Having followed the recent upheavals in the political climate, it is safe to surmise that things are turning out in the favour of the overwhelmed people of Nigeria. Our hitherto seemingly endless spiral into despondency seems to have abated somewhat. The stench of political rot is gradually being overthrown by the sweet aroma of political sanity and agreeable political order. Nigerians may have, at long last, turned the corner. The good luck we have long deserved looks within reach. The Goodluck we never desired, nor deserved, has put a final nail on his coffin, and that of his immoral, evil, corrupt and rudderless government. What drives my optimistic view of the polity? Let's go.
Our Shoeless Joe is now being buried alive by a series of avalanches of his own making; stumbling in customary fashion from one political faux pas to another and ably assisted by his fatuous coterie of advisers. From his infamous visit to the Boko Haram-infested states to the even more infamous amnesty-granting folly, all indications are that this guy is now pulling all the stops to finally bring his reign of terror, incompetence, and outrageous corruption to an ignominious conclusion. What is not to be optimistic about?
Wouldn't it amount to a criminal waste of time and effort to enumerate the reasons this gutless and soulless man must vacate Aso Rock without much ado? The facts speak for themselves. The realities confronting Nigerians on a daily basis are a testament. The contempt with which Nigeria is now being treated in the wider world serves to confirm the depth to which our nation has sunk. Nigeria is as irrelevant in the economic arena as it is in the political.
A national newspaper editorial today wondered what Nigeria would have been like if Nelson Mandela had been a Nigerian. I mulled over this for a brief moment and I wasted no time in coming to the conclusion that he would have been murdered moons ago. Impeccability of character is not woven into our national fabric and excellence in achievement is cast aside like a minor inconvenience. Nigeria could have a thousand Mandelas and it wouldn't have made an iota of difference, for the evil that exists in the hearts of the vast majority of our politicians precludes any emergence of meaningful progress and civility in the way our people are governed. The hawks hold sway while the doves are in the closet. See?
Our guy in Aso Rock is at the hem, not at the helm. What is really galling is that the majority of us thought we had turned the corner by electing him into office. We were so reckless in our belief that, as from then on, a positive new era would begin in our national life.
It is a stroke of good luck (no pun intended) that his party has joined him in the act of pressing the self-destruct button by plotting for his reselection as its candidate in 2015. In one stroke, our luck has turned! What is not to be optimistic about?
Let him use all the levers of office, all the powers of incumbency and all the tools of subversion, humiliating defeat is assured. He may even give amnesty to Satan, he'd still be hounded out of Aso Rock like an unfaithful spouse caught with their pants down. Am I certain of this? I hear you ask, and even snigger. Yes I am. Call me an irresponsible optimist if you like, but I'm willing to nail my flag to the mast. I just don't know what is not to be optimistic about.
The brazenness being constantly showed in their destruction of our national pride and wealth shall give way to a new era of bracingness and cultural reawakening. Fate has dealt us a good hand at last; we now have a stroke of good luck. What just is not to be optimistic about?
Our Shoeless Joe is now being buried alive by a series of avalanches of his own making; stumbling in customary fashion from one political faux pas to another and ably assisted by his fatuous coterie of advisers. From his infamous visit to the Boko Haram-infested states to the even more infamous amnesty-granting folly, all indications are that this guy is now pulling all the stops to finally bring his reign of terror, incompetence, and outrageous corruption to an ignominious conclusion. What is not to be optimistic about?
Wouldn't it amount to a criminal waste of time and effort to enumerate the reasons this gutless and soulless man must vacate Aso Rock without much ado? The facts speak for themselves. The realities confronting Nigerians on a daily basis are a testament. The contempt with which Nigeria is now being treated in the wider world serves to confirm the depth to which our nation has sunk. Nigeria is as irrelevant in the economic arena as it is in the political.
A national newspaper editorial today wondered what Nigeria would have been like if Nelson Mandela had been a Nigerian. I mulled over this for a brief moment and I wasted no time in coming to the conclusion that he would have been murdered moons ago. Impeccability of character is not woven into our national fabric and excellence in achievement is cast aside like a minor inconvenience. Nigeria could have a thousand Mandelas and it wouldn't have made an iota of difference, for the evil that exists in the hearts of the vast majority of our politicians precludes any emergence of meaningful progress and civility in the way our people are governed. The hawks hold sway while the doves are in the closet. See?
Our guy in Aso Rock is at the hem, not at the helm. What is really galling is that the majority of us thought we had turned the corner by electing him into office. We were so reckless in our belief that, as from then on, a positive new era would begin in our national life.
It is a stroke of good luck (no pun intended) that his party has joined him in the act of pressing the self-destruct button by plotting for his reselection as its candidate in 2015. In one stroke, our luck has turned! What is not to be optimistic about?
Let him use all the levers of office, all the powers of incumbency and all the tools of subversion, humiliating defeat is assured. He may even give amnesty to Satan, he'd still be hounded out of Aso Rock like an unfaithful spouse caught with their pants down. Am I certain of this? I hear you ask, and even snigger. Yes I am. Call me an irresponsible optimist if you like, but I'm willing to nail my flag to the mast. I just don't know what is not to be optimistic about.
The brazenness being constantly showed in their destruction of our national pride and wealth shall give way to a new era of bracingness and cultural reawakening. Fate has dealt us a good hand at last; we now have a stroke of good luck. What just is not to be optimistic about?
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