By Political Animal.
We know that civil agitations and strife escalate at some point and actual conflicts may result.
We must not allow the agitators to get to the point where they are no longer afraid of Government.
Especially when Nigeria’s revenue are never utilised for tangible results but are lodged in personal accounts, and some in private projects and pockets.
If you ask practicing lawyers who are close to you,who are regularly visiting the security establishments(EFCC,ICPC,or police) for one case or the other.
If you discuss with them on how Nigeria is faring , fighting corruption,they will just laugh at you. They will tell you that they are not ready to discuss their experiences.
When you look around, you see massive infrastructural under-developments,do you blame those who have decided to challenge the status quo, in whichever way they can?.
I see them as pressure groups and not secessionists.
You may brand Nnamdi Kalu and Igboho with whatever names that suits your fancy.
They may not be as educated, but their braving of all odds to bring the plights of their people to limelight can’t be dismissed.
You may say their antecedents are not too enviable,but they may have succeeded in emerging as champions of the oppressed within their ethnic groups.
In a feat of braveness,one of the Chibok girls ,Halima Ali,this 2021, having waited for the government to rescue her to know avail for almost 7 years, successfully escaped recently, even though she was married off to a terrorist commander in 2014.Do you blame her,if she refuses to be patriotic?
Take the case of Covid19 and the plight of Nigerians as example.
I was listening to Dr.Sanjay Gupta of CNN say that “Not all masks are created equal”.
That the KN 95 mask made in China is a superior mask, and it is recommended for places where you may likely be in company of a lot of people.
My answer to that is that we shall still survive without the sophisticated mask from China.We have always been surviving.
Since mask now have level, especially with the rampaging and more infectious and lethal new variant of COVID19,we shall still survive.
A new variant from S.Africa dectected in US for the first time.No respite for UK hospitals,while Dubai is blamed for virus cases abroad.
You also know that Dubai is like a second home for Nigerians.But we shall still survive.
Our leaders may have decided to choose what makes them happy today.There are a lot of things that may have been making our politicians happy now,but in the long run,they may not end up happy.
You can see it in the faces of those who were dictating, and calling the shots years back who are nowhere near the corridors of power again.
You may not even recognize them unless someone whispers into your ear “this is so-so-and-so,do you remember”?
May God help our politicians to chose what will make them happy on the long term than short term.
The Political Animal 