Mr. Rights Blog

Abdulrazaq O Hamzat (Mr.rights) Last week, I expressed my view about the candidature of president Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammed Buhari and my position was simple, both men do not have what it takes to lead Nigeria come 2015. Let the two divisive candidates step aside for other better unifying candidates for the good of this nation I submitted. Few days after I made this position, A Kaduna based islamic scholar, Sheikh Gunmi also advised president Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammed Buhari not to contest the presidential election in 2015. He advised both People Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressive Congress (APC) not to field both men, urging both parties to consider other acceptable candidates for the good of Nigeria. Having been criticised for this sound advice, especially by the supporters of General Muhammed Buhari, Sheikh Gunmi went further to write an open letter to the retired general, explaining why he should never contest the 2015 electio

Marriage is an issue of morality not legality. If you are tied by legality, your marriage can only be maintained by legality and if you are tied with morality, that’s what can sustain your marriage. The foundation of a union determines the conduct in it. To my understanding, Legal marriage makes couple act like legal competitors, they are never free to express themselves to bridge their different backgrounds. While they profess love and smile, deep inside them, they focus more on their legal grounds. At every slight misunderstanding which are inevitable in any marriage, their mind goes straight to their legal position. The husband don’t want to correct his wife on what displeases him in her conduct because he doesn’t know her next reaction, while the wife on the other hand is always being careful to have legal advantage in case they have to resort to where they started (court). Here, they are already preparing their separation even on their wedding day. How can there

Adura_ngba: ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (NCAA) The creation of NCAA in 1999 brought about the enthronement of professionalism, integrity and discipline in the conduct of aviation business and in safety oversight. Effective regulatory activities and re- certification exercises. Successful outing in the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) universal audit of 2006 where Nigeria came up with about 93% record performances. A performance which ICAO recommended for other African countries to emulate. Periodic economic audit of Nigerian Airline as a Surveillance mechanism to create a synergy between the financial health of an airline and its ability to provide safe and secure commercial aviation operations. Six Nigerian carriers have been allocated regional and transcontinental routes. ACHIEVEMENT OF NIGERIAN AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT AGENCY, NAMA Injection of huge antennae of High Frequency [HF] and very High Frequency aeronautical radio amo

NAFDAC An investment in the dignity of Man Restructured and modernized food and drug administration regulatory processes Counterfeit drugs in circulation dropped from 41% in 2001 to 16% in 2006. Production capacity of local pharmaceutical industries increased from 25% to 40%; and their number rose from 70 to 200 in 6 years. 110 destruction exercises of counterfeit and substandard products valued at N20billionPharmacovigilance Centre established to monitor adverse drug reactions and safety of medicines. Over 400 Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reports have been received. 45 convictions secured in respect of counterfeit drugs related cases. NAFDAC admitted as a member of the National Centre participating in the WHO Drug Safety Monitoring Programme. On the strength of NAFDAC's monitoring of salt iodization, Nigeria is rated as the first developing country to achieve Universal Salt Iodization. Use of bromate by Nigerian bakers has dropped from over 95% in 2001 to less than 0.0

Adura_ngba: NEW RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE • Federal Government has approved new railway plans for the standard gauge • $8.3bn estimated for the project. $2bn is obtained as a soft loan from the Chinese government • 3 longitudinal lines: Lagos – North; Warri – North; and Port Harcourt – North • 4 Latitudinal lines, with extension lines to cover all State capitals and major commercial cities ELECTRICITY PATHETIC PAST • 1986-1999: No major overhaul carried out on existing plants • 1990-1999: No new power stations built • 1999: Only 19 out of 79 generating units in operation, with actual daily generation averaging 1800MW • The last transmission line built in 1987 ELECTRICITY SINCE 1999 Major Infrastructural Expansion • Geregu Plant, Kogi State: completed and commissioned February 2007 • Omotosho Plant, Ondo State: completed and commissioned May 2007 • Papalanto Plant, Ogun State: On going • Alaoji Plant, Abia State: On going • Egbema Plant, Imo State: On going • Omoku Plant, Rivers State:

Adura_ngba: Obasanjo Legacy: Lest We Forget -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ECONOMY PRE-1999 Near Collapse of Economic and Social Infrastructure • Slow Growth in GDP – 1.19% in 1999 • High Double-Digit Inflation in the range of 20 – 25% • Loose Fiscal Policy with fiscal deficits averaging 3.5% of GDP • Low growth in oil sector due to lack of investment – 7.5% in 1999 • Huge debt overload – external and domestic debt 70% of GDP resulting in difficulty in debt servicing The Economy SINCE 1999 • FDI and Portfolio inflows more than doubling every year – about US$7bn in 2006; non-oil exports grew by 24% in 2006 and China and India becoming preferred partners. • In 2006, the Nigerian economy grew by 7% (GDP growth rate). Inflation rate dropped from 17% to 10% by September 2006 • In 2006, the non-oil sector, especially agriculture, grew by 8% up from 6.5% in 2005 (almost twice as fast as the oil sector) • Nigeria has the most profita

An activist friend of mine, IG wala has declared his intention to contest the 2015 election under the platform of the PDP in his state, Gombe. And ever since his declaration, some people have littered the social media space with all sort of uninformed posting, condemnation, questioning his decision to join a party that has destroyed Nigeria since 1999 as if the PDP is the name of somebody.  To the best of my knowledge, Nobody is called PDP, we only have PDP members. A PDP member today can also become an APC member tomorrow and vice ver sa. But whatever individuals do while in a party, others who are members of the party cannot be held responsible for other peoples action, neither can their bad actions prevent other from joining the same party to advance the cause of good governance. In this instance, PDP is a national platform for all those who aspire to govern, some use it for good, while other use it for bad. In view of this, I wish to educate those who speak out of