#Life101 First... of 2017

On the 31st of December, i lost a colleague. I'm going to write my tribute to Pius in a bit but news of his death hit me like, o wow 2016...

Yeah 2016 was a one of those years. I had heard the "leap year" urban legend for a while and 2016 turned me into a believer.

From scandals to deaths to career lows and more.

I had great things happen to me in 2016 but it did feel like it dragged.

So now it's 2017 and i don't want to do all that this year is a b c. But i went into the New Year full of life and optimism. It was nice to fellowship, sing, pray and make positive confessions into the New Year.

2017, what you got?

A few good men and one bad system

This is random and I'm going to try hard to make it make sense.

So this phrase, 'a few good men' crept up on me when I read a tweet praising two of our current ministers. The 'tweep' said Buhari has at least two ministers who know what they are doing.

So I thought, "maybe all we need is a few good men".

But can that work though?

I told a friend once that if a good man enters an organisation where corruption reigns supreme, that good man will eventually get frustrated. He will be fighting a losing battle because people will hate and even sideline him.

Like take how when we are anywhere but here we tend to throw things in the bin, queue, respect privacy and do better than the second we land at Murtala Mohammed airport. Then suddenly we are throwing tissue on the floor and jumping queues.

I think bad systems will ruin good men, few or not. So Nigeria really needs systems. Be it in civil service or entertainment or governance. A few good men get frustrated in a big bad system...

What do you think?