Who will wake this modern Jonah up?
There is no doubt that he is alive, at least we see him on television, we watch
him speak, though his voice doesn’t really sound like the commander in chief
(of the armed and unarmed forces if I may add).
I can remember one of the biblical stories
that I love as a child; it was the story of Jonah. Now Jonah was a
prophet/messenger of God and he was sent on errand by God to a particular town
called Nineveh. Nineveh was a town tethering on the ‘sodomic path’. Everything
that symbolizes evil and corruption was on display in the town; murder,
robbery, bestiality, homosexual, etc
Jonah was give the task of saving
the whole city from impending doom and destruction that was imminent if they
did not change their ways. Instead of taking on the task, Jonah decided to run
to another town, he boarded a ship. While on his way, God decided to show him
his omnipresence attributes by sending storm to the ship. The occupants of the
ship labored hard to control the ship in the face of the destructive storm, Jonah
was at a corner enjoying a delicious ‘forty winks’.
Substitutes Nigeria for Nineveh,
Jonathan for Jonah and you will understand where I am going. Today Nigeria is
at the brink of precipice, on every index for civility and democratic credentials,
we are at the bottom. Despite that the country is blessed with ‘underground
wealth’ majority of the populace are languishing under the crushing weight of
poverty. Life has never been this hard and cheap,. Almost on daily basis we
hear people dying of avoidable deaths. Yet, our Jonah is inside his ‘asoship’
sleeping.
My question again, WHO WILL WAKE OUR
JONAH UP? A civilian government that doesn’t tolerate criticism or the voice of
the opposition is worse than a dictator. Ask Obasanjo, ask Ekweseli, ask others
who have had a barrage of venomous accusations (either real or unreal) or even
crude words poured on them just because they criticize this ‘jonahmic’
government. The barbaric way with which they always confront any voice of
correction from opposition and even from people in their camp reminds me of a
dog that went rabid not long ago on my street.
Who will wake our jonah up? Boko
haram didn’t, many things that should have woken him up didn’t. who/what will
wake him up to action?
