For most of the people of Africa today, Nigeria is being looked at with despair, as successive governments have become locked in a cycle of contempt for human rights, corruptions and many others “evils”. Nigeria has instead been the inspiration for other African leaders who oppose justice and freedom, development, new innovations and encourage corruption and mismanagements.
In every perspective, the types of governments we have been having in Nigeria are indeed worthless, controlled by the opportunist who have no proven records of achievements. The story would have been different if those boastful politicians aimed at power not to indulge in any form of maladministration, corruption and its “relatives”. In the last 4 years, the kind of government in Nigeria had been absolutely insensitive to the yearnings of the entire populace who voted for them. No wonder that starving has dominated the country!
From a historical point of view, after the government of late Pa Awolowo in the then Western Region, there has never been a government that seemed ready or concerned about the welfare of the people. The Awolowo-led government that provided free education, free health care, good roads promoted the economy of the region with just “cocoa” as the main source of income, would have been the best option now that we have enough resources that can generate funds. In fact, Nigeria would have been in parity with some western nations because of the fact that people like late Pa Awolowo, late Dr. Azikwe and many others were actually in government to better the life of ordinary people.
Political parties then were formed actually to provide education, health services and many others freely throughout the nation, and not the political parties of nowadays that are primarily established to better the lives of the stakeholders. Imagine the present ruling party in Nigeria (People Democratic Party, which I can call “People Destructions Party” )has no plan for education, free health care and many other things that are significantly needed in human life. What kind of a generation are we nurturing?
In the olden days, working, studying and living in Nigeria was as the same as in United Kingdom because our government then was established to better the lives of the people. Do you know that then, one Nigeria Naira was equivalent to one British Pound Sterling? Nigeria was actually seen then as the economic “power house” of Africa and many other African nations were looking up to the steps being taken by Nigeria towards a meaningful future. Then pensioners were in a happy mood because they received their “cake” as at when due and with ease. But now the reverse has been the case as the older ones mostly the pensioners look terribly ill--- their skins are as yellow as guinea and our government (of which they once served) is not ready to cater for them. Many of these “older ones” have loss their precious lives as a result of the government’s crass negligence.
From my own point of view, I think the problem with Nigeria government is the exclusion of the educated elite and eggheads from mainstream political and social affairs. Political system in Nigeria is traditionally an aristocratic one where those at the helms of affairs allocate post to their families and relations never considering the fact that they may not be skilfully capable to handle the posts allotted them.
My dear good people of Nigeria --- it’s high time we stood up and fight these worthless people that paraded themselves as the “messiah” so as to put an end to this kind of mess they have brought us. At this time around, there should be no let-up in our determination to get rid of all these people who have muscled into the political circles that control the government. Their credibilities must be perfectly x-rayed by credible and those who have a proven record of achievements to actually figure out how they made their ways through to the helms of affairs.
I hope through this, we can ascertain the kind of people they are and how far they have gone in perpetrating whatever “crimes”.
Long live Nigeria!
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