It's 2014 already, the long
awaited 2014 in Nigeria. The last time a year like this was seen was 2010 and
it was indeed a swell year of unbelievable manifestation. For some very good
reasons, I feel disheartened by the newest trend of PDP politicians deflecting
to APC, and how it is being celebrated as if it is a change of anything at all.
It is still "Same of The Same" like Uncle Jimi Agbaje described it in
2006/2007 elections. It can only be liked unto a banker wearing suit and tie
from Monday to Thursday, and putting a casual attire on a Friday, it is still
the same banker, the same bank and that doesn't change the quality of service,
lending rate on a loan, interest on deposit or trust. It's just an illusion of
appearance, a shedding of skin. It is the same snake, probably with a deadlier
venom than the last bite you and I survived, and definitely with a stronger
predatory skill because that comes naturally with experience. Thank God the two
term tenure is not Political Party dependent, governance would have
automatically turned to traditional title and only Jagaban would have ruled
Lagos under AC for eight years, ACN for eight, APC for another eight, LP for
four and would have gladly joined the PDP he openly condemns for another jolly ride
if he's not dead from cancer or stroke by then, and his burial decorated with different
flags of the same colours, arranged in different patterns and probably with a
broom design on his tombstone.
I was saddened by the comment of
Femi Fani-kayode (FFK) on the lackluster declaration of the victory of APC in
Sokoto state by Wamako when 27 of the 30 state
legislators decamped to APC but I am not surprised. FFK said
"…I have to agree with Gov. Wamakko when he officially declared the PDP as being "dead" in Sokoto state earlier today. The power of the great evil that has gripped our land is fast waning. Soon we shall be rid of it forever."
The simple question I want to ask
FFK is this, since he claims to be a Christian:
1. Did the devil stopped being evil when his
name was changed from Lucifer to Satan? I bet he got worst.
2.
Will
the unproductive legislators start producing result just by throwing their
umbrellas away to grab a broom?
3.
Is it
the change of name or the change of heart that makes a man a changed person?
4. Is FFK himself a man of his words, with the
interest of the everyday Nigerian at heart? because NOW I'm sure he's just like the others, IBB, OBJ, MB, BAT, GEJ, ETC…
If FFK could say the grip of the
great evil is fast waning just because the evil is changing camp or name,
Nigerians need to pray and act in this year of intent because you and I know
the answers to this questions. It is the
year of intent anyway, even a fool will deem himself wise.
Very very soon, ministers,
commissioners, permanent secretaries and other top public office holders will
start leaking information about each other to discredit one another, in other
to furnish their aspirations to get nominations for elevated appointments and
elected positions in government and public offices, beware! because if they can
trade their friends, partners, colleagues and even foes on the altar of hypocrisy
to lobby with the godfathers for political nominations and appointments, be
sure that their manifesto (the normal ranting and discrediting of the
opposition party held every three to four years at strategic locations across
Nigeria) is just a show of shame. They don't have your interest in their head
not to now imagine at heart, a fatter pocket is all they seek, and the luxury
of the Middle East and Caribbean's is their real motivation; not any of the
things on the "To Do" list they are presenting to you, it was the
same list their predecessors presented four years ago, and their
grand-predecessor twelve years before (don't dull, it's an eight years tenure and this is the fifteenth year of
Nigerian democracy). The accusation of letter leaking between GEJ and CBN
governor Sanusi is just the beginning.
I will be sad again if by the end
of 2015, people start coming out to say "THEY LIED TO US".
This is the time for us to educate ourselves on what we want and how we are
going to get it. This is the year of intent, so indicate your interest,
participate, contest, vote, define your choice and choose without fear or
loyalty to tribe, religion or culture. Let's not sit on the sideline again and
watch things go wrong again and again. If you do, a man like FFK will get
richer because he's gradually establishing himself in the APC, although he was
from the PDP and he will continue to show you a sword and tell you it's a broom
until you actually see a broom and wouldn't duck when he swings it at your head.
I am Abidemi Babaolowo Oderinlo
iThink, iWrite and iActOnIt
Blog:
www.babaolowo.blogspot.com
Twitter:
@enyola
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