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Mortality: A One Man Army

By Ogbonna Iheanyichukwu

Imagine if riches and money could bribe the spirit of death? Or if any man could be an immortal? As Munia Khan quoted “Death is every mortal’s life to be alive”. It becomes evident that death can’t be payed off, but it’s rather an ultimate reality and equality which visits both the rich and the poor.

Back in the days as our forefathers evolved, their vocabulary improved likewise. We humans became rational beings gaining the ability to look into unborn future and gain control over our environment. But with this good came a bad that has caused us endless pain i.e. we became conscious of mortality. This brings us to the definition of what mortality is? According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, Mortality is the state or quality of being mortal (archaic: death). This consciouness bore intense suffering and separation, that is detrimental to us. Death becomes a question mark on why pleausres, money and power are important. We excogitated two solutions to this awareness. The most primitive was the creation of the after life helping alleviate our fears and hoplessness via the aid of religion and secondly by dominating our thoughts to forget mortality and bury ourselves in the moment. To aid the latter, we divert our thoughts with routines but as good as it may sound this repression wasn’t so effective because when someone close to us die, we are hit by the darkness, pain and confusion this fear brings. Associated with both physical and mental pain, we indulge in fantasies and delusions, jobs, associations all to elude the feeling of separation. But in the end the fear of death doesn’t go away but merely returns in smaller anxieties and habits which limits and curtails our enjoyment of life.

In the words of Curtis Jackson (50cent)an american rapper who cheated death by surviving a 9 bullet gunshot he quoted,“People talk about my getting shot like it represented something special, they act like they are not facing the same thing, but someday everybody has to face and bullet with his or her name on it,”. It becomes crystal clear that from the moment we are born, our amount of time becomes limited and so to say unique to us as our only true possession. Running away from this fact, entails running away from ourselves. But accepting that you have only so much time to live, embracing life itself we confront mortality and everything changes. What matters is to live your days well and as fully as possible. By attaining certain goals which gives us purpose and direction we don’t fall into the archaic thinking about the uselessness of it all because it is a supreme waste of the brief time we have been given. As simple as it is, it entails realizing that death is something you carry within, a part of you that can not be repressed but a continous awareness of reality you must embrace. In Fredrick Douglass words,“I have reached the point at which I was not afraid to die. This spirit made me a free man in fact, while I remained a slave in form”. It becomes obvious that this terrified and unaccepted relationship to death can be changed to something active and positive though meditating over your mortality, you become strong, self reliant and unafraid to be alone. You laugh at what others take seriously and finally when your time comes, as it will some day, you will not shrink and weep because you have lived well.

“If man were never to fade away like the dews of Adashino, never to vanish like the smoke over Toribeyama but hingered forever in the world, how things would lose the power to move us! The most precious thing in life is it uncertanity,”-Kenko. In the face of our inevitable mortality we can do one of two things which are we can attempt to avoid the thought at all costs, cleaving to the illusion that we have all the time in the world or we confront this reality, accept and even embrace it. In so doing we gain a sense of proportion and knowing what’s truly important. Knowing our days to be numbered we can appreciate life all the more for its transiency. It is a miracle to be alive even one more day. Adiós.

An inspiration to Mankind turns to be his worst enemy.

FEAR

A fundermental, simple emotion for Human-kind. This emotion had a protective duty which is to help us take notice of jeopardy and retreat in time. Civilization depended on this to foreknow upon the arrival of an impeding danger. This great ability begat the apothegm “ to be forewarned is to be forearmed”. Fear is the oldest and one of the most powerful emotions known to man, a feeling deeply engraved into the central nervous system of Humans and deeply rooted in our subconscious.

As time flew by, everything changed, the actual horror we faced lessened like a whirlwind because we gained control over our habitat, while fear itself increased abundantly and even birthed offsprings of it’s nature like worry, depression, anxiety name it, leading to quite some aliments known to man today. We became afraid of how others see us, our status quo, not been in a clique, our physical health and aging process. Rather facing our fears we started directing the blames to something, no matter how small or flimsy (playing the blame game). Shocking how fear itself became more like a skill in the field or journalism and news broadcasting, leading to many fictional stories which are geared towards capturing our attention. It aided spread and increase of social vices, health scare, an embrassing social blunder we are committing unknowingly and many endless hazards in our environment. Worst of all the media started to make these false motions appear real via the aid of virtual reality, making us fragile beings in our own universe. “What a Pity”!!!.

