What citizen would I be if I didn't write about the "great" independence day celebration of our country. Wazobia is 52 today...hurray!! But I have a few observations, and I'd like u bear with me while I bring these issues to bear.
For years now I have noticed that the pledge of our country no longer has the soul that backs it up. There is no credible populace, in fact, no populace at all. How can we uphold a mantra without the "we" to uphold it. There is no life behind our honour, and honour as a principle has become as vague as the other virtues we once stood by.
A school of thought believes that the country is just a geographical location, but I dare say, this country is actually a waste of geographical space. The polity is decayed, the economy is ruptured, national values are ridiculed, the entity is in fact, a laugh - no wonder we have not lost our sense of humour.
Pondering hard about anything good in Wazobia, a suggestion came that atleast we don't have earthquakes. But in actual consideration, if earthquake control were to be the responsibility of one of the many agencies or commissions or even a ministry, we would have earthquake attacks like sun shines. The oil spillage incidents and flooding is a clear precedence of what "would be".
I am afraid that my children and their children would have cause to point fingers at us in their time, for how we watched (with folded arms), and how we contributed to the destruction of this our Wazobia. If they do, I won't pass the blame on those "leaders" (hmm, leaders) who made it their life's purpose to embezzle the country to poverty all the while filling their bank accounts to stupor, I won't blame the different agencies whose purpose have been long defeated and the teaming populace who have abandoned every trace of moral values and etiquette for self-enrichment(everybody's trying to get by). I will blame myself, yes me; For not standing up to the situation and instituting the needed revolution at the time.
Yes, the human mind tends to be passive atimes. Many times have we constantly heard this talk of change and how what needs to be done, needs to be done quick. Too long have we heard the rhetoric of men and women(some dead in the "war front"), who advocate for a better Wazobia. Yet, we all fold our hands and do nothing. We are too cowardly to act and too afraid; so much so that we would rather settle for the status-quo and leave the future for a bunch who care nothing about this country or its populace. So yes, its a pity but I blame us. The average seller in the market, as she constantly battles with the rise of products(even the price of bread has increased) yet will not say a single word in protest, the average civil servant struggling from hand to mouth and stuck in the "rat-race" with no savings to brag of, the average citizen allowing tough times to hit on him like waves from a troubled sea yet can not raise a voice of disagreement. I blame us all.
We all know who did what, who is doing what and who will do what, yet we all shut our mouth and live in fear. The staged protests organised from time to time, have been constantly hijacked by the money seeking ones, who stage it for their own gain( again). We know but we'd rather not speak out because we are afraid of the brother-master. A revolution is needed, and while trying hard not to sound like the rest of the complainers lurking in our once-independent press today, I want all to know that a revolution is needed. The question is, will you be part of it??
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