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Split d family into two to attend different church services on Sundays so that d house would not be empty. But if d house must be empty, a transistor radio with battery must be switched on when leaving d house to create d impression that somebody is at home.

2. If u are living in a compound where there are many tenants, u must be inquisitive. Any strange person entering d compound must be questioned to know if he is an intruder or not.

3. Stop d habit of soliciting for lift on d road . Many ritualists are on d road with exotic cars looking for sacrificial lambs.

4. Don't go out with your ATM cards except u are going to d bank. Hoodlums can obtain your pin at gun point and empty your account before freeing u from captivity.

5. It is advisable to stop using born again cars this period except coupe types that are unsuitable for criminal operations. Rickety cars are very okay.

6. Beware of girls. Some are in business with kidnappers.

7. Stop going to clubs . Night outing is dangerous. Leaving home at 10pm for a club where N200 beer is sold for N800 is childish.

8. Attend d crossover service on d 31st December in any church nearest to your house. It is not compulsory that u must attend your church that night.

9. Your wife or your children must not open gate for BEDC staff to inspect d prepaid meter if you are occupying a detached bungalow . Some hoodlums are now impersonating BEDC staff.

10. Expensive women wrappers be kept in basin that has cover. While disused clothes be kept in boxes. If hoodlums enter d house, they would go with d box.

11. Those working in oil firms should not display their ID cards outside their places of work.

Don't stop at any police check point except there is a marked police vehicle.

13. If criminals are pursuing you, don't run to your house or your brother or a friend's house. Run to a nearby church or police station or hospital

There is no sign that Nigeria would come out of d woods. We are doomed as a people. We cannot rule ourselves because we are greedy, myopic and lily-livered to take hypertensive and volcanic decisions. I thought that d ruling party would take very critical decisions that could remove roof from buildings aimed at repositioning and rescuing Nigeria from lunatic predators, given d antecedent of d president as a courageous and disciplined ex army general. But d govt has failed to take actions that could bring d desired change to d polity. It is obvious Nigeria cannot make it. The president has d power to restructure d country with executive order into six regions and appoint premiers and create six regional assemblies to reduce d mad cost of governance. Those presently in govt do not own Nigeria more than those outside it. Nigeria doesn't belong to a cabal of predators or one ethnic group. Nigeria has been bereft of leaders since January 1966. We have been wasting our resources to conduct stupid elections . This does not make us a democracy. Another party may come to power without a change. It is a vicious cycle. It is time we think of imitating d Asian world in terms of governance. Western democracy only enriches very few people. We are too backward for such a system. We cannot die in d name of democracy. Democracy is d establishment or consolidation of an egalitarian society through d participation of all adult citizens in a periodic , free and fair elections with at least two political parties. Examples are the US and Ghana. Is Nigeria an egalitarian society? Can one get a govt job if he or she is not related to big person in govt? Can u get justice in d court in record time if u are poor? Do we always have round pegs in round holes in Nigeria? After elections do d winners and losers embrace each other or they meet in d court? Have we used our resources judiciously for d benefit of all? If d answers are NO, then we are just deceiving ourselves that we are a democracy. It is time to think .

IORGAGA SEN FROM BENIN CITY.
08095601556

POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NIGERIAN POLITICS:

We are where we are today due to d type of politics played in Nigeria. Politics of patronage and clientelism negates development. Therefore, Nigeria is underdeveloped by predatory political gladiators. Politics is an interest driven game, but sadly, in Nigeria, d interest is personal. Public interest is jettisoned. This is d root cause of d developmental crisis in Nigeria. What do you expect from politicians pursuing private wealth? Politicians who want to own mansions at d river bank in Lagos, Bahama, Dubai etc would never think of meaningful projects that increase the happiness of d majority of the people. The violent crimes being experienced in Nigeria today are consequent upon the ugly and lunatic politics we play. Shameless Politicians constantly arm largely uneducated thugs to unleash terror on perceived formidable opponents and also to snatch electoral materials in order to win elections at all cost. After d elections, the thugs change from d vocation of political thuggery to kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle rustling, Boko Haraming etc. With violence and corruption pervading d polity, Nigeria will never and can never make any progress. We must examine ourselves critically to know what is wrong with us and seek for a cure. President Trump was very correct about the shit hole remark. Nigeria is worse than a shit hole . Nigeria is an evil forest dominated by lunatic predators. Why are we applying for American, European and Canadian visas constantly if Nigeria is not a toilet or evil forest? Trump was just brutally frank. The panacea to our problem is d emergence of a courageous and detribalised ruthless Marxist who can take volcanic and tsunamic decisions, without a pilgrimage to Mecca or Israel, that would reshape Nigeria and change the ugly face of politics.

IORFAGA SEN FROM BENIN CITY.
08095601556