
Why are we dancing? Why do we keep
rolling out the drums each time we have a new government, only for us to start
crying few months down the line? Is it that we are too quick to forget or we
just love to dance? Do you celebrate a child who’s about to write his exams or
the one who has written and passed? What is this jubilation for? Because I
really don’t understand. Is it that the election of Buhari in itself has
suddenly alleviated our sufferings? I am really confused here, hearing how six
bikers lost their lives in Zaria celebrating Buhari’s victory.
rolling out the drums each time we have a new government, only for us to start
crying few months down the line? Is it that we are too quick to forget or we
just love to dance? Do you celebrate a child who’s about to write his exams or
the one who has written and passed? What is this jubilation for? Because I
really don’t understand. Is it that the election of Buhari in itself has
suddenly alleviated our sufferings? I am really confused here, hearing how six
bikers lost their lives in Zaria celebrating Buhari’s victory.
One would think that a people who
have been shortchanged for so long by past presidents will know better to be
calm and take every word of the new president with a pinch of salt until he
proves to be different. This process is becoming an unending circle, again and
again we’ve danced and again and again, we’ve cursed and cried at the end.
have been shortchanged for so long by past presidents will know better to be
calm and take every word of the new president with a pinch of salt until he
proves to be different. This process is becoming an unending circle, again and
again we’ve danced and again and again, we’ve cursed and cried at the end.
It is still shocking to me that a
lot of Nigerians fell for the story that the president was born without shoes.
Was anyone born with shoes on? Buhari’s triumphant entry into the presidency
last Sunday which coincidentally was a palm Sunday doesn’t yet prove he is the
redeemer. Just like the second coming of our supposed political messiah
Obasanjo didn’t prove any significant improvement in our lives.
lot of Nigerians fell for the story that the president was born without shoes.
Was anyone born with shoes on? Buhari’s triumphant entry into the presidency
last Sunday which coincidentally was a palm Sunday doesn’t yet prove he is the
redeemer. Just like the second coming of our supposed political messiah
Obasanjo didn’t prove any significant improvement in our lives.
We all thought he was the one
anointed by the gods to take us by the hands and lead us right straight into
the promised land, where we shall have no more gnashing of teeth. But when he
left office, the roads were still as bad as they were before he took office.
The hospitals were still without facilities and most importantly, he failed to
defeat the demon in the power sector even with billions of dollars thrown at
it. The demons in the same power sector have claimed Jonathan just like they
did Yar’Adua, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Sanni Abacha, Shonekan, IBB and Shagari.
Even Buhari himself had already been defeated by this demon before. So what
says it is not going to be the same this time around. Remember obasanjo was
defeated twice by this same demon.
anointed by the gods to take us by the hands and lead us right straight into
the promised land, where we shall have no more gnashing of teeth. But when he
left office, the roads were still as bad as they were before he took office.
The hospitals were still without facilities and most importantly, he failed to
defeat the demon in the power sector even with billions of dollars thrown at
it. The demons in the same power sector have claimed Jonathan just like they
did Yar’Adua, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Sanni Abacha, Shonekan, IBB and Shagari.
Even Buhari himself had already been defeated by this demon before. So what
says it is not going to be the same this time around. Remember obasanjo was
defeated twice by this same demon.
Why won’t our leaders take us for
granted when they’ve noticed that we are always ready to jump to our feet and
“judile” with the announcement of every new regime? When Buhari overthrew the
democratically elected government of Shehu Shagari in 1983, many of you reading
this took to the streets to boogie down. When Babangida sent Buhari packing a
couple of months later, a lot more of you got drunk and vomited all over the
place. Even Abacha’s sudden death brought smiles on the faces of most bar
owners across the country as they ran out of booze. Is something wrong with us
as a people? We are forgetting a very important fact that this election proves
that we are and will still remain a divided people. We are divided by our
ideologies with no realistic integration in sight. The election has also
reinforced the thinking that we are divided by regional, tribal and religious
interests and not national. These are some of the significant issues that will
define our tomorrow.
granted when they’ve noticed that we are always ready to jump to our feet and
“judile” with the announcement of every new regime? When Buhari overthrew the
democratically elected government of Shehu Shagari in 1983, many of you reading
this took to the streets to boogie down. When Babangida sent Buhari packing a
couple of months later, a lot more of you got drunk and vomited all over the
place. Even Abacha’s sudden death brought smiles on the faces of most bar
owners across the country as they ran out of booze. Is something wrong with us
as a people? We are forgetting a very important fact that this election proves
that we are and will still remain a divided people. We are divided by our
ideologies with no realistic integration in sight. The election has also
reinforced the thinking that we are divided by regional, tribal and religious
interests and not national. These are some of the significant issues that will
define our tomorrow.
Finally, some of you who are
reading this may be saying, oh Etcetera, can’t you be optimistic for once? My
brother, I can’t. Optimism and its younger brother, hope have proven to be very
dangerous especially in Nigeria. They have sent millions of Nigerians to their
early graves. What is the point of being optimistic in a system that has always
left me in tears and heartache? Or is it till I get arrested by Mr. Cardiac?
Tufiakwa!
reading this may be saying, oh Etcetera, can’t you be optimistic for once? My
brother, I can’t. Optimism and its younger brother, hope have proven to be very
dangerous especially in Nigeria. They have sent millions of Nigerians to their
early graves. What is the point of being optimistic in a system that has always
left me in tears and heartache? Or is it till I get arrested by Mr. Cardiac?
Tufiakwa!
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