Sunday, May 31, 2015

An Open Letter To Muhammadu Buhari By Engr. Ezenwenyi Stanley Chidiebere


Now you are president of the federal republic of Nigeria, millions of Nigerians believe you will transform the economic growth of Nigeria, restore dignity in the mindset of foreigners, bring about rapid infrastructural development, end corruption, build refineries and finally bring about constant power supply. I went to Alaba International market yesterday the 30th day of May 2015 just a day after you took over the mantle of leadership and I was meant to understand that there has been power supply for some pretty hours and the man next to me said that Buhari is already working… your excellency, this shows that perhaps they think you are a magician because of your campaign promises, I remember you said Boko Haram will be a thing of the past within few weeks if you become president, a statement I have on video, so was awesomely embarrassed when your party APC denied you ever said that, Your Excellency sir, I was rather shamefully amazed when APC said you never said most of the things I have a video of you saying….i was also ironically disturbed that you said Goodluck Jonathan did not  give you any useful hint just few days to your handover and yet you praised him on your inauguration day on how he cooperated in the transition process and you said  “I would like to thank President Goodluck Jonathan for his display of statesmanship in setting a precedent for us that has now made our people proud to be Nigerians wherever they are. With the support and cooperation he has given to the transition process, he has made it possible for us to show the world that despite the perceived tension in the land we can be a united people capable of doing what is right for our nation. Together we co-operated to surprise the world that had come to expect only the worst from Nigeria. I hope this act of graciously accepting defeat by the outgoing President will become the standard of political conduct in the country.”  
General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB) as we know you before the day you removed the title from your name, it may interest you to know that more than 15,424,921  Nigerians believe you can take this nation which is for now a definition of a failing state to the promised land where the dividends of democracy will be deposited at the door step of every Nigerian, regardless of religion, zone or tribe. If only you can fulfill just fifty (50) percent of your campaign promises in four (4) years, Nigerians will never forget you, please note that we do not want excuses. You and your party made lots of promises which seem impossible because we have known only bad governance which is a menace to our society as such the only disaster that can be likened to natural disaster experienced in other part of the world.  I am sure you do not need empirical evidence (borrowed from Mrs Oby Ezekwesili) to say that Obasanjo, Tinubu, Atiku, Ameachi, Ngige, Saraki,Silva are corrupt, hence you will dare not probe them….meanwhile they are part of the problems we have today. Or did they turned holy because they are in your party unlike IBB and co ? Today as God may want it you are president of the federal republic of Nigeria, with all the powers bestowed on you which on the 29th day of May you  started exercising by moving our military base to Borno state….hmmm, one may wonder if this is how you will be moving our military base, for instance if there is militancy in the Niger Delta, would you move the military base to Rivers or Delta state ? An answer to this question will clarify many facts. Your excellency  sir, need I remind you that there were many campaign promises you made during your campaign? Well I believe you remember them because just few days after you were declared winner of the March 28th 2015 election you cried out to Nigerians that they should not expect a miracle, you never told them not to expect miracle during your campaign, so they saw you as the man with the almighty formula to solve Nigeria’s problem with the mantra CHANGE as the solution, even though I cried out that the CHANGE we need as a nation is different from what APC represents, they never listened and now we are here. Your excellency sir, were you  not aware that our economy was and still is a shame when you  were singing your campaign promises ? were you not aware that Nigeria was and still is in crisis during  the campaign? Your excellency  sir, the ugly but beautiful truth is that you were  aware and you  promised....so we will not accept any form of excuse. We the people will in the strongest term ever register our humble reminders in millions if need be. Mr President you must as a matter of no choice fulfill  your campaign promises. Your excellency sir,remember the yardstick for good governance is not measured by the achievements of your predecessors. So we have already set a benchmark for your  appraisal in 2019....we have started calculating your  KPI  sir. I pray for you to succeed because nothing can make me more happy than seeing a better Nigeria. So I will be glad if you disappoint me and about 12,853,162  Nigerians who voted for GEJ as against your 15,424,921 votes by delivering good governance. You have everything in your favour to succeed, highest number of states and lawmakers.
Mr President it may interest you to know that in 2011 I preferred you to GEJ  even though I never voted for you nor for Jonathan then because I did not believe your stories, but somewhere along the lonely track of history mixed with reality I lost the trust I once had for you. I heard some of your utterances and  I watched closely your body movement and your eyes, and they were saying different things, so I became confused. Most of my friends said you will fight corruption and I told them you will fight corruption to the best of your ability no doubt but I do not see you as the CHANGE we need because I saw your eyes saying you will fight corruption yet your mind was with them  starting from Bola Tinubu,Rochas Okorocha,Bukola Saraki,Rotimi Ameachi, Olusegun Obasanjo, Atiku Abubakar, Chris Ngige  and  Timipre Sylva  to mention but a few, so I asked my friend if you think this men are not corrupt ? He answered me and said “ I WONDER HOW GENERAL BUHARI WILL FIGHT CORRUPTION WITH THESE MEN SURROUNDING HIM,THEY WILL JUST BREAK HIS LEGS “ That was exactly what my friend said. Mr President  if you really want to fight corruption then you must open the files of these men mentioned above, yes take us back to when they subjected this nation to hardship by using public fund.
        Engr. Ezenwenyi Stanley Chidiebere


