The Emperors New Cloth

Am I stunned, perplexed, amazed...No I am not. I am just wondering who spurned the Emperors new cloth. It was to be a lovely robe to announce his 2015 ambition and bring back the 'prodigal SouthWest' to the main stream.

It was to be worn for two days. Prayers, prophetic endorsements and declarations for 2015 and then announcements to bring back the cast away and promote national unity on day 2.

 Then the unthinkable happened. After all the guest had passed through security check there was a security breach. Suddenly in the Spirit of Pentecost Primate Akinola spoke at the Ecumenical Centre in Abuja...."you who steal the money for road construction leaving our roads in a state of disrepair, causing several accidents and untimely deaths of thousands of our people, their blood is crying to the creator. You who steal the money earmarked for healthcare delivery, thereby running down and turning our hospitals into mortuaries; you who have destroyed our educational system, because the money meant for schools never got to them; you who make laws to inflate costs included in the budget, are you listening to me?

All of you, whoever you are, greedy, arrogant politicians and officials who are in government only for what you can steal from it and virtually nothing to contribute to national development and has turned Nigeria into a wretch, repent today and make reparations and God will have mercy on you. Don't say Amen, only if you repent.'' and everywhere was silent.

But of course one of the tailors who decorated his robe for day 1 came up to defend the President not answering Amen. According to Reuben Abati, the chief tailor, it is a long standing presidential protocol that during church or Mosque services, the President only offers a fixed number of amens or amis as the case may be. "It is the same people accusing the President of not saying amen to anti-corruption prayer that would be accusing him of favouritism if he had broken with protocol and said more amens than is allowed by constitution"

Then on Day 2, after his haphazard speech that commenced with the building of a national museum and ended it with the rechristening of Unilag to Moshood Abiola University.

He was silent on corruption and terrorism and in a wrong move to placate the southwest his tailors sewed another cloth for him which was in bad taste.

Unilag like University of London and UCLA are schools that are metropolitan and should not be tampered with by any government trying hard to score a political punch.

I am ashamed and appalled at the level of the reasoning of a President who forgot that MKO was pillar of sports and democracy in Nigeria. There is already a polytechnic named after him and then there is still University of Agriculture in Abeokuta that can be named after him.

Why can't a new currency be named after him or the Abuja stadium? If the University of Lagos was listed on the stock exchange its shares would have fallen drastically. There is a lot with branding and Jonathan has again shown that he and his tailors/weavers lack common sense.

Please who is helping our President weave new robes...

protesters in UNILAG now MAU