Few days ago ,along Kado estate Mabuchi express road, parked by the road side with an open bonnet, with a red triangle at the back was a 2021 Prado Jeep.
What would make a 2021 model of a car breakdown at the middle of the road? Mechanical? Electrical? It beats me even when it is a common knowledge that a car fresh from the factory could develop fault.
Whatever could be the challenge of the car, what matters wasn’t its model and newness, the driver wasn’t also of utmost importance as well as the owner at that moment. The interior and all the exquisite accessories mattered less, even the worth of the car faded at the face of all these, making one single person relevant and indispensable, the mechanic.
Until a mechanic comes, diagnosed and fixed the fault, the driver and the entire value of the car were put out of use.
Nigeria is more like that faulty 2021 Prado Jeep, with accessories that may be topnotch but immobile.
What would a driver do with a car with engine fault? Nothing! Where would he drive to ? No where.
For decades we have had same scenario. Each election year, many come, jostling for the driver’s seat of a car that is knocked. However good such drivers may be, with stunning driving experience, such drivers would be struggling to move a faulty vehicle whose engine is bad .
Nigeria is endowed, greatly too. God is merciful to this country with all the nice weather, viable mineral resources, sadly with a fundamental engine challenge caused by the recklessness of its previous and partly present drivers.
Nigeria has been parked on the highway of insecurity, stuck at the middle of corruption, looting, nepotism etc . No driver would drive her out of these messy spots and escape the overwhelming complexity of her faulty engine, only a mechanic with a seasoned cognet experience would.
Who are the mechanics already in this race of salvaging the knocked soul of this country come2023?
Tinubu #Anyim # Umahi# Okorocha # Saraki#Osinbanjo#Obi # etc
Are these drivers or mechanics?
Get a good mechanic , he does both the job of fixing and driving for no good mechanic is without a good driving skill.
A good mechanic has integrity, very patriotic, fairness in his dealings, accountable , honest tolerance, visionary, competent, prudent, courageous with an amazing knowledge of the challenges and the technical knowhow to coordinate and fix.
Let us fix Nigeria first! A driver is far off the job description of a Nigeria of 2023, only a mechanic can.
2023 bewise
#2023 vote wisely
#2023makeyourvote