“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing”
Uncategorized Add commentsVoltaire the French Poet, Philosopher and dramatist in his odyssey called Candide advocates having travelled the whole world, suffered wars, pestilence, mishaps and adventures that all one can do is “cultivate our garden” that is to take care of that which is placed before you.
Hello you all, I’m just back from Nigeria the country of my heritage, what an experience.
The charity is flourishing with great people working hard to alleviate poverty in the local rural communities. I have some great pictures of a small Garri (local starch like food product) processing factory, an innovative fashion industry programme, micro finance success stories and the foundations of two hospitals which my charity TACT (The Akabusi Charitable Trust) aim to get fully functioning by 2014 as a PCT (primary care trust) plugging the gaps in medical service not being attending to by the local government at this moment in time. I would love to write more on that and will surely post more on the progress of my work in Africa in a later blog but it is to another issue I wish to refer today.
Kidnapping is rife within South/South and South East part of Nigeria. The local War Lord’s and turf Baron, have added another department to their organisation. An international Nolloywood (Nigerian contemporary of Hollywood/Bollywood) star was abducted and held for ransom. He was set free four days later and a small ransom of N12.5 million £50k was reportedly paid for his emancipation. Surprising he was quoted as saying that he had been treated well with respect and that his abductors had said that this was their last resort. They apologies for the inconvenience to him but pointed out this was their only way of getting a slice of the national cake. Corruption throughout society meant to them that the infrastructure did not exist where they could go to school graduate from university and expect to use their talents and be gainfully employed in contributing to society’s national building programme while advancing themselves and their family’s goals.
The lesson I have learned is “When the King is corrupt a nation perishes” Proverbs 29 v 4, the problem in Nigeria like most African countries is a problem of leadership. The global banking crisis shows us this is a virtue lacking in the first world too.
I am one but I am not the only one. I am reminded that I am but one person however I am not the only person and Edmund Burke the conservative philosopher and politician said, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing”. Whether I am a good man or not is debatable but what is not up for discussion is me standing by the wayside and doing nothing, I’m not the only one and I thank you and many like you who stand in the gap where ever the services are deficient and do your bit to attend to our garden.
God Bless
Kriss
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Hi Buster, English was never my best subject at school and we did not get taught philosophy or principles of correct thinking, so it will be easy to find gaps in my muses. This said I did not set out to write an in depth thesis rather to up load my thought processes which can be scary at the best of times. I do thank you for you contribution, getting a reaction is flattering in and of itself and will be a stepping stone to better prose as time develops.
Kindest regards
Kriss