By Political Animal.
How does it begin?
Oil my Palm, and I oil your palm.
Wey person dey work na there i dey Chop,
You go See me oo,
Anything for your Boys or Girls.
This Government na my padi padi Government.
For this Government; everybody go chop breakfast.
Because you are part of them , even when you see your brother , sister or friend doing evil, just because it favours and hurt others,it doesn’t matter mentality develops immediately.
Atimes I begin to think that corruption is not even the problem but human beings called Nigerians.
Based on my knowledge of the holy writ,I know that human beings are generally corrupt by default when the right circumstances present itself.
We only need people who know what to do and very determined despite being corrupt.
Are all the leaders in developed world saints?.
We need a system that prevents corruption rather than a system that waits to punish when corruption takes place.
Scratch my back and I go scratch your own.
Anything for the pastors trunk ?
(even in religion)
You can count on and on!!
Truth may be bitter , only a few can stand firm and speak truth to power or stand firm irrespective of being stripped of the goodies of life by Government.
This has nothing to do with whether you are pastor or man of God ,or just a sincere believer.If people get scared of saying the right things simply because it will make them unpopular,then the society would be lost.
Every generation is saved by bold individuals among them who will not bow to the mob or crowd.
Bold individuals who won’t bow to online bullies , Twitter bullies, Facebook bullies or offline bribery to cover the the truth.Those who are not ready to join the bandwagon.
Those who are bold enough that they don’t allow keypad Twitter-political experts ,who want to enjoy some likes and retweets to distract them.
Everybody is a political Animal.
If you have ever played the role of an opposition party in the nuclear family, among siblings , you will surely be an expert in party politics. So we are all political animals.
For some of us who didn’t succeed in playing politics in the family,it may be difficult for us to succeed in Nigerian politics.
But presently my eyes are on our women as President for a change.
In Tanzania,Samia Suluhu Hassan may be sworn in as Tanzania President to lead the remainder of Magufuli’s term until 2025.Remember that we are still in 2021.
The President who died was just reelected in November last year.My mind just went to Nigeria.I wish that it had happened here.
She will become the first female president in Tanzania and East Africa.
Though the African Union is United in grief with the Government and people of Tanzania by the untimely death of H.E.President John Pombe Magufuli,but for me, we have a ready woman President thrown up by Providence.
Even though he was a champion of regional cooperation and a committed Pan Africanist leader.But we have a woman President by Providence.
Even though there is a media obsession over the former President’s science-skepticism and authoritarian bent,but for hundreds of millions of Africans he is an icon of anti-corruption,not wasting state funds and modest lifestyle.His financial integrity spoke to the hearts of many.But we have a woman President by Providence.
Though he had some extremities like repressing independent reporting of journalists, denying the existence of #COVID, thereby endangering the lives of his people, revoked the license of NGOS and partners including banning pregnant girls from returning to schools.But that is Africa for you.But we have a woman President by Providence.
He never subscribed to the virus business and was seen as hindrance to vaccine manufacturers because Tanzania refused to buy the vaccine.But we have a woman president by Providence.
I am going through all this to say that,
I wish what happened in Tanzania happened in Nigeria for us to have a fully baked woman President, without election, without struggle, at least for us to breathe some fresh air for the next four years from 2021.
2023 seems too far because we are almost suffocating.
Look at the list of women Presidents whether Executive or Ceremonial. When shall we have a woman president in Nigeria, whether Executive or Ceremonial?
Slyvie Kiningi Prime Minister of Burundi from 1994-1994.
Ellen Johnson Sirlaf from Liberia, first elected female president who served from 2005 and 2011.
Joyce Hilda Banda President of Malawi from 2021-2014.
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim President of Mauritius 2015-2018.
Sahle-Work Zewde Ethiopia 2018—-
I will continue to spend whatever strenght and spirit in the fatigue of public business and discuss even though old age has painted my hair white.
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