My Dear Nigerians, we have used the wisdom of substitution from the reverse in the past, in engaging our future; we must begin to substitute our seasoning and sensationalism for logical, reasonable and more pragmatic engagement of government and her policies. We must substitute silence and nonchalance for speech and deliberate engagement. Only then can this crop of leaders be held responsible to us. We have a future to deliver to the next generation and failure shall have no excuses in it.
Reasoning for Seasoning
Darkness is not the absence of light; rather it is the refusal to acknowledge and appropriate light however brightly it shines. History has always midwifed the birth of they both concurrently, this immediately indicates that the presence of one is the equal presence of the other; triumph is only a case for which humans choose to acknowledge.
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Upon the arctic darkness I have stood perceptive of issues and events, the rhythms of which have played a tune consistently in watching. The sounds have descended ‘Reasoning for Seasoning’. This is rooted in a mathematical wisdom for solving simultaneous equations; for the benefit of clarity a simultaneous equation is a mathematical situation where there are two or more unknown terms. In solving this maths evolve the wisdom of substitution, which is to replace one for another until the unknown terms are known.
The following events and corresponding responses or absence of have proven this aged wisdom of maths within the Nigerian case study.
Case: A former Vice President was reported to have said an academy student in his private investment is capable of communicating more fluently and error free than a public university graduate in a country he co-presided over for almost a decade
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Reasoning: Mr. Former VP sir, where does your audacity to make such indicting statement steam from? If you parade such unparalleled sophistication in your academy within it short existence (compared to these public universities) you must be funded by some sovereign wealth somewhere unknown to us or your history may have some case to answer. How proud are you now as an acclaimed elder statesman to have made such statement publicly? Howbeit dishearteningly true. Mr. VP should have some case to answer in court for this statement.
Seasoning: Is that the hottest headline? Let’s report it to increase traffic.
Yes now is it not true, we all know.
Leave Atiku alone jare, let’s double our hustle like him too.
Wetin concern me?
Case: A former Governor uses a public platform to make claims that calls for empirical validation, highlighting lofty claims that do not totally define the current realities of his former territory
Reasoning: Mr Governor Sir, if all you claim to have done his true well-done, you haven’t done anything far from what you were elected for. Can we challenge Mr. Governor’s claims? Using economic statistical data available during his reign to validate or debunk such claims, measuring their effect on his former territory and the people that live there. If there are no seeming significant effects as claimed by the governor, the court of law awaits him to prove all claims to us.
Seasoning: Littering the social media with images, videos and excerpts from his speech, spreading his resume across all platforms, placing him in lofty places and nominating him for the highest office in the land.
Case: A sitting Governor decorates his colleague in another state ‘the voice of the masses’, by reason of his frequent comic skits and unpopular performances owing to the occasion of the man’s birthday celebration
Reasoning: Does being a voice for the masses entail shameful acts of barbarism that you celebrate as heroic? How can a man who deems it fit to put up a flyover in a state with a scanty population of about three million spread across a land area of 6353km2 be a voice for the masses when such state has an infrastructural deficit that has crippled her economically.
How can a man who conceives an airport for a state that generates no external or international traffic owing to her lack of being no economic hub for any traffic generating activity be crowned ‘voice of the masses’? How can a man who continually insults his people with medieval styled welfare in the name of infrastructure be the voice of the masses? Mr. Governors Sirs, can both of you and others alike be watchful of you rum influenced statements before releasing it to our airwaves.
Seasoning: At newspapers stands, yes, is it not true, he is the only voice of the masses and the opposition. Even if the has all the money of the state in his personal account, so far he continues to spit in the face of the current administration, he is the voice of the masses regardless of what he says or does.
Case: The Federal Government wants to borrow $29billion from the international community.
Reasoning: For what? To do what? How will it be repaid? What are the terms for the borrowing? What are the consequences on our already stressed economy? Can we afford this huge risk in this peculiar time?
Seasoning: Miss Anambra sex tape, Bobrisky and others being to go viral.
Case: Legislators embark on purchase of exotic cars at alarming rates, in addition to consistent mind bugging allowances, while making cases for self aggrandisement moving motions and bill with little or no effect on the people they claim to represent.
Reasoning: How can they continue to brandish a lifestyle that is inconsistent with the realities of the people they represent? How is even serving who, when our commonwealth is used to service their unquestionable access to funds? When shall they stop being a shameful crop seating over our progress while we retrogress geometrically?
Seasoning: My brother, this people no sabi you oh! Just leave them. If you get a chance you sef go chop your own. Just pray for you or your person to reach there.
My Dear Nigerians, we have used the wisdom of substitution from the reverse in the past, in engaging our future; we must begin to substitute our seasoning and sensationalism for logical, reasonable and more pragmatic engagement of government and her policies. We must substitute silence and nonchalance for speech and deliberate engagement. Only then can this crop of leaders be held responsible to us. We have a future to deliver to the next generation and failure shall have no excuses in it.
Wunmibayo wrote this from Lagos, [email protected]
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