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23/11/2022

Bola Ahmed Tinubu has claimed that he made $1.8 million from salaries and bonuses while working a consultancy job at Deloitte USA.

So we subpoenaed Deloitte USA to provide evidence of Tinubu's employment and staff payment records, and this is what came back... https://t.co/DgRwsrh1Nr

15/11/2022

On Soludo' s diatribe on Peter, Prof Fabian Osuji wrote ✍️

I am thoroughly embarrassed about the level of hostility being exhibited by our brother and friend Prof Charles Soludo towards Peter Obi. He cannot claim to be self made. People like us participated in making him. I was Prochancellor and Chairman of Council at the University of Nigeria when his papers came for approval for Professorship. I could have found reason to withhold or deny assent, but we put him out and praised his work that made President Obasanjo appoint him Economic Adviser without hesitation. Three years later, three of us Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Oby Ezekwesili and myself were attending a Conference in Brussels when President Obasanjo called Ngozi Okonjo Iweala the Finance Minister to ask for the nomination of Governor of Central Bank. We gave a unanimous vote for Prof Charles Soludo...Ministers of Finance, Education and Due Process. As Ndigbo we were proud to support our brother, he was not the sole candidate, Obasanjo gave him the position. Everyone rejoiced, that was the power of Umunna. Years later, I cannot imagine the same person who Prof Fabian Osuji on SOLUDONISM

I am thoroughly embarrassed about the level of hostility being exhibited by our brother and friend Prof Charles Soludo towards Peter Obi. He cannot claim to be self made. People like us participated in making him. I was Prochancellor and Chairman of Council at the University of Nigeria when his papers came for approval for Professorship. I could have found reason to withhold or deny assent, but we put him out and praised his work that made President Obasanjo appoint him Economic Adviser without hesitation. Three years later, three of us Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Oby Ezekwesili and myself were attending a Conference in Brussels when President Obasanjo called Ngozi Okonjo Iweala the Finance Minister to ask for the nomination of Governor of Central Bank. We gave a unanimous vote for Prof Charles Soludo...Ministers of Finance, Education and Due Process. As Ndigbo we were proud to support our brother, he was not the sole candidate, Obasanjo gave him the position. Everyone rejoiced, that was the power of Umunna. Years later, I cannot imagine the same person who benefitted resoundingly from the support of Umunna being the one to pull down his own brother who is enjoying overwhelming support elsewhere. I am truly ashamed of him, Ndigbo should not allow him to get away with this. He should be made to withdraw all his damaging statements against Obi, there is still time for him to reverse himself in this matter. Ndigbo must not allow him to get away with this mischievous act. resoundingly from the support of Umunna being the one to pull down his own brother who is enjoying overwhelming support elsewhere. I am truly ashamed of him, Ndigbo should not allow him to get away with this. He should be made to withdraw all his damaging statements against Obi, there is still time for him to reverse himself in this matter. Ndigbo must not allow him to get away with this mischievous act.

14/11/2022

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11/11/2022

Soludo is not only mischievous but obviously envious of the soaring reputation of Peter Obi, hence offered himself to be used to undermine him.

The tax master of Anambra state stopped short of convincing the world of his avid hatred for his predecessor Peter.

All these calculated campaigns of calumny from every source against Peter Obi should tell discerning minds that he's the nightmare of corrupt elements and men of the establishment who already feel jittery of what would befall them should Peter emerge as president.

Unfortunately for them genuine Nigerians have already seen beyond their shenanigans and determined to take their destinies in their own hands. At least he invested properly and through due process, and the value of the investment was on the upward trajectory until the calamity Buhari happened.

What else wasn't affected in the Nigeria of today, thank God the company is yet functioning and has not closed shop as several multinational cooperations operating in Nigeria prior did under this government.

If Soludo wasn't out to witch hunt Peter Obi, or playing a script written by some persons to get at Peter, as an economist he should have explained the variables that led to the downward trajectory of the value of the investment in plausible details, alas he wouldn't, rather used an indicting statement to please those he's probably interpreting the script for.

