A few years ago, big-mouth Mugabe declared that “Nigeria and Nigerians are very corrupt”. He was right. Nigerian leaders do not have good testaments about probity, but Mugabe, a pot diving into the pool of name-calling claiming the kettle is too black to exist, is the godfather of global corruption. In the forever Hall of Shame, he will be one of the most heavily-credentialled African leaders among thousands in the annals of history. Mugabe once dipped his hands in the treasury of the government and hauled out three million pounds lavished on his only daughter’s wedding. His perpetuation in power was largely sustained by the country’s natural resources including gold and remarkable diamond deposits. Side-by-side with his second wife, Grace, the couple was named among 56 Zimbabweans implicated in corrupt activities which have fleeced the country of billions of dollars at the expense of the general populace. Grace was fingered in the VIP housing project in 1995 when she, alongside top Zanu-PF hawks, grabbed houses meant for low-earning civil servants in the “pay-for your-house scheme”. The disgraced husband of Grace, up till last Tuesday, couldn’t account for Z$7bn 1999 Harare airport expansion deal. Some people in the probe committee mysteriously disappeared, and in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, opposition voices were silenced every week. Seventy five per cent of the land in Zimbabwe is reportedly owned by Mugabe, his family, and his cronies; and his ham-handed effort at land redistribution sent the economy into a free-fall as inflation in Zimbabwe remains an astonishing 1,700 per cent a year. Eighty per cent of the working-age population is unemployed. Basic foodstuffs and fuel are unavailable as Zimbabweans fled their country in large numbers. Zimbabwe under Mugabe was ranked 157th out of 177 countries in Transparency International’s 2013 corruption perception index. Why are human beings greedy? Why are we not satisfied with what we have? Why do we criminally and illegally crave for more, and more, even when we already have enough? In his grave, it is hats off to Nelson Mandela of South Africa who chose to serve only one-term of five years as the first Black President of the country. If Mandela had chosen to perpetuate himself, he probably could have got a global approval because of the sacrifice of 27 years behind the prison wall he had made to free his people. But, he gave up power! And his name is beautifully etched in the bowels of history. Whatever is designed to start is designed to stop. There is a time to stay onstage, and there is a time to get off the same. Men will shower praises in a loud ovation, but a wise man must have an understanding of the times. Ovation, my friend, is like a vapour that appears for a season and then disappears as if it never existed. Whether it is political, royal, business or otherwise, no creature is the inventor of power. They only exist to use it for the good of humanity as yielded to them by their Creator, the sole Controller of power. Anyone who knows the appropriate time to make a move is the son of Issachar! They will never TIME OUT. Power is not an exclusive family right or an unending lineage entitlement. If you have it, enjoy it not as a phenomenon that will last eternally. It may be scheduled to last one day, one month or 10 years, but the evanescent nature of power is incontrovertible. No matter how sweet and long, nothing on earth lasts forever.No man can outlive or outlast a community of people over which he holds a temporary control and authority. Power, when it runs its full course, has a terminating point. It is transient and God-given. Bye-Bye, Bobby Mugabe! You came to power with fame and grace, but today, you shed off power in shame and disgrace in the company of an ungracious wife called Grace. It is not a great way to end a story that began well. To Receive SKYTREND NEWS Alerts On WhatsApp, Add 0802 739 7554; For Adverts Enquiries, Whatsapp 0802 739 7554, Send Articles & News Stories To editor@skytrendnews.com. Punch Newspaper READ ALSO! First Bank’s Appalling Customer Service And Utter Disregard For Its Customers READ ALSO! Between GoDaddy And Namecheap: Making The Best Choice For Domain Name Registrar READ ALSO! Google Developing New Tools To Enhance Article Search For News Publishers On Subscription READ ALSO! The Hurdles Nigerian Youths Must Cross By 2019, By Dele Momodu READ ALSO! The Internet’s Future Lies With Its Next Billion Users — Sundar Pichai, Google CEO READ ALSO! Nigerian Filmmaker, Zuriel Oduwole Makes Forbes List Of 100 Most Influential African Women READ ALSO! Woman Marries Her Son After Getting Pregnant For Him READ ALSO! Smartphone Sales Fall As Samsung, Apple Consolidate Market Share READ ALSO! The Smart CEO: Top 5 Websites To Get Cheap Domain Name Registration ]]>