Nigerians and question of values

THE way things are going in the country, one begins to wonder where our priority lies or what is left to actually motivate anyone. The series of events being broadcast have made the television useless because every news item is enough drama. In fact, what is left is a box of popcorn while reading and I don’t know if I am the only one who feels this way.

I begin with the senate drama with the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Mr Hameed Ali. “When did wearing a uniform or not become one of Nigeria’s problems?” I ask with disdain. Our focus on ceremonial duties instead of the constitutional duties never ceases to baffle me. If the Senate gave half as much time and attention they are giving this uniform issue and other trivial baseless issues to the many problems that have caused the retrogression of the Nigerian economy, maybe we will not be where we are right now.

What baffles me most is the suspension of Ali’s proposal of a new policy until he is fully attired in the Customs uniform. How do we benefit from Ali’s wearing of a uniform?

If the Senate monitors the individual performances of members and refuses them entrance into the chambers until they did what was right, Nigeria would have been better s.

My next stop is Big Brother Nigeria. I have been itching to say something about the continued condemnation of the television show.  It is understandable that it breaches the moral code of our highly religious country but why do we not have an answer to the question: “Is this the first programme where sex-related activities are promoted?”

There are myriads of Nollywood movies that promote subtle and obvious forms of immorality and we vote the actors and actresses who engage in the act as best this or best that.

Why have we closed oureyes and shut mouths to condemning these movies?

BBN is just on a channel, leaving you with other channels. The irony of the situation is that there is no moral code in our country.

It is paradoxical that a huge number of those who complain about these activities engage in them. Premarital sex seems like a norm; the Nigerian youths do not need BBN to teach them sexual corruption. It is like telling a professor of mathematics that one plus one equals two. For those whose moral stance is still intact, my advice is; instead of shouting against BBN and giving it more publicity, why not ensure that you and your household serve the Lord by making sure no one watches it in your home?

If Nigerians haven’t noticed, the upheaval on social media against the programme has not changed anything. It is still on and is gradually reaching its grand finale.

My pen can find a resting place now while I wishfully pray that unending scenes of drama come to an end. Opetu Ebibote,

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