The Scramble Confab

Nigerians have converged a conference to fashion the way out for a country that is plagued with not an ailment that was transferred but that of inherent maladministration. Only two days back, the social media went viral with the picture of a delegate simply enjoying the game of scramble on his computers prompting me to label it the scrambled conference.

Why the game of scramble on a computer in a public event where very serious issues are to be discussed?

First is the realization that for the man to carry the laptop into the hall suggest that he is well abreast with the dictate of a 21st century technocrat who understand the need of a changing world and has come to contribute his little quota to the emancipation of the Nigerian state. This only shows the uncut nature to which administration and leadership has been subjected to in a country where so much talent abound. His laptop status probably is to cut an ego of intimidation among members and exposes the the contempt to which majority of our so called leaders have subjected the future of this country to - a game of scramble.

If he cares to listen, two things are not contestable in this first phase of discourse. One is that in such fora, the laptop is most inappropriate except he has a notebook, iPad, tablet or others in their category and secondly, he probable is not the only one distracted from the day's proceedings as a good number of them are picking their phones helping in the search of the missing Malaysian Plane, chatting on Facebook and Whats-app and other social media. The conference is probably such a boring place for him and others in his likes who had been caught sleeping or nesting or fishing.

On the second phase of the discuss is the resort to the game of scramble. While I wont bother you with a trip down history, you will agree with me that his actions is not any different from the 1887 partitioning and scramble for the African continent by the colonialist? His actions are only a representation of the mischief of that era, now re-branded neocolonialism. 

The conference is the scramble conference for them to scramble for what they can get for themselves in the very narrow sense and for what  they can ferret out for the constituency they represent in a more stricter sense, but definitely for the Nigerian projects. After all, let the end fast, but before then, let him begin to game his bounty in the best possible way for him to get a premium. 

Scramblers, you are welcome on boards another plane earmarked for missing, FGN 14 CONFAB. Tighten your seat belt and enjoy the ride to the ocean of Nigeria dis-integration.