ON FEMI FANI-KAYODE’S MALEVOLENT ESSAYS
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Dr. Yusuf Hassan
After the abrupt defeat of the PDP in the 2015 election and the emergence of APC-led administration, Nigerians have continued to watch with keen interest major events that are unfolding in the country’s war on Boko-Haram and arrest of high-profile corrupt past government officials. Under normal circumstances, the then ruling party is expected to reposition itself into a vibrant opposition party that will provide constructive criticism and keep all policies of the new government in check. Surprisingly, though, the once most powerful party on the continent seemed to be in a deep coma. However, one man pretends to be awakened trying hard to portray himself as the voice of the opposition and even transcends into being the champion of southern liberation, self-appointed protector of the Christian faith, a sympathiser of MASSOB and IPOB dream of secession. This is none other than the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode who is currently standing trial for corruption.
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Any time I read Femi’s contribution on national issues, I keep on seeing one message that is always conveyed to the readers, which is the Hausa-Fulani/Muslims quest to conquer the land beyond rivers Niger and Benue. This rhetoric has been fully explored by Femi in the wake of the 2015 general election because it was the only scorecard available to them to win over electorates. As a youngster who is just 34 years old, my heart always bleeds whenever I see monsters like Femi who belongs to the Nigeria’s wasted generation that should have been behind bars in an ideal and progressive society continued to walk free on the streets of our major cities, receiving VIP treatment in churches to the extent of even standing on podium to deliver a sermon. In this piece I may not be able to rebut all of Femi’s essays due to the fact almost every piece of his essay ends with one message that I earlier mentioned. But I will briefly address one nagging issue — Nigeria’s unity.
In the aftermath of the civil war, some corners of this country continued to offer alternatives to the continuous existence of this country as one. While some propose that a national conference should be convened, another group is now active in media-propaganda and street protests having been defeated massively in an armed conflict, others have resorted to vandalisation of the fulcrum of the country’s economy. For reasons best known to them, civil war veterans like Generals Obasanjo, Gowon, Danjuma, and their junior, Muhammadu Buhari inter alia insists that the unity of this country is holy. Those that constantly preach for the break-up of this country like Femi based their argument on the fact that Lord Lugard acting on the command of his masters in Burkingham palace forced an inconvenient marriage between poor, illiterate, and backward Hausa-Fulani/Muslim north to the rich, educated, and developed Christian-south. The question now is as young generation should we allow ourselves to be caught in this conundrum by the likes of Femi who played his own role as former minister of the republic in robbing us of our basic rights? The first generation of our leaders, viz. Sardauna, Awolowo, and Zik despite their shortcomings have left a positive legacy that we will forever be grateful to them. At least we have not read on the pages of history books that during their stewardship of this country, there were $2.1 billion arms fund scandal, NNPC missing $20 billion, N195 billion Maina pension scam, $6 billion fuel subsidy scam, N123 billion Stephen Oronsaye’s fraud, N32.8 billion police pension funds, N255 million Stella Oduah’s car purchase scandal, $9.3 million jetted out to South Africa for illegal arms deal, Abba Moro Immigration recruitment scandal, Malabu Oil Scandal , $500 million defence contract, N46 billion fraud by Fani-Kayode and others.
I wonder how comes a rational mind will ever think that Lord Lugard was responsible for the aforementioned series of shameful events. Of course Nigeria as a multi-ethnic country has been persistently witnessing a number of crises which cut across ethnic, tribal, and religious dimensions. This I believe is not restricted to Nigeria as even the so-called advanced countries are experiencing their fair share. Up to this moment majority of Scottish are not happy to be part of the UK, there is a continuous struggle by the Basque and Catalans to curve two independent countries out of Spain. It might also be worth noting that there are some micro-states in the Europe that should have been integrated into their bigger neighbouring countries, these include Monaco, Luxembourg, Andorra, and Malta. For some historical circumstances, these territories opted to be independent principalities which I believe is related to their ethnic composition vis-á-vis their neighbouring big-states. One thing I can boldly say is that each of these tiny states is far better off than all African countries combined together! Femi should come up with an explanation for this unnatural gap.
Whether Nigeria must be one entity or not, I think, is a subject that will continue to be debated. In the meantime, we the younger generation wish to implore those people in the realm of power to as a matter of urgency to provide Nigerians with standard and affordable health care, schools that can compete with their international counterparts, and non-epileptic electricity supply to revive our industries to curtail the level of unemployment among our youths. As for those that are constantly beating the drum of war, bloodshed, and calling for the establishment of religious militia to unleash carnage in the country should sincerely bring forward their children to be in the forefront so that we will have the momentum to join them.
In conclusion, I wish to stress that Femi Fani-Kayode did not possess the moral decency to speak up for any group of people in this country, be it Christians, Muslim-Shi’ites, MASSOB, IPOB, or NDA. My argument is that his essays are nothing but a bunch of inappropriate, vague, and malicious pieces. Above all Femi belongs to the Nigeria’s wasted generation.
Dr. Hassan wrote from the Department of Chemistry, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina.
