Friday, 2 March 2018

The Pythons From Doden Barracks

...An Allegory of the Nigerian Ordeal

By Desmond O. Agwunobi

A smart Professor friend of mine once asked, "where is Nigeria?" In order to understand where Nigeria is, I responded by painting an allegorical picture of what happened to Nigeria. Check it out below:
Several pythons that danced from the Doden Barracks to Aso Rock for several years left the socio-economic & political ecosystems of Nigeria in ruins. Those pythons continued their catastrophic dancing from the Northern Savannah to the Rain & Mangrove forests of the South. The sad story is that as they danced, their audience clapped in rhythm as they sang... As they danced, they swallowed the resources meant for the sustenance of other species of organisms and their progeny. Unfortunately, as some organisms were trying to escape the ravaged ecosystem, they became economic migrants and were eaten up by the torrid sands of the Sahara desert, others were swallowed by the raging tempest of the Mediterranean sea; while the survived ones were sold as cheap as $400 at Libya.
The pathetic aspect is that the supposedly ecological successions that took place in the Nigerian socio-economic and political ecosystem were nothing else but same pythons and their descendants masquerading as harmless creatures, claiming to be on a mission to restore an ecosystem whose integrity has been long compromised "beyond repair". Oh...from where would that ameliorative glimmer of hope come from to assuage this perturbed ecosystem?
As 2019 is fast approaching, it is time for the other intelligent organisms to come together and synergistically chase these pythons out of the system. More importantly,  let the eagles arise and defeat these pythons. Let the young eagles take over the ecosystem of Nigeria; because when the eagles are in charge, Nigeria will soar and rise to take her place in the comity of nations.
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5 comments:

  1. Yeah!! I concur..... let the eagles arise and defeat these pythons.
    Thanks for sharing

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  2. Nice write up Prof. Agwunobi. We are those eagles that need to rise and salvage the Nigerian ecosystem from the so-called pythons. Yes, we can do it.

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  3. Nice write up Prof. Agwunobi. We are those eagles that need to rise and salvage the Nigerian ecosystem from the so-called pythons. Yes, we can do it.

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  4. Yeah Dr. Auta, it is imperative for the eagles to arise!

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