The current senate president decries the influx of hoodlums into the National Assembly, NASS Complex. Was he looking at a photo of NASS10, we ask? Are members hiding in plain sight, under NASS immunity, from the wrath of ICPC and EFCC?
This is one statement that almost all Nigerians will say “‘The Ayes’ have it!’ unlike the insensitive senate sniggering around the hollow and insulting support for the ‘plight of the poor’ without any concurrent significant gesture like a cut in ‘Salaries And Perks’ of NASS by 75%. Not even one NASS man or woman has rejected the NASS largess demonstrating that NASS acts like a separate political party from the known parties where any deviation is severely dealt with. Read Oshiomhole’s case.
Far too many of our politicians think they are supposed to make promises they have no idea, and often no intention, of keeping, as they bring little to the job, pretend to learn on the job while ensuring personal enrichment and inflicting trauma and disillusionment on the citizenry. Of course some are amazing and we would praise them if they showed true transparency, faith, loyalty and honesty. The politicians now claim they are a professional body and have made themselves the first among all professionals. Politics is said to be the only profession with no specific prior qualification, like diplomas, certificates and degrees in management, sociology, development, budgeting, security et cetera. Yet politicians have the highest responsibility for development and social wellbeing of citizens.
Why have they, therefore, set themselves above everyone by assuming for themselves an illegally legal humongous budgetary allocation and outrageous Salaries and Perks, SAPing Nigeria dry? In the light of the current currency crisis and other economic challenges, notable the suicidal naira value – from a politician-driven corruption and greed-driven economy for years – the personal emolument/operational costs of Nigeria’s political class have unsustainable financial demands creating development failure, damaging the entire structure of the struggling country.
Consequent upon the excesses of the political class in the areas of Salaries and Perks and Pensions, there is a huge underground movement to urge the NLC leadership and the leadership of other major bodies of working and professional citizens including the NMA and NARD that all groups across the board should now include on their strike demand as number 1 the ‘cutting of NASS salaries and perks by 75%’ with the reallocation of such funds towards workers’ welfare including backlog of salaries and pensions and also infrastructure budgeted programs as many consider the stupendous politics budget similar to the Abacha loot. If the NASS salaries and perks are justifiable, let the NASS put the matter to referendum.
CELEBRATE, HONOUR & REWARD FOR HONESTY KOLAWOLE SHOYINKA THE ATTACKED TEACHER. The attack on a teacher, Kolawole Shoyinka in a secondary school, waylaid and beaten by 10 students because he prevented them from cheating in an arts examination is beyond belief. The police, principal and staff have cornered the criminals. The 18+ year olds should face charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and GBH Grievous Bodily Harm and face punishment. It was premeditated, no accident. Younger ones should face juvenile punishment. Shoyinka should be made by radio and electronic media into a hero and honoured for risking his life on principle. Can the average politician do that?
Kolawole Shoyinka represents all teachers dutifully fighting the moral battle against student terrorism. He deserves the Outstanding Teacher Award from state and Federal Ministry of Education, State Civil Service Honours, Federal National Honours 2023 and awards from corporate bodies. His religious body must make him an exemplary member and award him honours and recognition. Also, his medical bills should be paid now and for long-term injury. He should be promoted and given ‘Teach Cheat-Free-Exams’ assignments state and nationwide. Such honours will empower students so cheating is cancelled from exam strategies.
Many corporate bodies need to search for genuine Nigerians to honour. Here is one such honest Nigerian who risked death, an unexpected risk for the teaching profession or for an ordinary honest man trying to imbibe his honesty as character building in students who violently rejected his efforts. This man is not a one-day wonder story! The media can make it a nationwide matter to be discussed by students, teachers, parents and government and made bigger than JAMB Mmesoma-gate. REWARD THE ATTACKED TEACHER FOR HIS HONESTY. Make him more famous than Big Brother and any politician. The Kolawole Shoyinka Honesty Club in schools. He could have died.
If we do not uphold the good when they face persecution for honesty, no one will ever go against those despicable politicians among that class with murky pasts who think dishonesty is a laughing matter, a joke and can laugh heartily at the plight of the poor while they, the greedy and not-so-greedy politicians alike, wallow in luxury only available because it was illegally-legally stolen and diverted from servicing the poor. The plight of the poor would have been reversed and in fact would never have happened if all politicians had been ‘Honest like Kolawole Shoyinka’ since the word ‘politician’ was mis-invented and used for citizens and not themselves. Our naira would be strong. Will incoming minsters , our ‘servants’, be is honest as Kolawole Shoyinka? We pray so! They should all take a lie detector test. How many Fellow Nigerians would fail ‘THE KOLAWOLE SHOYINKA HONESTY TEST?’