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A rethink for the Leaders and the Nigerian society
It is unfortunate the house of
assembly in Ekiti State was selfish and lacked the maturity to
handle situation till it so degenerated. Democracy is expected
to be managed by broad mindedness, fairness and tolerance. But,
those were lacking in the law makers in Ekiti State, a State
known for intellectualism!!!
Well, we shall see what happens after this. Let all the
suspended members of the Etiki house of assembly be probed, then
it may be surprising to find out that all of them were corrupt.
The secret will likely soon be opened.
The issue is that most of our leaders in Nigeria already have
their hands soiled, yet they point accusive fingers. Who among
them do not have undeclared foreign accounts? Which of them is
not corrupt? Which of them is not involved in one failed
contract or the other? But, they all behave holier than thou,
until their sins were discovered.
The holy writ affirms, 'Your sins will find you out' It is only
a matter of time, their sins shall be discovered. Our leaders
however do not want their sins discovered. To this end, they are
making propaganda and fights against EFCC. But, it is too late.
God is already visiting our leaders with his divine judgment.
My advice is that our leaders should have a change of heart.
This is a matter of will. They should have a repentant heart,
openly confess their sins to the masses and return all
ill-gotten wealth as they pack out of office. That is shameful
but more honorable at last. They will have peace of mind and
enjoy the rest of their life. If they refuse to take to this,
their consciences and sins will continue to chase them and they
will not know peace.
The masses should also change for better. Some times the masses
are the problems of the leaders. We expect too much of them
financially and commit them to make promises that will lead them
into fraud and corruption. We give them chieftaincy titles to
exploit them.
The Nigerian society should equally change our sense of value.
We place more emphasis on money and not integrity and real
intellectuality. This is wrong. We make rich people secret cows
and worship them, though we know the sources of their wealth is
doubtful. All these have not helped us and we should rethink. .
We should channel our energy on technological development and
improved ideologies. We should deviate from been unnecessarily
and hypocritically religious but learn to be honest, sincere and
righteous.
Dr. B. A. Adewumi
Associate Professor/ UNU Fellow
Permanent Address:
Department of Food Science and Technology
Federal University of Technology, Akure, NIGERIA.
Cell Phone: +91 9449133478
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