Regretting the death of the Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar'dua, it feels like a plot unfolded. The script writer being Olusegun Obasanjo, main character as Turai. The cabals as co-players. But playing with a human life is too much! Anyways, death should mean rest to those who really know where they are going and to whom they are going in the great beyond. For Musa, he ceases from the stress of Nigeria in a way. Whatever reason for which he was kept in Saudi like it's the best in the world and returned to Aso Rock home health or herbal nursing! Only God knows what was the plan in Turai's heart. Her husband deserved more than he was given, all in the name of some power-play, while a human life was at stake. Whoever does not struggle to save a life can as well take it if opportune.
Goodluck to Goodluck once again. On a lighter mood, if any man is standing behind you in any position, make sure he does not bear Goodluck, if he does, remove him as quickly as you can before his luck removes you.
Nigeria must move on as the plot continues to unfold. Obasanjo's best offer for a successor has finished his term. Unfortunate Yar'dua, he took the baton from an unsuccessful regime. We knew this result before the game kicked off, didn't we?
I do not pray for the dead, 'Rest in Peace' is not my thing. The decision has been made while he lived whether to rest or to suffer on, but my prayers are for those that remain; O God of Creation, direct our noble cause, guide our leaders right, help our youths the truth to know, in love and honesty to grow and living just and true, great lofty height attain, to build a nation where peace and justice reign. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. AMEN!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Goodnews! Yar'dua Recovers Health. Office Recovery?
The ailing President Umaru Yar'dua was said to have had a better recovery or at last has been raised from the dead even though he is yet to make a public appearance. Will Nigerians rejoice over this development or what? The President, even before his ailment has been ailing indeed since his resumption of office in 2007. He has been incapacitated in every way one can think of. If only he had been making any notable impact on both the political and economic life of the nation; his recuperation might be a joyous moment for the Nigerian people. But as it is, people are satisfied seeing a Goodluck on the seat of power; at least having a change of taste of whatever they all promise to give us. Let's have a new promise even if it will go unfulfilled as usual. Well, we should thank God for the restoration of health, but he should spend his time now to be with his family and go home to rest. Turai can keep him now for as long as she wants. Returning to the office of the Presidency will not be celebrated. We have enough of that already and Jonathan is stronger for now to complete this out running tenure of office.
The set of people who might want Umaru back in office are the likes of his cousin, who hinted The Sun Newspaper about President Yar’Adua’s imminent return earlier yesterday, Architect Ahmed Yar’Adua, "who is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Inland Waterways, while speaking to Correspondents. He emphatically said his cousin was recuperating fast and would soon return to office." What do you expect from a cousin? But is better Umaru returns home safely to his people. Nigeria is not Yar'dua's clan.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The set of people who might want Umaru back in office are the likes of his cousin, who hinted The Sun Newspaper about President Yar’Adua’s imminent return earlier yesterday, Architect Ahmed Yar’Adua, "who is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Inland Waterways, while speaking to Correspondents. He emphatically said his cousin was recuperating fast and would soon return to office." What do you expect from a cousin? But is better Umaru returns home safely to his people. Nigeria is not Yar'dua's clan.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida: The hope for Nigeria?
The problem in the Nigerian state is such that defies any intelligent analysis. Our unsolved issues have given birth in their millions to some seemingly incurable diseases. Some of these diseases have become flesh themselves and now dwell among us with Nigerian passports, claiming citizenship. I lament seriously the downfall of the giant of Africa.
How can a disease claim to be the cure of a nation's illness? How can anyone be bold enough to mention that name ever again in Nigeria? The evil genius has insulted our collective intelligence once again. Why will Babangida not be trying to come back to power? A man who has not been cleared of the allegations of treason and felony in the case of June 12 election; murder in the case of Dele Giwa; and the countless number of corruption and abuses of office. A man who for his power drunkenness delayed the Nigerian transmission into democracy from 1985 to 1994 and still was not willing to let go. Should he or his generations after him dare to come forward ever again in the arena of democratic leadership of Nigeria? This is nothing but a show of shame. An advertisement of an incapable state; where the foundations of law and justice system are laid to rest.
