BUHARI NOW FIGHTS KWOROPTION WITH MARILYN OGAR

Drama at DSS as Marilyn Ogar is transferred to Maiduguri, then recalled.  The changes at the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s secret police, entered another phase during the week with new postings and a series of reversals. TheCable understands that ‎Marilyn Ogar, who was until recently DSS deputy director, public relations, has been transferred to Maiduguri, Borno state, but the posting has now been put on hold following insinuations that it was “punitive”. Ogar, as spokesperson, was responsible for defending the activities of the agency in the media and she is believed to be paying for some of her pronouncements, notably in the face-off with the Bring Back Our Girls movement and the DSS raids on the Lagos office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last year.  She has already lost her promotion following the nullification of the recent exercise. “Right now, she is just hanging around in Abuja awaiting the next order,” a source at the agency informed TheCable. President Muhammadu Buhari recently appointed Lawal Musa Daura as the acting DSS director-general following the resignation of Ita Ekpenyong, who was reportedly asked to go because of the “partisanship” of the agency under former President Goodluck Jonathan. About 45 new state directors who were promoted under Jonathan have lost their new ranks as their promotions have been reversed. Buhari refused to swear them in last Thursday, an indication that the promotion exercise had been annulled. Daura has also ordered the sack of fresh graduates who were recently employed after an eight-month training.‎ TheCable understands that Daura has been mandated to probe the tenure of his predecessor. An official from the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) has been pencilled down to do the job. The official, from Katsina state, is expected to be appointed as the new director of finance, taking over from an operative from Plateau state who was only appointed recently. “Daura’s mandate is to probe Ekpenyong, but it is not looking bright because some of the allegations being examined are difficult to prove. It has now been established that the raids on APC office in Lagos were based on a tip-off by an APC member. This has complicated matters,” the source added. DSS had raided the office on the allegation that the voters’ biometric cards were being illegally produced there, a move that generated public outrage. The agency did not charge any suspect to court. Some top DSS operatives, meanwhile, are beginning to question the capacity of the new DG to pilot the affairs of the agency. One of them told TheCable: “Daura was informed about the attack in Kano way before it happened. He refused to release money or approve the operations until bombs went off in three states. “His records show that he was at the very bottom of his class, and during his service years, his file was filled with a lot of queries that should ordinarily disqualify him from the job. There are a lot of competent northern officers who can lead the DSS. Daura is not one of them.” The reorganisation exercise is expected to continue as new governments usually fill strategic positions at the agency with loyalists.

Source~thecable.ng

BEFORE APC FALLS APART by Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, it is not a hidden fact that I’ve been a great admirer and ubiquitous supporter of the current governing Party in Nigeria, the ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC), from its inception though I belong bodily and spiritually elsewhere in the National Conscience Party. My love for APC was not because I expected its members to be extra-terrestrial beings without foibles and idiosyncrasies but due to the fact that I saw in them the opportunity for possible re-alignment and a veritable platform for an incorruptible leader like General Muhammadu Buhari even if the rest of us are not as perfect. I was also looking forward to the possibility of establishing a new tradition of sacking an underperforming government and banishing the idea that an incumbent leader can never be defeated in Africa. I was under no illusion that any stand-alone Party would achieve this extraordinary feat of terminating the PDP behemoth without the collaboration of other mainstream/mushroom Parties.

Against all odds of permutations, APC was born as a bouncing and bubbly baby. My joy knew no bounds because I realised since then that the days of PDP were numbered after being in power for 16 agonising years. It was gratifying to see an amalgam of political parties reach an accord which seemingly went beyond personal and selfish interests. The PDP apparatchik apparently misfired and miscalculated by underrating the capacity and capabilities of the new opposition Party. I remember its spokespersons acting smugly by over-confidently dismissing the arrival of APC as a non-event.

But nothing destroys faster than arrogance. Instead of re-adjusting its ways of doing things, PDP carried on with its profligacy and buried its head in the sands like an ostrich pretending that all was well when the reverse was the obvious. It deluded itself that the Nigerian economy was at its most buoyant when the economy was already in dire straits and believed its own lies of superlatively running Africa’s numero uno economy into prosperity when it was only galloping the economy towards the abyss. The spin-doctors never got tired of regaling us with the hype of a rarefied Eldorado but we knew it was only a matter of time before the chickens would come home to roost.

