A Word for the Day!

The following may sound bizarre: in every rumour, there's an element of fact; in the same vein, in every nonsense, you can make a bit of sense; and for an echo to reverberate for too long, there must be some instigation or provocation or some faceless actors behind it. But I think those are the intriguing side of world politics. I pray, that God helps us to fashion out the right path for the globe....

Gen. Babangida’s Unsavoury Remark...BBC Interview

My soured Birthday Cake for IBB....

What makes a good father can only be evaluated in the life of the grand-children. Majority of Nigeria’s past leaders have demonstrated that their fore-fathers were not ripe or that they were of lower category (The Artisans) going by Socrates’ grading. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have had most of them doing the demeaning jobs of political boot-licking and the self-seeking politicking they’ve been so deeply entrenched in.

Recently, I read an interview granted The Nation Newspaper by a prominent Nigerian who said he was Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s (IBB) loyalists, an adviser, etc. In fact he had all the good qualities that can compel anyone to pay allegiance to him or simply brand him an elder statesman. But unfortunately, I got irked by his further statements - enumerating how, he appreciate the good works of IBB, and again how he used the opportunity of a condolence visit to lobby for Gen. Babangida’s come back. I just couldn’t help it but weep endlessly. The question I asked myself was, why lobby IBB to come back, what about himself?

I honestly wonder where most Nigerian elders pocket their senses whenever they make those Artisan kinds of public statements, without recourse to morality, integrity, posterity and respect for the rights and opinions of their compatriots. It’s a pity how we forget so easily in this part of the world. In fact, IBB’s remarking during his interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reminiscent utterance of people both late and living, who probably lost their senses in the lust/euphoria of the largesse and crumbs that often come to from the corridors of power.

We may all recall that in past someone like former Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) leader, Primate Sunday Mbang, a respected Reverend. made a statement which from all indication is manifesting the power of word/tongue/speech. Indeed his statement ...then, is a symptom of the fact that the Primate is a true Prophet/Servant of God. He said...Over his death shall Gen. Ibrahim Babangida become a President in Nigeria again. The man IBB, perhaps encumbered or in regurgitating the weight of that statement, decided to go solo until the death of his wife resurrected his comatose political spirit, courtesy of the entreats of his political apologists, opportunists and booth-lickers like the afore-mentioned presidential adviser from Benue State. And many more shameless and faceless Nigerian elders, who suddenly realized that resurrecting IBB’s dead political ambition, will amount to another opportunity to share loots and plunder of public treasury.

Most of these shameless kids in elders’ skin had better realized that, the time to quit their dirty politics is now! If they’ve all forgotten, they had better be told that late Gen. Adisa vowed that only in his death shall anything/anybody stop IBB from becoming Nigeria’s president. The question now is, where is Gen. Abdul Kareem Adisa, the Bulldozer? Let’s save ourselves the task of wondering, Gen. Adisa is late; Primate Sunday Mbang is alive. So can anyone see the nexus in the statements of these two “Prominent” Nigerians? Can anyone, anywhere in Nigeria or outside, think now? Or even give a thought to the fact that there’s God, and his word is yes and Amen!

If those Nigerians pushing IBB about don’t have consciences or can’t even think or do the least respect the dead, can’t IBB himself think or quietly mourn his wife for a reasonable time?

My friend Ben Eni, is of the opinion that IBB should rather pick up his son to take over Aso Rock/the Presidency. Unfortunately, Ben is full of regrets that IBB’s recent statement has dealt a big slap on that tall dream. Thus, his sweeping statement in the recent interview he granted BBC, has grossly abused the collective wisdom and competence of young Nigerians, whom he described as lacking leadership competence/confidence/qualities.... And that is why; I’m being compelled to send to him via email/print technology the soured leftover of my birthday cake.

What IBB doesn’t know is that, he has by that singular statement shot himself on the second leg, thereby foreclosing his ever-bleak chances of clinging, the presidential ticket; that goes to show how powerful word/speech can be, whether said before or now.

Why should anyone Vote for People’s Democratic Party (PDP) again?

The best stance in time of crisis is the neutral one. That way you don’t take sides, and you don’t bother your head with the Walhalla of seeking neither an explanation nor justification.

