January 2006
NigerianNews
Letter to the
Editor
January 3, 2006
What that other paper failed to publish
by Mr
Tokunbo Ajiboye
from the UK
tfajiboye@aol.com
Dear
Editor
Kindly
permit me a space in your widely read newspapers to air my views on the
above subject. It is shocking and disheartening to read all that Mr
Kolawole wrote about our
hardworking and committed president
All what
Mr kolawole wrote smells of personal hatred, grudge and suspicion that he
was
in fact
acting out a script! In fact, it's not an exaggeration to say Mr. Kolawole
is controversial
We all
remember the Miss World saga of the yesteryears!
I have
never met Mr President in my entire life, but I was compelled by a sense
of national
feeling to
react to Mr Kolawole's write-up. Also, Kolawole has not been sincere given
facts on the ground to the contrary.
Our
greatest problem in Nigeria, is that we fail to learn from mistakes of the
past. we don't
appreciate
whatever we have until we lose it.
Nigeria
problem was not created by Obasanjo. For the past six years, the president
has been trying hard to bring the country back on course, injecting
normalcy into the system.
We are
all living witnesses to the reforms this government has been effectively
pursuing since its inception in 1999... the restoration of our national
pride, revival of the manufacturing sector, rebirth of the so-called
Middleclass, debt relief, war against corruption to mention a few should
be the basis by which we score the Obasanjo administration.
We have
to support and appreciate this government while they are in office and not
when they are gone!
We
shouldn't forget that when the agile and hardworking Murtala Muhammed was
in power nobody appreciated the regime until it left.
The same
goes to our dear General Babatunde Idiagbon of blessed memory. While he
was in
office
carrying out reforms and putting our country back in the path of honour,
it was the likes of Kolawole that were writing all sorts of negative
things against the regime which led to its overthrow by the self styled
evil genius general babangida.
We are
all living witnesses to the 8years misrule and the enthronement of
corruption as a way of life in Nigeria. We are still living with that
problem till sate.
Chief
Obasanjo has been battling hard to put normalcy back into our national
life.
Mr
Kolawole would agree with me that love and respect Nigerians have for
late Idiagbon is unparalleled even in death!
W
e
should learn to appreciate and support our leaders when they are in
government not when they are gone!
In all
sincerity, Chief Obasanjo's personality vis-a-vis military background,
experience, international clout, personal discipline has been very useful
to Nigeria.
With our
Nigerian experience, Mr. President has carried out certain actions that
are alien to Nigeria. We should be happy that we have Obasanjo in 1999,
this should be reconciled against the backdrop of the purge in the
military, political stability, economic revival and war on corruption
which Mr kolawole would agree with me has been commendable.
In the
US, national slogan is "GOD bless America" They also say "Ask not what
your country can do for you but what you can do for your country" In the
UK it is "God Bless the Queen" The "pull him down syndrome" and malicious
criticisms will take us to nowhere
People
like Kolawole would never see anything good that this government has done.
They take delight in writing negative things that would take us nowhere.
We ask Mr
Kolawole " what's your contribution to national development"?
We
Nigerians abroad knows what we enjoy now compared to the dark days of
Babangida and Abacha's dictatorship when Nigeria was been treated as a
pariah nation.
Love and
respect for our dear country should be paramount in our minds. Anything
that is capable of bringing down our country and our hardearned democracy
should be avoided.
All
Nigerians have a role to play in our democratic and socio-economic
engineering.
Thank you
Mr
Tokunbo Ajiboye writes from the UK
tfajiboye@aol.com
