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One program that is trending these days with wider outreach on electronic media platform essentially on channel’s television program is I witness news.
The platform had come succeeding in various ways, bringing to the fore, issues, solution, cause to investigate and confrontation,’’ of many developments that was intended to be swept under the carpet in the usual Nigerian way either because of not having platform of such or where so many Nigerians are not given opportunities of such in the past to grapple with, and projects’’ or that the avenues of such is not in existence.
Issues that may need some of us to contend with or providing solutions too, either to relive as experience to others or that which some individuals clinging in that situation and as such, may be in dire need of investigating such situation as cause to such action may warrants with having those concerned to react, firing up confrontation, redirect or change that particular situation that is refusing to yield, probably due to this perception most Nigerians still hearkened too ‘’that laws are made for the poor and not for rich Nigerians in these context’’.
Those points, no doubt still remain that some individual still have this thoughts that they can still eat there cake and have it’’ but with these kind of sterling revelation of this leaked video, projected through I wittiness account to the wider reach audience of Nigerian viewers, remained indeed another germane tool at exposing various deeds that tend to elicits various perception which eventually throws up this allegations of sorts to some individual Nigerians in IDP camp of Adamawa that were found culpable in that act. A close observation of that clip of theft allegation so revealed how comfortable those involved were in transferring reliefs item specifically rice into another bag, making it look more like product of other brand right within its ware house.
This can only come possible with the connivance of security personnel’s whose responsibilities it is, to ensure those items are safe and is being utilized for the purpose it was meant. All sides, how these corrupt tendencies and act of impunity tends to projects the state of Nigeria strata and his image at large and the major question asked by many viewers through feed backs sent.
The problem of policing remains, while the government is expected to look at the big picture of tackling these issues, these are small things individual member security agents due largely to oil their engine of thoughts of impunity. Only yesterday again, it was reported by the same channel’s television that some members of both the armed forces and the police engage its self in fracas because of this same issues.
The other day it was rebaging, now, it was fighting. Doubtless, many citizens see our security agents as an enemy than a friend. With these kind of confrontation and self-serving image video projection account, it is now ripe for law enforcement agencies high hierarchies to start by beaming its search light on all those responsible for such an act’’ .
Nigerians cry aloud every day on sundry ills of Boko haram that bedevil the nation yet, we may as well pause for a moment in sober reflection and self-introspection and individually conduct a character means test to determine the level of culpability of eating every one of us in the kind of self-destruction some of us are plunging this country’s image into? Of what significance is the presence of our security agents in ware houses of that magnitude and seeing the manner of conformability of how those criminals are re-bagging those rice items belonging to those internally displace persons?
There is a lesson here for us all, this unpardonable precedence stands to discourage other donor agencies, our image as a nation, is no doubt a thing our government must consider by showing to the world that developments of these kind must ensures the perpetrators are brought to book. should one talk about the height of disappointment that may come from those little ‘’effort’’ from the other world, where its impact is being felt already?
The account again shows how some individuals were busy re-bagging rice with another brand specifically for another purpose entirely different from what it was meant for, where the Author of the I witness reporter calls for investigation, how sad: until recently, it was also reported on channels television that the former governor of Borno state, kasshim shettima was quoted to have said that the matter be investigated. I watched with happiness flowing through my heart , sometimes late last year when customs authority told the press that there was a directive from authority of Nigerian government that every seizure of food items made should be channeled to every internally displaced persons, I was equally encouraged seeing the commitments of government at states involved , government at the center and other well-meaning Nigerians, coupled with other international organizations even recently, the united states government who was specifically represented by its deputy consular in Nigeria ,delivering containers of drug to support the Nigerian air force.
Accordingly, encouraged with the level of commitments from the medical contingents of the force in the way it has been given free medical care to those in need of medical attention in the internally displaced camp in every of its location that cuts access the north-eastern part of Nigeria. I am aware at present, what the Red Cross international statistic shows, which indicates that about twelve thousand in the IDP’s in its various locations had died because of malnutrition, starvation and hunger; it went further that about eight hundred are malnourished in Adamawa specifically.
This can be adduced to the severe situation of what they are being faced with, the limitation of medical infrastructure and other facilities that can be termed as being very low compared with what’s on the ground. Given also, the reports of ‘’international migration, which states that about two thousand, four hundred and fifty alone IDP’s was said to be in Yobe state camp specifically, talk less of other states like Adamawa and Bornu that is severely touched, the enormous resources to be used in tackling their health needs among other things is said not to be enough as result. Its hope, dreams, dangers, promises prospects and possibilities look more disadvantaged if those found wanting in those account are not showed the way out in other to serve as deterrent to others.