So, those of us who don’t belong to any political party can be happy with our neutrality. We should be rejoicing over our unfiltered peace and freedom from responsibility. But the fact still remain that those of us who don’t belong to any political party have a lot to lose.


First, we don’t have a say in the affairs of the party that governs or rule us either by chance or sinister arrangement. Second, we don’t even know what they say or what they have been saying to us. Unfortunately, we don’t understand them either, because we’ve not bothered ourselves with learning the language they speak. And so they could sell us into slavery or impoverish us with their magical languages.

Third, we don’t get to see, study and understand their party constitutions, let alone know in detail what these parties have to offer in their manifesto.

Four, what we get in the end, is what we deserve, because they can’t give what they don’t have. Perhaps, if you and I were there, our offerings could make a mutual difference. Many of us have actually abandon these parties for cogent reasons and others for very trivial reasons, yet a lot of us are neither here nor there, because we prefer our freedom of not shouldering any responsibility.

Again, it’s unfortunate that if we decide otherwise now, our offerings may not really make any difference on the already laid faulty foundation; unless we want an outright demolition of the defaulted foundation. And even that can steam the already volatile political structure into combustible high flames. What should the majority do? Indeed if I’m given the mandate to speak for every Nigerian, I’ll say, it’s not about what we ought to do now; rather we should ask why on earth anyone should vote PDP into any office again? Granted that many would never be interest in active political participation; but if we give it a deeper consideration, we may as well find a need to abandon our political docility and become vanguards of the New Nigerian Political Transformation whose need surpasses even our daily bread right now.

From all indications, PDP a.k.a Peoples’ Deception Party; a.k.a Papa Deceive Pikin; a.k.a Peoples’ Domineer/Demolition Party; a.k.a Party of Devilish People has in the past eleven years done Nigerians more harm than good. It’s a pity that some of the rival parties have not helped matters either, many of them can’t come out boldly to say these are the enormous goodies we’ve given Nigerians, who gave us their mandate so far. So our case is that of lying between devil and the deep blue sea.

Given our dilemma, one might not be too wrong to suggest that it will be better we all perish in the deep blue sea rather than follow the devil call PDP whose yoke of burden is much more excruciating than the agony and fear of drowning.

In fairness to those development minded and humane few among them, we must give credit to those of them who have made little effort to make a difference – at the Federal level, we know them all, at the state and local government levels, evidence of performance abound as well. But in truth, any Nigerian who is alive and active cannot uphold the iniquities and calamities many of our compatriots from PDP have bestowed on Nigeria and Nigerians.

Their attitude in the face of the crises that beret or becloud Nigeria following the missing but found Alhaji Umaro Musa Yar ‘Adua, the “President” of the Federal Republic of favoured Nigerians has shown PDP and the generality of its leadership in a bad light! So bleak and insensitive to a point, where one can generalize without fear of contradiction that there’s no single righteous person among its members. Unfortunately, generalization is bad, yet the truth can’t be hidden for fear of generalization. In fact, it has become a necessity for us to do so, given the prevailing circumstance.

One can’t help but wonder how mute the membership of PDP has been, in the face of the agony and confusion that enveloped Nigeria for about four months. Outside Yar ‘Adua’s ill-health there are issues they’ve voiced out or even challenge their absurdity, yet they all kept quiet as if ‘mute’ was a golden rule for a party that claim to be the mammoth of our time and the biggest in Africa.

If the majority will keep quiet in the face of evil, misgovernance and poor performance, illegality and power tussle, then obviously, the “Spiral Silence Theory” has out-lived its stipulations. So, why on earth should we vote in a party that has a majority of cowards or blind or insensitive? Yes, they can claim that others don’t have anything to offer. But ask yourself, what have they offered Nigerians so far? And if they had allowed fairness and a level playing ground in all elections (both intra party and general elections) who says those evil geniuses in PDP would’ve taken any candidate anywhere? Unfortunately, they have capitalized on the fact that Nigerians are docile and disenchanted with their political jamboree; they believe they can keep doing the same election manipulation and recycling of their friends and family members, and go scot-free.

