Bola Tinubu in Hurricane's Eye
22 January 2024 By Abiodun Kareem Giwa
President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria (Courtesy: Nairaland)
Remi Tinubu, the wife to Nigeria's president, in a news report, condemns the killing of Nabeeha, one of six sisters whom gunmen abducted in Abuja. She urged Nigerians to continue prayers for the surviving five family members in the kidnappers' den. It has Tinubu's administration at a crossroads, causing a renewal of the question of whether it can conquer the viciousness he inherited from previous regimes, making Nigerians hear Garfunkel's song "Slip Sliding Away" playing imaginarily and not know where it is playing.
For many, it is like losing hope following every leader's inability to conquer the evil confronting the country. Nabeeha's family ordeal is a sharp reminder of the Chibok girls' story that riled the world. Nigeria news reports show that Nabeehas are not alone in the quagmires; another family has the same problem.
It is like kidnappers are invisible animals and difficult to arrest. One thing is sure about them: they care about money and careless about whatever happens to their victims. How Nigeria got into the shambles with the monsters is another thing. It has become a vile any government in the country must conquer to be relevant in other spheres.
The inability to overcome the Augean Stable is like an accommodation of violence against citizens, a state of fear and legitimation of lawlessness. It takes away a leader's sleep and makes an administration's efforts useless. It made Goodluck Jonathan a one-term president, allowing Muhammed Buhari to ascend. Buhari touted his toughness as a former military leader and promised to end the insurgency. But he did not. The evil became a nationwide headache under him, going beyond the Northeast and Abuja to the Southern states. Some are still asking whether it is Boko Haram still troubling the country or some other localized widespread kidnappers.
Whatever the case, it is Tinubu's time to manage the disorder. It is an addition to the economic sabotage he inherited, seeking to bury the country like Grendel did in Beowulf. The monster's disarray of kidnapping caused the leader's listlessness. Grendel declared total war against the community like Nigeria had experienced from Boko Haram's days, from the trenches at an outskirt that was its home. Its ferocious attack rendered every leader's effort for a meaningful impact on humanity useless. The news trended abroad, and a fighter who heard of it came to the community's rescue. The leader and his people never conquered the evil themselves.
The animal grabbed and killed the prime minister, who was next to the society's leader, and sent the leader into a depressive state. And to conquer the monster was war. It is what any community faced by the orgy of human kidnappings faces. It is the war Nigeria currently faces. Boko Haram first declared war against the nation, using the trenches and outskirts in the Northeast as an outpost. The current situation in the country is confusing. Nigerians are unsure if Boko Haram is still the outfit engaging in kidnapping across the country. Many Nigerians now talk about kidnappers encouraged by lawlessness, the desire to be rich, and ransom collections. The urge has spread from the Northeast to every part. Fulani cow herders were a terror to the south at another time, prompting the southwest states to form Amotekun, a security outfit, to combat the nonsense from Boko Haram to Fulani herders and the ransom-taking terrorists.
The Arewa group representing the northern states has expressed dissatisfaction over the security situation in the region. To end the disarray that is now nationwide, observers say Tinubu must show toughness, an acute sense of organization, and maximum use of law enforcement. If Amotekun has been successful in the southwest, they tell the president can encourage its imitation in other parts of the country. It is feasible in the Appreciative Inquiry, AI, a process that says organizations fall back to practices that have helped solve past problems. Another school of thought says it may be time for the country to diversify its law enforcement to allow the introduction of state police.
The irony for Tinubu's leadership is that the renewal of kidnapping and high office corruption waves toward upending the administration's effort to sanitize the Nigerian environment. It is in the middle of resolving a discovery of three female ministers stashing away millions meant for helping citizens hard hit economically into private accounts. It inherited the worst economic condition ever from its predecessor. The magnitude of problems arising are enough to make one ask whether Nigeria's problem is truly about leadership and whether there are some other hidden factors responsible for the country's ailment. Anthony Emefiele changed the currency and brought a dam of trouble to Nigerians. The matter still needs to be resolved.
