I just read something about how much the President and his vice were going to spend on food and kitchen utensils (N992million+,almost a Billion Naira!)along with readers' comments on facebook.The majority believed the story while a few thinks it's too ridiculous a story to make the headlines.The part that seems to bother me is not the amount of money they spend on food but how my people reacted to it.
As usual,the majority ended up just praying and giving no sign of doing anything about it.The remaining few,on the other hand (as usual too),a part was dreaming of becoming an equally corrupt President one day,others think it's high time we revolt against the government just the Arabs did.The question is:You chop liver like the Arabs???
You see,I marvel at the way some people think.Revolution,REVolution,REVOLUtion,REVOLUTION!!!The majority of those screaming this word know next to nothing about how revolution works.All they know about it what they have been told it is,most really don't know what it entails.
Yes,Nigeria needs a revolution but what type of revolution do we need,what type of revolution would be most effective and least expensive to run?
Obviously,the one that the Arabs are currently running are way to expensive and much more counter productive.Take Libya for instance.
Libya got what they currently see as freedom after a protracted conflict that lasted for months and has brought a rebel group to replace a constituted government to power.
Now,let's ask ourselves:'what was the need for the revolt in the first place,is it that the man in power wasn't delivering,do they really had to take to arms to remove him?'
Irrespective of what you think about this case,you'll agree that Ghadaffi was revolted against NOT BECAUSE HE WAS NOT DELIVERING THE DIVIDENDS OF GOVERNMENT TO HIS PEOPLE BUT FOR A TRIVIAL ISSUE OF HIS LONG STAY IN OFFICE AND HIS PROPOSED PLAN TO SUCCEED HIMSELF WITH HIS SON!His only offense was that he spent 42 years in power,even his enemies could not say he wasn't delivering to his people!
According to sources available to me, Ghadaffi made housing as a matter of human right for Libyans and Power supply was FREE not to mention the fact that Libya under him owes no debts and their reserve was $150 Billion up!Now,compare that to the bankrupt U.S. (owing over $10 trillion and still counting!) and her NATO allies' economies (the Eurozone of the verge of collapse)that helped topple a constituted government replacing it with a rebel leadership.
Look at Egypt that once had a democracy but its people 'decided' to topple it for the same ridiculous reason of tenure longevity.About 5000 dead in Syria over same claims.All these going on while Queen Elizabeth still rule supreme without any disturbance what so ever;50 years on the throne and still counting!
Why is the UK not asking her to live.Some would say she's not politically involved.If she's that irrelevant in UK's government,then,why should the British continue to allow her stay up there?Do you know that she's more like the overall head of Common wealth countries???
Look,my people,I'm not saying we shouldn't revolt,in fact,I'm a vanguard advocate for a change BUT NOT A BLOODY ONE!
Nigerians,we can revolt PEACEFULLY WITHOUT THE USUAL RALLIES AND PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS THAT MOST OFTEN THAN NOT END UP VIOLENT.
We got options and it's these options we need to explore.Revolution,yes,but NOT A BLOODY REVOLUTION!
Unfortunately,I have to go,but,next time,I shall elaborate on my own idea of a bloodless revolution that can drive a striking fear into the hearts of our cold hearted politicians!REVOLUTION NAIJA!
Keep the flag flying,
Regards,
Abdurrahman,
http://www.jainx.com
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
2012 Budget:Anti People Policies
In less than a year after being elected to power,President Jonathan presented 2012 budget to the house of assembly,Abuja.
The budget,by the President was tagged with so many names like,budget of consolidation...bla,blab,blah!
The 'koko' of the matter is that all in all,this dude call 'Goodluck' had presented an anti - people budget for the year 2012.The GREATEST being the oil subsidy removal.
You know,it's funny to see that those guys up there in power never get to find an easy ways to resolve national issues,all they ever see is the hard way out.Unfortunately,when they come up with these hard policies,they seal their ears and minds to any other form of suggestion that says otherwise.They don't know and DO NOT KNOW that they don't know!A very BIG problem,right?
