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“Change Begins With Me,” launched last week by President Muhammadu Buhari as a national re-orientation campaign, may be a confession: a government confessing it has lost the mission plan. The launch was undertaken days after Nigeria’s police force had announced, ignorantly and arrogantly, it would ban the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group from holding its public rallies. For two and a half years, BBOG had campaigned relentlessly and courageously for the release of over 200 schoolgirls abducted from a secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram militants. Predictably, and to its credit, the group told the police it would not recognize the ban, as it lacks the authority to ban public demonstrations. It is a shame that in 2016, the police are being educated by the public that their responsibilities in the context of public demonstrations are simply to ensure it is peaceful. In a fascinating coincidence, news then broke on Wednesday, two days after the “ban,” that President Buhari had invited an armada of top journalists to his presence on Friday for a 10am “security” briefing. 10am Friday has always been prime time for BBOG, being its traditional weekly rally in Abuja’s Eagle Square. On Thursday, with the government failing to distance itself from the ban, it announced “Change Begins With Me,” which we shall call CBWM. In principle, in a chaos such our Nigeria’s, such an idea is not a bad one at all. Change ought to begin with every Nigerian. Among others, this means the campaign should have arrived with the new government in May 2015, or soon after that, led by its officials as well as its sponsors, the All Progressives Congress (APC), using the instrument of example. It didn’t. They waited for all of 16 months, during which little of note had taken place in the direction of change, to say the words. That is why CBWM is being seen for what it is: a cynical and defensive policy, rather than as a bold invitation to Nigerians to seize ownership of their fate. By introducing the policy well after the public, including supporters of the government, had begun to question the content of “change,” the government stands accused. Clearly, it has been introduced not to stimulate the participation of Nigerians in changing their country, which seems to be the hope, but in response to the criticism that the Buhari government has failed to champion the change it promised when it sought power. That is why CBWM is a confession that the government is unsure of itself, or that—if it was every really different from the very negatives it pledged to combat—it has capitulated to them. In essence, it is the government telling the people to save themselves. CBWM ought to have been introduced no later than when Ministers were installed in office. In that sense, or at that time, the scheme would have been marketable as a “We, The People” collaboration with the government, an invitation to all citizens to see themselves as essential to the change vanguard. Introduced exactly one-third of the way into the life of the government, and with only about that amount of time left before it is consumed by re-election concerns, CBWM will become the butt of ridicule. At a time of economic turmoil and recession, nobody wants to hear about a new government scheme that does not fight hunger or pay the bills. At a time that Nigerians can see no difference between the PDP government and the government that came to save the day from the PDP government, CBWM is but the government trying to scream back at its critics. This is an uncomfortable spot to be in, for a government that arrived last year with so much promise, bragging about its support not only among Nigerians but within the international community. The president travelled a lot to shore up that support, claiming he needed to make those trips to take advantage of that pool of support. One year later, President Buhari will in a few days travel to New York for the 71st United http://saharareporters.com/2016/09/11/chaos-begins-me-sonala-olumhense |
The ruling All Progressives Congress has reacted to the apparent drift in the relationship between the Federal Government and the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group. Responding to a tweet by a leader of the BBOG, Oby Ezekwesili, suggesting a volte face by President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue, the APC said it remains committed to BBOG’s struggle but has only changed its strategy since it is now the party in power. Before the May 2015 presidential election, the APC was a powerful voice behind the group’s campaign for the rescue of the over 200 Chibok school girls abducted by the extremist group, Boko Haram. The then opposition party made the missing Chibok girls a campaign issue against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Now in power and the girls still not rescued, APC’s relationship with the campaigners has become frosty. #BringBackOurGirls protest in 2014 prior to the 2015 presidential election The BBOG members were on Tuesday prevented by the police from marching to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A pro-government group had on the same day also joined to block the group’s path to the villa. Miffed by the development, Oby Ezekwesili, a former minister of Education, and a leader of the BBOG, took to Twitter on Friday to remind President Muhammadu Buhari that it was 879 days since the Chibok girls were abducted. “No More excuses. Decide now. Act now,” Ms. Ezekwesili said to the president. The series of tweets released by Ms. Ezekwesili, since after the Tuesday incident, give a picture of what the BBOG now think of President Buhari and his administration. The former minister, in her tweets, said that by slandering, renting a crowd, and attempting to stop their protest march, “officials of low degree” thought