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    In Nigeria truth is a distraction Empty In Nigeria truth is a distraction

    Post by Kingseyi Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:15 am

    In May 2018, the Nigerian airwaves were awash
    with musical lyrics from Folarin Falana, popularly
    called Falz. Some persons could not accept the
    obvious truth in the song that there was a dent
    on the image of Nigeria and by extension every
    citizen of Nigeria.
    The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) in their
    reaction threatened to slam a law suit on the
    musician, Falz for his song titled, “This is
    Nigeria; Where Everyone is a Criminal”. At first,
    many people tongue lashed Falz for not being a
    patriotic Nigerian despite being the son of a
    frontline legal luminary, Femi Falana (SAN). They
    argued that as a Nigerian, no matter the
    situation, we should be patriotic even if things
    are not working as expected. Ideally, being
    patriotic, is a duty for every citizen to uphold
    social justice, stand firm against the ills in the
    land at all times.
    Nigerian flag
    In that regard, Falz stated the facts following the
    ugly revelations in Nigeria on a daily basis.
    Some of these ills range from certificate forgery,
    wanton killings by herdsmen, kidnapping, police
    brutality, electoral fraud and most recent being
    the introduction of vote buying into our electoral
    system. The alleged NYSC certificate forgery by
    the Minister of Finance; Mrs. Kemi Adeosun
    possibly shows how things have deteriorated.
    But, this is Nigeria where majority of our
    presumed leaders parade forged documents and
    corruption tainted wealth. You would also recall
    the pioneer Speaker of Federal House of
    Representative, Buhari Salisu, and his Toronto
    certificate forgery case. Good a thing, Salisu did
    not have to wait to be removed in office before
    resigning on the account of forgery and perjury
    in 1999. His action and timely response through
    his resignation speech elicited sympathy for him
    from the public.
    Interestingly, this is Nigeria where saying the
    truth is considered a distraction to people in
    government. As discerning minds wait for
    Nigeria to see how the present administration
    handles Mrs. Adeosun’s case, a Coalition of
    Civil Society Group in Nigeria has come to her
    defense, by classifying the revelation made by
    Premium Times as a distraction. The coalition
    group did not bother about the moral burden of
    such revelation on the country. Neither did they
    call for quick investigation by NYSC to ascertain
    the fact with respect to enabling laws that make
    it mandatory for all graduates below 30 years of
    age to serve in the scheme. The integrity burden
    is on the NYSC to formally respond to the
    authenticity of the discharge certificate issued to
    Mrs. Adeosun without further delay.
    The Nigeria Police Force is another institution
    that urgently needs to undergo the test
    considering the overwhelming reports against it.
    The recent revelation about four policemen,
    attached to SARS who were exposed and
    subsequently charged to court for armed
    robbery, kidnapping, unlawful detention and
    intimidation of a clergyman was a huge shame
    of a failed security system. Nigeria police that
    was entrusted with the responsibility to protect
    the people now leave scars and fear in the heart
    of people. The government agencies break their
    own laws establishing them without looking
    back as a result of corruption and moral
    degradation. The 2016 report on corruption in
    Nigeria by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
    equally affirmed that Nigeria has an integrity
    question to contend with when it listed critical
    sectors of the public institution with statutory
    functions to enforce laws and discipline corrupt
    offenders as the most bribe takers in Nigeria.
    The damming report of the NBS from the
    National Survey conducted on Corruption in
    Nigeria revealed that Nigerian Police Officers,
    Prosecutors and Judges/Magistrates are the
    most corrupt public officers in Nigeria. The
    report says that 46.4 percent of the Nigerian
    public have had bribery contact with the police
    officers, 33 percent with prosecutors and 31
    percent of the public had also have bribery
    contact with judges and magistrates. This is
    ridiculous because in a country where the
    police, prosecutors and judges demand bribes
    before doing their statutory duties, it means that
    only the highest bidder gets judgment no
    matter the evidence and glaring truth.
    This unprecedented high rate of corruption in
    our critical public sectors unwittingly fans the
    current insecurity situation in Nigeria as
    manifested in Fulani/farmers clashes, armed
    banditry, cattle rustling, kidnapping and ethno-
    religious conflicts. Sadly, the high rate of
    unemployment has rendered majority of our
    youths vulnerable and readily available tools
    for criminal activities in the country.
    Despite the outcry over frequent herdsmen/
    farmers clashes with their attendant
    consequences in the country, the Presidency
    has continued to devote large percentage of
    their time to glorifying its success in
    management of security, as if the killings were
    not part of the security responsibility of our
    government. More worrisome was the comment
    credited to the President Muhammadu Buhari
    during his visit to Jos. He was quoted in Jos as
    saying that “Nobody can say that we haven’t
    done well in terms of security, we have done our
    best but the way things are now, we can only
    pray”. It is unfortunate the Presidency can
    indirectly accept the abnormality as a way of life
    by further encouraging the already traumatized
    victims to accept it as their fate. No wonder, it is
    said that when truth is blurred by lies and
    misinformation, perception becomes a reality,
    and all would be lost.
    As the Nigerian government continues in their
    self-praises and comparing the number of death
    toll during 16 years of PDP to APC’s 3 and half
    years, the UK parliament described the issue of
    insecurity in Nigeria as a matter of urgency.
    That Nigeria has been stagnated in her effort to
    build a liberal political, economic and social
    state over these years is highly regrettable in
    view of the recent Ekiti State election.
    President Muhammadu Buhari has told
    Nigerians to continue praying. Of course we will
    pray. The only problem is that, praying without
    work, trust, love and faith in one another is as
    good as tempting God. Until Nigerians begin to
    trust and love one another, everyone will
    continue to live in suspicion.
    Eugene Onyeabo Aligbe, Public Affairs Analyst
    resides in Lagos.

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