My write ups may not be excellently drafted, but that is because I’m not looking to entertain you, instead it is my desire to share rare truths with you on all issues that are key to us enjoying our time while on this realm.
Truth, I have discovered is what made the earth that we live in, and the same truth, was deposited in all of us by our creator and the source of all truth – GOD.
It is for this innate truth that our conscience pricks whenever we are in the wrong. It is sin that made us lose our accurate sense of judgement and through it MAN created what we now call the “grey area” between black (evil) and white (good).
This is why today, you find people openly perpetuate evil and they find a way to justify it. Words like “the end justifies the means” “heaven helps those who help themselves” and more like that are common sayings in our midst as we now almost permanently live on the grey area.
In our society today, we judge good or evil with our “grey-meter” where we compare two or more people against each other, and if one of the lot scores a woeful mark of 3 out of 10, but scores above the rest, we call that person GOOD.
A clear example of this can be found in our Political inclination in Nigeria today, where we find it convenient to portray ex-political office holders and ex-military head of states as the best people to represent our country in the office of The President of The Federation.
Same old politicians and army arrangements (like Fela calls them) who at one time or the other have played a role or more in driving our nation down the drain where we find ourselves today, are still the same people we clamour to lead us again. Yet, we find a way to justify this by saying “they know better now and they will do well if given another chance” or the most popular one “at least, they are better than the present President we have”, after all, in their days the difference between the ($) Dollar and (=N=) Naira was not as high as today, and life was far better for the common man in Nigeria due to the government’s “chop I chop” policy.
This goes to show that our vision of a perfect society or a close to perfect one is still distorted. Our knowledge of freedom is sadly incomplete, we have been set free by Democracy but somehow, we still choose to be led by the same people who led us in the wrong direction in the first place. Just as an average black person still feels inferior to the white folks after many years of degradation of slavery, so do we still feel when addressing our ex-leaders who did nothing significant to advance our society and the ones we have scored our low marks of achievement, now parade themselves to us as elder statesmen.
Truth, I have discovered is what made the earth that we live in, and the same truth, was deposited in all of us by our creator and the source of all truth – GOD.
It is for this innate truth that our conscience pricks whenever we are in the wrong. It is sin that made us lose our accurate sense of judgement and through it MAN created what we now call the “grey area” between black (evil) and white (good).
This is why today, you find people openly perpetuate evil and they find a way to justify it. Words like “the end justifies the means” “heaven helps those who help themselves” and more like that are common sayings in our midst as we now almost permanently live on the grey area.
In our society today, we judge good or evil with our “grey-meter” where we compare two or more people against each other, and if one of the lot scores a woeful mark of 3 out of 10, but scores above the rest, we call that person GOOD.
A clear example of this can be found in our Political inclination in Nigeria today, where we find it convenient to portray ex-political office holders and ex-military head of states as the best people to represent our country in the office of The President of The Federation.
Same old politicians and army arrangements (like Fela calls them) who at one time or the other have played a role or more in driving our nation down the drain where we find ourselves today, are still the same people we clamour to lead us again. Yet, we find a way to justify this by saying “they know better now and they will do well if given another chance” or the most popular one “at least, they are better than the present President we have”, after all, in their days the difference between the ($) Dollar and (=N=) Naira was not as high as today, and life was far better for the common man in Nigeria due to the government’s “chop I chop” policy.
This goes to show that our vision of a perfect society or a close to perfect one is still distorted. Our knowledge of freedom is sadly incomplete, we have been set free by Democracy but somehow, we still choose to be led by the same people who led us in the wrong direction in the first place. Just as an average black person still feels inferior to the white folks after many years of degradation of slavery, so do we still feel when addressing our ex-leaders who did nothing significant to advance our society and the ones we have scored our low marks of achievement, now parade themselves to us as elder statesmen.
This is as a result of the long years of deprivation under military rule; we no longer know what is good and acceptable, our standards have fallen so low that we now celebrate common criminals in our communities, "thieves" are made "chiefs" and people who have in one way or the other diverted our nation’s resources into their own personal accounts walk our streets as celebrities, and we applaud them as they walk with their heads high.
