Buhari: Another Chance To Make Nigeria Great By Hygienus Nwagwu

“Daddy what are you doing?” That was the question from my two year old son as I tapped away on my keyboard, crafting this piece. “Sorting out your future” was all I could utter in response. Not that it made sense to him, but a cold shiver went down my spine on the realization of the inevitable fact that in the years to come, the question will be “Daddy what did you do?”
What is the situation? 2014, my beloved country is still struggling to generate 4000m/w of electricity despite massive investments in that sector. 2014, oil is still being stolen in alarming proportions from the creeks of the Niger Delta. 2014, the Nigerian economy is in a shambles, reeling from shock occasioned by global oil price crash that followed many years of boom. 2014, our commonwealth is being frittered away by a bunch of opportunists united in an unholy alliance of corruption and sleaze, bent on giving a bewildered populace no respite until there is nothing more left to steal. 2014, insecurity reigns supreme, impunity and official lawlessness are the order of the day. 2014, the state house has become a sanctuary for religious bigots and ethnic jingoists whose stock in trade is fanning the embers of disunity for personal aggrandizement. 2014, the ship of the Nigerian state is steering rudderlessly to a cataclysmic end.
What have I done? In 2011 I did what I felt needed to be done by voting for a certain Goodluck Jonathan, more out of sentiment than conviction, hoping that with his background, age and education, my beloved country would be launched into a new era of development, probity, accountability in governance and all that 21st century developmental imperatives require. I was wrong! It was a vote badly wasted. I never bargained for the mess I see my country in today.
What is the problem? A cabal has taken the very soul of this country and until they are dislodged, the Nigerian people will continue to moan and groan. The biggest impediment to growth and development in Nigeria today is official corruption. Nothing else explains why little progress is being recorded in all spheres after massive investments while near-worthless fellows have turned billionaires overnight with no visible means of livelihood except their closeness to the powers that be. Stolen pensions, stolen petro-dollars, bulletproof car buying ministers, jet-flying government house chaplains are all a sad reminder of our abysmal descent to ignominy.
Who will bell the cat? Without a shade of doubt, General Muhammadu Buhari is one of the very few Nigerians who have shown that it is possible to live an upright life, not ruled by mundane desires. His harshest critics attest to this obvious fact. A man who has the ability, passion and unassailable integrity and moral compass to tackle headlong, that hydra-headed monster called corruption poking violently on our collective future as a people.
Tackling corruption is an open war against the status quo. Entrenched forces will be shaken to their very roots before being dislodged. The apple cart will be upset and things will never remain the same again. Heads will not just roll. They will crack and ache as they do. This is not a task for any feeble-minded opportunist, who in any case already has his hand in the pie. According to Prof Attahiru Jega, those whose hands are soiled can only soil whatever they touch. They cannot do otherwise.
Buhari will not let you go to church on a Sunday. All ancestors will be barred from receiving their traditional dry gin and fowl blood if Buhari becomes President and a plethora of other lies from the very pit of hell have been the modus operandi of the cabal that has ruined Nigeria. Buhari is closer to Boko Haram than either the pastors whose jets secretly engage in gunrunning and other shady transactions or those who control defence budgets and ill-equip our military leaving our gallant men and women with the option of tactical manoeuvres into neighbouring countries.
Unfortunately, they target the uninformed who, interestingly, form bulk of the electorate to sell their lies and maintain their stranglehold on our beloved country. Hear it today! They fear going to jail. They fear losing their grip on our commonwealth. These are the issues at stake.
Despite a stiff opposition, Nigerians have been presented with one last opportunity to utilize the God-given virtues of General Muhammadu Buhari to fundamentally tackle the main problems facing this country and set it back on the path of development and greatness. His moral compass is our guide out of the woods.
Those of us who believe in General Buhari have elected to spread the good news to all and sundry. Preach it to your family, in your mosque, church or shrine. Tell it to your friends and make them understand what this fight is all about. If you are too close to your G(g)od, tell him Buhari is just a mortal concerned about the wellbeing of his people and have neither the intention nor the capacity to annul any divine establishment. It is about our collective future as a people. Would you stand and be counted as one of those who pandered to the whims of ethnic and religious bigotry either out of ignorance or for personal benefits while your country was being ruined? Would you not rather be counted among those who defied the odds and helped make Nigeria great again?
Whatever choice you make, remember you children will ask you: WHAT DID YOU DO?
Hygienus Nwagwu.
@hymanprof

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