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 occurred in
2014. He had to reel out these events (disappeared funds,
Chibok Girls and the strange ceasefire, Nigeria-South Africa
fiasco, Ebola et al) because; according to him, Nigeria is a
nation that forgets (may I add deliberately forgets).
200 days later, the Chibok Girls haven't been released;
after government sources informed Nigerians and the world
that the government had secured their release through a
brokered cease-fire deal facilitated by a certain Danladi. Nor
have the Chibok Girls been released; since according to
government officials; the girls' whereabouts were known to
the government.
I wouldn't bore you with grandiloquent sentences; but I
would joggle your memory that it was due to Malala
Yousafzai's visit on the 90th day of the girls' abduction;
which prompted President Jonathan to meet the parents of
the girls and those who escaped. Lest we forget (like we
are wont to), there was a little fiasco pertaining to whether
money was given to the Chibok Community to be shared.
Was money handed out or it shared appropriately (or
equally as Nigerians love to say); who knows?
I won't bore you with the deliberate attempt to discredit
the BringBackOurGirls' organisers by some sponsored and
faceless voices; who insinuated the organisers were card-
carrying members of the opposition party.
200 days later, the girls have not been found; the trauma
can not be visualised vividly. When the girls were
abducted, the statements of President Yoweri Museveni of
Uganda which I included in the piece of the 100 days;
should be highlighted here.
Leaders stand for something-vision; leaders stand on
something-values-Dr Myles Munroe
President Yoweri Museveni would state in disbelief and
berate the current Nigerian administration headed by
President Goodluck Jonathan; for calling on the United
States to help him rescue the Chibok girls. In President
Museveni's words "We have never called the United
Nations to guard our security. Me, Yoweri Museveni to say
that I have failed to protect my people and I call on the UN:
I would rather hang myself. We prioritized national security
by developing a strong Army, otherwise our Uganda would
be like DRC, South Sudan, Somalia or Nigeria where
militias have disappeared with school children." He said,
inviting foreign power would be a vote of no confidence in
his government, if the state can't guarantee security of the
people.
Also, President Paul Kagame (who doesn't kowtow to the
whims and caprices of the West) made this hard-hitting
and sincerely blunt commentary. Don't read his comments
if you don't have the guts to read the truth. For those who
have read some of President Kagame's speeches, you
would concur that he tells you what several other African
Presidents wouldn't dare say. President Kagame went thus
"When I am watching television and I find that our leaders,
who should have been working together all along to
address these problems that only affect their countries,
wait until they are invited to go to Europe to sit there and
find solutions to their problems…it's as if they are made to
sit down and address their problems, Why does anybody
wait for that? In fact, the image it gives is that we are not
there to address these problems…they are (African leaders)
happy to sit in Paris with the President of France and just
talk about their problems."
The Rwandan President went further; "It doesn't make
sense that our leaders cannot get themselves together to
address problems affecting our people."
And he concluded by stating "African leaders, we don't
need to be invited anywhere to go and address our
problems, without first inviting ourselves to come together
to tell each other the actual truth we must tell each other,"
he said.
The public didn't know who their leaders really were-until
the leaders became enmeshed in scandal-Dr Myles Munroe.
I opined in my previous piece and I would reiterate it once
more. What this writer thinks goes thus; 2015 elections'
catalyst would be the Chibok Girls theme. If the Chibok
Girls are rescued; it would be the best PR strategy cum
campaign President Jonathan's PR team (Levick) would
deploy for another term. And if President Jonathan decides
not to run again (rescuing the girls and leaving on a high;
leaving the scene on a blaze of Glory), without any iota of
doubt, he would become an instant global statesman
sought around the globe. The only change in the
aforementioned is that the President is gunning for the
number one seat in 2015; therefore the opportunity of
being a global statesman has been discarded.
People (male or female) who kidnap children and harms
and inflicts on them untoward and unspeakable acts;
aren't normal but delusional and are certified paedophiles.
Anyone who agrees to an amnesty with such persons and
doesn't let the law of the land take its course; has no
future for the children of this country and would be
informing parents and the world that the Goodluck
Jonathan Administration doesn't see anything morally and
ethically incorrect by not prosecuting criminal-minded
terrorists and paedophiles-for this is what they are.
Dolapo Aina,
Lagos, Nigeria.
