
Monday, December 1, 2008
NIGERIA OFFICIALS STOLE OVER $100 BILLION DOLLARS, USD!
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has disclosed that corrupt office holders in Nigeria have over the years, embezzled the sum of $100billion from the nation's coffers which is more than double the Country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and three to four times the Nigeria foreign debt.
This disclosure was made yesterday, by the organisation's Senior Project Coordinator, Dr. Oliver Stolphe, in a paper presented on 'Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Nigeria and beyond'. He was speaking at a workshop organised for Journalists on 'Reporting Corruption' by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in conjunction with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Stolphe who pointed out that the cost of corruption exceeds by far the damage caused by any other single crime, explained that corruption is a very severe obstacle to doing business in Nigeria given that it rates high on 71 per cent while Crime and insecurity rates highest at 75 per cent.

A communiqué at the end off the event spelt out the need for journalists to run full anti-corruption crusades and imbibe self-regulation in reporting crime; further, the communiqué called on stakeholders to expedite the passage of the freedom of information bill and at the same time, include creation of special courts for trying corrupt officers.
NIGERIA, THE UNENDING HUMAN SLAUGHTER!

India's interior minister and their national security adviser have since resigned their offices following the Mumbai massacre but the authorities in Nigeria is yet to take full responsibility for the hell let loose in Jos by asking for the heads of their interior minister as well as other persons entrusted with safe-guarding the lives and properties of these dead and displaced Nigerians. Icheokudotcom says this lack of responsibility is the bane of Nigeria and the single reason for this kind of repeat-tragedies bedeviling this African nation. Somebody has to take the fall for the next guy to buckle up.
These crazed-out Hausa-Fulani mobs in addition to the several lives they untimely dispatched to the world beyond, also burned homes, shops, cars, vehicles, mosques and churches. As always, these urchins find one excuse or another to let out this their nefarious penchant for violating the sanctity of human lives - this time it was a disputed local government council elections that was used as a cover-up?

Sunday, November 30, 2008
JOSEPH ILLO, JUST ANOTHER REDNECK IN CASSOCK!

NIGERIA, A CURSED LEADERSHIP!

The president said it is the responsibility of Nigerians to change “a leadership which recycles tired brains and bones, recycles empty promises, recycles thieves in public offices and is generally out of tune with the global trends of nationhood and leadership.”
Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin in a keynote address entitled, “Arise O Compatriots” said that the major problem with the Nigerian state was that it was big on rhetoric but small on realities. Continuing, she observed that there was an ever present curious willingness by succeeding administrations to restrict emerging nationalists to regional spaces, thereby curtailing nationalism in the process. According to this egg-head, the current state could not call on compatriots across the nation as it lacks the essentials to do so. The political leadership is a picture of doom, it does not inspire confidence in anyone except in the few beneficiaries of culture of instituted looting in Nigeria. Dr. Okei-Odumakin called on Nigerians to rise up as citizens who desire to create a new leadership; as the longer these discredited tired men and women are allowed to remain in power, the farther the beacon of civilisation dims in Nigeria for Nigerians! Concluding she said that Nigerians must create a new leadership, a new nation which competes with its peers - a nation where the people own ownership! Icheokudotcom says, what a well spoken and articulated speech! However the elite middle-class of Nigerians ought to join to bring about the desired change in leadership which Nigeria desperately needs. In Pakistan, the lawyers were able to bring down President Musharraf from power because they had bigger clout which attracted formidable attention to their cause. So when is the Nigerian middle class answering this call?
Thursday, November 27, 2008
TUNDE BAKARE, A CLERGY ASKS UMARU YARADUA TO RESIGN!

