Chapter 08: Nigeria is slouching towards Gomorrah
Date: July 18, 1998: this researcher had a second consultation with Gen. Ojukwu at his historic Enugu capital- 4 Isiuzo street, Independence Layout. His palace was tinged with wartime ‘memorabilia’. Some of the Biafra War Lords were in his massive office pleading with the general over their ill-fated military passion.
I had the first access into Ojuku’s diaries and the War Archives- historic records!
Gen. Ojukwu appeared disheveled and distraught. Three major national problems were his concern: benefits for the War Lords, public corruption within the Bureaucracy and prostitution in major cities of the Republic.
The general was rapidly losing his eye sight, but he was most concerned with the prostitution and its debilitating consequences. …show more content…
But why did the prostitution get so pervasive? Is our generation addicted to prostitution?”
“Too much money, too much ‘I don’t care’ attitude, too much lassitude and too much laissez- faire philosophy, too much moral depravity.” Ojukwu wondered.
“And I suspect we have too many nymphomaniacs in our society.”(Ojukwu)
“The inescapable fact is HIV-AIDS is alive and well. We should ot turn a ‘blind eye’ on the problem and it respects no one.”(Ojukwu).
“How about the use of condom, or can our people practice abstinence?” Ojukwu laughed; “my sons scorned at me when I suggested the use of condom and abstinence . Even, condom does not guarantee anything 100%. It boggles my mind that people choose to take risk daily.”(Ojukwu). He signaled one of his ADC’s to bring him his portfolio.
“Dr.Dikas, this is a poem by my wife, Bianca. The poem is pertinent to the issue we are talking about. That’s her contribution to the war against prostitution in Nigeria and the
Date: July 18, 1998: this researcher had a second consultation with Gen. Ojukwu at his historic Enugu capital- 4 Isiuzo street, Independence Layout. His palace was tinged with wartime ‘memorabilia’. Some of the Biafra War Lords were in his massive office pleading with the general over their ill-fated military passion.
I had the first access into Ojuku’s diaries and the War Archives- historic records!
Gen. Ojukwu appeared disheveled and distraught. Three major national problems were his concern: benefits for the War Lords, public corruption within the Bureaucracy and prostitution in major cities of the Republic.
The general was rapidly losing his eye sight, but he was most concerned with the prostitution and its debilitating consequences. …show more content…
But why did the prostitution get so pervasive? Is our generation addicted to prostitution?”
“Too much money, too much ‘I don’t care’ attitude, too much lassitude and too much laissez- faire philosophy, too much moral depravity.” Ojukwu wondered.
“And I suspect we have too many nymphomaniacs in our society.”(Ojukwu)
“The inescapable fact is HIV-AIDS is alive and well. We should ot turn a ‘blind eye’ on the problem and it respects no one.”(Ojukwu).
“How about the use of condom, or can our people practice abstinence?” Ojukwu laughed; “my sons scorned at me when I suggested the use of condom and abstinence . Even, condom does not guarantee anything 100%. It boggles my mind that people choose to take risk daily.”(Ojukwu). He signaled one of his ADC’s to bring him his portfolio.
“Dr.Dikas, this is a poem by my wife, Bianca. The poem is pertinent to the issue we are talking about. That’s her contribution to the war against prostitution in Nigeria and the