We have bursted the fuel cartel (Vanguard Newspaper)

This is a wonderful revelation that the fuel cartel was bursted. The cartel is bursted, but not dead. These enemies of the Nigerian economy who are fired by their greed must be carefully watched and managed. They never relent and often employ new strategies to achieve their goal. The new approach is to build a debt burden in the sector and later call for servicing of the debt from increased internal revenue from downstream sector. The President wants to fall for it by going for the loan when it is only a trap. The loans will be mismanaged certainly and the burden will fall on the Nigerian people. The sector is looking for foreign investors who will be committed to optimum utilization of their funds and realization of operational efficiency of the project.

The new antic is to build up debt in the sector.Foreign development partners only need to come in as investors in joint ventures. Government cannot manage any loans on our behalf because of corruption. GEJ will not take any loan if he wants our votes.

Reading in the dark: The pictorial story of our university

I took these pictures today at 8.30 pm when I visited students reading for examinations. There has been a persistent power outage on campus for several days and I wondered how the students were coping with the situation. They were calm and looked determined to overcome their limitations. They were reading with candle lights and battery-powered lamps in crowded hot classrooms invaded by mosquitoes. Some of them were seen outside sitting on concrete slabs with torches or lamps and burning mosquito coils.

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Which type of police do we want?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/20/deaths-plus-n20b-from-police-check-points/

I saw the kind of discomfort caused by police checkpoints on Lagos street and Bama road during hours when traffic was heavy and wrote the poems appearing on this blog about Nigeria's tokens at 50. I am busy to write a long essay now, but watching the news and reading the Vanguard Editorial on this issue, I believe we need to address this topic. The national assembly and police service commission are keeping quiet. Even Goodluck has not shown we might be lucky to see some action. At 50, is this our brand of Police Force?

Nigeria's tokens at 50

You don't see

a new born baby

empty-handed

You don't see

a baby's new teeth

empty-handed

You don't grow

teeth that don't bite

only to champ

At road blocks

we go with tokens

for the teeth of babies

A token of chicken

A token of soft liver

With eyes to see dissidence

Born 50 years ago

the teeth are milk

not strong for the bone

A token for the teeth

never mobile for the crunches

only stationary for open menace

The teeth have come

of age but presumed young

because of stunted growth

May the jaws

move and bite with teeth

grown with 50 years strength

May the jaws

forsake and lose the milk

for wisdom teething to crush

A token for the wise ones

an honour to them bestowed

for they are the heroes to emulate