SHEDDING THE SKINNY TO FEED THE OBESE

I hate to sound like a broken record but for the umpteenth time and for the benefit of those just reading or going through this blog for the first time, let me reiterate that "I don't like politics. I'm not partisan and this write-up is not in anyway to exonerate anyone because 'I belong to nobody' *laughs* except God.

For the first time I seem to agree with Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State when he was quoted in one of the national dailies on the issue of minimum wage that “with due respect to my colleagues, it is offensive to talk about minimum wage. How can the food of the steward be the reason that the elders cannot eat? I mean by conventional wisdom. If there is crisis in the system, it is the excess fat that will shed fat not the skeletons. The idea of using minimum is very offensive".

Seriously, given the above statement, Oshiomhole is so right, it is an error to tell the already skinny person to shed weight when the obese is right in front of your nose. How wicked can our so called leaders be?

As I said, I don't like politics but at the same time can't do without talking or writing on Politics as it resolves around nearly every thing we write, read, hear or talk about in our daily lives. However it would not be out of place to applaud people such as Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state who reiterated that his government will not associate with plans to cut workers N18,000.00 mininum wage neither will he embark on any retrenchment exercise even as he promised that come January 2016, 10,000 less privileged persons in the state will remain recipients of N5,000.00 monthly.

There is too much money in this country, enough to go round but that can only happen when we have credible, selfless, honest and trustworthy people as leaders. Until then, it will continue to be the same of the  as presently, all those in power have no business being there so the trend of milking the already 'tired and hungry citizens' to continue feeding the already 'over fed and obese' ones will continue.

Please let's stop tasking the poor for the upkeep of the rich! How skinnier can the poor get?