Nigerians can be divided along ethnic and devout lines in many disorders. However, there are many other disorders around which Nigerians place common ground. One such disorder is the failure of leadership.
The independence of many Nigerians came too soon for Nigeria. Colonialists who still had no option to yield to the wave of independence sweeping Africa, in fact, still had no option to leave for their countries. When Nigeria slipped into the cauldron of a catastrophic civil war in 1967 and cooked there for about 3 years, the colonialists had to knowingly nod.
The misguided army that took turns forcibly breaking through in the following years, trampling on the country’s constitutions and settlements before 1999, also have the idea that they can put a wandering country on track. stability and security to a country seriously shaken by atrocious civil administrations.
Whether they ever had intelligent intentions for the country or saw only an opportunity to use the spoils of a plundered country is a question history has yet to fully answer. However, the fact that corruption was virtually institutionalized under the Babangida regime and the staggering scale of corruption under the Abacha regime leave little doubt about the answer history might still provide.
At the heart of Nigeria’s leadership crisis is a scandalous failure of infrastructure and institutions. The fact that they are not in position accuses the men who lived in Nigeria’s force corridors in recent years and those who live there now. In many ways, it seems that a position that has allowed men to paint to bring tangible effects to Nigeria has become little more than a retirement home and a resting position for many of them.
Therefore, in many ways, Nigeria lacks the infrastructure that makes a wonderful country. If the country is still plunged into deep darkness today, it is because for many years, electric power has proven to be an insurmountable challenge.
The darkness that the blackout constantly emits and affects other facets of Nigerian life. Public education and physical care continue to fail miserably; Shipping remains an issue, as many Nigerians continue to pass without blank water.
Many Nigerians remain deficient as awareness grows every day that the country is not built to cope with shocks. In many Nigerian public schools, windows, doors and ceilings have been stolen from study rooms just as reptiles have moved in to compete for space. with students
In many public hospitals, the deafening noise of turbines deployed to compensate for the lack of a normal power source is enough to awaken the dead. All of this has continued to contribute to the scathing narrative that Nigeria is a breathless country.
Life has become increasingly complicated in Nigeria and there is very little doubt about the direction the accusing finger is pointing. There is also no doubt that, unless the government does something drastic to improve the delivery of public services, the last fragments of the public as true will soon fade away.
Kene Obiezu,
@kenobiezu
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