Monday, January 16, 2017
It is disheartening that no one has been convicted or held responsible for the genocide that happened recently in Southern part of Kaduna.
President Buhari decided to remain mute on the killings after many days but was quick to condemn the Boko Haram attack on University of Madiguiri Mosque that happened today. Time will tell very soon if he is our president or president of some group of people.
El-Rufai has showed to be a leader with no sense of responsibility with his comments and the ways he has been handling the Southern Kaduna killings. I cannot be more disappointed in him.
My View On Generality of Islam:
I have known Islam to be a religion of peace. I have muslim friends and families and many muslims contributed to who and what I am today. Those hiding under radical Islam to commit murder and various crime are wrong stereotype of Islam and we must all rise up to fight them and speak against them either you are a Muslim or a Christian.
Every life is valuable and shouldn't be taken at every slightest sight of provocation. I expect many muslims to condemn the killings and preach peace but majority have decided to keep quiet even the educated ones who I believe know better and should stand with justice and what is right. Posterity will judge us all.
On Self-Defence:
Since Kaduna State government has decided not to protect the minority Christians in the south who have been victims of radical Islam killers, it is time they start protecting themselves. This is not the time to be speaking in tongue or turn the other cheek. You must all protect yourself by all means possibe. Self-defence should be the goal now. You don't need to wait for one idiot who value a cow more than human being to approach you before you fight back. Carry gun, carry knife and do whatever it takes to defend yourselves.
On Recent Bishop Oyedepo Outburst:
I dare to stand with Bishop Oyedepo and I salute his courage and I hope other christian leaders will follow suit soon. The church cannot be keeping quiet when innocent Christians are being murdered by herdsmen and radical islamists. Probably the reason why many Christian leaders have been keeping quiet is because none of their family have been a victim.
We the church must arise to defend ourselves. Enough of speaking in tongue and praying, let back up our prayers with actions. I support self-defence in the face of unprovocative killings.
Evils persist in any society when goodmen do nothing!
#yestoreligioustolerance
#notounprovocativekillings
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Twenty-one senators currently receiving pensions from government as ex-governors and deputy governors.
The current senators who once served as governors are Bukola Saraki of Kwara, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, Kabiru Gaya of Kano, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, Theodore Orji of Abia, Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa, Sam Egwu of Ebonyi, Shaaba Lafiagi of Kwara, Joshua Dariye of Plateau Jonah Jang of Plateau, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto, Ahmed Sani Yarima of Zamfara, Danjuma Goje of Gombe, Bukar Abba Ibrahim of Yobe, Adamu Aliero of Kebbi, George Akume of Benue and Isiaka Adeleke of Osun.
The former deputy governors in the Senate are Ms Biodun Olujimi of Ekiti and Enyinaya Harcourt Abaribe of Abia. Danladi Abubakar Sani served as the acting governor of Taraba state.
Many former governors are also in Buhari's Cabinet as Ministers. This includes: Ngige, Fayemi, Amaechi and Fashola (SAN).).
In Akwa Ibom State, the law provides that ex governors and deputy governors receive pension equivalent to the salaries of the incumbent. The package also includes a new official car and a utility vehicle every four years; one personal aide; a cook, chauffeurs and security guards for the governor at a sum not exceeding N5 million per month and N2.5 million for his deputy governor.
In Rivers, the law provides 100 percent of annual basic salaries for the ex-governor and deputy, one residential house for the former governor “anywhere of his choice in Nigeria”; one residential house anywhere in Rivers for the deputy, three cars for the ex-governor every four years and two cars for the deputy every four years.
It is alledged that in Lagos, a former governor will get two houses, one in Lagos and another in Abuja, estimated at N500 million in Lagos and N700 million in Abuja. He also receives six new cars to be replaced every three years; a furniture allowance of 300 percent of annual salary to be paid every two years, and a N30 million pension annually for life.
This is the reality for all the 21 ex govenors and deputy governors who are currently serving as senators. This same is also true of ex governors who are now serving as Ministers.
NOW I ASK:
How many years did these guys serve their states as governors and deputy governors? Is it more than 8years? Is that a reason to be entitled to pensions for life? Even if they are entitled to pension for life, must it be so outrageous?
As if that is not enough: HOW on earth can any public servant with conscience collect salaries and allowances as a senator or minister, and still have the audacity to claim pensions equivalent to the salaries of a serving governor in Nigeria?
IT ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE......
Once you are elected a senator or appointed a minister, you must forfeit any pension accruing to you from government at any level until you vacate office. This should also apply to senators collecting military pensions like former Senate President David Mark.
Yet these senators are in the Senate that is inviting the current finance minister to discuss the recession of Nigeria's economy. A senator pockets approximately 30 million naira monthly as salary and allowances. Our "honourables" are not interested to make laws that could restructure our country into economically autonomous federating States/Regions to save the country from sectional agitations that is threatening to destroy Nigeria. The sad and hopeless situation is that the rest of Nigerians are busy arguing based on party, ethnic and affiliations while these enemies of state continue to rape us.
Do you know that it costs tax payers 290m Naira yearly to maintain each member of our National Assembly in a country where nothing works & 80% of population earn below 300 Naira a day ? A working day earning of a senator is more than a yearly income of a doctor; it's more than the salary of 42 Army generals or 48 professors or 70 commissioners of police or more than twice the pay of the US President or 9 times the salary of US congressmen.
It's high time the country had a referendum on those outrageous salaries of Senators, House of Representative members and other political office holders.
