By Pius Okaneme
SIR: When every government policy is motivated by the desire to exploit the people, the nation is doomed. From the presidency to the National Assembly to the contractor, every single party in the chain of executing a government initiative is playing the role to undermine the progress of society. They scheme to divert public fund to their private interest not minding that the consequence of their action denies the people basic necessities of modern living.
When everyone that nurses a political ambition is driven by the quest to enrich him or herself, the future of government is mired in destitution. The individual politician that is supposed to orchestrate the agenda that will support a strong institution is caught in the misnomer of focusing on self-aggrandizement. The rot is already eating up the conscience of the politician before he or she manifests the despicable disposition in the public arena.
When every citizen is already bought over by the mind-set that it is every man to his turn to rob the system, the future of society is eclipsed with misery. The same people that are going to bear the brunt of bad government have succumbed to the devilish ideology that they stand to benefit by festering into the structures of public good like termites. And when the roof collapses on them, they throw blames to politicians.
It is a self-fulfilling expedition when the people lay the foundation of their doom out of ill-will. The society is supposed to grow like a baby. Every new day is expected to usher enlightenment. The bad experiences of yesterday should propel the wisdom for the society to function better. The scourge of our system is the intractable tendency for it to squat like an imbecile in the same filth from generation to generation.
We have to wake up from our stupor and realize that we are the sole architect of our happiness. We envy the progress in Western societies and yet we refuse to toil in the virtues that will make such realities manifest in our own clime.
One cannot help but to be depressed about the way our country functions. I have considered acceptance for the things one cannot change just so to maintain one’s sanity. However, each day, the rut is eating deep into one’s system. If only one has the wing to fly away to a place where law and order is respected and life is lived with regards to the richness the universe offers. We should let every misery we go through out of the iniquity of our leadership teach us to build a conscientious society.
- Pius Okaneme, Umuoji, Anambra State.