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The spread of "Educationally Transmitted Diseases (ETDs)" in Nigeria is taking an alarming dimension. The families, schools, media and other institutions of education are all transmitting these diseases that seriously weakens the immune system of the society by making each infected person so selfish and greedy and think of no one but self. The spread has been engineered by the national philosophy of "education for self-reliance" and the declaration of political independence. We have entered the age of collective reliance and global interdependence. The age of self reliance and independence have all passed away and all people who remain with such ideology will unconsciously be suffering from an educationally transmitted disease.

This is why we must all "learn again" as Jesus told adults to be "born again" after they have been born. The many challenges confronting the citizens and nations of the world are traceable to the infection of educationall...
y transmitted diseases, whose symptoms are manifesting in several ways. When people do the opposite of what they should do, they are obviously suffering from educationally transmitted diseases. This is why we should not punish those who do wrong things but rather seek to cure them of their situation. Many of them are mere victims and some inherited the disease from birth as others got infected as they aspired to lead the society.

Rather than attacking corrupt people, cheaters in examinations, and all the criminals, we should search deeply and clean up the virus spreading educationally transmitted diseases. Therefore, we need educated parents, educated teachers and educated leaders who can produce educated children, educated students and educated citizens. Majority of the present day children, students and citizens are merely certificated children, certificated students and certificated citizens without the needed attitude, knowledge and skills.

Children were issued birth certificates by parents who never registered their marriages not realized that they were supposed to offer womb life education before the child is born. Students are issued certificates by teachers who never taught them and even some got bachelor degrees when they were never bachelors. Citizens are issued certificates of completion of jobs by leaders who never checked if the jobs were done. It is all vanity upon vanity and the earlier we recognize that our society is ill, and we seek for treatment, the better for us. RAPHAEL OGAR

it is on guidian news paper,it may not necessarily be online. Not all news paper content are online.

@gbawe,lol. Why you they vex or hot? Check guidian of today for source

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"We (ACN) helped GEJ during 2011 Presidential election, Tinubu

‘2015: We Shall RescueOur People From Misrule’ NOW, let’s share your vision on 2015; in 2011, the story was that you helped PDP to secure Lagos and Southwest’s huge votes, minus Osun State. What are we likely to see, especially now that you are discussing with the CPC and others?That alliance will flourish; we have learnt our lessons. We helped Jonathan, but he has let us down. Show me what he has done. Some people are even accusing us, myself in particular, that we collected money from him. Not a dime was collected from Jonathan.So you didn’t collect N50 billion?For what? Where was it? I say, no; let them prove their allegations. It is part of the cynicism in Nigeria, and the pack of lies. People will not take the blame for their failures.What happened then was that we were negotiating —- we the opposition. What they wanted from us was something like this; that I walked down to a negotiation on my two feet, and sat at the table like I’m sitting with you now, and you want to amputate my two feet, and you won’t provide me with even a wheel chair. That was my question, and IBB was there listening to that analogy. Aliyu Gusau was there; even Atiku was there; Buhari too was there. If they had given away the position of running mate, I am not saying I must be the one, but what do we have? If you get your party into power, and you take our platform, if we cannot use this common platform to get you there, then, what do we have? That was the ACN-CPC (alliance talks).And the ACN was a larger party…If we were not to take the presidency, despite being larger, and we were not to take vice president, then our platform must be the one on which you stand to contest. I mean, what is compromise for? All of that, people took it personal, but it just didn’t work. Now we have reset the clock and we have started again. This time, both parties, and all parties have learnt their lessons — not just CPC, but also ANPP and the ACN; we have learnt our lessons.We thought you were going to take us to your meeting with the President before the sweeping of the Southwest by the PDP…I didn’t take a penny from him, and whoever insinuates that is just an assassin, whether it is of character or whatever; you can call him a liar. Nigeria is full of allegations.But did you plan to support President Jonathan in 2011?In 2011, after the collapse of the alliance, we just said, ‘unto your own tents, oh Israel.’ Do whatever you want to do; alliance has broken down, and it was either we create a stalemate by putting our resources into an election that we knew we were going to lose or we use our resources to defend our homes, our governors. There must be rational priorities in the deployment of resources, both human and material. I don’t think people understand the strategy.But you were taking Nuhu Ribadu round the whole country, and money was being spent on his campaign, so it was a joke?They had put it out on the Internet that Ribadu had withdrawn for Buhari; is that not clear? They had gotten the electorate to abandon him during the negotiation... and people have forgotten that. I am a political calculus; where do I want to invest the resources, in an ambition that you had truncated? It is not possible for me to then use the resources to create opportunity for a stalemate, from which my party will not benefit? I had done it before, I had protected Lagos for Atiku, and we have taken that, and learnt a lesson in 2007. If the southwest is taken away for the PDP and the CPC, I have no benefit. There is no return on that, but ego servicing; you just service your ego, that is all. You cannot become president or part of a run-off; the PDP is larger. That means you play a ‘Catch 22’ game that you don’t need to play, and you will be deploying resources two times for nothing. My financial sense doesn’t teach me that. It says I should cut my losses, minimise them, and deploy those resources to defend the return on investment, and it worked.So it was a purely financial consideration?Obviously; what else is remaining? The political power is gone, and will be gone, and more exertion in the race would have created a re-run, by preventing Jonathan from having two-third. The risk factor was high and people didn’t want to stay idle, and they went and voted for him, and he still got two-third. Then I will pay agents on behalf of nothing and for nothing?But in all of that, you showed some sympathy for Jonathan…It is about constitutional democracy; the sympathy was wholesale and wholesome for him because of the way the PDP handled the transition, you cannot deny that; that is pragmatic evaluation.And you say he has lost that now?Oh, that sympathy is gone; he didn’t perform. He didn’t perform on the economy and national security. He himself is caged in the Villa; to celebrate anniversary or national parade, it is within the premises of the Villa. He cannot even come to Eagle Square. If you cannot protect yourself, you have condemned the rest of us to death. (Guardian Newspaper)
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WHY DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IS NOT WORKING IN NIGERIA
By Abdulrazaq O. Hamzat
discus4now@yahoo.com

