A NATION REPRESENTED BY IDIOTS

When Vanguard newspaper reported that the House of Representatives has summoned a Korean Company, makers of Hyundai Motors to appear before the National Assembly for investigative hearing over alleged defective Elegance Jeep sold to one Willie Ogbeide, Honourable of the 4th assembly. The house in a letter signed by the chairman, House Committee on Public Petition, Hon Uzo Azubuike invited the company and Ogbeide to appear before the House next week Thursday over the alleged defective jeep sold by the company to Hon Ogbeide. Hon Azubuike states in the letter to the "Hon", “The House of Representatives at its sitting of Wednesday, 22nd February, 2012 received a petition from you against the managing director, Hyundai Motors Nig Ltd on alleged sale of defective Hyundai Jeep 1 x 35 Elegance GLS OL. To this effect you are invited to an investigative hearing on the matter”
"Honourable" claimed he purchased a Hyundai jeep for his wife at a cost of N4.1million from Hyundai Motors Nigeria Ltd in Abuja on October 27th October 2011. in his words, “The car had no Wheel spanner when it was delivered to me and that I first complained ,to them. Then when l drove the car to Benin for my wife, I observed that it has acceleration problem, immediately l called Hyundai office to complain to them, they promised to rectify it since it was still under warranty and before we could solve that, the air-condition had problem for which l also called their office through my lawyer and in less than five weeks”.

“When l got tired of their dripping, I requested that they refund my money to me within seven days. They did not and have not responded and l wrote to House of Reps to save me and other Nigerians from the Korean company”.

Well, while I do not have a problem with the Honourable buying a jeep or complaining to the company that sold it to him I do have issue with the House turning the case into an Investigative hearing, it is laughabble and idiotic at best. Just while Nigeria is burning daily with Zero Security and no means of livelihood for millions of Nigerians, the House of Shame has taken it upon itself to harrass and embarass a car company for knowingly or unknowingly selling a defective car to one the friend's of the house. My question is, How does House of Representaive come into this business matter? Are they suddenly now a police force or court of law to hear cases of breach in a signed contract or is my elementary knowledge of the three arms of democratic govermnent failing me?

These 'honourables' happened to be the highest paid in the world yet, their head seems empty of anything that seems like a brain, or maybe they are simply shameless. Only in my country will such a thing happen and no one will see it as a big deal. These people are really getting on my nerves. I think what they will do next is invite durex over a defective condom.

Nigerians should begin to see the kind of 'idiots' who preside daily over us. Just last thursday in Lagos, Patience Jonathan and her security goons made the lives of thousands of Lagosians struggling to make an honest living hell. Commuters, office workers and local and international businesspersons got stuck in hours of endless traffic and detours just because of one person-the wife of the President who was never on the ballot or voted for. What happened on Thursday is the height of executive insensitivity and a flagrant violation of our constitution.

Nigerians had on display a naked show of strength and overzealousness condemnable in every sense of the word. It was an assault on the rights and sensibilities of Nigerians, unsurpassed in recent times that the wife of the president, whose name was never on the ballot and whose role is not recognized by the Nigerian constitutional is accorded such expanse of power and the abuse of same. For a ‘Thank You and Peace Advocacy’ visit it was overkill. Why choose Lagos for a thank you visit meant for South-South women voters?

Just to attend an event at Ocean View Restaurant on Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, she shut down Lagos for NINE hours and turned the lives of residents to hell. The whole security apparatus of the federal government and other personnel and services were deployed and put at her service. I recall the President himself had visited Lagos a few times in the recent past, yet the city did not groan or suffer a shut down like we saw last Thursday. Even if I do not like President Goodluck, he is Nigeria’s constitutional leader. He was the one that Nigerians voted for and by virtue of his position within the ambit of the law enjoys the highest level of protection and security. It is however most unjustifiable for his wife, who is unrecognized in our constitution by any stretch of imagination to appropriate the same protection enjoyed by the president. I wonder how many States Michelle Obama has shut down for nine hours in the US.

I think it is ok for Nigerian to go about unprotected and without security while the wife of the president should be over protected. I think it is ok for the common man to die due to the weakness of the first lady's husband? I think it is ok if we are ruled by IDIOTS over and over again. 2015 beckons, I think it is ok to go ahead and vote for PDP since we are FOOLS ruled by IDIOTS.....!

TAKE THIS SHACKLE OFF BUHARI

Fellow Nigerians,
Why set limitation on a man because of his age, colour of skin, tribe, geographical locations and religious affiliation(s) and beliefs? I hear funny Nigerians, yes funny! say Buhari will be too old at 73 yr of age to contest in 2015! I say, why are we then crying and complaining since 1999 till date for bad governance and leadership under relatively young nigerians like OBJ,GEJ and the likes?
Really, If I 'bi' God I will really allow Nigerians to suffer this human disaster in leadership [I don't think we have learnt our lessons yet] , because really when the chips are down, Nigerian will follow their sentiments, {religion, ethnicity, [media]-propaganda} which of course has just been upgraded by one now: 'old age'. Well, I want you to consider these people below and see for yourself that it is all sentiment. I know for sure an 80 year old man could be more effective than a 40 year old, depending on who he is, his vision and who he surrounds himself with.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Maybe some of them are too young to know [not anymore in the age of google] maybe they have forgotten - [thank God for records], that Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was 76 yrs old when he became the president of South Africa in 1994, before then he had been in jail for 27yrs before he was released in 1990. Yet as an old man, took his country to another height. [Pls compare him with Thabo Mbeki or Jacob Zuma!] But here is Buhari, who has not been in jail (for right or wrong reasons) actively engaging the polity of this nation and yet are dismissing him with a wave off the hand saying 'he is old!'.

Golda Meir
At 70 years old, Golda Meir became the 4th prime minister of Israel. At the age of 49, she was Israel’s ambassador to the Soviet Union. She was born in Russia, but raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She became the foreign minister of Israel at age 55, and retired at age 66, [but came out of retirement at 70] and served for 4 years, to become the first female head of the country.
If a woman [am not a sexist ooo] could come out of retirement at 70, so why not Buhari?

Ronald Regan
The average age of the men who have served as president of the United States is 54 years and 11 months. The youngest was Teddy Roosevelt, age 42, the oldest, Ronald Regan, who became President 16 days before his 70th birthday. He was president for 8 yrs afterwards.

FDR
Why must we always have 'variables' as substitudes for real virtue? Is it age or the heart and competence of the leader or even his state of health [A man with paralytic illness was once a president in [and of] America, he was paralyzed before he became the 32nd president of the United State in 1933. [am sure such will not stand a chance in Nigeria politics and populace opinion]. Infact, Franklin D. Roosevelt was and is still the longest serving American President, elected into office more than 2 terms.

So, am saying if Buhari is too old, so is any one over 50 yrs of age in Nigeria, because that Individual is a miracle walking, since life expectancy in nigeria as at January 9, 2012 is slightly below that.

Am tired of shallow Nigerians, who are easily swayed with facts that holds no water, If others in the nations of the earth can do it, irrespective of natural proceedings,then why not Buhari or any other person that has a track record of Interity and righteousness? or can Buhari or anyone for that matter stop his age, or the aging process?
I sincerelly hope we will not make another mistake of casting our votes base on sentiments, i hope we are tired of being a nation of 'fools ruled by idiots'