SANMI ADEKOLA BLOG

Never tossed away a rumour in Nigeria because in every rumour lies a potential truth. It all begun with the Africa richest man: Aliko Dangote asking Nigeria to sell off some of its assets especially the NLGN. Next to this is the call by the Emir of Kano: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Now, it has become the talk of government functionaries spearheaded by the National Assembly and now the budget Minister. What a nation and people we are! My worry is must we always seek the easy way out? In a nation of over 160 million population, I begged to disagree that we cannot fathom the way out of economic recession except we sell the national asset. What happens if after the sale of some assets, we are yet to come out of recession? The simple answer we continue to sell. From experience, our sales of national assets like PHCN has not bring about improve service delivery, rather, what people gets in return is increased cost to the populace. Our problems in this country is the few vocal elites who a

In the last few weeks or months, there have been increasing increase in the number of reported suicide undertaken by Nigerians in response to the supposed economic situations in the country with at least two of them placing the reason for their suicide on bad economic policy of the present government. I cannot but sympathize with the deceased and their families, yet I find it difficult to swallow that a man will because of the supposed economic realities throwing in the towel, so I thought to myself, what could make me do such thing? First, if I were to commit suicide tomorrow, I will do so because as a Nigerian I have failed to hold the past government accountable in any little ways I could have done so. Sincerely, I believed it will be a forthright cause to die considering the monumental corruption being heralded daily on the pages of newspapers and social media, and the inglorious attitudes of the perpetrators, not less our attempt to ethinicize it. Relatedly, if I were to commi