Why-i-criticize-those-who-celebrate-some-south-south-politicians-and-elites
September 7, 2020 | News
WHY I CRITICIZE THOSE WHO CELEBRATE SOME SOUTH-SOUTH POLITICIANS AND ELITES
There is need for the Nigerian society to end the celebration of Nigerian political leaders of the South-South, especially convicted high-profile public thieves and persons with evident questionable integrity. Otherwise, posterity will not forgive our generations concerned, for the harm and ripple-effects caused by our actions today.
It is appalling, a very sad thing, that the Nigerian society has degenerated to the point where it sees everything wrong with a man who is caught stealing a fowl or a goat, and we are ready to burn that man alive on the streets. But the same Nigerian society does not see anything wrong in another man who has stolen our collective wealth and has caused a lot of hardship and abject poverty for all.
The usual complaint has always been, why is Zik Gbemre always criticizing these South-South Politicians and Elites, particularly the former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori? But the real question and concern should be: Are we as a country, persistently ‘encouraging’ the coming generations to continue with the deplorable ways things are presently going on in Nigeria? This should become a serious cause for concern for all because, if we continue to celebrate and sing praises of these South-South public thieves of our collective wealth, it means we are endorsing and approving the coming generations to steal public funds meant for the development that would benefit all, and at the end of the day, they too will be celebrated and praised.
I will not be surprised if after all the pathetic dramas and atrocities exhibited by those placed to manage the NDDC, will still be celebrated by their people whom would say: “na only them don steal before? Make dem forget the matter.”
Very few are bothered about asking the right questions and demanding for answers. Like, what were the worth of persons like Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan/Utuama, Ifeanyi Okowa/Otuaro, Aguariavwodo, Timi Alaibe, Godswill Akpabio, Nyesom Wike, Godsday Orubebe, Goodluck Jonathan, Rotimi Amaechi, Obaseki, Oshiomhole, Amori, James Manager, Peter Odili and many others that are 'emergency billionaires,' some of whom greatly benefitted from the public offices they occupied, while others were raised and promoted by NDDC/Ministry of Niger Delta, and the South-South States' Governments funds after 1999? What were the worth and status of many of the so-called billionaires' activists/academicians/intellectuals/writers/elites/militants/politicians/some Traditional rulers, from the South-South, before 1999, who are now running their mouths like tap water?
Who were they before joining politics and the NDDC/Niger Delta Ministry? What were/are their source(s) of income to have made them become billionaires? These are questions people need to ask and consider, and then realize that these people have just been enriching themselves with our collective wealth, as such, they do not deserve any iota of respect and regard by the masses. If anything, they deserve to be stoned, booed at, shamed and publicly disgraced by both their people and Nigerians. Just like we saw being done by the people of Ukraine, against their corrupt politicians who were thrown into the public dustbins once sighted in public.
It is sad that patriotism has died a natural death in Nigeria, and that is why majority of Nigerians see any person that is repeatedly criticizing the wrongs of certain politicians, as enemies. The usual statements are: “Zik Gbemre you too de worry Ibori, and these other politicians or elites of the South-South. Leave them alone. God will answer them, and be their only judge.” But the question is, do they think if we leave them to continue wrecking havoc on the Nigerian society, that the country and the South-South will develop? More so, should we all fold our hands and watch as our societal moral standards are being dragged in the mud by some few individuals who are in power or connected to those in power, and whose only interests and gain are their bellies? God forbid!
If we do not repeat ourselves on criticizing and exposing the evil activities and atrocities committed by these corrupt politicians and elites in the South-South, then if we are giving up and signing off for them to continue. Of what good would that bring to the South-South region and the country?
Zik Gbemre.
July 25th, 2029
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes
There is need for the Nigerian society to end the celebration of Nigerian political leaders of the South-South, especially convicted high-profile public thieves and persons with evident questionable integrity. Otherwise, posterity will not forgive our generations concerned, for the harm and ripple-effects caused by our actions today.
It is appalling, a very sad thing, that the Nigerian society has degenerated to the point where it sees everything wrong with a man who is caught stealing a fowl or a goat, and we are ready to burn that man alive on the streets. But the same Nigerian society does not see anything wrong in another man who has stolen our collective wealth and has caused a lot of hardship and abject poverty for all.
The usual complaint has always been, why is Zik Gbemre always criticizing these South-South Politicians and Elites, particularly the former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori? But the real question and concern should be: Are we as a country, persistently ‘encouraging’ the coming generations to continue with the deplorable ways things are presently going on in Nigeria? This should become a serious cause for concern for all because, if we continue to celebrate and sing praises of these South-South public thieves of our collective wealth, it means we are endorsing and approving the coming generations to steal public funds meant for the development that would benefit all, and at the end of the day, they too will be celebrated and praised.
I will not be surprised if after all the pathetic dramas and atrocities exhibited by those placed to manage the NDDC, will still be celebrated by their people whom would say: “na only them don steal before? Make dem forget the matter.”
Very few are bothered about asking the right questions and demanding for answers. Like, what were the worth of persons like Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan/Utuama, Ifeanyi Okowa/Otuaro, Aguariavwodo, Timi Alaibe, Godswill Akpabio, Nyesom Wike, Godsday Orubebe, Goodluck Jonathan, Rotimi Amaechi, Obaseki, Oshiomhole, Amori, James Manager, Peter Odili and many others that are 'emergency billionaires,' some of whom greatly benefitted from the public offices they occupied, while others were raised and promoted by NDDC/Ministry of Niger Delta, and the South-South States' Governments funds after 1999? What were the worth and status of many of the so-called billionaires' activists/academicians/intellectuals/writers/elites/militants/politicians/some Traditional rulers, from the South-South, before 1999, who are now running their mouths like tap water?
Who were they before joining politics and the NDDC/Niger Delta Ministry? What were/are their source(s) of income to have made them become billionaires? These are questions people need to ask and consider, and then realize that these people have just been enriching themselves with our collective wealth, as such, they do not deserve any iota of respect and regard by the masses. If anything, they deserve to be stoned, booed at, shamed and publicly disgraced by both their people and Nigerians. Just like we saw being done by the people of Ukraine, against their corrupt politicians who were thrown into the public dustbins once sighted in public.
It is sad that patriotism has died a natural death in Nigeria, and that is why majority of Nigerians see any person that is repeatedly criticizing the wrongs of certain politicians, as enemies. The usual statements are: “Zik Gbemre you too de worry Ibori, and these other politicians or elites of the South-South. Leave them alone. God will answer them, and be their only judge.” But the question is, do they think if we leave them to continue wrecking havoc on the Nigerian society, that the country and the South-South will develop? More so, should we all fold our hands and watch as our societal moral standards are being dragged in the mud by some few individuals who are in power or connected to those in power, and whose only interests and gain are their bellies? God forbid!
If we do not repeat ourselves on criticizing and exposing the evil activities and atrocities committed by these corrupt politicians and elites in the South-South, then if we are giving up and signing off for them to continue. Of what good would that bring to the South-South region and the country?
Zik Gbemre.
July 25th, 2029
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes