In the last few days media was abuzz with news with suggested implications for the sacking and replacement of national security chiefs. The proximate purpose of the sack is linked to continued menace of terrorism perpetrated by Boko Haram. The purpose of this piece is to review the issue and attempt to bring out some latent points of relevance.
Men at work
It is instructive that the sack came immediately after the President's return from Rio, Brazil. One may suggest that required papers were sorted out in Brazil but fact points to a homework done prior to stepping onto the presidential jet in Abuja enroute Rio. Moving away from local champions in comfort zone and sharing space with serious players in global leadership elicited few exchanges and discussions which may have triggered incentive for GEJ to abandon an inertia on a single issue.
Beyond grabbing headlines there are other forces at work. One must not confuse the sacking with sympathy with victims, hurting and mourning families across the land. Actually the people count less for the president and PDP which I freely dub 'party devoid of the people'. On the other hand, the PDP is falling on new lows further made visible with the recent blatant obstruction to legislators attempt to tackle corruption in the oil marketing industry.
There is no incentive to pursue internal geopolitical settling of accounts in PDP because the new appointment cost myopic South-South elites. Rather what was on display is a battle of PDP elites who are running after crumbs of money rather than deeper interest in protecting lives and property across the land.
Above all as sordid as Boko Haram terrorism is, it is just one manifestation from the large pool of national malfeasance managed, supported and endorsed by the president. There is no attempt to curb or tackle corruption at any level. There is no evidence that GEJ is committed to investing national clean-up because he'll have to make a metamorphosis. Economic, social and emotional conditions in the country are grinding negatively each day.
See-saw
The appointment from the north with required qualifications is no guarantee for containing and eliminating Boko Haram. The appointee will serve his term unsuccessfully and at the right time be removed in new revolution of chairs. Of course political connotation will be alluded to, still there will be no supporting evidence. The appointment is one move to create distraction on qualified incompetence of GEJ.
Unsurprisingly, the glue holding the PDP elite together which emboldens them to insensitivity is the glaring fact that for them Nigeria is a meal ticket. GEJ and his lot are no different from Zik, Awo and A. Bello in their contempt for real strategic and encompassing view of Nigeria. They make more money from the state than solving any problem.
There is nothing in Nigeria for GEJ and his co-ruling elite to worry about in the fact they feel that the population can be bought, silenced, ignored and abandoned. Sacking and new appointments are another waves of stunt, theatre and charade.
Conclusion
In the final analyis there is nothing to positively hope for under the current government. GEJ is too tainted to bring about positive change and as for decline of Boko Haram, only a deal made by the northern elite at their convenience will make a difference. Sadly this means more lives will be lost. However by so doing, another nail on the coffin of Nigeria is nailed waiting for the right time for her eventual dissolution.
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