WHY NIGERIA IS WHAT IT IS.

This morning I approached a LASTMA officer because I needed directions, the man just look my face,  I could see the frustration all over him, but I still ask am wetin I wan ask;

 “Oga, Please is the left the right way to go? abi na this other side?” I didn’t want to pass one way – I  nor get money to pay.

He look me up down, up down and hissed …and decided for a good 2 minutes what he was going to say to me…

” I  nor get your time this morning”… and with that he dismissed me with a wave of his hand. 

SHUO. Just like that?LOL. Dismissed like a pesky fly. I don’t know if he was upset that I didn’t pass the one way so that I can be his maga…  

Anyways this got me thinking, why is Nigeria like this sef? If I can’t ask an officer for directions, who will I ask? If I recorded him with my phone or recorded that situation like people have been doing lately he might have gotten into trouble, perhaps then he will take me seriously? If no one superior is watching him, who is he accountable to? Me? Nobody dey ask anybody kweshun… 

And I feel that is a huge part of the problem in Nigeria, no accountability. Armed people can go into a house, rob, rape, kill and take their sweet time doing it. 95% of the time, no one gets caught, just promises of “we are investigating… we are investigating”… Funds are released, projects not carried out and then more funds are released… LOL. Some government officials dey chop our money, squandering resources, giving contracts to their brothers, cousins, uncles and in-laws, we all know this, but what can we do? Suffering and smiling, who are they accountable to? Who holds them accountable? All we hear is billions, billions, billions… I taya.

In ethics and governance, accountability is answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account-giving; “A is accountable to B when A is obliged to inform B about A’s (past or future) actions and decisions, to justify them, and to suffer punishment in the case of eventual misconduct” -Wikepedia

Are we really going to say we don’t know the wrong things that happen in this country?  People dey chop clean mouth, yet we go still hail them on top oh, they will ride in big cars blaring sirens and we will allow them pass… They will still come and give thanksgiving in Church. I don’t know a lot about politics, but, I feel if only people were made accountable for their actions or lack of, they would take their roles/jobs more seriously and Nigeria will move forward; everyone should be held accountable, from the front desk staff to the president gan… sadly this is not so; almost zilch accountability.