Still on the presidential debate that was held this week, I must once again commend NN24 and its partners on the organization . The production was good, the stage setting and sound was of good quality and the moderator was harsh!!! (good for the candidates because she threw tough questions at them). Due to the quality of questions coming from the moderator and the tone she used, General Buhari was going off point (I believe he was shell shocked because as a general, he is not used to being questioned especially in that kind of tone by a younger "girl"). This probably led him to say that "Nigerians are corrupt and undisciplined".
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| Gen. Buhari |
I my own opinion, I would say that the above statement is very negative and it shows the pessimistic, cynic and skeptic perspective that the General would use to tackle issues if he is voted into power. Come on General (or retired General), you have to have some faith in the people that you are leading. If you were I Christian, I would have asked if you knew the power of negative thoughts and speech (maybe your running mate may exhort you on that). But, since you are not a Christian, I just have one (1) question in regards of the authenticity of that statement because I believe that it is a fallacy of hasty generalization.
General, you should be aware that there are many Nigerians living outside the shores of the nation. And you would agree with me that most of those countries have rules and regulations. If Nigerians are corrupt and undisciplined, why is it that when they go to other countries they become civilized and disciplined? They pay their taxes, park their cars at authorized spots, obey the traffic light and abide by the rules set before them. There is even the story of a man who stopped the cab driver on his way back from the airport (after landing from abroad) and went to the side of the road to urinate on the side walks because he is back in Nigeria.
General don't you think that it is the system not the man that is corrupt because the system over there never gave him the chance to do that? What would you call a system where the amount of money the House of Assembly uses to fuel its generators on a daily basis is more than the amount that is allocated to my department (Computer Science and Engineering) on an annual basis.
General, you should be aware that there are many Nigerians living outside the shores of the nation. And you would agree with me that most of those countries have rules and regulations. If Nigerians are corrupt and undisciplined, why is it that when they go to other countries they become civilized and disciplined? They pay their taxes, park their cars at authorized spots, obey the traffic light and abide by the rules set before them. There is even the story of a man who stopped the cab driver on his way back from the airport (after landing from abroad) and went to the side of the road to urinate on the side walks because he is back in Nigeria.
General don't you think that it is the system not the man that is corrupt because the system over there never gave him the chance to do that? What would you call a system where the amount of money the House of Assembly uses to fuel its generators on a daily basis is more than the amount that is allocated to my department (Computer Science and Engineering) on an annual basis.
General, even if we bring those whom you think are not corrupt and very disciplined and you make them live in this type of system we are operating in Nigeria, they'll become worse. I'm not trying to say that we are not also to blame for the way things are run here but it is not good enough reason to say that Nigerians are corrupt and undisciplined. I believe in a greater and brighter Nigeria and statements like that would not help matters.
But seriously…NIGERIANS ARE GOOD AND DISCIPLINED PEOPLE!
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