“Ofi ete si lee, O’ un paa lapalapa”
First off, I’ll like to sympathize with the family of Billion Dollars; below I attached my condolence letter.
CONDOLENCE LETTER TO THE FAMILY OF BILLION DOLLARS
It struck our heart like lightening
when the news concerning “Twenty one” of your children broke out to the
public; her disappearance ignited uproar among Nigerians and for the
past four weeks the name “TWENTY billion dollars” remain nation’s most
discussed; dropping President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to second on the
chart. According to reports, the tragedy has been linked with possible
destination to FCT (Fortress of Corruption Territory), although there
are claims that “Twenty” might be missing for a long time: I feel it
will be unfair to think Nigerians arose to this incidence too late, your
business has been a secret affair involving a minority group; those who
turned to be bone crushers, the larger public couldn’t ascertain your
movement between Niger Delta/Across borders, up to your residence in
CBN.
Some’d say “Twenty” had been murdered
by the “said” group, an unthinkable brutal incidence resulting to a
complete dismantle (like a pride of lion feasting on a prey). Her demise
indeed saddens the heart of Nigerians; many could not begin to express
how painful “a act” this is. The thought of how influential “Twenty”
could be on this great nation has given many Nigerians sleepless nights;
following reports of great addition your children in diasporas have
contributed to the development of those nations. It was reported that
her twin sister “TWENTY-TWO billion dollars” was responsible for the
construction of the world’s largest hydroelectric power station: The
Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world’s largest instantaneous
generating capacity (22,500 MW). Other reports confirmed the massive
contribution of her younger sister “TEN billion dollars” towards the
construction of Jamnagar Refinery in Jamnagar, India: The world’s
largest refinery with the capacity of 1,240,000 barrels per day.
It’s with a sad heart I write this
letter and I hope the perpetrators would be brought to book. Hence,
applying FFK’s IDEAL and REALITY school of thoughts; would mean “Ideal”
is ensuring the appropriate law enforcement agencies do the needful in
bringing the “said” group to justice and “Reality” speaks volumes on how
they’ll continue to roam about arrogantly in convoys and enjoy their
roasted pangolins in their suspension roofs. On behalf of Nigerians; I
say please accept our condolence.
OFI ETE SI LEE, O’ UN PAA LAPALAPA.
Not many of us are conversant with
“yoruba” quotes and for the records; it simply means “Not applying scale
of preference”… The moment you’re told “Ofi ete si lee, O’ un paa
lapalapa” in yoruba circle, it means you’re not getting your priorities
right.
Research says ratio 1:6 of
Singaporean households are millionaires, it is also safe to say; for
every six households in Singapore there is a millionaire. “Singapore”
officially the Republic of Singapore, a very poor country many years
back with no natural resources not even potable water. Singapore is
rated among the countries with best water technologies (desalination
technologies), so good they can drink their own pee. The result is
NeWater, which is non-potable wastewater filtered into high-purity H20
that can be used for industrial development and even drinking. The
world’s greatest city; m.travel.cnn/Singapore states 50
reasons why Singapore is No 1; one of the reasons reported is that,
Singapore has one of the best health care infrastructures in the world,
with various dignitaries and royals from the region patronizing local
hospitals: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe even slipped in quietly for a
‘secret cancer check-up’ in 2008. According to CNN, Singaporean health
care provision system is also one of the world’s best, so good that some
say it beats the proposed ObamaCare model. A country that gained its
independence in 1965, five years “late” of Nigeria’s 1960, this is what I
call TRANSFORMATION: From a sleepy island to one of Asia’s most
developed states, despite lack of natural resources.
