PLEASE MAKE THE BEST OF YOUR PRESIDENT

By Political Animal.

It is very surprising that many Nigerians have not realized that politics in Nigeria is entirely big business, private business and in such businesses profit must be made at all cost.

When politicians spend millions and billions of Naira to be elected, you think that as business men ,the moment they find themselves in office, they will not try to acquire or steal as much as possible to recoup such expenses.

Have you ever seen a nation where state Governors, supported by State Assemblies make laws to remain pensionable .

Recently ,N12 million was provided for a former Governor’s wife as annual medical allowance.

Both the ex- Governor and ex-first lady will also receive free medical services till death.Yet Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world.

Maybe the free medical is for malaria and headache ,while the N12million is for the cancer and kidney failure they expect to have in the nearest future, that,they may hardly survive from and have to budget for.

What kind of job can you do for just 8 years and have that kind of pension? Even when you did a terrible job in service.

So after using the money to marry their children to money and political power during their tenure, to the extent that their children who are not yet ripe for marriage are getting married immediately they come to power for obvious social and political advantages.They still keep such kinds of pension.?

We are not poor,we all know where the money is going into.Our entitlements are stolen from us to even fund dubious legalized pensions.

I think it is too late for those that voted for this Government to repent of their choice or regret voting for the President.

Those who voted for the present Government should not tell us that they have had enough or would soon have enough of them.He has two terms.

Didn’t you know that the same crop of leaders were just changing parties?

That they were using the President’s assumed integrity and incorruptibility as a bait?

That they will continue to have great retinue and multitude of special advisers, senior special advisers with various preferment too.?Were you just hearing their names?

That they were going to keep a great table with a great budget as usual?

That they shall have guards and garrisons of security personnel without considering or bothering about your own security?

That they were going to have great favorites based on their historical or ethnic or tribal antecedents?

That they were going to enrich their cronies out of our inheritance.?

That from the national revenue ,they shall have personal revenues to maintain their grandeur and power?

As we were warning in 2014 and earlier as they were crosscarpetting, to make up the number in order to “GRAB” power,many were saying that it didn’t matter , that whatever it costs us as a nation,and whatever inconvenience we bring upon ourselves should not matter, even if it affects our posterity.The leopard can never skin.

Those who voted for them were totally deaf to reason and blind to their narrow political and economic interests and sentiments.

Whatever calamities that have attended the setting up of this Government would have been prevented,if they had listened .
Even though the outgoing alternative was not the best.Between the devil and the deep blue sea you may say.

Fellow Nigerians,the money stolen so far is too much including these brazenly document pensions.

Well, they should continue because Nigerians don’t seem to be ready for true change.

Only when we realize the power of “NUMBER”,then,will the oppressors become the oppressed.Until then, let us continue the suffering and smiling together, according to late Afrobeat musician, Fela Ransom-Kuti in his album “Suffering and Smiling”.

Please remember that even whistle blowers are arrested, dehumanized because of blowing the whistle against the wrong persons.Bail is not freeoooo.

There comes a time when politicians will fail the masses and the people shall rise to elect a leader of their choice. That should be in 2023.

In the meantime,please make the best of your President.

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