MONEY, LAW AND SOCIETY
By Onochiengwu Obuna
In most ancient time primitive
Social living, life was very simple
People loved to live by good example
Society was much close to nature
When men and women were mature
People then really had unique culture
People live by hunting, by agriculture
Agricultural products were minimal
Agric products were most diminutive
Production of fine crop and animal
Product’s batter was for use value
Money later came in for trade value
People then created what is money
Money really created disharmony
Money brought in much selfishness
Selfishness then killed selflessness
Nobody else wanted to be in deficit
Everyone really wants to be a cheat
This brought cheating, inequalities
This brought hardship, difficulties.
Society is socially very manipulative
Society needs to be very conducive
Society needs to be very regulative
Some are naturally very very abusive
Their actions socially very repulsive.
Society needs to be very well guided
Norms, values must be well guarded
Equity, Justice mustn’t be one-sided
Social behavior must be well guided
Society must be jealously guarded
Non should not be at all offended
Rules must be really evenhanded.
Rulers are naturally very oppressive
Men are naturally very very assertive
Women are naturally very agitative
Children are naturally very inquisitive
Slaves meant to be very submissive.
Law must not any respect persons
Everyone, Law must be bigger than
Law must be a very big leviathan
Law must be a teacher of persons
The society must learn Law lessons
Ignorance of the law is not a defense
One must be liable for any offense
Be it any of the strict liability offense
Be it any criminal or capital offense.
Some set Law as real vindictive traps
Some set law as small insect’s traps,
If only the small insects are grabbed
If Law have only small ones nabbed
If Law have only small ones stabbed,
It will create the rooms for social war
It will create rooms for societal war
It will create rooms for religious war
Will create rooms for economic war
It will create rooms for political war.
Onochiengwu Obuna Esq writes from Ifo Layout Enugu.
EDITOR
Sam Udekwe is a journalist working in the News and Current Affairs department, Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) Enugu. He is well trained in all genres of journalistic venture.
Mr Sam read Mass Communication, graduating all with Distinction in National Diploma, Higher National Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma at IMT, Enugu and Madonna University, Okija, Anambra state, as well as M.Sc Mass Communication with Second Class(Upper Division) at National Open University of Nigeria.
He is the immediate past NUJ Chairman, Enugu state.
samowailo@gmail.com