In all, Peter is yet by far better than all of them put together. Talking of investment, we are all aware of the verdict Ngozi Okonjo Iweala returned on Soludo's faulty decisions as CBN Governor, but no one is holding it over his head. ©UCA 🙋

27/10/2022

21/10/2022

2023: CAN WE DECIDE TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME?

✍️ Ugochimereze Chinedu Asuzu

I am moved to begin this piece yet again with the quote on leadership attributed to an emerging young and dynamic writer from Ghana, which captures in essence the merit of my postulation in this political thought as espoused below; wherein he stated thus:

"You don't necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day." ~Israelmore Ayivor

As much as apportioning blames has become more frequent than offering solutions, the need to understand the level of decay our country is in now has become increasingly expedient, as elections is around the corner now politicians are strategizing and restrategizing to making their preferred candidates win, which by implications is only aimed at being within the corridors of power should their candidates win. Much more than this personal interest, we should begin now to tinker with the idea of really building a Nation since after the independence we got from Britain our former colonial masters. I think it's now time for us to look beyond primordial sentiments, personal or group entitlements or pecuniary considerations as it relates to political participation and see how best to salvage our country which is daily nosediving into oblivion and becoming a shadow of herself, almost sapped of all the trappings of stability, and in essence fashion out the best way possible to go for the common good of her citizens.

Most objectively,

The parlous state our country is in now requires a sound and visionary mind with physical, mental and intellectual capacity, one who thinks outside the box to preside over her affairs at the apex leadership cadre. We most sincerely doesn't have the need for a patronizing leader, or any leader whose physical, mental and intellectual acuity is a subject of suspicion or in obvious decline, rather a servant-leader without corruption baggages who is known to possess the necessary virtues and temperance to pull us out of the quagmire we found ourselves.

Obviously,

We are in unusual times in the Nigeria of today, made worst by the choices of leaders we have had and yet having, the corollary effects being the backward trajectory we keep finding ourselves in because of the bad choices made overtime, more so our inability to screen and verify the past records of individuals who offer themselves to serve, before allowing them access to leadership at our apex level.

Alas,

As it's impossible for anyone to give dried fish to rats for safekeeping, in like manner handing leadership to corrupt infested individuals to manage is tantamount to hanging oneself out to dry, hence the unusual situation we're in requires pragmatic and decisive steps to be taken by Nigerians beyond partisan pandering and consideration.

Hence,

It's suicidal for us as a country at this point in time not to collectively resolve to pick someone that already has what it takes to turn the tide and wedge the nosedive of our economy with very practical skills, the one who has distinguished himself as a stoic, frugal and prudent manager of resources, and who from day one of his assumption to office would be seen cutting the over padded cost of governance which is already choking us as a country. One who will be seen leading by example judging by his records in offices in time past, who already has the sobriquet and antecedents of frugality, which some uninformed individuals might term stinginess.

Inarguably,

Not a usual routine or run on the mill kind of politician who is being cheered on by friends and hangers on to become president so they begin from where they stopped, depleting the already drained resources of the country further, rather one who is known to be a wealth creator that will create conducive environment for businesses to strive and those who are ready to strive in such areas seen striving, not the ones that are parasitic in government, those who contributes little or nothing but only feed fat on our common patrimony simply for the reason of being in the corridors of power, while those who labour and put in their best to nation building go hungry and empty handed.

Admittedly,

Corruption strives more when a leader is in the business of satisfying his hangers on and friends from our common till at the detriment of the masses, because in such instances any opportunity given to those hangers on will be seen as settlement and conduit pipe from whence personal purses are filled, and not necessarily to work for the benefits of all. While not against patronage to friends, nevertheless the over bloated hangers on of certain presidential candidates would serve as albatross to the smooth running of government, hence we should look at the direction of the one who will work for the greater good of the greater majority, than those who's interest will be to enrich friends and hangers on not minding the negative effects on the greater percentage of the people.

