Issues of the spotlight

05/25/2022

"He who parley and dines with the foes at the ridicule of his own will surely live to pay the dire price of perfidy"

"No matter the friendliness one develops with the lion, it doesn't wither its devouring claws"

"He who pampered an alligator home in guise for a gecko in order to mesmerise his folks should be ready to own a swamp in his bedroom soon"

Posterity just landed!

Those are my open words for 'Distinguished' Senator Rochas Anayọchukwu Elthebert Okocha.

06/12/2018

ALAS!!!

…BLENDS OF INEPTITUDE
@ Emilin: ”Anyone remembers the Magu interview with Chamberlain of ChannelsTV? Compare with the IGP’s struggle to read his speech and see the kind of illiterates we have as leaders.
: ”There’s no way the IGP will be struggling to pronounce “ transmission “ and then he turns to another page and the same word confronted him “ transmission. The whole prepared speech can’t be about transmission now.”
, ”President has no WASCE, IGP cannot read, anti corruption adviser forged WAEC, Cabinet clueless, Cronies all thieves. Citizens aloof, uniformed. What a country!”

The afore-edited are just few mumbles and reactions from Nigerians over the “Transmission” speech of the Inspector General of Police, Ahmed Idris during the commissioning of a project for the Force in Kano as captured in an over 2minutes video clip which has saturated the media like wildfire.
As impasses continue to unfold from the power house, disparagement gets the atmosphere more tensed. Alas!, the image of the Nation unspeakably depreciates in the International communities, whilst every average citizenry resort to bear these indescribable episodes of blunder committed by our stakeholders at various points of public presentation and representation. Not quite long ago it was the main man at the hems of affair at an International platform, today it is one of his Service Chiefs committing a nauseating blunder at a local stage.
No doubt our country is gradually gliding into a horrible-miasmic stance pointedly as those ‘anointed’ stakeholders have never proven themselves otherwise, but are of overt, inexcusable ineptitude and of course what I tag ‘in-deliberate incompetence’ in running the intricate task of governance especially at this delicate era.
As hearsays and deep-controversies prevail, Nigerians are reflexively invited as rational analysts to ponder most in-depth on the outlook of our poor nation.
Meanwhile, been enthused I pose these questions as follows from the vantage point; ‘What is the ‘yardstick for measure’ in selecting these individuals into such sensitive positions?’ ‘Were these persons of exalted offices duly screened before confirmation?’ ‘Is their poor public presentations not a manifestation of their non-professionalism or even incompetence?’ ‘Who can publicly vouch for their quality and competence to assume or retain such public offices?
Here, we expect the Presidency to summon the ‘anointed IGP’ (recall; his superiors were unduly retired in order to permit his appointment) for an inner-room re-examination, and to reassure Nigerians of the aptitude of their appointee, rather she had through Dabiri Erewa, a Special Aide come up to disclaim the video clip as been ‘doctored’ by the oppositions.
Secondly, the IGP whose dishonor of the Senate’s summon on several occasions have created a clear picture of his incapability to present and represent himself eloquently has never bother himself to clear the air, rather through one of his supporters had earlier claimed he was dyslexic. Also when contacted the Force Public Relations Officer, Moshood Jimoh on the ‘authenticity of the video, he simply said, “Yes we have seen it , but you can call back later.”
Shortly afterwards the PPRO Zone 2 command, Dolapo Badmus shared a picture of IG of Police with President Muhammadu Buhari, with a caption: “I am proud of my IGP, a man with two degrees.”
Whilst on the foregoing, a panel was secretly mounted to fish out and rebuke harmless bloggers who have only demonstrated their democratic right to public view and International Right to Freedom of Speech-Shameful indeed!
As the citizens continue to pour out their dismay pointedly over absurdities and irregularities in the government, they cannot afford to shy away from preparing their minds fittingly towards the upcoming Election; where all these political maggots and democracy mischief-makers will be given unanimous red card, in order to usher in the long-yawned rebirth bearers.
Let’s call to mind the axiom of Franklin D. Roosevelt:

“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”
More so, Edmund Burke speaks up:

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”

GO, GET YOUR VOTER’S CARD NOW; THE TIME TO ACT RIGHT IS RIGHT NOW!!!

06/12/2018

…BLENDS OF INEPTITUDE
@ Emilin: ”Anyone remembers the Magu interview with Chamberlain of ChannelsTV? Compare with the IGP’s struggle to read his speech and see the kind of illiterates we have as leaders.
: ”There’s no way the IGP will be struggling to pronounce “ transmission “ and then he turns to another page and the same word confronted him “ transmission. The whole prepared speech can’t be about transmission now.”
, ”President has no WASCE, IGP cannot read, anti corruption adviser forged WAEC, Cabinet clueless, Cronies all thieves. Citizens aloof, uniformed. What a country!”

