Corruption is a noun that has become
synonymous to Nigeria. Please indulge my thoughts on the matter as you read.
Before we got colonized, we had a trade
by barter system. Asides from that if you wanted a favour from a rich man or a neighbour,
etc, you don’t go empty handed. You go with a keg of palm wine, tubers of yam
or some gift to curry their favour. They say it is African culture. I say we
converted that culture and are doing it in cases we shouldn’t today.
Nigeria was colonized by Britain. We all
know by now that the aim wasn’t to give us religion but to plunder our numerous
resources. Imagine looking at so much wealth and resources but you can’t
control it, touch it or enjoy it but only get what’s doled out to you by the
colonial masters. You watch them cart away resources worth millions and
billions of pounds. You can’t do anything about it. Every single dime is controlled by another
who came from somewhere.
Then the clamour for independence began.
Yes, some patriots’ real motivation was to take back control and make Nigeria
great but for some it was to enjoy what they had seen the ‘Masters’ enjoy and
be like them.
Independence came and the plundering
continued.