The Trinitarian Social Service

deally and basically, governance sits comfortably on the tripod of effective all-round social service delivery of water, light and roads to the citizenry. Like the Trinitarian God, which is the divine union of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit in one God according to the Christian religion; the Trinitarian Government especially in Nigeria is the union of the federal, state and local governments according to the Nigerian constitution. The Trinitarian social service is the union of water light and roads in service to the people aptly called social service which is a must by government worth the name and knows its unions. Essentially social service is a service that is necessary for society to work properly and is provided by the government / or supported by government money.
Just as Trinity strengthens faith in God, and has given redemption to mankind through His salvation work of trinity so also does a responsible government stand stoutly strong and tall on the tripod of his ability to provide the three basic social services of potable running water, uninterrupted electricity and paved motorable roads as a matter of top priority should by the special grace of government be the people's in fullest measures. In ideal situation in the advanced countries of Europe, America and even the fast developing countries of Asia- (the much celebrated Asian Tigers), “Trinitarianism” of social service is a must, a sine quanon to the people for the masses must be guaranteed 24 hours water, electricity and paved pot hole free roads that are of invaluable service to the people all year round. In highly civilized societies, the provision of aforementioned utilities is not negotiable and debatable, hence the attractive high standard of living enjoyed by the citizens of these countries.
In Africa, these utilities are guaranteed and readily available in the Arab states of North Africa. While in tropical Africa south of the Sahara these are sure and certain only in the Republic of South Africa the hitherto apartheid enclave. The availability of all this social service in these Africa countries could be traceable to their long history of relationship, proximity / or their close and remarkable affinity to the countries of Europe, America/ or Western standards. In tropical Africa i.e. countries sandwiched between Arab North Africa and the Republic of South Africa derogatorily called the “JUNGLE” by developed countries, the home of blacks popularly called black Africa, impliedly as per their skin colour and complexion there's complete and total black-out of these utilities in many countries irrespective of the fact that these facilities had been introduced to them and were working during the colonial era and shortly after their independence.
Regrettably, for the almighty Nigeria- the largest concentration of black people in the world with her population hovering around 150 million people in West Africa, the situation is an apology as it is traumatic, except in the North where the Northern states are so conscious and meticulous and work tirelessly to make sure that of the three utilities, water is made available to the masses may be because of their location in the fringes of the Saharan desert, and failure by the governor to provide “the water of life” can bring down such a government that monkeys/ tinkers with this essential resource; little wonder the entire landscape is littered with dams and hug sophisticated water works capable of pumping and supplying millions of liters of water daily to the public. For the other two utilities apart from their fluctuating hydro- electric light which is the sole responsibility of the Federal Government, their breath- taking roads both federal and states are smoothly paved if they must beat the vast distances between towns and cities. In the South, the south west and South East live in a world of fantasy regarding social service as their roads are riddled with potholes, light and water very infrequent and far between. South West and South East can better be described as home to generating sets including the popular “I beta pass my neighbor” and boreholes indeed “ the home of independent [power plant and borehole owners” and their acquisition is a thing of pride and index of wealth. For the South South, though very rich potentially is a region exploited used, abused and reduced to nothingness by the powers that be indeed has nothing to show regarding social service despite the billions of dollars taken from and sunk in the region. As for roads they had better paddled their canoes and trek on their bush tracks, as for light, their brilliant sunshine and flared gas light are enough to illumine the environment and for water their seas, rivers borehole and copious rainfall are their portion and sufficient to them.
Yeah! Government all over the country in general and the south/ south in particular by being CASUAL or not committed to the holistic provision of basic social service have in installment failed to appreciate the sanctity of human lives and the surest way of getting at this is by optimizing / or maximizing efforts in this direction in order to shed the undignifing toga called slum especially urban slum, for as reported in the recent United Nations' Journal on World Habitat and Environment more than 200 million Africans live in urban slums around towns/ cities with the bulk of it in West Africa and Nigeria in particular. From the foregoing stunning report, social service is a must do for any responsible Government and any Government that is in default or not forthcoming in this wise is a sociopath and indeed a roundabout; for in governance that has what it takes, social service delivery lives and reigns in the unity of uninterrupted light, potable water and motorable roads, one responsible Government forever and ever. Amen.

Anamekere Bassey wrote in from Nsit Ibom LGA