There are hints, yes, insinuations, that the President, if
ASUU
rejects his next (perhaps, last) offer, will forcefully open
the
Universities- and perhaps Polytechnics, since ASUP is also
on strike.
I'm forced to ask (myself), Can that happen? Will he drag
the
lecturers back to class or will he teach us himself?- I
particularly
look forward to a lecture on Schistosomiasis since he had a
shoeless
childhood.
But I answer my own question from my
recollection of nationa
l events a
mere score and two months
ago when he let soldiers loose on our
streets and shut down our (peaceful) protests against the
petroleum
product subsidy cut. Can he do that again? Can't he?
Only the weeks ahead will tell. But if history is anything
to go by,
we have a President who resorts to force once he feels he's
at the
wall. We've wondered if his is a pseudo-military regime. We
just might
get the answer soon enough- disappointingly.
As I pray it wrong the opinion that "the only lesson
men learn from
history is that men learn nothing from history", I also
pray that our
President doesn't have the Biblical Jonathan's temper- or
feel at
wall, hands on throat and choking away. For we know how that
ends.
Or do we now? With our colonial masters wondering just what
to do with
us, corrupt and rather corruption-ridden- and our rather
enticing
resources. With the former President tactfully silent- and
silentl
tact. With the Military yet waiting on the lord- and
renewing their
strength.
God help us.
Amen.
Ayokunle Adeleye.
Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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