I am thinking to myself that something does not quite gel about Oyy Ezekwesili’s "SQUANDER" contentions. The key-word in her submission is "SQUANDERED" …..not "STOLE". In other words, and to give the targets of her unwarranted, vitriolic tirades some benefit of doubt, let us assume that what Ezekwesili says is that Yar'Adua and Jonathan expended the said trillions on 'projects'. Let us again assume that "contractors and con-men' made away with the money, delivering nothing, not even "convert oil income to renewable assets through the development of human capital and other sectors through investment in foreign assets as other resource-rich countries did with their oil income". Let us also again assume that these "contractors and Con-men" were not fronts who turned the trillions back into the bank accounts of the presidential duo. What I am coming to is that Ezekwesili does not really accuse Yar'Adua and Jonathan of thieving in the strict sense. They merely ‘squandered’. That brings us to her real intention in this game of pokers. We do not need a seer to decode a subtle pandering to the base of occult political mafia, to seek the anointing of a self-acclaimed kingmaker whose regime she served. We know it from the grapevine that Oby Ezekwesili is not just an under-card OBJ's 2015 presidential pack. She is Obasanjo's joker to split Igbo votes and undercut Jonathan. Simply put,Oby Ezekwesili is enigmatic Aremu's dark horse (or dark mare). She is merely acting a her script of the choreography, and testing the waters for 2015. And that, we must admit, is good on the surface.However, the delusional nobody-else-can-do-it-but-me mentality she shares with her boss dwarfs her memory horizon in this first outing, leaving her with the myopic view of those who really engineered the stunted Nigeria's economy and social progress. She lacked the balls, and biologically so, to display her audience her ministerial scorecard showing how much of solid minerals came on stream as boost to the economy.She carefully and conveniently avoided giving a mention to the trillions -both ear- and eye-marked- appropriated for POWER GENERATION during the regime she served; she is tight-lipped as to how the staggering trillions was spent, …or stolen or squandered, and we have and the regime has only nationwide chronic power outages to show for it. Billions of money was stuffed in pick-up truck-loads of Ghana-must-Go bags and meant to bribe law makers to "elongate' the tenure of the regime she served. We know the giver of that bribe money; we also know there were takers, or were there not? Ezekwesili may graciously let us into her bit on where that bribe money came from. Was it an appropriation in any NASS-approved budget, or pilferage from the nation's coffers, or from the taxpayers, or money-doubler's counterfeits, or specifically printed by the Taiwanese for the purpose,.....Where, how? What about Halliburton? There is something in there Oby Ezekwesili labors hard to throw the wet blanket. And the truth will blow up into some faces soon. The clever failure to point to one legacy creditable to the regime she served, or to how, due to her exceptionalism, that regime converted “oil income to renewable assets through the development of human capital and other sectors through investment in foreign assets as other resource-rich countries did with their oil income", is disingenuous. Though arguable that this mantra forms her metrics for grading excellence in governance, including the performance of OBJ regime, she has not applied the same yardstick to this 'regime she served'. She served a regime, not the people of Nigeria. You could still wager your “bottom Dollar” that Oby might have been vacationing somewhere on planet Venus, when the Gulf-War Oil Bonanza fable, in which the nations earnings suddenly grew wings, took off and vanished into thin air under Babngida's very watchful nose happened.So did the Abacha kleptomania saga which, most likely, must be news to Nigeria’s prospective female presidential aspirant. All of those passed her by. It is bizarre that, in her parlance, none of the aforementioned regime leaders owed Nigerians any obligation whatsoever to "convert oil income to renewable assets through the development of human capital and other sectors through investment in foreign assets as other resource-rich countries did with their oil income, ….bla-bla-bla". For Yar’Adua and Jonathan, we must hold their feet to the fire. They must be the ones that owe us those obligations her regime boss denied us. We couldn't even have realized it that but for Oby Ezekwesili. R-i-d-i-c-u-l-o-u-s! In recent days, resort to Jonathan-bashing has become the vogue for the politically adventurous and willing porn alike. It is a cheap-shot kind of way to attract attention and savor ego-boosting, self-aggrandizing spotlight on this President's expense. The idiotic thinking here is that this President is the very easy pick for all-comers. They can be assured their lives’ greatest shock and surprise. An intelligent lady with great personal accomplishments, Oby Ezekwesili is easily a worthy material for the presidency, no doubt. But she needs to be wary of the magnetic temptation to hop onto the delusional political bandwagon of spent, jaded, wishful-thinking deadwoods. She has to be her own man (or woman, should I say), if her desire is to succeed and actualize her political dreams. Though at complete liberty to play the image maker and engage in pandering to a base of disaster that was the regime she served, she must be more discerning to avoid blunders with the potential to cost her enormous creibility deficits. With the certitude that the regime she served was the best thing that ever happened to us, just because it "left $67 billion (about N11 trillion) behind", the concern is that what is seen is the tip of her presidency iceberg. That trillion left-over was what “they chop remain”, as my Bini friend would say. We have had enough of the pudding, and don’t wish for more. In this new dawn, Nigeria's electorate anoints its leaders. The era of braggadocios self-appointed kingmakers and egomaniacs is should be well behind us.

