Inhabitants of the throne room....

Speculate, make naive insinuations, talk about conspiracies and counter conspiracies, talk about holes in the government, treason and stories of unparalleled patriotism.

 

These are the attributes of the common man when he is faced with the machinery of power which constantly remains out of his modest reach. This is a factor of life that rarely changes. The little man afraid of change desires to swim in his little pool of mediocrity and royalty also afraid of change do all they can to make sure the little man remains little.

 

At some point, we must ask ourselves who are the powers that are? What gears are in motion? Who is the faceless kingmaker? In a country like Nigeria the term complexity cannot be overstated. The makeup of the country itself is as complex as anything could be.

 

Somehow though, a status quo is maintained. Her gears grind on albeit to certain ruin. I always wonder though. Who are the forces we feel but never truly see? With this question in mind I set out to profile and try to understand these forces.

 

First name that comes to mind strangely enough is Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi who listed the Seven Deadline sins as;

 

Wealth without works

Pleasure without conscience

Science without humanity

Knowledge without character

Politics without principle

Commerce without morality

Worship without sacrifice

 

How true his words are in present day Nigeria. All these factors present can only give rise to a nation whose citizens become numb to anything unbecoming. Atrocities are met with bland looks and indifference.

 

Present day Nigeria would regard the massacre of a hundred of its citizens with barely half an hour of news being aired. The country seems to be in some sort of convulsed spasm or death throw.

 

A change in the status quo cannot come any sooner.