A Fact Nigerians Must Comprehend

ONE FACT NIGERIANS MUST COMPREHEND


Greetings brethren. Today’s crusade undoubtedly would be brief because we are heading directly to the point. No need beating about the bush; it’s high time we comprehended one fact as anarchy and imbroglio linger in our great and dear society.

To start with; honestly there’s nothing that is impossible to transpire in any existing society. For instance; there’s nothing unusual about a President dying in office. Of course we are all aware that William Harrison was the first United States’ President to kick the bucket whilst in office. And, John Kennedy remains the last that exited in such manner. In fact, eight sitting US Presidents have died either by virtue of nature, ill-health, accident or assassination. For example, Franklin Roosevelt died of cerebral heamorrhage; and so on and so forth.

Then considering Nigeria, five Presidents have exited while in office. Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Gen. J.T. Aguiyi-Ironsi were both assassinated in 1966; Gen Murtala Mohammed was also assassinated in 1976; Gen. Sani Abacha died in 1998 under a condition that remains a mystery till date, therefore could be tagged as ‘natural’; and Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’adua died in 2010 under a protracted illness.

What I’m saying in essence is that, anything whatsoever is bound to take place or be experienced by us/anyone provided we still live. On the other side, we must note that if peradventure crisis or anarchy takes place or abruptly becomes the order of the day, there is still enormous room for its exit. In other words, anything that has a beginning must surely end; this is a fact I sincerely want us to understand.

But mind you; for any crisis to come to an end, a tangible role must be played by the people concerned. Every negative circumstance is expected to be addressed squarely to enable its exit. Even if the crisis is as a result of the sins or evil deeds committed by the affected persons which is widely known and recognized as nemesis or repercussion, there are certain things that must be done by the people involved, because every sin committed has a penance that must be observed and duly absorbed by the person who committed it.

Most importantly, I want us to be aware and comprehend fully that every crisis has an end. The ‘Biafra war’ came and left peacefully though having consumed several souls; we had the MKO Abiola or the ‘June 12’ fiasco perpetrated by Ibrahim Babangida; there was also the Sani Abacha Military-to-Civilian President melodrama, and as well the Olusegun Obasanjo ‘Third Term’ distortion that resulted to series of anarchy; not forgotten the ‘Niger Delta Militancy’ saga that also found its exit point.

Though sometimes the lingering nature or manner of some political/social crises might warrant certain questions, which I often tag as ‘inevitable’. The inevitable questions are: Why would any person or group of persons hold ‘the giant of Africa’ to ransom? Why would any group, be it political, social or religious, act as if their ambition/interest takes precedence over the national interest? Could it be that the Mr. President’s ambition or vision and that of those surrounding him are such that they think very little of this country? And lastly, why do we sit still whilst a group of persons take us for fools? Let’s ride on!

At this juncture, I want to disclose the ‘fact’ Nigerians must fully comprehend. Frankly, the singular fact every Nigerian must comprehend is that every plight has its exit point, thus must surely come to an end; but such end/exit point will never come until a drastic and thorough measure is initiated and totally implemented as well.

We must wake up from our respective slumbers and become cerebral and ingenious as Nigeria in its totality seems to be approaching its moment of doom. For crying out loud; it is only a child that is meant to receive moral lesson. An adult is assumed to be fully aware of morality and its prerequisite.

If Nigeria must be better, then we must start from our respective borders. We must implement absolute networking as regards security at the various borders linking us to our neighbouring countries.

Also, we must be prepared to separate the chaffs from the grains. Honestly, the grains which remain useful are profoundly mixed, albeit ignorantly, with the chaffs which remain a societal menace. Believe me, the chaffs know themselves and the grains also know the chaffs; the harvester too knows which is the chaff and which is the grain.

I want to let you realize the fact that Nigeria doesn’t even need the assistance of the foreigners to fish out the miscreants because she is extremely informed, capable and competent in regard to putting these bullshits to an end.

In repeat; the fact we must comprehend to the fullness is that Nigeria would be well again owing to the fact that there’s nothing that is impossible to transpire in any society. Therefore, I urge the patriotic ones to remain steadfast, and the non-patriotic ones to embrace thorough repentance else their entire generations would live to face fathomless regrets. Think about it!



FRED NWAOZOR

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