Memo to late Presidents of the federal Republic of Nigeria on the state of the nation @61, By Abba Dukawa
POLITICS DIGEST- I am not sure on how to address the our late Nigeria presidents since the formal courtsey of your Excellency is of no use to them as they are in eternity. But, this open memo has became necessary to intimate you on the state of the Nation after 61 years of statehood. I am like having an imaginary conversation with late Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa,
Major General Aguiyi Ironsi, General Murtala Mohammed,Chief Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, General Sani Abacha Umaru Musa Yar’adua and Shehu Shagari of all belessed memories.
For your information, Your dreams for born and unborn citizens to have a united and peaceful country with full potential of being among the leading developing nations categorically the dreamed has been has been shattered. You left this world with unaccomplished dreams for citizens to have a country that can call their but today citizens in the country are divided and living standard moving from bad to worse three squares of meals beyond of reach of millions home. At 61 citizens don’t fells security because the country has facing great challenge of insecurity.
It is dispiriting to tell you that Mr president compared the challenges and sufferings being faced by Nigerians under present administration to the agony of the civil war, underscores the horrible situation in the country today. I know both Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Major General Aguiyi Ironsi not with witnessed the ugly images of ; the killings, lawlessness, violence, human rights violations, poverty, hunger, starvation and other horrible situations as also being witnessed during civil war.
You will be shocks to let you know that in self glorifying statements present administration boastfully claimed No government since 1999 has done what we have done in six years to put Nigeria back on track. Really government has recorded relative success especially in infrastructure but it has underperformed in the management of the economy, security, education, and health.
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Your Excellencies the administration’s anti-corruption campaign has not fared any better than its predecessors. Nigeria has more poor people now than before, now the country is more indebted than before the administration had mortgaging future of the born and unborn citizens with debt skyrocketed to N33.107 trillion(about $87.239B),in a statement obtained from DMO’s as at March 31, 2021. The governance continues to be dogged by inefficiency and waste Nigerians recall all the previous previous loans had not led Nigeria economic growth except hardship due to lack of sound economic policies. In spite of these mountainous debt still Present administration seeking another approval for additional borrowing more than $4 billion from international lenders for infrastructure projects for 2018-2021 medium term (rolling) external borrowing plan.
It is disheartening to let know you that we had a great opportunity for the country to regains its lost glory when we had a change of government in 2015 with unwavering hope that the administration will set an agenda for national rebirth and put economy on reset. But in the past six years, the administration failing in creating the basis for improved economic prosperity because of absence of economists in the cabinet.
Central Bank of Nigeria financial policies also deteriorating the country economic naira suffered devaluation against US dollar and other African countries currencies also worrisome.
Kai Ghanaian and Nigerien currency doing better in the international market than the naira is the last six years.
To the greatest of all these disappointment which has shape our country in the last six decades almost every sectors in the country are decaying due to the lack of political will of successors leaders.
At 61 Nigeria still battling with poor economic policies, poor leadership, nepotism and mismanagement of resources. The country you left behind is not the Nigeria you have wishes your successors and the citizens to have. Your successors have not done a right things in building a country with strong economic like our contemporaries nations that are in the league of developing Nations.
Your Excellency, citizens are regretting to say that our yesterday as a nation was better than our today. There are no indices to show that citizens tomorrow will be better. The leaders have placing the country on the way to bankruptcy. Peoples are not happy with the way things moving where our perceived Lion King is encircled by jackals and hyenas and even rodent one that not is fighting for the administration is having a field day.
I know this information might distract your peaceful sleeping in in your eternity.
Continue rest in peace
Dukawa can be reached [email protected]
