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Monday 24 November 2014

A message from Mallam Moyo Jaji to Nigerians

Mallam Moyo Jaji a Writer, John Burroughs, is of the view that " a man can fall many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else". I remember that as an under- graduate & in conjunction with others, I studied how Japanese Leaders after the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki respectively by the United States of America, jointly decided decided to reconstruct their Society. Space constraint will not allow for elaboration on how this was done but it is sufficient to state that the Japanese Leaders then decided to " sacrifice their today for the betterment of the tomorrow of their future generations & those yet unborn". The simple Development Model they embarked upon was to shut out the rest of the World & embarked on massive RE-ORIENTATION of all facets of the Japanese Society. The result is that Japan is ranked among the most Industrialsed Nations in the World & the stark irony is that, Japan is not as endowed in terms of natural resources as Nigeria but the Human Capital was harnessed to leapfrog their Society from a Medieval to an affluent Society in less than a Hundred years. It is saddening to note that, despite the abundance of Resources in Nigeria, the most important Resource - HUMAN - is not being harnessed to drive our Country on the Path of Development. That is why some of us are not happy that, a Party like the PDP, that has been in Power since 1999 & despite the quantum of Revenue accruing to Nigeria since then could not use these to move the Country forward. The only legitimate avenue available for Leadership change is through the Ballot Box but the events of the past few months have clearly shown that, like the proverbial mouse that is denied access to the Bean but decided to push the bean container & the bean therein into a Latrine. By this move, it'll ensure that, nobody benefits from eating the Bean. My take is that, the PDP, having realized that, they can not win the forth-coming National Elections, are resorting to extra- constitutional means to hold on to Power & when PUSH turns to SHOVE, the Military wing of the Party will seize Power & we'll begin our Democratic Journey afresh. That has been the story of Nigeria since 1966, to the discernible. Blaming the Western Nations for our Political & Economic stagnation amounts to " giving a dog a bad name, in order to hang it". The West is not our problem but Nigerians themselves. Kindly study the story of the ASIAN TIGERS for the appreciation of my argument. Kokomo ti onje efo, inu efo lows o. Hope you slept well. Good Morning. 1 hr · Like Mallam Moyo Jaji Kokoro ti onje efo, inu efo lowa o ! means " the Insect affecting the edibility of the vegetable resides in the vegetable not elsewhere. 1 hr · Like