The Jet Lag Phenomenon crept up on us like a thief in the night. At a time when economies and individuals were batting down the hatches, and cutting down on luxuries and costly goods, ventures and policies, the power-drunk Nigerian elites were - and are - buying JET PLANES! It is now a known fact that if you don't own a jet plane in Nigeria, then you really haven't 'arrived'; you're still in the junior leagues; you're crap on the wall; flesh on bones - you're nothing! So, to be SOMETHING, these collective looters of our national wealth chose to throw poo in our faces by using our siphoned public wealth to purchase jet planes, flying their raggedy asses all over the freaking place, while we struggle everyday with nonsensical policies designed to keep us from seeing what is right there in front of our eyes!
On October 26, 2012, somewhere in the capital of neighbouring Adamawa State in Nigeria, the small Cessna 208 plane with registration number 5N-BMJ, piloted by the SERVING GOVERNOR of the IMPOVERISHED STATE of Taraba, who goes by the name of Danbaba Suntai, crashed, leaving the governor and three people seriously wounded.
Then we woke up. . .
The social media became awash with the buzz surrounding the crash, with people wondering why the governor decided to change the title of his name to Pilot Danbaba Suntai - I thought he was a governor. And why he refused to employ a pilot to take the stick of the plane, opting instead to dazzle the cash-befuddled brains of his cabinet with his flying skills, at a time when pilots were roaming the dirt-ridden streets of Taraba State, desperately looking for jobs. Did the effort required to 'pilot' the affairs of the state become too much for him? Whatever it was, he ended up crashing the plane, risking the lives of three people (his doesn't really count in this context), and opening our eyes to. . .
The Jet Lag Phenomenon
Foreign countries are baffled; what're these guys doing with jet planes; what is the attraction? Even the British Prime Minister doesn't have a plane, yet several business men, governors, senators and the likes in Nigeria traverse our hallowed airspace in expensive jets, flying over the heads of the average guy on the streets who doesn't have more than $1 a day to carry on his pitiful existence. . . what is wrong with us?! Have we suddenly become the living dead, immune to the antics of our leaders, people we've entrusted with public wealth? Why can't we demand an accounting from them? Now private jets? - Enough of this crap - shit has got to STOP!
Bombadier and Hawker Beechcraft Corporations, both jet manufacturers have never had it so good, 'cos some of the jets on our airspace today are some of the best and most expensive on offer. Nowhere in the whole of Africa do we have as much private jets as we have here in Nigeria. Business moguls like Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Femi Otedola and the likes want us to really know that they're kings of the skies. Femi Otedola is said to own a Challenger Global 5000. This bird has a Rolls Royce engine, luxurious seating for 14 passengers, an interior that merits the description, "palace in the air", and it reportedly costs a whooping $51 million. Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man is said to have purchased a Challenger Global Express, manufactured in 2008, and estimated at a cost of $58 million. Bankers, oil merchants, politicians, and governors are on this evil list of jet owners; They're trying to tell us that they're too 'good' for the roads; they're saying to us; use the death traps which we created for you, while we fly overhead and watch you die.
But you know what gets my goat up in this whole messy affair is that our so-called 'men of God' have also decided to catch the infectious bug of Jet Ownership. We turn to them for solace, only to see them stepping into their own private jet planes, and we wonder: what is going on? A quick look around will show you that Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church (owner of a Challenger 604), the Late Gabriel Oduyemi of Bethel Church, and Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Church of God are all 'proud' owners of jet planes. Who gave it to them? Was it God? And now the person who started this whole debate, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor of The Word of Life Bible Church in Ajamimogha, Warri, Delta State, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, and Head of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, is now whistling the jet tune, as he took possession on Saturday, of a Canadian-made, 10-seater, Bombardier/Challenger 601 jet, when members of the congregation presented him the gift in celebration of his birthday, which coincided with his 40th anniversary on the pulpit. . . in the full glare of our dearly beloved President Goodluck Jonathan! If this is what we've come to as a nation, then I'm afraid to say this. . . we're dead!. . . we're sooooooo dead!!
Do you doubt the Jet Lag Phenomenon? Do you think I'm just rambling? OK, I'll prove it to you. A certain Telecommunications Company in Nigeria decided to run a promo in which it was to give a 'wonderful' prize to the 'ultimate' winner of the promo. The very smart marketing execs at the company put their heads together, searched around for what could pass for the ultimate prize. . . and came up with: A nice little HOUSE for the winner. . . nope, too nerdy. A great looking car perhaps. . . nope, been there, done that. A scholarship then, a land, a business deal, a contract, a wife, a lifetime supply of airtime. . . what?! No, No, No! They came up with a freaking jet (they pictured an executive jet at first, but had to scale it down later)! It just had to be a jet, like that's the problem of the man on the streets; a jet would make his life meaningful and enrich his measly existence. This just goes to show you that the elites are thinking alike; they offered a jet 'cos their corporate bigshots are fizzing around in it, and consider it the height of 'enjoyment'.
It's a virus I tell you, and the rich are feeding fat off our sweat as they try to take us down with them. . . but it's not gonna happen.
This is NOT over yet. . .
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