Jan 23, 2011

Crime Pays In Naij. Big time.

    Pls Dont take this Too Seriously. Some truths are not so healthy unless we pepper them with sarcasm
You know one thing I have discovered is that in Nigeria crime does not pay. Yes, it does pay. Now before you rush off and say that I said that we make crime lucrative (which we kinda do anyway) just hear me out.
Why is it that when you are hustling, slinging rock and stone to make an honest living, no type of assistance comes ur way. Nothing seems to be there as an aid to your ambition, unless you are relatively well off. But just attempt and be one brand of criminal!! Omo, all sorts of windows of opportunity open up you will think u migrated to Greenland.
For instance, see how many amnesty programs are being offered to people who were militants in the Niger-Delta?  not that Im calling militants criminals or anything, cos to be honest, I feel where they are coming from. I understand the anger from watching ur land raped and getting nothing for it. But you and I know that the people who really understand these issues and the ones fighting the real fight will not be the ones taking the amnesty. Cos all that the government is offering is self-serving bullshit, so the only ones that will really take it are those ones who are just in the fight for the money. so yea, *kanye shrug*. Guess what Im saying is that many of those militants are just glorified and khakified criminals (no be me talk am oh).

Another one is this program that involved training and aid for people who used to engage in cyber-crime. Now, if I in my own right had been doing all sorts of legal work from my computer, I am disqualified. No one will offer to train you to do better. See why I said we reward the wrong things? is there a reason why those of us who have been good resisted the spirit of "Yahoo-Yahoo" cannot get things like this?  cos it seems crime is paying right now oh..they will enjoy the proceeds from their crime, and when it runs out, they will delcare amnesty, turn in their weapons and get a N50,000+ severance pay and a direct line to a new career.  Its kinda ironic, cos either way, the criminal is better off than Mr. Honest. I mean, i get how we need to get them off the streets and away from crime, but my point is for every bad guy turned amnestee (correct grammar abi?) there are a thousand good boys turned bad to expand the criminal labor force. so why not tackle d problem BEFORE it begins. Oh, i forget. Its #onlyinNigeria that cure is better than prevention.
Now, they are blaming boys for changing career paths. As my friend Laolu will say: Dem don dey madt abi?

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