{"id":66491,"date":"2019-05-06T07:04:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T06:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=66491"},"modified":"2019-05-06T07:04:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T06:04:54","slug":"decision-making-why-nigeria-is-backward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/decision-making-why-nigeria-is-backward\/","title":{"rendered":"DECISION MAKING:\u00a0 WHY NIGERIA IS BACKWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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_By Ikenna Onuoha _<\/p>\n

Nigeria as a nation has been quite unfortunate to come across several
\nwrong decisions making which however has slowed the pace of her
\ndevelopment, but despite all these set-backs, the country is
\nexceptionally rich with diverse natural resources, in crude oil,
\nagriculture, limestone, coal, and cocoa etc. Luckily, it has traversed
\nbeyond the vicissitudes of life and still remains the giant of Africa.<\/p>\n

No doubt, prior to Nigeria\u2019s independence in 1960, her economy was one
\nof the strongest in the world, hence the reason why her citizens were
\nwooed to study abroad while their fees were paid from home due to the
\npopularity of the country\u2019s currency compared to the dollar.<\/p>\n

Shockingly, the mighty has fallen and left questions unanswered, while
\nall these go on, a curious mind will begin to probe why the country
\nallow woe to betide her? Did the economy suddenly go beyond the level of
\nresuscitation? How convincing should states in the country find it
\ndifficult to pay salaries of their workers? Could this be likened to bad
\ngovernance or wrong decision making? Why would bad decision making be
\nmisconstrued with stumpy economy? When will Nigerian leaders wake up
\nfrom slumber and take the bull by the horn? The best time to begin is to
\nbegin now!<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Nigerians are yet to find answers to these posers but to be
\ncandid as a realist, the leaders need a change of attitude and
\ndirection, they should be focused and shun distraction which is the
\nmajor cause of Nigeria\u2019s underdevelopment since the inception of
\ndemocracy in the country. Little wonder why the crop of leaders the
\ncountry possesses missed the main tract of good leadership and
\ngovernance while in pursuit of self aggrandizements without regard to
\nthe constitution which they swore to protect.<\/p>\n

With due respect, I concur with the postulation of a logo-mania scholar,
\nSobowale \u201cthat Nigeria is getting it wrong because as a nation, we
\nstarted out on Parliamentary Democracy before the Military converted
\nthat to the Presidential System without regard for its inherent nature
\nof being a tripod of separation of powers or cost of maintenance\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, as a nation, we still operate a unitary system instead of a
\nfederal system. The unitary system is reflected in the funds allocation
\nsystem whereby states go cap in hand to get funds from the center. It is
\nreflected in the state of mind of the Nigerian legislature that it is an
\nisland on its own separated from the electorate that put it in power and
\nthat its leadership is above the law since it is the law making body as
\nwell as the budget approving authority\u201d.<\/p>\n

Bad decision making has been the bane of ethnic tribalism and nepotism
\nwhich has fanned the ember of national disunity and development. There
\nis no doubt that sheer corruption and crass partisanship on the part of
\npublic officers have contributed in no small measure to undermining the
\ncause of justice thereby promoting instability, bad governance and
\nunderdevelopment in post colonial Nigeria.<\/p>\n

In a virile democracy, not all decisions adopted exclude the people, but
\nfor the interest of national unity, development and accountability,
\ndecisions are better made when it involves every component sections of
\nthe citizenry as part of government\u2019s efforts to creating public
\nawareness.<\/p>\n

Nigeria has suffered a lot and it should not be wise for the country to
\ncontinue to suffer abject poverty, backwardness, nepotism, ethnic
\ntribalism and egocentric \u2018mafianism\u2019 for the sake of the rapid
\nrecovery of the economy. We must build our system on some fundamental
\nvalues that cannot be sacrificed on the altar of exigencies. Citizen\u2019s
\nrights to hold divergent political opinions must be held as sacred,
\nlikewise free speech.<\/p>\n

Considering the situation Nigeria is currently into, the nation is in
\ntesty times in the pursuit of justice, attainment of justice and
\nensurement of justness. With specific regards to the anti-corruption
\ncrusade of the change government of President Muhammadu Buhari is
\npursuing with appreciable and unprecedented single-mindedness and gritty
\ndetermination, especially, now that there has been loud debate not on
\nthe rightness of the cause but on its process to enthrone good decision
\nmaking aimed at reshaping the people\u2019s perception.<\/p>\n

In as much as the present government is doing everything possible to rid
\nthe country off corruption, there is need for a rebrand of the national
\nimage with a view to wooing international community into the country for
\ninvestment. It is noteworthy that as a result of this hydra headed
\nmonster, the country has lost billions to fraudsters who masked
\nthemselves with political offices as channels of embezzlement.<\/p>\n

It is high time Nigerians began to say that never again should their
\nleaders milk the common resources of the country while using very sweet
\nrhetorics to deceive the masses, never again shall the country allow
\ndupers, miscreants, touts and fraudsters man any position of authority
\nin future. A situation where those elected to make laws, whether at the
\nfederal, state or local levels for the general interest of the country
\nderail from the status quo, and instead make decisions only favourable
\nfor themselves is an invitation to anarchy and should not be tolerated
\nno matter the individual involved.<\/p>\n

From the legislature, executive and judiciary, the story remains the
\nsame; just quite recently, a number of court judges were arrested and
\nbundled by the Nigerian secret police following their alleged
\ninvolvement in corruption related cases.<\/p>\n

This is very disheartening and dishonorable for judges everyone views as
\nsacred stoop too low for peanut and abuse their offices in pursuit of
\nearthly wealth, what an opprobrium, what an odium and what an irony?
\nThis is sacredly pugnacious even though am persuaded that none of the
\nsuspects has been proven guilty by a court of competent high
\njurisdiction. Indeed, wrong decision making has become a threat to
\nnational unity, things have fallen apart, and the center can no longer
\nhold!!!<\/p>\n

_\u2026.IKENNA ONUOHA IS A MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTANT___<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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