Curious observers believe the new administration the new leadership is working to assure Nigerians of its ability to transform the political and economic landscape. Would the renewed kidnapping, high office corruption, and exacerbated economic condition does not create an unmanageable political situation capable of overwhelming?
For many, it is like losing hope following every leader's inability to conquer the evil confronting the country. Nabeeha's family ordeal is a sharp reminder of the Chibok girls' story that riled the world. Nigeria news reports show that Nabeehas are not alone in the quagmires; another family has the same problem.
It is like kidnappers are invisible animals and difficult to arrest. One thing is sure about them: they care about money and careless about whatever happens to their victims. How Nigeria got into the shambles with the monsters is another thing. It has become a vile any government in the country must conquer to be relevant in other spheres.
The inability to overcome the Augean Stable is like an accommodation of violence against citizens, a state of fear and legitimation of lawlessness. It takes away a leader's sleep and makes an administration's efforts useless. It made Goodluck Jonathan a one-term president, allowing Muhammed Buhari to ascend. Buhari touted his toughness as a former military leader and promised to end the insurgency. But he did not. The evil became a nationwide headache under him, going beyond the Northeast and Abuja to the Southern states. Some are still asking whether it is Boko Haram still troubling the country or some other localized widespread kidnappers.
Whatever the case, it is Tinubu's time to manage the disorder. It is an addition to the economic sabotage he inherited, seeking to bury the country like Grendel did in Beowulf. The monster's disarray of kidnapping caused the leader's listlessness. Grendel declared total war against the community like Nigeria had experienced from Boko Haram's days, from the trenches at an outskirt that was its home. Its ferocious attack rendered every leader's effort for a meaningful impact on humanity useless. The news trended abroad, and a fighter who heard of it came to the community's rescue. The leader and his people never conquered the evil themselves.
The animal grabbed and killed the prime minister, who was next to the society's leader, and sent the leader into a depressive state. And to conquer the monster was war. It is what any community faced by the orgy of human kidnappings faces. It is the war Nigeria currently faces. Boko Haram first declared war against the nation, using the trenches and outskirts in the Northeast as an outpost. The current situation in the country is confusing. Nigerians are unsure if Boko Haram is still the outfit engaging in kidnapping across the country. Many Nigerians now talk about kidnappers encouraged by lawlessness, the desire to be rich, and ransom collections. The urge has spread from the Northeast to every part. Fulani cow herders were a terror to the south at another time, prompting the southwest states to form Amotekun, a security outfit, to combat the nonsense from Boko Haram to Fulani herders and the ransom-taking terrorists.
The Arewa group representing the northern states has expressed dissatisfaction over the security situation in the region. To end the disarray that is now nationwide, observers say Tinubu must show toughness, an acute sense of organization, and maximum use of law enforcement. If Amotekun has been successful in the southwest, they tell the president can encourage its imitation in other parts of the country. It is feasible in the Appreciative Inquiry, AI, a process that says organizations fall back to practices that have helped solve past problems. Another school of thought says it may be time for the country to diversify its law enforcement to allow the introduction of state police.
The irony for Tinubu's leadership is that the renewal of kidnapping and high office corruption waves toward upending the administration's effort to sanitize the Nigerian environment. It is in the middle of resolving a discovery of three female ministers stashing away millions meant for helping citizens hard hit economically into private accounts. It inherited the worst economic condition ever from its predecessor. The magnitude of problems arising are enough to make one ask whether Nigeria's problem is truly about leadership and whether there are some other hidden factors responsible for the country's ailment. Anthony Emefiele changed the currency and brought a dam of trouble to Nigerians. The matter still needs to be resolved.
Curious observers believe the new administration the new leadership is working to assure Nigerians of its ability to transform the political and economic landscape. Would the renewed kidnapping, high office corruption, and exacerbated economic condition does not create an unmanageable political situation capable of overwhelming?
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