Sniffnscurry- Freedom from Bad Change (Government)

Change is constant they say but when happens when the crave for change leads to a bad situation?

When we are in a bad situation we crave for change so badly that we'll accept just anything different. In our search for new cheese we sometimes can end up in the wrong cheese station if we do not monitor things carefully. The next cheese station different from the previous cheese station might not necessarily be the right destination. A cheese station might look so enticing from the outside but when you get in you discover so many rotten bad cheese.

On a large scale I'll use Nigeria as a casestudy. 3 years ago we were all craving for change in leadership so bad and as we'll have it the change came. Little did we know that we'll pay so dearly for it. Nigeria as a nation entered the wrong Cheese station in search for new Cheese. What we got was old bad and corrupt Cheese but we didn't notice because we didn't read the handwriting on the wall. From the birth of Nigeria's democracy all we've been doing is recycling leaders , little wonder why there has been retarded growth. The first ever Civilian president in the person of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo was once a millitary head of state and his tenure as president was one to forget. The next in was late president Umaru Musa Yar Adua and he was a great but unfortunately he died just few years into his tenure and his Vice Dr Goodluck Jonathan was made president. Perhaps one of the most incompetent ruler we've ever had, he governed the most corrupt government in the Country's history.

It was at this point that Nigerians decided that it was time for a change. What did we do? We elected a former millitary head of state and believed that things will turn out for good. This is what I'll decribe as turning to the wrong Cheese station (Bad Change). What followed was total economic meltdown and massive inflation. Before our very eyes we witnessed the cost of commodities doubled and even tripled in less than a month. There was drastic reduction in quality of goods despite the increase in price.

Next year will be another general election and it's so sad that there is no good change in sight, no good Cheese station to turn to. The strongest rival to the President now was a former vice president that served with the first civilian head of state so we already know he is up to no good.

President Buhari on Nugerian youths

President Buhari, while speaking during a panel discussion at the Commonwealth business forum in Westminster, London, expressed displeasure with youths in Nigeria because they were dependent on revenue from oil to survive.
He said the youths, who make up 60 percent of the population, were waiting to get social amenities free without doing anything.
"And then the economy. We have a very young population and our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million. The 60 percent of the population is below the age of 30. A lot of them have not been to school and they are claiming that Nigeria has been an oil producing country and therefore they should sit and do nothing and get housing, healthcare and education free, The moderator had asked Buhari to give his final thoughts on the issues discussed. The President said he had fulfilled his campaign promises by improving on the nation’s security and the economy.

Below are Images of the hostel conditions from one of the best Universities in the country

The so called lazy Nigerian youths are forced to live under harsh conditions and some students have died from diseases in these hostels. During my stay in these hostels I was always falling sick and it was same for many other students.

The big question is who will free us from this bad Cheese?