Yes, Chief Gani Fawehinmi has gone for good, but the good fight he couldn’t finish has challenged some of us into action. And so, it should sink clearly into the ears of the manipulation actors in PDP that many are ready to lay their lives to ensure that Nigeria gets a credible election come 2011. In fact, there’s every need to expand our prisons because many potential occupants are queue in wait to get in should PDP attempt any election manipulation again.

Perhaps, this is sounding apolitical or like a campaign for calumny, far from it, because some of us still chose to remain non-partisan and neutral, since that is the only way one can conveniently criticize the wrong doings of any party. Nigerians are not known for insubordination and confrontation, but some people in PDP have obviously pushed so many innocent and voiceless Nigerians into a sharp but tight corner, and it’s time to say “enough” to the nonsense verbal zoning formula!

No right thinking Nigerian will question the ethnicity, religion or background of any Nigeria leader who is fair minded, sensitive to the yearnings and aspirations of every Nigerian. Neither will any Nigerian complain or even contemplate who their leaders are (whether citizens or aliens), where there’s adequate nation-wide electricity supply, equal employment opportunities and all basic infrastructures needed to move the country forward.

But a few parochial minds in PDP believes that what is good for them is never good for another person, and that they own Nigeria and can rule her through rigged elections infinitivally. It is a big lie! Again, the party helms-man, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor had come on air, so boldly and shamelessly to say that PDP has zoned the leadership of this great country, though belittles by people like him to the North till 2015 without remorse or apologies for the blunder the party has consistently committed. One would only feel ashamed and sorry for majority of our elders and elites who have towed the line of keeping mute in the face of evil like their allies in PDP either because of their cowardice.

Now they say, leadership is zoned to the North, yet they’ve not told us the basis and structure/formula of/for the zoning. Rather, they’ve handpicked loyalists and apologists or financers as consensus candidate(s) without recourse to the mistakes of the past leadership who had handpicked or cowed an unwilling and disenchanted Yar Ádua whose health situation is gradually turning the party and its members as well as Nigeria and Nigerians apart.

And in the face of all these, the cowards’ majority in the party has no say. Yet they say it’s the turn of the North. Ideally, the North in general should’ve been allowed to say who exactly they want. Instead, what the decision makers in PDP are offering is an arrangement where criminally minded few elders with the divide-and-rule tactics would foist another unwilling person/stooge to rule Nigeria, all in the name of northern candidature. But the truth still remains that these set of people often do this because of their selfish interests and the funny skeletons they tend to hide. They all know their faults, and they would do anything against the interests of the generality of Nigerians just to safe-guard their crazy interests and dirty faults.

Amazingly, you would find some cowards who called themselves leaders, IBB boys, Pro-Yar Ádua, Pro-Obasanjo, Pro-this, Pro-that, telling you, Oh! Let’s have it like that for the sake of peace. Yet that pretentious peace will erupt into wild fire whose flames will never heat the select few, but the voiceless and innocent Nigerians. And by the time, the true yearnings and agitations of the majority in the North who would’ve had nothing to show for their “alleged candidate” tenure, another round of confusion will emerge.

So, if we must have a northern leader come 2011, it must not come from PDP. And we must insist on having a level playing ground and not money politics. We must also have a free and fair election, and above all, Prof. Maurice/Mice Iwu must go for good, that way we can test the true popularity and strength of the PDP.

A Way out of Africa’s enormous Challenges

It is no longer news that our world is becoming increasing hot as a result of different human activities from continent to continent. Thus, the rhythm has been that of extreme, extreme – if it isn’t extreme heat, it is extreme cold or rain and each coming with unkind effects. Unfortunately, the effect of this global transformation doesn’t only come with extreme discomfort but with an unprecedented hunger. A development that the religious and observers alike have ascribed different meanings to; some say they’re signs of end- time, while others say it is the prize of injustice and the evil of men.

Interestingly, Africa has been noted to be the continent with the greatest share of the uncanny effects of the global renaissance; in fact, the worst hit by these effects. And the irony of it is that, the continent Africa isn’t doing much to either ward off or absorb the effects.

Recently, it was published in one of Nigeria’s local Newspapers (The Nation Newspaper) that a research group from the University of California under UN/World Bank sponsorship reported that human activities especially the war in Somalia and other vices in different parts of Africa are major contributors to the global warming, and that its attendant effects are those of extreme hunger and poverty.