ON FEMI FANI-KAYODE’S MALEVOLENT ESSAYS
By
Dr. Yusuf Hassan
After the abrupt defeat of the PDP in the 2015 election and the emergence of APC-led administration, Nigerians have continued to watch with keen interest major events that are unfolding in the country’s war on Boko-Haram and arrest of high-profile corrupt past government officials. Under normal circumstances, the then ruling party is expected to reposition itself into a vibrant opposition party that will provide constructive criticism and keep all policies of the new government in check. Surprisingly, though, the once most powerful party on the continent seemed to be in a deep coma. However, one man pretends to be awakened trying hard to portray himself as the voice of the opposition and even transcends into being the champion of southern liberation, self-appointed protector of the Christian faith, a sympathiser of MASSOB and IPOB dream of secession. This is none other than the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode who is currently standing trial for corruption.
Any time I read Femi’s contribution on national issues, I keep on seeing one message that is always conveyed to the readers, which is the Hausa-Fulani/Muslims quest to conquer the land beyond rivers Niger and Benue. This rhetoric has been fully explored by Femi in the wake of the 2015 general election because it was the only scorecard available to them to win over electorates. As a youngster who is just 34 years old, my heart always bleeds whenever I see monsters like Femi who belongs to the Nigeria’s wasted generation that should have been behind bars in an ideal and progressive society continued to walk free on the streets of our major cities, receiving VIP treatment in churches to the extent of even standing on podium to deliver a sermon. In this piece I may not be able to rebut all of Femi’s essays due to the fact almost every piece of his essay ends with one message that I earlier mentioned. But I will briefly address one nagging issue — Nigeria’s unity.
In the aftermath of the civil war, some corners of this country continued to offer alternatives to the continuous existence of this country as one. While some propose that a national conference should be convened, another group is now active in media-propaganda and street protests having been defeated massively in an armed conflict, others have resorted to vandalisation of the fulcrum of the country’s economy. For reasons best known to them, civil war veterans like Generals Obasanjo, Gowon, Danjuma, and their junior, Muhammadu Buhari inter alia insists that the unity of this country is holy. Those that constantly preach for the break-up of this country like Femi based their argument on the fact that Lord Lugard acting on the command of his masters in Burkingham palace forced an inconvenient marriage between poor, illiterate, and backward Hausa-Fulani/Muslim north to the rich, educated, and developed Christian-south. The question now is as young generation should we allow ourselves to be caught in this conundrum by the likes of Femi who played his own role as former minister of the republic in robbing us of our basic rights? The first generation of our leaders, viz. Sardauna, Awolowo, and Zik despite their shortcomings have left a positive legacy that we will forever be grateful to them. At least we have not read on the pages of history books that during their stewardship of this country, there were $2.1 billion arms fund scandal, NNPC missing $20 billion, N195 billion Maina pension scam, $6 billion fuel subsidy scam, N123 billion Stephen Oronsaye’s fraud, N32.8 billion police pension funds, N255 million Stella Oduah’s car purchase scandal, $9.3 million jetted out to South Africa for illegal arms deal, Abba Moro Immigration recruitment scandal, Malabu Oil Scandal , $500 million defence contract, N46 billion fraud by Fani-Kayode and others.
I wonder how comes a rational mind will ever think that Lord Lugard was responsible for the aforementioned series of shameful events. Of course Nigeria as a multi-ethnic country has been persistently witnessing a number of crises which cut across ethnic, tribal, and religious dimensions. This I believe is not restricted to Nigeria as even the so-called advanced countries are experiencing their fair share. Up to this moment majority of Scottish are not happy to be part of the UK, there is a continuous struggle by the Basque and Catalans to curve two independent countries out of Spain. It might also be worth noting that there are some micro-states in the Europe that should have been integrated into their bigger neighbouring countries, these include Monaco, Luxembourg, Andorra, and Malta. For some historical circumstances, these territories opted to be independent principalities which I believe is related to their ethnic composition vis-á-vis their neighbouring big-states. One thing I can boldly say is that each of these tiny states is far better off than all African countries combined together! Femi should come up with an explanation for this unnatural gap.
Whether Nigeria must be one entity or not, I think, is a subject that will continue to be debated. In the meantime, we the younger generation wish to implore those people in the realm of power to as a matter of urgency to provide Nigerians with standard and affordable health care, schools that can compete with their international counterparts, and non-epileptic electricity supply to revive our industries to curtail the level of unemployment among our youths. As for those that are constantly beating the drum of war, bloodshed, and calling for the establishment of religious militia to unleash carnage in the country should sincerely bring forward their children to be in the forefront so that we will have the momentum to join them.
In conclusion, I wish to stress that Femi Fani-Kayode did not possess the moral decency to speak up for any group of people in this country, be it Christians, Muslim-Shi’ites, MASSOB, IPOB, or NDA. My argument is that his essays are nothing but a bunch of inappropriate, vague, and malicious pieces. Above all Femi belongs to the Nigeria’s wasted generation.
Dr. Hassan wrote from the Department of Chemistry, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina.