The afore-edited are just few mumbles and reactions from Nigerians over the “Transmission” speech of the Inspector General of Police, Ahmed Idris during the commissioning of a project for the Force in Kano as captured in an over 2minutes video clip which has saturated the media like wildfire.
As impasses continue to unfold from the power house, disparagement gets the atmosphere more tensed. Alas!, the image of the Nation unspeakably depreciates in the International communities, whilst every average citizenry resort to bear these indescribable episodes of blunder committed by our stakeholders at various points of public presentation and representation. Not quite long ago it was the main man at the hems of affair at an International platform, today it is one of his Service Chiefs committing a nauseating blunder at a local stage.
No doubt our country is gradually gliding into a horrible-miasmic stance pointedly as those ‘anointed’ stakeholders have never proven themselves otherwise, but are of overt, inexcusable ineptitude and of course what I tag ‘in-deliberate incompetence’ in running the intricate task of governance especially at this delicate era.
As hearsays and deep-controversies prevail, Nigerians are reflexively invited as rational analysts to ponder most in-depth on the outlook of our poor nation.
Meanwhile, been enthused I pose these questions as follows from the vantage point; ‘What is the ‘yardstick for measure’ in selecting these individuals into such sensitive positions?’ ‘Were these persons of exalted offices duly screened before confirmation?’ ‘Is their poor public presentations not a manifestation of their non-professionalism or even incompetence?’ ‘Who can publicly vouch for their quality and competence to assume or retain such public offices?
Here, we expect the Presidency to summon the ‘anointed IGP’ (recall; his superiors were unduly retired in order to permit his appointment) for an inner-room re-examination, and to reassure Nigerians of the aptitude of their appointee, rather she had through Dabiri Erewa, a Special Aide come up to disclaim the video clip as been ‘doctored’ by the oppositions.
Secondly, the IGP whose dishonor of the Senate’s summon on several occasions have created a clear picture of his incapability to present and represent himself eloquently has never bother himself to clear the air, rather through one of his supporters had earlier claimed he was dyslexic. Also when contacted the Force Public Relations Officer, Moshood Jimoh on the ‘authenticity of the video, he simply said, “Yes we have seen it , but you can call back later.”
Shortly afterwards the PPRO Zone 2 command, Dolapo Badmus shared a picture of IG of Police with President Muhammadu Buhari, with a caption: “I am proud of my IGP, a man with two degrees.”
Whilst on the foregoing, a panel was secretly mounted to fish out and rebuke harmless bloggers who have only demonstrated their democratic right to public view and International Right to Freedom of Speech-Shameful indeed!
As the citizens continue to pour out their dismay pointedly over absurdities and irregularities in the government, they cannot afford to shy away from preparing their minds fittingly towards the upcoming Election; where all these political maggots and democracy mischief-makers will be given unanimous red card, in order to usher in the long-yawned rebirth bearers.
Let’s call to mind the axiom of Franklin D. Roosevelt:

“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”
More so, Edmund Burke speaks up:

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”

GO, GET YOUR VOTER’S CARD NOW; THE TIME TO ACT RIGHT IS RIGHT NOW!!!

05/14/2018

JUMBLED IN A MISTY POLITICAL POOL

1. Indeed, “Where popularity defaults solidarity, purpose remains in deep askance.” In a review of series of uproar that have seized the doorway in the political hub of the Eastern Heartland State, one will be compelled to sit back and throw probing questions to the misty atmosphere that hosted us. Particularly, every average Imo indigene would have painfully queried how they have unmindfully arrive this stance in their political system. No free political thinker would fall out with me that these pandemoniums are what the last election year bequeathed upon them. Yes!, they are cultivators of their hard-destiny, sentiments aside.
2. Socio-political analysts of fair conscience sighted that democratic due process have long been truncated and fundamental human rights infringed by the ‘gladiator’ as seen in all the activities that precede this tense moment. Awful that even those in the chamber of law making have been cheaply coiled up, used up, and tangled in these quandary. They can no longer uphold the proceedings of ‘Checks and Balances’ as required of them, obviously as the bone residues from the chunky meat they gluttonously ate have choked their esophagus at last, whilst they continually wailed woe.

3. In the recent, this same political alligator has cunningly as said attempted and seduced an awful majority of the Legislative arm in what seem to be a bid for ‘elongated power retention’-earlier uncovered to them except those of the 'inner- caucus', however failed short as some who have equally nurtured their self interest sadly squashed the request by turning down the supposed whooping offer of tens of millions of naira notes-those include especially of the East Senatorial District who have been long boohooing for a fair treat in the zoning course. Nonetheless, it was never in the interest of the good of the generality of the citizenry, but for their disparaging selfishness too.

