2014: Expect that nothing changes
As a close friend of Mr Maku, I promise it would be revealing. Our sweats like a panting goat, but with so much hair covering, it does not seem to show. After all performance, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While awaiting the revelation of Saint Maku, here are some basic truths.Most […]
As a close friend of Mr Maku, I promise it would be revealing. Our sweats like a panting goat, but with so much hair covering, it does not seem to show. After all performance, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While awaiting the revelation of Saint Maku, here are some basic truths.
Most of you already know that I spent the Yuletide season in my country home. It was a humbling experience. While a lot has been achieved from the Kaduna entrance to the seat of power, not even the stretch between Abuja and the airport has been completed. The wicked, who are usually in the majority say that the contract, awarded in 2006 for N42 billion and reviewed upwards to N116 billion is a confirmation of a recent insinuation from the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE. BPE was quoted as saying that less than 10% of government projects are completed. I suspect they were misquoted. Because this government does not abandon projects.
The only reason projects look abandoned is when they are signed by nincompoops. Take for instance, the ASUU strike. But for the intelligence of David Bonaventure Mark, we would not have known that those who signed it are as clueless as the man who inherited it. After six months of checking with project lexicographers, government finally agreed to reopen schools. How? Well, it found out that it was rich enough to meet its contractual obligations even if they were signed by idiots.
Now, the callous and the cruel teachers in other sectors of the education ministry have discovered that the best way to get what you want is to down tools. The beauty of this is that, when your schools close, the rich take their children where schools hardly do. Perry Calderwood, the Canadian High Commissioner to Naija is not complaining. His government rakes in about $1.6 billion from the closure. An estimated 4,000 students are in Canadian institutions of learning. Most of them pay an average of $42,000 per year to stay there. We have stopped talking about those who find solace in Ghana.
Recently, Saint Maku spoke extensively about the challenges of securing the nation. He spoke about the security of the north-east for instance and promised that in this New Year 2014, nothing would be left to chance to defeat the terrorists in that axis. Let’s hope that Imam Shekau is not taking that seriously. If he did, then there would be trouble. What Saint Maku refused to talk about is the Ombatse in his home state of Nasarawa. The guys who murdered nearly 100 security officials perhaps are on their way to securing a contract to help secure the Middle Belt.
In our country, crime pays huge principals and dividends that can turn criminals into jet-set entrepreneurs. The news is that plane manufacturers have received more paid orders from our country than anywhere else, including China the new crown prince of global wealth disproportion. If I lie, ask where Naija Delta militants congregate to spend dollars in the capital city.
In the year 2014, I hope armed robbers can register their business with the Corporate Affairs Commission, whose chairman is a big time debtor and tax evader. If they do, I believe our government would negotiate with them and maybe safe the nation the embarrassment.
Our pact with darkness was solidified when government refurbished and pawned our power plants. A miracle happened in my country home on Christmas Day, while they were enjoying the Christmas message, those of us who slacked witnessed the bulbs go bright in broad daylight. It was the first time in many months, and the bard had it that a big man went to see the new power holders. If it was true, it was short lived. Before exuberant children could shout ‘Up NEPA’ the miracle vanished like the apparition of the Virgin Mary. Because God does His things in mysterious ways, my Chinese-made Tiger generator kept running as long as the fuel kept burning. And yes, before am tagged an ingrate, let me congratulate Madam Globe and her crew at the Tower of Corruption, who kept fuel supply at the controlled price. Who says government is not functioning?
This New Year promises to be better than its predecessor. The best is yet to come. According to the BPE, contracts worth N927 billion were awarded between 2011 and 2012. There should be more such contracts this year, because the greatest project ahead of our government is how to take in enough cash to ensure its success in 2015 or beyond.
Our government is working, but in line with scriptural dictates, it does not sound trumpets as it does. It believes in working in silence and letting the dividends show. And boy, do we have dividends to show? Just look around. In 2014, don’t expect anything to change, and you would not be disappointed.