A concerned Nigerian, a youth to be precise pick a pen and write a very short letter to NIGERIA PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI on is thought about the ongoing situation in Nigeria. Mr President needs to read the letter him self. Napturalteenager post the letter first.
Read below........
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Lagos.
21st of September, 2015.
2nd of January, 2017.
His Excellency,President Muhammad Buhari
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Dear Sir,
LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT
I write this letter as a concerned citizen of Nigeria. With all the recent events that occurred after your inauguration for the position of the presidency, most of the citizens/victims are very grateful for fulfilling parts of your promises and we look forward to your fulfilling the rest.
Previously in this letter, I wrote that “The power sector has been stable, so as the oil sector and the inflated petroleum price has returned back to its normal price (i.e. ₦87.00) although there are still problems with the price which I am going to elaborate on when I write further”. But now, I would like it for Your Excellency to note the displeasure in the hearts of the citizens, due to the increased price, I mean, even if His Excellency had to devalue our currency for one reason or another, it shouldn’t “majorly” affect the oil sector.
We were made to believe as children that Nigeria produces fuel and other natural resources, then why? Why does the devaluation of ‘our currency’ affect ‘our fuel’? From apparently ₦87.00, it rose to ₦143.00 per litre. And as if that was not even enough, the filling stations sell it at the rate of ₦150.00 per litre. Mr. President, this is one major reason why most citizens don’t believe in your powers. Though, I still seem to believe in you, maybe because I don’t have much responsibility, so I am not allowed to feel it.
As the President of a country, you are not expected to know virtually everything that is going on in the nation because you live at a L.G.A under a state just as everyone else does and the fact that you are preoccupied with other things will not give you the time and space to understand what is going on in the lives of the citizens. Hence, I am going to give some hints on problems you also have to work on in the country, Nigeria below.
I think I should talk about the problem of corruption in the Police Force. As a young student, I do not understand the reasons why the agencies expected to enforce the laws of the country flout the laws of the country. Let’s take for instance, I as a student, had an exam (i.e. GCE) by 9:30am; I was ready to go by 7:00am and boarded a bus to my destination; on the way to our destination, the driver stopped at a junction / roundabout for a ‘Policewoman’ to give us the ‘go ahead’ sign; when the driver thought she had eventually did, he started the bus and was about to drive off, then the policewoman stopped him and said he was trying to ignore the traffic light and that he had broken a law; then she told him to stop and park the bus at a corner. Alright, the driver did that, he got down and apologized saying that he thought she had given the sign, but he was sorry about what had happened. And funny enough, I was not the only student in the bus in a hurry to get to my exam centre, by then it was already 8:00am.
The policewoman told him to pay her ₦5,000 for her to set him free, most of the passengers in the bus joined the driver in pleading with the policewoman; at last the driver agreed that all he could afford was ₦2,000 only. By the time she accepted it, it was already 8:30am. We all got back into the bus and started our journey to our destination; unfortunately for us, on the way, a container or trailer’s wheel had fallen into a ditch / gutter. I had to get down from the bus and started trekking down to my centre because of the traffic it had caused on the way. I thought to myself, the policewoman started it by pulling the driver into her trap. All I am trying to say is that majority of the police officers, instead of enforcing the law, break the law. Just like the policewoman I talked about above, she made sure she collected money/bribe from the driver over what he was completely innocent. Some other officers receive bribes on the highway, I don’t know why they keep doing this, maybe because their salary is not enough and needs to be increased? I have heard of many incidents like that across the nation and I think Police, whether male or female, are made to enforce the laws guiding our country.