4. Today, it is not politicking as usual. It has swiftly graduated to an evident game of ‘do or die’, as both folds violently dragged the rope from their respective ends. This was overtly made manifest in the ‘just held’ party ward congress of the ruling party in the State. Like ants congregate to pull their quarry, they all pull from their various dispersed factions geared to reinforce against their arch-foe and his innocent nominee giving rise to an unchecked uprisings and squabbles. Recall vividly that in America likes of President Bill Clinton openly nominated and supported his wife Hilary to the Democrats for the 2016 Presidential race without been misinterpreted or confronted by anyone. In a healthy political system, every individual has the democratic right to peaceably choose whom he proposes, campaign for and equally give his franchise at polls.

5. Alas!, am saddened and stirred to query further, ‘Is Uche Nwosu, the Governor’s nominee not eligible for Guber candidacy in the party?’ ‘Notably, is their relationship as family members a barrier for his rightful proposal of choice candidate?’ ‘Is it rational to extend the grievances and rejection of the personality of the Governor on the ground of his conducts to a proven decent son-in-law? ‘Is the Governor’s stance a final say at the upcoming Imo Polls or has election in Imo become a free anointing? and most importantly, ‘Why are these opposition openly aggrieved and daunted matching tussle rightly at the polls with the Governor’s choice?’
Only if these questions cannot be entertained satisfactorily, then will it be clear the State has not just been thrown into deep rooted anarchism by one man, but has also lost men who have the political wit and will-power to uphold true democracy and steer the purported sinking ship….for according to Abraham Lincoln; “This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.”
I posit in the foregoing, that whatever that is right to do should and always be done rightly. Let them permit a free-minded democratic process, and give room for sane-electioneering, free and fair Party and General Election.
NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO HIJACK OUR HARD-EARNED DEMOCRATIC DUE PROCESS!
NOBODY SHOULD SEDUCE OR IMPOSE CANDIDACY ON ANYONE!
NOBODY CAN SUCCEED IN DE-FRANCHISING ANY ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE OR VOTER AT POLLS!
GO, GET YOUR VOTER’S CARD NOW; THE TIME TO ACT RIGHT IS RIGHT NOW!!!

05/01/2018

…TWINED IN A RUINED RULE OF LAW:

Just in the quickest-glimpse almost all the chambers in the corridors of power have kept the electorate steadily 'entertained', awestruck with spates of conundrum displayed almost in a sequential drift. The overturned situation of these absurd reports, exhibits is that every average person has unnaturally become a political analyst, public opinion deliberator, socio-political critic, and even an irrational debater at virtually every nook and crank.

In the recent, the number of 'FRA'-Free Readers Association stand has amplified, yet saturated with aggressive members- just like our 'honorable' lawmakers in sessions, only that less often have they engaged in physical scuffles. Similarly, our popular media rooms like Facebook have incessantly paid hosts to thousands and millions of aggrieved blogs and commentaries in that respect.

Yes, like wildfire, news has spread widely as Edo State stakeholders join in the ceaseless list of mischief makers; wherefore a motion sponsored by one of their own Mr. Mathew Urhoghide, Senator representing Edo South Constituency during a Senate Plenary brought spit on his face by his people at his hometown.

Obviously, this proposal for vote of no confidence on Mr. President has become necessitated pointedly following his undue withdrawal from the Nation’s treasury without due process in the volume of 496million dollars especially in this moment the country suffers dire economic meltdown.
In his capacity as the Chairman House Committee on Public Accounts, he purportedly called for the invocation of Section 143 of the Constitution.

Regrettably, these roguish youths who should have applauded their Senator for his undaunted sagacity and respect for rule of law ignorantly were used by shameless partisan tomfools as assaulters to attack and mess up a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria--what a height of absurdity and mischievousness in a frail nurtured democracy!

Verily, I submit my position on this matter with deep dismay over the pitiable misconducts and poor self-carriage of our ‘dignified’ men with the mantle especially the very man at the hems of affairs in this recent. We cannot continue to feed these rapacious and insensitive alligators with our hard-earned, quaky resources whilst they keep biting our fingers snootily.

In like terms, our youth must trample all manner of spiteful political indulgences vocally and most vitally action wise. Firm decisions are not necessarily manifested through vehemence, but undeterred and guided moves.

I propose, no other time to say nay to Political-thuggery, extremism, reclusive involvements and other acts of Indiscipline than now!

Similarly, lets rise up to our franchise, responsibly partake in the public opinion, also embrace good citizenry and stand as ambassadors of this great nation wherever we find ourselves in all endeavors.

The leaders of tomorrow are today’s aspirers; we can’t afford to abandon our power house in the hands of aged, archaic, rigid, and even ferocious leaders. We are surely the seeds of dynamism and the anticipated political rebirth; power is changing hand summarily; we dismiss all vicissitude, yes our tomorrow has gallantly arrived!

Go get a Permanent Voters’ Card, gain a voice in decision making; a stitch in time, saves nine politically.

THE TIME TO ACT RIGHT IS RIGHT NOW!!!