Nigeria needs a redesigning of systems, structures and sectors. What we currently run is a system imposed on us by imperialists and colonialists who came to make money for the Queen. Unfortunately, these slave owners have since moved on to redesign their own systems, but like elephants chained down with a cotton thread, we are still very much tied down to things that should not have a power over us. Its only a mad man who does the same thing in the same manner and expects to see a different result. 1. Redesign our Government systems - cut unnecessary arms and appendages; fix expectations, salaries and criteria for public services. 2. Redesign our State structure - its a shame that someone sits in Abuja to make vital decisions for millions of people he has never met or never been in touch with their realities. How can you serve a people you dont know? 3 Redesign our social structures whereby certain religions are imposed on our people from schools to communities - we believe in God but not necessarily a God of Christians or Moslems. Take religion out of our public space. It breeds hypocrisy and hate. 4. Most importantly, redesign our educational sector- bring books back to our public spaces. Ensure education is FREE for students who want to go to school, or at least subsidize it so that our children can access good education from Primary to Tertiary. Its the Constitution. FREE EDUCATION. Far better than sending our people to Mecca and Jerusalem on tax payers money. Israel should come to us instead , and see our Ifa priests. Pay good teachers and create more laboratories instead of funding more churches and camp meetings whose schools a common man cannot afford. You ask, where do we start from? The damn Lawmakers. Every constituency sent these spurious lawmakers to Abuja to represent us. We as electorates have the power to call these people back home. We didnt send them to Abuja for furniture allowance. All is not well with Nigeria and the power lies with our Lawmakers. Not the Presidency. Start by publishing the names of the people representing your voice in the Senate or the House and lets appraise their works or better still fire/ recall them. Yes, we can. Section 69 of our Constitution states: a member of the Senate or of the House Representatives may be recalled as such a member if - (a) there is presented to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission a petition in that behalf signed by more than one-half of the persons registered to vote in that members constituency alleging their loss of confidence in that member; and (b) the petition is thereafter, in a referendum conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission within ninety days of the date of receipt of the petition, approved by a simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that members constituency. We need a grass root movement that can recall any such bastard who is taking advantage of us. Its time to use our POWER. Lets put pressures on our Lawmakers. The time is now.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:21:24 +0000