It’s been over a week since the Amechi tapes dropped. Unfortunately is wasn’t a LP or EP, yet they were played everywhere like fire tracks, even Burna would have been proud. Doctored or not it has to be said that our dear honorable minister of Transport made certain statements that reminded me of my younger days when I thought I had become politically aware.
I made statements to the effect that the best way to get Nigeria moving in the right direction would entail the extermination of the the older generation. It seemed extreme at the time but hearing honorable Amechi echo the same thoughts had me thinking. Not along the lines of agreeing with him but more along the lines of trying to figure out what exactly was the problem with us as a collective.
Our obstacles are self made and ailments mostly self inflicted, yet we choose to look straight ahead and act like what is before us isn’t our own neighbor or brother. In my immediate environment I have noticed a desire to always maintain a form of silence when on encounters his kin doing something wrong. This behavior has given rise to a loss of accountability in all levels of society. It is widespread and it is deeply entrenched in multiple facets.
The full on ripple effects is what we see in today’s society; no accountability. The only people able to obtain accountability from an erring individual or group are those who wield power and they themselves wield said power without accountability. The damage has been gradual and systemic, developing from the family unit, outwards unto the community and thereby affecting interactions amongst associations who should uphold accountability so as to encourage trust and professionalism.
Now we have gotten to the point where standards are so far below what is acceptable that to blame one is to blame all but even that is still not happening. Generals are not being held accountable for failure in the theater of war, Governors caught on camera receiving bribes aren’t being punished and even people within the President’s inner circle who have been accused of one crime or the other walk about freely. It has gotten so bad that member’s of the opposition who used to be the ruling party before the election of our current president are aware that once the EFCC opens a case against them, all they have to do is decamp into the ruling party and all of a sudden the said EFCC cases disappear.
It all becomes more distressing when you recall that this President campaigned on being tough on corruption and introducing a change agenda. I guess we were wrong to be too hopeful for a new beginning.
