God created this world in six days and on the
seventh day, He rested. He created Day
and Night, Summer and Winter; the mighty seas, Hills and Mountains. Then, we Humans, along with all sort of
animals and creeping things. Since then,
this arrangement has been the same with we humans replenishing the Earth – in
orderly manner. This orderly manner is
observed dearly when you drive through a Primary School during parade and you
observe the children in their uniforms according to their ages. Those in Primary one, two, three, four and
five, are all of the same height. There
is no disparity in God’s creation. Majority
of them blossoms as they age slowly. No
cheating either. Under the circumstance,
should your child who is supposed to be in form one, shunt the line to form
five, he will be immediately detected and caught. Likewise a teenager in class
5 cannot go to Primary one. The age
difference would show.
Now for the second example, whenever I travel
overseas, I am amazed at the orderliness.
At least I won’t have to worry about blackout, lack of water in my hotel
room. Neither do I border myself about
fuel scarcity. In Thailand, their vehicles
now use gas, no longer fuel.
On a visit to South Africa what caught my
attention was the superiority of the system over individuals. I spent two weeks in Johannesburg and not
once did I hear in their regular news bulletin announcement about powerful
individuals! In China, they are even
executed by firing squad for stealing anything from the State. In Israel, a former President was convicted
for spending £4oo of State funds to buy Ragolis water to entertain guests. Yes, there is corruption alright, but the
impunity and magnitude are suppressed.
Now, back to my Nation, Nigeria. Six years ago we all fought for an innocent
man called Goodluck Jonathan to be made Acting President and then later, he
contested and became legally elected as President of Nigeria. I remembered his
promises vividly, of making Nigeria a paradise, at least the enabling
environment for those of us without shoes to have one. Sadly, this same man we all voted for massively
in 2011, by 2015 the Nation couldn’t wait to send him packing. His reign turned out to be a torrid tale of
sickening corruption. The man simply
lost control. Instead of hope, the
Nation was thrown into despair. Gloom set
in and then depression.
On the pages of the newspapers we read of stories
of how huge sums of monies are stolen by “strong men” of Nigeria. The Petroleum Ministry was neck deep in
corruption. The former Minister was
reported to have spent 10 billion for luxury jets; her son was pictured on the
internet sitting on “loads of Dollars”.
Former Aviation Minister spent 255 million to buy bullet-proof cars;
former Internal Affairs Minister collected N1,500 each from over 700,000
immigration applicants without refunding a kobo to date despite the failed
venture. From the CBN over $20 million
was stolen. The NDDC and some strategic
Government Institutions have been collecting hundreds of billions without
anything to show for it. Two trillion
was allegedly squandered on Petroleum Subsidy and the last General
Elections! Trillions went into private
pockets! Yet not once, was anyone sanctioned.
While these were on, the State Governors some of
them are now in the Senate, having feasted, unrestrained, on tax payers’ funds
without being cautioned became emboldened and subsequently “rounded” up or
“impounded” the entire salary package of their State workers! They were less perturbed by the uproar that
followed. The last six years was like a
fiery burning furnace for Nigerians. No mercy. The Nation as Buhari has said,
was “pounded” by strongmen – almost to submission. The last General Elections was indeed a
bazaar. Under the guise of trying to be
“re-elected” ex-President Jonathan opened the treasury. That’s why blackouts is now perennial; fuel
scarcity endemic and the Nation mired into bottomless debts.
Now this is a word for the Nation: is it fair that
no one is punished for these crimes? Is
it fair to the other Nigerians to allow these people to have a fair advantage
over us with their loot? Please answer
for me. If they are not punished, no one
else will and it will be either business-as-usual or back to basis.
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