Posted by 9jabook.com on November 13, 2008 at 11:01pm
9 out of 10 Nigerians
Fellow Nigerians, we have come again with our various issues and peculiar problems. The long suffering we have endured under years of military and other forms of government has seriously affected and judgment and level of reasoning. I say other forms of government because I know for sure we do not have a proper system. After all, our president has accepted that they system that brought him in was seriously flawed. 9 out of 10 Nigerians strongly do not believe that there can be anything good out of what we have. Adams Oshiomhole has been sworn in as the Governor of Edo State. This is long after April 14, 2007 polls where he was declared the loser. Even the March 20, 2008 win at the Electoral Tribunal had to wait for the November 11 declaration by the Appeal court. I always knew that Admas was one day going to be declared winner even though everyone said it would never happen. A couple of my friends said ‘this is Nigeria that nothing will ever change’. I really wonder what Maurice Iwu has to say about this. If Iwu has any dignity (a word that does not exist in Nigeria) he should apologise to us all and resign from office. Same was also the case before the US elections, 9 out of 10 people said a black man can never rule America. Whether Obama makes it to January 20 or not does not change the fact the he has made history and this only came as a result of dedication, commitment, character and hard work. Before we go to far, the Headline in today’s papers say that Nigeria’s N40bn Satellite is missing in orbit. The Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat 1) was launched 18 months ago. The Satellite was said to have issues with its solar panels. For all we know it may have shut down completely. Well we can make an excuse for our government after all NASA has lost a couple of space shuttles. Lets wait and see what the outcome of the next Federal Executive Council meeting would be on this issue. We haven’t heard any update on the issue of Miss Uzoma Okeke and her ordeal with the Naval ratings attached to Rear Admiral Harry Arogundade. I read some days ago that his family was complaining why this case should be such a big deal. I wonder why it should not. What right do those men have to beat up and abduct the lady. They should be charged separately for abduction. Also, does the convoy have any more right to the road than she does? After all it is our country. Well, we are waiting for Air Chief Marshall Dike’s report on this issue. I find all these chain of events very interesting and very funny. Sometimes I can’t help but wonder whether this country is a joke. The list of items are so numerous; • How realistic is the December 2008 deadline for gas flaring. What will happen if it is not met? • What is the state of our universities, secondary and primary schools? • Power? That is a different ball game all together. • Do we really have a minister of transport? The roads are something else. • SON – Standard organization of Nigeria. Do we need SON, since all sorts of substandard products are displayed openly in stores today. • Ministry of Health is obviously non existent – we have shit holes for hospitals even in Abuja • Agriculture is still in shambles. • Emergency services are non-existent. Need I go on? I am sure the list can go on forever. Among the governors it is the same business as usual. The Lagos state governor seems to be the only person who understands what governance is all about. We pray Comrade Adams will follows same ad do even better. For once, we have seen the peoples mandate win. It is not America that needs the change that is coming with Obama, we in Nigeria seriously need that change. Obama is not going to be here for us, so we will need to find it ourselves. So for my 9 out of 10 friends who are so caught up in the way of Nigeria, I say to you that we will make a difference and we need to start now. We must not accept anything less than the best!!
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