Goddex: I just returned from Federal University Lokoja where a niece is studying.
Only a transformation agent like GEJ could have replicated what I saw there in Taraba, Nasarrawa, Yobe, Zamfara, Kebbi, Kogi, Delta, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Jigawa, Katsina, Gombe all in about 4yrs time
I also used this beautifully newly constructed Abuja - Lokoja road to Abuja
new2020: This election as has been decided long ago and GEJ will win with landslide. Now, let's do some factual analysis. SS and SE HAVE SEALED THEIR DESTINY WITH JONATHAN. Even if you adopt Mohammed/Jesus or Jesus/Mohammed, SE and SS will still vote GEJ 100%. Now let's take a look at SW. Mimiko of Ondo just joined PDP, that state will go to PDP, Guy man of Ekiti Fayose will deliver Ekiti for PDP and most likely Akala or someone will win under PDP and Oyo will deliver for PDP. Only Osun will tip towards APC. North central...Kogi, Benue, Nasarawa, Niger, Taraba, Plateau and Kwara (all he needs is to have a meeting with Dr. Saraki; laugh, smile with him, give him oil block and assure him Kwara will forever belong to him as long as he is re-elected...he will not interfere any way and form in his state; he can run it like his private enterprise. Saraki will say really? GEJ is will say yes Wahali. Saraki will deliver Kwara for GEJ). Now, Adamawa; all the politics going on there lately you think it's a movie, this is a well engineered plan by PDP to gobble up that state. Kaduna will go for PDP, so will Gombe. Bauchi and Kebbi with PDP governors and GEJ supporters will go PDP, Jigawa will go PDP...Sule Lamido just need a little love and recently met with GEJ to commission his airport, will deliver Jigawa for PDP. Modu Sheriff is likely to join PdP and will split the vote in Borno with his followers...Northerners vote with followers; that's something unique about them. Same will happen in Kano as Supporters/followers of Shekarau will split Kano vote, at least by 40% for PDP. Ibrahim Shema of Katsina will deliver PDP. The only two Northern states that will be difficult for swing are Zamfara and Sokoto...these are core northern states that take "SAI BUHARI" TO THEIR HEARTS. Zamfara will support whoever APC/ACN pick....Must be a northerner and muslim. For Sokoto, the governor is immensely grassroot, self-made and stubborn. He is a PDP, though with the exit of Tukur whom he swore never to have anything to do with, he is more likely to work with Muazu and deliver PDP for GEJ; however with defection of Speaker Tambuwal today whom he controls like his personal cattle...he can recall him back to Sokoto within minutes, that said, looks like Wammako is not laughing or willing to cooperate with PDP with Tambuwal defection. Now to Atiku, A lot of people don't understand that Atiku is a planted Aspirant by GEJ in APC to cut down northern votes...trust me, Atiku is in cohorts with GEJ. He did this in the last election...his supporters ended up dividing northern vote or voting for GEJ in the last minute. As I said earlier, northerners vote in line with someone they follow irrespective of party or candidate.
Lastly, reading a lot of these posts here, I think a lot of SWers have this Utopian idea that SW still belongs to APC/ACN; it may in the minds of SWers, but in reality it now belongs to PDP...I'm speaking factually now...Ekiti is PDP, Ondo is PDP, Oyo will likely go PDP, Jonathan just dashed Aregbesola Osun to salivate the people tongues so that when he gobble up Ogun and Oyo, people will say it's also free and fair like Osun...politics 101. Come 2015, All SW states except Osun and maybe Lagos will remain APC/ACN; Lagos could swing to PDP If they present a good, solid candidate like late Funsho Williams that will yield supports of yorubas and non yorubas...Obanikoro has strong support and base. I know they are few people that command more respect than Obanikoro, even still with Obanikoro, he will deliver AT LEAST 30% of Lagos vote to PDP. So technically its all PDP as Lagos vote will most likely be divided close half if it remains under APC/ACN. Very unfortunate that a lot of SWers here don't know what's happening in their backyard. You people clamoring for Buhari/Fashola, let me tell you something you don't know, Nigerian elites...IBB, Gowon, Atiku, governors; present and past, most house members, senators, Banks CEOS, Dangote, Otedola, Adenuga, e.t.c.; WILL NEVER NEVER EVER EVER EVER want to see Buhari smell that presidency. Trust me...with Buhari in there, they are going to jail and they know it. I love Buhari and Fashola but Nigeria politics is played in Nigerian way concession...give and take!
