ELECTION CAMPAIGNS - A DISGRACE TO THE CITIZENRY

As we draw nearer to 2015 when most states will be electing their respective state governors and the country will also be electing her president nationwide, evaluating the fate of the Nigeria citizenry has become pertinent.

With the on-going mimicry of sharing bags of odourless Fufu, rice, milk, money and kerosene as we have seen in both Ekiti and Osun states, our politicians have finally succeeded in disclosing to the masses how hapless, poor and maybe seemingly worthless they perceive them to be. They have just told us that wooing the masses is pretty simple and very affordable. Or how else could they belittle the voters if not by demonstrating a flash-in-the-pan kind of kindness? Kerosene? Rice? Fufu? Milk? Money? Really? Won’t all of these finish within the first week after their elections? What insolence!

NIGERIA AND THE MISSING CHIBOK GIRL'S PALAVER

Recent terrorist attacks in our country have reduced us (Nigerians) to a thing of ridicule and pity in the eyes of many. Daily, the international media carries one form of interview or news about our seemingly glaring weaknesses, corrupt practices, dearth of good leadership and insecurity amongst others.

Today, our country is at the fore of terrorist attack and we now experience those cruel and brutal killings we often hear of and condemn in some Asian and Middle-East countries. The on-going #BringBackOurGirls and #RealMenDontBuyGirls campaign rocking the internet has drawn a lot of attention and support from the foreign fronts with the likes of Michelle Obama, David Cameron, Christiane Amanpour, Justin Timberlake, Forest Whitaker, Usher Raymond, Piers Morgan, P. Diddy, Angelina Jolie, Drake, The Rock, The Kardashian sisters, Russell Simmons, Anthony Hamilton, Wendy Williams, Malala Yousafzai and Naomi Campbell all lending their voice; similarly, protests has been staged in Lagos, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Osun, Calabar, Yola, Abuja, South Africa, England, Germany, France and US on the same issue.