Watching the proceedings of the Senate in recent weeks, one could be forgiven for wondering whether Nigeria’s latest reality show has quietly moved from the television studio to the National Assembly.
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If anyone had suggested that the next big source of national entertainment would come from the Red Chamber rather than a television set, many Nigerians would probably have laughed. Yet, in the past few weeks, the Senate has produced moments that contain all the ingredients of a reality programme: strong personalities, unexpected confrontations, dramatic exchanges, moments of reconciliation and an audience eagerly waiting to see what happens next.
The only problem is that this is not a television show, and Nigerians did not vote for the contestants.
The Red Chamber, as the Senate is popularly called, has become the unlikely setting for a political drama that social media has eagerly embraced. Every exchange is dissected, every facial expression interpreted, every statement analysed, and every confrontation quickly transformed into memes and commentaries.
