by Eze Eluchie
Why do some
of these African rulers do these things to themselves and the territories they
supposedly represent?
There certainly are some leaders in Africa who will never condescend to the imagery and reality depicted in the picture below.
A couple of
African rulers (not leaders) seated like naughty school kids being drilled by
the Head-teacher, Ban ki Moon – does Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria), John
Mahama (Ghana) and their ilk, soberly seated before Mr. Moon, realize that the
UN Secretary General is a public servant whose salary and upkeep comes from the
contributions of UN-member States, including the African countries?
Most
probably, from this session with the UN Scribe, the rulers will take off en-mass to respond to a summons from the Heads of Governments of Brazil, Australia or
wheresoever. Mass summons previously honoured with alacrity by African rulers
have included invites from the US, France, Britain, India and China.
In all these
foreign trips of highly doubtful benefits to the home territories of these
rulers, one direct benefit to the globetrotters who often travel in state-of –the-art
private jets, is that they never forget to purchase a couple of choice real
estates in the countries they visit whilst ceaselessly complaining about their
handicap in being unable to harness the rich potentials over which they
preside.
The people
have to take their destinies in their own hands if they ever want to see the
light of day.
Picture: Some African
rulers being drilled by UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon.