More recently, these same people now point accusing fingers at the government of the day, using any propaganda available to make themselves look good in the eyes of the people, as if they did any better when they were in government and had the chance to set the records right. They are stealthily planting their names into the sub-consciousness of unsuspecting Nigerian’s. Things they did nothing about whilst in government, they now write about them for our consumption as if they just became aware of it.
These men should be shunned, and their words should not hold water with us. They are a part and parcel of what has held our nation down up till date, they are the ones that have made our country unmanagable, or why else do you think they are always hustling to occupy one public office or the other? It is simple, they just want to be involved so they can amass more wealth at our expense, any office at all given to them they will occupy, and just like a mouse they will blow air to our toes while biting them and innocently we will allow them.
They say “ignorance is not knowing, stupidity is not learning” – we have learnt from our mistakes in the past and now, it is the time to be wise and not fall for the same wiles again. No more shall we allow wolves cover themselves with sheep’s skin and parade themselves to us as “saints”, our knowledge of freedom is now complete and now we shall choose our leader by ourselves, not by other people’s manipulation or suggestions.
Personally, I will like to see a fresh combination of under 50’s (sub 1965) “lead us” and not “rule over us” come 2015. Fresh faces and brains that can hold their own in the company of other intelligent world leaders: Barrack Obama, David Cameron and their likes. Young and vibrant people who will tackle issues that will move our nation forward on a global scale and not follow the same mushroom politics that we have become used to. People who will look corruption in the face and put an END to it on all levels of government, and make us PROUD TO BE NIGERIANS AGAIN as other first world citizens are proud of their countries.
This is a word for the wise, and like a seed I pray it lands on a fertile ground in your heart and germinate into an unshakable IROKO tree, so that come 2014/15 we the youths of Nigeria can all stand together hand in hand and elect our LEADER, a leader that will lead us to great heights of achievements as a nation and set a very high standard for all future leaders to come.
God bless you and God bless Nigeria – united we stand, divided we fall.
More recently, these same people now point accusing fingers at the government of the day, using any propaganda available to make themselves look good in the eyes of the people, as if they did any better when they were in government and had the chance to set the records right. They are stealthily planting their names into the sub-consciousness of unsuspecting Nigerian’s. Things they did nothing about whilst in government, they now write about them for our consumption as if they just became aware of it.
These men should be shunned, and their words should not hold water with us. They are a part and parcel of what has held our nation down up till date, they are the ones that have made our country unmanagable, or why else do you think they are always hustling to occupy one public office or the other? It is simple, they just want to be involved so they can amass more wealth at our expense, any office at all given to them they will occupy, and just like a mouse they will blow air to our toes while biting them and innocently we will allow them.
They say “ignorance is not knowing, stupidity is not learning” – we have learnt from our mistakes in the past and now, it is the time to be wise and not fall for the same wiles again. No more shall we allow wolves cover themselves with sheep’s skin and parade themselves to us as “saints”, our knowledge of freedom is now complete and now we shall choose our leader by ourselves, not by other people’s manipulation or suggestions.
Personally, I will like to see a fresh combination of under 50’s (sub 1965) “lead us” and not “rule over us” come 2015. Fresh faces and brains that can hold their own in the company of other intelligent world leaders: Barrack Obama, David Cameron and their likes. Young and vibrant people who will tackle issues that will move our nation forward on a global scale and not follow the same mushroom politics that we have become used to. People who will look corruption in the face and put an END to it on all levels of government, and make us PROUD TO BE NIGERIANS AGAIN as other first world citizens are proud of their countries.
This is a word for the wise, and like a seed I pray it lands on a fertile ground in your heart and germinate into an unshakable IROKO tree, so that come 2014/15 we the youths of Nigeria can all stand together hand in hand and elect our LEADER, a leader that will lead us to great heights of achievements as a nation and set a very high standard for all future leaders to come.
God bless you and God bless Nigeria – united we stand, divided we fall.
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