As the current president, you’re father over all Nigerians, and we have come to appeal to you, our daddy, to have mercy on your children – Nigerians, by alleviating the suffering in the land. We acknowledge that you are not the cause of the pains in the country, but you are continuing on the same path that brought us here: insecurity, non-functional refineries, lack of power supply, terrible roads, dilapidated schools, ill-equipped hospitals, poorly paid teachers, and general dismal living conditions. Sir, we’re not seeing the benefits of your “Subsidy is gone” announcement o! ‘E sanu wa o!’
Daddy, just before you assumed office on May 29, 2023, Aliko Dangote successfully commissioned his refinery, located in the Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, on May 22, 2023; and against all odds (national and international), he has been able to source for crude, refine it and helped to stabilise petrol supply in the country. Sir, what all your predecessors, since 1999, couldn’t do, Dangote has done, and continues to forge ahead irrespective of the challenges that our national saboteurs are throwing at him. If Dangote could build a refinery from scratch, and maintain it, why can’t our four refineries be put in working condition? Is Dangote’s head more ‘correct’ than all our past presidents, governors, senators and reps? Daddy, don’t let the same be said of you and your administration. Please, FIX OUR REFINERIES! DO IT! DO IT NOW!
Daddy, as the late sage, and uncommon patriot, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, wrote to then-President, Shehu Shagari, in 1981/82, we are sending you the same words, “Our ship of state is fast approaching a huge rock, and unless you, as the chief helmsman, quickly rise to the occasion and courageously steer the ship away from its present course, it shall hit the rock, and the inescapable consequence will be an unspeakable disaster such as is rare in the annals of man.”Unfortunately, Shagari didn’t heed the wise words of Awolowo, and he paid for it with the Buhari coup in 1983. Sadly, Nigerians are still paying for it till date.
Your predecessors, from Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, to Buhari, all FAILED to fix the 4 refineries, FAILED to fix electricity, FAILED to secure the lives of Nigerians (especially the last two before you), FAILED to give us State and LGA Police, FAILED to fix education, hospitals, roads, and many other life-enhancing amenities. Will you FAIL us like them? Daddy, no!To be continued!
DA