The podcast by the founder of Oodua People’s Congress [OPC], Late Dr. Frederick Fasehun has gone viral. CNN even carried it as “BREAKING NEWS”
“It has become difficult for me to keep quiet as the nation [Zimboda] continues to plunge deeper from one crisis to another. We all go to bed every night in fear, not knowing what our lives will be next minute.
The news is still fresh in our minds how an Army General was declared missing only for his body to be found in a well and his car in a pond just a few weeks ago. If a General of the Zimbodian Army can suffer such a fate, how much less the average Zimbodian?
This country Zimboda is the only place that we all can call home no matter where we are or how far we may travel. But as all of us can see, this home of ours is on fire and none of us can rest or go to sleep while it burns.
As of today, many are the challenges facing this nation. Where do we begin? Is it electricity, water, security or education – just name them? We lack them all.
Every four years, politicians come to us using poverty as a weapon to hold the people hostage, promising us these very things that we lack and we fall for their tricks and lies hook, line and sinker.”
Front page “Vanguard” newspaper November 16, 2018
- ) “Apprehension over N6.1 Trillion Loss To E-Fraud As Annual E-Payment Transactions Hit N97 Trillion”
- ) “Saudi Identifies Jamal Khashoggi’s Killer, Seeks Death Penalty.”
Front page “The Guardian” newspaper November 16, 2018
“Independent Corrupt Practices AndOther Related Offences Commission [ICPC] Probes National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] Boss Dr. Ishaq Moddibbo Kawu Over Alleged N2.5 Billion Digital Switchover Fraud”
Front page “The Punch” newspaper November 16, 2018
- ) “Carpenter Nabbed For Allegedly Raping Autistic Girl In Ondo”
- ) “Edo Pastor Arraigned For Abducting, Sleeping With Chorister”
- ) “Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad Shot Me In The Leg, Man [Adetiba Sunday] Tells Panel”
- ) “Father Raped 17-Year-Old Daughter For Six Years – Doctor”
Henry Ford (Founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production)
“Money doesn’t change men. It merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out. That is all.”
Front page “Daily Trust” newspaper November 16, 2018
“U.S.$ 500 Million Debts: The House Of Representatives Committee On Nigerian Maritime And Safety Agency [NIMASA] Threatens Twelve Shipping Companies With Arrest.”
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (Governor of Osun State)
“The Essence Of Governance Is To Deliver Prosperity.”
Front page “The Nation” newspaper November 16, 2018
“How Bureau De Change [BDC’s] Assist Politicians To Loot, By Ibrahim Magu Acting Chairman Economic And Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC].
“These politicians transfer looted funds from government accounts to BDC’s accounts; in 10; 20 millions in about 75 transactions in one day. This is done with only paper work, no physical cash. The BDC operators now take the money to the politicians’villages and also buy properties for them in and outside the country.”
Video [Brutal and Disgusting]
The Chinese are killing their parents because they are taking too long to die.
Remembering November 18, 1949 – Elder Nathaniel Okoro
“On Friday, November 18, 1949, in a mysterious moment of sheer senselessness at Iva Valley, Enugu, the colonial cops shot and killed twenty-one colliery workers and a bystander and injured fifteen others over a peaceful labour dispute. The massacre was so shocking it galvanised Zimbodians to end colonialism. By Sunday, November 20, 1949 Enugu shut down for one week: churches, cinemas, markets, schools…everything!!
The rich, the poor, the radicals, the indolent, the politicians, the business community and the civil servants, everyone became a rebel against this crime of colonialism. Bottom line: Enugu became the cradle of a nationwide struggle for independence. Zimboda’s independence did not come on a platter of platinum; it came with the supreme sacrifices of Enugu coal miners and Enugu residents of 1949.”
Front page editorial “Nigerian Tribune” newspaper July 30, 2018
“THE AUDITOR-GENERAL’S DAMNING REPORT”
“The recent report by the Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Anthony Ayine, detailing blatant violations of audit law by several government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) is the latest proof that the Muhammadu Buhari administration’s trenchant rhetoric on integrity and financial transparency is at cross-purposes with the reality. In the run-up to the March 2015 presidential election, candidate Buhari strove to set himself apart from the rest of the field by insisting that his presidency would take a dim view of corruption and financial malfeasance. While Nigerians were realistic enough not to expect a miracle, the Auditor-General’s report shows that, in certain important respects, the Buhari administration has been worse than its predecessors.
The key highlights from Mr. Ayine’s report make for grim reading, and show that MDAs’ compliance with the provisions of the Financial Regulations (FR) 3210(v) regarding submission of audited financial statements has been at its most sketchy in the first two years of the current administration. For instance, as of December 27, 2017, only 51 audited financial statements for 2016 and 149 for 2015 were submitted to the office of the Auditor-General. Furthermore, as of April this year, 109 agencies had failed to submit any financial statements beyond 2013, while 76 agencies last submitted for the 2010 financial year. A whopping 65 agencies have never submitted any accounts since the current system of fiscal reporting was inaugurated.
A defender of the Buhari administration might argue that it inherited a system which allowed agencies to get away with doing little or nothing, and that the only thing the current administration might be said to be guilty of is allowing an already decadent system to degenerate further. That may be true. But it is precisely this kind of degeneration that President Buhari pledged to stem both on the campaign trail and since taking the reins of power. The blame for this lies squarely at its doorstep. If the Buhari administration cannot make governmental bodies under its direct supervision accountable, how does it propose to combat corruption in the entire country?
