Permit me to take your back to the Old Testament days in the Holy Bible. Achan son of Karmi was a Bible character from the tribe of Judah who stole and brought accursed objects into the Israelites’ camp as against God’s strict commandment about it. He brought untold hardship and monumental disgrace to the indisputable champions –the Israelites by his distasteful action.
Similarly, Jonah was also a bible character of disobedience and utter wickedness- who was deployed on a rescue mission to a city called Nineveh but made his way for Tarshish as against God’s clear instruction. Jonah knew God for who He was- a merciful God but couldn’t live with the reality of God’s pardon for the condemned and God forsaken Ninevehites (at least in Jonah’s thoughts). Jonah caused his co-passengers a huge loss due to his disobedience.
This is a follow up article to my “An Open Letter To President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan” published on August 24,2013 via Omojuma.com, I decided to follow up with this article and sincerely praying the boys will do the needful to bring this article to Mr. President’s attention after all, if it was a caustic insult on the Presidency the trio of Mr. Labran Maku,Dr Reuben Abati and Dr Doyin Okupe would have taken their turns to reply with velocity.
Here is my view, Nigeria has seen and had the worst of Achans and Jonahs in governments since independence from Britain up to now. These characters are cankerworms and caterpillars destroying our collective harvest as a people .They have done so much damage to the Nigerian project more than a colony of termites could do to prized wooden furniture.
The Achans and Jonahs of our time are men and women who are recycled by one government to other perpetuating and wrecking havocs on the Nigerian ship. With Achans in our camp, corruption and serological fraud will persist. With Jonahs on board our safety is comprised and safety guards can’t be relied upon.
These men and women speak in new tongues while hiding the venoms in their mouths, they are thorns in our flesh and have caused us unquantifiable pains .This minority group is causing the vast majority sleepless nights. They have become islands of knowledge unto themselves discounting the wisdom of ages.
How do you identify the Achans and the Jonahs you may wish to ask!? We don’t need a DNA probe for complimentary identification. All that is required is a brief recourse to their historic past activities and connect the dots of their dishonest dealings, stealing, numerous atrocities, outright disregard for unity and progress of this country. Many of the Achans and the Jonahs are political gigolos and rent-boys while female counterparts are modern-day courtesans.
What next after identifying the Achans and the Jonahs in the Nigerian government? Of what relevance is this article to governance in Nigeria? Let’s be clear this piece of writing isn’t one of empty ripples-generating articles crafted to draw unnecessary attention to create a spot of relevance in the Nigerian already heated political space, rather it is a critical look at the current condition of the Nigerian state while suggesting relevant solutions to address the undesirable situation.
We are so blessed in Nigeria with world-class thinkers, technocrats, seasoned administrators and academia but this blessedness hasn’t translated to any social good. This is sad.
Now what do we do with the Achans and the Jonahs in the Nigerian government? Very simple. Just like Joshua the servant of God and the entire nation of Israel chased out and stoned Achan to death-just that we will not stone them lest we will charged for murder -we will put up some holy anger and cast them out only in our daily prayers but also with our votes at the elections.
Mr. President should also be sincere with himself for once and for the sake of the citizens of this beloved country send the identified Achans packing off his executive camp and throw the Jonahs off the deck for safety of the Nigerian ship. I insist that the agents of wreck of past governments can’t metamorphose into agents of fortunes in the present government without precision surgical procedure. Let’s inject fresh blood and innovative ideas for a change. Good hands must be on deck to build a sustainable Nigerian project.
Long live Nigeria!
Olanrewaju Daodu
Regional Representative (Nigeria)
www.allternativecommunication.com
