Of Corruption, Militants, Leaders and Elder Statesmen. This is of what we are facing as a people and whenever we look inward we become really agitated knowing what we would have become as a Nation and People if the right things were done from the word go. We have evolved from a primitive stage to a developed stage and now we are heading downwards to that state of primitiveness we once came from.
My state of mind is troubled and I wonder what we are doing or not doing right.
We have become a people fighting their Will and whether it stands or not, we will never really get it right because the Will Power in us has been sold for less than we will ever want it to be sold and when we try to behave like it was not our doing, we put ourselves out there for the picking. We are in a pickle for all the wrong things and of corruption, militants, leaders and elder statesmen it is virtually what is wrong with us and what will continually be wrong and we took it upon ourselves as a people to identify with the pettiness of existence as against the things that makes meaning. We pay for the things that are free while we strive so very hard to make sense of what it is that we desire as a people.
Of corruption, militants, leaders and elder statesmen, the story keeps getting stormy and overbearing on the people and I fear like I am sure you are that we are heading towards a disconnect from reality and personal existence. The disconnect is already evident with various happenings and events here at home and it is glaring that instead of following through with the National wellness, our leaders are content following through with their own selfish wellness and have been able to so far held the people hostage putting them in a secular seclusion where nothing is what it seems and like a blast of light running at 2000miles per second, we only know it passed because we were told and never really got a chance to see it because we have programmed ourselves to always take the news from the news makers and instead of following through with the news, we desperately try all we can to not get involved.
OF CORRUPTION: The index of corruption in Nigeria is rising by the day and that is mostly credited to the powers that be and encouraged by the people themselves. We created corruption and now that it is biting us in our asses, we look for the persons high up there to blame while we are still propagating and practicing corruption. We are a people with suggestive instinct and whenever we are faced with situations that demands our patience, we look for a way out by suggesting unorthodox solutions, solutions which although may sound complimentary is actually the start of a decline of morale and ethos.
Of corruption that is evident in us, we have become cannibals who now not only feast on other people but on themselves as well. The happenings in the country since 1999 I dare say, have taken corruption to a whole different level where aggrieved politicians and ex-leaders who after having stolen, looted, corrupted and desecrated our National treasury decide to align themselves with the gullible citizenry and turning them against authority and putting suggestive ideas at rebellion in them to stand against the government that isn’t working or doing their bidding. I am a supporter of good governance and accountability but will be quick to explain my stand that I am not a hypocrite and will never want to be caught in the wrong things.
There is a match/protest slated to address the excesses of the National Assembly following their jumbo pay which we are beginning to consider too much especially since they really do nothing but attend meetings, form committees, appoint friends to plum offices, pass irrelevant bills, look the other way and allow the evil pass. They don’t return to their constituents with the dividends of Nationhood to the people who sit back at home hoping for the best from a country they on dailies bleed for. The decline in infrastructure has brought about the failure in the system and the people are non-too pleased of the happenings especially when they.
We must rise above this stigma that is corruption as it is as a matter of urgency moving to occupy our minds and outsiders have started treating us like lepers and miscreants. We must as a matter of urgency stem this menace that is threatening to consume us all. We must say no to these acts that keeps undermining our sanity as a people. We must hold accountable the persons responsible for the increasing rates of corruption in Nigeria and demand that justice be made to prevail. We should as a matter of urgency start from the convicted governors some of whom have been pardoned and some in the senate representing themselves, senators and ex-leaders.
The Nigerian government is of late known to reward criminality in corridors of power while they make good example of the man who steals a handset or bread. Let us cast our minds back to sometime ago when the news reported massive fraud cases and what we were told and what funnily happened at the end of the day. Cast your mind back to the Fuel Subsidy scandal that lead to the Occupy Nigeria protest and the subsequent probe that fingered a politician hiding his loot in his cap, the Power Sector probe scam, Police pension scam etc and all these now puts a question in my mouth like, whatever happened to Alamieyesiegha, Joshua Dariye, Ndudi Elumelu, Mohammed Katun, Mrs. Attang, Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Uzoma Cyril Attang, Christian Madubuke, Femi Otedola, Farouk Lawan, Ifeanyi Ubah, Mahmud Tukur and the rest of the accused persons on the fuel subsidy case.
OF MILITANTS: This today is one of the most sought after and lucrative criminal organization we have had in the country and stating it like that may actually be stating less of the power and influence that sector wields in Nigeria. We are aware of the huge sums of monies allocated from the National treasury to feed, train and indulge these persons labeled as Militants or ex-Militants. These persons would never have been there in the first place had corruption not become the bedrock of governance. We would have never had a cause to worry our heads about paying unrepentant killers, rapist, vandals and criminals if the right things were done in the first place but sadly enough that is the state of things and as usual, we have come to live with it, learn to respect criminals and even sing their praise to the high heavens.
They are even permitted to move around town with Police escorts bringing to bear that crime pays in Nigeria and that if you commit a crime, the police will not only bring you to the books they will also provide the needed security for you when its time. Militants or is it ex-Militants we will call it have the best and latest Automobiles, Houses and some even own Private Jets with unrestricted access to the corridors of power and right into the seats of power.
OF LEADERS: This sadly is a sad and pathetic sect, this one is so bad that they are unashamed to flaunt their criminally insane status around the world.
What are leaders supposed to do?
Leaders are supposed to lead their people and remain accountable to the office they have been appointed into while preserving institutions and heritage.
Leaders are supposed to give more than they are expected to give because life’s worth is based on service rendered to others.
Leaders are supposed to lead by example be it in words, thoughts or deed and the secret life of such a leader must be seen as okay especially since it must eventually come to light.
Leaders must first lay down in order to be lifted.
Leaders must be first servant leaders and followers than “the leader” because in practicality, what you learn as a follower will in more ways than one determine how far you will go with your leadership capacity. Leaders must be willing to say we than I because by so doing, he takes the people along in decision making.
Leaders must be responsible enough to take responsibility for their actions and also be responsible for the shortcoming of their followers because the failure of the followers is in some way the byproduct of the teachings of the leader.
Leaders must stop stealing and looting the Nation’s treasury and this one is particularly for that Nigerian leader that has stolen us into a stupor.
Lots of our leaders now live in affluence after leaving office and they own so much properties and institutions and some are even jostling to come back so that they can continually loot because to them, the Nation’s treasury is their piggy bank.
OF ELDER STATESMEN: It is said that the words of our elders are words of wisdom and my growing up days has so many examples of how that statement stands true in every one letter but today, that is not what it is and sadly enough we have for ourselves and Nation Criminally Insane elders who will gladly trade our lives for their because they rather the youths cease to exist than they not minding the number of their days.
There are some elders that has managed to remain consistent in their bid to let the world see elders in disrespect and I wonder at the gratification they get doing these shameful things. What will their children do or what are they doing? With countless elders lurking in the shadows only 1 out of a 10 can be said to do the right thing and I really feel strongly that we should put some of these persons in old people’s home so that minders can start doing their job because it is only in our part of the world we see old senile persons roaming the corridors of power calling the shorts and they do it so poorly that their acts and display are not different from that of a toddler. Little wonder we got our number office tagged “Kindergarten Presidency”.
Of Corruption, Militants, Leaders and Elder Statesmen is what is wrong with Nigeria and the minute these are addressed, all issues bothering on politics, oil theft, unemployment, overpaid leaders, failed institutions, looting, weak judicial system etc will drop drastically while we as a people continue working on a better framework for the Future and we can do it. We still owe it to generations unborn to have a shot at the good life before we send our nation and ourselves into extinction…..
I am @ejemai and this is my note
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