http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/babsajayi/100314.htmlWHEN I LISTEN TO BAD JOE I FEEL SAD FOR OUR COUNTRY
My brother, when I listen to Bad Joe I feel sad for Nigeria."
"You are not the only one who is sad, even Joe himself is sad when he listens to some people he said call themselves leaders."
"Joe is only sad because we have not all signed up with TAN, his band of court jesters and hired hands. He is sad because Professor Tam David-West has not signed up to lead TAN. Ah, Bad Joe, your days are sadness are not here yet."
"But the man was talking sense - that we must believe that we do not have any other country."
"Even Joe does not believe in Nigeria. He believes in the German health care system, he does not believe in Nigeria's banking sector, rather he trusted in Ghana-must-go to courier his $9.3 million to South Africa."
"It is because our health care system is broken and needs to be fixed."
"And who will fix it, the Germans?"
"Joe's transformation agenda will fix it and they are working on it as we speak."
Are they working on it? Even SURE-P is working to reposition our health care."
"SURE-P is there to facilitate looting and they are spending billions every month on mirage projects."
"But Joe meant well."
"He meant well for himself and his family. As they go fat and swell like Michelin tyres the masses go lean and poor."
"That is why Joe is always praying and always at the Aso Rock Chapel every Sunday morning."
"That after bottles of gin and other assorted wines! Who is fooling who?"
"You don't understand. Last Sunday it was Oristejafor who preached at the Chapel on the Rock."
"Ah, Oristejafor, the co-conspirator in the movement of $9.3 million state funds! Surely, that is not the rock upon which Christ will build his church; only thieves and looters build their future upon such that will perish."
"But the man touched on corruption during his sermon."
"And corruption also touched the man, private jet and all. Shame has deserted our nation, and what with red cassock, is that the choice of the Ogboni or the cult?"
"You cannot speak ill of the messenger of God."
"A messenger of God who is in close proximity to the messenger of Lucifer and archangel of Greed? These are best pals in a mutually beneficial dollar-play."
"The man of God was not even aware that his private jet will be used to ferry cash to South Africa, so you cannot put any blame on him. He even preached against corruption and terrorism and prophesied that Nigeria, like a boat, will never sink."
"Is that so? Even when the rear of the boat has already been overwhelmed by the flood? The boat will capsize if the pastor and his friends are not fed to the sea immediately. The boat should stabilize once all the looters and their colluders - in and out of cassock - are thrown into the sea. I am not sure the pastor still remembers how Pharaoh and his men went down in defeat at the Red Sea. I am beginning to doubt if the pastor actually preached what the Lord asked him to, or the glory of the Lord has departed from him - Ichabod."
"But what has the Lord got to do with all these?"
"The Lord is very angry with Bad Joe and this pastor for aiding and abetting looting; Joe with his hands in the cookie jar, the pastor standing by and collecting crumbs from the thief's table, and supporting lies and looting. What do you think Prophet Isaiah would have done to Bad Joe?"
"Isaiah would probably have asked Joe to leave his presence."
"Just that, are you kidding? I think you need to go and read the book of Isaiah - you, Bad Joe and the pastor. But what CAN the Christians do now to restore the good name of their association?"
"The Christians should continue to pray for the nation and Joe, its leader."
"So Joe is a leader in your own reckoning eh? If Joe is a leader what is Obama? The clueless, bland Joe, the very one whose humanity is permanently set at a sub-zero level? He is the butt of all kinds of joke and jeers around the world, and he is the same one who wants to TAN himself at our expense? What a foolery."
"He just wants to serve a second time."
"He probably does not know the words many around the world now use to describe him."
"What words do they use to describe him?"
"Words like insensitive, irresponsible, reckless, selfish, plunderer, philanderer, greedy and that word that has stuck and dances on his forehead these days - the word clueless."
"He is not clueless; he is just taking things one day at a time."
"The man has lost the capacity to think straight; corruption is beclouding his reasoning capacity, if indeed he has any capacity to think outside of dollar and pounds sterling."
"But you heard him talked about how they curtailed Ebola?"
"How who curtailed Ebola? Bad Joe curtailed Ebola? Who did the WHO and the International Community thanked for curtailing Ebola in Nigeria?"
"Who did they thank?"
"They all thanked Raji Babatunde Fashola, the man who showed exemplary leadership and whose Lagos State government responded immediately and acted swiftly to deal with the aftermath of the thoughtless action of Patrick Sawyer."
"But Joe worked with the opposition party states of Lagos and Rivers to ensure Ebola was curtailed."
"Bad Luck referred to Lagos and Rivers States 'opposition party states.' Do you see what I mean? Yet those are easily the most progressive states in the nation. What terrific and presidential words to use to describe progressive states in our land, a divisive approach rather than an inclusive attitude. We sure have a naïve man at the helm."
"He does not mean to …."
"Do you see why people say he does not think before talking? The other time it was Patrick Sawyer that Bad Joe used very un-presidential words to describe. I am very sad every time I hear Joe talk or read his statements. Is he drinking too much?"
"I don't know; you have to ask the people at Aso Rock."
"You want me to ask the people at Aso Rock?"
"Every reasonable person must avoid the people at Aso Rock."
"Why is that?"
"That is the home of demons and the residence of the devil. Just look at the list of those who have lived there and those who have worked there - all of them served mammon and lived to please mammon, and those who are there today are even worse, worse because they pretend to know the Lord while they actively serve mammon, loot and lie. They will be miserable for the rest of their lives."
"But there are some honest workers there, like the cook who got nominated for national honour."
"There was also the driver in Ottawa, Canada who was nominated for national award. I still wonder what special service this driver at the Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa rendered that earned him that award."
"He must have done something very special."
"He must be a diplomatic driver with special skills. It will be nice to know what that special something was."
"Only time will tell, my friend."
"I am eager to know. The honours list itself is so dubious and dishonourable as always."
"Why did you say that?"
"The list is made of politicians, serving military, security services, police, and other members of the armed forces who have failed the nations and done poorly in their service to the nation. The awards are being dispensed by a man whose performance is way below 20 percent, a man who lack credibility and reputation."
"Why not name names."
"How about the four chiefs of defence, army, navy, air and the IGP? Is that award for anyone occupier of those positions at the time of sharing of the award? Those five failed to tackle Boko Haram and ensure peace, stability, security and safety in the nation. You see how Bad Joe rewards failure and give recognition to the undeserving?"
"He must have seen something in them."
"Could that be something that you and I cannot see eh? Probably something to do with gross disservice to the nation and its people, some past or future favours from some of the state chief judges being dashed awards. I have said it many times that these awards are worthless, not even worth the value of the paper it was written on."
"I am sure those people getting the awards are happy to receive them."
"That is Nigeria for you. Most in our society are awards-crazy, titles-obsessed, and commendations-fixated, but this particular award list took the cake as it succeeded in pitching thieves, criminals, oil bunkering czars, looters, political jobbers, former coup plotters, failed military men, bank double-dippers, and a few good souls."
"Awards are to motivate people."
"Not in Nigeria. Be very careful when you receive an award from a failed regime like Bad Joe's. Except you know you have been doing as Joe pleases much like someone from the finance and accounts department of a scattered, ill managed, heavily looted corporation like the NNPC, whose accounts have not been updated nor audited in more than a decade, was given an OON award."
"But what can we do?"
"We can cancel the hopeless award thing altogether and safe the nation the shame, disdain and dishonour that goes with the national honours. I truly feel sad when Bad Joe do things this way, this corrupt and crooked way. Remember also: Nigeria cannot be transformed overnight, but it can be looted overnight." |
listening to him.
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