Thanks to the formidability of APC, the lies soon fell off the sails and the naturally generous and tolerant Nigerians refused to buy a dead horse at a premium. Reality only hit the PDP in its final and dying days and everything possible and terrible was done to manipulate the electoral process away from its original calendar in order to deny the tired but tireless Nigerian public the V-Day they had anxiously longed for.  PDP gave itself a breather of six weeks and worked frenetically to achieve what it couldn’t in five years of President Jonathan’s administration. It was always going to be Mission Impossible but as usual some politicians profited from the desperation of that period. The rest is now history as nothing could deprive the Nigerian populace of the sunshine days that it had sagaciously bestowed upon itself.

Nigerians exploded in an orgiastic giddiness of wild jubilations and jollification and the world congratulated us endlessly. It seemed it was Uhuru at last as we placed our bodies and souls in the hands of President Buhari and his Party. No political leader in the last 22 years enjoyed such adulations, goodwill and encouragement from Nigerians. Even members of the PDP in their moments of sobriety admitted that they messed up big time and could not have won that magical election, albeit they did so discreetly.

Unfortunately and very tragically, APC soon appeared to have suffered a convulsion as a result of its own metaphysical success. All the pretentiousness of a cohesive progressive Party soon dissolved into the rambunctiousness of an unruly and fracticidal Party. Many of its fans like me watched in utter wonderment and befuddlement as things began to unravel and spiral out of control. Things fell apart and it seemed it would not be too long before the centre could no longer hold. The case of APC became that of a man who married several wives but was not a competent polygamist who knew how to make each of the wives feel so special and adorable. Rather the husband exposed and displayed a preference for some particular wives against the others. This is the crux of the matter.

What makes the situation sadder for me is the distraction being caused by this topsy-turvy state in the internal affairs of the ruling Party to the society at large as well as the manner it is fast eroding the humongous goodwill President Buhari came in with. Only the most rabid of die-hards would not feel the heat of this war of attrition or think that it would just blow over without much effort.

The battle started long before the referee even blew the whistle. Reading the recent statements credited to our revered father, Chief Bisi Akande, the former interim chairman of APC brought forth the goose pimples in me. Baba could not contain his anger and derision at the decision to move on in peace instead of crying over spilled milk following the saga of the clearly surreal outcome of the elections into the principal offices in the National Assembly.

I quite understand how Baba feels and genuinely see why his camp would not want to hear anything of such heresy. The blame has been placed at the doorsteps of a nebulous cabal in the Northern part of Nigeria and it instantly brought back the tearful memories of those dark days of the so called ‘Kaduna Mafia’. While I do not have any counter-evidence to the thesis of our iconic elders, I believe and plead fervently that care should be taken not to return us to the inglorious First Republic when the politicians decided to set the nation ablaze with inflammatory remarks that sought to cast aspersions on certain sections of our country. Even husband and wife quarrel regularly but must avoid vengeful and indelible words that may never be washed away easily.

My candid advice to the APC leadership is to urgently put its house in order because if united they will stand proudly but if divided they will fall miserably. Such is the sad reality I foresee if members of the same party find it impossible to forgive even if they cannot forget. They should understand and accept the fact that there is always another day and another chance to win back what was lost. There is always a hand of fate and the wheel of fortune in the affairs of men. That is the reason for the popular aphorism: Man proposes but God disposes.

I have had the honour and privilege of sitting with the two principal actors in the middle of this raging imbroglio, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara and I’m reasonably assured and definitely convinced that they both love their Party despite the storms in the tea-cups that almost damaged their relationships irreparably. Though labelled as modern day Judases, they both continue to plead for the understanding of those who might not have known what actually transpired behind the scenes. For now, they are willing and ready to bear their crosses courageously till that auspicious moment when the jigsaw would fit into place. For myself, I am aware that all the contending factions have points that would justify their position and this is the more reason that the swords should be sheathed without further delay. Nobody can come out of this smelling of roses as all the contending forces acted selfishly including the party supremacists!

Let’s therefore hope the sleeping dogs would lie prostrate in order not to constitute public nuisance to everyone. Our politicians must have pity on long-suffering Nigerians who are more concerned about good governance and not who gets what position. As we approach the end of Ramadan let us remember that peace trumps above all. And we must embrace the spirit of love.

