We join the teeming
supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan to wish him
birthday although we are not one of his supporters. As
the president of over 150 Million Nigerians, Kubwa
Express News inclusive, it is our constitutional
responsibility to wish Nigeria’s head of state well.
Mr. President, happy
53 eventful years on earth and we pray that the cries of
the hungry, homeless and hopeless Nigerians will drown
the hypocritical happy birthday massages from Nigerians
who had fed fat on the sweat and blood of hard toiling
and working Nigerians who come home without a hope of
where the next meal will come from.
Mr. President, happy
birthday and as you celebrate, please be sober and
reflect that some of your age mates, do not have a house
of their own not of their own making but the system you
head has made it difficult for an honest man to plan.
Mr. President, happy
birthday and may you recall that those whose palm kennel
are broken by the gods must be benevolent in dealing
with the less fortunate. In deed from the obscure
Otuoke community in Ogbia Local
Government Area of Bayelsa the god you serve has
elevated you above your peers for good leadership not
for the selfish ends of some tribal leaders.
You must step up above Ijaw politics and be a wound
healer across the nation. Though you are young, you are
the father of the nation and we expect nothing less from
you.
We wish you well as
you attempt to win 2011 General Elections but we cannot
but tell you that we are not happy with the manner you
have handled Nigeria so far. Things have gone from bad
to worst under your watch. Your “Oga” before God called
him home, laid templates for you but you are not
building according to plans. Violence has returned to
Niger Delta, Boko Haram is harassing everybody in the
North, Governors you have chosen to befriend (OHakim of
Imo State, Daniels of Ogun and Akala of Oyo), are known
to be intolerant of divergent political views. Light has
gone from one day on to divine intervention before we
can get a blink.
We wish you good
health so that you will not visit National Hospital
Abuja to discover that patients go outside to buy drugs.
We wish you to remain in good health so that you will
not have to travel to Jerusalem and expose your
presidential body parts to trainee student doctors since
Nigerian doctors are either on strike or the students
they produce are taught with handouts and out dated
medical books that cannot address the challenges of
modern tropical diseases.
Mr. President, you are
the highest intellectual to rule Nigeria, yet the Union
you once belonged to ASUU is on strike in almost all the
State Universities yet you cannot solve this problem.
As your friend gather
to wish you well and tell you how Nigeria will not
survive without your goodluck, ask them if there is a
motorable road to their village; if there is a community
clinic, if the primary schools are producing quality
students and ask them what is their reaction whenever
they see a child of school going age hawking pure water
on the streets of Abuja being harassed by members of
Abuja Environmental Protection Board’s Task Force.
We wish you many happy
returns, Mr. President.
Published
November 21st, 2010
