> Who is looking out for Nigerians?
>
>
>
> Of late, Nigeria has shown no problems outing herself as the queen of
> selfish mediocrity without regards to shame or embarrasment. Recently a
> A330-300 (D-AIKH) flight arriving from Frankfurt skidded off the Murtala
> Muhammad Airport runway, after its front tyres burst due to some pot-holes
> on the only functional runway in Lagos airport (aka Ikeja). The News
> reported that the incident happened around the area rainwater normally
> gather, which caused a big pothole in the middle of the runway.  The A330
> was removed from the incident spot and smoke was noticed emanating from
> the
> plane. Also, a French plane arriving to Port Harcourt few weeks ago, ran
> into cows on the runway. Yes, cows on the runway of one of Nigeria's major
> airport and yes, a pot-hole in the middle of the only functional runway in
> the major airport of Nigeria. Imagine that for a quick minute - and then
> contrast it against the current worldwar insurgency that is growing bolder
> and bolder around the world. To that, the question becomes who is looking
> out for Nigeria?
>
>
> These embarrassment allows one's imagination to run wild in the most
> horrible way considering how the Nigerian President outfitted in his
> "African outfit" positioned next to President Bush in a posture tantamount
> to a drifter, could parade alongside the G8 while aware the situation his
> administration helped put Nigeria in today. The manner Nigeria currently
> finds herself toiling in the belly of chaos and muted existence does not
> warrant for such invites to the President of Nigeria by these folk unless
> there are ulterior motives that are not intended to benefit Nigerians.
> History has proved beyond doubt the reality of this fact. The question is
> then, what did the President go to do at the G8 meeting? What clandestine
> promises and guarantees did he make to the G8 in return for the purported
> loan relief? Could it be possible that the list of Nigerian embezzlers in
> official positions - that he claims was given to him by some of these
> foreign folks - be part of the promises and guarantees that he made with
> the
> G8 folks? If it is so - then Nigeria and Nigerians are in for an escapade
> with a hellish trail. The implications conjure up a President without the
> power to administrate without being administrated to by the G8 folks. This
> fits well with the definition of a puppet - belonging to the G8 block.
> This
> is not to be disrespectful to the President but the sticks have to be laid
> straight.
>
>
>
> The case of the environmental neglect in Nigeria grievously adds more
> gravitas to this notion of puppetry. It highlights the perils of Nigerian
> administrative faults strongest in the most public manner. The Garbage
> Mountains that have become a landmark in every Nigerian State implies
> publicly that nobody is looking out for Nigeria - that nobody is
> administrating Nigeria. It displays Nigeria's ineptitude to administer in
> an
> indisputable way. In Kano, one the largest city of Nigeria, it citizens
> are
> stealing human excrements from the State Government disposal site for use
> as
> manure for growing assorted vegetables that most definitely makes its way
> to
> the public marketplace on a daily basis. The folks involved in the human
> excrement business say they make a good living transporting and selling it
> to the farmers, and the farmers themselves claim that it is more cost
> effective using it than the conventional fertilizer or cow manure.
> Imagine!
> Who is looking out for these folks? Are they not Nigerians?
>
>
>
> Who is looking out for the over 10 millions Nigerians living in
> dilapidated
> environmental conditions in Lagos where the solid waste problem has
> basically taken over the City? Each person in Lagos is estimated to
> produce
> about 0.12kg of garbage per day - multiplying the figure by the population
> of Lagos gives a staggering number for the amount of garbage produced in
> Lagos per day. Without an efficient way to collect, transport and dispose
> of
> these wastes, it results to what we have in Lagos today. The threat of
> cholera epidemic outbreak as a result of the garbage condition has been of
> high concern to experts for years now.  In the Igbo States, the matter is
> worse. The Garbage Mountains is seen in almost every part of her urban
> centers - in the same manner the embarrassment emits off the demeanor of
> President Obasanjo at the G8 conference. The sanitary systems are totally
> non existent and this injects unsanitary biochemical constituent into the
> air and water. There are already reported increase in cholera cases in the
> Igbo States. Who is looking out for these people?
>
>
>
> It is worthy to note however that not all is lost. Some parts of our
> collective destiny with Nigeria, I believe is still salvageable though the
> terrain maybe too rugged. Nigeria can still have a future. The future can
> still be a bright one if we confess and faced up to our collective
> realities
> and see Nigeria for trully what it has become - a failed experiment but
> not
> a terminal failure - yet. The Hands that will salvage Nigeria out of the
> present condition of total neglect for her citizenry has to be what every
> Nigerian must pray for because the President and the current
> administrative
> machinery are not doing it and show no readily visible intentions to begin
> to do so.
>
>
>
> Perhaps as each citizen continues their routine crabs in a bucket affair
> and
> matters continues to soil, Nigeria will reach the necessary combustion
> limit
> required to trigger a forced "natural" solution. Just perhaps.
>
>
>
> Long Live Nigeria
>
>
>
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