Suffice to say that the continent confronted by this supposed or imagined threats is adamant or docile. It behooves all stakeholders in Africa to rise to the challenge posed by global warming and insecurity.

Indeed the Africa business environment is one with many interesting stories, some sweet and quite exciting to hear, yet some are pathetic and discouraging. But an honest narrator will definitely share the untold story of the much potential and the hidden treasures that makes the continent of Africa thick and attractive. And those with a first hand knowledge of the African business environment are the ones that pitched permanent tents against all odds.

Meanwhile, if the identified threats are anything to go by, then we are all vulnerable to the effects associated with the negative global transformation. Therefore as concerned people, we owe a collective duty to do the needful before it degenerates into an uncontrollable situation.

The common but very serious challenges confronting Africa generally are those of poverty, unemployment, hunger, environmental degradation, insecurity, religious intolerance, illiteracy, injustice, inequality, abuses, and gross neglect and so on. As a matter of fact, we can overcome all these challenges with one thing, and that is satisfaction.

But with what and from where are we to derive the much needed satisfaction? Is it from the harsh and uncomfortable environment we’ve created? There is no doubt that a jobless and very hungry man can rarely, find happiness, neither can he find interest in the security and peace of another, especially when he is suspecting the other person to be responsible for his plight/fate.

This very suspicion among different people has led to several incidences of annihilation, strive and all manner of crisis awfully common in Africa. Indeed it poses a grievous danger to our growth as well as our peaceful co-existence. It therefore calls for concern because ignoring its resolution amounts to endangering our various interests, be it private, public or charity business. Unfortunately, the environment is in fact, the worst victim of the carnage that often comes with the violence and man’s inhumanity to the bionetwork.

Too many convoluted problems you may say; yes! Those are the machinations that make Africa thick and quite exciting. But don’t get too excited, otherwise it might encumber your intention of doing business here in Africa. We pledge our loyalty to prospective investors, and you can be rest assured that doing business here is worth the risk because of the mammoth hidden treasures embedded underneath the soil and propitiously scattered in different parts of Africa. But the truth remains that Africa needs help to be able to get out of the woods and those seemingly insurmountable challenges.

One quick panacea to the dissatisfaction, disenchantment, disaffection and strives that often fall back on the environment is simply gainful employment for majority of the idle and busy minds we have in Africa. Indeed Agribusiness is one very vital but grossly ignored panacea. It is the fastest way out of Africa’s numerous challenges.

Interestingly the continent of Africa is greatly endowed with the right weather, soil and manpower spread all over the place; unfortunately, ignorance, illiteracy and our quick returns/gains syndrome has blinded our business acumen. So doing agribusiness is mostly seen by many African business men as an unprofitable venture. Yet agribusiness is one business with many solutions to Africa’s unemployment, hunger, insecurity and poverty problems.

According to International Finance Corporation (IFC):
Agribusiness plays a vital role in economic development, contributing a major portion of GDP, employment, and foreign exchange earnings in many developing countries. This is particularly true in Sub-Saharan Africa, where many countries have low per capita incomes. In Tanzania, for example, agriculture accounts for 45 percent of GDP and 65 percent of employment.

Despite its importance, Sub-Saharan Africa’s agribusiness sector faces numerous challenges. In many countries, most crops are produced by small-sized farms with limited mechanization and capacity, leading to poor yields. Fragmented markets, price controls, and poor infrastructure also hamper production, while the current pressure on natural resources such as land and water is too strong to be sustainable. And many of the agricultural products produced in the region, such as maize, rice, and palm oil, are not competitive globally or have low profit margins. This means that Sub-Saharan Africa is ill equipped to meet its food requirements, which are set to double in the next 30 years or even sooner.

Investors from Saudi Arabia who had a clue of what manner fertile soil one can find in West Africa took the risk with a bold step by setting up farms in a country like Ghana. And in fact, no one can underestimate the value that will add to the Ghanaian economy as well as the Agribusiness sector in Africa.

