Mahfouz
Adedimeji once said, "when things fall apart, we are no longer at
ease". But in Nigeria today things have fallen apart and we are still at
ease, we are at ease with the things that have fallen apart without
making a wimp, we have adapted to our abysmal situation without thinking
straight.
Even though in the theory of
adaptation, animals adapt to the rapid changes in their society to
ensure their continued existence but as social animals that wield the
power which control the changes that determines the means of livelihood
in our society, it is a sacrosanct responsibility we shoulder to ensure
this changes are positively inclined to improve our standard of living.
However
we have decided to keep mum to the inanities that
have encapsulated our society, we have unanimously reach a conclusion to
remain at ease with things that have fallen apart in our society or
what other way can a pen highlight the unprecedented negligence we pay
to the things that matter.
Our government is like a group of
malicious individuals who rule us like a swamp of fools, they fight on
the TV screen yet collectively loot our common wealth behind closed
doors, they hurl abusive words at themselves across party line on paper
yet embezzle Ghana Must Go with smile on their faces, they earn
millions daily yet majority of us wallop in poverty.
Our
roads are now deathtraps that aids population control , I can count a
hundred and one people who were born and have die after my birth yet the
road that lead Ibadan to Lagos which was commenced way before my birth
is still under construction, journeys that should last minutes now
last for several hours if not days, but they own cars we can only dream
of which motor them across this roads with ease, they have aircraft
that jet them away at the blink of an eye.
Electricity supply
in the country have depleted completely, the country's electricity
Megawatts have been less than 10,000 megawatts like forever, to make it
more fascinating the electricity megawatts that power the most populous
black nation in the world can only power two streets in Texas a city in
United States of America yet we applaud the sector once in a while.
As
per education, it is now more of a privilege than a right, even though
obafemi awolowo once said "if you think education is expensive try
ignorance " but today Education in Nigeria is so ludicrous not even a
rich man can afford it, only a wealthy personality can buy it for his
child.
While a family of five rot away in a
rented room, top government officials live in castles that can their
entire home their entire dynasty, the citizens struggle to fetch water
In the stream yet politicians drink water filtered with state of the art
technology.
Personally I have no Issue with
the Dino melayes of this country neither do I hold a grudge against the
Sarakis of our era. My problem is with the common man who wield the
power to determine the gatekeeper of the country 's wealth yet celebrate
James ibori on his return from prison and defend Alison madueke despite
embezzling billions in broad dayligh they even congratulated ganduje
for his style of bribery.
There was a time
when the rich man can't sleep because the poor man is awake but in
Nigeria today the rich man is asleep because the poor man is at ease
with the things that have fallen apart.
Adebayo Abdulrahman writes from the city of Ibadan and can be reached through adebayodayo2001@gmail.com
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