Dear President Jonathan,
Greetings from disappointed Nigerians.
Yes we are disappointed, not with Mr Ebele Jonathan "the teacher" but with Jonathan the "President". We are disappointed because for months on end prior to the elections in April, we did all we could to sensitize youths our age to come out and vote. I for one, did not fail in telling every one around me how we can make a change if we vote this time and not just vote anybody but vote you, GEJ. Our opinion was that judging by where you are coming from, you would have seen the demons sucking Nigeria's blood from the everyday Nigerian man's perspective. How wrong we were!
I do not doubt that you are a good man and my opinion has not changed with respect to that but I now doubt if you were really qualified for this job in the first place. Don't get me wrong, politically speaking you are qualified, you have the minimum education standard, you belong to a political party, you have god -fathers and now we know you have become god -father to so many whom you must feed their insatiable appetite first, before you look around, but are you the Leader that will spear head the change that we need?.
The type of leaders nobody in Nigeria wanted after April 2011 are: the type that will stick to Status quo and drive Nigeria from stagnation to death and decomposition; the type that will retain some officials and appoint others, as soon as they take over office solely for the purpose of being thought how best to steal the money without being caught; the type that Nigerians spit at the mention of their names. Is this your career goal?
Why have you refused to do things differently since you assumed office? There is a concept about justice, that it does not only have to be done but also seen to have been done, so please do not start with all the projects you have initiated or contracts that have been awarded and signed that only exist on paper and in the media world ( not like the media is even reporting them with elation,they are merely doing their job).
When you were in the classrooms and your salary was delayed or left unpaid, I bet you thought to yourself " If I become governor of Bayelsa, I will do it differently" But now , you have long surpassed that stage, we have given you the highest platform to make the biggest changes, what are you waiting for?
Why can't you see that the only leaders who succeed are the ones who have an independent people oriented dream/love for their country, do you even have a personal affection for Nigeria and all it stands for?
Why can't you see that the biggest challenge to governance in Nigeria is corruption and the multiplicity and duplicity of organs, bodies and offices in the system. How come we have ministers ,directors and chairmen of one body who themselves have Special advisers, personal assistants, chief security officers and protocol officers. The Assistants themselves, employ assistants whose job is to help them hold oga's handkerchief while they hold his 5 handsets...it is madness.These people have assess to our money one way or the other and so the number of thieves are even more staggering, than the normal Nigerian knows.
How about my friend here? Did it have to get to this before he can get a job?
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| Camera pix on a friend's FB page |
No matter how absurd it sounds, this is the plight of most Nigerian youths. And yet, job creation was the foremost on your list of promises.
