The POLITICIAN 1000

It is this hypocrisy that is hindering true reformation
across our Federation, because the sins which you accuse
these politicians of committing are the very same
sins that you also are committing, the only difference
is that you’re an unknown person so nobody is blogging
or tweeting about you. When we can agree as a
nation that “corruption” is not only found in politics
but in every sphere of society then we will begin to
make changes, but as long as we keep pointing our
“self righteous” holier than thou fingers at the political
class, and forgetting that for every finger we’re pointing
at them, 3 fingers and a thumb are pointing right
back at us, we will not make true progress.
Many Nigerians are in
their homes praying that
their Brother, Sister, Aunty,
Uncle and School friend
will be elected/selected
into public office. Why
are they so interested in
somebody they know occupying
a political position?
Is it because they
love Nigeria so much and
want the nation to change?
Or is it so that they can use
the “connection” to benefit
themselves? The latter
is the truth for many people, and just admitting it to
one’s self would be a great place to start. When a Man
or Woman is elected/appointed as a Governor, Senator,
Minister and Commissioner, do you have any idea the
amount of pressure they automatically come under?
Every relative, friend, school mate, town man, old
neighbour, church/mosque member etc would descend
to his or her office seeking for favours. So who is really
corrupt, the politician or the thousands of people
that descend on them asking for favours? God help
that politician if he or she refuses to oblige them.
was not born in the Governors lodge and that
when his tenure completes he will still have to come
home and answer to them, so if he likes let him not
begin to share the dividends of democracy with them.
His school friends also abandoned him and many other
people followed suit.
It didn’t take long before this said individual buckled
under the weight of the psychological and emotional
pressure that his friends, family and acquaintances put
him under and he immediately started issuing contracts
without due process to people.
This is the reality of the Nigerian environment.
Some of the biggest critics
of the government
today are those who use to
enjoy political patronage
in the past, but now that
their connections are no
longer in power they have
transformed themselves
into preachers of holiness
and integrity. They’re only
deceiving themselves,
because when their “man”
was in power, and they
were enjoying contract
money, they didn’t know
that there was corruption in Nigeria. Now that the
money has finished and other people’s “Man” is in
power, they have turned in a political “John the Baptist’s”
and are now preaching repentance to us all.
When a Man or Woman is elected/appointed as
a Governor, Senator, Minister and Commissioner,
do you have any idea the amount of pressure
they automatically come under? Every relative,
friend, school mate, town man, old neighbour,
church/mosque member etc would descend to his
or her office seeking for favours. So who is really
corrupt, the politician or the thousands of people
that descend on them asking for favours? God
help that politician if he or she refuses to oblige
them.
If you truly want to convince us that you’re the
righteous messiah sent from heaven to save the nation,
then you should start by selling all the houses and assets
which you acquired through the money you made
via your old political associates.
I once read an article about a particular politician
who attempted to do everything by the book. He refused
to do special favours for his school friends, relatives,
town people etc. One day a delegation of elders
from his home town came to his office to see him. In
the meeting they made it crystal clear to him that he
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You cannot live in a house built with money made
without “due process”, drive a car bought with money
from the same source and send your children to school
overseas with the same money, and still turn around to
condemn the rest of us, and call us corrupt.
You are nothing but a hypocrite and if hypocrisy was a
crime you would be in prison.