A country where Militancy Pays.

By- Oluseyenla

One of the essences of getting a formal Education is to get an edge over those that does not value it. In a sane world, education is suppose to be more celebrated and encouraged than hooliganism and thuggery. We are suppose to give a distinct difference between a road to a better and sustainable Country and the path to an imminent destruction.


During the week, the federal government announced that it has resumed payments of cash to former militants agreed under a 2009 amnesty in the country’s Niger Delta oil hub. A salary which is calculated to be within the region of #65,000 monthly and also a job training.

This wouldn't have been a bad idea had been the current administration at the Federal level made do of their promise during one of their campaigns where it was promised that this government if given a chance,will increase the stipend all Serving Corp members are being paid from #18,800 to #40,000 but till now that has so far been an unrealistic dream.

The implication of agreeing to pay some thugs who call themselves Militants a monthly salary of #65,000 while your graduates are being suffered even before they could access their monthly stipend of #18,000 is that hooliganism pays more than Education. Having taken this decision, the federal government should expect more militants as Militancy is indirectly been approved and encouraged. In short, become a militant, get paid reject militancy get nothing.

It is also important to note that this militants are time bomb,which is bound to go off with time. There is probably going to be a time if not soon when the government will default in paying the monthly salary for being a militant or a new government may come into power and decide not to continue with the payment. What happens next???

Instead of paying this set of idle,lazy bones the Federal government should get down to the impoverished state that serves as abode for them(militants), spend money on this communities, the ogoja clean should be given priority and most of all monitor all funds allocated for this States and make sure they are used judiciously for the purpose which it's meant for(masses). I want to believe when there is no reason for this militants to remain same,they would find a befitting jobs and anyone that choose to remain a militant can be dealt with appropriately.

Education should be encouraged, not hooliganism and Militancy.

Amosun,first tenure and the new 10 lanes.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun is a man I believe history will never forget for the innovations he had introduced to the state of Ogun. I must say his first tenure proved he's the messiah the people of Ogun state had been waiting so long for,the man came,changed so many things about the state,repositioned the state among the best by constructing new roads, expanding existing ones,building new model schools
and the one that won the minds of the state dwellers was the building of the first fly-over bridge in the state. This and so many has actually shown that Ibikunle Amosun is a indeed a working governor. But this achievements were all done during his first four years in office.

When a new goverment comes on board and decides to implement new policies, which in the process would affect the people negatively probably demolishing their property to give way for a road expansion the people are likely to forgive this action noting that its for the benefit of everyone. For instance,during this government's first tenure,he decide to expand the road leading from an area call Lafenwa down to Rounda-about, all the water pipes in this areas were all affected but the people in these communities took it in good fate based on the thought that the expansion will benefits all. Moreso, after the road construction everything would be back to normal.

Fast forward to 5years later,almost half of the earlier mentioned projects are now abandoned. Since the inception of this administration,most of the areas that are host to this government projects are now in great lack of pipe borne water. While the excuse of this government is that there's no fund to continue with most of this projects due to the crisis in the oil market and bad economy.

Well, this excuses were all taken by the people of Ogun state,besides we all know what's going on around the country.but having heard the story of "no money" to continue the already existing projects, the government of Governor Ibikunle Amosun came out to announce the intention of expanding a road along Kuto Area which in my view is not even a necessity(that's not even the point). The issue is where is the fund to build this new 10 lanes coming from? I thought Mr. Governor said there is no money in the state which is why we have so many unfinished projects laying around in different areas of the States.

I'll like to remind Governor Amosun that this is Nigeria were you can only be a governor for just two tenures (which he's on his last lap). This is a country where there is no assurance that the incoming government will further his course thereby abandoning all this projects he's not taking enough time to plan before execution. And when this happens, the people becomes the victims that suffer the effect of wastefulness and mismanagement on the part of our leaders.

The fact remains that Governor Ibikunle Amosun has done well for himself and for the state by most of the laudable projects he had executed during his first tenure and instead of having a list of abandoned projects to his name by going into unthoughtful 10-lanes project,he should just focus and cement the ones in motion.
God bless Ogun state.
God bless Nigeria.
#Oluseyenla.