Nigeria and the Reactionary Syndrome

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Is Nigeria of too many talks, and no commitments..


In the aftermath of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnap in 2014, the federal government had proposed the Safe School Initiative (SSI) to significantly provide security to schools and pupils.

Apparently, it was a knee-jerk reaction of the Goodluck Jonathan's administration that was not only informed by the Chibok mishap but that of the many attacks and killings of schools and schoolchildren.

Fast-forward to December, 2020 with the recent abduction of the Kankara schoolboys, the federal government is again musing of a Safe School Program (SSP) by the Muhammadu Bihari administration.

My question, which implicatively is the basis of my angry concern is what had happened to the SSI and why was it not implemented as to have considerably stalled the recent abduction and to adequately make the reinvention of the SSP highly unnecessary?

Why are we always in the habits of continuous reactionary syndrome, not been able to apply proactive steps but to wait until when something happens and then we realize how, oh, this step, that step is needed and should be in place?

It is indeed disheartening to realize too that the need for the Safe School Program has again come up now that the ovation is high over concern of school security following the recent abduction of over 300 students of GSSS Kankara. And it will be not surprising to see how this perceived concern subtly dies down when the schoolchildren issues hushes down.

What has happened to the remaining Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in April, 2014?

What has happened to the dramatic investigation and the noise made about Pondei and his interim management of NDDC?

What has happened to the anger raised over the 116billion naira spent on just biro or pen by the Petroleum ministry?

What has happened to the case of the military involvement in the gruesome killings of policemen on national duty in Taraba state?

What has happened to the so many issues that at the point they happened had got Nigerians and political leaders alike talking, shouting and censuring as though something urgent and drastic would be taken? They're many of them, you know. What has been the resolving steps taken?

As usual.. No one is talking about them obviously because it appears to have hushed down.

And then, how are we just sure that we could ever learn and that the past actions that had been triggered by inefficient and lack of proactive steps, would not come to slap our face again?

Too many slings of inefficiencies. Too worrisome!

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