Day 13: My National Conference Exploits...

Yesterday (9th April 2014) at the national conference.

Votes and proceeding were checked and adopted. Amended copies of proposed committee and rules of procedure were given.

And, business of the day.

So many women have in the past days suggested that men that are corrupt should be punished by casteration. Well some few others were against it and the matter was brought up today again. Whatever happens to corrupt women.. 

The representative of the people living in the diaspora suggested creation of state for the people living in diaspora. How illogical?!

Another delegate lamented that the name Nigeria remains him of the word "Nigger" so he will appreciate if "Nigeria" is renamed and called "United State of Songhai" and the house went like "HUH"?!

The representative of market women association made her speeh amidst laughter. She seemed to be a delight to be listened to in the house but made some valid points though. She frowns at the way banks set targets for marketers especially females staffers making them run from one office to another and go out of their way to do unethical things all in the name of target. “How you go put woman and lion in one place”, she lamented. She also spoke on the need to engaging and supporting market women for they contribute to the larger GDP (Perhaps, rebased GDP).

A youth representative in my category Hassan Rilwan had this to say: "The president’s speech has urged us to strengthen National Unity. Unlike times where different interests come together with a winner take all mindset, this time we must ensure to be our brothers’ keeper.

We must understand that any interest that is just about a section of the country to the detriment of the others, is not in the interest of Nigeria. We must advance our interest to achieve the ultimate interest of our nation.

Let us not shy away from the issues but confront them. I am looking forward to a robust discussion on the resource control which will ensure that wealth is created in every nooks and cranny of our nation in a manner that you will be so immersed in trying to consume that which is in front of you than looking over the plates of another person’s food. Let us expand the space of prosperity.

 

I  am looking forward to a high sense of responsibility that will ensure that you will be contented with that which comes from your soil and allow that which is on sea for the benefit of the entire nation.

The issue of indigeneship brings a two way responsibility on you that went into a community and the people you met there. However, does it make sense that what makes me more Deltan than you is the fact that my ancestors migrated to Deltan 1000 years ago and yours did the same 100 years ago? One day your hundred years will become my 1000 years. We must guarantee and promote inclusion. We must break the false walls that exists between us. Be ready to integrate and proudly identify with the cultures and values you met; indeed be ready to accept he/she who genuinely loves to be part of you. That is the Nigeria the youths want!

Distinguished delegates, We must answer the question of who you our parents are going to handover Nigeria to? I hope you are not under the delusion that you will do so to the youth you have ill prepared because you do not want to leave the stage. We have to come up with a visible youth agenda. Government have to stay out of youth politics and we the youth have to get our acts together. The current youth politics is akin to dancing naked in the village square. Its a shame!

We must ask a very important question. Are we being responsible elites? we must learn the meaning of contentment and reassess our values and what truly is happiness.

All these amassing of wealth will not save our children. We must be responsible to advance our interests not losing sight of the basic needs of the masses for if the masses youth stay awake, tell me the son of a king that will sleep with his eyes closed and enjoy his inheritance.

I do not believe in the single term of 6 years because it does not serve as an incentive for hard work since the  he/she will leave after all. It is also risky because it will make the country stuck with a failed leadership for too long. I am therefore calling for a two term tenure of office which should not run concurrently. This means that no public officer can conduct his own election.

It is therefore my expectation that we should be able to recommend a government that will best address our diversity as a multi-ethnic and multi-Religious society that we are, a government that is not wasteful, one that can harness the full potentials of our nation, one that can deliver all the socio-economic rights enunciated in chapter of our constitution and a government based on justice and high sense of duty.

We should have a two term tenure of office that will not run concurrently"

I will leave you with the above to ponder.....

See you soon.....

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