> 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 > > > > Ikenna O. Ezenekwe is a practising chemical engineer in NY<BR><HR>FREE > Spam > Protection! <A HREF="http://www.spamextract.com/download.php">Click > Here.</A><BR>SpamExtract Blocks Spam.<br><br> > > _________________________________________________________________ > V鄟kommen till Sveriges st顤sta auktion http://tradera.msn.se/ > > > > > Yahoo! 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