The man of God prayed God to swiftly intervene in the matter of Umaru Yar'Adua, through the Nigerian Supreme Court, that they may over-rule his purported election and throw him out of office immediately. This way, Umaru Yar'Adua's nuisance of a president can be washed away in order for a dynamic leader to be enthroned in Nigeria for a purposeful leadership of the country. Pastor Bakare who spoke at the end of a three-day apostolic conference hosted by Realm of Glory International Church, said that the president has made his health the number one priority at the expense of the entire Nigeria nation. According to Pastor Bakare, Umaru Yar'Adua has not helped himself - there's too much hide and seek in his administration. Right now we don't even know what is wrong with our 'president' other than he's sick and receiving treatment. Nobody can say what's wrong. The same thing has applied to the way he operates within government. There's now oath of secrecy to ban anybody from saying anything. And he came in as a servant-leader but now has become an overlord asking us to beg from him instead of him accounting to us. It is now very difficult to analyze the Umaru Yar'Adua's situation in order to award marks. It does not appear that even his purported seven-points agenda was conceived by him. I am seeing the disposition of a man who was begged to become President, who prior to being forced to become president, had already prepared himself to go back to the classroom before Olusegun Obasanjo sold us the idea and we swallowed it hook, line and sinker. I've told him over and over again; a sick 'president' cannot bring healing to a dying nation." The cleric further pointed out that becoming a Nigerian President is neither a birthright nor hereditary to a certain part of the country, adding that being a President requires a lot of energy, a lot of thinking, a lot of capabilities, not only from your team but yourself primarily. You have to be on top of your game. Umaru Yar'Adua's failing health does not permit such abilities and hence he should resign the office of the presidency immediately. Umaru Yar'Adua can simply say to Nigerians gentlemen and women, my health cannot permit me to continue with the rigours of the office of the presidency so I will step down for the Vice President and if you do not want him, then the Senate President can hold forth until elections are called to fill my position.
Icheokudotcom commends the bravery of this one honest Nigerian in speaking out the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. God bless his heart! If only there are a few other good men and women like Pastor Tunde Bakare remaining in Nigeria, the distraction of a very sick man, Umaru Yar'Adua would have since been a thing of the past. Unfortunately, Nigeria is populated by a bunch of very hungry knee-jerk plebeians whose brains are permanently tied to their stomachs - they only speak through the emptiness or fullness of their stomach, hence anybody is good and tolerable that butters their bread. We at Icheokudotcom has been calling without ceasing on this mallam from Kastina State to go back to where he comes from and continue his fight to stay alive from there; and not to be so selfish as to continue to hold Nigeria, hostage to his failing health.

THE SEASON OF GIVING IS HERE, REASONS TO GIVE!


Giving makes one happier:- being charitable really is good for you. Research has shown that one of the benefits of generosity is that we get a psyc
hological lift from helping others. According to a Knox College psychology Professor Timothy Kasser, people who focus on generosity are happier and healthier than those mired in selfish, self-centered gloating materialism. Giving is not exclusive of writing checks but can be in the form of offering your time for another's use and behest, counselling or lending a helping hand or skills to a good cause. This type of act takes us out of our navel-gazing routine and connects us to something grander and greater than ourselves. This perspective allows us to see just how precious our helping hand can be to others.

Giving, it pays to be good:- besides really helping others, study has shown that one of the nice side-effect of being generous is that it boosts your own standing -it pays to be good!
Giving makes you richer:- research has shown that people who are known givers or behaving charitably towards others or the society at large, are often recommended for leadership positions in their communities or professional lives.
Giving, it is simply a good karma:- to give is an indirect offering and an anticipatory receipt or acceptance of the future reward, since what goes around comes around. Study has shown that the chance that your generosity will come back to reward you later is about 99%.
Giving, it feels good to give:- the hand that giveth usually stays on top and somewhere in the recess of your soul, you feel good that you impacted someone else's life.
Giving is a religious obligation:- as commanded in the biblical book of Matthew 25 vs. 31 - 46, with the when I was hungry creed. As to whom to give, Matthew 25 vs. 41 is highly instructive - you do not necessarily have to give back to who gave you, just to return a favor. Instead spread the giving - spread the wealth around. A gives to B, B gives to C, C gives to D and so on until the whole world is benefited. Icheokudotcom asks you to commit today to charity and you shall become truly happy and sleep off each time you place your head on your pillow. Generosity is the key to a restful mind! Stop faking it, just feel true happiness, start giving today!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
A HANDS-FREE DEVICE FOR YOUR CELL-PHONES?

NUHU RIBADU, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008
UMARU YAR'ADUA, JUST GO AWAY!

