Nigeria
is blessed with natural and human resources, but it has wallowed in abject
poverty with intellectual and infrastructural rottenness for very long years.
To
be candid, Nigeria is not all decayed, immoral and/or stagnated, but majority
of its citizens have dragged it backward through various corrupt practices.
From
the time of democracy until the last administration led by the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, there have been series of allegations of corruption from
one administration against another. This does not exclude the military regimes.
The
first, successful, coup d’état in Nigeria was when Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu and a
group of other Majors overthrew the then Prime Minister, Alhaji Sir Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa (on January 15, 1966).
A common disease that
all must relegate
Like
every other government representative, majority of the Nigeria citizens are
corrupt minded, a quality which they claimed to have learnt from their
representatives.
Until
recent when PDP was ousted by the opposition party, APC, corruption was another
watchword in the Nigeria government.
However,
the present administration led by the All Progressives Congress, APC, is not
exonerated from this accusation, as only time will tell of what would be of
their agenda for the nation, but before then – we will rate the APC national
government as not-corrupt: we are observing their activities.
President
Muhammad Buhari has started on a good note, we concur, but his strength will be
tested too by: the desires of people that surround him, as well as, his own
desires – against the desires of the majority of the citizenry.
Corruption
is the disease that the Buhari-led administration must relegate (from the minds
of the people) – leading by examples, as he has been doing.
One would think that
fighting corruption is not really achievable in Nigeria
As
stolen funds begin to retrace their steps into their original accounts, one
would wonder what was really wrong during the past years.
Those
who stole the state money were given presidential pardon, and those who usurped
the public funds were changed from their appointments to another noble
appointments. Although, the Goodluck Jonathan administration, defeated at the
polls by the present Buhari-administration gave a very clean and smooth
transition (from the ruling party to an opposition party) – we did not get the
complete results that we had hoped for.
However,
for the smooth transition, we say thank you Sir to Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
To really make Nigeria
a safe haven…
All
government ministries and parastatals need to be purged of sharp practices, and
the general populace sensitised on what the government expects from them.
The
government must also ensure a clear-cut communication between itself and the
citizens, and mustmake document or
information that prohibits every offence – available to the citizens.
People
of good characters should be identified and celebrated, so that others would be
motivated to do good too.
Offenders
should be prosecuted according to the dictates of the law without preferences
and without ambiguity: the lesser class people should not be maltreated – even,
if they break the law. This is calling for justice as the law prescribed it.
There
should be improvement in the security of lives and properties too, so that the
citizens would be able to gather to listen to their religion leaders and be
persuaded to live right with their neighbours, friends, colleagues (at work)
and even strangers.
We
believe that Nigeria is on the right track for its establishment and
recognition (for good) in the Comity of Nations.
Hence,
our aim will be to uphold everything that will take Nigeria to that level of
respect before the international community: our aim is not to ridicule anyone,
but we can point out wrong doings to motivate positive changes.
