Nigerians are fond of turning very
serious matters, even ones threatening the very life of their country, into
objects of jokes and laughter.
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| *Joi Nunieh and Godswill Akpabio |
And so, as President Muhammadu
Buhari’s anti-corruption posturing and
grandstanding which have for some years now been on life-support finally
breathed its last and was wheeled out for burial (without an autopsy), and the loud
attempt by some shameless pretenders to clean up the cesspit of corruption called the Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC) degenerates into a public trial of the
National Assembly, Minister of Niger Delta and the remorseless (mis)managers of
affairs at the NDDC, instead of there to
be a national mourning and grand coalition against graft and its perpetrators,
Nigerians are all over the social media and at various points of gathering,
demonstrating that they have only found in the calamitous development fresh
ingredients for juicy comedy skits and colourless jokes. What a tragedy!
To make matters worse, the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which should have moved in immediately
to clear the Augean stable is presently incapacitated by the crushing weight of
its own self-inflicted woes as its once ebullient leader is embroiled in
earth-shaking allegations of corruption and facing a panel set up by the
Minister of Justice who himself is equally struggling to ward off unrelenting
fingers pointing at him and raising weighty allegations of graft against him.
