Crisis-ridden atmosphere has been disseminated across the globe, it has now become contagious humanity stands on a precipice posing unending threats to lives. Humanity is fast moving to the edge, on a verge of brink due to the crisis of different objectives which have taken the order of the day. The recent bomb attack in Gaza hospital of Israel-Hamas war is the summary of the dire situation of humanity, lives lost are never going to be recovered, those who survived will carry along them survivor guilt, with permanent scars that will never be erased. The whole escalation could be down to leadership failure, and it tends to ask the question of interest, where does interest truly resides, whether it resides with the masses or the elites.
It is world plagued with crisis of different nature which is very antagonistic to humanity, ranging from territorial wars, economic wars and total breakdown of law and order in the society. This is far from sustainable world, if the crisis persist it is only a time before it can outburst, the demonstrative nature of the situation is very conspicuous and people are overly sad. It is further pushing humanity on a precipice, when the crisis erupts there is always halt and livelihood which runs in to chaos leaving people starkly disengaged and disoriented from the normal way of life, plugging into humanitarian crisis.
In Africa, the situation is damaging people are getting impoverished every single day, it is largely a dimmed hope for young people, the escape route is very slim and young people are getting chucked off. The economic war is taking a deep toll on the continent, young people don’t only have disbelieve in the African system but also the leadership, which is the root cause of the crisis, that’s where also the question of interest is asked again, because people are not represented as they should be, if you look at the policies that have been made, they utterly jettisoned interest of the people.
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President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia, rejected a proposal to buy cars worth $1.8 million for his entourage, after he won an election in August 2021. His arguments were “Are you using public money to buy a Toyota V8 for the mayor? That V8 for the mayor can put toilets in all your markets in your constituency. Think along those lines, you cannot afford V8, so why do you want to pretend because you are using taxpayers’ money?” President Hichilema is conscious enough to assert that government officials ought to drive good cars but not necessarily V8. This is direct contrast of Nigeria situation, where 360 lawmakers will get SUV each worth about N160 million, while they are reluctant to implement N30,000 minimum wage for civil servants, this is barbaric and modern day evil on humanity.
