Are we a “serious” nation?

As both the EFCC and ICPC have lost the investigative capacity, bribery and corruption have now taken a new dimensional status, forcing economic hardship on the citizenry.
The trial of past corrupt leaders, like former state governors, legislators, ministers, etc, have become a forgotten issue, as more damaging and destroying machinery have over taken them, on  […]

As both the EFCC and ICPC have lost the investigative capacity, bribery and corruption have now taken a new dimensional status, forcing economic hardship on the citizenry.
The trial of past corrupt leaders, like former state governors, legislators, ministers, etc, have become a forgotten issue, as more damaging and destroying machinery have over taken them, on  a serious note.
If, for example, the Federal Government did not abruptly increase the fuel price by more than 100% with a view to withdrawing oil subsidy, the widely accepted national protest by the Nigerians would not have arisen.
Also, the kind of oil subsidy revelations we heard from the House Ad hoc Committee on fuel subsidy would remain permanently covered and undisclosed.
Nigerians would have been left in the dark, whereas trillions of our hard earned currency would continue to find their ways into the hands of the few. The oil cabal had dedicated themselves in shaping the downfall of the country’s economy. Is this fair and sincere enough to the majority of people who are mired in poverty, hunger and total neglect?
Up to now, I am not fully convinced about the completed assignment on House Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy investigation on who was responsible in authorizing the fuel subsidy payments! 
The CBN said it was the Finance Ministry. The Finance Ministry pointed accusing fingers at the NNPC. The NNPC denied that it was the PPPRA. How on earth would these organizations play with our intelligence? Are there no rules and regulations or laws governing them? The arm of government responsible for approving fuel subsidy payments were not fully disclosed.
Personally, I blame the NNPC and its subsidiary companies in view of what I will highlight here under. The NNPC had been importing fuel through the neighboring countries as their manifests bear “Offshore Cotonou”, “Offshore Lome” etc. 
The NNPC would corruptively use small vessels as we were made to understand, to bring fuel into the country, thus making it difficult for the Nigeria Customs Service to know the contents of the products and their countries of origin.
Nigeria, as a country, possesses bigger ports, I believe, than those. Tin Can Island, Apapa and Port Harcourt sea ports were there. For God’s sake, why not use them? Secondly, some economic experts lamented that 2011 fuel subsidy must have been responsible in making the economic sector to come to a standstill. From N1.3 trillion, as we were made to believe, the amount has reached N2 trillion, just on fuel subsidy alone? What a curse on Nigerians! Is it not ironical and madness, having N5 trillion as 2011 financial year’s budget to incur N2 trillion as fuel subsidy in the same period under review?
At times I used to ask myself whether these kinds of people do have comfortable night sleep.
Thirdly, it is equally good to note that in every country of the world there are some people pretending to be good citizens but act and represent the interests of imperialist forces, having primary assignment to destroy a developing economy and its people.
I read an impressive article titled, “You lazy (intellectual) African scum!” written by one Field Ruwe (a PhD candidate US-based Zambia media practitioner and author) which appeared on page 25 of Sunday Trust dated 29th January 2012.
The writer honesty wrote a conversational statement made to him by a former IMF official travelling on the same flight to Boston from Los Angeles. It frightened me most when the official said to him. 
“I was part of the IMF official who came to rip you guys off. Your government (Zambia) put me in a million dollar mansion overlooking a shanty called Kalingalinga. From my patio, I saw it all – the rich and the poor, the ailing, the dead and the healthy.”
The former IMF official went on to say, “Your government owes not the World Bank, but us millions of dollars. We’ll be in Lusaka to offer your president a couple of millions and fly back with a cheque twenty times greater.” Is it true? But he has said it all!
Are we in the same shoe with Zambian people or generally African countries? Or does it refer only to Zambia? Indicators and dangers appear to be coming our ways. We were once told that Nigeria’s external debt was reduced to the minimum we can afford to pay. The debt is still lingering at about $40 billion as at the time we heard it being reduced and any moment the debt office speaks on the external debt they emphasized that amount.
What went wrong? Are our data and statistics no Longer reliable? Yes, of course, since we cannot even quantify the daily liters of fuel we consume in the country.
Wallahi! Wonders shall never end!
Fourthly, Withdrawal of fuel subsidy in place of deregulation or transformation is another fallacious factor to be considered. Is the government telling Nigerians that we have never heard regular power supply, good roads, better transportation service, etc before, until we wait for the next eight to 10 years before we enjoy the fruits of deregulation? 
The amount of fuel subsidy to be used when received will not change the behavioral attitude of the Federal Government to look back and remember her promises. It only once happened with the PTF funds where real developments took place. That was during the military era, where bureaucratic procedures and red tapeism had no place in the civil service like what is happening in this democratic set up.
I believe Nigerians have had enough. The politics of dividends of democracy has gone for good and passed with Obasanjo’s gimmicks. Next, we will have another leader who will upturn the table upside down and play the game of hide and seek.