C̳O̳M̳P̳L̳A̳C̳E̳N̳C̳Y̳:̳ A̳ C̳U̳R̳S̳E̳ A̳T̳ T̳H̳I̳S̳ P̳O̳I̳N̳T̳ I̳N̳ T̳I̳M̳E̳
ᗷᎩ: ϴᏞᎪΝᎡᎬᏔᎪᎫႮ ϴᎫႮϴᏞႮᏔᎪ
Nigerians are known to being complacent. The Suffering and Smiling virus have eaten so deep into them to the point that, they are considered the happiest people in the world even at this point in time when they experience starvation at its climax as a result of the actions and inactions of a microscopic few - greedy politicians. Isn't there time for everything? Isn't there time to be angry and curious? Isn't that time now? Isn't it scary that a people are complacent with such critical conditions as Nigerians are? Isn't it abnormal that they enjoy sufferings and afflictions?
Democracy in Nigeria is defined in reverse: the people of the government for the government and by the government. Our democracy is all about the government and not the people as against the original motives of the founding fathers, democracy being the government of the people for the people and by the people. In this case however, there are no innocents, the people are always the reflection of the leaders they choose to represent them. They allowed this mess in the first place.
Evil is recalcitrant and as such have thrived even more in the midst of a people with lackadaisical attitudes so alarming. They are mute in the face of the most absurd policies and inhumane treatments ever that their silence is so loud and deafening!
Poverty, unemployment and high cost of living are no accident, like slavery, they are man made and can be eradicated by actions of men. But, action is beyond mere complains or rants on social media or in the streets. Actions needed at this point in time must be deliberate. The people must consciously and intentionally reject their taskmasters who have made a project, their vulnerability.
They must understand that inasmuch as it is normal for dogs to bark and for birds to sing, it is also normal for the wicked to do evil. However, what seems abnormal is the good doing nothing while the wicked are diligently getting worse at perpetrating evil.
The people's complacency is laziness at its peak whereas the greedy politicians' proactive measure in building structures that aid their evil runnings and enterprises is diligence! And until the people's Will to reject poverty overpowers the politicians' Will to keep afflicting them, their story is not going to change.
This present set of dealers rather than leaders have been recycling themselves for about 6 decades now, isn't it time we had a paradigm shift to another generation of leaders? Isn't it time we give our total support to the YOUTHS? And if for nothing else, at least, for the benefit of doubt.
We have been collectively afflicted by a generation of scavengers and it is important that we unanimously reject them as a people...
I am Olanrewaju Ojuoluwa, Youth Advocate and Social Reformer. An arrowhead in the ongoing Sociopolitical Revolution led by Nigerian Youths, I am part of a generation of SALVAGERS who are unrepentant haters of evil. I may not know much, but I know that in a short while, perhaps sooner than later, Nigeria will be fixed for good.