Our national priorities in Nigeria as a nation are not relevant for any country that truly plans to become an emerging economy in this 21st century. I say it again, publicly and loudly that Nigeria has no bright future ahead of her in her present status quo and business as usual until the official corruption, resource mismanagement, oil theft, tax evasion, import duty waivers, money laundering and smuggling are publicly stamped out at all levels of the Nigerian government and the culprits that are all involved from individuals to businesses and to corporations are also severely punished with the weight of the law.
No democratic country in the whole world including Nigeria can practically meet the fundamental needs of its own citizens in all ramifications if her elected and appointed public officials go into the public life with the primary purpose of gaming the system to their own advantage through constitutional immunity, huge salaries and wages and personally enriching themselves illegally from the state resources that they were elected or appointed to manage on behalf of all Nigerians in the name of public service, democracy and patriotism.
Nigeria has no future if her best brains and minds in 2014 that are well equipped and prepared with the 21st century knowledge in the many areas of the human endeavors, deep insights and leadership skills and global perspectives of the issues of our day are pushed to the background in the act of the governance of Nigeria and then replaced by quota system, federal character, zoning policy, nonentities, mediocre, crooks, forgers, impersonators, men and women of shady characters and easy virtue.
The Nigerian secular and religious leaders will become more accountable to their own fellow Nigerians when the ordinary Nigerians can sum up the needed courage to begin to ask these leaders those important, necessary and tough questions about their stewardship in power and then demand for openness and public accountability from these leaders.
Nigeria is one of the few countries that I know today in this 21st century human universe where the mere words of their secular and religious leaders are treated as infallible by the ordinary Nigerians. These political leaders see themselves as indispensable and the religious leaders see themselves as gods and the mediators between their fanatical followers and God.
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