I will go ahead and make my usual suggestions as to how to move away from this debacle. I’m doing this because I know as a matter of fact that President Bihari reads more newspapers than most journalists. Our duty therefore is to support him by supplying useful tips and relevant information that can teleport his government to its celestial heights.

The President should try to put the problems of his Party behind him now and forever. No matter what he does today, he would never be able to pacify every one of the aggrieved members. No one would blame the Party if he fails; they will blame President Buhari solely and singularly. All past Presidents have had to carry that heavy burden and President Buhari would only be an exception only if he can manage an exceptional performance in office.

Nigerian politicians have their own ways of doing things and the President would do well by setting his own agenda and a superlative template for running a credible government. As a prominent Nigerian told me two weeks ago “President Buhari should not hope to have any saints to appoint into his cabinet, he should just go ahead and manage the people around him and if they wobble and fumble they should be fired.” I totally agree. It is better to make wrong choices than to make none at all.

The reason these leaders are still fighting over lollipops is because most of them have not been kept busy. As soon as the President starts to throw appointments left, right and centre, many of our friends would cool temper or simply vamoose into oblivion. In any event, the President should remember that the festering pestilence of corruption and impunity was not limited to the politicians but extended to the civil servants who overtly supported and worked in concert with them.  He cannot credibly turn to those same civil servants to clean up the mess.  They would expectedly only seek to cover up their tracks and in the process sink us further into the mire.  What is needed now more than ever is an injection of some fresh bloods into the political polity! If some of the antiquated politicians and civil servants were as good as they portrayed, Nigeria would not have landed in this odious mess.

Equally importantly, as long as the President is able to do what is just and carry every region of Nigeria along without fear or favour, all shall be well. Our proclivity for ethnic balancing must be improved. Some Nigerians are already crying wolf over recent appointments. As for me and my house, since no one has said those appointed are not qualified, there should be no cause for alarm. My suggestion, however, is that every part of Nigeria must be truthfully combed for accomplished Nigerians who can catapult our nation to the next level. It is not for nothing that the drafters of our Constitution enshrined the principle of Federal Character in its underbelly. It is merely a recognition of our diversity and the need to see that all sections feel that they are given some place of prominence in a multi-faceted Nigeria.  Our past history tells us that we must never forget the nature and extent of our diversity. Same goes for the treatment of the Nigerian woman and her place in government. The President should be gender-sensitive as there are many qualified women for every imaginable job available today. They should not be discriminated against by the male chauvinists that litter our corridors of power.

The President should try hard to promote the secularity of the Nigerian state so as to douse the embers of religion which is currently being clandestinely fanned in our land. Every shade of faith should be allowed to flourish and no religion should be promoted above the other. Religious conflagrations are always more difficult to quench and we can’t afford to cause more havoc than we already have. If I could have my way, all those pilgrimages would no longer be funded by government. Religion is supposed to be a personal obligation between a man and the God or Master he worships. Let that huge money be spent on every Nigerian through developmental projects. I totally endorse the reasonable decision by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, who has stated clearly that he would not waste the scarce resources of his State on buying Sallah rams for anybody. We must commend his simple approach to governance and plead with others to emulate him.

The President must tell his troops and assure the Nation that he will not be distracted from the lofty heights that he desires to take our country. Security has become absolutely worrisome for a former military ruler and he must rise up stoutly to the occasion. I enjoin President Buhari to desist from comparing his administration with that of his predecessors and using them as a benchmark because those previous administrations failed spectacularly and that is why our people wanted and voted for change.

Nigerians expect things to be done in a differently better way and not in a similarly retrograde style. President Buhari has shown by a few steps he has taken already that he is capable of this distinction but there are those that would want him to continue along the old paths. I sincerely urge him to resist this temptation. It is the sure path to the failure experienced by those he has succeeded.
It shall be well with our country; the devil will be ashamed! 

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BUHARI FIGHTS KWORUPTION WITH MAMARILYN OGAR

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E DON DEY HAPPEN OOOO

Imo people are dying of hunger in the hands of Governor Rochas Okorocha . But like some strange figure from another planet, he seems absolutely unconcerned of the enormity of the problem. Every act of his demonstrates his lack of respect for the people he rule, and his gross underestimation of the level of political consciousness they have attained. He has not paid pensioners for 18 months now while civil servants are owed 9 months salaries but when we complained and told him to stop showing us pictures of himself inside a private jet and pay us our salaries, what did he do? He called us poor people who are envying him. Yes, speaking with SaharaTV on Saturday, Okorocha said he hates poverty, adding that anyone criticizing private jet owner like him was a poor person. You can all see the kind of man we have as governor of Imo State. Our governor is calling his subjects poor people. Oh my God!

