'My piece of mind' - Basketmouth writes on issues in Nigeria

Read the comedian's piece below…

As I am learning to stop complaining and get used to the electricity

situation in my beloved Nigeria, i can't help but worry about other

bigger problems facing my country at large. Once again a land already

polluted with blood and oil is reported to be witnessing beheadings by

religious fanatics, murders by herdsmen, and bombing of oil pipelines by

a supposedly impoverished and marginalised deltan posse, let's not talk

about the Biafran agitators, kidnapping and robberies….confusion

everywhere.

I am an entertainer so i try to leave politics for politicians(cos i

believe everybody should maintain dia own lane). However, I cant seem to

understand why my beloved country will not intervene to help alleviate

the sufferings and helplessness of its people. When the poor cry for

help and are ignored, it can be a recipe for turmoil and when the rich

also cry, can't afford to travel because flight tickets are out of their

reach, can't afford to eat as they used to and all channels of their

lush incomes are closed overnight, then you begin to sense a whiff of

desperation.
The media also reports bias in the security handling of issues as it

affects the North, West, East and South. In my humble opinion, i do not

think it will hurt PMB to address this issues from time to time as much

as he addresses the issue of corruption. It hurts my senses when i hear

people praising the likes of Ayo Fayose or calling for return of

corruption (hard to tell if they are serious or joking) hearing the

soothing voice of our leaders will go a long way in strengthening is as

we plunge further into the unknown.
So in all of these, I am listening to hear the wise words of President

Buhari, I know he has opinions about all these because i know he reads

the papers and he has access to security reports, but sometimes it's

like his media advisers dont get his memo or they seem to get it a week

after he sends it and by which time other depressing issues have taken

over.
This government seem to have forgotten the power of technology and

social media in today's dispensation and is failing to use the various

available platforms to monitor and address issues weighing its citizens

down.
@pmb,@jagaban,@yemiosinbajo@
shehusani@bukolasaraki,from councillors

through senators to the president, we are all collectively responsible

for what befalls our country. We are the country. The rest na just Land.

Please address every issue in a timely manner so as to avoid coming

across as being biased to certain religious or ethnic sentiments.

'My piece of mind' - Basketmouth writes on issues in Nigeria