So ladies and Gentlemen, save this post and I assure you 100%, my analysis will be the reality and GEJ will be re-elected come 2015]
Warped analysis.
What makes you think Rivers will vote Jonathan? No Yoruba state will vote Jonathan with the way he treats us.
Sokoto, Kano and Kwara are beyond him. And do not dream the North East will vote him
If Jonathan rigs, he may win but with one man one vote, he is a goner.
olanajim: the pastor narrating the above must be condemned instead of glorified. Granted that T B joshua may have his failing, the truth is that the pastor willing went into the synagogue when he couldnt find miracle in Salvation Army Church. That is so glaring in his story. He wanted fruit of the womb. This failure to get what he wanted and the clandestine (he didnt prove it) affair his wife supposedly had with the man of God is the cause of his leaving the synagogue.
So many questions. I wish he can answer them. He remarried to prove his fertility. He didnt say he caught his wife making love to TB Joshua. That act of impatience is a bad example for his followers as we all know the position of christainity on marriage. It is a pity that the wife is the loser. TB Joshua loses nothing. I hope that every couple, especially women learn from it. That pastor kayode was only looking for justification to remarry.
I wonder what kind of salvation he would render his congregation when he ran away from his own challenge. He should thank God he is not a RCCG pastor, he would have been axed like Igbodalo.
Have you ever seen a man ontop of a woman before aside films.
You are angry with all doctors because they are on strike...and because you know you cannot do without them.So,you lash out and ask them to return to their work.
The thing is,most of you people do not think about the conditions that your average health care worker works under. We lack a lot of facilities, we have bad light and water supply ,and we work long hours. And there are too few of us....right now there are 40,000 doctors for 160million people.(That is why most Nigerians never see a doc....there are too few of us.).
Now, the reason why there are few doctors is due to the fact that 1.)Because of poor funding for the university system....we do not have enough lecturers...and enough places to train lots of new student doctors.2).We have such bad and limited facilities that many of us have gone out of the country because we are tired of seeing patients die in our presence because we lacked X or could not make the diagnosis on time because of Y....or we don't have drug Z.
Solving those problems are part of the reason why the residents are on strike. Now...a little info....the NARD...that is the resident doctors union....have been on strike for longer than NMA. And a big part of the reason why they are on strike is for improved training facilities, and improved funding for residency....because a big part ofour residency is the clinical research they do....and both require money.
But you don't see that...all you see arrogant doctors. And you see the fact that you lost a friend in the hospital....and you think it was our negligence that did it.True...some of us are negligent....and some are arrogant. But most of the time...patients suffer in our hospita lbecause....thanks to lackoffunding....we do not have the means to help them.(And it makes me feel sad....when we have lost the stroke case because we did not have a CT scan to find out on time that she had a hemorrhagic stroke).
In my opinion,NMA and JOHESU ,as I have said several times on here....should join hands and fight for better funding for the health care sector...because what docs go through....nurses, pharmacists et al go through. Right now...we are in an egocentric fight over titles. But that does not mean we are also not fighting for better facilities....especially through the medium of NARD.
I hope you see the problem. Or maybe you don't want to...because solving it means either increasing funding for health care OR raising fees for services....so that government can pay for new facilities. It also means doing the same for university education. Regardless of what you think....we docs(including me, who has worked in rural care for most of my working life) want to serve you better. But we can't continue to do that under policies that generate acrimony between members of the health care team....as well as awful facilities.
