AHANONU KINGSLEY BLOG

Human needs are insatiable, and so its reality incites man to a daily adventure of having to satisfy his crave, as much as the day provides. But man has been seeped in constant pursuit of the means to meet up with his everyday demand even though he knows they are not satisfiable. In his desire to try to scuttle factual reality and maybe satisfy his wants, he gathers and gathers; and yet he seeks the more to gather, because his needs remain insatiable. Man in his attempt to defy nature and amass more than the essential daily needs demand has evidently slipped to greed, and he feels safe in its scum. But then what can greed be said to be? Greed is seeking more than you need. It is the crave to have more than is required for your survival. The fact is that each day is sufficient unto itself; whatever you need for the day is made provision for by the day as its necessities beckon on you. So there is in essence no need to acquire and hoard on the basis that it is not just to suffic...

I have watched closely as the business of governance calls and the demands of politics exert. I have observed as the president responds to these issues with all the pressures they confer. He has tried to assert the needed muscle, yet it seems his efforts just seem to be on a harmonic swing.  Critically, I have looked and have assumed that surrounded with hordes of pressures -economical, political, psychological and ethical, his spirit feeds him with a willingness to weigh in on them but his body appears weaker and even weaker. The chief concern of most Nigerians as at the time President Muhammadu Buhari sought for our presidential mandate was his age. At 72, many had considered the man too old, too analogous and lacking the requisite strength for the onerous task of modern day government. But the Buhari we have now is entirely a different person; he's not only getting older -which wouldn't have been such a serious issue- but he is challenged health-wise and such a path...