Comrade Dele Ajaja a Human Rights Activist, Publisher at Africa Undisguised and MBE 2014 Awards Winner in his own words:
“The world has witnessed another profligate fundraising by President
Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of
Nigeria. Interestingly, some of the PDP governors, who were presiding
over indigent states, didn’t seem to have problem donating billions of
naira at that festivity. Unfortunately, most of the medical facilities
in those states, among others, had metamorphosed into death-consulting
facilities, in the absence of basic life-saving equipment and competent
medical personnel. Additionally, most of those states were crying out
for suitable educational systems, road networks, potable water, and
other infrastructure. Yet, many of the residents of those states didn’t
see anything unusual in the profligate donations made by their
governors.
Many Nigerians are enslaved to the linkages they share with elected officials. Passively, the naïve compatriots consent to the irrational choices made by the elected officials, because they share the same regions, religions, or political parties with the latter. It is not clear to the vulnerable citizens that the poor choices made by the corrupt officials jeopardize their children’s future, compared to the upwardly-mobile children of the officials. Nigerians oppose the insane system that perpetuates them in serfdom, but a lot of the people seem comfortable with being soulless followers, because they are too afraid to challenge the officials they have some things in common with. Nigerians admire great people, but many don’t seem to understand that great people started their voyages by challenging unethical systems.
William Wilberforce, Nelson Mandela, John F. Kennedy, Rosa Parks, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Junior, Cesar Chavez, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, and some of the trailblazers of our realm, had something in common. They confronted the immoralities of their times, and embraced moralities instead. They broke ranks with the oppressors of their epochs, by denouncing injustices. Those conscientious men and women contravened the regional, religious, and political linkages that connected them to the oppressors of those ages. Rather, they spoke against the customary agents of inequality. Like the great men and women above, Nigerians should dare the corrupt and incompetent systems nurtured by President Jonathan, and end the Nigerian shame on February 14, 2015. Our Children’s future worth more than what links us with the corrupt politicians.”
– Dele Ajaja.
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