ON FEMI FANI-KAYODE’S MALEVOLENT ESSAYS
By
Dr. Yusuf Hassan
After the abrupt defeat of the PDP in the 2015 election and the emergence of APC-led administration, Nigerians have continued to watch with keen interest major events that are unfolding in the country’s war on Boko-Haram and arrest of high-profile corrupt past government officials. Under normal circumstances, the then ruling party is expected to reposition itself into a vibrant opposition party that will provide constructive criticism and keep all policies of the new government in check. Surprisingly, though, the once most powerful party on the continent seemed to be in a deep coma. However, one man pretends to be awakened trying hard to portray himself as the voice of the opposition and even transcends into being the champion of southern liberation, self-appointed protector of the Christian faith, a sympathiser of MASSOB and IPOB dream of secession. This is none other than the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode who is currently standing trial for corruption.
Any time I read Femi’s contribution on national issues, I keep on seeing one message that is always conveyed to the readers, which is the Hausa-Fulani/Muslims quest to conquer the land beyond rivers Niger and Benue. This rhetoric has been fully explored by Femi in the wake of the 2015 general election because it was the only scorecard available to them to win over electorates. As a youngster who is just 34 years old, my heart always bleeds whenever I see monsters like Femi who belongs to the Nigeria’s wasted generation that should have been behind bars in an ideal and progressive society continued to walk free on the streets of our major cities, receiving VIP treatment in churches to the extent of even standing on podium to deliver a sermon. In this piece I may not be able to rebut all of Femi’s essays due to the fact almost every piece of his essay ends with one message that I earlier mentioned. But I will briefly address one nagging issue — Nigeria’s unity.
In the aftermath of the civil war, some corners of this country continued to offer alternatives to the continuous existence of this country as one. While some propose that a national conference should be convened, another group is now active in media-propaganda and street protests having been defeated massively in an armed conflict, others have resorted to vandalisation of the fulcrum of the country’s economy. For reasons best known to them, civil war veterans like Generals Obasanjo, Gowon, Danjuma, and their junior, Muhammadu Buhari inter alia insists that the unity of this country is holy. Those that constantly preach for the break-up of this country like Femi based their argument on the fact that Lord Lugard acting on the command of his masters in Burkingham palace forced an inconvenient marriage between poor, illiterate, and backward Hausa-Fulani/Muslim north to the rich, educated, and developed Christian-south. The question now is as young generation should we allow ourselves to be caught in this conundrum by the likes of Femi who played his own role as former minister of the republic in robbing us of our basic rights? The first generation of our leaders, viz. Sardauna, Awolowo, and Zik despite their shortcomings have left a positive legacy that we will forever be grateful to them. At least we have not read on the pages of history books that during their stewardship of this country, there were $2.1 billion arms fund scandal, NNPC missing $20 billion, N195 billion Maina pension scam, $6 billion fuel subsidy scam, N123 billion Stephen Oronsaye’s fraud, N32.8 billion police pension funds, N255 million Stella Oduah’s car purchase scandal, $9.3 million jetted out to South Africa for illegal arms deal, Abba Moro Immigration recruitment scandal, Malabu Oil Scandal , $500 million defence contract, N46 billion fraud by Fani-Kayode and others.
I wonder how comes a rational mind will ever think that Lord Lugard was responsible for the aforementioned series of shameful events. Of course Nigeria as a multi-ethnic country has been persistently witnessing a number of crises which cut across ethnic, tribal, and religious dimensions. This I believe is not restricted to Nigeria as even the so-called advanced countries are experiencing their fair share. Up to this moment majority of Scottish are not happy to be part of the UK, there is a continuous struggle by the Basque and Catalans to curve two independent countries out of Spain. It might also be worth noting that there are some micro-states in the Europe that should have been integrated into their bigger neighbouring countries, these include Monaco, Luxembourg, Andorra, and Malta. For some historical circumstances, these territories opted to be independent principalities which I believe is related to their ethnic composition vis-á-vis their neighbouring big-states. One thing I can boldly say is that each of these tiny states is far better off than all African countries combined together! Femi should come up with an explanation for this unnatural gap.
Whether Nigeria must be one entity or not, I think, is a subject that will continue to be debated. In the meantime, we the younger generation wish to implore those people in the realm of power to as a matter of urgency to provide Nigerians with standard and affordable health care, schools that can compete with their international counterparts, and non-epileptic electricity supply to revive our industries to curtail the level of unemployment among our youths. As for those that are constantly beating the drum of war, bloodshed, and calling for the establishment of religious militia to unleash carnage in the country should sincerely bring forward their children to be in the forefront so that we will have the momentum to join them.
In conclusion, I wish to stress that Femi Fani-Kayode did not possess the moral decency to speak up for any group of people in this country, be it Christians, Muslim-Shi’ites, MASSOB, IPOB, or NDA. My argument is that his essays are nothing but a bunch of inappropriate, vague, and malicious pieces. Above all Femi belongs to the Nigeria’s wasted generation.
Dr. Hassan wrote from the Department of Chemistry, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina.
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