Browsing: Philip Agbese

Like Chinese revered war veteran, strategist and tactician, Sun Tzu, once asked the world albeit rhetorically: “Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?” Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is also asking Nigerians whether they have any inkling about what his Government can do with the resurgence of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorism?

Sadly, the reality is that Obasanjo’s statement, letter or whatever other forms he chooses to meddle in national affairs usually amounts to huffing and puffing, a childish attempt to massage his own ego and akin to high fiving himself. If memory serves us well, we would realize that the only time that the author of “This Animal Called Man” has not written or meddle to irk a serving leader was the short term of Abdulsalam Abubakar as Head of State and that was possibly because he was still reeling from incarceration for his indiscretion of attempting to subtly unseat a then dictator.

I send you warm, fraternal greetings on your hospital bed.  I am short of words, but my heart pulsated in painful strains when I heard the sad news of your unfortunate accident on a motorbike in Abuja. A pensive mood instantly engulfed me and till this very moment, my eyes are wet with tears.

This week, after putting the whole of Spain on edge, Catalonia’s leader, Carles Puigdemont, settled for a symbolic declaration of independence from Spain based on 90 per cent pro-secession votes of 2.3 million Catalans. Puigdemont deferred the real declaration of independence “by some weeks” even though common sense shows the topic is being eased out of the public space in a manner that allows the hardline secessionists some face saving grace while keeping opportunities open to again test the corporate integrity of Spain in the future. 

The naira took a great fall. Again, an expected economic recession hit the country harder than was envisaged. Insurrection blossomed in the south and the only comfort and solace we should have found as a people was shattered by the magnitude of perfidy that took place under the administrations past Which failed to protect the country from foreseeable consequences

It is no different from where we have been in other spheres of life, we wait until our national team is left without means of transportation before venting our righteous anger; we allowed the past administration run the economy aground with looting and profligacy while chanting its praises only to start denouncing a mutually invited change when the evils of that previous government began yielding fruits; and never accepted other realities as well