By Sam Amadi
Nigeria is today at a very difficult
time. The nation is witnessing the most severe crisis of multidimensional
nature. Severe economic crisis is coming at the heels of unrelenting terrorist
attack. The present administration is challenged on two fronts: defeating
terrorists and imprisoning corrupt leaders. Nigerians believe that their
country is much more corrupt than the Transparency International Index may
suggest. Corruption has become the dominant mode of public and social
interaction. Going by the allegations and recent revelations, the words of Time Magazine writer that Nigeria’s
leaders are not distinguishable from its criminals and corruption is not an
aberration but a normal mode of governance are not totally off-the-mark.
Corruption and incompetence in government have worsened poverty and trapped
politics in stasis. This is the context to understand Mr. Chido Onumah’s new
collection of essays: “We are all Biafrans”
