I have always believed that there are good men and women, always anywhere in the world. In spite of naysayers I am confident of the Nigerian dream and grateful to all those who wrote in when I did my article on the Nigerian nation where I gave ten reasons why I would not leave Nigeria to include Amala and gbegiri. The letters were heart-warming and inspiring. Nigerians standing with Nigeria, a rarity in these times of hard-core condemnation of everything, even the air we breathe. I am thankful for your belief in the future.
In Kenya only last week and I found amazing patriotism, lacking in the main among Nigerians. If you are coming to invest and you are a foreigner, a lot of Nigerians discourage you citing corruption but guess what, they will be the first to congratulate you on the project, ask you who you are connected that got you the job and then proceed to demand bribe from you because they know the director of finance. Talk about the man shouting about how Nigeria is corrupt and demanding bribe.
But let’s pause for a minute and talk about this week’s title topic, Cohabiting with rats and lizards. Indeed, we seem to be living with the strangest of humans and I believe the animal analogy is the best way to dissect this anomaly which by the way is not novel.
These are the rats in our nation whose only interest is the destruction and reversal of our fortunes. But they on their own would not have succeeded in their misdeeds if they were not in the company of Agamah Lizards
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The dog eat dog syndrome has long been with humanity since biblical days. There will always be a Judas and there will be Ruth saviour of her people. And so in between these people in our nation are the rats who chew on all our achievements, destroy the like the locust and leave us ragged. These are the rats in our nation whose only interest is the destruction and reversal of our fortunes. But they on their own would not have succeeded in their misdeeds if they were not in the company of Agamah Lizards. These destructive rodents feeding fat on our commonwealth and ensuring that their entire generation are destructive elements, never work but want to reap where they did not sow.
My husband had a mason work for him once who reminded me so much of the Lizards. What do you think of the blocks on this side David? This is good sir, he will say. What about on the other side? Even that side is good sir. He had no side. Every side was good. No opinion
No position. Swinging like a pendulum and agreeing with his master’s voice even if it meant mass suicide. The nodding Lizards among us do us no good. When they are with rats, they never disagree. Everything is game…they wish we could all just nod along.