This man should be voted for prison, and for life in jail for that matter. He does not belong on the streets of Nigeria, talk much of being in the corridors of power.
He is the very disease of Nigeria, he can never be the cure. All he can do is give his last blow and see the country to an end beyond recovery. He is the evil genius.
Can Nigerians' votes really count? If they will, let him run on the worst political party platform that he wants, and the vote of the people will. But unfortunately I doubt if we are having an election or another selection. People's Deprivation Party has enough trouble caused this nation than to remain a political party. It has transformed successfully into a major Nigeria curse.
Enough is enough, let us vote for once and elect the people we want into power, we have voted for those we did not want enough. We wonder how they got there. When shall we truly celebrate true democracy, where it is the vote of the people that speaks not a few 'majority'.
Baba Iyabo' ruled for eight years and after so much failure still thought he owed Nigeria a favor of selecting one Turai's Toy. I hope by now these people should know that we know what we want.
Babangida's record of eight years of brutality and shopmanship are still speaking for him as the hole in our nation. He has done enough. We need no more. Let the people's vote speak and see who the hope really is. Surely not those who have failed in our very eyes. We need a change indeed! A total overhauling of our SYSTEM! The labor of our heroes past must not be in vain. The future of the unborn children must not be sold. Money is not everything. We are not surprised at the noise of 'Babangida is our man' from those who have lost their consciences for money. They sold their souls and are nothing more than the living dead. Many more will be bought to sing any song they like; when God sings His own song, it might be the dirge of the celebrated like he did for Abacha. So their song is not new, let them sing on, all I know is that the God of Creation shall speak forth someday and bring this great SHIP to a safe shore by the hands He has anointed for the rudder.
O God of Creation, direct our noble cause!
Felix
How can a disease claim to be the cure of a nation's illness? How can anyone be bold enough to mention that name ever again in Nigeria? The evil genius has insulted our collective intelligence once again. Why will Babangida not be trying to come back to power? A man who has not been cleared of the allegations of treason and felony in the case of June 12 election; murder in the case of Dele Giwa; and the countless number of corruption and abuses of office. A man who for his power drunkenness delayed the Nigerian transmission into democracy from 1985 to 1994 and still was not willing to let go. Should he or his generations after him dare to come forward ever again in the arena of democratic leadership of Nigeria? This is nothing but a show of shame. An advertisement of an incapable state; where the foundations of law and justice system are laid to rest.
This man should be voted for prison, and for life in jail for that matter. He does not belong on the streets of Nigeria, talk much of being in the corridors of power.
He is the very disease of Nigeria, he can never be the cure. All he can do is give his last blow and see the country to an end beyond recovery. He is the evil genius.
Can Nigerians' votes really count? If they will, let him run on the worst political party platform that he wants, and the vote of the people will. But unfortunately I doubt if we are having an election or another selection. People's Deprivation Party has enough trouble caused this nation than to remain a political party. It has transformed successfully into a major Nigeria curse.
Enough is enough, let us vote for once and elect the people we want into power, we have voted for those we did not want enough. We wonder how they got there. When shall we truly celebrate true democracy, where it is the vote of the people that speaks not a few 'majority'.
Baba Iyabo' ruled for eight years and after so much failure still thought he owed Nigeria a favor of selecting one Turai's Toy. I hope by now these people should know that we know what we want.
Babangida's record of eight years of brutality and shopmanship are still speaking for him as the hole in our nation. He has done enough. We need no more. Let the people's vote speak and see who the hope really is. Surely not those who have failed in our very eyes. We need a change indeed! A total overhauling of our SYSTEM! The labor of our heroes past must not be in vain. The future of the unborn children must not be sold. Money is not everything. We are not surprised at the noise of 'Babangida is our man' from those who have lost their consciences for money. They sold their souls and are nothing more than the living dead. Many more will be bought to sing any song they like; when God sings His own song, it might be the dirge of the celebrated like he did for Abacha. So their song is not new, let them sing on, all I know is that the God of Creation shall speak forth someday and bring this great SHIP to a safe shore by the hands He has anointed for the rudder.
