I see the problem, I see the direction but I do not see a
solution…yet.
Is there a legal system in our
country? We talk about corruption being the problem and that even those in the
legal system are themselves corrupt and without shame for destroying the same
rules they were sworn in to protect. If this is the case, then where do we
begin? Can there be a solution to a man’s compromised mind? It’s just like
asking if there is a cure to madness. Some people say there isn’t a cure but it
can be managed, but BY WHO in this case? Another man who will most probably get
corrupt while managing the corruption? Are we totally consumed in this filth?
Do we have to send for the white man again to come direct us? Maybe the female
politician, ADUNI OLUWOLE was right after all about our gaining independence
too early. Or do we invite the military to force us to do the right thing on the
condition of death?
And as things get worse so are the
churches increasing in number, more divisions, more pastors and vision seers. WHO
CHECKS WHO? For the institutions set up to help the people now take from the
people. The pyramid of wealth keeps getting fuller at the bottom and thinner at
the top. Desperation sets in; the insurgents are killing and they aren’t
killing the bourgeoisie for they are not found in the common markets, churches
and mosques. It is the common man like you and I struggling to get the cheapest
price for items in the busy market, you and I who walk to the churches and
mosques so as to look up to God/Allah for some certain favour, probably for a
miracle and change in present status.
A lot of us relax and go about our
daily chores thinking it won’t affect us if we just keep doing what we are
doing. We forget that we are a whole body as a nation. Unlike the wound in the
toe which the rest of the body feels for some time but finally heals, what we
are experiencing now is a VIRUS. Yes, it only started in one part but what
viruses do when unchecked is spread through the whole body till the body is
rendered useless. I don’t want Nigeria to be useless, because I AM NIGERIAN;
not female or Igbo or educated or Christian but, first, NIGERIAN. WE ARE
ALREADY TOGETHER; we might as well try to be UNITED. You think it doesn’t
change much but try being less judgmental of people because of their gender,
tribe, religion or mental capacity and watch how the good virus spreads. It always
begins with YOU. No political party can save us, only COMPASSION can.
