Happy days are Coming.

Happy days are Coming (3)

Our country hurts. Our country wobbles. Nigeria is rich beyond measure but its peoples are some of the poorest in the world. Nigeria has enough resources to take care of the need of everyone but we will never have enough to satisfy the greed of a few men and women.  We must find a way to make Nigeria work for everyone and not just for the few.         

For 54 years, we have been abused and dumped upon by a ruling class whether Civilian or Military that has cared for itself more than the people they are sworn to protect. Can we change that? Register to vote. Your vote is your power.

The Health Sector.

 31 years ago, my father was involved in a road traffic accident on the Ore-Benin road at Ugbogui, (45 KM) to Benin City. Doctors were on strike at the time and so, no hospital in Benin would admit the accident victims who were alive. His corpse was recovered in one of the Eastern States, 3 hours away from the accident scene. Those lives could have been saved in a country that worked.

As I write this document, doctors are on strike and Government will yet again harass them and then beg them to return to work without solving the problem permanently. In the last 8 years, I have lost my mother, a senior cousin and a niece and her unborn child to the poor health care system in Nigeria. Have you lost someone to our poor healthcare system? Do you need the Healthcare system in Nigeria to work for you when you need it? Register to vote.

Education:  How can we compete in the 21^st century with a country like South Korea where Teaching is the most sought after job? They have cured illiteracy and crime by a massive investment in education. We can cure the rot in our education system by taking a mere $2 out of every barrel of oil we sell. That will give us $5 Million dollars daily and we can build the best schools in the world and have the best paid teachers in the world.

 Do you doubt that we can? A mind is a terrible thing to waste and a wonderful thing to invest in (Arthur Fletcher et al). We have wasted the lives of millions of Nigerians in the North and across the country, yet we wonder why we have problems of insecurity? (Tears for Chibok)

Education must be free from kindergarten to SS-3. We must build first class schools with first class teachers who will teach our children what they did not know yesterday and prepare them to invent what the world does not yet know. (Margaret Mead), American author.

Unemployment: 70 million Nigerians are unemployed. This is a national security issue and the cure is industrialization and agriculture. One hectare of land cultivated for rice production yields 6 tons of rice and provides 15 jobs. Nigeria imports 6 million tons yearly. If we cultivate 2 million hectares of land, we will be rice sufficient and we will create 30 million jobs whilst saving $5 Billion yearly rice import bill. We can do the same thing for Wheat, Sugar and Fish and save $15 Billion on imports. This will help to strengthen the Naira and improve our standard of living. There is a direct correlation between our standard of living and the strength of our currency. My plan is to make the Naira gain 25% strength every year until we get to One Naira to One Dollar in the fourth year. We can do this through a very aggressive national economic policy with emphasis on import substitution. We need N42 Billion to complete Ajaokuta. A fully operational Ajaokuta Steel Industry will make Nigeria the Spare Parts capital of the world whilst creating 4 million direct jobs and 20 million indirect jobs.

My name is Michael Ovienmhada and I am running for President in 2015 on the platform of the Citizens Popular Party (CPP). With your help, I promise to fight for you every day and night to get Nigeria working for everyone and not just for the few. We must get in on the ground game.  Be a part of the project. The key is to field candidates for every office across the country. We need patriots to run everywhere. Wear a green shirt today, wear a green face cap, bandana or arm band. Fly a green flag from your car, your balcony, your rooftop, everywhere. Send a message to our pillagers. Do not despair. If there is hope for a tree that is cut down at the scent of rain, then there is yet hope for Nigeria. Happy days are coming.