“To serve our fatherland…”

Seriously, you should consider deeply when you are “called upon” or “invited” to take up any government appointment. Leaving that your well- paying job, in whatever part of the world where you were taking it easy and making cool money jèjè, to come serve your fatherland is turning into not- such- a- good- idea.

Okay, let’s try and forget Mikel Obi and Obafemi Martins for a while shall we? The former, because of a sore-throat said he couldn’t play for the Super eagles. You guessed right, Nigerians nearly ate him raw. The latter might be more patriotic though, now that his club has been relegated, but I digress.

Tom Isegohi should have smelled the coffee when Nicholas Okoye and Bernard Longe dropped Transcorp as a scalding iron. Same way Nasir El Rufai and Nuhu Ribadu should have seen the writing on the wall when Okonjo Iweala resigned and Oby Ezekwelisi dumped the Education Ministry and took up the World Bank offer.

My Gawd! Except you be professional politician, these government appointments, today you are oga signing papers and making speeches; tomorrow, you are in the back of a black maria and in the dock being questioned for offences, real and contrived.

Gerald Ilukwe, far left

Gerald Ilukwe left his job as head Microsoft, West Africa, to take up the mantle at Galaxy Backbone. I pray they don’t frustrate the young man. Ndi Okereke Onyuike was also invited from the New York Stock exchange to head the Nigeria Stock exchange. These are just a few of the brain- drain reversal efforts made by the previous administration.

chief olabode george(deputy chairman, PDP southwest)

While I am not against occupants of such offices being made accountable for their decisions and responsibilities, it’s really disheartening when one watches these professionals and technocrats, without political backbones turned into a public spectacle in whatever charade lady justicia decides whereas the real criminals busy themselves, commiting worse crimes and chanting “Justice! Justice!” Shame indeed.