Impending reckoning for treasury looters

SIR: The days of riding big fancy SUVs and throwing money around at occasions are coming to reckoning. Those who think that the Nigerian treasury is their private bank to draw money as desired should start to count their days.

Justice will be served to them like hot pepper soup. The tired excuses of the past are retired. The cleverness by some members of the law enforcement agencies that they lack fund to pursue the bandits are mere fancies to wish away their culpability. Frustrated traders in the market know that when they hear the shout of a thief, it is time to drop everything and run after the culprit.

They have clear understanding of the danger of permitting a robber to escape. He will rob again and possibly, they will be the ones to suffer from his abuse if some are not victims already.

Nigerians know very well the havoc official criminality has wrecked in their lives. Parents, that used the pittance they scratched so hard to earn to pay for their children’s school fees with high hope of giving them a better life, watch their graduates lay around in dingy couches gazing at the ceiling in hopelessness.

Meanwhile, the officials trusted with the responsibility of building the infrastructures that will enable the society grow are basking in the sunshine of abundant riches. There is no touch of conscience that they have denied the ordinary citizens a chance to feel privileged in the opportunities the country offers

They cannot find a job. Meanwhile, the officials trusted with the responsibility of building the infrastructures that will enable the society grow are basking in the sunshine of abundant riches. There is no touch of conscience that they have denied the ordinary citizens a chance to feel privileged in the opportunities the country offers. Government must accost treasury looters and put them through the drill of the law.

If they are found guilty, they must cough out the loot face punitive measures. And whatever punishment they deserve must be meted out to them. The lesson is that there is no virtue in heartlessly crushing the hope of the innocent citizens. We have to do things differently in Nigeria. Government cannot continue to be complacent about social evils and expect progress. It is against logic.