Re: Nigeria Is Fantastically Corrupt—Mr. David Cameron
Truth may hurt for a while but telling the truth and making someone cry is far better than telling a lie and making someone smile. Truth will always be truth even if no one believes it.
I am of the opinion that the reaction of the Nigerian elite to Mr. David Cameron’s corruption comments on Nigeria is with a mixture of curiosity and admiration for his boldness which they can't muster.
His corruption comments on Nigeria has only attracted the strong minds and offended the weak minds. And after days of critical analysis, I still, in all sincerity, cannot figure out anything wrong in his assertion because of the reality on ground.
I think that Mr. David Cameron may have read the minds of hapless Nigerians and found that our politicians, both past and present, are more like prodigal children of the same parents: crime is their father's name and deception is their mother's name while corruption is their family name. Their political uniform is with an inscription: Pot calling kettle black whereas they are both black.
The International Community is aware that the wealth of Nigeria is in the hands of these criminals who constitute less than 1% of our population; they are aware that we celebrate criminals on the pages of Newspapers because virtually all the Newspaper, TV and radio stations belong to these criminals who call themselves leaders. They know that we give honorary degree and chieftaincy tittles to looters; they know that President Buhari compensated Babatunde Raji Fashola and Rotimi Amechi with Ministerial positions even when they are accused in their respective States of monumental corruption. They are aware of the Padded 2016 National budget, even under the oft repeated "CHANGE".
The international community is also aware of the error in our justice system that churns out selective judgements. It is for instance, the same court that freed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in 2012, yet is vigorously trying Dr. Bukola Saraki for the same offence, even though the Judge may have confessed that he freed one in error but the other must face persecution. And the question that should agitate the mind of any discerning person is: can't the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's case be revisited, if as reported, he was freed in error?
Is it not proper for the Judge to resign for ineptitude and judicial bias? Is Nigeria’s justice system applied differently to different politicians? Why can't this Tribunal under "CHANGE Mantra" revisit the so-called 2012 errors and bring both Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Dr. Bukola Saraki to book, in order to serve as deterrent to others? Anything short of correcting the Tribunal errors of 2011 will ridicule and impugn the so-called anti-corruption war of President Buhari.
The international community is aware that our leaders never ever take responsibility for their ineptitude, but rather shift the blame on past administration; yet, we are shocked by Mr. David Cameron's horsewhip on our elites. How long do we continue to live in denial? How long do we play the blame game?
And it is more instructive when such complaints, drama, victim mentality, whining, blaming and all such excuses have never gotten you even a single step closer to your baggage of promises to the unsuspecting Nigerians. The whole world is watching with keen interest because Nigeria is the heartbeat of Africa and whoever becomes the President of Nigeria automatically beam the searchlight of the lnternational community on himself.
Finally, my advise to Mr. David Cameron is borrowed from Gandhi: "Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you are right and you know it, speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.
Contributed by:
Kexter E.A. Donald Jnr.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Email: [email protected]
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