O God of Creation, direct our noble cause!
Felix
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Bishop Oyedepo's visit to Yar'adua: He owes his members some explanations.
While Nigeria seems to be losing everything, it will be irreparably bad if she loses the prophetic directions of the few men of God with integrity she has been blessed with. For the past five months, the Acting President, the now number one citizen of the country is yet to set his eyes on Umaru and it doesn't seem yet a crime against the office of the Presidency to us enough to take a drastic step to address the issue. All we do now is to have an Acting in place of a practically non-existent President. Everyone seems now to keep fingers crossed as we have always done until the abnormal becomes the celebrated norm of the land. This Nigerian arm-folding is our greatest curse. We don't have enough strength to fight a cause for too long. The oppressors of our souls already by now understand that too well, so their evil schemes will surely prevail if only they could turn deaf ears to the ailing masses a little longer. Our curse soon takes effect once more and we get settled and everyone folds the complacent and indifferent arms again. We don't look so long enough to why we must fight to win now or fold arms to fight another time. The voice of the people is constantly being squashed and here we are always living to fight another time wars we could have won once and for all. He who refuses to conquer leaves the battle for his children to fight.
It may be just normal that darkness covers the land at the moment, but the worst is around the corners when there will be no light left to shine even if we do not want the darkness no more. The so called "private matters" involving a visit of some clerics to a wanted president, as declared by majority of Nigerians including the Acting President, is a private breach of trust. The cleric should stare clear of these embarrassing situations if they will not be able to speak to the yearnings of Nigerians. I was wondering what Bishop David Oyedepo will tell his church people on Sunday following his visit. Will he pretend that those people do not want a report on the state of their President's health? Will he act like he is not responsible to them? I wish he had never been part of the visit; I will advise, if possible, rather than stain your hands and say it's nobody's business. Do not join them in playing on the intelligence of Nigerians. These members of the Living Faith Ministries International deserve to know something about the visit or have an apology for not being able to tell.
One will keep wondering what it is they all see that they cannot tell. A corpse in Presidential garment? Or what? Not telling breeds more curiosity and it is worse that the Presidency of our nation is being thus mocked and ridiculed by the Umaru's family. It is not a crime to be sick. The whole is greater than the part, we cannot continue to drag our nation's nobility in the mud of mockery and insensitivity to the pulse of its own people.
Let the prophets stay in the prophetic designation and act right always.
O God of Creation, direct our noble cause, guide our leaders right, help our youths the truth to know...
Felix Bamirin
It may be just normal that darkness covers the land at the moment, but the worst is around the corners when there will be no light left to shine even if we do not want the darkness no more. The so called "private matters" involving a visit of some clerics to a wanted president, as declared by majority of Nigerians including the Acting President, is a private breach of trust. The cleric should stare clear of these embarrassing situations if they will not be able to speak to the yearnings of Nigerians. I was wondering what Bishop David Oyedepo will tell his church people on Sunday following his visit. Will he pretend that those people do not want a report on the state of their President's health? Will he act like he is not responsible to them? I wish he had never been part of the visit; I will advise, if possible, rather than stain your hands and say it's nobody's business. Do not join them in playing on the intelligence of Nigerians. These members of the Living Faith Ministries International deserve to know something about the visit or have an apology for not being able to tell.
One will keep wondering what it is they all see that they cannot tell. A corpse in Presidential garment? Or what? Not telling breeds more curiosity and it is worse that the Presidency of our nation is being thus mocked and ridiculed by the Umaru's family. It is not a crime to be sick. The whole is greater than the part, we cannot continue to drag our nation's nobility in the mud of mockery and insensitivity to the pulse of its own people.
