Niger Delta Militants Responsible For Recession- Vice President!

Niger Delta Militants Responsible For Recession- Vice President!

I may want to remind our Vice President, if it would be called that, since to the best of my knowledge the Vice President has been living in Nigeria not to forget that for six years President Jonathan not only kept the economy out of recession but on average kept economic growth at constantly over six percent despite stiff confrontation with Boko Haram; yet less than two years of confrontation with ND militant; the VP takes perhaps the APC blame game to the next level! On the other hand if the VP is right that Niger Delta militants were responsible for recession, it would indeed surprise close watchers of the presidency, if the VP exonerates the Presidency from all blames when you consider the following moves by the President and the Presidency:

Ø  It is a fact that the President suspended most capital projects in the South South and South East and almost none in the North despite these facts a) all the projects both in North and South East and South South were initiated by same President Jonathan. b) There were even more projects in the North than South East South South South West combined! Just to mention but a few: East-West road, Second Niger Bridge and Maritime University.

Ø  Suspension of several allowances carefully worked out by Yaradua administration for the amnesty program in addition to freezing of accounts of some of the heads of respective militant organizations.

Ø  Alienation of other ethnic groups and geo-polities in all appointments into federal parastatals, inordinately favoring the North and in particular his North East. It’s worthy of note that both South South and South East has less than 5% of all appointments in all appointments into Federal parastatals. Someone, once perhaps, rightly described the President’s government; as government of the North by the North East for the North East!

Ø  As is if these statutory anomalies  were not enough, the President has never taking any reasonable action against his roving, ravaging rampaging kinsmen- the Fulani Herdsmen who had killed over five thousand Nigerians and damaged farm produce and properties in excess of half a trillion since the President took power!

If the VP is not expecting any response for these kind of administrative jamboree, then it means there is no point for any further comments on VPs comments and actions.