they could destroy BBOG, so that the group would stop “disturbing” the government. As a reminder of what the group insists the president owes the people, Ms. Ezekwesili quoted a line from President Buhari’s inaugural speech on May 29, 2015 in which he said: “We cannot claim to have defeated Boko Haram without rescuing the Chibok girls and all other innocent persons.” The #BringBackOurGirls group were stopped from entering the Presidential villa on the 25th of August She also referred APC to the party’s December 2014 tweet, in which it said, “It’s hours to New Year celebration. Our Chibok girls aren’t home yet. If you talk about it, they label you ‘opposition’. Things must change.” The APC, in its response to Ms. Ezekwesili, said it is committed to the BBOG’s struggle, but that its strategy has changed since it is now the party in power. “As opposition then, #BringBackOurGirls was an open campaign, since that was the only way we could pressure government into action,” the APC tweeted. “However, as leading party, our strategy changed. We’re most concerned with actual efforts to rescue the girls and our efforts are evident.” The party said the BBOG leader would agree that Mr. Buhari’s administration is succeeding in its war against insurgency. “Dear @obyezeks, we respect your resilience and commitment to the #BringBackOurGirls struggle and would do anything to encourage you, Ma. “As a party, we’ll continue to work with government and security forces, as much as legally allowed, until they #BringBackOurGirls.” The Nigerian police, on Friday, reversed itself and declared that public protest was allowed in Abuja, and other parts of the country. The police statement said public protest was part of democracy, but that it must conform to the rule of law and public order. “The Nigeria Police Force recognises the constitutional rights of every law abiding citizen to express his or her view through public protest/procession and other legitimate means,” the statement said. The BBOG has demanded that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, apologise for the police’ attempt to block them in the first place. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/210272-apc-bringbackourgirls-support-changed-strategy.html |
ericsmith:See Bayo Onanuga kinda people |
Mikey and Lingard off. Hererraand Rashford in |
Remove Mikey, Lingard and Rooney and out mata, martial and Rashford please |
Sunday Orisaguna, husband of bread hawker turned model Olajumoke Orisaguna has resumed work, though not on a full scale. According to ENCOMIUM Weekly their checks revealed that, Sunday has done a couple of aluminum jobs in the last couple of weeks. The couple is presently making efforts to rent an office for him to ply his trade. Meanwhile, Olajumoke Orisaguna has settled down to her new status which fits just like a second skin. The mother of two girls is still schooling at Poise Nigeria, where she is learning Etiquette, Social Graces and Grooming which will run for one year. Perks and gifts have been flowing ceaselessly to the new model. Former Miss World, Agbani Darego gave Olajumoke Orisaguna many clothes from her clothing line. We gathered that Olajumoke and high society photographer T.Y Bello would commence a photography project in a couple of weeks that would further boost the former bread hawker’s career in modeling. Olajumoke, who is gradually making her way to the top as a model with the robust jobs she has been doing since joining Beth Models has no regrets joining the agency. Speaking with ENCOMIUM Weekly, Laura Okah of Beth Models said, “We have gotten her a few jobs. Some are on the social media, while some are yet to be released. When we signed Olajumoke, we didn’t sign her as a model but we signed her for image rebranding. We also want to work on her foundation. We are currently scouting for a sponsor.” Olajumoke may not travel to China any time soon. Information pieced together by ENCOMIUM Weekly revealed that sponsors of the trip are still making adequate preparations in other to make her stay over there a memorable one. http://www.expograde.com/2016/09/olajumoke-husband-sunday-orisaguna.html?m=1 |
socialmediaman:Beremx Keneking 9989900 And now socialmediaman. I now believe there is something called salvation |
No wonder fulani guys dey hammer una there See the kind of men they have |
Chienyego:No mind the zombie |
I have changed to a hungry man sir |
HungerBAD:Nooooo Tell Femi that it is only a section of the country and PDP supporters are hungry. Shebi he once postulated that |
Even Orikinla the zombie? Chai |
*SingingASongByAbba* The winner takes it all |
Twaci:It will make his job and yours even easier sef According to Pastor Chris |
Twaci:Yes oo twacii Do as he says and only those things that make him happy |
kellyJames5:Till u see Duncan Mighty |
Drabeey:Lol Drabeey was here |
importexpert:Just gone through your website. Everything looks tempting. The price ur attaching to products u get from those websites seems to good to be true. I might be wrong tho cuz i havent ventured into it |
Na wa for Ogun state ooo |
CzarChris:Adim OK sir |
CzarChris:Then become a fantastic dresser |
hedonistic:Very true. Experienced it many years back when i was in secondary school. I had a test the next day and couldnt even hold my pen. My hand was jerking as a result of the previous night trauma. My friends had to help me write my test that day. For sometime then,the sound of a gunshot filled me with fear. It took quite sometime before i overcame it. Only one who has been there will understand |
Drabeey:Oga driver,dem don release ur kabukabu ni? Drabeey still dey here ooo |
He should find a way to put this advice in a cartoon and pay for it to be on the front page of THE NATION NEWSPAPER because that is the only paper dolapoHari seems to read. *InShehuGarba'sVoice* he laughs and laugs and laughs |
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