THE MYSTERIES BEHIND PEOPLE'S DECLARATION ABOUT NIGERIA!

dear great Nigerian, haven't you ever wondered why there is increase in unemployment in almost all branches of Nigerian economy systems? i mean, quite a number of time have we seen a graduate riding okada and if such is asked why? would say that there is no Job. what do you think is absolutely responsible for all of these?
also, what do you think is the driving force behind all the pandemonium and ups and downs in the national development? a lot of accidents were recorded in an unexpected way. what do you think leads to this? Nigeria had recorded about 8 major plane crashes in the last 9 years, but Nigeria flown its first flight between kano and cairo in 1925, yet, south africa who flew theirs in 1952 enroute johannesbourg london had never recorded any fatal accidents in their aircraft operation.
what do you think could lead to all these?
also look at our political systems and infastructure, poor management had persisted for a long time. also, our industries were not left out in all these ups and downs.
inflations everyday in virtually all branches of Nigerian economy. what do you think were the major factor responsible for all these?

the Bible answered:"Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!And the atongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:But the atongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be"(james 3: 5-10).

this is a very strange answer indeed. although you may ask, how does this relates to the problems of Nigeria? well, it is the most mysterious aspect of our livings here in this nation.

God said in his word that we should prophesy the goodness of zion. he then stated a condition when he said that, everyone who blessed zion shall be blessed. he repeated the same thing in the time of israel when he said that everyone who blessed israel shall be blessed and everyone who curse israel shall be cursed. do you think God is playing games?

here lies the simple answer. check those graduate who could not find Jobs today and ask them whether they have one time said it with their own mouth that 'there is no Job in Nigeria' or 'which kind bad country be this' and you will see that mostly almost 95% would be guilty of this crime. what does this have to do with this? well, it is simple, if you said that there is no Job in Nigeria or Nigeria is bad, definitely, you are saying that there is no Job for you and that Nigeria will be bad for you. here is the simple logic. who constitute Nigeria? YOU of course. and so if there is no Job in Nigeria, then, for you to say it with your own mouth, it means there is no Job for you. what do i mean? the Bible unveiled:" For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto csalvation"(Rom.10: 10).

here is the punishment for all those who cannot prophesy the development of our Great Nation since all they knew is to be saying bad thing about it. Nigeria is bad today, tomorrow they will repeat the same thing, and that's the general mentality.

but if you are asked that who are the enemies of Nigeria? you will say the government. the government can't be the enemy of its own people. you are the problems of yourself. if you cannot prophesy the goods of Nigeria, definitely, Nigeria will be bad to you.


i don't know the reason why we can't prophesy the good of this nation. those who wish Nigeria well shall surely prosper. but listen attentively, it is not a curse, if you don't wish Nigeria well, definitely, NIGERIA WILL NOT BE WELL FOR YOU. have you forgotten, God saw America there, He saw Great Britain there, but chosed to made you a Nigerian. This is your nation, and if you don't wish it well, it won't be well with you. it is well with AMERICA TODAY BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS WISH AMERICA WELL WITH THE WORD OF THEIR MOUTH. THEIR SLOGAN REMAINS GOD BLESS AMERICA. what is our own slogan here? Bad Nation, Bad government, Bad economy. definitely, you are prophesying all these for yourself because you are the thing inside Nigeria. you constitute Nigeria and so you yourself is NIGERIA.

wish Nigeria well today, prophesy good things with your mouth and it shall be well with you and OUR NATION.

join me to say "GOD BLESS NIGERIA"

WHO ARE THE PROBLEMS OF NIGERIA?

This is a very simple question which many will like to answer as it is. but we need to look into this issue with more prudence. who are the problems of Nigeria? is it the government? or the people of Nigeria?
Whenever any small thing happens, the song of the people is always 'government cause am'. but indeed, do the government caused our problems as Nigerian? then who is the government? you or me? spirit or human? God or the devil?
this is a very simple question with simple answer: the people which comprises me and you constituted the government.
so if you say that the government are the problems of Nigeria, then you are saying that you and i are the problems of Nigeria which is the real answer; although many of us do not see it this way.

