Straight Talk

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “He who has great power should use it lightly.”... Seneca If one should reflect critically into spheres of events, since Buhari took over power in May 2015 eventually it could be said that he has not done well in his 15 months Presidency. The much-anticipated change Nigerians clamoured for remains unattainable. Buhari was looked up to be the Nigeria’s Moa Tse-Tung who was expected to revolutionise the country’s decayed system and make it a corrupt free society that would in due course bring a permanent change in the economic and political landscape of the country instead, his administration indulge in political witch-hunting and poor economic planning. This reminds me of what Friedrick Nietzsche said “whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” “It is true that nobody is above the law but p...

  Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin Ireland Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “Every nation determines its own destiny; the clever the nation, the better the fate”...Mehmet Murat ildan. In the history of every nation there’s time for a bumper period and there comes an era of adversity. And it comes a time a nation’s economic strength surge and thrives and more so a time of economic paucity thus depending on that country’s leadership. The year 2015/2016 could be described as annus horribilis in Nigeria oil sector. History has it that anything that has a beginning must equally have an end. An era begins and someday an era ends that’s one of the philosophies of life. Consequently, the endowment of crude oil in Nigeria has been a pain on the country. The resources that suppose to be a blessing has caused so much sorrow and anguish. It has reduced the nation’s creditability to nothingness and created disunity, social injustice, greed, and inequality. One could hastily c...

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin Ireland Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “There are those who are legitimately corrupt, who cannot admit that legitimacy allows them to corrupt legitimacy, and to legitimately corrupt others.”...Justin.K McFarlane Beau  “For a nation to be corrupt free, that culture must first be created through the proclamation and propaganda of a correspondent value system.”...Sunday Adelaja Since Nigeria got her independence in 1960 no government had ever tried to fight corruption. All successive administrations were at one time or the other, the benefactor of this cancerous disease that has eaten deep into the country’s system. The year 1983 saw the emergence of anti- corruption crusade tagged ‘War Against Indiscipline’ (WAI) led by the current President Muhammud Buhari who was the then military head of state that overthrew the civilian government of Shehu Shagari conversely, his administration was short lived when Gen.Ibrahim Babaginda to...

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin Ireland Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”...Nelson Mandela “Those who do not move do not notice their chain.”...Rosa Luxemburg In an establish State where some section of the country start to be vocal or inquisitive on some sensitive issues which militate their wellbeing such as marginalisation or hegemony of power by a particular race or ethnic within the same territory certainly, things are not really well with such nation.  A nation that craves for development and strong union should carry everyone along irrespective of language, colour, race, creed, ethnic diversity, religion, cultural values or sexual orientation. In essence the country in question should practise an equitable distribution of wealth, equal opportunities and procrustean development where every individual will see each other as equal more so where no ethnic, r...

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin Ireland Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.”... Brandon Sanderson. The Nigerian power inefficiency still remains the bane of the country’s gateway to industrialisation. The country economic power will only thrive and surge when the government shows consensual effort through mettle mechanism in boosting the power sector. The nation at moment consumes about 3,000 megawatts of electricity which by any standard cannot sustain the demand of a country with a huge population like Nigeria. The Kainji dam is the main source of the nation’s power supply that was built between 1964 and 1968 by a consortium of Italian Civil Engineering Contractors and was designed by joint Consultants, Balfour Beatty and Nedeco a British company. The total cost of the project was estimated at £87 million with one-quarter of the said amount used for res...

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin, Ireland: Email:peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.”... Douglas MacArthur It is perspicuous that the Igbo political future in Nigerian politics is gradually dimming like a candle light with little wax. Unfortunately, the Igbo politicians have failed to come to terms with such realism. These professed political leaders especially those of the new generation have not measured up well with the modern dynamism in politics which the Yoruba and the Hausa have embraced. Some name like Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu aka Jagaban an outstanding politician who has galvanised the APC political machine from grass to grace. Even when he was the Lagos state governor between the years 1999-2007 he worked assiduously to sustai...

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin Ireland Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.”... G. Edward Griffen All facet of Nigerian society is drenched with corruption as the day goes by; many avenues are still been exploited by the same old recycled crook politicians to pillage the country’s wealth. Since Buhari assumed office rumour has it concerning the much anticipated anti-graft war but in the minds of many Nigerians, some believe that the effort of the dogged leader may be reduce to a wild goose chase hence it involves many highly placed individuals.  But being who President Buhari is; many see him as a man who can pull surprises.  Some ex- leaders have started imposing themselves on Buhari as advisers, thus pointing accusing fingers on the last recent government as the most corrupt regime the country ever had it’s like ‘kettle calling pot black’ this is a gimmick and hypocrisy just to avoid i...