The war for the heart and soul of our country today is a tragic reality, one that we cannot ignore as spectators without betraying the very cause and greatness of the Nigerian dream, without denying our very heritage and our political ideals that speaks to us in the name of freedom, democratic ideals, and good governance. it is pertinent and important to ask if the interests and yearnings of the average Nigerians, the poor and needy, the destitute and vulnerable, the old are served by being a neutral on-looker or complicit in the rape of the nation desired for Nigeria by the official pdp and other politicians who are fellow partakers, in full accord with technocrats and banker’s opinions, working to the advantage of the fifth columnists and their international collaborators, or if they are not furthered instead, by intervention to support our great country, mobilization and a holistic approach with a view to working in concert to raise the sleeping behemoth called Nigeria to its ultimate potential, to reform the country which represent west Africa, and Africa in
General the cause of liberty, peace and justice, so generous and heroic. The reply to this cannot be vague or unclear for those of us, crusaders both moral and political who have a genuine love for our country, and where a genuine love and understanding of the peculiar problem of this nation is resident, because true to the founding ideals of this great country, and the ideals by our founding fathers abubakar tafawa balewa,nnamdi azikiwe and obafemi awolowo. we believe the ultimate level of a national re awakening cannot be over taken without getting to it first.
in addition, this is the reason why the class struggle is a nebulous concept and an empty assertion, not of major importance at this time, up until the hydra headed monster, the proverbial medusa of Greek mythology/fable called tribalism and credible political leadership and a truly independent inec,and overhauled electorate est. has been achieved.untill every Nigerian of every ethnicity,age,religious affiliation has been integrated within the country’s natural borders and the question of nationality resolved to mutual agreement, the historical climate and the fragile umbilical cord joining us all together as Nigerians have been strengthened then, the necessity for a normal developmental initiative, schemes of the class movement, and the progress, reform and ultimate victory for the ideas which inspire our individual and collective patriotic and working class zeal and fevor.
The success of the Ghana presidential elections with minimal violence, devoid of rigging, ballot box snatching EST. means the renewed victory and formation of a west African political climate, the re- enforcement of the cause of reaction, deepening of true democracy in that country, and a catalyst for the Nigerian government and political class to rise up from the mire of the continuous perpetuation and consolidation of the dark forces of militaristic and feudal political corruption and authoritarianisms est. which has brought the present catastrophe upon our country, which in most likelihood if things continue this way will replicate and produce a rise of the average Nigerian to rescue their country from the political marauders, bringing along with this struggle sorrow, tears and blood for the poor and vulnerable, who have stopped have been battered,discouraged,held back and taken advantage of and cheated on their march towards the conquest of their own political and economic emancipation.
Not rising up in defence of good men, means the evil ones will reign in terror without any challenge in injustice. True moral and political crusaders with a genuine love of our country can have no choice as to what we must do, all these who wish for a better and greater nation, a better and brighter tomorrow for our born and unborn children, a better future for the average Nigerian man and woman, children who are struggling against the might of the corrupt oligarch holding our country by the jugular, and believers and supporters of social and political revolution for the fraternity and unity of all Nigerians must join and uphold this credible cause. we must force our political class to either stop dishonouring us, raping and destroying our country or leave office. we must allocate tasks and prepare for the dawn of a new awakening
Wednesday 18 March 2009
diasporians playing a primordial role in self determination
Nigeria, even though it was no longer a geographical expression, has increasingly become a metaphysical expression. A country with great potentials, but rudderless and with no direction, a great power, but incapable of waging a war, full of social upheaval, but no will to change the status quo.
Nothing positive can come out of a negative situation, Nigeria of 1960 had been dragged kicking and screaming towards unification by a daring minority, and a failure it remained through the 48 years of her independence as a nation, urged on by occasional burst of patriotic zeal and righteous indignation from a minority either with a genuine love for the country or for their vested interests. We are a country of botched attempts, a lot has been tried, and nothing succeeds, honest politicians have come and gone, same as social crusaders over the years. A nation that constantly fails due to the lack of a mobilizing force.
Those who hold power in our country are of three broad types, the old gerontocrats, the incapable hence the average Nigerians and the fraudulent hence the politicians and technocrats.
We have not loved you enough Nigeria, we have abandoned you, because in our utopian fantasies, you have not being perfect, as the egalitarian ideals painted by old pan africanists.we surrendered you to the clutches of these with nebulous concepts, cretins, jackals and hynenas, murderers, charlatants, we abandoned you because you were a raped nation, and allowed you to be raped and violated even more. You were in the hands of corrupt mercenaries and charlatans with vested interests, and we in our pride and disinterest wandered off leaving you to your fate.