I mean,how can a President of a country that have bagged his Doctorate degree come up with such nonsense as removal of oil subsidy and had gone on to implement it despite the fact that ALL people in NAIJA says otherwise?No matter how brilliant his idea might be,he's NOT expected to do ANYTHING against the wishes of those that elected him to office.I don't know how he thinks,but his budget proposition to the Assembly,in my opinion signifies disappointing...more like embarrassing.As a graduate,I'm highly disappointed and as a Nigerian,I'm very embarrassed and upset!
WITHOUT paying the minimum wage despite signing it into law,Jonathan went ahead to add salt to sore by proposing to remove oil subsidy.
Even my illiterate aunt in the village knows what catastrophic evil effect that increase of fuel can cause on the economy.For God's sake we are talking of the lifeline of our transport system!No transport no commerce,no commerce,poverty looms!!!
Oil subsidy removal would cause automatic increase in prices of EVERYTHING and ANYTHING and cushioning effect.In my area Garri presently (when fuel is still N65) cost N70,now imagine what it will cost when you now shoot the price of fuel up to N150/liter!
Many have commented in different ways from different angles.But I'm happy that all Nigerians are still standing their grounds and insisting on their rights!
Fellow patriots,I don''t have much to say on the budget or subsidy removal,my concern,however, is share and help Nigerians in cushioning the effect of the economic crisis that may follow the subsidy removal and the implementation of the anti-people policies contained in the budget.
They chose to remove the subsidy by all means,no problem,let them remove it but NOT BEFORE THEY FIX OUR 3 REFINERIES;they chose to increase the cost of wheat and rice (our staple food in Nigeria),fine!Let them remove it and Nigerian farmers should increase the production of rice and wheat.
Fellow Nigerians,there are ways we can turn things round and make our economy work WITHOUT the government's intervention!Nigerian youths need to know how to and start creating wealth by themselves!
So,my submission is that the NLC should agree with the FG subsidy removal PROVIDED the FG agrees to put our refineries back to work.Let the refineries work and they can remove all subsidy.As for the high crime rate and youth unemployment,let the youths stop craving for the white collar jobs and start looking inwards for things they can do to make our economy work!
In my own little contribution,I have created the F.I.A. to help create wealth for all that cares to know.You can click here for more info.
Regards,
Abdurrahman,
http://www.jainx.com
The budget,by the President was tagged with so many names like,budget of consolidation...bla,blab,blah!
The 'koko' of the matter is that all in all,this dude call 'Goodluck' had presented an anti - people budget for the year 2012.The GREATEST being the oil subsidy removal.
You know,it's funny to see that those guys up there in power never get to find an easy ways to resolve national issues,all they ever see is the hard way out.Unfortunately,when they come up with these hard policies,they seal their ears and minds to any other form of suggestion that says otherwise.They don't know and DO NOT KNOW that they don't know!A very BIG problem,right?
I mean,how can a President of a country that have bagged his Doctorate degree come up with such nonsense as removal of oil subsidy and had gone on to implement it despite the fact that ALL people in NAIJA says otherwise?No matter how brilliant his idea might be,he's NOT expected to do ANYTHING against the wishes of those that elected him to office.I don't know how he thinks,but his budget proposition to the Assembly,in my opinion signifies disappointing...more like embarrassing.As a graduate,I'm highly disappointed and as a Nigerian,I'm very embarrassed and upset!
WITHOUT paying the minimum wage despite signing it into law,Jonathan went ahead to add salt to sore by proposing to remove oil subsidy.
Even my illiterate aunt in the village knows what catastrophic evil effect that increase of fuel can cause on the economy.For God's sake we are talking of the lifeline of our transport system!No transport no commerce,no commerce,poverty looms!!!
Oil subsidy removal would cause automatic increase in prices of EVERYTHING and ANYTHING and cushioning effect.In my area Garri presently (when fuel is still N65) cost N70,now imagine what it will cost when you now shoot the price of fuel up to N150/liter!
Many have commented in different ways from different angles.But I'm happy that all Nigerians are still standing their grounds and insisting on their rights!
Fellow patriots,I don''t have much to say on the budget or subsidy removal,my concern,however, is share and help Nigerians in cushioning the effect of the economic crisis that may follow the subsidy removal and the implementation of the anti-people policies contained in the budget.