LET'S analysed it together. when a road within our vicinity got roughened or bad, everyone keeps shouting government. tell me, who are those living near that road, the government or you? that is the number one illustration. WHEN the government constructed a road and all you knew how to do is to keep on pouring dirty water on it, dirtying it and boring in it, you, thereby creating holes that could be expanded by rain water. this in the presence of flood could expand to a great potholes which could lead to gully erosion.
Now when such began to happen, it is a thing that everybody in such street could contribute some money or the other to repair every damage, but you see, they are all waiting on the government to come and do it for them. as times goes by such if neglected could endager the whole of that area, as we all knew, a sticth in time saves nine.
you don't need to wait on any government on what you knew you could do. LEAVE the hard part for the government to tackle.

also look at our rich men today, they don't want the money to leave their domain and they are not ready to use it to help someone. i would suggest that the government set up a law for all the industries and investors in the country. IF YOU WANT TO INVEST IN MY COUNTRY, PER MONTH YOU WILL EITHER BE PAYING SOME CERTAIN AMOUNT TO CERTAIN BODY OR YOU MUST SPONSOR A SECTOR IN THE COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM.
this will give rooms for foreign investors to invest in NIGERIAN AND NOT ONLY IN NIGERIA. and this will also lessoned the burden on the government.

i must confess, we are the problems of Nigeria and we are also the solution to the problems of Nigeria.

government cannot do everything, so we need investors to help them out.

MIND YOU, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO IS NOT ALSO LEFT OUT IN THIS BLAME, FOR IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO. why should our government be selling all those goods that could have generate a lot of employment opportunity for our youth to the foreigners. i heard sometime that some gold were discovered in the north, but my greatest surprise was that the government of then decided to export that gold to Europe, i now thought it within me that if instead of taking it abroad we bring down investors to come and build industries here, may be some of our youth could have been employed.
also why should a reasonable government be looting the people's money abroad? NOT LESS THAN 4 GOVERNORS WERE CONVICTED OF THIS SAME CRIME BETWEEN YEAR 2005-2007 STARTING FROM ALAMIESIEGHA OF BAYELSA STATE, TO AYO FAYOSE OF EKITI STATE. our presidents are not also left out.
IN preparation for the 2007 election, in 2003, it was reported that BABANGIDA BUDGETTED $6BILLION. for what? for the 2007 poll. IF Such money is used on the educational sector of the country, may be our universities could have gained respect, may be we could have more than enough universities instead of this insufficient 89 universities.
if such money is used on our sport sector, may be Nigeria could have win the world cup, or may be we could have been the best sporting Nation in the previous olympics in beijing. what a government indeed.
BABANGIDA ISN'T THE ONLY ONE ON THIS, IT IS LIKE A CULTURE TO ALL OUR PAST AND PRESENT PRESIDENTS IN NIGERIA.
ALSO, WHY SOULD WE HAVE TO BE ABANDONING MOST OF THOSE THINGS WE COULD HAVE MODIFIED JUST BECAUSE WE WANT NEW THINGS TO TAKE THEIR PLACE?
this reminds me of those time when we were still using those record plates or cd and catridge, at the emergence of VHS those two go to an extinct in Nigeria. at the emergence of VCD, VHS was becoming obsolete again, and at the emanation of DVD, VHS become extinct while VCD is becoming obsolete again. why do all these have to be so?
we have capable engineers in this nation who could turn all those thing into something more modern to the extent that even the white will admire it. but we are wasting too much resources.
our VANDALIZERS are also not left out, as the government is building something, so also our youth are VITUATING it. a lot of pipelines have been vandalised, our power stations is not also left out in this attack.
you see, everybody is a mess, both the government and its citizens are the problems of their own Nation.
as one tries to build it as a nation, so the other are saying NO WAY!!!

WHAT A NATION!!!

