NOW THAT NIGERIA IS SET FOR CHANGE
Frankly, change may be painful
sometimes but nothing in life is as painful as staying where you don’t belong.
Mind you; one’s life doesn’t get better by chance, rather it gets better by
change. Suffice it to say; change, which remains the only constant and
inevitable factor in our lives, is indeed a magnificent tool required by all
and sundry irrespective of age, status, or affiliation.
Undoubtedly, Nigerians in their entirety are
anxiously awaiting the incoming democratic transition owing to their extreme
quest to embrace a positive change, which is long awaited. As they await the
change in question, let me quickly use this golden avenue to inform them that
all hands are expected to be on deck if we are truly and sincerely in need of
the said change, because we can’t fold our hands and expect miracles to take
place.
Nigerians
must acknowledge the fact that any leader is directly answerable to his or her
subjects. Thus, they must wake up from their respective slumbers. Well, I thank
God presently an average Nigerian is socio-politically on ground contrary to
what the case used to be. In other words, any serving politician who fails to
sit up this time, I’m afraid, he or she is liable to be recalled by his/her
electorate. Surely, the pattern has really changed going by the current look of
things.
Without mixing words, the bone of contention of this piece is to issue a
fundamental note or advice to the incoming administration, especially the
elected President, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. Of course it is our duty as
concerned and patriotic citizens of this great nation, to remind the members of
the incoming government what is expected of them. We are meant to let them
comprehend that Nigerians won’t be willing to accept anything less than ‘Second
to none’ from their yet to be born administration. Yes, Nigerians cannot
compromise that.
Mr President-Elect, as you are prepared to take over the helm of affairs
from Dr Goodluck Jonathan, you need not to be informed that Nigeria is set for
the change she had longed for. In regard to this, I wish to use this avenue to
let your Excellency know some vital issues that ought to be considered
critically if you are truly ready to salvage this country from its present
epileptic mood. I’m equally pleading with you to see the issues as priorities.
First, I would like your Excellency to review bureaucracy, which has
been our tradition for decades now, or since the emergence of democracy in
Nigeria. I must tell you unequivocally that bureaucracy, which I address as a
societal cankerworm, has indeed endangered the economic status of this great
nation. It has succeeded in hampering the healthy state of the country.
Frankly, it is high time bureaucracy, which is one of the primary causes of
financial excesses or extravagance, is holistically reviewed with a view of
eradicating the uncalled syndrome.
I’ve realized that provision of portfolios such as Minister of State for
this or that is completely inconsequential, because the duties of the concerned
executives often seem passive. Similarly, in a case of Senior Special Assistant
(SSA) on this or that, having made provisions for Personal Assistants (PAs) for
the respective affairs, is as well out of place, which usually end up complicating
the scenario thereby debasing the duties of most of the officials involved as
we are all aware that ‘Too many hands spoil the soup’. These phenomena, among
many other related ones should be looked into in earnest for the sake of
efficiency as well as the country’s economy which is in a comatose state.
In the same vein; my incoming President, I want to know if you intend to
constitute your cabinet with same faces we have known to be affiliated to
corruption for donkeys years now. Since the fundamental motive of your incoming
administration is to fight corruption squarely as it was cited during your
electioneering campaign, I suggest you go for faces that are relatively new in
the system but are made up with the needed qualities, in order not to disappoint
your teeming fans who I can see will not be willing to accept excuses from
their esteemed General.
From the present look of things,
the informed minds need not to be told that some of these corrupt politicians,
who are disguising themselves as saints, will definitely find their ways to
your cabinet; and this is the actual reason most of us are profoundly filled
with anxiety. We all know the persons I’m referring to, and they know
themselves too. My fearless General, as you are determined to run a
corrupt-free dispensation as being presumed by many, I’m of the opinion that
harbouring these so called experienced politicians would be an unwholesome
practice and would at the long run cause a colossal harm to your forthcoming
leadership.
Lastly Sir, are we going to
continue addressing your Excellency as a ‘General’? It is no longer news that
you are now a ‘converted’ democrat, thus making the said title (General) appear
silent in your name is overdue. Unless you are of the view that there is a time
that would be more appropriate for the proposed gesture than now, as the saying
invariably goes ‘There is time for everything under the sun’. But the truth of
the matter is that, the more we continue addressing you as a General, the more
most Nigerians get confused.
So, as Nigeria is set to grab a
change, no stone should be left unturned towards embracing the anticipated
change. In view of this fact, I enjoin the President-Elect, Mohammadu Buhari to
revisit every nook and cranny with a sole aim of convincing all the sceptics as
well as proving to his critics that truly the awaited Messiah has come to
salvage the Nigerian state. Obviously, anything less than this would be
unacceptable to his overwhelming fans. Think about it!
COMR FDN NWAOZOR
(The Media Ambassador)
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