Dear my
country people; comparing jonathan regime to buhari’s will not make Nigeria
better than America. We must come together as one, list out our problems, draw
out a map of solution and define means in achieving the set goals…
As a Nigerian
I have sat and list out some problems and propound my solutions so that we
could have a better Nigeria for generations to come…here are the problems
below….
Hunger and
Unemployment
Hunger and
unemployment are one of the major causes of this country headache. When there
is unemployment the economy of the country cannot rise. During the era of former
president Shehu Shagari £1 equals 20 naira. If not for former president Jerry Rawlings
of Ghana, 70% of Ghanaians could have still be residing in Nigeria today. Let
sit and think as a nation, A man whose job is lost, whose wife shop is been
sealed-up by local govt. tax collector for permit and whose landlord just
served quit notice will you insult and he will not jump up and ready to fight
you to death. There is a saying that says “a hungry man is an angry man”. There
is so much killing in every part of the country in the north boko haram is
terrorizing our people, in the south the Niger Delta Avengers are destroying
the nation’s resources, the Fulani herdsmen are killing innocent souls all over
the country still the government have no solution for us.
You
can never see a millionaire become a vigilante in his community or sees him
throwing stone at other people’s windows. An idle man is the devil workshop, an
unemployed youth that is invited to steal from other people or wreck havoc to
the society will not say no because he or she knows something monetary or
materially will come out from there. Will a man who just built a 3 bed room
flat, whose children are in good schools, whose job keeps busy have the time to
join the vigilante group not to talk of the various groups disturbing the peace
of the country. Let’s look at a situation where by a fight is about to start in
a party, you will see a rich man getting up and making way to get to his car or
the nearest safe place because he has so many things to protect but when a
bottle is been broken beside a poor man he sit comfortably and feel relaxed and
positions his own emptied alcohol bottle beside him to defend his self or to
make the situation flame more. That is the situation of poverty in the country.
Let’s assume we have 200 million people in Nigeria, why can’t the government
give each person a million naira in form of cash, loan, grant, capital,
scholarship, training and so on…. After that step I am so sure we will still
have more than enough remaining inside the nation’s treasury.
The deceit
of the government both past and present
How did
boko haram come into existence? How and where did boko haram, Niger delta
Avengers, Fulani herdsmen and opc get their weapons and ammunitions from? If the government claims they don’t know or
have any idea that means we are in serious trouble and we don’t have a
government then. Some aggrieved strangers or a group of lunatic psychopath
might just decide to pickup arms and start
to attack and kill innocent Nigerians including defend less mothers and
children in the name of an unjustified cause they believe in. we believed, is
God that brought president Muhammad Buhari into power back. Can someone remind
the president of his campaign promise and also ask him are we truly
experiencing the change he promised us.
The
legislative arm of government
The
Nigeria legislature is unarguably the most expensive legislature in the world.
The personal cost of operating the legislature and running the affairs of the
legislature is simply mind boggling. Here is a federal government whose annual
budget is virtually consumed by recurrent expenditure. Our legislative do not
care about the wellbeing of the common man, since sworn in of this 8th
assembly no significant breakthrough have been made. They are only concern
about their salaries, allowances, bonuses and committee membership. The like of
Senator Dino Melaye has raise questions from the public and in the
international community about the integrity, core values, seriousness, and
moral uprightness of this set of lawmakers. The emergence of Senator Bukola
Saraki as the senate president has brought more harm than good to the country.
