Tuesday, March 1, 2011

2011 general elections,I see no changes

The follower-ship truly have their destiny in their hands and therefore are a major determinant, after God of course, of what sort of people that lead them. The leadership is only a mirror that reflects the true nature of the people they lead or at least, the majority.
You see, the problem with us in Nigeria and as human beings in general is that we hate the truth, truth is bitter and it has incidentally proved to be the only solution to problems. People lie even in the developed country but the degree to which a country develops happens to be DIRECTLY proportional to their level of acceptability of the truth!
Recently, a lawmaker was jailed in the U.K. for stealing from the government (tax payer's money). He could have gotten away like they do in Nigeria if the majority of the civil servants in service sees nothing wrong and in fact, justify bribery as their means of sharing in the 'national cake' as they do here in Nigeria.
Well, the truth is that even two rogues in government out there in the developed world are not sure if the other is a rogue or not, why, because the general notion is that stealing is wrong, if you are caught you get the hammer nothing less!
In Nigeria, the problem is not finding a 'brother in crime', no, it's not a problem at all. The problem, however, is the price of this new 'brother' of yours - whether it is low or high.
People feel hopeless in Nigeria of today so much so that they say and support the idea 'it won't get better' with their handiwork not because they truly believe in the hopelessness they so much prophesy but because they have allowed greed to take control. When greed is in control, you careless of how you get what you need, you care less of the rule of law and more of the material wealth you can accrue. this attitude unfortunately, is more like that of a common thief... like a ... like an animal!
In the animal world, only the strong gets all they want, only the strong. The strong takes anything and everything from the weak without giving anything in return. This is 'jungle justice'. Survival of the fittest - the strong survive, the weak wither away.
If there's a reason behind our gift of the sixth sense, it must be for the purpose of reasoning, ability to think and act far above the animal world level. It must be for us to see that life is all about give and take.
We all have talents - God given gifts by which we are unique and different in our rights just as we all have a need that we cannot meet, hence, we need the other man who is gifted in the line of our need to help out. This, perhaps, is the true essence of trade and commerce. Our sixth sense is there for us to realize that we are all weak just as we are all strong.
Yes, the rich is strong in terms of money and possessions but weak in terms of labor; politicians are strong in terms of making laws and policies but are weak when it comes to health issues... and so on and so forth. The bottom line is that we all need each other. We need a leader-ship just as the leadership needs a follower-ship. A simple truth we need to bear in mind is that whatever happens to us as a people is not the fault of a group of people among us but our collective fault."...God will not change the situation of a people unless they change what is in their hearts..." says the Quran.
What is the worth of Dollar and Naira bills hidden away in some bank account, tell me, of what value is money to a dying sick man, rich or poor?
Our political leaders steal simply because there are people who accept such money from them - their follower-ship, the people they lead! They shall continue the looting until the day they find no one that accepts it from them.
The day that the poor refuses to be manipulated like an animal by the rich and by his sixth sense realizes their equality in weakness and need - the rich needs something which he cannot do to be done while the poor needs the rich's money for sustainability. Until the day the electorate sees the bribe offered in exchange for their votes and support as the yoke of poverty and poor leadership to come, a day that serving political officers are removed from office when found guilty of any corrupt practices, until the day the follower-ship stop worshiping the leadership and sees themselves as the true masters, after God, of their affairs, until that faithful day, I see no changes.

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