NIGERIANS ARE FANTASTICALLY...

Amid government’s efforts in fighting the so popularized ‘corruption’, Nigerians are no doubts getting angrier by the day as nothing seems to be moving despite the number of people being arraigned or probed or what have you on a daily basis. No one has being convicted so far just cases of indictment here and there while Nigerians are losing saliva talking about the ‘forever looking’ game of home invasion, indictment, probe and eventually ‘deafening silence’ of the many mentioned money laundering crime stories.
 

I know this may come out clichéd but then I still need to say this “I hate politics” in as much as interesting it is to the detriment of the masses, “I hate politics” but unfortunately I will need to keep talking about and discussing issues related to it because nearly everything that one writes about is one way or the other intertwined or interwoven around this very ‘fantastically corrupt’ word ‘politics’.

Fantastically corrupt? Yeah right. Fantastically corrupt, and are you surprised? Well in case you do not know by now, I wasn’t the one who started it; ask David Cameron the British Prime Minister. It was he who used the word whilst describing how corrupt Nigeria is during a corridor talk. Well, there are speculations going around that he never knew words of that discussion would come out in the open. Too bad Cameyyy, word got out! Next time you’d be more careful!! Always remember ‘walls have ears’!!!

Growing up and even now, when a child does something good or brilliant, the parent goes “that’s fantastic! Give yourself a round of applause” and the child goes clap clap clap clap clap and then the child ends with “myself” happily with a good feeling of a job well done or self-accomplishment.

When I read about Cameron’s statement on Nigeria and how fantastically corrupt she is as a nation, I was wondering why he used the word until this morning when I saw this picture as seen here (above left) depicting the true picture of the state of the children of the politicians and the children of the voters *the less corrupt Nigerians* who set these politicians on the ruling seats. It was after I took another look at the picture that I said “maybe just maybe, Cameron was right when he made that statement.

Yesterday while out with a couple of friends and this issue was being discussed, one of the guys with us said Cameron was “high on expensive but expired painkillers” when he made that statement and we all laughed at his sarcastic remark.

Now take a look at that picture above again. What are your thoughts?

My take is, whether or not Cameron was high on expired drugs or painkillers, one is tempted to agree with him to a large extent. If not that these politicians are so good or should I also say ‘fantastically good’ at what they do *not including the job of making the lives of Nigerians better though* why is it that after all these years the gap between the rich and the poor keeps widening year in, year out? Yet every election year, you still see children of the masses killing themselves over unrealistic promises of a ‘better life’ from Politicians ‘If elected as whatever’ while their children are far way overseas enjoying themselves as majority of them do not even bother to vote when they know that the very ‘gullible’ children of the ‘have nots’ will do the dirty jobs that will eventually get their folks into power. I just don’t get it.

So why are Nigerians reacting angrily to what Cameron said? Mtcheeew!

On my way home yesterday, someone who is on vacation in London called into a program of a radio station and said all those Newspapers that keep publishing stories of court arraignments are wasting their newsprint because: it is no longer interesting to millions of Nigerians who already know that nothing may come out of these arraignments,  hence they are better off publishing stories of how tomatoes can be got cheaper in the markets or how to locate stations where fuel can be bought at the regulated price of N86.05 per litre. I laughed but then, the guy spoke the minds of many Nigerians.

Many Nigerians are not moved by these stories of who is being probed anymore as such excitements have long being exhausted.

So Nigerians, let’s get off this Cameron ‘thing’ and heal ourselves of this mess we’ve found ourselves as a Nation. We have enough on our plate to deal with as it is, as a country. We are just 'fantastically' good at fighting the wrong battles!

While not supporting Cameron for that insult, I want us, especially our leaders to remember that 'a government is a reflection of the governed'.