Nigerians are not sure any more who their President is. Throughout last week the question on most lips is 'Who, in fact is our President'' Nigerians are really confused. Who did we vote for' And who are the people exercising power and pushing this nation around' Is Ngozi Okonjo Iweala the President' Is Sanusi Lamido Sanusi the Vice President' Is Diezani Allison Madueke the Prime Minister' Is Labaran Maku the Director General of the Nigerian Television Authority' Questions, questions and questions. It is no longer news that the President, yes our President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan did formally announce that he, as Head of state was no longer in charge of coordination of the economic activities of members of his cabinet. That position, he said was being conferred on his Minister of Finance. He went further to say for emphasis that all ministers must bow and submit to the 'Prime' Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. But vents had moved so rapidly that advisers had become the main actors. And messengers had become the originators and senders of the message. Messengers have become Oracles!I reproduce here my fears as expressed in my article titled Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala published in this column on Monday September 12, 2011. Just 4 months ago. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a world celebrated economist, banker, advisor, and an internationally rated Manager of Men and Materials. And by her personal conduct and comportment, she is a very decent woman and a role model. That she has reached her peak as a President in World Bank speaks volumes for her unprecedented accomplishments. She is a great pride to Nigeria, to Africa, to the world and of course to her parents, husband and children. She has certainly proved her mettle on the world stage. But I must confess that I am not in the least enthused by her appointment as our Finance Minister and given the Nigerian circumstance, she is definitely not the right person for the job.The economy of Nigeria, like the economies of similar unfortunate countries which imperialism has dubbed 'Third World' countries, can not be salvaged by the archaic and imperialistic approach of the slave masters; the owners of International Monetary Fraud IMF and Woe Bank [World Bank] I am yet to be persuaded that Nigeria's foreign debts were forgiven. It was General Olusegun Obasanjo as head of the Military government that first took a whopping jumbo loan in 1976. And all subsequent loans taken by successive military governments as well as their civilian counterparts were all shrouded in mystery and voodoo economics. Perhaps apart from the gigantic 3rd Main Land Bridge famously called the Babangida Bridge, there is nothing on ground to show for the billions squandered by the unauthorized loan takers. I am not even sure the 3rd Mainland Bridge was executed with World Bank loan. And in any case what were the terms of debt forgiveness and where are the details and benefits [if any] of the deal' The moment Okonjo Iweala was touted as a possible Finance minister, my mind raced to the imminent prospect of further devaluation of the Nigeria's symbol of sovereignty, our Naira, and the spiral inflation that would naturally follow. My mind also warned me that Dr Okonjo Iweala would push for the deregulation of the downstream [whatever the jargon means] and push the pump price of gasoline to between 200 and 300 Naira per barrel. The unhidden agenda of the so-called Western World [whatever that terminology means because there is in reality no Western world] is to impoverish the whole continent of Africa, send us into unimaginable misery, create the greatest confusion and chaos in the land, so that once we were on our knees we could be re-colonized again. And in any case, have we freed ourselves from harrowing mental colonization which makes a Yoruba ashamed to get his children to speak mother tongue even at home'All the imports of General Olusegun Obasanjo had been Euro American apologists, and we can testify to the ruination of our economic programmes under their watch.Okonjo Iweala is going to unleash policies that will choke Nigeria and Nigerians to the marrow. And it may well be God's design so that Nigeria can go up in flames and break into pieces sooner than later.If the Naira is further devalued, and the pump price of gasoline and allied products like diesel and kerosene skyrockets, the attendant civil strife can be best imagined. There will be so many cat strikes, so many lock outs and sporadic police interventions that will stretch our Security and Intelligence outfits to their limit.I pray that we do not reach a stage when the police and the Military will remove their uniforms and run helter-skelter for cover in the face of massive popular and unguided uprising. One is not being alarmist, but one is worried that this our dear country continues to court disaster. I have no doubt in my mind that our young man President means well for this country. He has a great passion for the country, at least judging by public declarations he pours out on daily basis. But intentions cannot be translated into action if we continue to use recycled methods to address today's challenges.The World and the International Monetary fund are two ugly sides of the same coin. These two institutions are Africa's Enemy No 1. Anybody representing them, or anybody who takes their doctrine as Gospel truth, cannot be a Messiah in any country in Africa.Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala should be gracefully excused to return to her base in the US and continue to do what she knows best: helping the Imperialists to under-develop the idiotic countries that have refused to walk on their feet even 50 years after birth.
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