Nigerians should never willingly don the filthy garb of corruption to please anybody. We are normal people who will improve over time.
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The said article could have considered several approaches before concluding on corruption being the problem. Simple questions like, “why are Nigerians corrupt?” or “why is the local government level of Nigeria plagued by corruption?” could have helped in opening the minds of the writers or their readers alike. But no. The matter was approached with a closed mind, which meant that Nigerians are fundamentally and innately corrupt – perhaps born that way.
And so, even people whose businesses thrive on some sort of corruption or rule breaking or the other, feign holiness and often get away with nefarious acts once they can invoke those four-letter words – politician, government, civil servants.
How do we send our children to those elite schools and colleges that are supposed to train them to dominate the world? What about those exotic cars outside our houses that show that we have arrived, as promised by God himself through our religious leader? How about our cash-down mansions in the major cities of the world? These are not the kind of aspiration that an average Caucasian will bother much with, yet we share the same global economy.
Nigerians should never willingly don the filthy garb of corruption to please anybody. We are normal people who will improve over time with the help of some honesty, technology, and discipline. The last time I was in Rwanda, I and a friend wanted to buy some Rwandan perfume at the airport. I gave the young man in the shop500s and my eagle eye caught it as he slipped one of the notes under the shelf, claiming that I gave him1,500.
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