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Santa Dasuki: The Victory Of A Society That Prefers Corruption To Probity by StOla: 7:33pm On Dec 15, 2015
There is no gainsaying that not many have been too happy with the clampdown on corruption by the Buhari regime. The Nigerian society by nature is structured to be sustained by corruption. A society where a big man uncle pays for the school fees of his nieces and nephews, or an aunty in the corridors of power ensures that her village kin are employed into juicy federal agencies and parastatals.

Infact, anyone who finds himself in a position of power or authority is expected to abuse such office for the benefit of friend and family. Failure to provide such benefit to those who feel entitled to its rewards, result in a vast and potent character assassination of the office holder, as someone who does not care about his people / wants to chop alone and die alone / or too foolish to make himself useful to his community whose turn it is to benefit as other communities have in the past.

The conclusion to my prologue is that the Nigerian society naturally thrives by corruption.


Now to the main matter.

It is not a new tale that the immediate past president of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, had campaigned in Enugu with the now infamous words:

"How much did Jim Nwobodo stole that Buhari regime jailed him? Money not enough to buy a Peugeot. Is that good enough?"

Nigerian Youths from the state Nwobodo pillaged to the tune of $5.1M answered, NO!

It is therefore no surprise that since the Dasuki episode started, lots of Nigerians have been making excuses for the numerous accused personalities involved.
Some have even said the government should provide jobs and build infrastructure instead of trying to recoup the funds that can accomplish their wishes.
This is because if given the chance, most of these voices of absurd reasoning would have even done worse than the accused suspects, hence the camaraderie and esprit de corps.

So when news filtered in that President Buhari was also a recipient of car gifts from the accused NSA, it was celebration galore for a lot of folks who for the first time in their corrupt lives truly felt threatened that corruption would cease as a way of life.
Many who were silent while accusations with facts on the arms embezzlement were the trending topics on social media, have finally found their voice in hopes that the President would become hindered by his own involvement.

These people are not a bit concerned about Dasuki or Dokpesi. Their major concern is that a way of life they have known and have thrived with does not become obscured by a President who is pretending not to be a fellow corrupt Nigerian - a situation they find appalling. Yet they are the first to close before end of official business to attend a weekday religious programme.

Many have built houses with government sand and cement meant for housing contracts they supervised. Many have sent kids to high brow schools on the retirement benefits or allowances of ignorant subordinates who had to withdraw their kids even from cheap public schools. Many have wasted manhours just to collect a token sum for a job that is their statutory responsibility.

However, their joy is to be short lived and their new found happiness would return to sorrow. They have read headlines and come to their hasty conclusions without facts. They have chosen to readily forget that the ONSA has its statutory functions apart from buying weapons, which I even understand the previous NSA usurped from the ministry of defence and our military forces.

They have deliberately avoided asking themselves certain salient questions, so I now do so in their stead.


Is it within the ambit of Dasuki's office to replace vehicles or provide security for past head of states? If it is, then why the mischievous uproar?

Are such expenditures covered by the legal budget of the office of the NSA? If so, why the surprise?

Did Dasuki at anytime claim it was monies budgeted for arms that he used to carry out the other statutory functions of his office? If he did, then Dasuki should be made to even account for how the actual funds budgeted for such statutory functions were expended, such that he has to misapply funds collected for special tasks on tasks that are statutorily binding on his office.

Sai Buhari! Kindly continue the witch-hunting. Too many witches to be rid of in our society.


Vehicles

3. (1) Three vehicles to be bought by the Federal Government and liable to be replaced
every four years.

(2) The drivers shall be selected by the Head of State, and paid by the Federal Govern-
ment.


Protocol

4. (1) Diplomatic passport for life.

(2) Entitled to protocol within and outside Nigeria.

(3) All former Heads of State and their spouses shall take the third position after the
serving President and the serving Vice-President at all public functions in order of precedence.

Medical services and vacation

5. (1) Free medical treatment for former Heads of State and their immediate family within
Nigeria.

(2) Treatment abroad for former Heads of State and their immediate family where nec-
essary at Federal Government expense.

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Re: Santa Dasuki: The Victory Of A Society That Prefers Corruption To Probity by blueandbirds(m): 7:40pm On Dec 15, 2015
Dasuki is a father Christmas, I guess..
Re: Santa Dasuki: The Victory Of A Society That Prefers Corruption To Probity by papparatzzi2013: 8:01pm On Dec 15, 2015
Wailers failed to take into cognisance the constitutional obligation of FG through NSA or MoD to past Heads of State, while trying to link GMB to the putrid concoction the Mandela of Otuoke supervised the preparation.

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Re: Santa Dasuki: The Victory Of A Society That Prefers Corruption To Probity by themilanway(m): 8:07pm On Dec 15, 2015
cheesy cheesy grin grin grining from ear to ear after reading this master piece.I just laugh at those mischief makers,by the time they wake up to smell the coffee,it will have been very late.

Do you still hear/read any one talk about the. False Remita fraud alarm raised by Dino Melaye?
cheesy grin grin cheesy That was because their bubble was severly punctured.

Then they were jumping up and down and patting themselves on the back for a job welldone grin grin grin grin

Bunch of pure losers and jokers

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Re: Santa Dasuki: The Victory Of A Society That Prefers Corruption To Probity by Montaque(m): 8:26pm On Dec 15, 2015
a nice article, until u started explaining the car purchase.
Re: Santa Dasuki: The Victory Of A Society That Prefers Corruption To Probity by oduastates: 8:30pm On Dec 15, 2015
Summary :
Nigeria is rotten to the core.
Learn to press the "IGNORE" button whenever one of those illogical folks with limited cognitive abilities and bankrupt values make their noises.
That way, the echoes of their noises will always bounce back to them.
I believe in democratic socialism. the kind of system practiced in Scandinavia ( Norway, Iceland,Denmark,Sweden,Finland). The reason why Scandinavia tops virtually all indices of human development.
This mean I automatically detest corruption, tax evasion, loud ignorant people,people who bring religion into politics/social issues and ignorant people who think their opinions count.
That ignorance I hate most is that of those who are supposed to be educated but are incapable of situating issues.

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Re: Santa Dasuki: The Victory Of A Society That Prefers Corruption To Probity by StOla: 8:53pm On Dec 15, 2015
Montaque:
a nice article, until u started explaining the car purchase.

What seems to be wrong with those valid questions with factual answers?
Re: Santa Dasuki: The Victory Of A Society That Prefers Corruption To Probity by Montaque(m): 10:01pm On Dec 15, 2015
StOla:


What seems to be wrong with those valid questions with factual answers?
I think it's the court or a tribunal set up for this issue that should decide whether or not the money or vehicle given was properly appropriated and spent. not the op.

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