LET'S STOP THIS

Since the release of the personal bio of literary icon Prof. Chinua Achebe 'There was a country',it has been greeted with divergent views.The book described Chief Obafemi Awolowo as a power grabbing monster who committed genocide to win the despicable civil war.But the question is,is this necessary?of what importance is this book to nation building?How is this book going to help us grow as a nation?

At a time like this,when our collective existence is threatened by ethnic and religious crisis,I don't think it was the best decision to publish this book.An elder statesman like  Prof. Chinua Achebe should realize this.He ought to know that he is revered by a huge number of people and many people would always buy into his views .We shouldn't be made to remember the ugly incidences of the civil war.

The uproar this book has caused shows how backward we are as citizens of Nigeria.It has shown that we are not Nigerians instead we are citizens of our various ethnic group.You see supposed 'Elder states men' supporting their tribes instead of coming out with the truth.This is bad for a country like Nigeria.There is no way we can make progress in conditions like this.

What are your views on Prof. Chinua Achebe's book?

WHEN WILL WE HAVE CONSTANT LIGHT?

Ever since Nigeria got her independence in 1960,we have never generated above 4000 mega watts of electricity.Isn't it embarrassing for a country with an ever growing population and calls herself the giant of Africa?

Undermining the huge amount of money being invested yearly by successive P.D.P governments in the last 13 years,power seems to have worsened instead of improving.It was well documented that during the Obasanjo administration,over $16 billion dollars was spent on power yet we couldn't even produce above 3000 mega watts.This is the kind of country we live in.Nobody has been asked on how that huge amount of money was spent.

Now for the first time our power  sector is improving, the person that is responsible for the improvement,was removed for no reasonable reason.It seems the generator importing cabal that know they will go out of business once we have constant power.It also seems like our thieving politicians will never be happy seeing their non-government citizen with no money to run their generators 24/7 have constant power.

Do you think Nigeria can ever have constant power?

WHERE IS THE DOLLAR?

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IS THERE ANY END TO THIS MENACE?

Nigeria is currently passing through a very difficult time security-wise.Security hasn't been this bad since the bloody civil war,so this question arises;is there any end to this menace?
Everyday,we are greeted with news of bombings,kidnappings,maiming,lynching,stealing and assassinations which is very bad for the image of this country.We are tired of sleeping with one eye closed.
Some people totally lost hope in our security system, when it headquarters was bombed.What a disgrace.If the headquarters can be attacked bombed with little or no resistance,what about the average citizens?
And from the looks of things,it doesn't seem as if the government is ready to tackle these insecurity problems.
Some days ago, I read about a story on how the federal government signed a contract with a Chinese firm on the procurement of cctv cameras in 2010.Imagine since 2010, the cameras hasn't been been completely installed in Abuja.They continue to toy with the lives of the citizens because of their greed.Very Pathetic of our leaders.Yet they continue to say that our security is improving when the amount of bombings, lynching and kidnappings have doubled.God help us.
Who/what do think caused our current security problems?do u think there is a way out?do you think the present administration can contain this problem?
Let your voices be heard by commenting in the comments section.

NAIJA ELECTIONS

We have heard about the constant blabbing by the current administration about improvement of elections. Because we have been victims of poor elections.Poor elections has been one of the main reasons for the woes that has befallen this country.Our elections has been characterized by rigging,thuggery,killing and maiming of electorates.And if these can change,it will go a long way in changing this nation.

With Ondo state elections just few hours away, do you think our elections are really getting free and fair? or do you think it is a media stunt?

DO WE HAVE A JUDICIARY?

I just can't stop asking myself this question whenever I hear the word judiciary.It really seems alien to many Nigerians.The judiciary is supposed to be an arm of government whose aim is to interpret the law.But is this really happening?Are they really interpreting the law?what are they doing as an arm of government to curb the alarming rate of corruption?

More questions tend to surface when u try to answer questions about our judiciary.It seems that judiciary has now become a subsidiary(boys) to the other arms of government and corrupt personalities.This is evidenced on the recent conviction of the former governor of one of the southern states by the British law court.This same man with glaring evidences of money laundering(stealing) was acquitted by our law court.This is shameful.There is the case of another south-south governor who served for 8 years without any meaningful development.His case has been swept under the carpet.This is really shameful.

Those are just few examples of our judiciary's incompetence.We can write a whole book on how bad our judiciary have become that the people have decided to take laws into their hand by resorting to jungle justice.I laugh when I hear people being sentenced for stealing generators and other petty things.Why those that are responsible for how epileptic power supply are in their mansions.

You've got to ask yourself these questions, where are the subsidy thieves?what about Sen. Farouk and Otedola?Where are the pension thieves?what are our judiciary doing? do we have a judiciary?

This country must change and we need  a fair,just and completely independent judiciary for that to happen.