If the interview with SaharaTV on Saturday was an image laundry project for Okorocha by Sahara Reporters, then in my opinion Sowore should refund to Rochas whatever monies advanced him for the project. Sahara Reporters might have done more damage to their client than any good and therefore left him more soiled than they met him. By calling Imo people poor people Okorocha has revealed to us that he has nothing but contempt for anybody who works for a living. The harder you work for a living, the more contemptible you seem to him. To him any one who therefore don’t have his ill gotten riches is pathetic. To him anybody who acquires wealth through shady means, or who is a wizard in the art of stealing and lying, is to be celebrated as heroic, virtuous, and worthy of praise.
Indeed, until a decent and patriotic leadership emerges in Nigeria, Okorocha would never be compelled to explain the sources of his wealth, or how over N130 billion naira council funds flew away nor how he come about his N1billion naira Spibat estate and many more. What all these go to show is that in Nigeria, it is, perhaps, safer and more rewarding to be a successful criminal than a poor man – which is very saddening indeed.

Can someone tell our governor that what we asked for is our monthly salaries. Imo is in a mess. Even the free education announce all over is in a mess. We suffer the failure of the Okorocha’s capitalist anti poor government to adequately fund education. The situation from primary to tertiary levels in Imo has continued to deteriorate with no end in sight to the rot. Examples of this decay include: the collapse of structures like buildings in the public schools, over-crowded classes causing some students in Imo to sit and study on the floor, Ill-equipped laboratories many of which have, in any case, been converted into classrooms, thus making the teaching of science subjects virtually non-existence in Imo,complete absence of library facilities and lack of necessary books in the few available ones,shortage of teachers etc.

Today in Imo there is decline in pupils’ enrolment into public primary schools with most parents handing over their wards to exploitative private proprietors who’s only and real interest is profit and there are no vacancies, compared with the hundreds of those seeking higher education. What about massive unemployment among school leavers and graduates – a horrifying situation that has created no confidence and interest in honest studies. Don’t be an onlooker. Every onlooker is either a coward or traitor. If you agree with the viewpoints expressed above then join us immediately or get in touch with us. If we fight we can win, if we don’t, we have lost.The struggle continues.Imo must be better.

Story by Kenneth Uwadi

NASS Free for all fight at the HoR on 25/6/15

WIKE THE LOCAL CHAMPION

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has labeled himself a “local champion” after looking back at events leading up to his victory at the state gubernatorial polls.

Wike, who spoke with newsmen in Port Harcourt, explained that he’d given himself the moniker of “local champion” because he had spent all his life in Port Harcourt except when he went to Law School in Lagos.

He also described himself as the engine room of former Governor Chibuike Amaechi’s election into office but is now teaching those in Amaechi’s camp the way to play the game of politics, because “there is no polling booth in the state that I do not know or do not know anybody.”

For those who have been criticizing his emergence as governor, he said, “the fact is that I was prepared for that election.

“I was a Council Chairman. There is nowhere in this state that I do not know. There is no ward I do not know one person.

“As I sit down here, I can mention one, one person from each ward. I know the politicians in this state. I know who has strength and who does not have strength.”

The governor also said that during the course of the campaigns, “I never emaciated one day, the truth of the matter is that if you do the election 100 times in this state, I will win.”

On the sacked lecturers of Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori, Wike said that they were people who have not started work with the school at all. Credit: TheScoop

EPISTLE TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

PENDULUM BY DELE MOMODU, Email: dele.momodu@thisdaylive.com

Our dear Federal Legislators, let me start by congratulating you all on your recent victories in the elections of the various Senatorial Districts as well as Federal Constituencies of this great nation. As you know, your election is not just a private victory and the fulfilment of a personal ambition, but it is most importantly a call to national service and duty by your dear countrty.

I must also commend the peaceful and democratic manner you conducted the elections of your principal officers and how you managed the aftermath of the fallout from the controversial way the Senate President and his Deputy, as well as the Speaker and his Deputy,  pulled some veritably mysterious stunts to out-manoeuvre other gladiators. I’m a firm believer in, and an ardent advocate for, an Independent Legislature that is totally unencumbered by subterranean forces.