Since his emergence there have been so much distraction at the upper chamber of
the assembly, the presidency have vowed to remove the deputy senate leader who
is a member of the opposition party while the fierce caucus of the senate are
also putting up fight to make this country ungovernable for the president. Can
Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Hon. Jubrin tell Nigerians that the budget paddling was
for the benefit of the ordinary man? The legislative do not have the love of
the people, they do not think of the masses. It is just their personal interest
that matters. They are only concern about the well being of their children that
live and study abroad. Law making should be a part time job since the lawmaker
are not seating everyday to make law. The economy is under recession and the
lawmakers are not thinking on how to find solutions to the numerous problems o
f this country. They should try and cut their pay, they should pity the masses
and generations to come with the way they are demanding so much of the nation’s
wealth without thinking of a way to generate the money back. They receives
phone call allowances, I have not see the way which their phone calls benefits
Nigerians instead they call their business counterparts which are based in
abroad. They continue to gather wealth which they will not touch till their day
of death. There is killing all over the country and they pretend they did not
see anything instead they are busy going on vacations with their children
abroad, if those countries our lawmakers visits were in war or they did not
manage their internal conflict very well how well our lawmakers visits there
for tourism, and it is the same sets of lawmakers that blames the military and
past administrations instead they delayed the passing of the budget. Let’s
assume the president do not have complex understanding about the economy
because he is a military man and his area of specialization is in weapons and
ammunitions. Can’t the lawmakers comprises of ND holders to professors define a
means to build this nation and end the problems facing the nation. They forget
that the voice of God is the voice of man, God has position them so that he
could use them to govern and bless his people but if they forget they are just
tool like Moses the servant whom God chose to bring the Israelites out of the
land of Egypt and when Moses got angry about the deeds of the people of God,
God himself cursed Moses and Moses did not get to the land of Canaan (the land
of promise). Our lawmakers feel that they are indispensable, the truth is, they
are not…. After Moses there was Joshua, after Elijah there was Elisha, after
king Saul there was David, after apostle Paul there was timothy, after Tinubu
there was Fashola. If they fail in their responsibility God will lift someone one
day that will be better than them. What amuse me is that 75% of these lawmakers
had humble beginning, they have tasted poverty one form or the other.90% of
them schooled in this country. Can they compare the education Awolowo gave them
with what they are giving us now……
Inability to
diversify
I have
listened so many speakers on this issue and everyone seems to agree that
our inability to diversify is one of the problems we are facing as a nation.
For so many years now our focus have been on crude oil, the bigger problem is
that we are only extracting, we are not refining. How can we make more profit
if we are not maximizing the full process of production? From borno to bayelsa
Nigeria is gifted with vast nutritious land still yet we are not farming. Our
government need to focus more on other sectors like the agriculture, sport and
entertainment because of those are the areas Nigerians have inbuilt talented
from birth. The federal government has failed to task each geopolitical zones
on what, how and when to produce, they failed to establish a system whereby we
don’t get to import 90% of the food we consume (Rice, frozen foods). If we
don’t diversify the economy petroleum price might crash and then we will start
begging for help in order to feed our children. Government does not realize how
important entrepreneurship promotes or bring about economic development. For a
country economy to work well, efficiently and prosperous, it requires
entrepreneurs- those creative men and women who can identify what the country
needs and can find ban efficient way to meet the demand. Entrepreneurs make the
economic system work and make life better for everyone concerned by creating
new products, developing new, efficient method and offering lower prices for
local consumers and packaging it neatly for exportation which in turn increases
the country GDP. There I nothing wrong if the government can warmly support the
aba boys, who are famously know for producing ward roping items like clothing,
bags, foot wears and e.t.c. if the government can assist them, this people can
produce quality ward roping items in which wealthy Nigerians would not need to
patronize foreign stores and the likes of Gucci, addidas, nike, Versace, e.t.c.
and these wears will be eradicated in due time in our market which will add to
the country GDP and indecent dressing will be reduced drastically in Nigeria
because most of this foreign outfit are indecent dresses our youths puts on.
The strict closure of ports and boarders for the importation of food.
Failure to
produce and the stoppage of free flow of importation of food has made the
economy to suffer series of setbacks. Our inability to produce the nation’s
common staple food (Rice) is worrisome and it has led to the excess spending on
importation of rice which in turn depreciates the nation economy and also
bringing the fall in value of the nation currency. If we can start producing
rice at a large consumption scale the economy will take a turn. What our
government don’t understand is that the country is not producing Rice, frozen
foods and groundnut oil on a large scale for consumption and the government is
blocking the passage of this in order to make Nigerians go back to farm and
still yet we did not go to the farm. There will be no food to eat and the
little we have in the market are been smuggled into the country from Cotonou.
The effect of this is the hike prices of these foods comparing to the era when
there is free flow of importation, which also add to the depreciation of the
economy. If the government is adamant that Nigerians to produce their own foods
because they believe Nigeria is capable of producing her own food, which I know
Nigerians are not ready, let the government also stop the importation of mobile
phones, cars, electronic gadgets and computer because I believe Nigeria should
be capable of producing those items too since thousands of engineers,
technicians. Programmers are graduating from our polytechnics and universities
on a yearly basis.