Share your thoughts with me on our Judiciary.Do you think our judiciary are doing enough?

DISGRACE

It is the only word I can use to describe our security network whenever i remember the words of the IG. He said that the Policemen that went to arrest the lynched Aluu 4 were chased away by the mob.

Our security network in this country is a big disgrace. This is what happens in a country where people are proud to fail. Where there is apathy in every sector of government.

I don't want to blame the IG alone, But each and every person that ought to ensure that we have an effective police force. Those people that ought to make sure our police are properly trained and equipped. It is disheartening to hear very bad stories daily of the activities of some of our poorly trained police officers. They are only seen poorly dressed,incompetent bribe-takers. Only few police officers are truly proud of wearing the uniforms. I wouldn't blame them because they are hardly retrained,poorly equipped,inadequately renumerated,they will be forgotten once they die in active service and their family would most likely suffer. They are sent with batons,to fight criminals with ak47 and machine guns. They send a police that has never seen a bomb before to detonate one. What a big joke.

Yet you see people siphoning police funds and retirement benefits to private accounts without being prosecuted.

Its a huge disgrace that from the moment the boys were beaten to the time they were burnt,our security officers could not stop them.

Somebody please tell me,what is the role of the police service commission?

LIARS

Why do they have to lie always?Will it hurt them to speak the truth for once?What do they take us for?Do they think we are fools?

These are some of the questions I ask myself when I think of the lies and continuous lies being given to the masses by the presidency on the state of the first lady's health.If it is true she went abroad to 'rest',what stops her from 'resting' in our beloved country?why must money be wasted to take her abroad?why didn't she go and rest with those suffering in Bayelsa?

Except they are obviously telling lies because it has been speculated by some news outfits that she is receiving treatment from an hospital in Germany.They wouldn't say the truth because they are the reason our hospitals are in pitiable state.Because they know that they are the reason we have substandard equipments,properly trained doctors and extremely poor emergency system.

That mean,the ordinary citizens that elected them to power will die instantly if he/she cannot travel abroad if they suffer from the same disease?Things must change in this country.

Do you think the presidency is right to lie about the first lady's health?Because I think if they didn't want anyone to know about their health,they shouldn't have bothered going to aso rock.

LET THE CHANGE START FROM US

Nigeria,why do our leaders support corruption so much?don't they have self esteem to the  extent that they have become serial thieves and liars?where did they get the conscience steal without thinking of the dying,sick,hungry,elderly,unemployed and ordinary citizens?

I have thought deeply about this and the only answer I came up with led to more questions.Which is "why do we accept and celebrate thieves?".Isn't it weird that we celebrate those that steal huge portions of our national wealth.We bow down to those that steal our billions and give us thousands in return .

These are the people that encourage jungle justice by not putting an effective policing system,by not creating an independent and  just judicial system.

But we have to change our mentality we need to stop glorifying our thieves as evidenced some years ago when some group of persons went to welcome a thief just released from prison with pomp and pageantry.That singular action alone says 'they are thanking me for stealing their money,I must steal more to get more praise'.That's it

All those must stop the benefit to be gathered for refusing a corrupt leader far outweighs the little goodies we are going to get from them.We need to start asking non-performing leaders questions

LET THE CHANGE START FROM US

IS THIS SHAKARA?OR IS THIS REAL?

The face-off between the legislators and the executive seems  to be never-ending.After the threat to impeach the president over budget implementation,now they have decided not to pass the 2013 budget over poor implementation.

It seems that they have good intentions, but we know that most politicians in Nigeria hardly have the interests of their people at heart.This is evidenced in the way  they inflate their salary of about 2 point something million to about #29 million for the reps and  more than #35 million for the senators which is alarming.A legislature where they can record a torchlight bought for #500 as#20,000?

I don't still have confidence in them to fight for the people.Because as legislators,they must live among the people, know their plights and take the thoughts of the people to Abuja.Not people you see once in 4 years.

It is obvious that our federal government hasn't done anything for the people.Everything that they said they have done is just on the pages of newspaper and in their minds.Because in the state that I live,it doesn't seem as if we have a federal government.These corrupt people need to be held  accountable for their actions.

 Do you think the legislators are right not to pass the budget? or do you think they have an ulterior motive?
They have covered our mouths for long its time to let them know our true feelings by leaving your thoughts in the comments section.

Jonathan, Sambo, Anyim to spend N1.59bn on welfare in 2013:WHAT KIND OF WELFARE IS THAT

The offices of three principal functionaries of the Federal Republic of Nigeria – the President, the Vice-President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation – will spend N1.59bn on welfare packages in 2013.

While Goodluck Jonathan is currently the president, Namadi Sambo is the VP. The office of the SGF is occupied by Anyim Pius Anyim.