But of course you do not have to agree with me.
Still....our health care system is in crisis.And it isn't the staff's fault.
Go and rest. You guys have lost it all. Respect and honor.
redsun: Instead of sacking them,he should have looked into the employement law that allows employees to go on long strike with pay.But most fundamentally,he should addressed the issue of poorly managed and financed health sector in nigeria.Having a functional health sysytem benefits alll,not just the doctors.In an health organized system,a virus like ebola wouldn't have entered nigeria so easily and porously like it did.
Nice talk.
But so too are other sectors, education, sport, infrastructure, electricity, manufacturing.
I am not a friend of GEJ but these doctors have overdone it.
They do not abide by their oath. Money, money, money.
They take salary and still run their hospitals. What else do they want?
God help you in Abuja if you are ill.
They billed the wife of a brother #250k upfront for an operation I heard they normally charge 50 to 70k .
I once said here that I would give my seat to a medic but no more.
Church is a business and it is such a big shame. This makes about the third top clergy blacklisted in the UK. i am a xtian but see this http://naijabizideas.com/how-to.html
AZeD1: It is a well known fact that bribery is illegal in Nigeria so if the DSS was offered a bribe and the person that offered the bribe was not arrested, then there is something wrong with the DSS
The spokesperson of the DSS should be ashamed of herself.
Ogar and DSS of all people.
Remember the way they handled the assassination of Oshiomole aid. Unresolved till toady.
Remember how she handle the bring back our girls rally. Ezekwelli says she is a disgrace to women.
In Ado-Ekiti, They arrested some people thumb printing in an Hotel only to be denied later by this same woman.
What evidence of rottenness are you still looking for?
streetzdreamz: just shut it!all ur pple abroad,did dey kno wat d average man is goin tru in d state? Quit ur judgements frm d sentiments frm pple dat doesn't know d indepth of some situations, D pple voted for who dey wanted irespective of rice or nt,n both parties even distributed rice n money so y'all spineless critins shud just shut ur traps!! So d general populace in ekiti state r all hungry n jobless huh,d civil servants n business men and women,dis s ma first time of lashing out on a forum like dis buh y'al r just too annoying wit ur rice rants,,label ur family as hungry folks n nt d general populace of ekiti state cuz dey voted in a man of dia choice n if t later backfires den dey'd bear d cross alone....only a fool will vote his or her future cuz of some grains of rice,think man,think!!! D rice he distributed is nt even up to two bowls or wateva t s dey measure rice wit,can't feed a family oF 6 twice in a day...b4 u bite I aint anti,or pro apc or pdp,congrats to ogbeni and d pple of osun I hope his re-election brings dev to d state....
Yes backfire
streetzdreamz: just shut it!all ur pple abroad,did dey kno wat d average man is goin tru in d state? Quit ur judgements frm d sentiments frm pple dat doesn't know d indepth of some situations, D pple voted for who dey wanted irespective of rice or nt,n both parties even distributed rice n money so y'all spineless critins shud just shut ur traps!! So d general populace in ekiti state r all hungry n jobless huh,d civil servants n business men and women,dis s ma first time of lashing out on a forum like dis buh y'al r just too annoying wit ur rice rants,,label ur family as hungry folks n nt d general populace of ekiti state cuz dey volp;oted in a man of dia choice n if t later backfires den dey'd bear d cross alone....only a fool will vote his or her future cuz of some grains of ricn the ground. My pee,think man,think!!! D rice he distributed is nt even up to two bowls or wateva t s dey measure rice wit,can't feed a family oF 6 twice in a day...b4 u bite I aint anti,or pro apc or pdp,congrats to ogbeni and d pple of osun I hope his re-election brings dev to d state....
Yes, backfire, it will sure do. I was on ground, my people voted for #5000 and rice.
