{"id":46123,"date":"2016-02-02T11:57:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T10:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=46123"},"modified":"2016-02-02T11:57:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T10:57:48","slug":"a-stranded-country-and-the-search-for-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/a-stranded-country-and-the-search-for-common-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"A STRANDED COUNTRY AND THE SEARCH FOR COMMON SENSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"Reset\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$1114=17058823529412.0\">\n<li class=\"pageli\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$1114=17058823529412.0.$row-0\">\n<div id=\"pf1\" class=\"page-outer-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$1114=17058823529412.0.$row-0.0\">\n<div class=\"page-inner-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$1114=17058823529412.0.$row-0.0.0\">\n<div id=\"pg-1pf1\" class=\"pf pg-1w0 pg-1h0\">\n<div class=\"pc pg-1pc1 pg-1w0 pg-1h0\">\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y0 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y2 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">(By: Comrade AbdulRahman Agboola)<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y3 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">The palpable di#culties confronting Nigerians brings palpitations to seekers of<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y4 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">egalitarian society, as the personalities managing our common wealth seems<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y5 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">caught in cerebral palsy created by shortsightedness of previous administrations<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y6 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">that failed to meticulously manage the resources of the Country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y7 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">The Statistics of internationally recognized professionals of Nigeria Origins across<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y8 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">the globe clearly explains the functionalities of intellectualism inherent in human<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y9 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">resources in this Country, these professionals mostly naturalized and acquire<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1ya pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">citizenship of foreign Countries where they rise to become Mayors, Government<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1yb pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Cabinet Members, Business Moguls, Academicians and lots more.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1yc pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">The in1ux of Nigeria trained Professionals into Advance Countries in search of<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1yd pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">greener pastures a#rmatively attest to the poor working conditions of workers in<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1ye pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">the Country, when dutifully engaged citizens cannot a3ord standard living, the<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1yf pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">fates of low income earners and the unemployed becomes pitiful, while the self-<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y10 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">employed survives at the mercy of deep breath taking business risks often dicey<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y11 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">for businesses survival.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y12 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">A holistic view of governance in Nigeria will convince any sensible citizen of the<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y13 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">retarded state of leadership and dubious followership con1icting with common<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y14 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">sense as the masses su3er series of social deprivations, economic woes and<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y15 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">5nancial ruins premised on terrible and grievous immoralities within the corridors<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y16 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">of power for a very long time.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y17 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">The change of government recently was eased on the exigent demands for new<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y18 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">phase of governance to conform with the yearnings of commoners for complete<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y19 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">overhaul of the activities of government to address our economic challenges and<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y1a pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">provisions of the needs of the society, but the trend of neglect of the aspirations of<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y1b pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">commoners for worthy and standard education seems unabated with lock of class<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y1c pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">rooms in several Secondary Schools across the Country as tertiary institutions<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y1d pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">o3ers no solution to breeding of ill-equipped graduates.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y1e pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Those that witnessed the exchange rate of currencies thirty 5ve years ago when a<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y1f pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">naira compete with a dollar must be wishing for political asylum elsewhere now<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y20 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">that a dollar compete with three hundred naira. If the current exchange rate is a<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h2 pg-1y21 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">yardstick to evaluate the general level of deterioration in Nigeria, it means we<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pageli\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$1114=17058823529412.0.$row-1\">\n<div id=\"pf2\" class=\"page-outer-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$1114=17058823529412.0.$row-1.0\">\n<div class=\"page-inner-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$1114=17058823529412.0.$row-1.0.0\">\n<div id=\"pg-2pf2\" class=\"pf pg-2w0 pg-2h0\">\n<div class=\"pc pg-2pc2 pg-2w0 pg-2h0\">\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y0 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">have deteriorated at three hundred percent rate, which explains the high rate of<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y1 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">intellectual melancholy and retardation among most Nigerians who have failed to<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y2 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">5nd common ground to set new approach to salvage the Country from further<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y3 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">damages.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y4 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Every change of government since 1960 came with hope of economic<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">advancement and guarantee of better lives for citizens. On the contrary, each of<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y6 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">the governments failed to improve the Country, but added to her woes with self-<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y7 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">serving policies that not only widened the chasm between the haves and the have-<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y8 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">nots but endangered the lives of helpless masses through State sponsored terror<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y9 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">and protection of criminals to frustrate seeming oppositions against their hold.