Singer Etcetera in his new article points out reasons why president elect Muhammadu Buhari should not be celebrated. Read highlights below:
1. Six bikers died while celebrating Buhari’s victory : Why are we dancing? Why do we keep rolling out the drums each time we
have a new government, only for us to start crying few months down the line?
Is it that we are too quick to forget or we just love to dance? Do you
celebrate a child who’s about to write his exams or the one who has
written and passed? What is this jubilation for? Because I really don’t understand. Is it that the election
of Buhari in itself has suddenly alleviated our sufferings? I am really
confused here, hearing how six bikers lost their lives in Zaria
celebrating Buhari’s victory.
have a new government, only for us to start crying few months down the line?
Is it that we are too quick to forget or we just love to dance? Do you
celebrate a child who’s about to write his exams or the one who has
written and passed? What is this jubilation for? Because I really don’t understand. Is it that the election
of Buhari in itself has suddenly alleviated our sufferings? I am really
confused here, hearing how six bikers lost their lives in Zaria
celebrating Buhari’s victory.
2. Buhari is not our messiah, the demons will always be there: One would think that a people who
have been shortchanged for so long by past presidents will know better
to be calm and take every word of the new president with a pinch of salt
until he proves to be different. This process is becoming an unending
circle, again and again we’ve danced and again and again, we’ve cursed and cried at the end. It is still shocking to me that a lot of Nigerians fell for the story that the president was born
without shoes. Was anyone born with shoes on? Buhari’s triumphant entry
into the presidency last Sunday which coincidentally was a palm Sunday
doesn’t yet prove he is the redeemer. Just like the second coming of our
supposed political messiah Obasanjo didn’t prove any significant
improvement in our lives.
We all thought he was the one anointed by the gods to take us by the
hands and lead us right straight into the promised land, where we shall
have no more gnashing of teeth. But when he left office, the roads were
still as bad as they were before he took office. The hospitals were
still without facilities and most importantly, he failed to defeat the
demon in the power sector even with billions of dollars thrown at it.
The demons in the same power sector have claimed Jonathan just like they
did Yar’Adua, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Sanni Abacha, Shonekan, IBB and
Shagari. Even Buhari himself had already been defeated by this demon
before. So what says it is not going to be the same this time around.
Remember obasanjo was defeated twice by this same demon.
have been shortchanged for so long by past presidents will know better
to be calm and take every word of the new president with a pinch of salt
until he proves to be different. This process is becoming an unending
circle, again and again we’ve danced and again and again, we’ve cursed and cried at the end. It is still shocking to me that a lot of Nigerians fell for the story that the president was born
without shoes. Was anyone born with shoes on? Buhari’s triumphant entry
into the presidency last Sunday which coincidentally was a palm Sunday
doesn’t yet prove he is the redeemer. Just like the second coming of our
supposed political messiah Obasanjo didn’t prove any significant
improvement in our lives.
We all thought he was the one anointed by the gods to take us by the
hands and lead us right straight into the promised land, where we shall
have no more gnashing of teeth. But when he left office, the roads were
still as bad as they were before he took office. The hospitals were
still without facilities and most importantly, he failed to defeat the
demon in the power sector even with billions of dollars thrown at it.
The demons in the same power sector have claimed Jonathan just like they
did Yar’Adua, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Sanni Abacha, Shonekan, IBB and
Shagari. Even Buhari himself had already been defeated by this demon
before. So what says it is not going to be the same this time around.
Remember obasanjo was defeated twice by this same demon.
3. Buhari just like our past leaders will take us for granted: Why won’t our leaders take us for granted when they’ve noticed that we
are always ready to jump to our feet and “jubilate” with the announcement
of every new regime? When Buhari overthrew the democratically elected
government of Shehu Shagari in 1983, many of you reading
this took to the streets to boogie down. When Babangida sent Buhari
packing a couple of months later, a lot more of you got drunk and
vomited all over the place. Even
Abacha’s sudden death brought smiles on the faces of most bar owners
across the country as they ran out of booze.
are always ready to jump to our feet and “jubilate” with the announcement
of every new regime? When Buhari overthrew the democratically elected
government of Shehu Shagari in 1983, many of you reading
this took to the streets to boogie down. When Babangida sent Buhari
packing a couple of months later, a lot more of you got drunk and
vomited all over the place. Even
Abacha’s sudden death brought smiles on the faces of most bar owners
across the country as they ran out of booze.
4. Something is wrong with Nigerians?: Is something wrong with us as a people? We are forgetting a very important fact that this election
proves that we are and will still remain a divided people. We are
divided by our ideologies with no realistic integration in sight. The election
has also reinforced the thinking that we are divided by regional,
tribal and religious interests and not national. These are some of the
significant issues that will define our tomorrow.
proves that we are and will still remain a divided people. We are
divided by our ideologies with no realistic integration in sight. The election
has also reinforced the thinking that we are divided by regional,
tribal and religious interests and not national. These are some of the
significant issues that will define our tomorrow.
5. To hell with Optimism: Finally, some of you who are reading this may be saying, oh Etcetera,
can’t you be optimistic for once? My brother, I can’t. Optimism and its
younger brother, hope have proven to be very dangerous especially in
Nigeria. They have sent millions of Nigerians to their early graves.
What is the point of being optimistic in a system that has always left
me in tears and heartache? Or is it till I get arrested by Mr. Cardiac?
Tufiakwa!
can’t you be optimistic for once? My brother, I can’t. Optimism and its
younger brother, hope have proven to be very dangerous especially in
Nigeria. They have sent millions of Nigerians to their early graves.
What is the point of being optimistic in a system that has always left
me in tears and heartache? Or is it till I get arrested by Mr. Cardiac?
Tufiakwa!