Snapsongs 149
Here, in plain, unsubsidized language
Are the basic facts
About the fabled Nigerian “subsidy”
Whose endless lies have been rattling our ears
We the Nigerian people subsidize
The rampant CORRUPTION of our rulers
We the Nigerian people subsidize
Their fatal incompetence and prodigal greed
We the Nigerian people subsidize
Those government budgets and their recurrent plunder
Those capital expenditures which total up
To the execution of our commonweal
We the Nigerian people subsidize
The Honorables who pad the budget
With frightening figures for constituency projects
Which never veer beyond their bank accounts
We the Nigerian people subsidize
Those countless security votes
Which have only made our lives in-secure
And the countless fortunes of Their Ex-cellencies
We the Nigerian people subsidize
That two million-dollar bra of our Oil Minister
That billion-naira budget for State House snacks
The mounting misery which consumes our ranks
(Cont. next Sunday)