Thus, the era where donor countries sees Africa as a continent that need relief materials and funding is gone, what Africa needs now is foreign direct investment; technological advancement as against transfer, educational empowerment, rights recognition and enlightenment, agricultural development and pragmatic policies, political equality and justice. It is rather difficult and even counter-productive to tackle a problem in isolation or even deal with a problem by assumption. It is for this reason that one would rather love to see those who are genuinely concern about moving Africa forward come with practical solutions.

My development communication course back in school made me to understand that the most Western scholars don’t really see genuine aid and upliftment of the under-developed world as any serious business to get involved in, perhaps for fear of making them better developed than they are. Interestingly, the narrow view about even-development as being inimical to whatever gains the proponents think they’re making from the imbalance has not helped matters. Because whenever Africa is stricken by any disaster whether man made or an act of God, we often have out-cry coming first from people in far away continents. Thus, showing how closely linked to each other we are, and perhaps because of the same colour of blood that runs in our veins despite the racial and location differences.

Indeed globalization has taken charge of whatever differences, complexions and interests we think we have. No one can point to how, Guinness has failed just because she set a complete beverage and drinks industry in Africa, or how investment interest in Africa has affected her progress or prosperity in Europe and America. It has never been said anywhere that Schlumberger, Chevron, Mobil, Shell and a host of others with business presence in different continents is under-performing because of their business presences in Africa.

Those who are afraid of doing business in Africa should first ask those who have established business presence here to open up a bit about the African treasure, in case that would help stimulate their interest. We can neither solve the problem of Africa by pretence nor by assumption. Besides, even-development does not pose any danger to any continent; so the help Africa needs is one born of genuine concern and intention, not aids that meets only momentary needs.

Africa will only move forward when she gets her political acts right, when she recognizes the rights of others, when she gets proper education for everyone, regardless of age, sex, colour, religion, ethnic and political class. If Africa’s problems must be solved then other continents who are concerned must bring everyone to the reconciliation and resolution table, as against the approach whereby only the elites, majority of whom are self-centered, special interest seekers, extremely corrupt and greedy were called to resolve Africa’s problem or forge a way forward for a continent whose problems most of them know little or next to nothing about. As a matter of fact, the enormity of our problem makes it seem insurmountable.

But the obvious reality remains that Africa’s problems are surmountable and requires pragmatic, genuine and earnest solutions and not relief materials, financial aids, or research solutions tied to some expedient interest or done in isolation of the truly affected people who could tell better their problems and resolve them better as partners/counterparts in the solutions provision.

Like the musical legend, his blessed memory, Bob Marley rightly puts it… until the philosophy that makes one race superior and the other inferior is completely eradicated, everyday will be war; so it is with Africa, until African leaders and elites alike are told the truth about equality and justice, peace will continue to elude Africa. And the rest of the world cannot afford to fold its arms while the spoil keeps making it turns in Africa and afterwards a meeting is summoned to deliberate on what relief material and financial aid to send to Africa.

If for no other reason, we should for the reason of the multiplier effects of global warming show genuine concern to the problem of Africa. In fact, the time has come for all and sundry to push behind the fear of the danger of a balanced and an even-development, because the danger pose by poverty, war and strive to our environment which is no longer immune by distance or continental differences is unimaginable. We should at least balance our ecosystem through fair treatment and of course by taking necessary actions as well as doing the needful in Africa to ensure a safe environment for everyone. Indeed those who have travel from one continent to another can attest to the fact that we’re differently gifted and that we’ll need each other to make the world a better place for our living.

So the only way anyone can relief Africa of her enormous challenges is to assist her get out of the aforementioned problems that have entangled her annually, through genuine and pragmatic approaches, especially by approaching her with agribusiness. With that many idle hands in Africa can enthrone peace and tranquility. That way, the continent’s environment can be engaged in productive and useful ventures that will move from the unemployment level that often make them vulnerable to sundry vices. Again by doing that our environment will know peace from the fires, deforestation, and the indiscriminate activities of the victims of war and political instability whose displacement the environment is made to suffer the repercussion.

More so, saving the African environment is a disfavor to our raging global warming, whose impact is universal and knows no continental boundary. If for no other reason, for the sake of humanity, and the red blood that runs in our veins regardless of race, religion, continent and background, we should help Africa get out of the woods by keeping busy with Agribusiness, which IFC has acknowledge its invaluable benefits to millions of hungry and violence prone Africans.