Since Umaru Yar'Adua was imposed on Nigeria in May 2007, nothing has moved an inch in Nigeria - everything has crawled to a complete full-stop. It has been all motion and no movement. Now to add insult to the injury, oil price has crashed and very soon Nigeria may not be able to pay her tabs or meet her international payment obligations requiring bankruptcy protection. Why Nigerians have tolerated this man all these while of his sleeping on duty defies every logic or is it the usual stupendous and ignominious awe-struck of Nigerians to what is unusual and strange, and Umaru Yar'Adua is both. The present ordeal of Nuhu Ribadu should be the final straw to break this Umaru Yar'Adua boneless back - he is so iffy and shifty that he does not stand by his orders once they turn out not to be popular or widely acceptable. Twice has he tried to increase the cost of gasoline and other petroleum products and twice has he rescinded himself. Once did he try to launch a full scale military invasion of the Niger Delta but chickened out under pressure; he once wanted to stand up to Olusegun Obasanjo's excesses beginning with his removal as board of trustee chairman of the PDP but equally grew cold-feet. The latest incident is Nuhu Ribadu whom he ordered humiliated but sensing the outrage of the Nigerian people is now saying that his government was not aware of it, calling for a useless investigation. Which investigation, Icheokudotcom, asks? If Nigeria wants, let them continue to sell themselves short by their continuous tolerance of this little man from Katsina State who was deliberately imposed on Nigeria by a cabal headed by Olusegun Obasanjo. Not only is he, Umaru Yar'Adua, clueless, as admitted by his secretary of government Saleh, on how to tackle Nigeria's problems but he is also not courageous enough to make some tough decisions necessary to move the country forward. Simply speaking, Umaru Yar'Adua does not have what it takes to do the hard-work required. As for Icheokudotcom, U

PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA, WHAT IS GOING ON?

Sunday, November 23, 2008
NIGERIAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A BAND OF THIEVES?


What Nigeria is witnessing today is a House of Representatives operating in a very fishy-like manner, comparable to the stealthy ways of atypical 419 criminal operators. How can a multi billion Naira contract be awarded without necessary transparency and due process? The former speaker Patricia Ette got mired in a six (600) hundred million Naira house-furnishing contract scandal and was forced out of office; now Oladimeji Bankole should not be an exception. If Ette went so should Bankole, except if it was male chauvinism that forced out the woman former speaker and not necessarily for her alleged corrupt practices.
Icheokudotcom says that the problem with Nigeria is not her leadership but Nigerians themselves who provide that type of leadership that are largely thieves, only waiting for the right opportunity and time to strike. Why trade a female-thief for another male-thief? Look at the people representing Nigerians, band of bandits whose only relevance is that they loot and steal from the masses without let or hindrance. Enough of this bawdy thievery. The car scandal must and should be investigated to its logical conclusion, in order to manifest a willingness to fight corruption in the Nigerian House of Representatives. If the House of Representatives truly represent the Nigerian people and they are patently that corrupt, it is a reflective of a society that made them their representatives. It is maddening, the crass disposition to corruptly enrich themselves, of these men and women whose actions and unconstitutional behaviour does not augur well for a seemly elected representatives of the people of Nigeria. The only way to make this right or right the wrong of this 2.4 billion Naira car scandal is to get to its bottom in an open investigation devoid of the usual hush-hush, mush-mush attitude of governments in Nigeria. It should be a no-holds bare investigation. Only in this way, will the confidence of the Nigerian people be restored once again in her House of Representatives; otherwise they will be seen and perceived as a band of thieves!.
