NIGERIA IN A STATE OF EMERGENCIES: THE AGONY OF BEING A NIGERIAN CITIZEN

NIGERIA IN A STATE OF EMERGENCIES: THE AGONY OF BEING A NIGERIAN CITIZEN

My heart bled not for lack of want but with the news of BOKO-HARAM massacre on the innocent students at the Federal Govt College Yobe. From January to February 2014, over 400 people had been massacred and murdered either in broad daylight or in their sleep by the dreaded and outlawed Boko-Haram. The sycophants at the helms of affairs of our security apparatus as always been full of rhetoric and statements not worthy of leaders.The irony of these situations is that it sends wrong signals to the international community of investors to  which large budget had been dissipated in the name of image rebranding projects. In safety of lives and property as enshrined in the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria as well as International Human Right charter is no more a guarantee for the citizen. That you have not been    struck by Boko-Haram is through divine grace.

Not being immodest in my thought, I tried to ruminate on the many headlines about the Boko-haram activities that punctured my heart; I can’t but express my sympathy for the hapless people of the north who but have to take thine own destiny in their hands. I doubt if any of these headlines touches the heart of our leaders’ nay our so called administrators. Headlines such as these:

ü Boko Haram kills 32 in attack on three towns 

ü BOKO HARAM A MENACE CONSUMING THIS NATION!**
Boko Haram Kills 160 People In Fresh Attack In Adamawa

ü 29 die in school dormitory shooting by Boko Haram

ü  Nigeria Seeks Help From France, Cameroon To Fight Boko Haram

The never-ending questions I have got for Mr. President in the person of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who I assume is the Commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria are:

1.    Is Goodluck Ebele Jonathan still the Commander in Chief of the Fed Republic of Nigeria? If yes, why are we subjected to mind torture, pains and anguish of the Boko haram pogrom.

2.    Is GEJ still the President of Nigeria? If yes, why do we have the highest level of impunity under its watch and instead we chase shadows in the name of fighting corruption.

3.    Does the blood of innocent students and the downtrodden poor civilian populace of the north-east spilled by the book-haram a clear indication of “I DON’T GIVE A DAMN” attitude of Mr. President?

4.    For how long are we going to be fed with the terrible news of the wanton destruction of lives and properties while our government looked away and continues in mediocrity?

5.    Why is there so much fuss and jamboree preparation about the centenary celebration when the average citizens groan under poverty and insecurity?

6.    What happens to the elephant budget spent on procuring a satellite, can the satellite not serve the purpose of monitoring the radar coverage of the geographical entity called Nigeria?

7.     Who was responsible for the withdrawal of troops at the Federal Govt College Yobe before the pogrom?

8.    Will GEJ ever get the kind of electoral support garnered during the 2011 general election,considering the faces of corruption in the presidents’ kitchen cabinet.

9.    Are some people benefitting from the uprising in the north, if not why has the violence not been curtailed?

10.  Why is the STATE OF EMERGENCY not declared in the Power, Oil, Education and other critical sector of the economy?

11.    I believed the Presidents’ PHd should be subject to review, how would my President not able to make a public or national address without recourse to reading from the screen or prepared documents by Abati and other media cohorts, his national broadcast doesn’t move me a bit, he needs to go for a course on moving mountain with the power of public speaking.

I will have to wait and see if i could get answers to some of these questions from someone……Lekan