Harlex: Do u say feyemi did not perform well? Doubt if u truly live in ekiti
Do not mind them, they live in the cave. in my LG, we 10 wards and Fayemi gave each a health centre. The Primary school I left in 1965 has a computer room with 10 pc and 2 air conditional units. Old people got stipends Our water flows. Roads tarred even thought could be tarred. What did Oshoke do? Poultry with no birds. I say again, my people are alatenuje.
NewNigeriaMind: PLEASE THE INSULTS TO EKITI SHOULD STOP.
YORUBA PEOPLE WE ARE ONE.
EVEN IF WE DONT SEE EYE TO EYE ON THIS EKITI THING.
LETS CELEBRATE OSUN.
EKITI IS IN GODS HAND NOW. WE CAN ONLY SUPPORT THEM WITH PRAYERS.
PLS EKITI JOKES SHOULD STOP.
No, it should continue. My people disgraced cerebral capabilities. There should be no room for cerebral Lilliputians in the west The insult should continue so the mistake does not happen again
Tunjasko: if u made diz statement in my presence....I would criously deal wt u....all diz kids typing rubbish on nairaland diz dayz....mods...u are not doing ur work...sme idiots hav to be banned
Do not deal with anybody, criously or otherwise. Our people are alatenuje. They proved it.
smatadex: I can't believe people saying Ekiti people re hungry for food, OH NO if am from Ekiti I will neva accept this insult Oh Shit
Proudly Ibadan Boy.
As an Ekiti man I feel the pain. All my Friends abroad can not believe it. They kept asking me how and why. The truth is that my people are alatenuje which is a disgrace.
walexsho: What did fayose Achieved? Impeachment, he was guilty of all the Impeachment charges . If you dont move close the faeces, you can't perceive the odour. Accept the situation of your people and Orientate them. If PDP had presented other candidate and won, then I will agree with you. Not an ex criminal. I know its Akala they will present in OYO state, PDP and ex convict, Omisore : ex convict.
I agree with you. I am from Ekiti. My people are alajtenute bole bi eie
koonbey: Please,next Time you are going to spew Vitriol like to show the World the extent of your Cerebral deficiency and impoverishment, just swerve away from Ekiti or Ekiti People,thank you. I personally supported Fayemi,but the Truth is; The People of Ekiti voted how they wanted regardless of Rice or no Rice,afterall the Rice was given to them BEFORE the Election,so they could have simply collected and voted how they really wanted. Besides,its not like its only in Ekiti State such has been known to happen. I am sick and tired of hearing about this Rice Issue,especially from Ignoramuses who have no Idea of the State of Affairs in the State.
I am an eEkiti man and I was there during the election. Even on the queue, people were still being bought with #5000 and rice. I am ashamed of my people. Osun people have proved they are concerned about their tomorrow. They have voted for developmental infrastructure rather than stomach infrastructure. Ekitis will regret their temporary stomach dictates. Osun people, I am proud of you
kama1210: Fellow Nl's and Nigerian at Large, Let's celebrate with my pastor and a man of pure spiritual integrity. I was Eye witness to this live event. Right now, it's ever historic that a silent young Nigerian is the world youngest Bishop.
Bishop Rayvic Ifeanyi Ogbonna is the youngest Bishop in the world, ordained at the age of 29 years on November 23rd 2013. He was born October 12th 1984.
He was born in Afikpo North L.G.A of Ebonyi state Nigeria. He is married to Annastesia Nkolika Ogbonna and the marriage is blessed with a son Prophet Felix Chinedu Ogbonna (and still counting).
