Chibok Girls: 200 Days Later
The nations of the world do not lack people in leadership
positions. They lack genuine leadership in their leaders-Dr
Myles Munroe
Several thoughts ran through my mind while writing this
piece; thoughts like the inability of government to protect
citizens and wondering what the benefits of being a
patriotic Nigerian are. I read my previous piece on the
100th day of the abduction of the Chibok Girls and I was
surprised that some opinions therein, were beginning to
come to fruition and it would appear that nothing had
changed. A salient thought ran through my mind. At the
Nigerian Institute of International Affairs October Lecture
which had the Independent National Electoral Commission
Chairman (Professor Attahiru Jega) as guest speaker;
Nigeria's former External Affairs Minister during the General
Babangida regime-Professor Bolaji Akinyemi; reeled out a
number of "takeaways" which sought to hammer into our
re-collective skulls, several vents that have occu...