Another problem is corruption amongst organizations, like the petroleum corporations, instead of selling the fuel (petrol) at the rate of ₦143.00, they sell it at the rate of ₦150.00 per litre, it might sound like “it’s not a big deal”, but it does matter, as corruption rises from such situations. December 31st, 2016, I was asked to get fuel for two people; when I got to the nearest filling station, it was about 7:55pm, I joined the queue and waited for my turn, the employee of the filling station that was attending to us, sighted my keg and inquired how much worth fuel I wanted, I replied him saying ₦2,000.00, then he told me he was going to disburse ₦1,900.00 into the keg. I inquired why he would want to do that, he replied saying the ₦100.00 is payment for the keg, I angrily took my keg from the line and went to the other side, and when it got to my turn again, I told the employee that I wanted ₦300.00 in the smaller keg and ₦2,000 in the bigger one. He then inputted ₦2,200.00 in the machine and sold ₦392.00 into the smaller one, then, they put off their power source and said they were closed for the day. I told him about the other keg he hadn’t sold into and that he sold ₦392.00 instead of ₦300.00 into the smaller one, then he told me that they were finally closed and he couldn’t do anything and that my bill was ₦400.00 for the smaller keg instead of ₦300.00. I was now in a tight corner because the owner of the smaller keg gave me ₦500.00, ₦300.00 for fuel and ₦200.00 for oil. I gave the ₦400.00 and boarded another Keke Maruwa to the nearest filling station, I got there and joined the queue again, by now the transport allowance had been exhausted, and I only had ₦100.00 remaining for oil. I asked the lady tending to us to sell ₦2,000.00 into the keg, but she sold ₦1,880.00, then I reminded her of the price, she replied saying she had sold ₦1,900.00, I had to leave her alone due to the large crowd waiting to get fuel, and had to settle the money for oil and transport between the two people that sent me the fuel. Now, this is cheating at its peak.
And, we keep exporting fuel to other countries, though that might be the major source of our GDP, but we don’t own a reservoir for ourselves, some years later, I pray not that we import fuel from those countries we exported to. I mean, even the USA we export fuel to, are storing fuel that will be enough for them in the next least 200 years. With us, there seems to be no hope. But, there is a saying “the sky is our limit”.
Also, the issue of the Boko Haram or whatever they call their cowardly group, I could’ve written this during the former President’ regime (Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan), but I couldn’t due to some issues. I call their group ‘cowardly’ because they shouldn’t vent their angers or powers on human lives and properties, rather they should come out and negotiate as humans, not endangering lives. As I was saying, I don’t understand why the plans and methods you want to use at getting them are being exposed to the public and most especially, not by media outlets. That will be a help to the Boko Haram group because they would be able to manipulate and alter your plans. And I read recently that Shekau, their leader has appeared in another video claiming to be alive and well, well, all grease to his buttocks, I hope they realize their mistakes before getting caught. And I hope Your Excellency can keep whatever your plans are from getting to the public, hence, it might not come to realization. You should also be careful of the people around you, because I believe, no offense though, that the Boko Haram Cult can plant some spies around you. There is also a saying that ‘whenever you have good dreams, keep them to yourself, so they will come to realization and won’t have to be altered along the way by enemies of progress, but, if you have a bad dream, tell everyone you know, so the dream won’t be able to come true’. This, I believe is true.
Another problem is the case of dependence in this country, Nigeria claims to be ‘INDEPENDENT BUT IS OBVIOUSLY DEPENDENT’. I know I shouldn’t compare with other countries, but I can’t help but do that. We get looked down and trampled upon by ‘those’ countries, but if we come together as ONE NATION (Note: There are Tens of advertisements out there that keep shouting that WE ARE ONE and that NIGERIA IS THE GIANT OF AFRICA, but they are mainly words, that I know, and I hope in the nearest future, infact, now, we start making plans as to how we can contribute to the growth, wellness and development of OUR COUNTRY, OUR FATHERLAND.
I know and believe, there are sections I haven’t touched, and I hope other citizens can figure these out and direct them to you. I also want to request something of His Excellency, that you order a “LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT DAY”, which enables all citizens to direct a letter, message or suggestions to you on the way this country can be one of the world top countries, be it through mail, post letters, social media or videos.
I would be highly grateful if the above suggestions and issues are taken into consideration.
I deeply apologize for the way His Excellency came across this message.
Thanks and remain blessed.
I remain,
A Concerned Citizen
And lest i forget,
i wish His Excellency a prosperous, lucky, special, unique, graceful, fulfilling, less stressful, fun, charming, godly, blessed, happy, joyful NEW YEAR.
Source: Napturalteenager
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