Viva La Revolucion by Adeola Aderounmu...
Once again let take trip to Adeola Aderounmu's journal. The tough talking Adeolu stays true his theme, by asking if a revolution is all we need. I agree with the broad idea albeit the bat swinging parts. In addition to Adeola's POV, I would like to ask if a change to the structure of Governance would produce similar results as an all out revolution. I believe we have left the countries in Africa run on the good will of its leaders. This should not be, leaders should have no choice than to make the right (or at least a postion they can defend) choices. The choices available to African leaders should be jail time or good governance. Then we would be in business.
In Nigeria, we will continue to deceive ourselves if we allow the status quo to persist. The Politicians are untrustworthy and they have no conscience. Non-participatory mentality of the people must change. The people must find a way to participate in governance instead of been forced to accept what a cabal dictated. The people must find a way to end for all time the corruption mentality that has not only destroyed our economy but also made a few greedy people wealthy at the expense of the majority. The good people and the teeming masses must stand up and request for a say in the running of Nigeria. All of these approaches to ending the reign of evil can be achieved through discussions or dialogues. There must be a way to bring the ordinary people into the mainstream of our politics so that they can decide what they want and how they want it. This country belongs to all of us and it is our right to participate in the matters that shape our lives. The last probable option will be to do it by force. The people must utilize the best option that is open to them so that prosperity can be a bestowment to the generations unborn from this land flowing with milk and honey.
Hat tip to .
4Comment(s):
it always worries me when people call for revolution, It especially worries me when the person espousing revolution uses Russia and China as examples of successful revolutions. Maybe killing tens of millions of people is the benchmark for success. It's easy to say smash the system because it's not working, but I live in Nigeria and I kinda prefer it to living in Zimbabwe or Congo. Go ask those people in Sierra Leone if they liked revolution that much, or Liberia, how about the farmers in Darfur - oh wait i think they're all in Chad. How can anyone who is watching the continued transformation of a Niger Delta movement that started out as one with a cause no one could argue with still say that revolution is the way to go? There are no simple solutions. The fact of the matter is that Nigeria's problems are generational, there is no quick fix. However people want to believe that if you do XYZ then Nigeria will automatically be better. I suppose it's comforting, but please count me out.
I guess it depends on what we actually mean by a "revolution". Naijas get scared when you talk about revolution because in our part of the world things turn violent very quickly.
So far, the closest we've ever got to a "revolution" was the coup of 1966 (which led to the civil war due to the lopsided way the coup plotters got rid of the political leaders) and the Orkar coup of 1991 (which failed because the plotters announced their intentions to "excise part of the country" before securing full control).
What i think will work in Nigeria is to target the actual individuals who have ruined the country.
You don't have to kill all the political elite to make an example, just take out the IBBs, Objs, Adedibus etc and everyone else will fall in line.
No talk of killing people...
"No talk of killing people..."
go read the report by hrw - http://hrw.org/reports/2007/nigeria1007/ and tell me it doesn't make your blood boil...