The Mafia Country: How did we get Here?

Bulus Musa Zgabawa

How a country was hijacked by Mafia. How a group of people imported terrorists from other parts of the country to destabilize a country using religion as a ploy. The rigging and killing before the election orchestrated by the people that are eager to take power. How a president ruled for 8 eight years and plunged the country into trouble, division, nepotism, and poverty. How the subsequent leader he handed over turned the country into a country run by a Mafia Gang. How generals close to 200 generals where forced to retire because their juniors where appointed as service chiefs. A caricature senate screening of Governor and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, as politicians of the ruling party where brought int to mange the Bank, these individuals where people of shady character and far below average. the Interview at the national assembly was a disgrace to the nation. How staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria where sacked without due process. Infact staff where sacked without investigation and they where not told what to do. How cases where instituted at the Industrial court and the leadership of the Bank decided to grant early exit that led to some brilliant minds leaving the bank. The Central Bank was no longer behive of intelectual reasoning as the smart ones in the system had to be careful so that their smartness is not considered as threats to the Governors and his cronies. Staff where sacked based on recommendations from other staff that considered these staff as threat for Directors position. The importation of fuel. How the president that was into fuel importation frustrated the activity of the only indigenous private refinery by a citizen. The national petroleum company was also not left aside a s the president has to put in his cronies rather than looking for the right individuals. On resumption in power, the president announced two pilicies that destroyed the economy of the country. The first was allowing the currency of the country to float freely. This decision was taking without due consideration to the country's peculiarity and without consulting the Central Bank. The central bank had advised against this activity in the past and had required some fundamentals to be put in place before that,. this was not adhered into. Then the removal of the subsidy, where proper study and ameliorating factors that cushion the burden on the people where never considered. in fact policies where made without consideration of the people. The political class will rather advised the people to manage the poverty without anything in their hands. The politicians where growing fat, and the people where growing lean. Insecurity that has been the other of the day, also increased and the count of people killed was no longer considered. soldiers where slaughtered at wills and no body cares. The nation had gone into chaos. The Herders move their cattle at will into farms to destroy it. Infact the farmers where expected not to talk and rather worship the activities of the Herders. a complain by the farmers would result in them being killed. A resistance by the farmers or a fight between the farmers and the Herders are considered by the government an uprise against the government. The farmers are left with no choice than to run away from their ancestral homes. In order to solve the hunger problem, the country resort to the importation of food, thus increasing the level of dependency on other foreign nations and also stimulating an increase in the unemployment and crime in the country, by the way that is the fastest way to have the soldiers for thuggery. The President's son on the loose. The president son had become a god in the nation as he parades himself as if he has been appointed by the people. He harasses, intimidates and kidnapped people at will. The nation is now in chaos. The growth of tribalism, during the previous leaders reign in power, his tribes where considered as the golden tribes and where appointed into positions even when better candidates are from other parts of the country, the current leader followed the same way of tribalism. Nigeria was in chaos.