Is this why we steal?
They say survival instinct is strongest in man. Trust me this is true. It’s difficult to relate to this statement when you are typing from a grade one mobile phone, driving in your own car and don't ... have to worry about where the next meal will come from. When the word "poverty" is echoed, the best you can conjure is the idea of lack. This explains why most leaders can't relate to the suffering of the masses. Some few months ago, I was in the Government House of one of the Oil producing states in Nigeria. It was a meeting of the principal officers of that state. For two hours that I was in the State House, their cars were on standby. These were SUVs that gulp down fuels like a thirsty laborer whose scalp is being beaten by the scotching afternoon sun. They commute from AC to AC. It is easy to call this a sell out but this behavior is pervasive. It is damn right wicked when you consider it but guess what? You'd most ...