Doyin Okupe, a former aide to
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has listed seven diseases that may kill
Nigeria.
In a Facebook post he entitled ‘7
maladies and agenda for presidential aspirants’, the PDP chieftain noted that
these diseases will kill Nigeria even before religion, ethnicity and prebendalism
kill it.
According to him, these maladies
have plagued Nigeria for several decades and seem insurmountable, adding that
“If Nigeria does not kill them, they will kill Nigeria even before Religion,
Ethnicity and Prebendalism kill it.
He continued, “These maladies
are: 1 Uncontrolled population growth in the face of malignant Poverty.
“2.Disproportional distribution
of Resources by federal and state governments. By this I mean a situation where
less than 3% of the population consume 70% to 80% of the revenue of government.
For example, Ogun State has a population slightly more than 5m but a civil
service strength of 50,000(1%) consume 75% of its revenue through budget
allocation. Niger state with population of 4m has a civil service strength of
40,000 that consumes 80% of its revenue. The federal civil service including
MDAs are about 12m to 15m people but they consume 70% of our annual National
revenue meant for 200m.
“3. Deriving directly from above
it is obvious that governments at all levels must gradually, painfully downsize
to less than 20% of their current sizes in a maximum of 5yrs or else they will
have to borrow money yearly to pay recurrent expenditure.
“4. Petroleum Subsidy. Payment of
petroleum subsidy of N1tr (10% of national budget) and above annually is not
sustainable. This is equivalent to robbing the poor to pay the rich.
“5. Uncontrolled executive
capacity to borrow money and impose a generational debt burden on the state.
State governors, especially, must be severely constrained by appropriate
legislation from just being able to borrow money anyhow and for just any
purpose.
“6. Electoral fraud and Violence.
Inability to hold elections in a transparent and violence free atmosphere is a
national disgrace and directly will dangerously undermine our democracy.
“7. Crippling youth unemployment
and pervasive cultism. At least in the South West I can say with all certainty
that there is no town today that does not have it’s own full compliment of the
various cult groups in the country. They operate openly and brazenly. The
police is fully aware.
“The traditional and royal
fathers are also in the know. They are appeased regularly and negotiated with
when important events are to take place. Most of the violence our communities
experience come from these youths.
“The only solution is a concerted
and very serious efforts by governments, private sector, wealthy individuals
and successful entrepreneurs to tackle this national menace.”
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