Can anyone remember how long it took for Ajaokuta Steel plant to take off, if it has taken off at all? Probably about 3 decades of wasted resources and decades of low rate of development because each successive military juntas including the visionless civilian administration of Shagari, preferred to cancel their predecessors’ contract so the new administration can re-issue a brand new one so the new "Rulers" can collect their own 10% bribe on top of the penalties for cancelling a bi-lateral agreement also known as “Liquidated Damages” clause embedded in each contract. We have entered the same "cancel and reissue so I can chop my own 10%" mode with this current administration on the Railway, Power and all other sundry list of "probe and cancel". By the time we get a functioning railway system and uninterrupted power supply, the current generation would've died off and the new generation would never know that prior to 1980, we had a functioning railway system and more than 90% of daily power supply. I remember the justification OBJ gave for the 3rd Term Agenda we begged him to consider when he visited NY at that time was that he wouldn't want his reform policies to become "abandoned projects". To safe-guard against this abandoned projects syndrome that Nigerian govts are famous for, that is why he supported YarAdua plus being the only northerner that is not on Ribadu's List of Corrupt Governors, (along with Duke in the Cross Rivers, OBJ’s favorite but for the north's clamor for “power back”). Well, who would've thought (thunk it, chuckles) that Umoru’s health was this horrible and debilitating - what a disappointment and Nigerians are the losers as a result of this misplaced trust. If this is the best the North has to offer, then I weep for Naija.