Political Steam...

The haze of politics though obvious, often seem like a mirage to many observers, followers and mostly the electorates. And those who fly the kite don't come with a clear picture of what they're up to; little wonder many of us are always hook winged or carried over,and before we know it, we're buying into their gimmick consciously or unconsciously. Interestingly, the game that began about this time some four years back and climax into a new set of leadership, is gradually winding up.

The question however is, was there a thing that was said then, by these political charlatans that has come to pass? If yes, then we might as well ask whether in good light or positive note, otherwise, what have they missed? Indeed we have to ask questions now, listen careful when they begin all their political hullabaloo and oratory display. Unless we're saying it doesn't matter the way the political steam has been cooking the entire system.

We cannot continue in our old culture and style of docility and expect true transformation in entire nation-systems. Providence should have a place in the choice of should be given a chance or another opportunity, especially for those who have made reasonable sense and meaning for the public trust bestowed on them while their tenure lasted.

As a matter of fact, those who have taken the followership and especially the electorates for granted for this long, would cage our rights, voices and privileges for life, if we don't challenge them into realizing that, they've failed us many times and don't deserve our mandates anymore. Indeed the time has come for us all to reason together, especially all of us who feel earnestly and honestly concern about events and happenings in the nation called Nigeria....

We can't be fool forever; we are getting fast too close to the time when purported/alleged mandates we gave them will expire, so we must be bold and courageous enough to tell those who were accountable to themselves alone or even failed woefully to please bury quietly, their heads and voices in shame, when the political steam/haze begins to rain at the political campaign arena.

Lessons From Anambra Election...

The election of February 6, 2010 in Anambra State has come and gone. Interestingly history has been made from the re-election of the incumbent -Governor Peter Obi. Although with intrigues and all the judgements so passed by observers local and foreign, that historic election leaves a great lessons to be learnt.

First and fore most, we have to learn from the disenfranchisement of about 75% of eligible voters. Indeed INEC no longer needs an Iwu who cannot explain what went amissed after about 72 hours of announcing an election which many condemned for having both the dead and the living and foreign names alike on the voters register.

Second we should a lesson from the obvious crack in the PDP, which culminated into a divisive votes. Third, we have to learn from spirit of sportsmanship with which the the likes of Prof. Charles Soludo, Dr. Andy Uba and other losers embraced their fate. Forth, we have a big lesson to learn from the olive branch - Gov. Peter Obi has extended to his rivals at the poll.

Given the prevailing uneasy calm in our nation and especially Anambra, one can only but encourage the likes of Dr. Chris Ngige, Hon. Ekwunife and other aggrieved persons to bury their differences and partner with Obi in order to move Anambra forward. Meanwhile, Prof. Iwu must be shown the way out of INEC office because his stay spells doom for Nigeria come 2011. He has succeeded in doing the wrong thing always with impunity and with no iota of remorse or recourse. If the beneficiaries of his style are not fed up with his indiscipline, then he had better watch his back. But while doing that, he should remember that there's someone watching over what his been doing, thus, the time for reckoning is too close for escape.

NIGERIA MANY IMAGE ISSUES: WHAT NEXT AFTER BLACKLISTING?

The deed indeed has been done, but what next? Obviously the precautionary measure taken by the US caused a dramatic distraction and horse trading. Back home in Nigeria, top government officials are bemoaning, berating and tongue lashing. But where will that take anybody?

Given the incident of September 11, 2001 in US, the traumatic or psychological dislocation that singular act or carnage has a caused the entire American people calls for any action that will prevent its reoccurrence. Granted that subjecting Nigerians and other nationals to dehumanizing checks at entry points into America, wouldn’t have been the best solution, but in all honesty, the attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab re-echoes history and at the same time sends jitters or shock into the spines of the American people. Thus, what Americans need now is soothing words, and anything that can possibly calm their nerves. That alone will even take some tile to flee from their memories.

Indeed the fact still remains that no one in the world except in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Parlistine would anyone expect a boy of of Abdulmutallab jnr.'s age to emback on such a deadly adventure. However, his well planned but aborted suicide venture raises both global and national questions.

