Thursday, October 8, 2009

"Chop a Chop" has ruined our country

"Chop a Chop" has ruined our country. We are in the survival mode because of extremely high unemployment and little or nothing for hard working Cameroonians to look up to. I do not want to list all our problems, for we are all aware of them.
How did we dig such a deep hole? Why have we not been able to come out of it? Who is to blame for our present predicament? Some say, La Republic. Others say our leaders. Some point to colonization. Few point to our "Chop a Chop culture" If there is personal benefit to me, the law can be broken to further my course. "Everybody" is doing and so it is OK. If I do not "chop" my own share of the National cake it is going to be taken by others. That is why during elections votes sell for as little as a bottle of beer, a few grains of rice and some palm oil.
Why do we always look for a quick fix to patch our problems? No wonder we are were we are.Who is circulating this letter and what do they intend to achieve? It is sad that most Cameroonians are ready to sell a piece of the fatherland to achieve their own selfish gain. Every Tom,and Dick, Jack and Jill, rush to the US, cook up all sorts of lies in the name of getting papers. They do not care about their actions on the rest of the country. Shame on all who point fingers at others, but are not better then those they are castigating.
It is common knowledge that most Cameroonians who declare political asylum do so because of economic reasons. Getting political asylum is a temporal fix. My concern is that most of the asylum seekers are influenced by the "Chop a Chop culture". As such we will continue to lament in our present predicament. There is need for a fundamental change in our attitude towards our laws. We should not use "short cuts" to solve our problems.

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