Each of the pair is as bad and big a rogue as the other. It is now clear to all and sundry that no matter what part of the country produces a leader, the leader is part of the rotten system. A bad tree will always produce rotten fruits, no matter what part of the tree you care to pick your fruits from.
Nigeria has always been found wanting in radical disciplined visionary leadership, and no society can produce effective leadership when both citizenry and politicians/business men/religious leaders are rotten to the core. Any leadership is as good or as a bad as its people. A leadership will always reflect the predisposition of the people.
Yes, what we need are honest, caring leaders with passion for a big radical vision, integrity and sense of legality, veracity and accountability, but alas, we are not even an inch close to achieving this. It is OUR VALUE SYSTEM that is seriously skewed, and not what part of the country a leader is coming from.
I have stated this before, and I will say it again: political history of the ages, spanning thousands of years has taught us that the vile, the venal, the bad, the ugly and the nasty in the corridors of power never leave the corridors of power willingly. They will kill, maim, manipulate and dissemble to remain in power. They are always forcefully flushed out by the people who have had enough of their maladministration and wickedness in government. Whether the majority of the Nigerian people are up to this type of seismic radical revolution is the BIG QUESTION?? Until this seismic radical revolution comes to pass, I am afraid the miasma of corruption and nefariousness in government, in religious institutions, in business circles and in other high places will continue unabated ad infinitum”.
(Philosophy & Politics)
Prince Dayo Fadina.
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