Be Like Nigeria..
Leaders of two Nigerian unions in South Africa on Friday demanded for an apology from a South African parliamentarian who allegedly made uncomplimentary remarks on Nigeria. A local newspaper, ``Polokwane Observer,'' on Wednesday quoted the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Mr Rudolph Rhala, as referring to Nigerians as ``corrupt people''. The paper, writing under the headline ``The Limpopo administration must avoid becoming another Nigeria,'' quoted Rhala as warning that South Africa and Limpopo ``must avoid becoming a Nigeria ''. He was commenting on the ``unquenchable appetite for corruption'' among the South African public officials at a public sitting in Limpopo on Tuesday. Rhala then asked rhetorically: ``Can we allow that? Then let's leave this country and let it become Nigeria,'' the paper further reported. In his reaction, the President of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), Mr Kenneth Ayere, described the comment as ``barbaric'', especially coming from a public officer.
A south African parliamentarian switched the word 'Nigeria' for 'corrupt state' while making a speech. What do you think, bad move or a call for us to buckle up and get it right. For me I am sort of indifferent. I'd advise the union leaders to quit making trouble and focus on more pertinent issues. I for one do not want Nigeria to be like Nigeria.
Update...
Ribadu said, "'recent survey data from Kaufman et al. indicates that there has been a reduction in the perception of corruption in Nigeria."
It is hard to tell from out here if this is true, I am curious as to what the situation on the ground feels like. Is there a perceived difference between OBJ's time and now. The media says so, and now there is research to back it up. Is this true?
