While we blame
government for every perceivable ill in the society, not many of us can humbly
take responsibility for our individual inadequacies.
And this is not mentioning our inability to take
responsibility for our collective inadequacy of habitually voting into power,
the wrong leaders. Now there are some things that government should never be
blamed for; especially if the citizenry have refused to take the needed
initiative.
Government should not be blamed for the perpetual dirtiness
of your apartment.
Government should not be blamed for the blocked drainage
system of your compound.
Government should not be blamed for your failure to fix that
light bulb in your apartment.
Government should not be blamed for your inexcusable
habitual lateness to work.
Government should not be blamed for your pathetic addiction
to collecting bribe.
Government should not teach you how to love your spouse.
Government should not teach you how to provide for your
family. No job?
(Must everyone be employed by the government? Why not look
for other dignified job opportunities?)
Indeed, government should not always be blamed for every
conceivable problem in our society most especially our individual failings.
But government could regulate and assist your initiative. So
those Nigerians who delight in blaming the government for its failure to
provide for their welfare and so wickedly decide to lead obdurate, reckless and
wayward lives, committing unnumbered and unmentionable atrocities, constituting
private and public nuisance against fellow citizens and the government, have no
moral right to blame anyone for their virtual inevitably doomed end.
For there are many Nigerians who have experienced
disappointment and bitterness in different aspects and stages of their lives as
well, still they refused to give in to life of excuses, indolence and crime. So
why blame government for every problem in the society? The government may be
bad, agreed. But are you doing your best as a citizen?
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