RE-CLAIM NIGERIA.
Nigeria belongs to all of us.
Nobody has any greater stake
or right to her than you and I.
We must therefore reclaim Nigeria from our
tormentors. The
present struggle is not just
about the removal of subsidy on
petroleum. It is also about good
governance and also
about a fight against the unbelievable level of
corruption
in government. Our tormentors
said we must
sacrifice to secure our future.
No sermon is as powerful as a
good personal example. They must lead by
example and we
would follow. Our demand should
be the
following and we would accept
no less. 1. THERE MUST BE IN PLACE A
LAW
THAT MAKES STEALING PUBLIC
FUNDS AN OFFENCE PUNISHABLE BY
PUBLIC EXECUTION. 2. THE IMMUNITY
CLAUSE MUST GO
BOTH AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS. 3. THE
PRESIDENT MUST
SELL OFF
ALL THE AIRCRAFTS IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL FLEET (the Prime
Minister of Britain, a much
bigger economy does not have one and
travels with British
Airways). 4. THE PRESIDENT'S
SALARY AND
ALLOWANCES MUST NOT EXCEED
$200,000 (our President has no
reason whatsoever, to earn more than the
American
President, 5. THE
PRESIDENTIAL VILLA MUST
BE SOLD OUT AND BE REPLACED
WITH NO MORE THAN A 6BEDROOM
HOUSE (the British Prime Minister lives in a 3-
bedroom apartment).
6. FEEDING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
AND VP LODGE SHOULD NOT BE
MORE THAN 1MILLION NAIRA PER
MONTH. (Presently it is 90 million
Naira per month for both). >:O 7. NO
LEGISLATOR SHALL EARN
MORE THAN A PERMANENT
SECRETARY. 8. NO GOVT OFFICIAL
SHALL HAVE
MORE THAN ONE OFFICIAL CAR. 9.
NO GOVT OFFICIAL OR APPOINTEE WOULD BE
ENTITLED TO FOREIGN
MEDICAL TREATMENT (whatever is
provided for the citizens should
be good enough for our
officials). 10. THERE SHALL BE NO
OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY AT THE FEDERAL,
and STATE GOVT LEVELS.
ITS NO MORE ABOUT SUBSIDY ALONE: The
American President has only 2
aircraft, our president has 9in his fleet and
voted money recently to buy1 more!
The British prime Minister has only 2
official cars, our president has 23 in his pool
and only, recently voted 300m naira to buy
2 more bullet/bomb proof ones! Senators in
the US earn about$6,000
dollars monthly and dats about what a
university professor,or a director in a state
dept, or a doctor wt 20yrs experience, or a
teacher wt 25yrs experience earn too, but in
Nigeria a senator earns245million Naira per
annum! Dats d salary of 25 vice chancellors,
or 50 medical doctors, or 60 directors, or 500
schl teachers!
The US, almost d size of Africa with about
500million people have 24 ministers, and 32
govt parastatals and commisions, Nigeria has
42 cabinet ministers, and over 50
government parastatals!
America with about 500million people
and more mileage to drive consumes
39million litres of petrol daily, Nigeria with
150million people 60% out of which live in
remote areas, yet our govt tells us we
consume about 35million ltrs of petrol daily!
IS SUBSIDY REALLY THE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA?
'When you marry an illiterate woman as a
wife, you will definitely make stupid
decisions like jonathan'-wole soyinka spoke.
When Govt becomes irresponsible, The
people respond!