Seven days of testimonies at the public hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel organized to unearth the mystery behind the huge expenditure of $16billion on the sector with no commensurate results has confounded Nigerians with the amount of colossal waste the power sector turned out to be in the eight years of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
We want heads to roll, enough is enough and besides,we better start doing away with the attitude of having sacred cows in our society because that,s what,s obtainable the world over.The time has come to start to reposition that country with a view to making things more possible and eradicating most of the clogs in the wheel of progress,a lot of talk, but i,m optimistic it,s achievable if only we as a country are ready and willing to effect these changes.Holding people accountable for their sins (BIG OR SMALL) is an important and big first step.Big thieves are more dangerous than small thieves in all societes of the world and that,s why they are given maximum consideration in the course of application of the law and obtaining justice which has been denied the ordinary people of Nigeria for so long that I can,t start here to state how long.The people are hungry for justice and it,s my humble they will achieve that soon
I agree that heads should roll. The only way to stop the criminal corruption that has gone on and on is to make the people who are responsible for it accountable by law.
Only when the punishment is not worth the crime will people think twice. Obviously the power sector was seen as a black hole that could absorb their rampant greed and opportunism. And it did.
If you continually look the other way, someone will steal from you. Shine the light and let the cockroaches scurry away!
The whole issue shall surely forster the culture of accountability in the country. The ability to probe and to get to the roots of similar facts alongside the positive attitude of various election tribunals shall contribute a lot to the fight against corruption.
''YOU CAN FOOL SOME PEOPLE SOMETIMES BUT YOU CANNOT FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME''.
How can a government official be telling us that they are not trying to target anybody that to think that is to insult Nigerians. Oh for heavens sake do we need anyone to tell us that some people should be in Jail right now. Please we are talking about US$16 Billion not 16,000 Naira. That money should be enough to supply constant electricity to the whole of West Africa. If the President cannot arrest Olusegun Obasanjo and all his cohorts then he should be in Prison himself. These men should not be treated with one inch of respect. How wicked can a man be, though Obasanjo was hand picked by wicked men as himself he was still given the grace and opportunity to come out of prison to president. But he proved himself to be a real thief and back in prison is where he should be if there is justice anywhere in this world. The man Abacha who put him in prison knew for sure that was his place. The man was not satisfied with his past atrocities taking what belonged to the nation for himself. OPERATION FEED THE NATION(0.F.N) became (OBASANJO FARMS NIGERIA). O.F.N to me is OBASANJO F**KUP NIGERIA,please excuse my language.
I want that man to know that it is an insult for him and every member of the government to tell us that so much money has been wasted and yet there is nothing to show for it. Did they set fire on the money? And expect the power problems to be solved.
It is a shame that 110 years ago there was constant electricity supply in Nigeria when the British were still around, then our leaders took over and built Kianji Dam and since then it has been problems. Maybe it was the plan for us not to have electric power supply because our leaders, sorry mis-leaders prefer to keep us in darkness to suppress and oppress us. And they need darkness to carry out their eveil and occult practice. Electricity was given to us by Europeans so I wonder why our national symbol for electricity had always been Shango. Shango is for lightning and just the same system of power supply we have the light comes in a flash and then it is gone until the rainy day. Maybe I have to be a bit superstitious, is it that they have not performed the right rituals for Shango so he is angry. I should add more information here for you to dispute or agree with it is left to you to find out for yourself. Electricity as we know it today was first installed in Lagos before it was installed in London. The technology was available already but the British were weary of the negative effects of installing electricity as we have it today. They feared that it might cause harm to their citizens so they firt tested it in Lagos and when that was successful they carried on to install it in London.
It is obvious from my writing here that I am in pain and I am frustrated, it is because I know how many Nigerian lives are being destroyed everyday. Nigeria has become the biggest burial ground for great dreams and talents. Our people are being treated like dirt in foreign countries. Many of our children, brothers and sisters are dying in the desert and in the sea on their dangerous passage to Europe to search for a better life. Our girls are in prostitution and sexual slavery in Europe our boys have become robbers, scammers and financial criminal. We all know why.. It is time to set an example. If you ask me i seek total anahilation of these evil men and their wickedness. But for you people who need to see them in their cages, please lock them all up and throw away the keys.. God bless the World.
As a matter of fact, l was not surprised by the size (the bigness) of the maggots coming out of the pandora box of the power scam.l am only afraid of what will follow the public hearing findings and recommendastions.Over the years, tribunals,public hearings etc have come and gone along with their findings and recommendations-down the drain!After all the efforts and costs involved, l won't be baffled if eventually the accused persons come out to campaign for political posts or even get nominated for important portfolio.I sincerely appeal to all involved especially the members of the committee and Mr. President not to proceed further if nothing significant will come out of the procedure.That to me will be double "wahala for dead bodies" of already battered Nigerians.
I am skeptical that current administration has the political oomph to prosecute Obasanjo or any other high profile member of the previous administration; many observers have argued that Obasanjo was more instrumental in Yar'Adua's presidency than the general Nigerian electorate. I'll assume that this is not the case (yes I know, I am ludicrous). Then Yar'Adua's administration still needs maturity and a strong judicial arm to allow the past administration to be prosecuted without Yar'Adua granting "pardons" to keep Obasanjo's associates at bay. Obasanjo is not losing sleep over any of this, he endorsed Yar'Adua. Yar'Adua can't afford to turn his back on Obasanjo this early in his administration. To sum it up, whats being done now is to mop the honey spill and give this administration a clean floor. I'm sure there will be another oil surplus . . .
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