"President Buhari’s Dissonance Problem" by Reno Omokri

 

Interesting article written by Reno Omokri, read below:

How can two walk together except they agree? Now if two people cannot walk together except they agree how much more three, four or a hundred?

For any government, company, family or association to succeed, there must first be unity of purpose. This unity of purpose does not mean that everybody must agree, but it means that behind close doors the groups meets to harmonize.

Now that word, harmonize, is a much misunderstood word. Harmony does not mean that everybody has the same purpose, but it means that everybody’s purposes are brought together and through a process of give and take, a common thread is woven that encapsulates everybody’s agenda and when this is presented it produces an effect that is pleasing to the group and those it wants to serve.

Both Christians and Muslims agree that God created the entire world with His words. It is something we can all agree on and in agreeing to this, we agree that words are creative. They created the atmosphere of the world and they will create the atmosphere of our individual worlds.

This being the case, we have to be careful, very careful, about the words we speak because if we agree that information is power, then the management of information is power and its mismanagement is weakness.

So often, many of us do not realize that the words that emanate from a leader and his surrogates must have credibility because those words affect everything within the domain of that leader. Every word that emanates from a leader is a promise.

Don’t believe me? Try to get the British Currency. On every British Pound note you will find this promise ‘I Promise to Pay the Bearer the sum of’ £5, £10, £20 or £50.

The promise on the British Pound is made by the Queen of England who happens to be the Head of State of the United Kingdom.

There is nothing inherently valuable about the paper the British Pound is printed upon. It has no intrinsic value. If you eat the British Pound you will get sick. If you dye it so that the promise made by Queen Elizabeth II is no longer legible, it will lose its value.

The value of the British Pound is tied to the promise made by The Queen. The reason the British Pound is one of the most valuable currencies in the world is because people trust the promise made by the Queen.

All over the world, currencies are only as valuable as the person of the sovereign or head of state making the promise.

So for instance, if it becomes known today that the Queen says one thing about Britain and the British Prime Minister says something different, that credibility crisis will have an immediate effect on the value of the British Pound and the total capitalization of the London Stock Exchange and the FTSE 100 index.

Now, the current occupants of the seat of power in Nigeria do not seem to understand this dynamic.

Since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office as President of Nigeria, there has been a remarkable dissonance within this government. The President says one thing, his spokesmen say another and other high officials give a completely different take. What is going on?

Let us take the issue of Boko Haram. It was not too long ago that a perplexed nation woke up to read headlines which screamed that the President pontificated that Fulani herdsmen came from Libya!

Well, if that is your story, then absurd as it is, you must stick to it. But hardly had we gotten over the statement by the President before we were regaled with another claim, this time by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai,

who said “some of these herdsmen that are attacking communities across the country may have some affiliation with the Boko Haram terrorists.”

That sent shock waves down the length and breadth of the nation. What are we dealing with here? Herdsmen or Boko Haram, we really do not know!

And then, to cap our confusion, the minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, amazingly told us “herdsmen move from everywhere, from Mauritius or anywhere. You can’t stop them”!

This all happened within a space of two weeks!

Alhaji Lai Mohammed and current World 100 and 200 meter champion, Usain Bolt, actually make me believe that people’s names actually affect their destiny!