Read the comedian’s piece below…
As I am learning to stop complaining and get used to the electricity
situation in my beloved Nigeria, i can’t help but worry about other
bigger problems facing my country at large. Once again a land already
polluted with blood and oil is reported to be witnessing beheadings by
religious fanatics, murders by herdsmen, and bombing of oil pipelines by
a supposedly impoverished and marginalised deltan posse, let’s not talk
about the Biafran agitators, kidnapping and robberies….confusion
everywhere.
I am an entertainer so i try to leave politics for politicians(cos i
believe everybody should maintain dia own lane). However, I cant seem to
understand why my beloved country will not intervene to help alleviate
the sufferings and helplessness of its people. When the poor cry for
help and are ignored, it can be a recipe for turmoil and when the rich
also cry, can’t afford to travel because flight tickets are out of their
reach, can’t afford to eat as they used to and all channels of their
lush incomes are closed overnight, then you begin to sense a whiff of
desperation.
The media also reports bias in the security handling of issues as it
affects the North, West, East and South. In my humble opinion, i do not
think it will hurt PMB to address this issues from time to time as much
as he addresses the issue of corruption. It hurts my senses when i hear
people praising the likes of Ayo Fayose or calling for return of
corruption (hard to tell if they are serious or joking) hearing the
soothing voice of our leaders will go a long way in strengthening is as
we plunge further into the unknown.
So in all of these, I am listening to hear the wise words of President
Buhari, I know he has opinions about all these because i know he reads
the papers and he has access to security reports, but sometimes it’s
like his media advisers dont get his memo or they seem to get it a week
after he sends it and by which time other depressing issues have taken
over.
This government seem to have forgotten the power of technology and
social media in today’s dispensation and is failing to use the various
available platforms to monitor and address issues weighing its citizens
down.
@pmb,@jagaban,@yemiosinbajo@
through senators to the president, we are all collectively responsible
for what befalls our country. We are the country. The rest na just Land.
Please address every issue in a timely manner so as to avoid coming
across as being biased to certain religious or ethnic sentiments.