All Unrighteousness is Sin (I John 5:17a) If you are not born again or maybe you are a compromiser or backslider, you must do something as a matter of urgency. He that commits sin is of the devil, I John 3:8 (I John 3:8). If you are into lying, cheating, bitterness, keeping malice, pride, manifesting anger, quarreling, unforgiveness, hatred, envy, contention, strife, bitterness, speaking evil of others, taking or giving bribe, selfishness, deception, kidnapping, smuggling, falsification of documents, swearing, extortion and other sinful character dispositions, you must repent. Such evil and wicked character will hinder the manifestation of abundant blessings upon your life. If you are into masturbation, fornication, adultery, prostitution (private or public), patronizing prostitutes, abortion, lesbianism, homosexualism, watching pornography (I Corinthians 6:9-10), or any form of immorality, you need to repent. Whatever be the area of your sin, you must repent and make amends. Are you into idolatry, do you make or use charms, rituals, bow down to images, do you rob or steal? Are you into cultism, whether open or secret cult? Do you practice witchcraft? Do you smoke cigarette or hemp? Do you sell them or offer them to people? Do you smoke or sniff hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin, captain black, hashish or other banned drugs or snuff? Are you lusting - lusting after men or women, covetous, alcohol drinking? You must repent and give your life to Jesus Christ. Are you into the business of marriage and divorce? Are you married to more than one person? Repent!! Marriage is between a man and a woman. Marriage is for better and for worse until death separates (Matthew 19:3-6). ‘Wherefore they are no more two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together let no man put asunder (separate)’. Amend your ways and God will bless you. Proverbs 28: 13 says, ‘‘He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.’’ You must not therefore hide your sins. You must repent of them, confess and forsake them. A Christian is not a sinner and a sinner is not a Christian. If you must be a blessed child of God, you must repent of your sins and give your life to Jesus Christ. If you believe Jesus Christ today, righteousness of God will come into your life and abundant life will be your portion. If you neglect this call to repentance and salvation, you will not escape hell fire (Hebrews 2:3). In Luke 13:3, Jesus said, ‘I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish’. Matthew 6:33 says, ‘‘But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you’’ Peace, joy, healing, deliverance and all blessings will be your portion. You will make heaven at last, as you continue in righteousness.

If you have decided now to give your life to Jesus Christ and to forsake your sinful lifestyle, you need to pray this prayer: Almighty God, I come unto you in the name of Jesus. Father I confess that I am a sinner. All my sins I confess to you. I am very sorry for all my sins (mention those you can remember). Lord I promise you that from today I will never continue in them anymore. I believe that Jesus Christ died and rose again on the third day for my justification. Almighty God, use the blood of Jesus to wash my sins away. Lord Jesus, come into my heart, be my Lord and personal Savior. I surrender my life to you. Cancel my name from the book of death and write it in the book of life. Give me power to sin no more. In Jesus name I pray. Amen!!

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A Brotha from Nigeria that I just met on the bus one day told me Americans have 911. If their parents or grandparents fall in the house they can call 911 and the ambulance will arrive at the front door. He said, Nigerians don't have this system and money is lost as leaders leave the country for medical treatment in European Countries. It's extremely hard for me to imagine or fathom what he is saying as it's reported that $67 billion is lost/gone.

If the Elders gave me that money as an African American, they know that I would build 5 of the worlds best hospitals with the top equipment in the world. I would follow through on the Elders wishes without hesitations or reservation and build the promise that Africans deserve as well as schools. I don't want to believe that $67 billion was squandered because African people whether they are Christian or Muslim deserve equal pursuit of health, wellness and prosperity that is promised by God.

I don't have a child but if I had a child, I would prefer for my child to goto a cutting edge University in Africa. That $67 billion can be recovered, and spent on the necessities that are required to elevate the standard of living for Nigerians. I don't want to believe this story... I don't want to believe this story...

I'm not going to believe the money is squandered or disappeared into thin air. Save that story for a fool. European Powers and the United States know every accounting above 100k, and must aid in the return of any lost money... If Nigerians placed a "Bounty with Medical Companies" on the return of those $67 billion in accounts and promised medical companies they would spend the money and get a contracts for the purchase of cutting edge equipment then I believe that money would be returned from any off shore hidden accounts within 60 days.

Christian and Muslims need to place the Bounty and step back and watch what happens. Believe me when I say your grandparents and children deserve the promise, and should reap from the fruit of the land that God gave them.

Place the Bounty.... Place the Bounty

Thank you Dr. Ezewekwesili this is the greatest commencement speech of post war Nigeria. Since this speech could be better categorized as a call to action, it should be addressed to the graduating class of 2013 of all institutions of higher education in Nigeria. In this speech Dr. Ezekwesili seems to suggest that ex-military leaders and their likes should honorably bow out of the Nigerian political scene so that the country can move forward. The leadership skills that the eloquent speaker is alluding to is regrettably not such that any of the past leaders of Nigeria starting from the dawn of independence to the last administration was endowed with. For instance, how many of the leaders that are still living can honestly claim that they have taken a class on macro or micro economics, public finance or assembled an administration that possessed such skills. Alternatively, how many of our past leaders can honestly claim to have read the book, The Wealth of Nations by Adams Faith or has an idea of the philosophies of Keynesian economics. There is no wonder then why the Financial Health of Nigeria is as depicted by Dr. Ezekwesili. In addition, the history of African military institutions reveals that Financial and Monetary skills are foreign to military establishments. All that African military institutions are preoccupied with is the planning and execution of coups against the very constitution of the very country that they vowed to defend. Also, Dr. Ezekwesili is employing all and sundry to begin a national discourse on the issues she raised such as the allegation of misappropriation of foreign reserve funds. This is a serious allegation and should be treated as such. In a civilized society when the executive branch of government is accused of some impropriety, the legislative arm forms an arbitration entity to examine the merits of the allegation. However, the executive branch could save itself the embarrassment by hiring the services of highly credentialed financial auditing firms since the issue at stake is financial in nature. This commencement speech should be seen as a call to start a national debate on the financial future of Nigeria in the spirit of though tribes, level of educational maturity and tongues may differ in brotherhood we stand.