The POLITICIAN 1000

ement can stop that destiny or
’t allow it. If we have
down like civilised people and
reached to a level where we can
ble of dialogue, then we should
e UN send personnel who are
reconciliation and let them chair
stances should we rise up in
ent civilians.
We are looking for nation builders and not nation destroyers. It
was the late President John F Kennedy who said and I quote “Don’t
ask what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for
your country”. These are the sorts of people that our nation needs at
this time. You’re not happy about the removal of fuel subsidy, well
who is? In every nation of the world, fuel prices have been increasing
exponentially, it was only in Nigeria where the prices were
still so low for such a long time. In the UK, the prices have risen
to historic levels and yet nobody is calling Prime Minister David
Cameron the sort of names that some Nigerians have been calling
President Jonathan.
We have no respect for our leaders and yet we want them to
respect us. We speak to them as if they’re fools and then we turn
around and wonder why they don’t take our grievances seriously.
There is a way you petition a King or somebody in authority if you
want them to listen to you and take your words into consideration.
It is called adequate or appropriate protocol, and we must learn
this as a nation. No matter how much we disapprove of our leader’s
actions/decisions, we must not use insolent or derogatory language
when we’re addressing/discussing them. Some of the comments
that have been made about President Jonathan and first lady Dame
Patience Jonathan were straight out of the gutter, and to think that
some of the people using such vulgar language claim to be educated
and exposed. Exposed to what? What were you exposed to that
would cause you to speak as one without proper home training?
Is that how your parents taught you to speak to and about people?
I think not. There are appropriate ways to address concerns and
dissatisfactions with the actions of public holders, and supposedly
educated minds should indeed know how to address authority
figures.
Sadly, the enemies of our nation are within our borders. Men and
Women who claim to be Nigerian but have become a cancer, eating
away at the health of our nation, but they shall be isolated and cut
out before they spread any further. Nigeria has a destiny and no
movement can stop that destiny or divide the country, we simply
won’t allow it. If we have disagreements, then we should sit down
like civilised people and discuss them, and if tensions have reached
to a level where we can no longer bring ourselves to the table of
dialogue, then we should involve the United Nations.
Let the UN send personnel who are skilled in the art of mediation
and reconciliation and let them chair our meetings, but under no
circumstances should we rise up in arms and begin to slaughter innocent
civilians.
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