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There’s a Yoruba saying that goes with these times. ‘Kekere n’imale ti nko omo e l’aso’.
I’m sure those who have been reading me will long have realised that I don’t have any religious bias. I’m saying that just in case some are feeling threatened.
The meaning of the saying is that Muslims must start teaching their children the Quran by rote so that when they grow up they would have become masters of the game.
What is happening in the Nigerian political scene is hardly a joke. We can take the Ekiti state election as an example.
A president was coming to a state and the governor decided that he would not receive him. If it had been the president of another country, would the governor not have received him?
Anyway, the president found his way into the state and had his party’s political rally. Nobody dared issue an order against holding of the rally.
The opposition party which the recalcitrant governor belongs to had its own rally banned. And for good effect, all security details attached to the governor with other political appointees were withdrawn.
We are talking about the gubernatorial election into just a single state out of thirty six. We have not even talked about the general elections which would include the presidential, gubernatorial, senatorial and other elections.
The Yoruba have another saying and that is, ti kekere o ba gbon, ki lo se agba? That is, even if the younger one refuses to wisen up, what’s up with the elderly?
Personally, I believe Mr Buhari should not allow himself to be driven into a point of no return. If he had done that, he would have given me a pleasant surprise.
But I have always maintained that he knows nothing about statesmanship.
However, what concerns me most is what we are teaching our children. Political culture, like other cultures, is learned.
I’m sure we wouldn’t be surprised that the younger ones couldn’t wait to be in our shoes!
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