We acknowledge our faults, and we do not deny our pangs of conscience. Even if you are what you are, we should never have abandoned you into the hands of your assailants and abusers and taken refuge in a more celestial world, descending as of yesterday, today and the days to come only when you are on your knees, groaning with pain brought by years of abuse and torment. You need the next generation, visionary Nigerians with your genuine love at heart to tend you back to a good health, make you a stronger and virile nation, taking you to your full potentials. Making you a new nation stronger, gifted with egalitarian ideals. This here is an herald of a new generation, more gifted, honest, stronger, and cultured than the one that was before and on the verge of governing you our great country, this generation that is ready to take their place both in society and in our great country. The charlatants, gerontocrats have brought our dear country to its knees; the least they can do is give us a chance in making the effort to bring her to her potential again. War is not the answer, but a true and sustained mobilization of the next generation is a good start, we are laying a great foundation for the seismic shift. We shall not only be the prophets, but the crusaders. We shall not only read books, but also go into the trenches, we want to take our unborn children’s destinies and ours in our hands, and we want to know how things are. We have the in- alienable right to know what exactly you have done to the Nigerians whom you have demanded their blood, water, money and soul in pounds without ever granting them an ounce in happiness or glory.
We are ready, we know what we must do, there is much for us to do, when the time comes, we shall roll up our trousers and shirts and the women shall hitch up their skirts and we see how we can turn this ugly and deformed lump of stone into a fine statue for all to be proud of.
Nothing positive can come out of a negative situation, Nigeria of 1960 had been dragged kicking and screaming towards unification by a daring minority, and a failure it remained through the 48 years of her independence as a nation, urged on by occasional burst of patriotic zeal and righteous indignation from a minority either with a genuine love for the country or for their vested interests. We are a country of botched attempts, a lot has been tried, and nothing succeeds, honest politicians have come and gone, same as social crusaders over the years. A nation that constantly fails due to the lack of a mobilizing force.
Those who hold power in our country are of three broad types, the old gerontocrats, the incapable hence the average Nigerians and the fraudulent hence the politicians and technocrats.
We have not loved you enough Nigeria, we have abandoned you, because in our utopian fantasies, you have not being perfect, as the egalitarian ideals painted by old pan africanists.we surrendered you to the clutches of these with nebulous concepts, cretins, jackals and hynenas, murderers, charlatants, we abandoned you because you were a raped nation, and allowed you to be raped and violated even more. You were in the hands of corrupt mercenaries and charlatans with vested interests, and we in our pride and disinterest wandered off leaving you to your fate.
We acknowledge our faults, and we do not deny our pangs of conscience. Even if you are what you are, we should never have abandoned you into the hands of your assailants and abusers and taken refuge in a more celestial world, descending as of yesterday, today and the days to come only when you are on your knees, groaning with pain brought by years of abuse and torment. You need the next generation, visionary Nigerians with your genuine love at heart to tend you back to a good health, make you a stronger and virile nation, taking you to your full potentials. Making you a new nation stronger, gifted with egalitarian ideals. This here is an herald of a new generation, more gifted, honest, stronger, and cultured than the one that was before and on the verge of governing you our great country, this generation that is ready to take their place both in society and in our great country. The charlatants, gerontocrats have brought our dear country to its knees; the least they can do is give us a chance in making the effort to bring her to her potential again. War is not the answer, but a true and sustained mobilization of the next generation is a good start, we are laying a great foundation for the seismic shift. We shall not only be the prophets, but the crusaders. We shall not only read books, but also go into the trenches, we want to take our unborn children’s destinies and ours in our hands, and we want to know how things are. We have the in- alienable right to know what exactly you have done to the Nigerians whom you have demanded their blood, water, money and soul in pounds without ever granting them an ounce in happiness or glory.
We are ready, we know what we must do, there is much for us to do, when the time comes, we shall roll up our trousers and shirts and the women shall hitch up their skirts and we see how we can turn this ugly and deformed lump of stone into a fine statue for all to be proud of.
abstract thoughts on a sleeping giant
hello all,i am a nigerian diasporian presently working in the city of manchester in the united kingdom,and i started this blog as a medium to air my deep seated views, about the present and future of our great country,over the months and years,i have done a lot of literary pieces which i have either thrown in the bin,or just kept hidden away in my flash drive,constantly updating,correcting,this might be because i am my own worst critic and i only plucked up the courage to post it on here, after friends and aquintances who saw some of them assured me and urged me to share it with the public.
i sincerly hope that,irrespective of what you think of the pieces i will be posting on my blog in subsequent days,weeks, months and hopefully years,please feel free to post your objective and unbiased comments and most importantly please come away with the whole essence of the articles,which is what i set out to achieve,highlighting our failings,and nigeria's potential including a roadmap to nigeria and nigerians hidden potential and sucess,thank you for reading this and shalom.
i sincerly hope that,irrespective of what you think of the pieces i will be posting on my blog in subsequent days,weeks, months and hopefully years,please feel free to post your objective and unbiased comments and most importantly please come away with the whole essence of the articles,which is what i set out to achieve,highlighting our failings,and nigeria's potential including a roadmap to nigeria and nigerians hidden potential and sucess,thank you for reading this and shalom.
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