The global questions we need to ask are: i.) When all of a sudden did we relax our war on terror to have allowed such a defenseless enemy penetration?
ii.) Could we have concentrated on the far front so much so that the home front is vulnerable?
iii.) Have we as parents lost control over our children?
vi.) How much monitoring, educating and enlightening of our wards about the evil of terrorism have we done...?
v. Who are the American enemies within the American security or government agencies?
vi. Can the evil of one Nigerian be justifiably used to punish 150millions Nigerian along millions of “tagged countries” nationals?
vii. Are there like-minds or misguided kids like Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab?
viii. Can true Moslems join hands in educating and enlightening devotees about Islamic values, tenets and morals?
ix. For how long can we go on fighting terrorism especially when it seems like a patched basket we’re managing to draw water from a power fal tidal wave quaver from a high spring?
x. Is there a lasting solution we can collective find, inner to bring peace which terrorism has robbed the world of?
xi. Can the whole world in unison fight this was on terror?
xii. Can the innocent people of this world who often fall victim of terrorism be told the truth about the real thing behind terrorism and the gospel truth about the cause, the perpetrators and/or beneficiaries.

The national questions our government needs to answer are:
i. What lesson can we learn from the action latter by the US?
ii. Is Nigeria not truly a security risk, when some government agents are often buy during the wrong thing at the right time or doing the bribery and corruption spoil, thereby leaving the pure danger slip between their eyes unnoticed?
iii. An attempt on about 300 American citizens has shown how deeply concerned the American government is about the security and welfare of its people. Yet how many died in Bauchi, Borno and other states the Boko Haram Crisis spilled over to? What has government done to prevent the its reoccurrence in Niger State last year and December of the same year in the same Bauchi?
iv. Can the Foreign Affairs Ministry now do a just N2billion trip spend on getting the Hilary Clinton and others that matter, be on the same page with the blame sharing of security lapses and eventual do listing of Nigeria?
v. Does Nigeria government really care about the welfare and security of its citizens? Or are we just crying woe because our collective neglect of our various responsibilities both as parents and custodian of public trusts have boomerang?
vi. Does the people in-charge in government know anything about effective communication, true diplomacy and public relations?
vii. For how long shall we keep deceiving ourselves, shedding crocodile tears and pretending the be active when we’re actually sleeping?
viii. How much have we done to quell internal crises/actions fit to be Christine act of terrorism?
ix. Have we ever bothered to proof to the world our there that you cant toil with a Nigerian and get away with it.

x.) Where have we missed the link between parenthood and guidance?
xi.) What has happen to our education system, value system and moral education?
xii.) What has our Muslim or Christian parents done to inculcate religious tolerance, and to discourage the hate that exist among us?
xiii.) Where went our communal spirit and brotherly love, and that respect for human dignity with which Nigerians were known for?
xiv.) Does my senior professional colleague - Abike Dabri know the implication of her statement concerning the court where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab should be tried given the present situation of a yet to be recovered Xmas shock of 2009?
xv.) Can we for once be objective and leave politics out of this matter and concentrate rather on soothing/doucing the pain of the shock from that attempt on the Americans?
xvi.) Would it not have been better, if we apply diplomacy and astute communication skills in this matter?


Whether these questions are left on unanswered or not, the next thing to do is to find a way out of the dehumanized subjection of Nigerians at entry points in US and the rest of the world. It goes further to tell how we can exhaust all strategies at our disposal to remove Nigeria from the list, because even the devil can bear witness to the fact that terrorism is never a Nigerian culture, neither do we do nor condone terrorism.

Therefore, we have to apply full diplomacy and proper image laundry, and not the frivolous type we've been doing. In fact, what Nigeria can best do is to go the Saudi Arabia government way in the aftermath of 9 - 11 terror attack in America, who hired Patton Boggs and Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld.... Nigeria government must as a matter of urgency hire the best Public Relations (PR) firms in America and elsewhere to burnish Nigeria's image and to tactically remove Nigeria from the black list, terror tag and horrible rating. And above all assure America and the rest of the world that almost every Nigerian except Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab abhor strongly every act of terrorism.

Finally, in all honesty or to say the gospel truth, Nigerians don't deserve the kind of checks the Americans have resorted to, because terorism is never in our character QED!