Doyin Okupe, Aide to the
immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan has stated that Nigerians steal at
different levels where they find themselves.
The former Presidential aide,
however lamented that leaders and political office holders are always
scapegoats.
He wrote on Facebook, “I read
some posts on my Facebook wall this morning where people asked the Senate
President, Bukola Saraki for proof of his allegation on his comments on the
issues of recovered loot.
“Yet without any proof whatsoever
same people call Dr. Saraki and many other public official including me,
Thieves, even in the absence of any evidence, proof or even accusation of wrong
doing or malfeasance from any quarters or a judicial indictment for that
matter.
“In Nigeria, when your friend or
the enemy of your friend is accused, you ask for proof but when your enemy or
opponent is accused you don’t wait for any proof you immediately jump to the
conclusion and pronounce judgement of guilt.
“Yet in our little ways, we live
on “small small” stealing & prosper in our little ways from hidden corrupt
practices.
“We all steal from our employers,
destroy his enterprise through dishonest practices. Small businesses do not
thrive in Nigeria because once the owner is absent and places trust in his
manager (s) they steal him blind and wreck the trade or business.
“This is a major cause of
unemployment in our society. We all live beyond our means and subsidies our
finances from bribery and corrupt and “sharp” practices in our various
endeavors.
“Drivers send their children to
fee paying schools and sell their boss’s diesel, and collude with mechanics to
make up.
“We all shout at roof tops and
demonize leaders and officials yet we pay people to do jamb exams for our
children at special centers.
“We bribe National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC) officials to give our children “good” postings. We crawl at night
to the houses of highly placed relations and government officials to seek for
and obtain favors we are not entitled to.
“We smuggle goods into the
country (Nigeria) and bribe custom officials. As undergraduates we pay
lecturers to pass exams, others more daring purchase oven fresh certificates to
secure employments.
“We swear to false oaths and
obtain willfully perjured affidavits. We purchase or fraudulently obtain false
medical certificates to cover our absenteeism from duty post while on trips to
Dubai (UAE) to purchase merchandise. As media men we take “gifts” to publish
false stories.
“As civil servants at LG, States
& Federal levels we award contracts directly to ourselves or cronies. We
frustrate projects that are beneficial to the people if there is no derivable
benefits to us.
“All these and many more we do
but because its secret & unexposed we scornfully condemn others who are
guilty of the same offence. If Nigeria will survive, It will require a general
attitudinal change NOT scapegoatism or playing the Ostrich.”
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that is absolutely correct
ReplyDeleteThis is correct,all of us are guilty of the same offence whether we like it or not,the truth is always bitter but it must be told.Attitudinal change is what we all need both in public and private life.Talk about law enforcement agents that demand and collect "egunje" openly.All that must stop if we want to move forward in this country.
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