Open Letter To Reuben Abati–11 Ways To Know A Hypocrite
Dear Sir,
RE: HYPOCRISY OF TODAY’S MEN
I have read with utter dismay and irritation the article published in The Vanguard on “THE HYPOCRISY OF YESTERDAY’S MEN” and I can say that the article portrays the sheer desperation on your path to save your job and stay in competition with Okupe who is notorious for writing such lame and putrid articles. Sir, recently, you have become a perfect example of the scripture that says “Your glory, O Israel (Abati), lies slain on your heights; How the mighty have fallen!!!” You have indeed fallen from grace to grass just for filthy lucre in order to be amongst TODAY’S men…
Sir your piece was bereft of common sense as it was a calculated attack on the persons of El-rufai and Ezekwesili who are both people of integrity; even though I would agree with you that there are some persons who are frustrated just because they are no longer in power. But definitely not these two whom your article sought out to attack.
Now, Sir, let’s get down to the topic in discourse: I presume you don’t really know how to spot hypocritical people. But I can help with 11 minor tips on how to spot hypocrisy amongst homo sapiens from a mile.
Hypocrisy is when….
1. Today’s men ignore a whopping $67b question and debate, to take on a full page advertorial on newspaper pages just to convince us that the question is from yesterday’s men and as such should not be taken seriously.
2. Today’s men write a book called “MY FRIENDS AND I” before elections, based on feedback from social media and barely a year after; instead of writing part 2 of that book based on the latest reactions and feedback from those friends, turn back to pages of newspapers to describe those friends as “collective children of anger”.
3. Today’s men go on CNN live to lie about the power and security situations in Nigeria even when the interviewer and the whole world are aware of the true situation on the ground.
4. Today’s men illegally remove a sitting president of the court of appeal even when there is a counter case in court and refuse to return him to office just for the basic fact that the disgruntled men of their party have a case against the honest man for upturning their fraudulent elections. But kudos to you guys, you succeeded in killing the judiciary.
5. Today’s men lie on the pages of newspapers like you did about the airports and aviation sector that we all use and see. Today’s men even restored the license of Dana air when the families of the victims were still in tears over the carelessness of the airline.
6. Today’s men legalize corruption on a full scale by throwing the Ribadu report in the dustbin and then tasking Okupe to describe it as a lazy job.
7. Today’s men wine and dine with militants and award them huge contracts just because they are from the same region and in a similar vein, pass a life sentence on another man who is not even a militant but is alleged to be aware of militant activities.
8. Today’s men spend 3million naira a day on feeding when the average Nigerian “LIVES” on less than a dollar a day. How cruel can Today’s men be??!!
9. Today’s men want an average Nigerian to pay N150/litre for PMS in the name of subsidy removal when we are one of the largest producers of oil in the world. Today’s men wont even bother fixing our refineries.
10. Today’s men who claim to be leaders of the giant of Africa cannot even telecast the AFCON to citizens on National TV and thus allowing a parody account of a known footballer in Cote D’Ivoire describe us as the Soil of Africa that they trample on. Today’s men have embarrassed us soooo badly.
11. Today’s men who yesterday criticized all negative policies from government had a chance to join government, sold their consciences and ran to the social media, newspaper pages, and TV stations to defend clueless ideas, wicked policies and non-existent projects of their principal in the villa.
Sir I’m sure you now have a clearer idea of what hypocrisy is. Please Sir, ignore my criticism and unfair choice of words and take on the points in this letter and advice your boss accordingly that like Obasanjo, who worked with smarter minds (except that he was a stubborn man and ignored some of their intelligent counsels) he should also work with such smart minds and throw away his current cabinet filled with basic minds who think only of their bellies.
Thank you for your time sir… Tell the President that I said he should make haste as the clock is ticking fast…There is vacancy in Aso rock even before 2015…. I hear drums of revolution and I don’t know if Today’s men hear same… or are they learners?
Sincerely,
An Extremely Angry Nigerian Youth
I am @naijarevolts on twitter
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