Bishop Rayvic Ifeanyi Ogbonna was ordained by Arch Bishop Dr. Williams King (Primate of Zion Outreach Ministries Inc and the President of Zion Episcopal college of Bishops ), November 23rd 2013. Bishop Rayvic is such a prophet of God with anointing for signs and wonders whose spiritual audacity proves the resurrection power of Christ Jesus. Reverend Rayvic Ifeanyi is the Primate of Revelation Ministry International (Messiah Church of God), he took after his late father, Bishop Dr. Felix Ogbo Nkama. His father, Prophet Felix Nkama is the founder of Messiah Church of God with HQ in Afikpo, Nigeria. Bishop Rayvic is a prolific writer, highly inspirational and motivational speaker. Rev. Rayvic Ifeanyi had his early Bible training in Messiah Church of God, Redeemed Christian Church of God( R.C.C.G), House of Grace Parish, woji Ph city, School of Healing and Deliverance Ministries with subsequent Theological/Bible certifications at World Bible school, U.S.A . He is an Accountant by academic Discipline and also I.C.T professional. Bishop Rayvic Ifeanyi is the MD/CEO of Megafox ICT which he started while in University. He is a human right activist and a leader in the Boys Scout of Nigeria.
Bishop Rayvic is used by God to demonstrate the healing grace and prophetic revelations with great deliverance witnessed in his meetings. His ministry has extended from Nigeria to Ghana and still counting. He host crusades and training programs for church workers, ministers, youth ministries and so on. Bishop Rayvic is the epitome of what a true prophet of God is just like his biological Father who is such a rare prophet, Prophet Nkama, He travels to nations for the propagation of the great commission, Acts. 1:8.
Preaching and effective teaching of the gospel of salvation, prophetic deliverance messages and raising champions is his core ministry vision that reveals with his priestly mandate "Isaiah 61:1-7 (KJV)
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
This is idea #18 in my Book Businesses For Nigerian Graduates. More at aijabizideas.com/ 18 CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT You laugh. I know some people will want to crucify me for this, but no regrets. My allegiance is to my readers and my conscience. My mission is to show you ways to make money and this is one of them. I am a Christian but the truth is that church churns out money. If you are endowed and trained, it is money spinning. Since this book is about businesses you can do, I will be remiss in my duty if I fail to include this. I do not have to mention names; you only have to go through the list of private Universities or the list of private jet owners to understand what I am saying. Some people do not even attend any theology school before they start. I must say I do not subscribe to this. No matter how endowed you are, you have to be trained and probably serve tutelage. I call this bag carrying for the forerunners. That is, you have to carry somebody’s bag before somebody carries your own.
To be honest, you cannot give what you do not have. You can learn under an established man of God if you do not want to go to a seminary. When you graduate, work a bit with him, ask for his blessings, go and start your own. Do spiritual consultation and confirm that God supports you. It is a tough job even for the chosen. For every Sam Adeyemi, hundreds have fallen along the way. However, it is two ways rewarding. You win souls for God and win riches for yourself. These days, you have to be very Knowledgeable to lead a flock as your members are professionals. You have to be a pastor, an evangelist, a prophet, a councillor, a motivational speaker. all wrapped into one. It is a tough job unless you want to swindle people and I do not have a hand in that. The church gurus- Ajiboye, Oyedepo, Okonkwo, Abiara, Olowere and others have come a long way and they have paid and still pay their dues. They are deep in Knowledge and spirit. I cannot say more. MARKETING. Marketing a church is a big field. I guess in years to come, we will have church administration in our higher institutions. All tools in marketing are used including free feeding. Signboard, radio and paper adverts, cards, billboards, flyers, mobile advert, indeed all marketing tools are used. CAVEAT. Choose an anointed man of God you fancy and follow his steps. Do not cut corners and do not expect instant reward, as you may be disappointed. Be faithful to your God and your sheep. When in doubt consult the number one consultant, GOD.