PROBLEMS OF NIGERIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM

LOOKING at the Number of Parties Nigeria alone has, one may conclude that everybody want to rule. this create room for disunity among us.
looking at the 2007 polls, close to about three politicians were reported killed. this was as a result of the fact that everyone wants to rule.

one of the deceased of whose name we all knew to be Funsho Williams was stabbed straight in the heart even in his own home.
the police play their fake role by anouncing a huge amount of money for anybody who could help trace anything to convict the killer. they too knew that nobody would come out to declare such or acclaim himself as the doer of the phenomenon.

the same thing happens in Ekiti state where Ayo Daramola, a Gubernatorial aspirant of PDP was also killed like an ordinary goat.
this thing keeps on occuring in Nigeria and seeing this, one may conclude that there is in fact No security in the Nation.

it has been happening since, even from the days of General Murtala Mohammed, enroute the days of Chief Justice Bola Ige. Nobody do anythiing.

Godfatherism is not also left out. 'i will help you to attain the position, but once you got there, any allocation by the government, i shall take at least 40%'. When you alone took 40% out of the money that belongs to the whole state, How can the people enjoy the dividends of the government. An example was the case of Governor Rasheed Ladoja and his Godfather, Lamidi Adedibu.
the governor when he could no longer bear the burden decided to stop the mentality which leads to his impeachment as the governor of Oyo state for his deputy to take his place.

this was a clear evidence that if the Nation had been practising Let's say two party system, maybe, Elections could have been fairer than those of the advanced Nations of the world Like USA, Great Britain etc.

Imagine a nation having close to about 52 political parties? how can such unite?
i am sure everybody would be looking for how he could rule rather than supporting others.

if Nigeria could change to at least 5 parties system, i know that this nation will experience political stability.

IS YARADUA EFFECTIVE?

looking at the shame bewailing the nation presently one may asked whether the president is the right messiah of our time.

the regime of the previous administration were lambasted as a result of what the pessimist called failure of the government.

when Yaradua mounted the throne the first gold came to Nigeria through our under 17 soccer team when they defeated Spain 3-0 to rule the world.
every body begin to say: 'the combination of Yaradua which they term yara adua; meaning: the house of prayer; and goodluck' will wrought wonders and surpassed the records of the previous administration.

but as time goes by one discovers that the president is like a productive but uneffective leader.

looking at our power sector, everything was like going from better(as in the previous administration) to worst. previously, i do not lay the blame on the president because of our youths which are vandalisig the government properties.
but the true picture of Yaradua was made know when the teachers embark on strikes.
as if there is no government, i was surprised to see that Mr. president do not even act as if he knows something about it.

He did not give an order for the teacher to go back to school, neither did he respond to their needs.

this was unlike the previous administration, where the government keeps on increasing the fuel price. as the government increases it then, so the workers embark on strike, the president knowing fully well that the education of its children is at stake would reduce it a little bit at least for them to go back to school. he(the previous president) could go to any lenght to call off any strike and we all know it, the salary of the teacher were eventually increased.
this was an active government who cares about the well being of his people. although was imposing on them to make sacrifices with the hope that every resources generated would be use effectively. power was not as bad neither the water section of the economy. the education sector was not left out.

unlike the present administration.

this could make one to ask whether YARADUA IS EFFECTIVE OR NOT.

WILL NAIRA EVER SUBDUE DOLLAR?

this is a very great question with complex answer as well.
previously from the outset of Nigeria development, it was know that the highest denomination happened to be one Naira of which the picture is displayed here:

this money today seems to be of no value, yet while it was reigning, it could buy what today's one thousand Naira cannot buy.
the next to it being the fifty kobo of which picture i displayed here:

these money were later abandoned and cancel in the public although not in banks.
since then, the one Naira which was equivalence to one dollar and 0.5 pounds became so down that presently about 380 Naira makes a dollar. what a shame!

as a result of these the CBN governor decided to effect changes by bringing in the issue of Naira denomination, but was later antagonised and the processed abandoned.

the report was made public in this report:The quantity of Naira notes that Nigerians must carry in their pockets to pay for simple transactions is set to crash next year when a 100 naira note is redenominated to one naira under a plan unveiled by the Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN] yesterday.

The apex bank said two zeros will be removed from the value of each existing currency denomination, so that N1000 becomes N10 while the value of the current N500 note will plummet to N5.


Speaking at a ceremony in Abuja to unveil what CBN called "The new strategic focus on the Naira", its Governor Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo said this act would restore the value of the naira close to what it was in the early 1980's.

