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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

BEYOUND ELECTIONS

The posters are littered all round major points in the cities, with smiling faces
And convicting slogans. They have bought over nearly all the airtime available
on most media houses, they have increased the promises should they get into power( that’s no problem Nigerians are used to it) having intensified their campaigns, all is now set for April !4 and 21, days were aspirants will be selected ,sorry elected into various elective positions.

A look at the faces of most Nigerians especially those on the street reflect pain, regret and hunger. 7 years into democracy, many Nigerians think they deserve more than what they gotten so far. Daily we hear about huge sums of naira that has been said invested in improving power supply yet more than half of the nation population still live without power supply for a better part of the week, most homes now rely on generators for power supply. Our supposedly ivory towers has “achieved a lot” especially in increasing the number of students that are graduated yearly into the already over populated “labour market “in search of non existent jobs with little or no skills for self reliance. The question on the lips of most Nigerians is “when will we get the dividends of democracy? When will it get to the average man on the street?

But there is good news, we have yet another opportunity to decide our destiny, future and that of generations yet on born. The era of “what will be will be “ is gone, Nigeria is our project and we are all stake holders in it regardless of our tribe, age , backgrounds, making Nigeria work is our collective responsibility and not just for a selected few.

As we vote, lets ask questions and demand answers, its not enough to tell us what they will do for us when they get to power , they should also tell us how they will do it and what will be the result. We have come of age as a nation; a man at 40 is not a baby at all. As such we deserve the best kind of leaders, people who understand integrity, have character, with vision, and strong will tenacity just like Baba.

I affirm Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for his efforts since the inception of this democratic government, I believe he has achieved a lot since may 1999 of course he has weaknesses like me and you like our people say lets not give a dog a bad name simply because we want to kill it. The truth remains that baba has given us pride as Nigerians, given us hope and once again placed us at the center of the globe. I bet you still remember that the macro economic reform programs that have already started yielding great fruits.

I cant think of another place that I d love to be at this point in time, than in Nigeria, the true giant of Africa, this is even more so considering the unfolding events in the country, like I always say to my friends we may not be where we should be as a nation but we are certainly not were we used to be some years back, am proudly Nigerian!

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