As you must have noticed in the past, our fellow citizens had always believed that our National Assembly has failed to live up to expectations for very obvious reasons. The first is that it is populated by an ill-assortment of politicians who may know little or nothing about what the job entails, and are just there to decorate and warm their seats, while receiving stupendous salaries and unexplainable perks of office. The second is that your predecessors spent more time away from the Chambers and devoted less time to what they were handsomely paid for. This is why many have argued and suggested that your work should be part-time, at a reduced cost. The third is that even when they were at work, your erstwhile colleagues wasted most of the time in session, to promote jejune and primordial bills and resolutions rather than the serious business of the development of the country in all its facets.

You may also not blame those who view the National Assembly as a gathering of anti-people elements who merely act as rubber-stamps to the Executive recklessness that has become the boom and bane of our long-suffering nation. We’ve watched in wonderment and amazement how so many investigative panels set up by your distinguished and honourable selves have failed to unravel and exorcise the daredevil demons milking our dear country dry. Rather many of your colleagues have become predators and accomplices to the daylight robberies with little or no attempt to curtail the malfeasance.

Indeed, as if to perpetrate the notion that being a politician in government service is a licence to plunder our haemorrhaging treasury, past legislators had budgeted mind-boggling amounts for themselves outside of that earmarked for them by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) which has led some to describe this as legitimated brigandage. What is more, the National Assembly is regarded as home to some of the most outlandishly flamboyant politicians. These personages however were far from distinguished prior to taking up their seat in the Federal legislature.  

The National Assembly has become a place where a motley crowd of politicians fight tooth and nail to get appointed into lucrative committees while lacking the pre-requisite knowledge or legislative experience to work in those committees, and what that means is an open invitation to treat. I plead with you to change this perception that will simply belittle your great efforts and onerous tasks as patriotic citizens.

Our country has indeed come a long way and as we enter the seventeenth year of our latest democratic adventure more would be expected from you. This is why I’m excited that you have well educated and widely exposed leaders at the helm of affairs. Any cursory observer would have noticed the body language of the international community who seem determined to lend support to you and ensure that you do not fail your country this time around. This renewed hope and expectation, built on the singular efforts of patriotic Nigerian Citizens who set out their stall for change, must be upheld and sustained by all means.

I have a few suggestions to make with all due respect. Please, make yours an open Legislature. You may want to tune in to the British Parliament, my favourite in the world, and watch how their affairs are conducted publicly. I love the way the Prime Minister is made to explain policies without thinking he is Lord of the Manor. A public servant is elected or appointed to serve and can never be allowed to turn his fellow citizens to slaves as seems to have been our case in times gone past. Whilst there is no possibility of replication of the weekly Prime Minister’s Question Time because of our Presidential system of government, there is ample opportunity to insist on monthly question time for Ministers and heads of important executive bodies like the NNPC, Central Bank, Security Agencies, Customs, Ports and NDDC amongst others. Nothing also stops you from engaging the President and/or his Vice periodically to asking questions similar to the media chat to which you expect that they will provide cogent answers. In essence, you must make serious and not pecuniary demands from the Executive arm of government. Anything other than this would cost you so much in terms of how you are perceived or treated, whether with disdain or deference. The choice would be yours ultimately.

You will achieve much if you are able to carry the people you represent along. They should never be kept in the dark because they sent you to Abuja to protect their interests by making laws that uphold equity and justice. Your road is going to be rough and bumpy as you can sense already. Nigeria is currently in dire straits and the people are desperately seeking ways to ameliorate the intense suffering and deprivation in the midst of plenty. This is the reason for the hullaballoo over your so-called wardrobe allowance. You seriously need to consider having a committee dedicated to feeling the pulse of the nation and responding weekly to those matters that Nigerians are complaining about, particularly those that concern the way and manner that you conduct yourselves.

I do not envy you at all as Nigerians are currently not in the mood for profligacy. You are likely to be victimised for the sins of the past and you should understand why. The past regimes frittered away the goodwill that should have accrued to you and succeeded in amassing enemies who can never see any good you do other than that you are being parasitic and sucking the nation’s resources with impunity. You would have to rebrand urgently and this won’t be easy unless you are willing to make the necessary sacrifice for the sake of Nigeria. I suggest that you borrow a leaf from what has been happening in the Presidency and some state governments.  As you may have heard the President has just ordered that 9 aircraft in the Presidential Fleet should be sold.  In some States like Kaduna and Oyo, the Governors cut the number of Commissioners from 22 to 13 to ensure visible and viable trimming of their finances.  However, if you insist you want to live in the past and continue the mistakes and misdeeds of your predecessors, heavens may fall on us all.

