THE BLOOD OF AN INNOCENT CHILD
In about two decades ago, when we
were about to enter the new century and new millennium, every bodies ’goal was
to enter the new millennium with a very pure mind in order to abandon all sort
of sinful act and behaviors that they were earlier familiar with. Such sinful
behavior includes; killing of an innocent child, fornications, gambling,
prostitution, Bribery, and Hypocrisy etc. as a result, Churches and mosques
were full of worshippers who were ready to repent to their lord. No doubt that
moving closer to God is a very good idea since it makes people to desist from
evil deeds. During this period; prophesies were outspread that the world would
come to an end upon entering the new millennium (year 2,000). Perhaps, this
might be the major factors that suddenly make people to become pious; hence,
the hopeless people were becoming strengthened in faith that; after death, the
next thing is judgment. Then, the abandon Children, widows, handicaps and the
less privilege became boosted in their faith that the governance of cheating
and carelessness will be over, but unfortunately, we entered the new Millennium
(2000 millennium) and out of jubilation that the world no longer came to an
end, people forgot their oat with their Creator. They then re-adopted their
uncaring attitudes, while the people of the authority started making their
authorities as a family chain so that whenever they die, their children will
continue oppressing the poor masses. A typical example of this is what has recently
happened in Gambia where their president (Yahya Jammeh) wanted to impose
himself over them as a life president. After presiding for about 22 years, what
else? Why not giving chance to another innovative candidate? And how will every
child’s prayer to become president become answered in a country that has people
like this? People of the authority care less about the widows, the old ages, the
poor and the handicapped. When life became difficult for some parent, they
started abandoning their innocent children so that they will go and be begging
for food on their own. During this process of striving to eat, so many innocent
children became handicapped and hopeless. (This mostly happened in the northern
region of Nigeria). The mutual relationship between parent and offspring is now
transforming to become a phobic relationship simply because parents denied
their offspring the right to be protected. Some careful and merciful parents
who will rather spend their last kobo on training their children end up in dying
as a result of fatigue during over-time laboring, they are downed by various
ailments such as; musculoskeletal disorder, hypertension and stroke. And if
they die, trained child will become manner less and ill-cultured child.
In most
places where farming is their major source of income, the healthy farm produce
is always been sold to the riches and the people of authorities while the
farmer and his families that undergoes hard labor on the farm are left with the
pest invested farm produce. This phenomenon has confused so many people that
western education is all about lies and deception; hence, they forbid western
education upon their followers. There are no jobs for students after
graduation, sack letter awaits the civil servants in order to reduce government
spending, and they said, they deserve expulsion because they tendered fake
certificate when they were seeking of employment in about 10, 20 and 30 years
ago. The certificate that they did not create time to verify in their first
year of employment
In the
south-west region of Nigeria, there is a University and such University is been
run by 2 states, learning activities is going on there but they refuse to pay
staff’s salaries for more than a year and eventually, the School went on strike
but when the student stage a protest, the student were told that they lack
respect to the constituted authority and that they are the generations of
manner less kind. Now, what is the hope of Nigerian youth? Last year, a
striking student of LAUTECH was interviewed; they asked him that what did he
want as the solution to the currently ongoing crises in his school? To my
surprise, student boldly replied that he wants the world to come to an end so
that he together with the board of Directors, board of executives and the government
as a whole will perish. Imagine the mentality of an undergraduate student as a
result of pressure! Gone are those days when people of his age mate were the
prime ministers and their era of Governance was the best in Nigerian history
when compared to Nigerian’s current administration of ground-parents, the
ground parent of which were responsible for making laws and when they fall
victim, they amend and re-amend to soot their satisfactions. They are always
above the law. The youth of these days no longer have believe and trust in
anyone again, they are always eager to seek revenge of all what the authorities
have deprived them; hence, when youth were asked about how they will manage
their administration if they are opportune to become leader, they mostly
replies that they will embezzle money and then influence the less privilege.
Youth were in haste to seek revenge and as a result, wicked generations were
giving birth to more wicked generations on the land. Corrupt act is developing
in the hearth of both secondary Schools and higher institution students to the
extent that it is rare for someone to go to schools without hearing about the
news of Class representatives that duped their fellows or the news of
association executives that duped their followers etc. Professor Wole Soyinka
said in one of his articles some years ago;
“Most of the military governors who
govern the state under the successive military regime were under 30 years old,
where are our youth of less than 30 years old today?” They are mostly in their
father’s home still collecting feeding allowance.
I am now using this medium to remind all the people of
authority that Nemesis exist and the blood of the oppressed is crying for
revenge, The kind people that nature suddenly change to become cruel will one
day ask for their right. The day whereby keeping of children and families
abroad by our leaders will no longer work.
Nigeria is full of talented people, please let us use them
wisely before the time that they will be using their talent in a contradictory
way. There are talented people with ICT skills, utilize them before they start
doing internet fraud. There are talented people with defensive skills, make use
of them before they become terrorists.
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