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2ya pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">The culture of honesty and integrity is gradually going towards extinction in this<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2yb pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Country and must be salvaged if normalcy must resurface in our thoughts and<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2yc pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">actions. I wonder why the masses allows few people bene5ting huge resources as<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2yd pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">salaries, allowances and pension from taxpayers money become shenanigans that<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2ye pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">wield negative powers to misgovern the a3airs of people at Local, States and<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2yf pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Federal Levels, yet enjoy the friendly laughter and praises from the oppressed<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y10 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">masses.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y11 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">As a Country, we abandoned all other natural resources for oil exploration as a sole<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y12 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">dependency for enriching the purse of government for citizens bene5ts, but the oil<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y13 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">has presently become worthless with current realities of oil price, we still depend<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y14 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">on foreign touch to re5ne our crudes for local usage, this misdemeanour has<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y15 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">turned our assets to liabilities as an oil producing Country that regulates the pump<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y16 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">price of petrol at an exorbitant value due to non-functionalities of re5neries and<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y17 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">corruption.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y18 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">In an era of moral bankruptcy like this, it is di#cult to gauge sincerity of purpose, if<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y19 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">not, one would have concluded that the tension that enveloped the Country a year<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y1a pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">ago over the general election was premised on the determinations of Nigerians for<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y1b pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">good governance aimed at translating to better lives for citizens, but recent events<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y1c pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">painted most Nigerians as political hustlers seeking assess to power for pecuniary<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y1d pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">gains.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y1e pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Most Nigerians seems caught in the web of self-interest as the tone of ethnics,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y1f pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">religions, political parties and groups interest echo in utterances and actions of<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y20 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Country-Men. Instead of uniting as Nigerians to 5nd reasonable solutions to our<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y21 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">enormous problems, the bene5ciaries of the looted treasury still enjoys the<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y22 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">protection of laws to enjoy their loot while the rest of the people wallow in hunger<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h1 pg-2y23 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">and su3erings.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pageli\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$1114=17058823529412.0.$row-2\">\n<div id=\"pf3\" class=\"page-outer-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$1114=17058823529412.0.$row-2.0\">\n<div class=\"page-inner-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$1114=17058823529412.0.$row-2.0.0\">\n<div id=\"pg-3pf3\" class=\"pf pg-3w0 pg-3h0\">\n<div class=\"pc pg-3pc3 pg-3w0 pg-3h0\">\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y0 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">A government is formed to manage the a3airs of the people and protect their<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y1 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">general interest and the failure of any government either at peace or in war to<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y2 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">ful5ll her basic responsibilities on the people, there must be no unholy friendship<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y3 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">with that government. The present administration must clearly deviate from the<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y4 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">trend of previous administrations that recruited unscrupulous dupes as think tank<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y5 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">as they mismanaged the a3airs of the Country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y6 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">The implications of having unscrupulous dupes as think tank and executors of<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y7 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">government policies are the shocking revelations of 5nancial recklessness and<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y8 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">corrupt practices of the last administration. The whole system was compromised<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y9 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">by the last administration and most of the key actors that ruined the Country still<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3ya pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">hold sway in the Security Agencies, Academics, Civil Societies, Private Sector,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3yb pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">Ministries and Agencies, it then behooves on the present administration to sustain<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3yc pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">that tempo and becomes demonized in due cause or link appropriately with the<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3yd pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">society to seek direction from the thought of a common man and not power<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3ye pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">brokers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3yf pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">The present administration is yet to impress the masses on their aspirations that<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y10 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">led to the change of government, no excuse is genuine enough to justify the slow<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y11 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">performance of this administration as none of the inherited liabilities of previous<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y12 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">administration remain unsolved and the heat is very intense on a common man<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y13 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">with expectation of a better state of living under this administration.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y14 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">When a Country is stranded, the economy will continue to worsen until citizens 5nd<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y15 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">the common sense to strategize and act productively to abate the economic woes<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y16 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">that befalls them, else the Country is doomed to collapse and government labeled<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y17 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">as irresponsible.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y18 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">Assuming Nigeria is a new Country that inherited all these liabilities from a Colony,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y19 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">should we consider all the human and natural resources inherent in this Country 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