New Nigeria Vanguard

I really believe that GMB can fix Nigeria in under two years, in fact Nigeria should begin to see the dividends from his leadership in under a year.  The only question is whether GMB has the courage and intestinal fortitude to take some very lethal and drastic actions necessary to reverse our downward economic slide.  These actions will have to be revolutionary in nature and if carried out to the core will alienate him from all the relationships he has nurtured over the years and the support bedrocks that got him into power in the first place and only by keeping his eyes on a prosperous Nigeria would he be able to act dispassionately.  The remaining question and requisite necessity to match the will of GMB is whether Nigerians as individuals can summon up the moral and ethical courage to implement these harsh directives in their spheres of control no matter how painful, individually onerous and without regard to familial, tribal, and religious reconsiderations. It is time...

Nigerians as usual are looking for a scapegoat political appointee to hang for the economic downturn and empty treasury that will be inherited by the incoming administration of GMB for all the wrong reasons in its historical and blind blame game series after the exit of every administration.  Nigerians should not be deceived by the bogus title, Coordinating Minister of the Economy that was foisted on Dr. Okonjo Iweala, instead ask yourself what power does she have to check the excesses of the executive.  For starters, did she ask the National Assembly to allocate and pay itself almost 3% of the yearly federal budget in a third world country like Nigeria, that 3% is even a conservative estimate when you consider the operating expenses of state and local governments officials. Besides advising the executive and using moral suasion what can she really do to check mate a leadership that is unwilling to prune down it’s recurring expenditure albeit painful by trimming down its publi...