Our Problems ... Shogo Oloshunde

 How I wish everybody understand and knows our problem is not PDP vs APC but Politicians Vs. Us.

When they come campaigning, the masses suffer. The masses trek to the campaign venues and in some cases, packed in busses like the sardines of the good times while they drove in fully air conditioned cars. The masses stay for hours in the sun before their arrival. And when they arrive, they stay under a podium with water tight security around them while the masses stay in the open, at the mercy of sun or rain. After their campaign which is usually brief, they leave the venue first and abandon the masses to their destiny. How the masses return become their business.

On election day, the masses suffer. The masses leave their house as early as 4, 5 or 6am to go queue up to vote. In most cases, the election materials and officials arrive several hours after. While the masses are at the polling stations, they were in their various mansions. While the masses who have queued up for hours are still waiting to vote, they walk in fully guided by security men and within minutes, cast their votes and return to the comfort of their mansions.

When they win and are sworn in, the same masses still suffer. While the votes of the masses automatically confer the right to be fed, clothed, housed, cared for, secured and almost worshipped on them, the masses suffer to get their own food, still struggle to pay their rents, are left at the mercy of criminals and hoodlums, are repeatedly harassed by the sound of the sirens and severally pushed off the roads by their convoys. The masses suffer fuel scarcity, lack of electricity, poor health care, high cost of living, insecurity, rising cost of goods etc. But they are driven around in brand new cars acquired for their use and they know not what fuel scarcity mean. By their status, the public electricity distributors accord them special recognition while the masses wait on luck.,

So, when will the masses enjoy? Why again should the masses add upon themselves another suffering by fighting each other in their support for these oppressors.

Shogo Oloshunde

5th April 2016