant had to have a concrete evaluation and must be equal to the task before coming out to contest for any small political office. I am not talking about a governship, just a small local government position. You must be thoroughly evaluated and eligible.

But today, almost anyone can run for office, regardless of competence, vision, or what they have to offer the people.
Public office is now treated as an open stage for anyone and everyone, including those with neither the capacity nor the character, nor the genuine solutions needed, to serve the people.

I don’t know when politics became a dumping ground for people who swim in the pool of illusions.
Everybody wants to make him face show and make him shoe shine.

I’ve just been seeing things, and I can only laugh. Though we are still waiting for the freedom of the people in captivity, and I say it is well, since a saying has it that we should give thanks no matter the situation. If you believe it in respect to the situation of Nigeria today.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.