[quote author=real-teflon]She’s been mean all season, but Kate is now finally softening up. Yesterday, Kate Henshaw burst out in tears on Nigeria’s Got Talent, as Simon, an aged singer from Benin performed. His rendition of his original composition, ‘Small loaf’, got Kate laughing so hard till she burst out in tears. The 58-year-old contestant couldn’t keep up with his performance as he choked almost at the end, which caused Kate to laugh uncontrollably. Kate wasn’t the only one who couldn’t tame her outburst, as her fellow judge Igbo Koko joined her. “You can continue to write songs but please don’t be the one to sing them,” said an overwhelmed Igbo. Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct88Rp4xhPY
premiumtimesng.com/arts-entertainment/151160-kate-henshaw-weeps-uncontrolably-nigerias-got-talent.html[/quote]This girl should be off this program by now.
decrox199: "I Did Not Write Any Letter to My Father, IYABO OBASANJO Speaks Out! December18, 2013 IYABO OBASANJO (On Rainbow FM): > "I have never seen or heard this sort of fabrication in my entire life! I, IYABO OBASANJO never contemplate writing a letter to my Loving Father. I speak with him almost on daily bases. "Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo is the best father in the world. He gave birth to me, he raise me up and gave me the best of Education. I wouldn't have achieve whatever I did without my father. IN FACT, WHO AM I WOTHOUT MY FATHER? "As a father he never disappoint his children in any way, he is a father anybody wish to have. "If President Jonathan want to reply the letter my father wrote him, he should be man enough to reply direct. Why are they trying to make me a scape goat? I know my father very well and I don't question his judgement, I believe my father wrote his letter in the best intrest of the nation. If Mr. President disagree with some of the allegations in the latter, let him be man enough to talk directly to my father, he should stop involving me in an issue I know nothing about. "How can you write a letter to insult my father and claim I, the daughter is the source. If that is how Ijaw people insult their father, I am a Yoruba Woman, we respect our parent in all circumstances. "I IYABO OBASANJO did not write any letter. Nigerians should please take note. "The purported letter is a malicious lies intended to rubish the good name of my family, when I get to the source of the letter, I will waste no time to take the necessary legal actions. "I love my father and I never disrespect him."
eGuerrilla: Getting back to my mother, I still remember your beating her up continually when we were kids. What kids can forget that kind of violence against their mother? Your maltreatment of women is legendary. Many of your women have come out to denounce you in public but since your madness is also part of the madness of the society, it is the women that are usually ignored and mistreated. Of course, you are the great pretender, making people believe you have a good family life and a good relationship with your children but once in a while your pretence gets cracked.
When Gbenga gave a ride to help someone he didn’t know but saw was in need and the person betrayed his trust by tapping his candid response on the issues going on between you and your then vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, you had your aides go on air and denounce the boy before you even spoke to him to find out what happened. What kind of father does that? Your atrocities to some of my other siblings I will let them tell in their own due time or never if they choose.
Some of the details of our life are public but the people choose to ignore it and pretended we enjoyed some largesse when you were President. This punishing the innocent is part of Nigeria’s continuing sins against God. While you were military head of state and lived in Dodan Barracks, we stayed either with our mum in the two-bedroom apartment provided for her by General Murtala Mohammed or with your relatives, Bose, Yemisi and your sisters’ kids in the Boys Quarters of Dodan Barracks. At QueensCollege, I remember being too ashamed to tell my wealthy classmates from Queen’s College, Lagos we lived in the two room Boys Quarters or in the two room flat on Lawrence Street.
No, we did not have privileged upbringing but our mother emphasized education and that has been our salvation. Of my mother’s 6 children 4 have PhDs. Of the two without PhD, one has a Master’s and the other is an engineer. They are no slouches. Education provided a way to make our way in the world.
You are one of those petty people who think the progress and success of another takes from you. You try to overshadow everyone around you, before you and after you. You are the prototypical “Mr. Know it all”. You’ve never said “I don’t know” on any topic, ever. Of course this means you surround yourself with idiots who will agree with you on anything and need you for financial gain and you need them for your insatiable ego. This your attitude is a reflection of the country. It is not certain which came first, your attitude seeping into the country’s psyche or the country accepting your irresponsible behavior for so long.
