Padden shared with us another model of fighting corruption that impressed me. He also didn’t have time for passing bulk. Before now, all you hear is “No light- Jonathan, no rice- Jonathan, no FX-Jonathan, no salary-Jonathan, no children- Jonathan, too many children- Jonathan”. Sometimes you want to ask if things ran in Nigeria like a developed nation before this Jonathan came in. Padden discussed objectively what can work!
Corruption is older in Nigeria than Nigeria itself. And our facts must help us do the greatest good to the greatest number. I’ve heard stuffs like “Jail all the presidents from Murtala Muhammed to GEJ”. “Jail all governors etc”. Some even desire a revolution! These statements are very sensational and criminals must truly know that there are laws in this country and that breaking those laws have dire consequences but how much good that is done by this is important. How long it is too, is key.
I always enjoy the revolution idea but I have learnt that the revolution Nigeria is looking for is stable power supply, security of lives and property, excellent business climate, effective governmental leadership and functional infrastructure. Not verbal gymnastics! It’s noteworthy to tell you that Nigerians worry about these than corruption but interestingly you need effective judicial system to have a superb business environment. Solve these problems and corruption might begin to decline
The Arab spring has taught us all that the noise of revolution may not be a final panacea to poor leadership as many of the corrupt leaders enjoyed and shared undue privileges for so long that they always leave so much emotional attachments behind such that sometimes, you need to wipe out almost everybody to ensure cleansing but isn’t that kind of………?
We need to tactically cultivate a national culture in this country that will define who we are and what we do.
Currently, we have no unifying identity.
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