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PEREGRINO BRIMAH: THIS RAT BUSINESS AND NIGERIA’S GLOBAL SHAME

So what happens when Minister of education also says he will work from home for three months while he rehabilitates his office due to rodents or roaches? What happens when customs boss says the same and works from home? What happens when state finance ministers say they will be working from home for three months due to rat invasion renovations? And when federal college and university bosses say the same?

What happens when staff across all departments of federal and state government offices all find similar excuses to work from home for months? What happens when school students find similar excuses to stay at home? No chairs and tables in their classrooms is an easy one.
Nigeria is in a limbo. At a time when the nation, delayed progress for so many decades, is desperate to move forward and learn a new path of discipline, hard work and prudence, it is being dealt the worst example ever by its number one citizen and his coterie of cabal co-travellers.
The president who openly protects his corrupt cabal friends; openly violates the law and stands in contempt of court, provides ever so many more horrible examples with his frequent exorbitant medical tours and now a promise of three months of truancy on the premise of a rat infestation.
Buhari is being the worst example for Nigeria. It is sad and an internal and external shame. Global headlines have it that Nigeria’s president was chased out of his office due to a rat invasion and will be working from home for three months. The damage this does to Nigeria’s reputation and foreign investor confidence cannot be over emphasized.
Additionally, where a rodent infestation should only cause at best a one-day shutdown, that the Buhari government can suggest three months renovation demonstrates a poverty of Nigerian capacity in the simplest of repairs. How many years will such a government use to fix problems in major industries when it needs three months to rid the president’s office of rats and replace his chair and AC?
And then there is the global resounding suspicion that the rat business tale is in itself a poor and desperate lie. This wide-spread belief, that Nigeria’s president has been incapacitated all year and is playing games to hold on to power, is no better for the nation’s deteriorated image than the tale of the rat infestation. Nigeria loses either way.
God save Nigeria from the claws of the cabal.
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Source: ynaija.com

OPINION: LESSONS FROM THE PRESIDENT’S RATS by Micheal Ace

I will keep this article as short and as simple as I can. You know why? Because Nigeria is currently a joke and writing epistles to address her issues is like using a snipper to get rid of mosquitoes. The government didn’t take us for fools. They know their cooked up story won’t get well on us but I guess their primary aim is to get Nigerians lively and busy. You know, we having something to ruminate upon is something at least.

They said the President’s absense from office for 103 days caused rats to mess up his office. Before I proceed, I’ll take a liberty to apologize to every single rat I have poisoned or massacre in my room. I thought it’s belittling to find rats in rooms of persons of my calibre. Yes I am a star, a celebrity and hearing rats squeak in my room is a stigma. I never knew even the presidency deals with these battalions we call rats. It’s high time I accepted the fact that these guys are my roommates and there is love in sharing.
Yes! They actually knew their story won’t go down well with Nigerians, especially those lucky enough to have their senses not yet choked out by hunger and homelessness. They knew people won’t but talk about it. They knew it. You know when you’re in a nightclub and the DJ is playing ‘Mad over you’ by Runtown, it might get to a point when you’ll need him to hype things up. And if he comes down on you with ‘WO’ by Olamide, you know how you will end up loosing every part of your body to the jam. Exactly! The president is back and they need him to work from home. He is not fully recovered I guess and even if he is, old age. So they wanted to get us busy with something they call reason.
Rats messed the President’s office. First, I was flabbergasted to know there are rats in aso rock too. Second, I was unsure if the
President’s office was left locked and closed throughout his absense. I doubt it that the office did not undergo any cleaning throughout those periods. I’m also disturbed to think that nothing in the office was touched or referred to which left the place idle. But what do I know when the authorities said rats have taken over. I think there is no other way to abuse these set of animals than this; just because they can’t talk their side of the story or perhaps sue the federal government.
I did promise to keep this short right? I guess it’s getting too long now. I’m not an advocate for rats but I think we’re becoming a
laughing stock gradually all over the world. And believe me, there is power in every little thing.
Next time you find rats in your room, don’t kill or poison. Relate well with them. Those guys are superb.
Micheal Ace is writer and poet from Ibadan, Nigeria.

Source: ynaija.com