We the “wailing wailers” are today’s watchmen and we cannot
afford to get it wrong another time.
It all began on Tuesday, July 1, 2015; “If PDP has begun to cry wolf where
there was none on INEC chairman, then they should be set for louder
lamentations. The wailing wailers,” the Presidential mouthpiece, Femi
Adesina tweeted.
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When Adesina infamously branded the opposition Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, “wailing wailers,” he broke the internet with that swipe, at least as
far as Nigerians were concerned.
My beloved friend, brother and journalist based in Sierra Leone, adopted
it as his “national anthem,” and would not go a day without hurling the
word at me at the slightest provocation.
“Wailing wailers” dominated this young vibrant journalist’s lexicon. He
said it, drummed it, hummed it and became obsessed with it. I nearly
thought he had gone nuts.
Six months after Buhari’s victory, my friend has gone mute, and now cuts a
sorry figure. You see, he cannot criticise the government to me, he cannot
possibly try to put on the “wailers garb” now can he?
Edo State Governor and self acclaimed Presidential Spokesman; Adams
Oshiomhole popular for his face and his unfounded earth quaking
revelations has gone underground, “water don pass garri.”
Oshiomhole can no longer throw figures about; else he will be battling
with a cumulative figure close to the United State’s budget.
Cut to the gross picture of Buhari in New Delhi, India, saying “we are
broke, we cannot pay Ministers… that many Ministers,” Ministers will sit
in council but will use the information gotten from there for nothing, we
are “materially and morally vandalized” bla bla bla…(all paraphrased of
course, even the C-in-C wails sometimes.)
The Jagaban, Ahmed Bola Tinubu in a recent piece written by the Chairman
of his The Nation newspaper Sam Omatseye, retorted: “If the President says
we have been materially vandalised, it is no new wisdom.
“If a lot of our money has been stolen, what is the progress in getting
them back? We need the money. We don’t want a President who will lament.”
Senate President Bukola Saraki is a thorn in Buhari’s flesh. Umar Danladi
at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, is bent on giving Buhari a bad name
with his overzealousness, ignoring procedures while dishing out summons.
The Biafra boys are a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. The “decrees”
GMB has been issuing these days, seem inadequate to stop the bomb from
going off. Perhaps, moving the Command and Control Centre of the military
to far away N/East is making the boys feel too relaxed.
The inglorious recession drums of the Central Bank Chief are becoming more
audible. Our Naira has plummeted; in fact biscuit for Abuja don go back to
him emaciated self, with three for one pack. The Chibok Girls are not yet
back and with the recent blasts, I no trust any traffic jam these days,
God forbid bad thing.
Somebody said that “the disease wey wan kill dog go first kill him sense
of smell.” Honestly, it is safe to conclude that the APC has no agenda, no
economic policies and lacks direction.
The clear discord between the leader of the party and those who put him in
office with frivolous campaign promises, make me cringe for what I see
coming.
It is a pity that the elusive “change” has become “one chance.”
Even my friends, who made my life miserable when GEJ was kicked out of
office, admit that Buhari has not shown any sign of developing the
economy. Baba is still dilly dallying.
Buhari’s issues are self-inflicted and he must own up to them.
Does something in that Villa make you think everyone else is the problem
and not you? Mr. President must get the job done or excuse yourself, the
office no be by force na?!
None of the countries visited by PMB since he moved to Aso Rock, blame
past governments for their current woes months after assuming power.
Campaigns ended over 6 months ago, yet Buhari has failed to realize that
he is now in charge. Government is an institution. In developed countries,
when you take over power, you quietly bear the brunt of what the
institution brought upon the people.
We have to realize that once elections are over, we must all accept the
outcome and learn to work with each other.
Enough of this rear view mirror focus we have been regaled with these past
few months. It is time to man up and take responsibility for the way
things are and take action to make progress.
Our runaway brothers who chanted “Sai Baba” and sang “Masu gudu su gudu,”
please feel free to defend Nigeria, we must all speak up against bad
government, whether we supported it for office or not.
We the “wailing wailers” are today’s watchmen and we cannot afford to get
it wrong another time. We reveled in the euphoria of GEJ’s victory in
2011, see where that got us.
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Best wishes
Oqua Henry
Editor: Abusites.com