Icheokudotcom says that the problem with Nigeria is not her leadership but Nigerians themselves who provide that type of leadership that are largely thieves, only waiting for the right opportunity and time to strike. Why trade a female-thief for another male-thief? Look at the people representing Nigerians, band of bandits whose only relevance is that they loot and steal from the masses without let or hindrance. Enough of this bawdy thievery. The car scandal must and should be investigated to its logical conclusion, in order to manifest a willingness to fight corruption in the Nigerian House of Representatives. If the House of Representatives truly represent the Nigerian people and they are patently that corrupt, it is a reflective of a society that made them their representatives. It is maddening, the crass disposition to corruptly enrich themselves, of these men and women whose actions and unconstitutional behaviour does not augur well for a seemly elected representatives of the people of Nigeria. The only way to make this right or right the wrong of this 2.4 billion Naira car scandal is to get to its bottom in an open investigation devoid of the usual hush-hush, mush-mush attitude of governments in Nigeria. It should be a no-holds bare investigation. Only in this way, will the confidence of the Nigerian people be restored once again in her House of Representatives; otherwise they will be seen and perceived as a band of thieves!.
NUHU RIBADU, VICTIM OF A VERY CORRUPT NIGERIAN SOCIETY!
Ordinarily, Icheokudotcom would not care a hoot to spend a minute on this Olusegun Obasanjo's hatchet-man. Some school of thought are even saying that Mallam Nuhu Ribadau deserves all that is being thrown at him as he is being made to taste his own brew. Payment in kind that is? Remember the EFCC under Ribadu and how everyone that disagreed with Olusegun Obasanjo were hounded down with one charge of corrupt practice after another; while at the same time he, Ribadu was proclaiming Olusegun Obasanjo and all that were loyal to him innocent of all allegations. In some cases he even went out of his way to declare them innocent of all allegations without investigating them. Sometimes he made concerted effort to shut down substantive allegations of apparent corruption against members of Olusegun Obasanjo's inner circle. Today, there has been an about turn and the yesterday's hit-man is today's hounded racoon. Turning of tide, may be, but which Nigerian understands the fleeting nature of power? None! Anyway, Icheokudotcom is not here to act as defense attorney for Nuhu Ribadu as we could care-less if he jumps off the bridge or puts a bullet through his own brain. Yes, we are here only to comment on the difficulty of fighting corruption in Nigeria and using Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as a test-case. Nigeria is a land where virtually everyone is corrupt, criminals waiting for opportunity and time to strike, land of election riggers, 419 practitioners and everything despicable. Yes, we say this emphantically and with factual empir
ical bases to back our assertion. For a little illustration, a former head of the Nigerian Police Force, Inspector General Tarfa Balogun (right) was lead away in handcuffs for corruption. Every past heads of state and government in Nigeria stole so much money from the coffers of Nigeria, that today's dilpadidated condition of all the infrastructures in Nigeria attests to this brigandage, otherwise the over three (3) trillion dollars that accrued to Nigeria since 1970 would have been evident on the ground in Nigeria. (Check out United Arab Emirates and see a government that is truly patriotic and loves her citizens and country). No, there is nothing much to show for it while their overseas bank accounts are bursting and some even own private jets and homes all over the world. Corruption is pandemic and has eaten so deep intoo the body-fabric of the Nigerian society that it has become hopeless, fighting it. Nuhu Ribadu tried to fight corruption in Nigeria but was stopped cold in his tracks by a very corrupt government of Umaru Yar'Adua, whose legitimacy is still subject to litigation in the highest court of the land, the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Now he is being punished for trying by the Umaru Yar'Adua government which is very corrupt. Umaru Yar'Adua collluded with Olusegun Obasanjo to covet the Nigerian presidency and ever since he got to Aso Rock, has been sleeping on his sick bed while he is suppposed to be on duty. Also his promise of the return to rule of law in Nigeria has since been compromised and it has been the arrest and detention of one journalist after another, one blogger after another, one television house being shut down after another and now an attempt to kill-off Mallam Nuhu Ribadau for daring to fight corruption in Nigeria.

