First they break the law. Then they overthrow the 1999 Constitution. And they huddle to write a money bill and pass same into law-budget-for themselves. The money law will have no rhyme nor rhythm. And the act is deliberate. The budget which should signal the aspirations and trajectory of the country over a specified timeframe turns out to be a swindle sheet by politicians and the ruling elite for politicians and the ruling elite. In it billions of Naira are awarded to a hair dresser [no disrespect intended] to install solar street lamps at N200 million each, and additional billions to a painter to construct boreholes at N60 million apiece. We joke over the brazen theft, shrug our shoulders and move on. Our rulers know us. They know we are unshockable and relentlessly unperturbed and unconcerned. So they continue to do it. In this clime our jobs are cut out for us-some hold down the Nigerian cow, a few milk it and live off it, while the majority remain spectators. Let’s see for how long we can sustain this circus or in Igbo “sorom chia”.
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