Friday, July 3, 2009

A government against the people

It's a government of some people, by some people, and definitely against some other people.
I don't see any sense whatsoever in the Federal Government's plan to spend N19 billion on a new Petroleum Training Institute in Kaduna, when the already-existing Institute in Effurun (Delta State) is not really functional.

I think it's unjustifiable, and quite insulting to the people of the Niger Delta.
How do you abandon a petroleum institute in the country's main oil-producing area, and then dole out billions to build a new institute in a place where there is absolutely no hope of even smelling oil?

At the same time, the "Federal" government is calling for peace in the Niger Delta. Calling for militant youths to lay down their arms, and receive amnesty. In essence, calling for the youths to stop protesting and sit back and watch callous actions such as this take place.
The youths might be going about it the wrong way, but it still doesn't change the fact that the Niger-Delta needs to be developed.
From what we have seen so far, Yaradua obviously has no regard for the feelings of the people, nor does he seem to have any plans to develop the troubled Niger-Delta region.

The proposed Petroleum Training Institute in Kaduna will probably be transformed into a Petroleum University, while the one in Effurun will be abandoned.

I don't want to turn this post into a long rant, it's just that I'm too ticked off by the direction that our leaders are taking. You just can't promote peace by flaunting your power in such a fashion.
May God help us, and save us from such people.