At the time of writing the essay titled, "Nigeria: When the Untouchables are in Charge," published on Friday, October 18, 2018, I have not seen the Vanguard Newspaper expose' on Maina that is reproduced below as well as the preceding story. I reproduced them verbatim, because they did substantiate, and, in fact, add invaluable flesh and insights into my views about Maina, as well as all the Mainas of the Nigerian Federal Civil Service.
As the culture is, these folks, appropriate the wealth via their unbridled accessibility to power. They exercise dominion and control over the wealth. They distribute the wealth around and among substantial influential members of our MDAs. In the process, they enlarge their relevance and prestige to the delight of greedy beneficiaries, thereby consolidating their hold on power - using your wealth, our wealth. Because everybody is participating in the looting and in the sharing, no one is complaining and no whistleblower on sight, but at the peril of Nigerian institutions.
Maina asked and was given the authority to manage Billions of our money to take care of our retirees. He never did. He went about sharing the money, erecting palatial mansions for himself and his family members, and sponsoring his children to universities overseas. Once, he ran away, but came back miraculously, and was reinstated. Only in Nigeria.
If you have been worrying your minds, questioning endlessly how it is possible for Nigerian Civil Servants to pay the school fees and the associated bills of their children in American Universities with cash, maybe it is time you relax your brain.
Some of them cherish the culture of embezzlement, doing it alone, without getting anyone involved. And some just withdraw and share among themselves from time to time, doing so openly. And those in the latter category are the untouchable Mainas of Nigerian leadership.
Maina was just overtly overzealous, moronic, and morbidly infatuated with the mindset of "I am a Northerner, I can do anything, and I have immunity." And that's why he is in trouble today. There are thousands of him in our public service and in the Armed Forces. They embezzle with impunity.
Finally, fighting corruption demands more than unearthing the frauds and apprehending those behind them. It requires diligent prosecution, forfeiture, sentencing, and imprisonment. From all indications, we are not there yet. And that is the Nigerian story, and some call it a tragedy.
Ehi Aidaghese
As the culture is, these folks, appropriate the wealth via their unbridled accessibility to power. They exercise dominion and control over the wealth. They distribute the wealth around and among substantial influential members of our MDAs. In the process, they enlarge their relevance and prestige to the delight of greedy beneficiaries, thereby consolidating their hold on power - using your wealth, our wealth. Because everybody is participating in the looting and in the sharing, no one is complaining and no whistleblower on sight, but at the peril of Nigerian institutions.
Maina asked and was given the authority to manage Billions of our money to take care of our retirees. He never did. He went about sharing the money, erecting palatial mansions for himself and his family members, and sponsoring his children to universities overseas. Once, he ran away, but came back miraculously, and was reinstated. Only in Nigeria.
If you have been worrying your minds, questioning endlessly how it is possible for Nigerian Civil Servants to pay the school fees and the associated bills of their children in American Universities with cash, maybe it is time you relax your brain.
Some of them cherish the culture of embezzlement, doing it alone, without getting anyone involved. And some just withdraw and share among themselves from time to time, doing so openly. And those in the latter category are the untouchable Mainas of Nigerian leadership.
Maina was just overtly overzealous, moronic, and morbidly infatuated with the mindset of "I am a Northerner, I can do anything, and I have immunity." And that's why he is in trouble today. There are thousands of him in our public service and in the Armed Forces. They embezzle with impunity.
Finally, fighting corruption demands more than unearthing the frauds and apprehending those behind them. It requires diligent prosecution, forfeiture, sentencing, and imprisonment. From all indications, we are not there yet. And that is the Nigerian story, and some call it a tragedy.
Ehi Aidaghese
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