At oft times Nigerians have had to put up with all sorts but the tide is changing and like when a dog is pushed to far into the tight corner with a rod it bites back. My only disquiet is if we start calling for people to react when a government is trying to start something good. This is why @JF I called for patience. I will never be party to any government or persons that keep on making the lot of my people harder and painful. For once I am apt to believe in a politician vis a vis Governor Mimiko. Seeing Fashola do well in Lagos has also helped my belief. It will be sad if we do not give good governance a chance. This is the only part where I differ with JF i.e. Ondo State Post 2009 (not prior).

It is a good sign that more and more people are aware of the Nigerian situation and are ready to speak out Nigeria. This we have called for many times while fighting for Democratic Governance. So I second the advice given by Omo Ekun that we should give Governor Mimiko 6 months and see if changes do not appear in Ondo State.

The French Philosophers especally Voltaire, Montesque and JJRousseau started and enabled a change from the old order of making the ordinary man remain in chains and hence they are remembered from the late 19th Century to date. What will we be remembered for when things keep going from worse to the worst in Nigeria? Let everyone in their own right contribute to bringing down the rot and corrupt order of the day in Nigeria. Enough is Enough.

Lastly I suppose when people call on God to act, it is because recognising His Supremacy, we in Faith lift up our eyes unto the hills and expect our help to come from the Lord. The Divine intervention that sent Abacha packing permanently on 8th June 1998 can be replicated, but one thing we should also remember is that in some cases HEAVEN HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES.

@JF once again and honestly I feel your pain for as God is my witness, when my people suffer, I suffer and no matter where and what I am, the wellbeing of my people is what I think about mostly on a daily basis. I am convinced that Mimiko will not follow the Agagu road to demise, and hence I call for people to support him (in doing good).

Thanks to JF and Omoekun for bringing the sorry state of things in Nigeria to the limelight once again.

ON FEDERAL LEVEL, HOW DO WE RATE NIGERIA?

1. You said that God will raise no non-sense military men who will probably come and kill all looters of our economy, may be as Rawlings did in Ghana. I am sorry to say, I do not see such military men coming from the bunch of soldiers we currently have. The present crop of leaders in the Nigerian army are part of the looting elites in Nigeria. They are even worse. Remember what happened to soldiers in Akure who were legitimately protesting the non-payment of their earned allowances from participating in a UN peace-keeping mission. Soldiers in the like of Buhari and Murtala Mohammed are no longer in the Nigerian Army.

2. Your second solution is also similar to the first. You expect intervention to come from heaven. I don’t subscribe to the issue of bringing God to intervene in a problem we created ourselves, out of greed. God has done his best of us. He blessed us with resources enough to take care of ourselves, if we cannot manage these resources to the satisfaction of everybody, then that’s our problem. A major problem with us is inappropriately quoting the Bible to support our situation. The portion of the Bible you quoted above did not support our present situation. It would have been appropriate if we are under colonization by a foreign power and we are fighting for freedom. Even at that, God will not come down and liberate us, the people will still have to stand up to free themselves. Remember, our founding fathers stood up to the British before we became independent. A situation in the Bible similar to what we are going through is when the kings of Israel disobeyed God and were worshiping foreign idols. God promised them he will punish them and he fulfilled his promise by allowing the Babylonians to carry them into captivity. God did not come down to destroy the kings, he sent everybody (good and bad) to captivity – that’s God for you. When the bad ones are punished, the good ones will also share in it.

The solution to our problem lies with us. With the way you write, I guess you are probably a student or an unemployed graduate and there will be many of your friends in the same situation as you are. Start talking to them and form a movement. Give Governor Mimiko six more months (I learn he just unfreeze or defreeze Ondo-State Government account), if you don’t see signs of improvement in people’s welfare, then start to protest. I support people showing their outrage to a Government that is not performing. We are docile, that’s why these politicians are taking the people for a ride. If you poke them you will find out that they are cowards. If you guys had protested the looting of Agagu and his cronies, he would not have taken us for a ride for that long. Don’t expect anybody to come and lead a revolution that will liberate you. You must be part and parcel of that revolution. You can read about the French Revolution, it started because of high unemployment and high bread prices which caused people to spend more money on food. It was carried out by the poor and women. That was what brought down the rule of the monarchy and aristocracy in France. Organize in your local government and it can start from there. But if you are waiting for some military men or divine intervention to solve the Nigerian problem, you will wait a long time.

Peace my people