The
expensive lifestyle of our government official
Our
politicians live a lifestyle which is very expensive and which cost the nation
fortunes. Their wives and children live the life of queens, prince and
princess, they forgot they are to guide their father and husbands on how best
to govern and serve the people the best way they could. A lot of irrelevant
expenses are made in order to comfort our leaders in order to make them serve
us well but we also forgot this have
effect on our nation treasury. Fleet of empty vehicles follows the governor of
a state, his wife, the deputy, his wife also and their children all around the
place burning gallons of fuels.
Insecurity
Insecurity
problems have cost greater damage to the economy of the country. Security has threaten
the peace and development of the country, boko haram have cripple the north,
they have destroy both lives and properties, farm lands have been affected and
it effects tell on the economy. No enough food for citizens to eat because
farmers are afraid to go to farm because of terrorist, the Fulani herdsmen have
been killing innocent souls on farmland because of their cattle, they are
posing threat to farmers, Niger delta avengers are destroying the nation
resources, they are bombing up fuel storage facilities and vandalizing
pipelines.
Religion
intolerance and ethnical crises
In
Nigeria, there is no doubt that religious intolerance is on the increase
especially in some parts of the north. The recurring crises in Jos capita of
plateau state, the boko haram crises in some parts of Northern Nigeria, the
army and el-zaakary shite, in 2009 the zangon-kataf manifestations of religious
intolerance in Nigeria poses serious challenge to the unity and oneness of our
people. In a country of more than 250 ethnic groups and a population of over
200 million people, there is no doubt that ethnic distrust and fear of
marginalization will be a major issue. in Nigeria there is mutual distrust by
the major ethnic groups and this has led to crises especially in appointments
and distribution of national resources.
Solutions propounded
In the area
of job unemployment “Government has no business in businesses”
Government
is expected to deregulate all sectors in order to foster economy development.
The Nigeria Government do have the will, capability, managemental skills,
innovative and patience to manage commissions and companies effectively... the
government should release all commissions and companies to private individuals
who are ready to do exploit with their managemental skills in all sectors. A
clearer example is the telecommunication sector and the power sector.
Government should empower youths and women of this country in the area of
skills acquisition in which this propel citizens to be self employ which is the
first stage of entrepreneurship.
Moral and
Civic responsibilities
In America
every child above the age of 7 knows the large part of the America
constitution, how many Nigerians knows or have a basic knowledge and
understanding about the state of the nation, the answer is just few. How many
Nigeria house wives sit to watch or
listen to the News except when there is an outbreak of a deadly disease, the
answer is just is few. How many Nigerians know their fundamental rights and
duties, the answer is few. Nigerians needs to be enlighten, the government need
to draft moral studies/knowledge back to the syllabus of the primary school
module. Moral responsibilities should be teach and preach at our different
places of worship. During the days of our forefathers it takes the whole
communities to train a child but now only the biological parent is responsible
for the upbringing of a child, in some case the grandparents is responsible for
the training of a child. The grandparent might not have the physical strength
to correct the child if the child does something bad. Some parent does not have
the time or the financial capability to train a child while others over pamper
the child because it is the only child or the only girl or the only boy.
Lack of
patriotism
Nigerians
both the government officials and citizens of the country should place the
interest of the nation above every personal interest. Americans knows that
everything America does as a nation, America must win. There is racism in
America: the blacks hates the whites, the straights hates the homosexuals, the
commoners hates the elites, east coast hates the west coast but they all comes
together whenever there is a threat against the country. Nigerians must develop
extraordinary love for the country whereby activities of the nation matters to
everyone not only when there is election at the corner. We should be bother
about our country survives, stand, and how it is going to fly. We must pay our
tax and be responsible in our duties like good citizens of the nation.
Politicians must have the love of the nation and the people in order to make
Nigeria a better place. All Nigerians must build, defend and uphold the unity, honor,
dignity and glory of the nation. If you watch American and British movies like
24 hours, strike backs and other terrorist movies, you will see individuals who
are ready to lay their lives down for the good of their country unlike our own
movies that portrays our corrupt our politicians and the Nigeria police been
characterized.
