I think the British High Commission needs to tell us the details of what actually led to the refusal of Entry Clearances for our esteemed lawmakers to attend a one-week workshop aimed at sharpening their legislative skills and oversight responsibilities [Ki la won na n wa kiri?].
If our lawmakers[public officers, who have been trusted to create laws to maintain peace and order are not spared the the indignity of being refused entry clearances, what hope do ordinary mortals like us have at the hands of the Entry Clearance Officer?
Is it a form of protesting against the high cost of diesel fuel used to generate power in the absence of regular power supply for their operations or the fact that their members of staff cannot go round Lagos safely or any of the Niger Delta States without fear of abduction?
Is their action precipated on the fact that we are still a long way off from being the Giant of Africa, an ordinary title we tag ourselves with to suit our ego without a value in terms of economic might, continental influence, etc.
The sins of their slave-fathers should not in anyway be visited on their sons and daughters.
It hasn’t been proved that it was solely the sweat of my slave ancestors that developed the infrastructural Development the UK is enjoying today.
A vast majority of Nigerians speak English, live English and are English-oriented.
Our way of life is indirectly influenced by the English Culture because we speak the language. Studies abound which shows that a language and its culture go hand-in-hand.
However, we have allowed ourselves to be tagged 419’ers[advanced fee fraudsters].
Our young men and women have not helped matters having bought into the ‘yahoozze’ culture which has been a proven and tested way of making money.
Applying for a visa to enter any country under any guise subtly points to the imbalance of this world in terms of Racial Perception and Economic strength despite claims by modern day economists that the world is now a Global Village with a level Playing Ground for each and every citizen of this world.
What can be further from the truth?
The world that I know as of today is a cruel one, which reduces the value of a man into U.S. Dollars/the Pounds Sterling and the worth and ideals of a woman into the partition between her thighs.
I refuse to hold any white man or woman responsible for the plight of the African Continent.
Though they contributed largely to its origin, the resources at the disposal of the Continent plus the gains from trade which have been squandered or embezzelled outrightly have been more than enough to right the wrongs of the 19th/20th Century.
Back to the main discource of this writing, I think the British High Commission should have explored other options to correct the anomalies that might have trailed the application of our lawmakers instead of subjecting them to the riducule of the denial of Entry Clearances.
http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200806261495545
*Ki la won na n wa kiri?: What is it they[lawmakers] are looking for?
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2 comments:
Hello my brother from another mother.. lol, the fact is you havent explored the reason why their application was rejercted but i just think the Government should have intervened but maybe because our Government is too currupt with them and that is why they feel they can do whatever they like with their citizens (just a thought). keep up the good work
@ Olu: When you talk of the Government, who else apart from these people is the Government?
I wouldn't go into the rhetoric of saying it that the reason why they were denied was racism and bollocks like that...
On further reflection, I'd say that action is just a subtle way of telling us that we should put our house in order
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