They chose to remove the subsidy by all means,no problem,let them remove it but NOT BEFORE THEY FIX OUR 3 REFINERIES;they chose to increase the cost of wheat and rice (our staple food in Nigeria),fine!Let them remove it and Nigerian farmers should increase the production of rice and wheat.
Fellow Nigerians,there are ways we can turn things round and make our economy work WITHOUT the government's intervention!Nigerian youths need to know how to and start creating wealth by themselves!
So,my submission is that the NLC should agree with the FG subsidy removal PROVIDED the FG agrees to put our refineries back to work.Let the refineries work and they can remove all subsidy.As for the high crime rate and youth unemployment,let the youths stop craving for the white collar jobs and start looking inwards for things they can do to make our economy work!
In my own little contribution,I have created the F.I.A. to help create wealth for all that cares to know.You can click here for more info.
Regards,
Abdurrahman,
http://www.jainx.com
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Boko Haram...conclusion.
Firstly,I'm sorry it took so long to conclude this subject matter on Boko Haram.But, like they say,it's better later than never!
Since my last post,very interesting headlines had being made by the Boko Haram sect,but the most recent and more relevant is the part that have COMPLETELY agreed with the fact that the sect is in NO WAY RELIGIOUS BUT POLITICAL!
Talk of the senator and the former Governor of Borno's involvement....people that can hardly be called devoted Muslims let alone fanatics coming to spend, in their billions, to back up a supposed Islamist fundamental group.I'm also happy that the media had been able to reveal their real aims and objective - to seize control of a state or the North Eastern region through terror.And that an acting senator (elected by his people that happen to be the foremost victims of such terror attacks) who is to vote and work in favor of the groups' annihilation has just been arrested in connection to the group!!!
You know what that means,it mean high-profile, first hand intelligence are handed over to this highly trained militia group about the current state of our National Security forces.One cannot also rule out the possibility of deliberate grant of 'free hand' by our security officers towards the smooth running of their terror campaigns!Like the proverbial adage of the Yorubas:"kokoro tin jefo,idi efo lowa"!Meaning that the pest that eats away on vegetable crops resides no where but right there at the base of the unfortunately suffering victim - the vegetable itself!Nigeria's WORST enemies are among those in power.People you and I have queued long hours patiently to vote for,they are the ones that have turned around to hurt and kill some of us and the survivors are left in constant fear and danger of loss of life and property!
We had our opportunity to vote them out and try entire new hands last April but we didn't,instead, we praised them and rallied support for their re-election and voted them back to power and the first few things they laid their hands on were anti-people policies!In less than a year after their assumption of power,we are already feeling the heat.My prayer is that we learn this time that there are no such thing as 'sacred cows' among a park of wolves or foxes!
Well,like every other problem we currently have in this country,the issue of Boko Haram can only be solved permanently, through the involvement of the populace!We as a people have a choice,we can decide to stand up for our rights.As human beings we have rights,as citizens of this country we have rights and responsibilities we can rightfully act upon and one of them is definitely the right to the accountability of the leaders we voted for as well as our representatives.We also have the right to question government's policies and modify them when necessary.These are rights we do have and which, unfortunately,the majority are ignorant of.Since democracy is a game of numbers,the corrupt have cringed to power by capitalizing on the state of ignorance of the majority and had always gained their blind support at the detriment of the society in general.
This is why knowledgeable patriots need to find ways of sharing their wealth of knowledge and intelligence,we need to emancipate our people from mental slavery and help open their eyes to see the light!That's why I'm blogging and that's why you too should be blogging!I don't know much of law but I'm determined to learn more and share same here on this blog!
For now,I rest my case on the Boko Haram issue by asking us all not only to condemn them by our mouths alone but also by our thoughts,deeds and prayers.It's high time we started cursing all that wish Nigeria and Nigerians evil spiritually too!Let's wage a war against all forms of oppression,mentally,physically and spiritually.Mentally,by learning about our rights and responsibilities that are enshrined in the constitution as well as how to seek redress under the law,Physically by not only learning about our rights but by also taking concise and bold steps towards enforcing and insisting on our rights, always and spiritually by seeking God's intervention, daily, in the Nigerian case.We should firstly change ourselves by repenting from our evil ways and then going ahead to seek for the transformation of all other erring Nigerians and begging for their full pardon as well and the COMPLETE annihilation and destruction of all that refuse to repent and are hell bent in harming Nigeria and Nigerians!