His vice president Goodluck Jonathan is equally corrupt as no decent man ever makes it to the top through the highly corrupt, shark-infested waters of Nigerian politics. The Senate President David Mark is corrupt and as the then Minister of Communications under Ibrahim Babangida, stole to his greedy heart's delight acquiring a $33 million dollars golf course in Ireland. Mention the speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole and the ongoing 2.3 billion naira cars scandal readily comes to mind; and he is still presiding over a house which has been alleged to be populated by criminal 419 practitioners. The current head of the police, Inspector General Mike Okilo has yet to prosecute his former boss, the former IG Ehindero who stole over 23 million naira police fund. When you factor in the spiralling out of control armed robbery and other related crimes/vices in Nigeria, without any sign of abatement, then one is forced to concluded that the Nigerian police force is in bed with Nigerian criminal master-minds. The Attorney General, Aandooka's very close relationship with former governor Ibori of Delta State as well as other plainly corrupt former governors is highly instructive as to the lack of appertite to fight corruption in Nigeria. Now the only serious person ever to look directly in the eye of corruption and call it by its name, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu is being haunted out of this life. Nigeria it shall not be well with you as no person in the future, knowing the travails currently being underwent by Nuhu Ribadu, will agree to do any serious job, fighting the monster of corruption in Nigeria. Nuhu Ribadu is being made a mockery of just for being brave enough to dare to step unto the toes of some very highly placed and grossly corrupt "sacred-cows" of Nigeria.
The latest incident of humilating Nuhu Ribadu by dragging him out of his commencement venue, says so much about a cabal desperate to take their pound of flesh. This former anti-corruption chief was physically stopped from participating in his graduating ceremony by Umaru YarAdua' thugs, who dragged him out of the hall of his graduation ceremonies. Nuhu Ribadu was dragged out from the Unity Hall of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, where he was seated with his other collegues, waiting to be conferred with the Member of the National Institute (mni). The institute unashamedly, explained that Nuhu Ribadu was too sick to attend the commencement ceremony which Icheokudotcom rebuts and asks, why drag a sickman, who has "recovered" enough to attend his own commencement ceremony, out of the hall? Reacting to this Nuhu Ribadu's latest ordeal in the hands of Umaru Yar'Adua's jackboots, Gani Fawehinmi said that Nuhu Ribadu's travails under the Yar'Adua administration shows that Umaru Yaradua's government has the tendencies of fascism and its profession for the rule of law is a smokescreen and hypocrisy of the worst order.
One other member of Nuhu Ribadu's graduating class who was not allowed to graduate is Mr. Allen Deinbo Briggs. He was accused of stealing a digital camera belonging to one of the course participants while on study-tour in China. Icheokudotcom says, what a country, where a high-up, selected for such a state's policy course, is stealing an ordinary digital camera in far away China? What will happen tomorrow when such a deviant is appointed into an office of trust? Looting unlimited and you ask yourself why Nigeria is still crawling at a perpetual snail speed? It is because the caliber of men and women as this Mr. Allen Briggs are appointed and put in charge of key fiduciary institutions in Nigeria. Instead of making an effort to effect the fortunes of Nigerians, they are busy crafting plans to loot the country's resources and the treasury dry. According to the story, this Mr. Allen Briggs has a very poor mediocre record akin to a rap sheet that was bursting at the seams, at the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies where he was working as a Senior Fellow; which led to vociferous protest when he was nominated for the institute's course 30. However being from the same Niger Delta area as the vice president, Jonathan Goodluck, whose office is in charge of the institute, Mr Allen Briggs' way was forcibly cleared for participation in the course 30. The feud generated so much heat that a former acting director general of the Insitute, Yakubu Sankey, lost his job for protesting vehemently against Mr. Allen Briggs unmerited inclusion im the course 30. However, Mr. Allen Briggs went on a course organized tour to China and stole a mere $45 dollar digital camera, culminating to his final denial of graduation.
Icheokudotcom says such sordid story is only possible in a country like Nigeria where a sitting vice president meddles in departmental decisions, twisting and breaking arms as to who goes or participates in a course at an institute. It is only in Nigeria, the land of anything goes where it is ok for dog to eat dog! Even you Vice President Jonathan Goodluck could insert yourself into the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies internal decisions to influence a decision and effect an outcome based on your primodal, parochial ethnic concerns? Little wonder your meteroric rise in Nigerian politics - you play it real down and dirty and if it means ganging up with Olusegun Obasanjo to frame your former boss, DSP Alamieyeseigha, so be it provided you get what you want! Icheokudotcom has always read your unusually quiet demeanour as a cold-calculating, take no prisoner demeanour of ruthless hit-man. Who is now disgraced by your candidate's petty theft? Until you vagabonds in power in Nigeria learn how not to micro-manage every aspect of life in Nigeria, that country can never truly articulate a way forward out of its stagnation.
Icheokudotcom says, Enough of this stupidity! The whole world is watching the macabre dance of corruption and ongoing vindictiveness against Nuhu Ribadu because he dared to fight corruption in Nigeria; as there is no other acceptable reason for his present ordeals. Even the snake Olusegun Obasanjo, whom Nuhu Ribadu dutifully served, has scurried away in hiding and will not come to the defense and/or protection of his former enforcer Nuhu Ribadu, at this his hour of great travails. Finally, irrespective of the subterfuge used by the Umaru Yar'Adua's government for Nuhu Ribadu's current pains, Icheokudotcom says it does not augur well for the image of Nigeria - a country so enmeshed in courruption they will rather hang out to dry anyone who attempts to clean the augean stable of corruption in Nigeria. Nigerian authorities, please leave Nuhu Ribadu alone, as your continuous persecution of this former anti-corruption czar only attests to your unwillingness to eradicate corruption in Nigeria. The entire world is watching you as you dance naked in the world village-square thinking that you are getting at Nuhu Ribadu by humilitaing him. Two wrongs does not make a right and tomorrow, it might be your own turn to be so humiliated. Remember it was not too long ago that the name Nuhu Ribadu spelt terror in Nigeria especially to those considered anti-Olusegun Obasanjo, so why do you think you will last forever in power? Umaru Yar'Adua, please apply whatever retribution you may have on Nuhu Ribadu with caution - it does not bode well for the image of Nigeria or what do you care; afterall you are sitting very tight in the presidency knowing fully well that you did not earn or win it! Shameless mallam from goddam Katsina State!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
AKWA IBOM STATE OF NIGERIA, CHILD WITCHES!


