“To Fix Nigeria Now, Is A Task That Must Be Done.”
They say, old habits die hard; and I say the fact that they
die at all, makes the task much easier. And since everything on Planet Earth
can be hastened, so hasten we shall, the death of our old habits. And they also
say, a fish starts going bad from the head. And since our heads in this case
are our administrators, lawmakers and law enforcement agencies, who fear death
more than they do God, our task has once again been made easier. Though I am
not advocating the death penalty for our treasury looters, corrupt leaders and
heartless administrators; and before anyone come riding on their moral high
horses, they should stop for a while and think about the great numbers of the
masses that have died/killed through their actions.
Before we continue in Part Two, permit me to reproduce my
broadcast of May 29, 2015
Nigeria Has No Business, With Indebtedness
Ladies and gentlemen, I have the pleasure and honour to
welcome us to our Administration of Change. Ever since our people decided to
give us the opportunity to effect Change in their lives, we have been receiving
lots and lots of congratulatory and condolence messages. Congratulatory,
because we have been lucky to be so honoured. Condolences, because they feel,
and rightfully too, that we are taking over a Nation in deep crises; as if we
didn’t know that.
They say, “We are being handed a distressed country without
electricity and fuel, where workers are on strike, billions are owed to states
and federal workers, 60 billion dollars are owed in national debt and the
economy is virtually grounded.” As if we don’t know that. They say, “States and
federal government workers are being owed, some 300 billion Naira and 400
billion Naira in salaries, respectively.” As if we don’t know that.
And I say, “We have no problems. We shall neither beg, nor
borrow. How can we have any problems, when we have all the money that we will
ever need to fix these problems, sitting all around us? No one needs to be a Rocket Scientist to know
that whatever we claim to own, both in properties and finance, don’t genuinely
belong to us. To be able to effect the promised change, we must first and
foremost, clean up this filthy stable of ours. We must stop playing the
ostrich, and refund all that we didn’t deserve. When we have removed the log in
our eyes, we shall then see clearly to remove the speck in our neighbours’
eyes. We shall be transparent, and play by the book.”
Though we know, that they know, that we know that whatever
they claim to own don’t genuinely belong to them, we shall still enact a “Law
Of Accountability/Proof Of Ownership,” among others.
1.
Every property shall be titled, and the owner
shall account for it’s acquisition, with relevant tax payments.
2.
All properties that have been acquired with
looted funds shall be confiscated.
3.
All monies in commercial banks and the central
bank shall be identified, and if found to be looted funds, shall be confiscated
otherwise, shall be taxed accordingly.
4.
All foreign account holders with looted funds
shall be given an option to voluntarily refund such funds, or be arrested and
detained till such funds have been repatriated.
5.
Anyone claiming a property which is suspected to
have been acquired with looted funds, shall forfeit same, or be charged for
receiving stolen property.
6.
No executive shall receive his or her
salary/allowance, until the least paid worker has been paid.
So ladies and gentlemen, may we have the courage to say, “No
to Greed, and Yes to Contentment,” that we may move this Nation to great
heights.
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