During the 2015 elections, President Buhari’s campaign organisation decided to raise money for his campaign by issuing scratch-cards for purchase by the electorate. These scratch-cards sold out very quickly in some states and gave his voters more ownership in the process. In the case of Gbadebo, a lot more could now be achieved with current advancements in Nigerian digital payments. TransparencyA friend argued with me that it would not be popular in Nigeria as the Nigerian electorate loved to receive rather than give. The future trends are more in favour of “ownership” created through technology than from bribery with “stomach infrastructure”.

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2018 03:11 UTC