THE PROBLEM WITH AFRICA 17

The average African blames the government for economic failure and for his failure, the government blames the past government for making things too difficult for her and the past government blames the government they succeeded and the circle of blame continues.
Then the question is who the government is? Are they aliens? They were those we selected and elected to lead us, they are the manifestations of our daily choices as Africans. The type of government we elected shows the nature of people that we are in Africa. The type of people we chose is the reflection of the type of people that we are.
The government of Africa is the expression of the average African when he is in government.
When you cheat from your small seat of authority, you’ll cheat when placed on the government seat.
You go to office very late and fill in that you came early, you missed days in office yet filled in attendance and you use your office powers to extort monies from your junior staffs etc. and yet you blame the government seating higher than you as being irresponsible while those seating below you are complaining you too are reckless.
We are the government of Africa, whatsoever we expect from the higher government; let’s dish it out to those below us. Let’s be the change we crave for.
To have a better government, it starts from how we treat our families and friends, our neighbors and staffs and those under our care. We must learn to put others first, keep to our promises, stay in queue, honor our contracts and not breaking the spirit of understanding between us and those in our sphere of life.
The man who is unfaithful to his wife, who doesn’t know how to discipline his children, who violates his contract agreements with those he has contracted, who treats his staffs badly, and doesn’t keep to his words is as bad as any government in Africa.
If we want to succeed as Africans, we must stop blaming the government for her faults and begin taking responsibilities for our own failures.
The more we blame another, the worse we become. Until we stop this blame game, we won’t move forward as Africans.
A tree gets better not from the top but from the roots, when the root is better, soon, the entire tree and fruits will be better. If we keep expecting that the change will start from the seating government, we’ll never make any headway.
Nobody is at blame for the problems in Africa but Africans. Today, make a decision to be the change that you want to see in Africa. A better Africa begins with you.

God bless you
Pastor Promise Ikpe