In charge,

Let every hand be on the plough to labour today and harvest abundantly tomorrow for our continuous growth as a country, the national cake is already gone, we require that going forward we should collectively join to bake the cake afresh, so as not to be seen fixated on consuming the platter upon which the former cake baked by our forebears was placed simply because it's yet tasty, as there's no free meal even in Freetown.

It's instructive,

That we say a resounding no to known plunders, kleptomaniacs and financial rascals who are known to have barrage of questions to answer and avalanche of skeletons in their closets when it comes to management of public funds; hence our choice of a leader this time around must be in the direction of the ones who over time are known with the track record of savings, because without saving culture embedded in our governance module going forward this obviously plundered country is already headed to doom.

In effect,

We need an unusual kind of leader to attend to our very debilitating situation; above all else one that's a known prudent and frugal manager of resources, one who will be accountable to the core, a leader with proven record of personal and verifiable achievements with track record of fiscal discipline, without the oversized baggages of corruption whether imagined or real hanging on his head, that way even the international community will respect our country and the one in turn would be able to look other world leaders in the eyes and discuss serious matters affecting our country with them without fear of the unknown or fall into the trap of blackmail due to hidden or proven cases of corruption, and which in turn will hamper or slow the pace of governance or make the one pandering to the whims and caprice of those he ought to stand up to.

Consequently,

The idea is not to get a saint, rather one who already is known to possess the virtues as outlined, doesn't necessarily have to be a perfect human being but amenable to the expectations of the now in respect to leadership, one whose attitude to leadership is more selfless than selfish, who understands the nitty gritty of personal discipline in attending to public resources.

In choosing this leader,

We must shun personal sentiments and primordial interests and look at the overall common good of the Nigerian populace; we must shun undue influence of religion, because we are in dire straightjacket now, as such, whatever religion the one subscribes to should be secondary; yes, partisan pandering shouldn't be the consideration that much, though we practice a partisan democracy, but we have an emergency situation on our hands now which needs be tackled head on, hence the political party we're subscribed to should be secondary as well if we must get it right, because if this country fails it'll fall on everyone irrespective of the political parties' persuasion.

Subsequently,

We must all accept that this country is failing in all facets and aspects, also in all indices and economic indicators red flags are being raised here and there; most importantly in the area of economy collapse, the signs are so evident that if we don't get it right in 2023 we might as well get prepared to watch this country balkanize in fragments, because the people are daily becoming despondent, hopeless and utterly frustrated, the elasticity of patience of many is waning and some have since reached the breaking point, and any further stretch will only lead to uncontrollable disaster, and this is what we all should be afraid of, not our personal pocket consideration, rather the impending doomsday should we make any mistakes in not choosing the right leader.

Furthermore,

If we are sincere to ourselves, a look at those who already declared interest and has been thrown up by their various political parties, we already have an outstanding character most fitted for this job, who if the responsibility of starring the ship of the Nigerian state is saddled with will most definitely make us proud as a country, assuming we bury tribalism, overbearing religious inclination and consideration, ego and other negatives, then I think the right decision will be made for the betterment of our country and citizens come February 2023, then the full potentials of Nigeria and Nigerians will be explored to the maximum and the world would stand in awe to watch the positive transformation going forward, and everyone is happy.

Finally,

I leave you the reader to decipher the individuals or individual showcased by this personal reasoning and approve or disapprove accordingly, taking cognizance of the situation we are in now and what is expected of the one we'll vote for, with the hindsight of the capacity and capabilities of our choice.

Thank you for your audience.

©Ugochimereze
20/10/2022

16/10/2022

THE IGBO RACE

By Ugochimereze Chinedu Asuzu

The Igbo race is a proud race, most certainly their pride steams from the fact that they're an industrious and hardworking people who believe in themselves and their God given abilities. Yes, we know we're envied even to the point of hate on this singular fact by our neighbors, but we can't help it at all, because we just can't stop being industrious, resilient and highly competitive in positive dimensions.

However,

We are that race that comes to your remote villages and assist in transforming it to a model City.

