Here's my humble opinion @edumurphy, whenever I think about corruption, for the sake of not localizing my argument let's say globally... I realize it is driven by the desire for power and money - those two have to be the almighty clogs in the economy of every nation especially Nigeria.
Remember a certain late Umaru Yar'adua who unfortunately was snatched by the claws of death yet was a man widely thought by many would reposition Nigeria but you know how Nigerian politics is, even the political atmosphere and landscape is poisonous. I guess the good don't last but hey even when we're suffocating under the edicts of corrupt leadership we cannot lose sight of the fact that we can be an example of how the country should look like and also get ready to be arm twisted for even doing the right.
Long live Nigeria!!!
Thank you for this post.
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Thank you for your comment. You are correct in that the few non-corrupt people we have cannot possibly triumph over a corrupt majority and a corrupt system. Look at Dora Akunyili; brilliant inspiring woman that essentially single-handedly turned NAFDAC into a real organization that actually worked, that actually inspected food and drugs and held them to real standards and saved countless lives from counterfeit products. What happened to her? Multiple assassination attempts (did you know she kept a gele scarf with bullet holes in it from when killers shot at her head, thinking the scarf was smaller than it actually was? She kept it in her living room) and eventually she just had to quit.
Died of cancer.
Meanwhile ancient bastards like Babangida and Obasanjo and Buhari are still thriving and alive. Life is unfair unless we make it fair.
So yeah, the candles of good get snuffed out by the ocean of bad.