Whats the Value of a Nigerians Life? The media was awashed with d news of d Nairas devaluation against d dollar in recent months. At a point $1 was up to N185. I was reading one of such reports dis afternoon when my eyes caught another story titled South Korea Prime Minister resigns over ferry sinking I took interest in d story and read it. The first paragraph goes thus South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong has resigned amid rising anger over claims by relatives of sunk ferry that government didnt do enough to rescue loved ones. The summary of the story is that ship carrying about 400 students on an excursion got sunk and abt 300 students died. The relatives of d students felt d govt didnt do enough to rescue them and they went on a peaceful demonstration. What follows?..... The prime minister resigned. In another relative story, about 156 pple died recently in Mozambique after drinking a poisonous beer in a party(is dat govt fault too?). The whole country was thrown into mourning, the Prime minister said that was d highest number of casualty d country has recorded in a singular incident (can we say that too in Nigeria?). As a result, a day public holiday was declared with three days of national mourning. Another related story is that of the Charlie Hebdo killing in France where 12 pple were killed on January 7. On 9 January, France raised its terror alerts to d highest level & deployed soldiers. A massive manhunt led to d discovery of d suspects, brothers Said&Cherif Kouachi, who exchanged fire wit d police. The brothers took hostages in a signage company & were gunned down as they emerged firing frm d building. On January 11 abt 2million pple including more dan 40 world leaders met in Paris for a rally of national unity & 3.7million pple joined in d demonstration across France. Back to Nigeria over 280 days 250 Girls are being kidnapped from GGSSC and just last week about 2000 pple were reportedly killed in Baga town of of Borno, on d 2nd day d Army Chief came on air, I thought he came to announce his resignation for his failure to protect d killed, but to my utmost chagrin, he only came to shamelessly say only 150 pple were killed! 150 chickens? U may want to ask. And anybody thats waiting for our presidents reaction on d massacre may have to wait longer as our president has not said a word about it, just like many others in d past. So dont even mention resignation, its a taboo for d shameless. Neither has it stopped him from touring d country seeking for votes. Not even a minute silence was done in honour of d killed. More painfully, d international world seems to have abadoned us, as our leaders are nt making d first&right moves to curb d insurgency, so d international world wont want to cry more than d bereaved. These incidents keep me asking and wondering what d worth of a Nigerian life is? How many Nigerians will die for us to declare a day of nation mourning? How many Nigerians will die to warrant rally of national unity? How many Nigerians will die for our president to cancel a campaign trip? How many Nigerians will die for our president to resign? If I may ask How many Nigerian lives equals that of an American? 185 or more, I guess just like Naira to Dollar. Well, the decision is ours to take and this is about time we took that decision. I Love U All
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 07:19:49 +0000
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