Like you and your minions, it’s a symbiotic relationship. Nigeria has descended into a hellish reality where smart, capable people to “survive” and have their daily bread prostrate to imbeciles. Everybody trying to pull everybody else down with greed and selfishness — the only traits that gets you anywhere. Money must be had and money and power is king. Even the supposed down-trodden agree with this.
Nigeria accused me of fraud with the Ministry of Health. As you yourself know, both in Abeokuta and Abuja I lived in your houses as a Senator. In Lagos, I stayed in my mum’s bungalow which she succeeded in getting from you when you abandoned her with six children to live in Abeokuta with Stella.
I borrowed against my four-year Senate salary to build the only house I have anywhere in the world in Lagos. I rent out the house for income. I don’t have much in terms of money but I am extremely happy. I tried to contribute my part to the development of my country but the country decided it didn’t need me. Like many educated Nigerians my age, there are countries that actually value people doing their best to contribute to society and as many of them have scattered all over the world so have many of your children.
I can speak for myself and many of them; what they are running away from is that they can’t even contribute effectively at the same time as they have to deal with constant threats to their lives by miscreants the society failed to educate; deal with lack of electricity and air pollution resulting from each household generating its own electricity, and the lack of quality healthcare or education and a total lack of sense of responsibility of almost every person you meet. Your contribution to this scenario cannot be overestimated.
You and your cronies mentioned in your letter have left the country worse than you met it at your births in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Nigeria is not the creation of any of you, and although you feel you own it and are “Mr Nigeria” deciding whether the country stays together or not, and who rules it; you don’t. Nigeria is solely the creation of the British. My dear gone Grandmother whose burial you told people not to attend, was not born a Nigerian but a proud Ijebu-Yoruba woman. Togetherness is a choice and it must serve a purpose.
As for Nigerians thinking I have their money, when it was obvious I was part of the Yar’Adua (government’s) anti-Obasanjo phenomenon that was going on at the time. The Ministry of Health and international NGOs paid for a retreat for the Senate Committee on Health. The House Committee on Health was treated exactly the same way. The monies were given to members as estacode and the rest used for accommodation, flights and feeding. While the Senate was on the retreat in Ghana, the EFCC asked the House Committee to return the monies they received for their retreat and asked us in the Senate to return ours on our return which I refused, as it was already used for the purpose it was earmarked for in the budget that year which was to work on the National Health Bill.
The House Committee had not gone on their retreat. I did nothing wrong and my colleagues and I on the retreat did our work conscientiously. I asked the EFCC not to drag my colleagues into it and I am proud I suffered alone. As is usual in a society where people who are not progressive but take pleasure in the pain of others, most Nigerians were happy, not looking at the facts of the matter, just the suffering of an Obasanjo.
As the people that stole their millions are hailed by them the innocent is punished. When the court case was thrown out because it lacked merit even against the Minister, no newspaper carried the news. The wrongful malicious prosecution of an Obasanjo was not something they wanted to report; just her downfall. But it really wasn’t about me, it was about right and wrong in society and every society gets the fruit of the seeds it sows.
How do you think God will provide good leaders to such a people? God helps those who help themselves. I have realized that as an Obasanjo I am not entitled to work in Nigeria in any capacity. I am not entitled to work in health which is my training, or in any field or anywhere in the country or participate in any business. I have learnt this lesson well and there are societies that actually think capable, well-educated people are important to their society’s progress. Apparently, unless I am eating from the dustbin, Nigerians and possibly you will not be satisfied. I thank God it has not come to that based on God-given brains and brawn.
When I left Nigeria in 1989 for graduate studies in America, you promised to pay my school fees and no living expenses. This you did and I am grateful for because, working in the kitchen and then the library at University of California, Davis and later, working on the IT desk and later as a Teaching Assistant at Cornell gave me valuable work ethics for life. I wouldn’t have it any other way. As a black woman in the early 21st century, I have achieved much and done more than most. My wish is that black girls all over the world will have the capacity to create their lives, make mistakes, learn from it and move ahead.