Our youths have become too frustrated and disillusioned. They have been empowered by the social media and can communicate and mobilise at the speed of light. They can cause so much havoc before you know it and you should therefore not treat my admonition with levity. Our country may be thrown into chaos and confusion if we do not change how politicians live larger than life. God has given you the biggest opportunity to help rebuild this nation and it can only begin when we jointly reduce the cost of governance. Anything that would exacerbate the present tension and terror in the land must be avoided at all costs.

I quite sympathise with your situation. I have friends amongst you and appreciate what they went through to win the costliest elections probably in the world. Some sold properties because we do not have a culture of receiving donations. Elections here are mostly self-financed. This is why most politicians tend to become anxious to recoup their huge investments lest they end up in bankruptcy. Also, I’m aware of the demands of your constituents and supporters who see you as their cash cows. You are forced to pay school fees, fund weddings and donate at funerals. There is no end to your spending spree, as a stingy politician is hated venomously in our clime. But you must strike a balance between what is requested and reasonably possible. It is thus a Catch 22 scenario for you because if you pay, trouble, and if you don’t, wahala!  The solution I would proffer is that you make laws that would ease the pains of our people.  Once your laws create the enabling environment for people to be in work and to be paid for working, then, the culture of dependency, on what has practically become alms giving, will be reduced and eventually eliminated. A gainfully employed person is not going to seek to fleece you.

A situation where the budget of the National Assembly would be higher than that of Health and other physical infrastructure Ministries would be difficult to justify and accept.  Apart from this, the employment savings engendered by the financial prudence which you can spearhead can be used to good effect. In the name of God and all that is good, I beg you not to ignore the dangers ahead. Nigeria has gone through so much, and is still going through a lot, in the hands of local and international terrorists, we should not add more to the volatile situation. There is no doubt that the army of unemployed Nigerians has grown beyond normal in the last couple of years. This army is readily available for the use of those determined to spread their campaign of hate and regime of fear. You can help to reduce this abnormality by reducing the cost of governance in Nigeria.

Please, permit me to explain what your sacrifice can do for the unemployed citizens. My dream for the Buhari/Osinbajo Administration is to create thousands of new entrepreneurs in our country. This is not so difficult. I twice participated in a television show called the Entrepreneur Series. It was the brainchild of a young Nigerian called Mr Goke Dokun, in 2009. This guy was only 36 at the time and his vision preceded the SURE-P project of the Jonathan Administration which was later enmeshed in ignominious controversy. Mr Dokun’s concept was well put together as he drew credible people majorly from the private sector to act as Angels and Advisors. His dream was supported and funded by ECOBANK, VISAFONE and VITAMALT. He did not have billions but we were able to create opportunities for so many Nigerians with brilliant ideas.

This is where I am going. Entrepreneurship can cost anything from as little as N50,000. Every billion you cut off from your budget and out of the overbloated operational costs of other arms of government would rescue many of our youths from the brink of lunacy and annihilation. One billion Naira would create one thousand millionaire entrepreneurs. 50 billion Naira would create 50,000 millionaires. It is as simple as ABC. Now imagine the spin-offs from this. We need to do all it takes to make this huge sacrifice and make sure we can have a more accountable SURE-P or whatever it would be called. Apart from the unity and security of our Nation, nothing is more important right now than employment generation and job creation for our youths.

There are potential Mike Adenugas, Aliko Dangotes, Rasaq Okoyas, Keem Belo-Osagies, Tony Elumelus, Abdulsamad Rabius and other such icons in Nigeria but they need some push to attain their heights. We must move away from the backward reasoning that most of the unemployed youngsters would by a stroke of miracle get sucked into some offices one day. The truth is many would have to come up with workable business plans and set up their own companies. Nigerians are naturally brilliant and smart but they need the start-up funds to energise their superlative talents.

You can encourage these geniuses by galvanising the much needed economic revolution that would catapult our nation to the next level through your benevolent sacrifice.  Believe me, God will bless you and bless our nation more through your singular vision.

The world is watching and waiting.