Mr. Olusesgun Adeniyi: Actions speak Louder than Words
Oluwatosin Otulana
Nowadays, it is quite admonishing to read Nigerian newspapers or articles again except for Saharareporters and Nigerian Village Square blogs. There is hardly a day without a senseless and disconnected Nigerian public office holder attribute or back his/her insanity with laughable excuses. Please be the judge, is it not harebrained when someone tells you that America has to learn from Nigerian’s voting system? Or incomprehensible why a government committed to transparency and anti-corruption campaigns still have the world’s undisputed fraudulent and immoderately desirous being as its nation’s chief custodian of law? Or unexplainable and heartsick of how a whopping 40 billion naira satellite would stop functioning only after 18 months of launch? The list is endless.
To one’s utmost unbelief, a substantial of them are people who are so learned and chanced to have seen how government is run in developed countries. Honestly speaking, I have come to terms with the fact that our present bunch of ‘servant leaders’ are good-for-nothing-to-offer individuals. Without mincing words, this generation of our fathers have failed us. It is much more so startling and distressing to see those who once spoke against these acts fail prey of the system themselves. Beyond doubt, we all know that the Nigerian system is demoralising and has since receded to one where thieves are highly referred and compensated. Nevertheless, this is not a blank concession to turn Nigeria in to Sodom and Gomorrah. I am quite flabbergasted with Mr Olusegun Adeniyi’s over his excuse1 to why Nigerian leaders are out-of-no-option or pressure to join in beating the system. In as much as I understand Mr. Adeniyi’s circumstance, I am still convinced that it is not a do or die thing. If I may ask, was it also as a result of the pressure of office that you blatantly lied to the whole Nation that your boss was not in Saudi Arabia for medical reasons but solely to perform lesser hajj? Of all persons, you as a Yoruba man should know that a good name is better than position, riches and gold.
I think it is high time you evaluated your values and preference and how you desire to be remembered when history is told. The earlier you jump out of a sinking boat, the better and more your chances to live to sail in another boat. The choice is yours; as we watch their audacity at the expense of our helplessness, we eagerly and anxiously await their unavoidable destructive end. History never fails.
Oluwatosin Otulana - A concerned Nigerian.
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