Prof. Chris Nwaokobia
I saw this post very fascinating,this is the spirit of patriotism in Nigerians. Try and read the Open letter to my Countrymen III by Professor Chris Nwaokobia.
Dearest Countrymen and women my apologies for the interlude, I took an unannounced leave of this missive to do A TRIBUTE TO THE CHILD WITHOUT A CHILDHOOD on Children’s Day (May 27), on our ‘Demon-crazy Day’ (May 29) I did the FIFTEENTH ALP OF CRAZINESS and a rejoinder to Zik Zulu Okafor’s work on the need for studied appraisal of issues, mine was captioned OF PSEUDO LEARNING AS A COLLECTIVE HANDICAP. Alas I’m back with Part III of my treatise to you my esteemed compatriots. Continue....
As the night of long knives sustains, as politricktians continue to play politricks with our collective destiny, as the pervasive insecurity in the land plays second fiddle to the politics of 2015, as the fate of our Chibok daughters remain on the tenuous wire of politics and blame game, as everything appears subjected to the prism of religion and politics, and as the rule of anarchy prevails, we MUST hasten to detach ourselves from the Shenanigans of politicians.
We MUST remember that strong as religion is that the cardinal injunction of FAITH is to love your neighbour as yourself, Christians, Muslims and Traditional worshipers alike. We MUST distance ourselves from all those who make religion the summum bonum of political thought. We MUST insist on politics for the common good and on religion as ones personal intercourse with ones God.
We MUST make political avowals predicated on religion Shibboleth and tell men like Femi Fani-Kayode whose reason for political prostitution is the religious that we live in a progressive world where governance for the good of the hoi polloi defines democracy. And we MUST tell those who are in cahoots in looting that like their game is indiscriminate of their religious differences we cannot and are NOT deceived.
Countrymen a good man/woman is so because of personal choice and love for both God and man, those who politic with religion are NOT so.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MY COUNTRYMEN IV.
Countrymen I have been unequivocal in my critique of the political class and their Shenanigans but most sour is the proclivity of some office holders to take us for fools. I have particularly said that this ‘demon-crazy’ thrives on a Bazaar of thieving and a barter of looting, Obot Akpabio of Akwa Ibom and his Pensions Law confirms same.
They obviously do not care about the nation. Akpabio and his fellow travelers on the path of infamy are totally self-centred, like his politrickcal goons they embezzle billions from our collective till whilst in office, and they legislate a continued grip on our treasury after they leave power.
We suffer from intellectual fatigue and lethargy such that some of us complain that we talk too much, some say we are too critical of government and some say that we should take it easy.
Compatriots we must realize that no critique of ill-rule is too much. We must realize that the more we talk the more we recruit disciples of change. We must realize that the message (talk) must precede the movement (action). We must realize that it is the tranquilizing drug of gradualism (take it easy pill) that brought us to this sorry pass. And we MUST accept the fact that governments at all level has shortchanged the people, that way we can reawaken a radical spirit in the Nigerian mass such that a new paradigm of leadership that is responsible and responsive to the people does not elude us.
We must NOT allow the domination of our thought by partisan allegiance and debate. We MUST deepen the frontiers of TRUTH and the truth is that the difference between the major actors on our political amphitheater (the PDP, APC, LP, APGA et al) is the difference between six and half a dozen.
Countrymen the change we seek can only come through our collective effort, yes we MUST insist on the values of democracy and make good governance the minimum.
God Bless Nigeria.
Prof. Chris Nwaokobia Jnr.
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