THE ‘MYOWNIZATION’ SYNDROME IN OUR SOCIETY

By Abraham Olusegun Adeleye Let’s take a queue from Jesus Christ. Reading through Mark 10:35-45 "...at that time: James and John the son of Zebedee came forward to Jesus and said: teacher we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you. And he said to them: what do you want me to do for you? And said to him, grant us to sit at your right hand and one at your left in your glory. But Jesus said to them, you do not know what you are asking.... But, whoever would be great among you shall be your servant and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all, for the son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." QUESTION TIME: Why did they asked for just the two of them and not for the ten who were with him? Is it that they were not sure of their faith? Is it fair to presume that, Jesus hasn't done the needful? It’s more of greediness than sceptic .it is more of egotistic interest than genueity. There arise among many questions is, would Jesus have done the way of the flesh? Would Jesus have allowed favoritism to take even-distribution in his judgment? No! The simple view of rivalry so to say, has long being part of us. Take for instance; there is this report of GEJ been humiliated even by the low rank politicians while serving as Deputy Governor under Alamco. He never reacted but, maintains his humble fit. Maybe, years after someone from far away saw that quality in him and elevated him to the highest position in the land. Those who greedily run after positions in our society are doing so to curry favour for themselves. The situation in our society today is far from being real as the same as Jesus Christ. We have been forced to adopt Bishop Kukah theory of 'MYOWNIZATION'. The simple reason why we have to agree that, what we have today is eyes service to the people or oneself. Haven’t those who are to serve us only interested in their pockets? Have they not being throwing banters at us to dazzle with as we keep the blind-folded-ness while they have their ways? If truly lobby is the rightful, must the perceived or marked evil ones scale through at the expense of the downtrodden? The recent Ministerial screening is one of the biggest jokes of the century. The time to ask meaningful question(s) is now. We must all stand against the dreaded evil in our society. The favoritism must stop. The battle against ‘selectivisim’ corruption fight must stop now in our society. THE AFTERMATH: The rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer. The ordinary men on the street can't afford to feed on $2 per day while some are eating abundantly. The children of the poor are being shut out of schools because of the unbearable admission charges, acceptance and school fees and hostels accommodation (if any). Then, the less paid-unmotivated lecturers are being forced to force text book on the neck of the students. Then years after graduation and successful youth Corp services, many among the teeming populace still wander about the street. Still, they visit the newspaper stands. Still, browsing the net looking for the jobs that are not there. Those job that might have been shared among the who is who while the sons of the poor men keep writing, applying and attending 'ARANGEE' interviews. Oh, shit! Then, the civil servants who are privy to disappear billions from the government cover through their superiors are being forced to engage in illicit act. They are been subjected to indecent acts even at the expense of their subordinates since the hope of living better after 35years of meritorious services has been dashed. Their predecessor who served whole heartedly is passing through hell. Still, the question time isn't that important in our agenda since we seemed get fit with myownization syndrome. Unless something better is done, the society may remain the same years after now. So far, what we have is eyes service, myownization and who cares syndrome! Abraham Olusegun Adeleye Writes from Okemesi Ekiti