Let the prophets stay in the prophetic designation and act right always.
O God of Creation, direct our noble cause, guide our leaders right, help our youths the truth to know...
Felix Bamirin
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Goodluck Jonathan, Any Luck for Nigeria
Goodluck Jonathan, now the President of Nigeria or Acting President, I beg your pardon. The man has been lucky all his life. He always got into offices he would never have been considered fit for unless he got their through the misfortune of another. What a luck! Too bad, Yar'dua's illness will not let him finish his portion of the Nigerian misfortune as President of the nation. The pity party we would have thrown for him simply has been overridden by those nurses who are trying to nurse his illness rather than nurse him. His state of health means so much to them that they would perhaps not want him to recover. Or how shall we explain the attitude of Turai and the Cabal? Have they not abandoned nursing our president for nursing his illness?
Sadly still, the tension that rose about whether or not Jonathan should take over place of power was sheer noise that promised no good fortune still for our ailing country. We may congratulate Jonathan for goodluck, at least now he has his name written as President or Acting President in his life time and he stand to enjoy the entitlement accrued thereto, but is it any luck for Nigeria as a nation? What magic would this lucky fellow perform that we never saw any inkling of while he's been in power in other capacity? What good will a man do who was part of the passing administration and yet proved no good.
Here we go again, the same set of rulers, same rogues, same faces, have no greater place they are driving the nation except the same where they have assisted their predecessors to take it.
I do not know how many people truly and sincerely hoped for any change in Nigeria or an improvement in the nation's economy to be brought by a Goodluck's administration.
Nigeria, Nigeria, we cannot be going in the same direction hoping that our destination will be any difference talk more, better. Until there is a true change in power, the system that operates currently in Nigeria needs a total overhauling to have a tangible better promise for the welfare of the nation. Old things must truly pass away and all things must be entirely new indeed at the realm of power and policy making to attain the future we desire.
We have enough embarrassment with the misrepresentation of the good people of our country with the poor few whose conditions are most pitiable by the kind of obsession they have for power when they have nothing to offer, it is time to project the correct image of our country with good people who have been pushed to the backgrounds for fear of being corrupted or even killed.We must continue to demonstrate that power belongs to the people under God and they deserve a good life and respect for the freedom to choose their leaders.
God bless the good people of Nigeria, God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
Felix Bamirin
Sadly still, the tension that rose about whether or not Jonathan should take over place of power was sheer noise that promised no good fortune still for our ailing country. We may congratulate Jonathan for goodluck, at least now he has his name written as President or Acting President in his life time and he stand to enjoy the entitlement accrued thereto, but is it any luck for Nigeria as a nation? What magic would this lucky fellow perform that we never saw any inkling of while he's been in power in other capacity? What good will a man do who was part of the passing administration and yet proved no good.
Here we go again, the same set of rulers, same rogues, same faces, have no greater place they are driving the nation except the same where they have assisted their predecessors to take it.
I do not know how many people truly and sincerely hoped for any change in Nigeria or an improvement in the nation's economy to be brought by a Goodluck's administration.
Nigeria, Nigeria, we cannot be going in the same direction hoping that our destination will be any difference talk more, better. Until there is a true change in power, the system that operates currently in Nigeria needs a total overhauling to have a tangible better promise for the welfare of the nation. Old things must truly pass away and all things must be entirely new indeed at the realm of power and policy making to attain the future we desire.
We have enough embarrassment with the misrepresentation of the good people of our country with the poor few whose conditions are most pitiable by the kind of obsession they have for power when they have nothing to offer, it is time to project the correct image of our country with good people who have been pushed to the backgrounds for fear of being corrupted or even killed.We must continue to demonstrate that power belongs to the people under God and they deserve a good life and respect for the freedom to choose their leaders.
God bless the good people of Nigeria, God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
Felix Bamirin
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