For those
of us who still believe in the geographical expression called Nigeria, at no
other time that our country needs more fervent prayers than now. But the
current situation also demands eternal vigilance and critical immediacy. Yet,
the Coronavirus pandemic ravaging the human race since November 2019, more than
anything else, poses a grave challenge to leaders across the world. While the
COVID 19 pandemic has really revealed leaders with the sterner stuff who have
shown the capacity to lead at very auspicious moments in the affairs of man, it
has also exposed the soft underbelly of others who lack the capacity to walk
their talk.
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| *Buhari |
It is now so apparent that Nigeria, my country, is a nation of
experts without roots. We are always creating tacticians who are blind to
strategy and strategists who cannot even take a step. And when the culture has
finished its work, the weak institutions handcuff the infirmity. But what is at
the centre of the panic which is our national culture since we are not yet free
to choose our leaders?
