I can jolly well humor you with the sense I could make of the whole humbug: This bunch of politicians are predictable, a bundle of contradictions they all are! Of course, there is hardly any intelligible logic or sense for embarking on such a white elephant project in the first place; here we have a country characterized by a total collapse of law and order, especially, of safety of lives and property; a country characterized by willful denial of infrastructure- electricity, water, rail, road, air, sea!. A nation that shamelessly rolled out its drums, as it were, for generating 4,000 megawatts of electricity where it requires 21,000 megawatts, and boasts of a resuscitated pre-WWII railway system that is only fit for cattle and cargo, if at all!
The Naira currency is so depreciated that most State governors are "unable" to pay the approved N18,000 minimum wage for the Nigerian worker. Perhaps, in a way, it makes some sense to me, perhaps not. It is apparent Nigeria is undergoing a metamorphosis, the result of which is the new breed politicians. They constitute the New Nigerians and they have hi-jacked the country's treasury! Now, through their behavior we know who the assumed "new Nigerians" are! Nigerian workers do not belong to this ruling class, so they could not have qualified for N18,000 minimum wage, It is the same logic why the new breed politicians can afford to have 2 Billion Naira "Book Haram"-proof mansion for the Vice-President, and N300m each-mansion each, for David Mark, Tambuwal, Ike Ekweremadu and Emeka Ihedioha. It is indeed a season of anomie.
You would recall that the first set of such official residents for senators were sold out to the senators at ridiculous prices at the end of their tenure, plus a mouth-watering severance allowance for each. And guess what? The next batch of senators had had to stay in hotels at the expense of a nation under the tragic siege of "predators" and politricksters! It is almost predictable that these celebrated mansions under reference will also end up as private mansions for their occupiers at the end of their tenure.
All patriots and progressives both within and outside the country must begin to generate awareness in every sense and every way possible, on (1) the necessity of good governance, (2) the possibility of good governance in Nigeria, (3) the imperativity of active participation of the citizenry in electing its true representatives and (4) the necessity of God's intervention in support of a planned decisive action of the masses to rid the land of corruption and, especially, looters of the nation's treasury. Complaints and mere criticism will not work.
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Assensoh, Akwasi B. <aassenso@indiana.edu> wrote:
--Brothers, Sisters and Esteemed Intellectuals of USA/Africa Dialogue:
My 17-year old son, who is doing a high school project on Nigeria's oil revenues, saw the information below about the 2 Billion Naira home being built for Vice-President Sambo of Nigeria. He was so surprised that he showed it to me. Brothers, Sisters and Esteemed Intellectuals, what does this mean to the Nigerian economy? is it true that Nigeria's Naira currency is so depreciated that 2 Billion Naira today is nothing? Please, help me to understand this situation in the context of Nigeria's prevailing economy.
A.B. Assensoh, Oregon.
Vice President Namadi Sambo To Get A N2billion Home by razznaija(f): 5:56am On Dec 05, 2012
Our Vice President is getting a home worth N2 billion from the government of Nigeria. There's a N50bn budget for the Federal Capital Territory and N2bn, according to the FCT Minister Bala Mohammed, is going into the construction of the official residence of Vice President Namadi Sambo, while N300 million is for the construction of the official residences of Senate president David Mark and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu; the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal; and his deputy, Emeka Ihedioha.
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