Someone might have asked you, or you may have been asking yourself this question: if democracy means all the theoretical, institutional and behavioural dimensions that is usually written in books, why is it that not every country in the world where democratic government is running operate democracy successfully like it is written in books?

Especially in Africa, democratic governance is not a stable feature of our society, but rather, an episode phenomenon as shown by studies.

According to studies, there are many reasons why Africa especially have proved incapable of operating stable and successful democratic governance namely, economic underdevelopment and mass poverty, centralization of economic and political power, corruption in its various forms and manifestations and negative historical precedent.

For the purpose of this article, we shall concentrate on economic underdevelopment and mass poverty, which we believe was as a result of corruption and negative policies.

Research has proven that, the main feature of underdevelopment that acts as a barrier to democracy and good governance is the fact that the economy of underdeveloped countries are structurally linked with the economies of the advanced capitalist countries in such a way that the economic activities in the underdeveloped countries produce beneficial and positive results in the advanced countries while creating poverty, misery and negative results in the underdeveloped countries.

Example can be seen in the Nigerian Oil sector, where Nigeria's oil is transported to foreign countries to their economic benefits, but return back to Nigeria in exploitative form whereby creating scarcity and misery, which eventually leads to fuel subsidy which has crippled multimillion small and medium scale businesses over the years, aswell as created massive poverty, massive corruption in oil sector and all sort of negative examples too numerous to mention.

It is in this sense that some scholars from the Third World countries speak in terms of ''the development of underdevelopment''

Studies have shown that, this expression simply means that as the underdeveloped countries try to improve their economic conditions, their situation gets worst or to use another expression, the very negative indices of development that they seek to improve become deeper and more far reaching. It is therefore not surprising that such countries which Nigeria belong, can hardly operate stable democratic government, but have to move constantly between democracy and authoritarian rule. This ensured that there is a disfunction between the goods produced in our country and the goods consumed by our population. A low life expectancy, incapacity to respond to natural calamities such as the recent floods around the country, etc.

The economic system introduced in Africa by the Europeans was either extraverted or disarticulated.

Extraversion simple refers to a situation where producers/government officials have their attention fixed on the outside rather than on their national market. Disarticulation refers to a situation where the roads/sea ports in Africa were directed more at Europe and America than on our national territory. This situation ensures that every valuable resources, be it mineral, man power, intelligent citizens and historical/ancient valuables are transported abroad.

The uneven nature of European activities in Africa produced some core area of influence and affluence existing in precarious relationship with the vast periphery of rural areas.

Another area of note is education, the kind of education introduced to African countries in the colonial era is aimed at producing black European gentlemen rather than well trained engineers and technicians, but till date, most African countries including Nigeria have been unable to shift away from the education of being just a gentleman, to an education which is aimed at national transformation. Educations which not just conceive European based policies to be implemented in Africa, but a truly indigenous policy that can actually work and produce the right result.

This economic underdevelopment also allows the advance countries to impose their own policies on the underdeveloped countries by the use unfound, partial and often misguided policies and theories. Example is such which was championed by the Nigerian Minister of Finanace,Mrs Ngozie Okonjo Iweala,which claimed that the removal of fuel subsidy was inevitable to the economic stability of Nigeria, a policy which is clearly improvised and have negative effect both on present and future wellbeing of the citizens. The subsidy situation which came about due to corruption as earlier stated above and without tackling the rout cause, there can never be any progress. but Mrs Okonjo Iweala insisted on embarking on such shallow thinking imposed policy whose effect has proven bad and worst on the citizens wellbeing till date and possible some future ahead.