In as much as some would say “Rome
was not built in a day” and some will repeat the common rhymes that seem
unending; saying Nigerian problems didn’t start during President
Jonathan’s administration. Hence, Nigeria was not in a state of
disrepair at the injunction of President Jonathan’s administration,
we’re saying this country is a building with a leaking roof; these are
visible problems “clearer” to the presidency during its two years
incumbent era, which he used as a campaign tool towards 2011
presidential election promises to tackle head-on. Not disregarding his
tenure as an incumbent president, I think five years is huge enough for
any presidency to set standards that will have a direct impact on every
Nigerian. An administration can not continue to inflict pains, then
advertises transformation thereof… Is like telling a blind man he has
regained his sight, does he needs to be informed? Through the function
& dis-function of his walking stick; his story would be told. Either
via publication of some conflicting figures or showcasing unrealistic
statistics; this administration has shown the magic its willing to
perform in pushing millions of
Nigerians living in abject poverty to the limit of admitting either by force or by degree that their lives have changed.
KAA MA FI ETE SI LEE, PAA LAPALAPA… “Getting the priorities right”
If a web search “linked” with merriam-webster.com
defines Transformation as a complete or major change in someone’s OR
something’s… then the question we should be asking is, how do we affect
the lives of ordinary Nigerians? Here’s my order of priorities. UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY, JOBS CREATION, REVIVING THE REFINERIES, TACKLE THE SECURITY CHALLENGE, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION & TRAINING, AND ENHANCING THE HEALTH CARE PROVISION SYSTEM. Others will be icing on the cake.
If we must not forget in a hurry,
there was a “trend” that seemed to had faded off… This trend painted a
picture of how availability of electricity has been source of happiness
in various households. We remember the famous chant “….Up Nepa” a
sickening celebration common in Nigerian homes; an expression of joy
towards availability of electricity that would be up-running for just a
short period. In recent time; the trend has changed, once electricity
is available citizens rather “rain” curses on the power companies and
multiply the curse few minutes after a predictable interruption. The
importance of uninterrupted power supply can not be overemphasized, one
that’ll contribute immensely to the progress of my second highlight
according to my order of priorities: Job Creation.
Recently, the US government
experienced a slight increase in the percentage of unemployment in the
country; what was the instant response thereon? I’m poised to extend the
distance “with which” the news would travel, confirming the fact that
thousands of jobs were created last month: As reported by CNNMoney…“The
U.S. economy added 113,000 jobs last month, according to the government.
That’s an improvement from December, but was far weaker than hoped.
Economists had been expecting an addition of 178,000 jobs “… This is to
say, in other to stabilize the situation and reduce the negative effects
of the slight uprise; economists expected an instant creation of
178,000 jobs and for U.S. government to have met about 63% of the
expectation thus far, one tend to ask ” if there’s any ” what has been
done to combat the pragmatic display of unemployment statistic during
the NIS recruitment menace?.. I do not understand why this
administration has continued to shy away from reality, it’s no news that
unemployment and underemployment lies at the core of poverty. For the
poor, labour is often the only asset they can use to improve their
well-being. Hence the creation of productive employment opportunities is
essential for achieving poverty reduction.
It’s a no brainer to realise the
significant of “Fuel” in this country, therefore it should be a priority
for any administration willing to improve the living conditions of its
citizens to do the needful in ensuring “Fuel” is available at realistic
price; I mean having to consider millions of Nigerians living on
minimum wage.. Nigerians must realise that the late President Umaru Musa
Yar’ Adua meant well for this great nation, during his short tenure, we
saw a new administration “reduced” the pump price of petrol from
70naira to 65naira per litre, his leadership also reversed the sale of
Kaduna and Warri refineries that the former President Olusegun Obasanjo
had tried to sell off and promised to revive the refineries thereon
before the illness that led to his death came knocking on his window. I
say may he keep resting in perfect peace (Amen).
Few months ago, the special adviser
to the president on Media and Publicity Mr Reuben Abati dismissed
reports surrounding the sale of Nigeria’s four refineries and claimed
the federal government had no plans to privatise the refineries. The
four refineries have 445,000 barrels per day crude oil refining capacity
which should produce 70,755,000 litres of petrol and will ignite a
drastic fall from the current pump price on the 40,000,000 litres needed
for daily domestic consumption. Nigerians need to know why the
refineries remain unfixed..(?)
To be continued…
By Boluwatife Adekunle
Twitter handle: @boluzzz
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