You’re free to call this post the introductory post to this
blog. I have been blogging for a while when it occurred to me that I really haven’t
explained the reason behind the name of the blog, “Naija2015”.
Only none Nigerians would wonder what is the significance of
the year 2015? The significance is this, that is the year Nigerians would be
going to the polls again to elect a new President and replace most of the
present elected officers.
Elections are over a year away but politicians are already
jostling for positions. It is a well known fact that welfare of the citizenry
is the last thing on the mind of any Nigerian politician. As a matter of fact
the only thing on his mind is money, money and money.
The first sign that the political season was upon us was the
schism between Rivers State governor, Rotimi Ameachi and Jonathan Goodluck,
Nigeria’s President. You would have thought they had a difference of opinion
regarding policies, no sir! Apparently, there’s suspicion that the governor is
eyeing the President’s job come 2015 or is in league with those who want to
replace the President or something to that effect. I do not even want to accord them the dignity of knowing what's going on between those two.
Nigerian politicians are shameless! It’s not as if politics
in other countries are free of intrigues it’s just that politicians in other
countries are civil about it.
Thomas Jefferson once said, “Where the people fear the
leadership, there’s tyranny and where the leadership fear the people there’s
liberty.” It’s not as if Nigerians fear the leadership just that one has
absolutely no respect for the other, which is far worse than tyranny. In North
Korea, the people fear the leadership and this whips the people into line to
get things done even if there’s corruption amongst the ruling elite. In
Nigeria, the people don’t respect leadership, leadership has no regard for the
people and there’s is zero patriotism.
Surely this cannot continue. Something’s got to give!
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