Nigeria, Sept. 20 -- Ahead of the general elections scheduled for the first quarter of 2023, the jostling for advantage amongst members of our political class has resumed in earnest the extreme prejudice that it comes with is a staple of most competitive activity, politics especially, in this parts. As usual, the current pushing and shoving has not involved the elaboration of party planks or platforms (new or old). Policy positions on key social and economic issues ― how to fix rising unemployment, for instance, or to boost domestic productivity, bring down inflation, or curb the erosion of the state's monopoly of the means of violence ― although urgently required by the current poor state of the country, are not the strongest s...