This country could be regarded as the eighth wonder
of the world. But not in the way you think and not in a good way either. I
marvel when some people for some sick twisted reasons of their own will go as
far as saying the last three administration’s performance was anything short of
dissatisfactory. I’d go as far as say criminal and even treasonable.
Life here is on the verge of anarchy. The system is
broken. It doesn’t work; the worst part is no one seems to want it to work.
Whining about it, arguing about it doesn’t do spit either. Some facebook jokers
went on the social network lauding and praising the present administration for
a job well done.
It got me wondering if they were accepting some sort
of payout for talking ‘the good talk’ about the government. Yoruba’s have a
saying that ‘Nkan ti o da ko daa.’ *Which translates to what is wrong is wrong.
I don’t see how anyone seeing what goes on here will say everything is fine and
dandy.
Take my neighbourhood for instance. Exactly eight
days ago, torrential rains brought down an electric pole. It holds the high
tension wire leading to the street’s transformer. The Benin Electric
distribution company left it lying on the street without doing anything about
it.
For eight solid days we haven’t had electricity.
Except for the few lucky enough to own generating sets which feeds them for as
many hours as each family can afford.
It has taken the BEDC eight whole days to restore
power to us for a pole that fell down. Now my question is this __ how long will
it take them to restore power if the main power plant in the town was to like
say __ blow up! Maybe we won’t have light for five years.
How does a nation that thrives on inefficiency expect
to move forward? Say what you like about Oyedepo, Adeboye and other mega church
leaders but they seemed to have succeeded in solving the electricity situation
on their church estates.
The fact that these campuses can have 24 hour
electricity proves that it can be done. No one seems to want to own up to
responsibility. What I’ve seen most Nigerian leaders do is to pass the buck,
play the blame game. Blame past administrators for their failures instead of
sitting down responsibly and working out a plan to remove Nigeria from the
quagmire it is presently.
Listen up fellow Nigerians. The buck stops here. Stop
finding excuses for failure and start working out feasible plans to get things
in this country to work. Start with your own lives and lets work it out from
there. The Bible says the world is eagerly waiting for the manifestation of the
sons of God.
Our parent’s have had their shot and messed up. It’s
our turn now. Have you ever stopped to think what coming generations will have
to say about us if we do not do all not just to succeed but to make our nation
succeed. The buck stops here people. OWN IT!!!