We do this,

By thinking outside the box, searching for and creating opportunities, making ourselves, enterprises and services available to satisfy your needs. And ordinarily currency flows toward the direction of services, it's neither ritual or rocket science, it's as real as the lines on our palms.

Such that,

While others sleep and snore, the Igbo trader is on his way in a bus headed to get goods, and before you know it he's jumping into another bus headed back to base, most times it goes that way to and fro for the entire week without rest.

Likewise,

We invest and return back to the community we find ourselves, even in the remotest part of the community, by believing in the people, building modern architectures as both living homes and stores, not shanties, because we don't see ourselves so different from those we came to dwell with.

Another like it,

We don't encroach on any areas forbidden of us to go to, and we don't coerce anyone to sale properties to us, rather they plead we should come to their aid and we readily do.

We endure every situation and try as much as we can to live peacefully with our hosts, we don't drag anything, whatever we have we bought with our hard earned money.

Unlike others,

We don't come forcing you to part with your land, we pay whatever you charge for it that we're able to afford, and go ahead to develop same to the benefits of the host communities we find ourselves, because with time the value of the environment is enhanced further by the modern architectures we erect.

Now tell me,

How many of our brothers and sisters from other ethnic groups boldly come to the southeast to invest and confidently live to develop the southeast environment as the Igbo race do in other zones? Infinitesimal proportion I guess ❓

Inquiring,

What then is that evil the Igbo race commits that attracts hatred to her ❓ Simple, we're highly industrious, very adventurous, indomitable, with a never say die spirit; always eager to break new grounds no matter how hard, we have such determination that whatever we want to see achieved, we throw in everything we have into it to make a success of same or die trying.

They say we like money, but in essence they need this money much more than we do, because it's also to meet up with their needs and demands that we go out of our way to make this money, that way whenever they come knocking to present one property or business to us we'll be available with cash to purchase and they in turn solve their problems with same money they so hate to like.

Above all else,

We seldom get disturbed by the backbiting, hatred or all sorts of calculated and aggregated campaigns of calumny targeted at us, we're undaunted, we don't get distracted, always focused on the target, never losing grounds, rather fixated on what we want to achieve and ultimately we do.

I think,

It's this success that attracts envy and hate, not necessarily the conduct of the individual Igbo person, but how diligently and seriously he works, which in turn attracts success to him, even in areas where it's unlikely for success to be found the Igbo person finds it eventually, hence they say he is into all sorts of stuffs to make money, but fail to understand that they endure a lot, risks a lot and sacrifice a lot to breakthrough.

Last last,

How the Igbo person succeeds astounds others, they get to the remotest part of any town, village or community, and make success of it; rather than hate or envy, isn't it wise to emulate and understudy them instead, for a domestication of the uncanny self reliant mechanism and disposition inherent in them?

So, where have we gone wrong ❓

Just thinking 🤔💭aloud.

©Ugochimereze

08/10/2022

We join in calling on all good spirited individuals to come to the aide of these hapless Nigerians whose environment has been submerged. ©Ikoro 👏

I received the devastating news of the unfortunate boat accident which claimed many lives at Ogbaru between Umunankwo and Ossomala, with immense sadness and my heart and prayers go out to the families affected.

The incidence of flooding with it's attendant hardship wrought on the lives of Ndi Anambra North, especially our riverine communities, continues to be one challenge that I've had cause to address through personal visits and several appeals to the Federal Government but try as I may, this issue continues unabated.

In the past few weeks, several communities within our zone have literally been submerged in water and I have prepared a motion slated for Tuesday 11th October, where I shall be calling on government and all relevant agencies to come to the aid of my people who more than ever before, need urgent help.

I am hopeful that my appeal shall be given urgent attention whilst praying for the repose of the souls of the departed.

May God continue to bless and protect ndi Anambra North and may such tragedies never occur again.

08/10/2022

Those who oppose Peter Obi CANDIDACY, do so not because they don't believe he's the best for the now, rather they're afraid he won't play balls like others before him, and that is exactly his selling point that endeared him to the teeming masses of Nigeria. ©Ikoro🎯