Studies also have it that, while the devaluation, economic liberalisation, removal of subsidy etc. can be shown to promote economic growth and development in some particular western countries, their blanket application to underdeveloped countries which Nigeria is one in general helps to keep them impoverished. Where a large number of people are poor, illustrate hungry and sick, the practice of democracy is rendered virtually impossible for in such a situation, many people are so concerned with meeting their basic needs for food and shelter that they care more or less nothing about political participation.

The relationship between an economic underdevelopment and democracy and good governance was shown to be that, as the forces of production of a society grow, the society is able to accumulate more surpluses from the labour of its members. This surplus value extracted from labour over time makes some societies to be wealthy and capable of dominating others. When such domination is directed mainly at acquiring private economic gain, then the relationship so established become an imperialistic relationship, thereby creating wealth and prosperity for the advanced countries and poverty and underdevelopment for the third world countries where Africa belong. And such poverty and economic underdevelopment stands as a major barrier to the growth and development of democracy in the world.

History have it that, since the 19th century, most African countries have been held in a structural relationship to the countries of Europe and America, which has left them underdeveloped. For this reason, these countries have been unable to practice democracy and good governance because they lack the necessary social prerequisites for democratic governance.

In conclusion, for the underdeveloped countries to have any chance of operating a successful democracy and good governance with its principles like other advanced countries, the underdeveloped countries must cut its structural tier and relationship with the advance countries, living a room for a level playing ground and moving at their own pace. Their relationship with the advanced countries must strictly be based on mutual interest and mutual benefit.

Underdeveloped countries must operate as independent entity, independent in government, economy, policies and affiliation.

Abdulrazaq O Hamzat
Discus4now@yahoo.com
http://www.modernghana.com/news/429042/1/why-democracy-and-good-governance-is-not-working-i.html

One good thing i admire in the founding fathers of Nigeria is that, what other nations got by war,they got by words,what others got by death,they secured with intelligence. that is our independence.

many may argue that Nigeria got its independent on a platter of gold,but that is not correct. No colonial masters give its subject free independent,they give them in two ways,either by war or by words. It is those who could not secure theirs by words that resort to fighting war. But fortunately for Nigeria,we were endowed with intelligent and gifted fathers whose skills and ability in dialogue and negotiation is second to none. they were able to use their God given talents to secure our independent only to throw away that grace with selfishness.

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Should our election systems continue to prevent children from voting? Does a human being need to be up to 18 years old to make a reasonable decision? If children can eat at home, raise issues with their parents, attend lessons and write exams in school as well as attend prayer sessions in churches and mosques and do know what is good for them or not before the age of 18, is there any serious reason to deny them from voting for their preferred leaders during elections? I think that children and youth below 18 should have the right to vote

why did you say that? we can always encourage some of them that are trying so as to improve their services

NOMINATE A NIGERIAN BANK FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHT AWARD

Nominate a Nigerian Bank for the International Human Right Award for excellence.

Give your reason for nomination and it must be based on human right principle.

Biafra has no land,all the places occupied by those people belongs to nigeria.

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he lives there

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lol, he lives in u.k yet ask people in nigeria to fight for isreal

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IGBO'S DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY BIAFRA DECLARATION,THEY ONLY CARE FOR GOOD LIFE,GOOD ROADS,QUALITY EDUCATION AND JUSTICE. I read that some people in Enugu state today declared a shadow Biafra Republic lead by a U.K/Nigerian citizen,who wished to gain cheap popularity at the expense of heating up the polity and expose some Igbo's to danger while he ran away to U.k. He even declared that his Biafra would be fighting Isreal enemies and i wonder what kind of nation is that. I have after reading the declaring interracted with my Igbo friends who made it known that Igbo's don't care about any Biafra declaration,they only care for a good life,good roads,quality education,responsible leaders,job employments and justice.

give a reason for the lists of governor's mentioned. What did they do to deserve it.

FULL TEXT OF BARRISTER BEN ONWUKA’S SPEECH BIAFRA INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 5TH 2012 @ENUGU

