FACTS OF THE MOMENT

It is true that bad leadership corrupts followership. Leadership without integrity and justice in any nation would give birth to erosion of enviable value systems in the citizenry.  When the majority in a country falls into that description of a greed and unpatriotic populace, it becomes difficult to reverse the trend.    This is the sad current state of Nigeria. Before getting here, our projectile had a good trajectory at its initial shot. There was a country led by honest and sefless Nigerians united across the major tribes and regions.  Obafemi Awolowo from the West was a selfless leader. He left a legacy of prudent management of public resources during his reign.  The 26-storey high rise building commissioned in August 1965 from proceeds of cocoa-The Cocoa House was an example. That structure still stands prominently in the city of Ibadan till this hour.  The free education that got our village parents educated was another. My mum was a product of Awolowo's free education for e

The courtroom was tense. The eyes of the three men in contention were literally sparkling fire. It was clear from their explanations they were all farmers disputing over the proceeds from a farmland on the same plot in the neighbourhood. It appeared one of them was against the two others and the two were against each other. The contentious farmland was a bit distant away from the respective farms of these two. While crossing to their farms, both had always taught this fallow land probably had no owner! And if it does, it does not seem the fellow would have a need for it anytime soon!! Because of its proximity to the river, both had intended to take advantage of the ‘free’ fertile land to grow the favourite vegetable of the season come next rain. The intention of one was hidden from the other. Just on the day following the rainy night, each of them executed his plan. The seeds were sprayed. One sowed early, by sunrise in the morning; the other just before the sunset. A week after, the