MAMAZEUS SPEAKS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY CORRUPT !

  Diverse reactions have trailed Prime Minister, David Cameron’s should I say slip of tongue when he affectionately described Nigeria and Afghanistan as the two most corrupt countries in the world! Wow! Many have come out to condemn the claims not excluding the Federal Government who claim that the Prime Minister must have been looking at the old snapshot of Nigeria. Oh before I continue, I find that deliriously hilarious for many reasons that I might discuss if the spirit leads.

  Now there is no question that Nigeria is a corrupt nation so I don’t know why many people are being all hurt and embarrassed about it. Rather than get pissed that Nigeria is labelled corrupt, I suggest we channel our anger to issues like who labelled us most corrupt and the justification behind his claims, what country he represents and the fact that we have become a caricature to people we desperately seek their help.

  For heaven’s sakes, the corruption that we suffer in this dear country has benefitted the western world, Britain even more so for many centuries.

  What ruffles my hairs is the effrontery that Cameron gathered to joke about the struggles of a country and by extension a continent they (United Kingdom) plundered and exploited for decades.

  The hand that receives and the hand that gives are both accomplices in theft! When our leaders steal our oil, sell to their (United Kingdom) government, do they bother to question if the oil goes through due process? I doubt that. What of the loots from our leaders that they allow to sit quietly in their country for many years?

  The corruption we now suffer started with the discord they (United Kingdom) first planted in the hearts of our founding fathers and the clueless leaders who followed them continued in their stead and today they have the moral grounds to laugh at the calamity they brought upon us? Hypocrisy at its peak!

  Then again, President Buhari I must commend definitely has an inborn diplomatic spirit. For a president who handles opposition by instilling fear, I am indeed surprised that he is still in the United Kingdom. What exactly are we showing the world? In my view this is us saying “white man insult me and give me your dollar” (Igbo adage translated). What we should do is demand a proper apology from the Prime Minister.

  Why? Simply because, even though we have unsolved issues which includes corruption, Prime Minister David Cameron should not state it in such a humiliating manner. Again, I insist that they have zero rights to label Nigeria corrupt as they have their leprous hands deep in our pot of corruption. They enjoy the ill profits gotten from the plundering of this nation.

  Again, I question the purpose of dialoguing with these nations that perceive us in this light. Is trying to make international ties with people who laugh at our predicament behind our backs rational? Of course they cannot be truly sympathetic to our woes if they laugh about it over drinks. Then why is our president doggedly trying to garner their favour? Maybe for the kind of spirited speech the Bishop of Canterbury gave I suppose. But if it is for that then I dare say that we are largely outnumbered and cornered.

  I suggest that the president returns immediately to Nigeria: which means he must not attend that ridiculously hypocritical summit, hurry to his drawing board and figure out a way to turn this fantastically corrupt country into a pot of gold. That can be done by first convicting at least one of the alleged embezzlers.

  Finally, maybe we need to start listing the many sins of Britain against Nigeria and Africa then they will realize that corruption is a lesser evil. In the face of their many sins, we remain unapologetically corrupt.