A lot of people seem distraught with the results of our recent elections; the air is filled with angst and discontent. Some of them are even suggesting an interim government; others have resigned to the dark clouds of doom they perceive is hovering over this country. But I disagree with these people not because there is no sense in their perspectives but because l am naturally one of those people who prefers the path of least resistance to my destination. I believe growth and progress is better lf it is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Change is desired but abrupt change might bring along a crisis that can take too much from us.
I'll want to capture the cries of these people in two words: reengineer Nigeria. Reengineering is a business jargon that has to do with changing the way a business is done or ran. It comes with words like "fundamental,", "radical" and "change.'' reengineering attempt to change status quo by dealing with fundamental issues in a situation and then proffering solutions that will likely send an organization in a 90 degrees change in direction to its promise land. Sometimes the sharp turn may end in a crash, other times it proves successful but in both cases the people always bear the pains and the trauma may last longer than the benefit of the change.
Should Nigeria be a reengineered? I say a big NO. Let's keep trudging on the evolutionary path. It might be a motion at a snail-pace and relatively, to some embittered people, it is no motion at all. If only we could put things in perspectives we will see that we are no more where we use to be, we have moved forward even if it’s by an inch. No matter the flaws in the last elections we should be glad that democracy continues even if blighted by imperfections
