WHERE ARE THE PROPHETS?

BY WakdokSamuelWakdok
Noah, Moses, Samuel, Nathan, Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, Isaiah, John de Baptist. Where are the prophets?

We wake up daily to be entertained by various actors in our country; I have severally said Nigeria is an open air theatre. We have drama, ballets, orchestra all going on simultaneously in different places. Recent publication by CBN goes to attest that we have different classifications of Nigerians. We have now seen the lists of corporate debtors who owe banks in billions and multi millions. This class of course has always existed but it is just coming to the fore .Add this latest class of corporate debtors to the long age one of political debtors. Political debtors are the ones who owe the populace to deliver on the mandates given to them through election or appointments. They owe us a lot of transparency and good governance. Just like the banks owe their share holders and customers duty of safety and care on their share holdings and deposits. The political debtors owe us all the duty of transforming Nigeria into a land of prosperity.

I look around and ask; where are the prophets? What I see are people who are horses. The same old horses. They are deeply involved in the conspiracy of the horses. Horses who want to be cows, horses who want to be goats, horses who want to be sheep, horses who want to be pigs. I see horses who want to be dogs, horses who want to be wolves, horses who want to be lions and horses who want to be elephants. What I see are horses who want to be fish, horses who want to be eagles, horses who want to be rats. These horses want to be all and still remain horses, and as such they stop others from been other things. Because they have to be everything, they destroy every other people who stand in their way. They destroy our economy, our polity, our institutions and our sense of dignity. They are destroying our spirit of nationalism.

In the Nigerian ballet, our dance is rather characterized by unconventional steps and ungraceful movements. We are known more for negativity than positive trends. In the Nigerian orchestra, we have a few people who are large enough playing: unclassical" music with their various instruments of stealing, deceits, lies, and plunders. Nigeria is a symphony. Symphony is a complex musical composition, but ours is not a harmonious composition. In fact in the Nigerian sonata, the classical instrument used is the solo instrument of greed. The initiative for greed in Nigeria is very high and the consequence is massive. We are dancing to dangerous melodies. Melodies of robbery and rape. Rhythms of prostitution and destitution, lines of child abuse and violence. Tunes of human traffic and drug trafficking. Nigeria is a symphony of fire and I dare say the fire is burning hot and hotter.

In this open air theatre called Nigeria. A few are on the stage which is shielded. Their shield is both a protection for them and also the trophy they have won in exploiting and degrading us. The rest are on the popular stand and we have been relegated to spectators. We pay so much to gain entrance into the theatre only to be entertained by jokers who have monopolized all to themselves. They are of two folds. Some who seek power and the others who seek money. Power gives them access to everything they want and don't even need through misappropriating public wealth. Money in turn buys them power. So in the end whether they go through economic or political means, they all arrive at the same goal.

Nigeria needs a Noah to build us an ark, we need a Moses to take us out of Egypt, we need a Samuel to oil and proclaim a new king (set of leaders).Nigeria needs a Nathan to tell the leaders that they are taking the wrong path. Nigeria needs an Elijah to call down fire from above and consume all these horses. We need an Elisha to tell them to go and wash their leprosy. Nigeria needs a Jeremiah to say the truth no matter whose ox is gored. We need an Isaiah who will proclaim freedom to the prisoners and good news to those in sorrow.

Rather than having these men of honour, we are faced with dark horses. But I tell you brethren; all hope is not yet lost. If we can not have the prophets of old listed above, it then becomes even more imperative for us the new breed to become the John the Baptist who must herald the new law- change. That is the only way to stop this Symphony of fire from burning and destroying more. That is the only way we can stop our children and our children's children from asking this same question we are asking; where are the prophets?


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