Details of the budget obtained by our correspondents in Abuja on Friday showed that the three offices would spend N1.59bn on the undefined item tagged welfare packages.

The SGF office will spend the lion share of N1.07bn; the President’s office will spend N355.9m, while the VP’s office will spend N160.83m.

As at press time, it was not certain whether the welfare package stands for miscellaneous expenses such as transportation of visitors to government officials.

The 2013 budget shows that Nigeria will spend slightly less than N1bn (precisely N990.24m) in feeding Jonathan and Sambo in 2013.

This is really greedy coming from our leaders that swore to make Nigeria better.What kind of welfare is that when the yearly minimum is just #206,000.

What about the citizens too,don't we deserve welfare?

It is only in Nigeria our leaders steal without thinking of the common man

These guys just think of ways of siphoning our common wealth by giving it outrageous and ridiculous names.Only God knows the name they will give to the next one,'the president's dead grandfather welfare package' PATHETIC

What do you think about this new style of GRABBING

1 BILLION 4 FOOD?WHO WILL EAT IT?

This is the question I ask myself when i think about the money budgeted for food by the presidency. It is absolutely ridiculous that the president keeps budgeting huge amount of cash yearly just for food.When the people that voted him into office barely have 'garri' to drink,yet he is budgeting that amount just for food only?
We have watched enough as they have squandered our money on nothing meaningful.It is time to speak out when our leaders waste our God-given resources on in other countries. The people needs hospitals,schools,power,security and a sense of belonging in their own country.
Do you think we should be spending such amount of money on food for the elite,when there are other important ventures where it will be useful to the ordinary man?

SMH 4 JONATHAN

I just read dis story and  want to know your view on this issue

President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to lead top Peoples Democratic Party leaders to Akure, Ondo State, on Saturday to drum up support for the party ahead of the October 20 governorship election in the state.

According to the PDP National Vice-Chairman, South-West, Mr. Segun Oni, the President will witness the concluding stage of the party’s campaign in the state.

It is only in Africa(Nigeria especially) you witness situations like this.How can the president go and canvass for votes when is house clearly on fire?

It is situations like this that encourage do or die politics in the country.If he has so much time he should use it to tackle our problems instead of going to meaningless campaign.The reason I say meaningless is because, the presence of the president is not going to make me vote for is party.The people ought to know PDP's manifesto(that is if they have one) at this stage of our democracy

I think by this time,the president should be visiting flood ravaged areas,address why money is being released without implementation(why Benin-Ore road is still in a poor state despite the money being pumped into it yearly),why we must continue to depend on oil to fuel our economy,why we cant tackle insecurity and why we no longer believe in our justice system instead resort to jungle justice

And lastly WHY ARE THE OIL SUBSIDY THIEVES STILL AT HOME!!!

bakassi

We have heard the uproar that greeted the handing over of bakassi to Cameroun.
the questions I want you to ask yourselves is that would you allow your home to be traded ff all in the name of international peace?Do you think the federal government is right to cede bakassi to cameroun?
make your vioce heard by leaving your thoughts in the comments section

OUR LEGISLATORS

Nigeria,one of the most endowed countries but still one of the countries with the poorest set of people on the face of the earth.We decided to practice democracy because we wanted everyone's voice to be heard.
But can we call what we have democracy?We decided to send people who came from our communities who knew our plights to represent us because everyone cannot be talking at the same time.To serve as a check and balance to the executive.
But what have they done?
Let me answer that NOTHING
Instead they have been among those making the live of we the citizens worse.Did I hear you say how?
Let me give you little examples
Do you know that an average senator in this country earns more than Obama?who is the president of the most civilized country in the world?They earn 29 million naira monthly while Obama earns 5.3million naira per month.Imagine that.And they are even struggling to pay the minimum wage of #18000
 Our legislators are lazy criminals sucking this great nation dry.I have lost confidence in them.Somebody wake me when they pass a bill in which they collect the minimum wage and make legislation part time.Somebody wake me up when they pass a bill forbidding a public office holder from going abroad for treatment or "rest" as the call it.Somebody wake me up when they pass a bill compelling all public officers to send their children to public schools.
They always talk about policies but I have never felt the impact of any of their.If you have felt their use,please let ma know in the comments section
A legislator is supposed to be someone who knows his/her people,whose house supposed to be without high and mighty fences,who know the cost of transport,healthcare,food and power
Not someone that comes once in 4 years during elections to share few bags of garri,rice,tin tomatoes and beans,whose child/wife you have never seen since he went to office,who goes about in huge jeeps wit police and army
A LEGISLATOR IS A MAN/WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE
What do you think of our senators let them know our true feelings toward them

Let's build a platform that will enable us to share our thoughts and views on the news of the daily events that occur in Nigeria. I want us to make a large directory of our thoughts online to help the Nigerian government know our true feelings of their daily policies with a view, of making our great nation better.