As Nigerians make their bed, so they will sleep on it. They can choose whatever they want but they cannot escape the consequences of their choice.
Nigerians have made certain choices in the past fifty years and they have lived with the consequences of their choices and are still living with that.
For some of them, in pure dollar terms, a cow in Europe is more secure to live with "dignity" under the common agricultural policy of the EU given the subsidy it receives daily compared to millions in Nigeria who do not make even two dollars per day even though religiously they will say they are higher in God's ranking of creation than all else.
And in the context of Nigerian politics, state and society, such people may be convinced of their salvation in heaven and they may enjoy their ethnic self worth, while living in abject poverty. They live that kind of life with courage because they chose it. Is this not so "beautiful" to know that you are saved and can go to paradise and feel good about one's ethnic prejudice (whether in the North, East, West or wherever in the world) but on the other hand, struggle like people in hunter gather society for survival?
For some of them, in pure dollar terms, a cow in Europe is more secure to live with "dignity" under the common agricultural policy of the EU given the subsidy it receives daily compared to millions in Nigeria who do not make even two dollars per day even though religiously they will say they are higher in God's ranking of creation than all else.
And in the context of Nigerian politics, state and society, such people may be convinced of their salvation in heaven and they may enjoy their ethnic self worth, while living in abject poverty. They live that kind of life with courage because they chose it. Is this not so "beautiful" to know that you are saved and can go to paradise and feel good about one's ethnic prejudice (whether in the North, East, West or wherever in the world) but on the other hand, struggle like people in hunter gather society for survival?
This reminds me me of Denis Goulet's book "THE CRUEL CHOICE."
Whatever happens, we pray for good governance and that this becomes a turning point in Nigerian history. The lesson: anyone in position of authority should not take those under him or her for granted. The leader must respect the human dignity of the people under him or her.
Samuel
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 5:21 PM, 'Ikhide' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
"At some point it all looked like Gen. Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) team would pose a deadly serious threat to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and wreck their chances of returning the incumbent President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to power come May 29. But all the early good works and concerted efforts to win the sympathy and support of the masses, and gain their votes have been undone, almost single-handedly by the party itself.
Few weeks ago, it was safe to say that the winner of the February 14 Presidential election was anyone's guess, bearing in mind that the two frontrunners in the elections were – and still are – neck-and-neck in terms of the number of core supporters they have been able to amass. Both, however, would have – and may still be – banking on the support of millions of undecided eligible Nigerian voters whose minds were yet to be made up on who to support and who not to support. Unfortunately, it now seems that the bulk of those erstwhile undecided voters are moving further away from the Progressives, if online sentiments and those in the streets are anything to go by."
- Chinedu Rylan
The APC - the gift that keeps giving to the PDP. I am so ahamed of my party, the APC, I found myself wondering whether to decamp to PDP *retches* SMH
http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/02/has-buhari-shot-himself-foot
- Ikhide
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