NIGERIA: An Opportunity In Crisis.

Events in the last few weeks in Nigeria have left me wondering about where we are heading. The spate of bomb blasts across the country and the general state of insecurity that came to its height with the bombing of the Police Headquaters in Abuja is a reflection of how the Nigerian state is in debauchery. But the attack was significant in other ways. It was not just an attack against the Nigeria Police which has unduly drawn the ire of the public. By targeting the defender of our national security, the bombers, whoever they were, were sending a clear message. Unfortunately, the leaders of our neo- colonial state have failed to take notice. The response by the government has been, not surprisingly, speculative. Three weeks after, we do not know whether it was a suicide attack, a time bomb, or a foreign terrorist attack. Since the incident, the President and Commander-in-Chief has not shown any resolve to tackle terrorism, or any of the numerous problems, including corruption, that have placed us at No14 on the list of 'failed nations'. Not Long ago, I wrote about the window of opportunity the April 2011 election offered us if we Voted Right. One can conveniently conclude, with hindsight, that it was an opportunity willfully WASTED. But even for those who voted for President Goodluck Jonathan like a personal campaigner and friend of mine Ntigoroku Atarhe,the tragedy looming at us is one that calls for concern. The fact that the president inherited a broken system is not an excuse for the situation to get worse. For five months now,we're yet to see any blueprint on how to salvage this moribund situation yet we discuss amnesty for Boko Haram,tenure elongation et al. I have never doubted Jonathan's impotence & helplessness to the polity, Expectedly, all manner of charlatans and political hangers- on lobbied for his kitchen cabinet made of concubines and buxom bimbos while hunger and poverty stalked the land and insecurity envelops the country. The more we continue to deceive ourselves,the more we fall into deeper pits of corruption,bombings et al.