Corruption
Corruption
runs through the veins of Nigeria between clerics and their followers, husband
and wife, parent and children, government officials and the citizens. There is
a saying that says charity begins at home: corruption must be dwelt with from
the root. The anti graft agencies must be at their top gear in order to fight
the disease called corruption. We must learn to live upright. Our politician
show remorse and be willing to be free from corruption, our officials must be
transparent in all their deeds and be accountable for their works. Corruption
should be stopped at every level.
Planning
ahead
America
has a dream and every Americans believes and contributes to that America dream.
What is the Nigeria dream? What is our vision? The truth is that we are
dreamless and visionless. Nigeria has been in existing without any plan, just
living by how and what the day brings. As a nation we must start planning ahead
for the future, we must have a dream first and then draw out a plan how our
dream can be fulfill. We must draw that will make provision for a better
Nigeria in future. The government must know planning is not an event, it as a
gradual process and government must engage all sectors, stakeholders and
citizens in building a better tomorrow. We must plan because preparation
precedes opportunity. Excellence is an art won by good planning and preparation.
According to William Danforth “No plan is worth the paper it is printed unless
it starts you going. Preparation does not only mean mastering of facts, it does
not mean knowing all the answers, it does not meaning achieving consensus, and
it means putting ourselves in a better position to succeed. We must construct a
good time plan and which we must adhere strictly to it. Firstly we must need to
list our priorities base on their importance. We must draw out a timeframe that
covers our planning and execution. Preparation begin with what we do, it begins
with what we believe. If we believe that success tomorrow depends on what we do
today we should treat today differently. What we will receive tomorrow depends
on what we will sacrifice today. If we are preparing today, chances are we will
not be repairing tomorrow.
Nigeria
should stop the lifestyle of “borrow post”
Our
government should not pretend to us as if everything is well. They should stop
deceiving us as if we are ok. We are borrowing billions from different
developed economies and still we are not working towards paying back our loans.
We should stop living as if we are richer than those countries borrowing us
money. We should see ourselves the way we are. Pride inflates our sense of self
worth and distorts our perspective of reality. The deadly sin of pride comes
from the feeling of superiority.
Nigeria
should start to produce/ manufacture
Nigerians
need to start having the idea that we must be a producing country if our
economy must grow. We must start producing our foods (rice, frozen foods,
groundnut oil), we must start manufacturing our own little house hold items.
The various items we have in the country is either imported from china or India,
if not imported it is been produced in Nigeria by Chinese, Indians or Lebanese.
If Nigerians don’t start producing or manufacturing, our GDP cannot grow, we
must go back to farming. Wealthy Nigerians should start investing in the
country. 75% of Nigerians are jobless, 5% don’t have a decent and stable job.
Wealthy Nigerians need to see in ways they can help or contribute to national
development like Alhaji Alico Dangote and other able billionaires. Nigeria
should learn to develop human capital.
Nigeria
should save when we have surplus
Nigeria is
not a productive country, we must always look out for tomorrow. We must learn
to save our resources because nobody knows what tomorrow hold. Nigerians do not
have plan, we eat everything we have both the fruit and the seed. We must
always look out for tomorrow we must learn to save our resources because of
nobody knows tomorrow. Government must not lavish tax payer’s money on
unreasonable and irrelevant projects or events. As citizens we must invest properly
because of the raining days ahead…
Improve
educational system
57 million
Nigeria children are out of school. 90% of female children in rural settlement
do not formal education. The government needs to make education if not free,
affordable at all levels. They must improve the system whereby jambites can
easy integrate into any institution of his choice. We are producing thousands
of engineering graduates still yet we cannot invent our own mobile phone that
suits the kind of our environment conditions. Government needs to task and
provide standard facilities to our institutions so we can have well trained and
well equipped graduates.
We must direct
our passion, effort. Courage are not enough without purpose and direction. We
cannot control or change the past, but the future is firmly in our hand,
everyone has their misfortunes but we need to contain the pain and turn it into
motivation. Nigeria can have a fresh start every day. All babies fall down
while trying to learn how to walk, when they take a tumble, they do not just
lie on the floor and cry for the rest of their lives, no matter how many times
they fall, they never give up.
OMOESHO
OLUWASEUN
Facebook:
olu juninho
Twitter:
omoesho_seun
Instagram:
olu juninho
Email: omoeshooluwaseun@gmail.com
nice apache bro
ReplyDelete