Moving back to Nigeria, thinking I wanted to serve was obviously a grave mistake but one brought about by the tragic incident of April 20, 2003. This was the day five people were shot dead in my car. The mother of the children was an acquaintance I had met only one day before the incident.
We had attended the same high school and university but she was there ten years earlier than I. She had also studied public health in the UK as I had in the US. It was these coincidences that made us connect on our first meeting and then she decided to visit on the Saturday of the election of 2003 when the incident occurred. I am scarred for life by that incident and I know the mother was too as we both looked back to see two men on each side of my car shooting.
I understand her trauma and her behaviour since then can be judged from that. Nigeria is a nasty place that pushes people to lose their compass. I participated in the campaigns leading to the elections that day, more because this was my first experience of electoral process in Nigeria. Growing up there were no elections and I was too young in the 1979 and 1983 elections. It was interesting to see democracy at work. When Gbenga Daniel who I campaigned for offered me a job, I probably would have declined it, if not for the memory of the dead.
I felt I had to engage in making the country progress and to avoid such incidences in the future. I don’t need to tell you or anyone what kind of governor and person Gbenga Daniel is. As usual when I found out, you would not listen to my opinion but found out for yourself. I also campaigned for Amosun for the Senate in 2003. I have had some wonderful Nigerians do good to me, I will never forget the then Minister of Women Affairs, who saw me talking in the crowd at a campaign event and was alarmed and said “bad things can happen to you out there, I will give you one of the orderlies assigned to my office to follow you”. This was the police man that died in my car that day. I never really thought bad things would happen to me, I moved around freely in society until that shooting scarred me and I accepted a police detail. I was constantly scared for my life after that.
You called me after your vengeful letter as usual, looking out for yourself and thinking you will bribe me by saying the APC will use me for the Senate. Do you really know me and what I want out of life?
Anyone that knows me knows I am done with anything political or otherwise in Nigeria. I have so much to do and think to make this world a better place than to waste it on fighting with idiots over a political post that does no good to society. That letter you wrote to the President, would you have tolerated such a letter as a sitting President? Don’t do to others what you will not allow to be done to you. The only thing I was using that was yours was the house in Abuja where I left my things when I left the country. I eventually rented it out so that the place would not fall apart but as usual you want to take that as well. You can’t have it without explaining to Nigerians how you came about the house?
As I said earlier, this is not about politics but my frustration with you as a father and a human being. I am not involved with what is currently going on in Nigeria, I don’t talk to any Nigerian other than friends on social basis. I am not involved with any political groups or affiliation. You mentioned Governor Osoba when you spoke to me, yes I was walking down the street of Cambridge, Massachussets a few months ago, when I looked up and saw him reading a map trying to cross the street.
I greeted him warmly and offered to give him a ride to where he was going. This I did not do because I wanted anything from him politically but because that is how I was raised by my mother to treat an adult who I really had no ill-will towards. Some said he was part of the people that manipulated the elections for me to lose in 2011. I don’t have any ill-will to him for that because I think they did me a favour and someone has to win and lose.
I had told you I wasn’t going to run in 2011 but you manipulated me to run; that was my mistake. Losing was a blessing. As usual you wanted me to run for your self-serving purpose to perpetuate your name in the political realm and as the liar that you are, you later denied that it was you who wanted me to run in 2011.
In 2003 I ran because I wanted to and I thought getting to the central government I will be able to contribute more to improving lives and working on legislation that impacts the country. I found that nothing gets done; every public official in Nigeria is working for himself and no one really is serving the public or the country.
The whole system, including the public themselves want oppressors, not people working for their collective progress. When no one is planning the future of a country, such a country can have no future. I won’t be your legacy, let your legacy be Nigeria in the fractured state you created because, it was always your way or the highway.
This is the end of my communication with you for life. I pray Nigeria survives your continual intervention in its affairs.
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