Please do yourself a service, click the links below, to see how uncivilized and primitive some parts of Nigeria still is. Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria is the culprit today and it is in a part of the geographical area of Nigeria that used to kill twins, believing they portend bad omen, until the arrival of Mary Slessior who stopped the practice. It is also highly rumoured that some people in Akwa Ibom state from Ugep area, still practises cannibalism.
One wonders what manner of men live in this God-forsaken part of Africa that ostracise her innocent and beautiful children on the unfounded illiterate superstition that they are witches and wizards? In this 21st century world where the rest of the world are going to space, building space stations and mapping the lunar surface, a state in Nigeria called Akwa Ibom State is busy rounding up her future generation, branding them witches and sometimes dismembering them to get rid of a supposed curse. It shall not be well with these cave-dwellers of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.


If this link below does not move you, nothing else will and Icheokudotcom salutes the courage of the young British humanitarian who is providing succour to these branded and abandoned so called little "witches" of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Now click:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUJSME0TORw and also
Friday, November 21, 2008
ROTIMI AMAECHI, OVER-EXPOSED RISK?
His name is Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. He is a lawyer and a politician. He is the Supreme Court of Nigeria-made governor of Rivers State of Nigeria. He was a parliamentarian and speaker of the State House of Assembly during the former governor Peter Odili's administration; but later fell out of favor with the governor who then conspired with Olusegun Obasanjo to sabotage his candidacy for governor of Rivers State. However, he went to court for redress, and although he did not contest any election as governor, he was however installed as one by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. That is by way of little bio-politics of Rotimi Amaechi, the governor of Rivers State, Nigeria.
However the gist of this treatise is not the governor but what the governor did. He exposed himself to unfathomable risk by going on an open sea in a tiny boat, undeserving of a chief executive of an oil producing Rivers State, Nigeria.
However the gist of this treatise is not the governor but what the governor did. He exposed himself to unfathomable risk by going on an open sea in a tiny boat, undeserving of a chief executive of an oil producing Rivers State, Nigeria.

That the governor, pictured here below sitting fourth from left in a bowler-hat, in this cramped, over-loaded canoe (boat) should venture into an


Icheokudotcom is taking up this matter not because we particularly give a damn about these election-riggers in Nigeria, no, we do this because of the embarrassment the governor's canoe-ride caused Nigerians in the eye of the world. How can a state governor be found in such a risky pedestrian contraption, knowing fully that he carries on his shoulder the responsibility of an entire state? What if? and so many other what ifs? Can you imagine what an incident, a possible accident, could have caused both Rivers State and Nigeria? Look at the number of people, possibly government officials, cramped into the tiny rickety dinghy and yet this is a state that gets a lion share of the oil-derived revenue as allocated in Nigeria? We hear of boats capsizing all over the world and this particular contraption carrying the governor of Rivers State of Nigeria, does not necessarily appear to be very sea-worthy indeed! Look at the little clearance of the top of the canoe from the water - a height of less than two feet between the stern and the sea! Look at the sardine-like manner in which the people were stacked on that boat! What if an emergency developed, where would the rescue team have started from? It would have been very difficult to even save the governor, who was not particularly identifiable with any special color-coded outfit or sequestered enough for immediate rescue. Admitted that most people from Rivers State of Nigeria are good swimmers, but why use this canoe-ride as a trial-run for Nigeria's Olympian Micheal Phelps?

A mid-sized "comfortable near-luxury" boat, not necessarily a yacht, is what the doctor ordered - just a speed boat with some cabin which could be sourced for about one hundred (100) thousand dollars or slightly more. It will be a wise investment for the state and it automatically qualifies as a state asset. A state like Rivers State can easily afford this 'toy' instead of having her highest ranking official as well as some of her other state officials exposed to several maritime risks as the above picture portrayed. What Peter Odili alone, allegedly looted from your state would buy such a boat several times over, so do it because you can and also because it is the right thing to do. Rotimi Amechi, are you listening? Rivers House of Assembly are you listening? Rivers State people are you listening? Just do it for the image of Rivers State! Do it for the image of Nigeria! DO IT NOW, buy a befitting boat for your governor's use!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
AYMAN AL ZAWAHIRI, A RACIST SCUM-BAG!



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