Comments on: Nigeria Is In A Mess

By: Yassir Ibrahim Rufai

Yassir Ibrahim Rufai — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:34:32 +0000

Maitama sule was the first and longest serving oil minister remember,during the military coup,maitama as the oil minister borrowed money from his permanent secrtary and a friend in lagos to transport his family back to kano.In kano,maitama and his family have to go back to their mud house because that was the only house maitama owned,after living in a palace in lagos for seven(7)years imagine.What is sadly lacking and badly needed in nigeria is good leadership.MAITAMA SULU SIR,may u live longer.MAITAMA SULE SIR,tel them what honesty and leadership are all about.

By: Dr Pat Kolawole Awosan

Dr Pat Kolawole Awosan — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:36:03 +0000

Alhaj Yusuf Maitama Sule remains one of the most credible elders in Nigeria today and all Nigerians respect his opinion and view about all issues concerning the struggle for independence and efforts and cooperation of our founding fathers unlike Gen O Obasanjo who only bables his mouth to condemned our founding fathers lack of building a united country.Chief obafemi Awolowo as premier of the western region in nigeria confederal state then was the first man/leaders that introduced first television service to any part of Nigeria-1st television in Africa-WNTV,WNBS,cocoa-house,free education,free health,scholarship from which MKO Abiola gain an admission and studied accountancy with the scholarship under Chief Awolowo’s regional government and trained in UK.Chief Obasanjo was a dropout from secondary school headed by late afro-beat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti.Fela was senior to Obasanjo and lack of education/intellectual quality still affects Obasanjo till today,hence,Obasanjo condemned Chief Awolowo,Dr Azikiwe and Alhaj Bello the trio who were premiers of the three main regional governments then.The western region was well developed by Chief Obafemi Awolowo with landmark still standing of thousands of Hausa,Ibos and Yorubas youths who lived and trained under free education in the western Nigeria.Obasanjo ‘s a sorry dementia human being that love blabbing and roughing his mouth before he thinks in life.He’s a rogue and looter of our national treasury i.e.power-S16-billion dollars scam. Dr Pat Kolawole Awosan,Canada.

By: Ayo

Ayo — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:16:58 +0000

Hmm, I guess it is true – wisdom does come with old age. Considering that this is the same man who once said:
“Everyone has a gift from God. The Northerners are endowed by God with leadership qualities. The Yoruba man knows how to earn a living and has diplomatic qualities. The igbo man is gifted in trade, commerce, and technological innovation. God so created us equally with purpose and different gifts.”

By: ogunewe joseph a.

ogunewe joseph a. — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:22:27 +0000

Godbless you funmi,i feel so proud when i see people with this line of thought.maitama sule….Dan masani should enumerate his achievements while being in government of the first republic.it’s on record that he has been hobb nobbing with the dubious and mindless looters in positions of leadership and never told them of his present day sermon of good leadership.i wonder when he woke up to this sudden realization .we are aware that nigerians suddenly turn puritanical when they fall out of favour with the ruling elite.this is the position of maitama sule today.if an old elder stateman like him could not walk upto these looters to lash them is it ordinary citizens that should do it?him and his likes contributed in no small measure to what we are grappling with today.let him bury his head in shame b/c we are all in this together.they sowed the seed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Ahmad

Ahmad — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:58:40 +0000

It is rather unfortunate, Nigeria in a mess at 50. it is true even though some nigerians (funmi) would not like to hear that. like the Dan masani said we started well and he is part of the starting line and he is never part of any bad leadership. why are we saying we have bad leadership now, because we use to have before what we dont have now in terms of development as a nation our mates have gone far a head of us becos they have good leaders and we are always going backward becos we have bad leaders. In nigeria we no longer have industries owned by the govt, the few we have are privately owned and they are owned directly or indirectly by our past and present leaders. so we should accept our position, is just a mess we can clean it if a told we want to.

By: funmi

funmi — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:10:32 +0000

IT IS RATHER UNFORTUNATE THAT MAITAMA SULE COULD MAKE SUCH A REMARK ABOUT A COUNTRY THAT BROUGHT HIM AND HIS LIKES TO STARDOM.
HE WAS EMPHATIC ABOUT BAD LEADERSHIP….. WAS HE NOT PART OF THAT LEADERSHIP, AT WHAT POINT DURING HIS ROMANCE WITH THE CORRIDORS OF POWER DID HE PROTESTED ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, RESIGNED HIS APPOINTMENT OR MADE A PUBLIC CONDEMNATION ABOUT THESE LEADERS. MAITAMA SULE HAS HAD HIS SHOT AT LEADERSHIP, WITH NO CONCRETE ,VISIBLE OR SUSTAINABLE ACHIEVEMENT THAT WAS BENEFICIARY TO THIS COUNTRY. LET HIM ENUMERATE HIS ACHIEVEMENTS . HIS LIKES SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO GO IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A REVOLUTION IN NIGERIA. THEIR GENERATION IS A WASTE TO THIS COUNTRY, THEY SEW A BAD SEED AND THE FRUITS OF SUCH IS WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING TODAY IN NIGERIA. WE ARE RE-CIRCLING THE SAME BASTARDS UP TILL DATE BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE POWER. JUST LIKE GOD REMOVED ABACHA HE(GOD) WILL REMOVE THEM. AMEN

By: Power Nwoka

Power Nwoka — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:05:47 +0000

Chris Onos you didn’t understand what Maitama Sule was saying. You need exposure to understand. Nigeria is not doing well at all. People are not suppose to live the way we’re living now. We should have pass that if we have good leaders. Leadership is the key to any country success. I fully respect and acknowledge Maitama Sule view. He may have been part of the ruling elite but he speaks the truth. Leadership in every aspect of government and business is what makes a great country. Sorry to say nigeria needs more good leadership to surpass our present bad situation. President Goodluck Jonathan is only one man and only him alone cannot change Nigeria. Nigeria needs everyone of us to do our best.

By: Chris Onos

Chris Onos — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:33:37 +0000

i so much enjoy your cover page . Nigeria in a mess. but what we need is not words that will put us under for our words are back with power. let have what i can do for nigerian mentality just as J.F Kennedy mindset over USA. Maitama Sule is an elder state man he should stop thinking that nigeria is the worst country ever. from nigeria needs a revolution to nigeria in a mess. for God sake nigeria is doing well and i think we need to applaude our leaders rather than discouraging them especially president Goodluck Jonathan

Chris Onos
Calabar

By: ejaosan, georgia

ejaosan, georgia — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:08:18 +0000

Dan masani , the great