Mention no Names,don't worry, GOD knows them all, just go ahead and curse them but make sure you are not one of them!If you are,if you are harming Nigeria in any way,you better have a re-think!
Regards,
Abdurrahman,
http://www.jainx.com
Since my last post,very interesting headlines had being made by the Boko Haram sect,but the most recent and more relevant is the part that have COMPLETELY agreed with the fact that the sect is in NO WAY RELIGIOUS BUT POLITICAL!
Talk of the senator and the former Governor of Borno's involvement....people that can hardly be called devoted Muslims let alone fanatics coming to spend, in their billions, to back up a supposed Islamist fundamental group.I'm also happy that the media had been able to reveal their real aims and objective - to seize control of a state or the North Eastern region through terror.And that an acting senator (elected by his people that happen to be the foremost victims of such terror attacks) who is to vote and work in favor of the groups' annihilation has just been arrested in connection to the group!!!
You know what that means,it mean high-profile, first hand intelligence are handed over to this highly trained militia group about the current state of our National Security forces.One cannot also rule out the possibility of deliberate grant of 'free hand' by our security officers towards the smooth running of their terror campaigns!Like the proverbial adage of the Yorubas:"kokoro tin jefo,idi efo lowa"!Meaning that the pest that eats away on vegetable crops resides no where but right there at the base of the unfortunately suffering victim - the vegetable itself!Nigeria's WORST enemies are among those in power.People you and I have queued long hours patiently to vote for,they are the ones that have turned around to hurt and kill some of us and the survivors are left in constant fear and danger of loss of life and property!
We had our opportunity to vote them out and try entire new hands last April but we didn't,instead, we praised them and rallied support for their re-election and voted them back to power and the first few things they laid their hands on were anti-people policies!In less than a year after their assumption of power,we are already feeling the heat.My prayer is that we learn this time that there are no such thing as 'sacred cows' among a park of wolves or foxes!
Well,like every other problem we currently have in this country,the issue of Boko Haram can only be solved permanently, through the involvement of the populace!We as a people have a choice,we can decide to stand up for our rights.As human beings we have rights,as citizens of this country we have rights and responsibilities we can rightfully act upon and one of them is definitely the right to the accountability of the leaders we voted for as well as our representatives.We also have the right to question government's policies and modify them when necessary.These are rights we do have and which, unfortunately,the majority are ignorant of.Since democracy is a game of numbers,the corrupt have cringed to power by capitalizing on the state of ignorance of the majority and had always gained their blind support at the detriment of the society in general.
This is why knowledgeable patriots need to find ways of sharing their wealth of knowledge and intelligence,we need to emancipate our people from mental slavery and help open their eyes to see the light!That's why I'm blogging and that's why you too should be blogging!I don't know much of law but I'm determined to learn more and share same here on this blog!
For now,I rest my case on the Boko Haram issue by asking us all not only to condemn them by our mouths alone but also by our thoughts,deeds and prayers.It's high time we started cursing all that wish Nigeria and Nigerians evil spiritually too!Let's wage a war against all forms of oppression,mentally,physically and spiritually.Mentally,by learning about our rights and responsibilities that are enshrined in the constitution as well as how to seek redress under the law,Physically by not only learning about our rights but by also taking concise and bold steps towards enforcing and insisting on our rights, always and spiritually by seeking God's intervention, daily, in the Nigerian case.We should firstly change ourselves by repenting from our evil ways and then going ahead to seek for the transformation of all other erring Nigerians and begging for their full pardon as well and the COMPLETE annihilation and destruction of all that refuse to repent and are hell bent in harming Nigeria and Nigerians!
Mention no Names,don't worry, GOD knows them all, just go ahead and curse them but make sure you are not one of them!If you are,if you are harming Nigeria in any way,you better have a re-think!
Regards,
Abdurrahman,
http://www.jainx.com
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