A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY -
BY EDMUND OBILO
The Nigeria situation is a pitiful one.
Rotten yams everywhere yet the people are hungry.
I hope this will be unsurpassed in scale and magnitude in the annals of man.
Nigerians are great people. Despite the aggression of those in high places, they are still kicking.
They privatized, due ‘processized’ and even deregulated and liberalized in their own way, yet we refused to die.
They are not “understanding” why we are still alive.
How did they turn a land flowing with milk and honey into desolation?
The people suffer while they smile.
They celebrate in grand styles. Many of them are those who became rich at your expense.
The dominant group has made the people look docile through long persistent exploitation and enslavement. The minds of members of the ruling elite have become imbued with callousness and contempt towards their fellow country men and women. This has resulted to inevitable economic strangulation and impoverish-ment.
The people are being brutalized and dehumanized on an utterly infernal scale. The governing blocs could stop at nothing however odious and hellish in accomplishing their ends.
It is woeful.
No food
No water
No job
No health care
No good education
No good road
No housing
No electricity
No peace
No justice... Ah!
Our actions tell the tale of a man fighting to die.
It is a sign of a revolt against a betrayed country.
It is a desperate situation by all sides, but the state can stop digging at herself. Until the cabals change their ways, the Nigerian situation will escalate to a breaking point. Until the people make the choice between good and evil, the ruling class will continue to take them for a ride.
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