i know i sound like a broken record, but i have found it increasingly difficult to set my thoughts right and write another blog post. amazingly, i can find a million things to blame it on, not the least being the fact that i just moved into my own flat. the very first time i am completely responsible for my own space and what goes on in it. its actually more daunting than exciting and i never imagined that moving out of your folks place and in by yourself could be such an overwhelming experience...but i have done two weeks there and find that i can manoveur around the entire house in the dark so i guess that i am adjusting well.
so today i decided that one more day will not go by without another blog post, no matter how little. nothing has happened for me except moving into the new house and getting my car crashed. its a long story that i am not ready to re-hash but suffice to say that it has taken all of my emotional energy to just stay focused at work and have to deal with petty things like the electricity company and new neighbours (who are incredibly warm by the way). life can and should be so much simpler.
back to my favourite subject though, the election in anambra state has come and gone. amazingly, i haven't heard the expected hue and cry that often trails such elections. no mention of the "r" word (i.e. rigging, for all you uninitiated) and no endless court cases to invalidate the winner's mandate. the president still hasnt returned to the country and surprisingly, it isnt making the headlines anymore. secretly, we all think he's dead but noone wants to say it. instead we all carry on making wishes and prayers for his return and good health in the meanwhile celebrating the assumption to power of a southerner vice-president, even if its just in a temporary acting capacity. there was so much controversy that surrounded his coming to power anyways. in summary, and i'm sure i've said this a million times, our senators converted an oral BBC interview into a written notice from the president (all on their own) and declared his absence a vacation and assumed the right to appoint an acting president. all of which to me is hogwash, but hey, its just lil ol me. everyone has just decided to ignore the anomaly because it has brought the effect that we all secretly wished for anyway...getting the very slow, almost ineffective president out of the way so that maybe, just maybe, some real progress can be made in the country.
just today though, i opened the papers and saw the president (i'll just scrap the "acting" bit) exposing his dentition in a manner to suggest some chumminess with visiting former government officials from the US and the UK; namely, tony blair, george bush and condolezza rice. its amazing how nigeria happily adjusts itself to the second class position, willingly accepting the crumbs of international attention by ex-government officials with little or no influence in global circles all in the name of a state visit. i know that half bread is better than none, but as the citizen of a country used to getting all the attention, i can't accept this slide into obscurity. if the sitting president of the world's (arguably) most powerful country, who happens to be black as the next nigerian, could prefer to step to Ghana and does not feel compelled to remedy this slight on us by at least showing up at our 50th birthday party, then we should wipe the smirk off our faces and set about to getting our rightful birthplace back.
anyways, enough bickering. there's a bit more fuel now, but we have finally decided that we may as well do away with our pretence at electricity for good (the minister blames the fall in supply on lack of gas)...er, we are a oil-producing country sir, i'm not sure you recall? i'm hoping that more exciting things happen tomorrow, and that some of the haiti money will find its way to jos.
P.S: the government gave a million dollars to haiti but set up a committee (yes, another committee) to probe the Jos crises that killed thousands at about the same time with no mention of aid for the fleeing indegenes that were camped like refugees in adjoining states (thats another story for another day guys). i feel right back at home on this blog thingy already...see y'all tomorrow peeps.
so today i decided that one more day will not go by without another blog post, no matter how little. nothing has happened for me except moving into the new house and getting my car crashed. its a long story that i am not ready to re-hash but suffice to say that it has taken all of my emotional energy to just stay focused at work and have to deal with petty things like the electricity company and new neighbours (who are incredibly warm by the way). life can and should be so much simpler.
back to my favourite subject though, the election in anambra state has come and gone. amazingly, i haven't heard the expected hue and cry that often trails such elections. no mention of the "r" word (i.e. rigging, for all you uninitiated) and no endless court cases to invalidate the winner's mandate. the president still hasnt returned to the country and surprisingly, it isnt making the headlines anymore. secretly, we all think he's dead but noone wants to say it. instead we all carry on making wishes and prayers for his return and good health in the meanwhile celebrating the assumption to power of a southerner vice-president, even if its just in a temporary acting capacity. there was so much controversy that surrounded his coming to power anyways. in summary, and i'm sure i've said this a million times, our senators converted an oral BBC interview into a written notice from the president (all on their own) and declared his absence a vacation and assumed the right to appoint an acting president. all of which to me is hogwash, but hey, its just lil ol me. everyone has just decided to ignore the anomaly because it has brought the effect that we all secretly wished for anyway...getting the very slow, almost ineffective president out of the way so that maybe, just maybe, some real progress can be made in the country.
just today though, i opened the papers and saw the president (i'll just scrap the "acting" bit) exposing his dentition in a manner to suggest some chumminess with visiting former government officials from the US and the UK; namely, tony blair, george bush and condolezza rice. its amazing how nigeria happily adjusts itself to the second class position, willingly accepting the crumbs of international attention by ex-government officials with little or no influence in global circles all in the name of a state visit. i know that half bread is better than none, but as the citizen of a country used to getting all the attention, i can't accept this slide into obscurity. if the sitting president of the world's (arguably) most powerful country, who happens to be black as the next nigerian, could prefer to step to Ghana and does not feel compelled to remedy this slight on us by at least showing up at our 50th birthday party, then we should wipe the smirk off our faces and set about to getting our rightful birthplace back.
anyways, enough bickering. there's a bit more fuel now, but we have finally decided that we may as well do away with our pretence at electricity for good (the minister blames the fall in supply on lack of gas)...er, we are a oil-producing country sir, i'm not sure you recall? i'm hoping that more exciting things happen tomorrow, and that some of the haiti money will find its way to jos.
P.S: the government gave a million dollars to haiti but set up a committee (yes, another committee) to probe the Jos crises that killed thousands at about the same time with no mention of aid for the fleeing indegenes that were camped like refugees in adjoining states (thats another story for another day guys). i feel right back at home on this blog thingy already...see y'all tomorrow peeps.
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