@Peeps: All I’m saying is that we should not focus so strongly on the man’s failures to the extent of becoming pessimistic…it is said that the good try to see the good in everything around and vice versa…
Obj had his good points too, we… have to acknowledge that…I think this mentality of miracles is finally taking its toll on us…we expect instant magical results from every leader…look at GLJ who is barely 3 months in the saddle, look at the amount of lashing he receives from Nigerians on FB….if we employ a staff. don’t we place him on probation for a while before confirming him?
Why don’t we give GLJ a “probation” period before judging him so harshly? Despite the fact that power supply has improved dramatically, people still lash him severely as if he has a Magic Wand he refuses to deploy…
Nigeria is NOT an easy country to govern peeps, the system is so complex, there are so many tribal interests etc…Its so easy to sit in comfort of your home and office and criticize the super Eagles, for instance, playing a match…
Peeps, just step into that pitch and play with them for 2mins, then you’d see just how EASY it is to criticize and label people as failures….
Those of us who are employers of labour know how difficult it is to manage Nigerian staff, small as the company is…now imagine having to manage 150m people, of whom most are blindly materialistic, grossly impatient, lawless, very selfish and greedy, and tribalistic as well…
Its no easy task at all…we forget there is a National Assembly, that ratifies all such decisions, the NASS posed a big obstacle to progress in 9ja, was that OBJ’s fault? To pass any bill sent by OBJ, they demanded to be settled first…and OBJ, being a stingy fellow was not cut out for all that crap, leading to face-offs between him and the NASS, and thus the impeachment threat.
When the members of the NASS were asked to give conditions for not impeaching OBJ, they gave 27 conditions: Not a single condition had anything to do with the welfare of the populace…NOT one! Is that OBJ’s fault? When the NASS is full of touts. 419 kingpins and ex drug barons, how can you expect progress in the nation? And can we blame Obj for that?
It is said that we Nigerians have a very short memory, from the posts above, it is clear that most of us have already forgotten all this!
Believe me peeps, we are not being fair in our appraisal of Obj and his govt…whether he failed in some areas, no doubt, but he did achieve some success else where…
One of the directors in LUTH told me that OBj’s govt funded Teaching Hospitals across the country very well, yet these funds where being diverted by the top shots in the hospitals – is this OBJ’s fault? In 2006, Benue state govt disbursed billions as agric loans to “farmers” to boost food production in the country, 84% of the beneficiaries absconded with the money and never came back – is this Obj’s fault? Our people are unscrupulous – period…and that does not make governance any easier…See More
An honest conversation between a group of friends on facebook.