It is expected that every aspirant should have a knowledge of what lawmaking is all about.

But sadly enough, nepotism, favouritism, handpicking, selection, and imposition of candidates continue to deny us an opportunity to vote for the right candidate who possesses a good knowledge and understanding of legislative matters.

In Nigeria, election results in both direct and indirect primary election do not reflect on the general will of the people. Thus the masses are tossed and instructed in most cases to vote for a particular candidate, who knows nothing about legislative responsibility.

The adverse effect of the aforementioned is that, we end up cramming the chambers with dull representatives, put differently, bench warmers.

It is important to note that legislative business is not a "Tea Party Affair!” it requires knowledge and understanding of what lawmaking and oversight responsibilities are all about.

In developed countries, people do not vote men and women with no clear understanding of the function of legislature. This is to avoid the burden of training newly elected members for weeks or months of special training as the case may be.

Hence, the idea behind the campaign for “political classroom” is to inform the public and the aspirants vying for public office that adequate knowledge is required to make better laws, better policies, better programmes and take effective actions that will foster progress and development.

In Western democracy, leaders are selected based on opinions, suggestions, write-ups, ideas and contributions on national issues. People then decide to pull out resources to purchase forms for candidates and also take up campaign responsibility (these being voluntary support from the people).

If we must get it right, we must vote leaders who are knowledgeable in legislative matters to deliver the dividends of democracy.