Our people can be so phony. They laugh to your face and say horrible things once your back is turned. They can praise you to the grave and return home with your wife on their arm!
This is the case of our political jobbers and the unethical intellectuals. We have people who would write fantastic thesis on what is right or ailing the nation, but appoint them to a position of power where they have a chance to practise what they preach and have learnt, they forget and become myopic and selective, they then start to talk in double speak, to confuse and confound.
This is the case of our two Ojos in the Obasanjo administration. Ojo Madueke we know will work for any master and play the perfect servant. This was evident in his Abacha days and the 'five fingers of a lepros hand'. with Abacha out of the picture, he soon find another master in the mould of Obassanjo, whom Madueke believes should be a 'life president.
Our other Ojo, Bayo to be precise is a learned man. A man of the law, but who chose to become a tool for flouting laws, just because it was expedient for him.
To what extent will our people compromise themselves for the sake of money?
We talk ggod talk about patriotism, we are well travelled and educated. We see what obtains in other developed nations, we enjoy the best they have to offer, but we refuse to implement what is good for our poor nation poised on a precipise and on the verge of going into a coma.
How long my people, shall we wear blinders and pretend all is well. As long as we have our 'owambes' and fuji music, we can dance our troubles away.
Yoruba people will say, "Ti won ba n'tan e, ma tan ara e" When people decive you, do not decive yourself.

what r u saying - abeg close this thread and go read your book.

Pinus , oh Ferlie , you are back.

Our people can be so phony. They laugh to your face and say horrible things once your back is turned. They can praise you to the grave and return home with your wife on their arm[color=#006600][/color] it happens every where in d world

fatliar:

Our people can be so phony. They laugh to your face and say horrible things once your back is turned. They can praise you to the grave and return home with your wife on their arm[color=#006600][/color] it happens every where in d world

quite right. It happens everywhere, especially in UK

what are y'all trying to say - praise me and sleep with my wifey behind me, hmmm- i will be sore to the bone marrows, ndem?

Bankole01:

Our people can be so phony. They laugh to your face and say horrible things once your back is turned. They can praise you to the grave and return home with your wife on their arm!
This is the case of our political jobbers and the unethical intellectuals. We have people who would write fantastic thesis on what is right or ailing the nation, but appoint them to a position of power where they have a chance to practise what they preach and have learnt, they forget and become myopic and selective, they then start to talk in double speak, to confuse and confound.
This is the case of our two Ojos in the Obasanjo administration. Ojo Madueke we know will work for any master and play the perfect servant. This was evident in his Abacha days and the 'five fingers of a lepros hand'. with Abacha out of the picture, he soon find another master in the mould of Obassanjo, whom Madueke believes should be a 'life president.
Our other Ojo, Bayo to be precise is a learned man. A man of the law, but who chose to become a tool for flouting laws, just because it was expedient for him.
To what extent will our people compromise themselves for the sake of money?
We talk ggod talk about patriotism, we are well travelled and educated. We see what obtains in other developed nations, we enjoy the best they have to offer, but we refuse to implement what is good for our poor nation poised on a precipise and on the verge of going into a coma.
How long my people, shall we wear blinders and pretend all is well. As long as we have our 'owambes' and fuji music, we can dance our troubles away.
Yoruba people will say, "Ti won ba n'tan e, ma tan ara e" When people decive you, do not decive yourself.

It means that there's something wrong with us as a people and we need to examine ourselves.

How else does anyone describe a situation where people who are very well respected get thrown into the Nigerian equation and they quickly become rotten as well?

We ALL need to examine ourselves rather than point fingers at politians and leaders.