He said with the new policy, which takes effect from August 1, next year, the naira's value to a dollar would change to N1.25k, as against the current exchange rate of N125 to the dollar.

Soludo said, "We intend to restructure the entire currency by dropping two zeroes or moving two decimal points to the left from the currency, and issuing more coin denominations. This would entail a total currency exchange and phasing-out of all the existing denominations from August 1, 2008. Effectively, at the current exchange rate, this policy would mean that the Naira to US dollar exchange rate would be around Nl.25 to US$1 then. All Naira assets, prices and contracts will be re-denominated by dropping two zeroes or two decimal points to the left with effect from this date."

He said with the currency reform, the N1000, N500, N200, N100, and N50 notes would all be phased out and the N20 would be the highest paper denomination. "Effectively, our plan will restore the value of the Naira (in the short-term) close to what it was in 1985, before the commencement of the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) in 1986," he said. "Re-denomination and re-introduction of totally new currency structure (notes and coins) following the progress so far with other reforms and the enabling conditions in the economy today are designed to better anchor inflationary expectations, strengthen public confidence in the Naira, make for easier conversion to other currencies, reverse tendency for currency substitution, eliminate higher denomination notes with lower value, reduce the cost of production, distribution and processing of currency, promote the usage of coins and thus a more efficient pricing and payments system, and lay the foundation for the convertibility of the Naira as well as make it the 'Reference currency' in Africa," Soludo also said.

Under the new currency structure, naira notes will only come in 50 kobo, 1 Naira, 5 Naira, 10 Naira and 20 Naira denominations, while the coins would come in 1 kobo, 2 kobo, 5 kobo, 10 kobo and 20 kobo denominations.

The CBN chief said the new policy, which is also part of the financial sector reforms, will make the naira the currency of choice in Africa, and that great efforts would be made at ensuring the stability of the naira and making sure that it integrates globally with other major currencies of the world. He said three measures would be taken to ensure that the currency redenomination is effective. They are, adoption of a policy to focus greatly on minimising inflation in the country, sharing of part of the country's Federation Account Allocation to the federal and state governments in dollars; as well as "Current Account Liberalization/Convertibility and Accession to Article VIII of the IMP."
Under the first measure, the bank would ensure as a matter of priority that inflation was minimised so that the value of the naira remains stable. "The CBN will adopt inflation target as the nominal anchor for monetary policy with effect from January 1, 2009. Low and stable inflation will be our monetary policy's primary long term goal." The second measure, he said, entails distributing part of the country's federation account allocation to the federal government and the states in dollars as a way of controlling excess liquidity which can often cause inflation. The third measure, on the other hand, will be liberalisation of current accounts: "This would entail that Nigeria eliminates all restrictions on current account transactions, and accession to Article VIII of the IMP means that the policy is not easily reversible," he said.
According to Soludo, the currency reform is not a strange occurrence in the world as many countries have done it in the past while others are currently doing it. "Several countries in the world have undertaken currency re-denomination at various times and for different reasons, including: Afghanistan (2002); Germany (1923, 1948); Argentina (1970; 1983; 1985; 1992); Bolivia (1963, 1987); Brazil (1967, 1970, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994); China (1955); South Korea (1962); Mexico (1993, 1996); Ghana (2007); Israel (1948, 1960, 1980, 1985); Turkey (2005); Angola (1995, 1999); and others," he said.
"Evidently, many countries have had to undertake the re-denomination more than once. In the case of Brazil, it had to do it many times before it got it right. The major challenge is to undertake other complementary reforms, particularly macroeconomic reforms that will underpin price stability and continuing confidence in the economy," he added.
Soludo said the move has become necessary because "The African Union has granted Nigeria the right to host the Headquarters of the African Central Bank when the common currency in Africa materialises. We must therefore lead the way in terms of properly aligned currency structure and sound monetary policy framework."
this is a very good issue but when those in power saw that their affluence would be affected they decided to make the plan fell through, since they knew that their million dollars would be million Naira instead of the present billion Naira equivalence of million dollars.

they don't want to go down and they don't want other people to enjoy the dividends of their father land Nigeria.

this is very shameful indeed and in fact it makes someone to doubt it whether NAIRA COULD EVER MEET DOLLAR talkless of subdueing it.