Nigeria, Africa's most populated
nation has passed through various
systems of government-
Parliamentary democracy, military
autocracy and the current
presidential democracy.
Notwithstanding all these, the
state is faced with increasing rate
of unemployment, insecurity and
corruption.
Leadership question is identified a
factor culminating into
aforementioned problems in the
country. In this episode of
STRAIGHTalk, Malam Nasir El-
Rufai, a former minister of Federal
Capital Territory
This is a part some people will not like to hear, but we will say it here for historical purposes. When the great Biafran leader, Col. Dim Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu was granted a state pardon by President Shehu Shagari in 1982, the Ikemba soon contested for Senate under the then National Party of Nigeria (NPN), but did his people vote for him? Lest we also forget, he contested for the presidency, how many votes did he got even in Anambra? Let us bring in Chief Alex Ekweme. We recall, despite being founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),he contested for the party nomination for president in 2002. We all remember how the South-East governors then did all they could to outdo themselves to be seen to be more loyal to President Olusegun Obasanjo than even his own ministers. There was nothing wrong in all these for these people as long as it all guarantees fat bank accounts and unmerited rewards. No one talks about Biafra when contract figures are inflated; Biafra makes no sense ...
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