The interview granted by Femi Fani kayode was mind blowing, I categorized the social commentator in Nigeria this days into two, the first who want a better bargain from the government, and the other who are bitter because they lost their job, among the later is Uncle Femi, in his days, he never sees anything wrong in a very similar government to what we have today, and suddenly he felt strongly that there is need for a brutal change in Nigeria, after he left office.
Try as many will have us believe that a bloody change is the most needed solution to the Nigerian problem, a critical consideration of the following facts will prove the contrary: the Isaac Boro intervention, the ‘Wetie’ crisis, the Kaduna Nzeogwu coup and the Hausa counter coup, the three years civil war, and Gideon Orkar’s coup, all derived lots of blood, yet no tangible change happen. This simply means bloodshed is not directly proportional to positive change.
It is only by placing these efforts side by side with Soviet and the French revolution, where there were systemic change and eventually the advancement in society that Nigerian will not fit into the suppose idea of revolution. But if we considered it from the fact that these are deliberate attempt at transforming our country, one will realise that Nigeria have paid her due of bloodshed to go that way again.
Does it just happen that the Yoruba never pursue their differences with ‘Wetie?’ was it a coincident that none of the successive Northern Oligarchic coup were bloody, couldn’t the NADECO have attempted a military alternative to Abacha? Of course, you will notice a conscious deviation from bloodshed in these list.
Gowon have to be away for ECOWAS submit, when the boys struck, Idiagbon was the stubborn figure in Buhari regime, he has to be away in Saudi Arabia before the coup took place, rumour had it that some military officers made themselves available to execute a coup on behalf MKO, and why does anybody think that the Yoruba are going through all the court trouble over electoral fraud, when they can easily apply ‘Wetie’, it is simply because violence doesn’t pay.
Most often Nigerian are easily sway by the sound of bloody revolution, but we should ask ourselves, how long can Nigerian survive on their savings?
80% of Nigeria cannot survive a week without going to the market or work place, and the government workers, does not have a saving that can last beyond a month, if we are to begin a civil unrest that will last four years, how do you think people will survive?
Whereas, during bloodshed Femi Fani Kayode, can escape the country in his jet, and if he doesn’t have one, any of his friend will borrow him one. The same goes for all these rich folks who could have made a different when they had the chance, now trying to draft Nigerian into their fight for relevance
It was rumour that there was no power failure throughout the Gadafi’s struggle in Libya, whereas on the watch of our PHCN there is regular power outage. It is not that brutal change cannot happen in Nigeria, but it will not be fair to the suffering masses, some have lost love ones, who never enjoined passing mentions in the Nigeria hall of fame.
The alternative to this is for our country men to start taking responsibility, our lives so much depend on the government, that we depend on the government for electricity, for job, for security, for food and lots more, Nigerian should focus effort at taking our attention from the government. People and community should organise themselves to provide low cost amenity, community development, and promote charity.
Nigerian privilege few, who find themselves as megaphone for bloody revolution, should device a better alternative, such as technological, scientific and social revolution, rather than violence
Kudos to; the Nigeria Labour congress, the Save Nigeria, the Civil right, the human right, and other pressure groups, on their intervention over government bad policies in the past, but they can do more, so that no life is lost in their subsequent protest, and the lives already lost, must be compensated. Cases of police brutality should not end with protest, if all the police will do is spray water on people during protest, most people will require little appeal to join protest, and it will be effective.
More importantly, these movements should not wait until government embarked on anti-people policy before acting, rather they should precipitate action that will lead the government in the right way, and make the government responsible to the people.
Nigeria have enough of activist group already, we should evolve, lobby groups, and the onus is on the groups like Christian and Muslim leaders traditional leaders, and anybody who enjoys government officer’s patronage to begin to lobby a better welfare package for the poor. This group can even focus on obtaining target goal for the poor, like housing, education e.t.c. this will save us all a lot of head ache.
Nigeria should start building alliance across tribal line, the rich should intensify philanthropic work, the journalist should keep exposing those that loot our treasury, the judiciary should keep at delivering justice, and the politician should focus their policy at transforming the nation. I am not one of the people who belief that once PDP is no more at the centre Nigeria will suddenly become a paradise, but the opposition should test run their transformation plan from the states they control.
If however, such person as Femi Fani Kayode, Governor Amaechi, and other advocate of bloody revolution in Nigeria are still bent on it, they should consider this, that there are two tribes in Nigeria, the poor and the rich, if a true bloody revolution, and a total one begins, will they stay to pay the ultimate price too?
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