A STRANDED COUNTRY AND THE SEARCH FOR COMMON SENSE

• (By: Comrade AbdulRahman Agboola)

  The palpable di#culties confronting Nigerians brings palpitations to seekers of

  egalitarian society, as the personalities managing our common wealth seems

  caught in cerebral palsy created by shortsightedness of previous administrations

  that failed to meticulously manage the resources of the Country.

  The Statistics of internationally recognized professionals of Nigeria Origins across

  the globe clearly explains the functionalities of intellectualism inherent in human

  resources in this Country, these professionals mostly naturalized and acquire

  citizenship of foreign Countries where they rise to become Mayors, Government

  Cabinet Members, Business Moguls, Academicians and lots more.

  The in1ux of Nigeria trained Professionals into Advance Countries in search of

  greener pastures a#rmatively attest to the poor working conditions of workers in

  the Country, when dutifully engaged citizens cannot a3ord standard living, the

  fates of low income earners and the unemployed becomes pitiful, while the self-

  employed survives at the mercy of deep breath taking business risks often dicey

  for businesses survival.

  A holistic view of governance in Nigeria will convince any sensible citizen of the

  retarded state of leadership and dubious followership con1icting with common

  sense as the masses su3er series of social deprivations, economic woes and

  5nancial ruins premised on terrible and grievous immoralities within the corridors

  of power for a very long time.

  The change of government recently was eased on the exigent demands for new

  phase of governance to conform with the yearnings of commoners for complete

  overhaul of the activities of government to address our economic challenges and

  provisions of the needs of the society, but the trend of neglect of the aspirations of

  commoners for worthy and standard education seems unabated with lock of class

  rooms in several Secondary Schools across the Country as tertiary institutions

  o3ers no solution to breeding of ill-equipped graduates.

  Those that witnessed the exchange rate of currencies thirty 5ve years ago when a

  naira compete with a dollar must be wishing for political asylum elsewhere now

  that a dollar compete with three hundred naira. If the current exchange rate is a

  yardstick to evaluate the general level of deterioration in Nigeria, it means we
• have deteriorated at three hundred percent rate, which explains the high rate of

  intellectual melancholy and retardation among most Nigerians who have failed to

  5nd common ground to set new approach to salvage the Country from further

  damages.

  Every change of government since 1960 came with hope of economic

  advancement and guarantee of better lives for citizens. On the contrary, each of

  the governments failed to improve the Country, but added to her woes with self-

  serving policies that not only widened the chasm between the haves and the have-

  nots but endangered the lives of helpless masses through State sponsored terror

  and protection of criminals to frustrate seeming oppositions against their hold.

  The culture of honesty and integrity is gradually going towards extinction in this

  Country and must be salvaged if normalcy must resurface in our thoughts and

  actions. I wonder why the masses allows few people bene5ting huge resources as

  salaries, allowances and pension from taxpayers money become shenanigans that

  wield negative powers to misgovern the a3airs of people at Local, States and

  Federal Levels, yet enjoy the friendly laughter and praises from the oppressed

  masses.

  As a Country, we abandoned all other natural resources for oil exploration as a sole

  dependency for enriching the purse of government for citizens bene5ts, but the oil

  has presently become worthless with current realities of oil price, we still depend

  on foreign touch to re5ne our crudes for local usage, this misdemeanour has

  turned our assets to liabilities as an oil producing Country that regulates the pump

  price of petrol at an exorbitant value due to non-functionalities of re5neries and

  corruption.

  In an era of moral bankruptcy like this, it is di#cult to gauge sincerity of purpose, if

  not, one would have concluded that the tension that enveloped the Country a year

  ago over the general election was premised on the determinations of Nigerians for

  good governance aimed at translating to better lives for citizens, but recent events

  painted most Nigerians as political hustlers seeking assess to power for pecuniary

  gains.

  Most Nigerians seems caught in the web of self-interest as the tone of ethnics,

  religions, political parties and groups interest echo in utterances and actions of

  Country-Men. Instead of uniting as Nigerians to 5nd reasonable solutions to our

  enormous problems, the bene5ciaries of the looted treasury still enjoys the

  protection of laws to enjoy their loot while the rest of the people wallow in hunger

  and su3erings.
• A government is formed to manage the a3airs of the people and protect their

  general interest and the failure of any government either at peace or in war to

  ful5ll her basic responsibilities on the people, there must be no unholy friendship

  with that government. The present administration must clearly deviate from the

  trend of previous administrations that recruited unscrupulous dupes as think tank

  as they mismanaged the a3airs of the Country.

  The implications of having unscrupulous dupes as think tank and executors of

  government policies are the shocking revelations of 5nancial recklessness and

  corrupt practices of the last administration. The whole system was compromised

  by the last administration and most of the key actors that ruined the Country still

  hold sway in the Security Agencies, Academics, Civil Societies, Private Sector,

  Ministries and Agencies, it then behooves on the present administration to sustain

  that tempo and becomes demonized in due cause or link appropriately with the

  society to seek direction from the thought of a common man and not power

  brokers.

  The present administration is yet to impress the masses on their aspirations that

  led to the change of government, no excuse is genuine enough to justify the slow

  performance of this administration as none of the inherited liabilities of previous

  administration remain unsolved and the heat is very intense on a common man

  with expectation of a better state of living under this administration.

  When a Country is stranded, the economy will continue to worsen until citizens 5nd

  the common sense to strategize and act productively to abate the economic woes

  that befalls them, else the Country is doomed to collapse and government labeled

  as irresponsible.

  Assuming Nigeria is a new Country that inherited all these liabilities from a Colony,

  should we consider all the human and natural resources inherent in this Country as

  a waste that cannot clear our de5cits and set positive cause of actions within the

  shortest possible period, we really need to shun self-aggrandizements and division

  at this material time and think outside the box of political partisanship to foster

  immediate and lasting economic growth and national development.

  Comrade AbdulRahman Agboola

  National Coordinator,

  Mass Action for Good Governance and Grassroots Development in Nigeria
• E-mail: massaction4gg@gmail.com 08032813279

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