As allured as I am not to write anything about the
authorities, the debauch nature of those in the political system is really
shuddery and calls for serious attention.
Though I have decided to take my hands off writing about the political
structure and inclination of the country and her rulers, I still can’t hold out
the temptation to do so. Look, if you
want to kill yourselves over power, you are free. Trust me, Nigerians and even
your family will only mourn you for a week or two and forget about you. Most
Nigerians don’t even care if you are alive or not. After all, what use has your
existence been to them? Oh yes, sorry, it has been ‘very useful’... Let me give a few examples of your achievements…….
High rate of youth unemployment, buying petrol for #97 per litre, terrible road
network, horrible system of education, lovely PHCN that has succeeded in
holding power only to themselves. Those are the great works our good government
has been able to give to us. Na wa ooo!! You see, I am not even very mad at the
way they are even siphoning the money placed in their care, what is irritating
my soul is our own future which they are disrupting because of their greed. If
they even use the stolen money for useful things that benefit humanity, it
probably would have been less of an offence but what do they do with the
money?? Send themselves and their children abroad, marry more wives, build
gigantic houses, buy hedonistic cars etc… they just waste it!!
Not only have they succeeded in making life hard for an
average Nigerian, they have also succeeded in poisoning the minds of the
Nigerian child. In the days of my grandfather, when a child was asked what he
wanted to become in future, he would say things like : a doctor because I want to save lives, a lawyer because I want to
uphold justice, a teacher because I want to make an impact in someone’s lives, even
those who had the love for money were saying things like; I want to be an engineer so that I can build big houses and make good
money, etc. The fact is that they all chose professions that they loved and
most of them chose those professions because of the satisfaction and joy they
derived from it. Have you ever tried asking that same question in a primary
school today?? I bet that at least 16
out of a class of 22 will want to be governors,
ministers, senators, presidents, etc and
the remaining 6 won’t mind holding public offices. What happened to the joy
of hard work and the satisfaction derived from an average salary?? I will tell
you. Have you ever listened to news on the radio before?? Have ever heard them
talk about mismanagement of public funds?? If you have, you will understand why
almost every Nigerian child wants to become a politician in future. The outrageous figures they mention is enough
to poison a child’s mind.
The most painful part of their actions is that even with all
the shouts of the likes of Seun Kuti, Femi Falana,etc they still refuse to
listen. The youths are shouting high rate of unemployment, they are shouting
government grade and marking scheme. The youths are shouting bad Governance
they are busy shouting Merger. The people are shouting no food, no water, no money;
they are shouting and fighting over allowance. Everybody is crying Boko Haram,
they are shouting 2015 elections! For
heaven’s sake, this is 2013!! Or is 15 minus 13 no longer 2?? 2 years is not 2
minutes o!! Don’t you get it?? It is not the length of your election campaign
that matters! it is the people’s trust in you!! Moreover, I wonder why it
should pain you so much if you are relieved of voluntary stress (which good
governance is supposed to be) by losing an election to the extent that you
threaten a whole nation especially one you have ruled before. Do you really
want Nigerians to believe you want to serve?? Oh! Of course you do. The
question is who or what do you want to serve? Nigeria or your pockets?
If you want to
destroy your lives, destroy it in peace but please, stop dragging the lives of
our youths down with you. If you want to kill each other, good luck! Kill each
other with your own hands and stop using our youths. Let the law catch you and
lock you up not one poor man’s son whose future might have been bright if not
for your interference. We have so many
rivers in Nigeria. if you don’t know anyone, that’s not a problem, you must
know 3rd mainland
bridge. JUMP!! Let your family enjoy all
the money you have plundered. Stop
destroying the future of our youths by siphoning the tomorrow’s resources into
your private accounts. Me I don’t even know who they are deceiving sef?? I
think it is high time they are asked: Whose government are they?? Theirs or
their Pocket’s?? Definitely, it is not
Ours..
(ff@joeloseiga)