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 occurred in
2014. He had to reel out these events (disappeared funds,
Chibok Girls and the strange ceasefire, Nigeria-South Africa
fiasco, Ebola et al) because; according to him, Nigeria is a
nation that forgets (may I add deliberately forgets).
200 days later, the Chibok Girls haven't been released;
after government sources informed Nigerians and the world
that the government had secured their release through a
brokered cease-fire deal facilitated by a certain Danladi. Nor
have the Chibok Girls been released; since according to
government officials; the girls' whereabouts were known to
the government.
I wouldn't bore you with grandiloquent sentences; but I
would joggle your memory that it was due to Malala
Yousafzai's visit on the 90th day of the girls' abduction;
which prompted President Jonathan to meet the parents of
the girls and those who escaped. Lest we forget (like we
are wont to), there was a little fiasco pertaining to whether
money was given to the Chibok Community to be shared.
Was money handed out or it shared appropriately (or
equally as Nigerians love to say); who knows?
I won't bore you with the deliberate attempt to discredit
the BringBackOurGirls' organisers by some sponsored and
faceless voices; who insinuated the organisers were card-
carrying members of the opposition party.
200 days later, the girls have not been found; the trauma
can not be visualised vividly. When the girls were
abducted, the statements of President Yoweri Museveni of
Uganda which I included in the piece of the 100 days;
should be highlighted here.
Leaders stand for something-vision; leaders stand on
something-values-Dr Myles Munroe
President Yoweri Museveni would state in disbelief and
berate the current Nigerian administration headed by
President Goodluck Jonathan; for calling on the United
States to help him rescue the Chibok girls. In President
Museveni's words "We have never called the United
Nations to guard our security. Me, Yoweri Museveni to say
that I have failed to protect my people and I call on the UN:
I would rather hang myself. We prioritized national security
by developing a strong Army, otherwise our Uganda would
be like DRC, South Sudan, Somalia or Nigeria where
militias have disappeared with school children." He said,
inviting foreign power would be a vote of no confidence in
his government, if the state can't guarantee security of the
people.
Also, President Paul Kagame (who doesn't kowtow to the
whims and caprices of the West) made this hard-hitting
and sincerely blunt commentary. Don't read his comments
if you don't have the guts to read the truth. For those who
have read some of President Kagame's speeches, you
would concur that he tells you what several other African
Presidents wouldn't dare say. President Kagame went thus
"When I am watching television and I find that our leaders,
who should have been working together all along to
address these problems that only affect their countries,
wait until they are invited to go to Europe to sit there and
find solutions to their problems…it's as if they are made to
sit down and address their problems, Why does anybody
wait for that? In fact, the image it gives is that we are not
there to address these problems…they are (African leaders)
happy to sit in Paris with the President of France and just
talk about their problems."
The Rwandan President went further; "It doesn't make
sense that our leaders cannot get themselves together to
address problems affecting our people."
And he concluded by stating "African leaders, we don't
need to be invited anywhere to go and address our
problems, without first inviting ourselves to come together
to tell each other the actual truth we must tell each other,"
he said.
The public didn't know who their leaders really were-until
the leaders became enmeshed in scandal-Dr Myles Munroe.
I opined in my previous piece and I would reiterate it once
more. What this writer thinks goes thus; 2015 elections'
catalyst would be the Chibok Girls theme. If the Chibok
Girls are rescued; it would be the best PR strategy cum
campaign President Jonathan's PR team (Levick) would
deploy for another term. And if President Jonathan decides
not to run again (rescuing the girls and leaving on a high;
leaving the scene on a blaze of Glory), without any iota of
doubt, he would become an instant global statesman
sought around the globe. The only change in the
aforementioned is that the President is gunning for the
number one seat in 2015; therefore the opportunity of
being a global statesman has been discarded.
People (male or female) who kidnap children and harms
and inflicts on them untoward and unspeakable acts;
aren't normal but delusional and are certified paedophiles.
Anyone who agrees to an amnesty with such persons and
doesn't let the law of the land take its course; has no
future for the children of this country and would be
informing parents and the world that the Goodluck
Jonathan Administration doesn't see anything morally and
ethically incorrect by not prosecuting criminal-minded
terrorists and paedophiles-for this is what they are.
Dolapo Aina,
Lagos, Nigeria.
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