Nigerians Fantasy Of Change Through Buhari/ APC: Part 1 (Corruption) By Ropo Egbeleke Getting jobs (government and private) in Nigeria is not on merit but rather its depend on who you know. To my entire firebrand Buharist change agent, what is your salary and what is your assets, are you not living beyond your means? For me, I think the very high importance placed on devotion to one’s family in Nigeria that actually encourages corruption, at least in the form of nepotism. Most Western countries are much more individualistic, which is bad in some ways but at least it creates more of a culture of people getting ahead on their own merit. The moment you are elected into office, you will be bombarded with series of ridiculous request and if you don’t comply you become enemies of the society. What about you getting a job, plethora of stuffs that you yourself cannot afford will become other of the day (Aso-ebi for 10 years burial ceremony remembrance, weddings and birthdays where you will have to display how God has blessed you). It goes without saying that the pressure on those that travel abroad is even more enormous; it explains why some Nigerians resulted to crime and in turn eventually bring shame to the name of the country. I remembered last year when I travel back to Nigeria after finishing my Masters, some idiots are making mockery of me because I did not come back with car. Hey continue to make references to people that have traveled just like me in the area and in short period of time came back home with material. Trust me, it was very painful, no congratulation for my academic excellence, since then that particular area has become a taboo for me. I hope GMB will change that too. My Buharist friends also maintained that when the head is bad, it will affect other part. I don’t buy that concept, so it is the President incapability that affects a LG chairman not to deliver? Make no mistake; there are many that will benefit from a reliable leadership of a LG chairman or governor rather than a president. I have witnessed a situation where the President of SUG failed to impact the lives of students while a faculty president performed beyond expectation. If their theory (when the head is bad, other part will not function) is correct, all governors, senators, LG chairmen, Reps of APC, CAN, AD, ANPP, APGA, ACCORD, LP and many more have all failed to performed and deliver the dividend of democracy to the masses because of PDP bad leadership, surprisingly, majority of all this PDP stalwart are now in APC and you call that change or foundation for change. I know there will be lots of people that will disagree with that theory because we have witnessed good leadership across all this parties. They also forgot that, we are not in Military regime where mere allegation can lead you to jail. It is not what you know but what you can proof at the court that matters. Alleged me if you like, you can’t just send me to prison on corruption, you have to proof it, this might take years or GMB will also become judge. Read the full article here bayoadeyinka/bayoadeyinka/index.php/bloghome/entry/nigerian-s-fantasy-of-change-through-buhari-apc-part-1-corruption-by-ropo-egbeleke
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 16:01:44 +0000
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