My fellow Biafrans,
It is now abundantly clear that
the security of life and property of the Biafran People are no longer safe and guaranteed in the entity called Nigeria, therefore we the Biafran People have resolved to re-declare our independence today November 5th 2012 based on the Mandate
given to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu on May 30th 1967 in order that we the Biafran People can provide our people with
security according to International Law. It is also clear that The Biafran
people’s right to freely worship according to ourChristian faith is no
longer safe and guaranteed in the entity called Nigeria. Therefore we the Biafran people have resolved to opt out of Nigeria today November 5th 2012 in order to guarantee the
Biafran people’s right to freely worship their God without being bombed or killed according to the United Nations Convention on the Freedom of Association. Today November 5th 2012, the
re-birth of the Republic of Biafra is finally actualized at the long last.
I thank all Biafrans for the sacrifices that they have made since this struggle began in 1967. We are today a free nation endowed with all God given right to re-claim our lost
sovereignty stolen from us in 1914. Let it be known from today that the
Biafran people are determined to build a country that will be democratic and transparent. A country that would be based on the
Principles of Justice, Equity and Fairness. We shall be united to build a country that would be based on
a sound economic platform that would uplift Biafran citizens from
economic poverty and set us up at equal par with world economic powers in Europe, Asia and America.
Biafra would be minded to defend our citizens both at home and abroad. The Biafran state would not
hesitate to use every availablemilitary means at her disposal to defend and protect our citizens anywhere in the world that our citizens live are threatened.
From today it would become an expensive undertaking for any member of our former citizens in the former Nigeria to kill a Biafran citizen. If that were to happen, the Biafran
State would respond with force to protect and defend
the lives and property of our citizens,
wherever that may happen. On the International arena, the
Republic of Biafra would establish and maintain a
very pro-Israel International Relations. Biafra would consider an
attack on Israel and the Jewish people as an attack on Biafra and we would respondwith an appropriate
measure to counter such a hostile
move from any quarter in the world. Biafra would consider Israel
both as a friendly and a brotherly
State. Biafra would provide Israel with all available resources from our
land to keep the state of Israel
safe and secure. The Republic of Biafra would extend her hands of
friendship to embrace all countries that uphold the Principles of democracy, freedom of Religious
Associations and acts within International law to respect all Human Rights within the United Nations conventions. Biafra would also oppose terrorism all
over the world especially when
our interest and the security of Israel is threatened. My fellow Biafrans as we embark on this journey of
self determination at last, I call on all Biafrans to be united and help to build our country for the benefit
of all. Ministers shall be announced in due course after all our borders are secured. Biafrans we thank God for his support for our country and promise to serve him alone through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and
promise to worship him all the days of our lives as Biafrans.
May God bless the Republic of Biafra
May God bless Israel and the Jewish Nation around the World.

THE STATE OF LAWLESSNESS IN NIGERIA,THE WRONG STEP,YAR'ADUA LAID THE FOUNDATION,GEJ HAVE NO CHOICE AND MEND WAS PARTIALLY RIGHT.

Some years ago,when president Yaradua announced the amnesty PARDON for the militants that are responsible for causing so much destruction to lives and properties in the N/D region in the name of agitation,i insisted at that time that the decision of the president signifies the beginning and end of lawlessness in Nigeria. Many hailed the decision and commended the president,but i know that it was the worst decision ever taken by any leader. I stated at that time that It means that any group could come up anytime,cause havoc and still get juicy amnesty. Few years later,Boko Haram came up,destroyed lives and properties and we have no choice than grant them amnesty just like the militants. Some people have argued that,the militant have a legitimate demand considering the negative effect of oil spill in the region and i agree,but when a legitimate demand is agitated for illegitimately,the demand becomes illegitimate. The center point is,both boko haram and the militant are illegitimate when they employed violence and they should be treated as equal,and since they,the militant got amnesty,the FG has no choice than grant amnesty to the boko haram if we want peace. Though,this is regrettable,painful and hateful that we have to compensate those who kill thousands of innocent Nigerians,but it's a very hard choice we must take to restore peace. After the boko haram and Fg accept to dialogue,here come the militant with a demand,the release of its leader,Henry Okah and others who were held for the October 1st bomb blast. In my opinion,the demand was partially right. If the fg want to grant amnesty to boko haram which has bombed countless places like the Un house,police hq and many more places,why prosecute okah who bombed just once or twice? Their other demand of resource control is foolish and useless. Though,the manner of their demand was a pity to the Nigerian state. The fg have been reduced to nothing. The bad and wrong decision of late president Yar'adua would hunt Nigeria for a long time,i pray that we overcome it. My advice to the Nigerian youths is simple,learn to condemn a wrong step even if you are alone doing so. Never celebrate mediocrity.

WHAT IS THE DIVIDEND OF DEMOCRACY,A QUESTION FOR NIGERIA.

Today,if a Governor or president construct,dualise or rehabilitate a road,they call it a dividend of democracy which makes wonder what we would call the military govt that constructed the majority of the roads in Nig. When gej approve new universities,they call it dividend of democracy,but what about the majority of universities in Nig provided by the military? Military provided the electricity we use today,they provided the refineries,the airports and much more things than the democratic govt are providing. should we call it the dividend of militarilism? So what is the true meaning of the dividend of democracy? Its simple. Govt of the people. A situation where the people's voice is the govt decision. Freedom of speech,association and movement. Are we free to speak without arrest? Are we free to move without prevention? Are we free to associate peacefully?