                                                              Lagos

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Run No More - NDLEA To Kashamu

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have surrounded the home of the Ogun state senator elect in the 2015  national assembly election, Mr Kashamu Buruji. It was gathered that NDLEA have concluded plans to extradite Mr Kashamu Buruji to the united states of America to answer drug related charges against him. He and 14 others were charged by a federal grand jury in the united states for their alleged involvement in an international conspiracy to smuggle Heroin into the U.S.
It was also gathered that the unites states court of appeal struck out an appeal by Kashamu to quash his indictment for smuggling drugs into the U.S.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Tanker Drivers And Truck Drivers Storm Apapa Road Less Than 24hrs After Vacating

 Just less than 24 hours after the tanker drivers and truck drivers disappeared from the ever busy Apapa road , they came back on Saturday occupying the roads again. it was a sad moment on Saturday as the jubilation of residents,business owners and workers were cut short as the tanker and truck drivers took over the road again. However people are still hopeful that by today being SUNDAY the government agencies will go into action. If this is not controlled by the agencies responsible to checkmate  these tanker drivers, they will  flood Apapa road again .

It should be noted that the presence of these tanker drivers have caused businesses to shutdown over the past months.


Saturday, May 16, 2015

Apapa Road A Freeway After the 48 Hours Deadline

APAPA BY BERGER CEMENT 24HRS AFTER THE DEADLINE
APAPA BY BERGER CEMENT 24HRS AFTER THE DEADLINE
 Lagosians living and working in Apapa were surprised when by 4pm on the 15th day of May the dreaded Apapa road was free of tanker drivers who have occupied the roads for a very long time . One way in this said road was almost legalized as even FRSC encourage motorists to take the one way drive to their destinations.

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the Lagos state government has given drivers of tankers, trucks and articulated vehicles 48 hours to remove their vehicles from the roads.
Also affected by this ultimatum are tankers parked 300 meters away from the depots.
Kayode Opeifa, the state Commissioner for Transportation who gave the ultimatum at the end of a meeting held at Alausa on Wednesday, urged drivers to comply with the directive immediately so as not to attract the full force of the law.
The meeting, organised by the state Ministry of Transportation, was attended by the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria, depot owners, police, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Vehicle Inspection Officers, Federal Road Safety Commission, and officials of Apapa local council.
Mr. Opeifa noted that residents of Apapa have in the past week been deprived access to their properties, forcing some of them to move to hotels.
He said ​the ​government was making the passionate appeal in view of the non-availability of petroleum product.
He said the law enforcement agencies have been mandated to start full enforcement of the law against indiscriminate parking of trucks on the roads and bridges from Sunday.
The executive secretary of Apapa local council, Bolaji Dada, also appealed to the Nigeria Navy to remove the roadblocks along the marine bridge in order to allow residents use the road in the interim.

APAPA BY BERGER CEMENT 48HRS AFTER THE DEADLINE

APAPA BY BERGER CEMENT 48HRS AFTER THE DEADLINE

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