Jonathan Replies Obasanjo: So what's the outcome for Nigerians?

 

And so with president Goodluck Jonathan’s response to president Aremu Obasanjo, we finally concluded the season of open letters.

As born reactionaries that we are, Nigerians would go through another round of reactions to Jonathan’s reaction to Obasanjo’s reaction to Jonathan’s government style.

I ask, so what’s the outcome for Nigeria and for the unabated suffering of millions of Nigerians?

It pains me to conclude that, NOTHING is the outcome for Nigeria and Nigerians.

Reactions of Nigerians to the continuing mismanagement of their country by primitive leaderships amount to diddly.

Citizens’ reactions will neither be taken seriously by the crooked leaders nor will it necessarily change the course of our national voyage.

Starting with SKC Ogbonnia’s citizen letter to his area senator, Ike Ekweremadu, accusing him of emptiness in office over 10 years and lying to his district with claims of bogus accomplishments.

Rather than rebut SKC with data as a responsible leader, Ekweremadu simply denied all charges and dismissed Texas US based SKC as an out of touch imbecile who “imagines things.” 

That simply validated the existence and the stated statuses of all Ekweremadu’s signature projects as claimed.

Citizens of Enugu senatorial district to continue to go about their business, nothing to worry about. 

Everything ajuwaya. Cased closed.

Then the charge of the missing $50 billion by the half competent/half incompetent bigotry CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

Three months after Sanusi’s letter was written, it’s publicity forced the FGN to take it seriously, making overrated double minister Ngozi Iweala to assemble others and help Sanusi reconcile the books except for some $10 billion which they are still looking for.

A whole $40 billion out of $50 billion has been found ‘in the books,’ Nigerians can assume that the remaining $10 billion will eventually be found. 

Satisfied Sanusi has apologized to Jonathan that his charges have been ‘misconstrued.’

Naira hardly blinked through it all. 

Nobody needed to resign, no head needed to role.

Citizens to continue to go about their business, nothing to worry about.

Everything ajuwaya. Cased closed.

Then the holier than thou epistle from our egomaniac St. Mathew Baba Iyabo leveling dozens of charges against legendary cluelessness and incompetence of Jonathan’s presidency. Obasanjo’s notoriety as a piece of work pretty much drowned his message in the murky water of messenger inappropriateness. 

Iyabo’s followup merciless indictment of her Baba as the worst example of a father and national leader that ever lived further blurred the reasonableness of Obasanjo’s antics, qualifying them more as selfish than patriotic acts.

Baba Aremu never missed a wink, changed his purposeless itineraries or had a strand of hair out of place, through it all.

Citizens to continue to go about their business, nothing to worry about.

Everything ajuwaya. Cased closed.

Then Jonathan’s reply to Baba Okikiolu, pretty much put all charges to rest.

Innocent Goodluck was ignorant of all charges because most of the ongoing national problems - corruption, insecurity, PDP implosion, etc – predated his arrival in Aso Rock Villa which he conveniently dated back to 3 years when he became the elected president, instead of 6 years when he actually arrived first as the vice president and later continued as the acting president. 

Jo humbly accounted for most all charges with claims of measurable progress on some as recorded for us by the international community.

The economy is growing and strong, age-old corruption is being fought tooth and nail on all fronts, PDP will bounce back, police has been requested to investigate all charges ahead of Pa Mathew providing evidences to back his claims up.

Citizens don’t need to hold their breath, investigations only go where facts or national security concerns take them.

Jo’s investigation on Obasanjo’s accusations may well end up the way of recent investigation on Stella Oduah’s armored cars.

As a matter of principle, Jonathan won’t talk about the 2015 elections until it is time.

Citizens to continue to go about their business, nothing to worry about.

Everything ajuwaya. Cased closed.

Arise O Compatriot.

Nigeria calls, obey.

The labor of our present fathers shall not go in vain.

Though yours may seem to always end in pain.

Do not go against the grain.

Just continue to stay straight and pray.

We assure you, government is working on all the problems.

God bless the leaderships.

God bless Nigeria.

God bless Nigerians.

In that order.