In the words of Doris May Lessing, she says that “There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth”. The honest truth is that fear is not designed for such a purpose, rather it is a catalyst which stimulates powerful, physical responses, allowing us to set guard on time. Our Attitude is our edge over fear, it’s an antidote which has the power to shape our reality. Rather than view life through the lenses of fear, view it through the glasses of an opportunity to prove your worth. False Evidence Appearing Real is the effects of fear in the mindset of loosers, failures, insecured and the defeated. But for those who are Champions, who would rather die than be a failure, winners and overcomers, they believe in the “Focus Encounter Attack Rise” which is the real and certified depiction of the word Fear.

#BREAKING: Tribal War At The Army Barracks, 82 Division Enugu. Three Soldiers Feared Dead

Yesterday really showed the divide among the ethnic groups that make up Nigeria as men of the Nigerian army opened fire on each other with at least three soldiers feared dead.

EASTERN RADIO gathered that the cause of the shooting and killing was as a result of ill treatment of the Igbo soldiers as to concerning peace keepings.

According our source, 82 Division Nigerian Army Enugu were giving a mandate to shortlist about 54 soldiers to join hands and combat Niger Delta Militants uprising, which the GOC Brigadier Gen Ibrahim Attahiru assigned to two commanders who hails from Northern and another from South Western Nigeria respectively.

But owing to disunity, nepotism and tribalism that beclouds the Nation Nigeria, these commanders shortlisted all 54 Igbo soldiers.

One of the enlisted Soldier who was saddened by the outcome of this list questioned the process used to enlist only Igbo Soldiers to this mission of death. The commander picked offense and demanded to know what gave him the audacity to question him, talk more off conceiving to disobey a military order.

The said Commander in display of anger pulled out his gun and shot this young soldier on the forehead, killing him instantly. Another soldier who is among the enlisted soldiers immediately withdrew his own gun and fired the commander thereby killing him too. He then directed the gun on the second commander.

It became a war ground as soldiers all surrendered themselves. Civilians where all on their heels. There would have been a blood bath in 82 Division Enugu but thanks to imediate intervention by the GOC who calmed the atmosphere of war.

As at the time of filling this report, there is no movement in and out of the barracks.

VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

ON

DR. LEONARD NZENNA

(The National Chairman of African Action Congress)

We, the undersigned leaders of African Action Congress(AAC), Southeast geopolitical zone, have composed this to express our satisfaction with the current leadership of our great party at National Level under the leadership of Dr. Leonard Nzenwa

This is an expression of our Vote of Confidence in our National Chairman and his ability to function doggedly over a period of time. We understand the need for this decision for an encouragement.

Over a year he took the mantle of the leadership, he has taken our party to a high level due to his intelligence and administrative experience. We are now been carried along and currently, our party is being handled as a political party unlike the the previous under the leadership of the expelled Mr. Omoyele Sowore

We feel our National Chairman is consistent in application of policies and protocols. And has respect towards Party faithfuls at all levels

Therefore, rising from a meeting of the Southeast AAC leader's meeting on 3rd January, 2021, held at Abia State Party secretariat, Umuahia, considered all these aforementioned achievements and healthy contributions towards our party, the undersigned leaders unanimously passed this vote of confidence.

Signed

Hon. Innocent Nwachinemere -Zonal Chairman

Hon. Emeka Ezeife- Anambra state Chairman

Hon. Oko Nnaemeka - Enugu State Chairman

Harrison Onuoha - Abia State Chairman

Hon. Christopher Ama- Ebonyi State Chairman

Hon. Ferdinand Uzoigwe-

Imo State Chairman

AFRICAN ACTION CONGRESS (AAC)

ENUGU STATE CHAPTER

DISCLAIMER

It has come to the notice of the ENUGU State AAC Chapter headed by Hon. Oko Nnaemeka that a group parading themselves as RevolutionNow has planned and concluded arrangements to carry out #REVOLUTION NOW# Protest in Enugu State on the 5th of August 2020, using the Party name and logo of the AAC.

The essence of this disclaimer therefore, is to Inform the Enugu State Government, Police Commissioner, DSS, other Relevant Peace Enforcement Agencies and the General Public that AAC isn't party to such unruly conduct and as such those culpable of violating Constituted Authority and Democratic Procedures should be treated as gullible Political miscreants.

The Enugu State AAC disassociate herself from such #REVOLUTION NOW# Agitations/Protest and also wish to use this medium to once again reiterate the fact that we in no instance sign into such as it is not part of our Party manifesto to be part of a such a disruptive Agenda.

AAC remain a Peace loving and Democratic Party who seeks to correct the wrongs, concerns and many pitfalls in the way our nation and state is being governed through Democratic means by participating and believing in the power of the ballots.

At this juncture, we turn the attention of those involved in this unscrupulous act to the Nigeria`s premier criminal legislation, the Criminal Code Act. Section 484 to 489 of the Criminal Code Act which explain in clear terms the various punishments for impersonation.

We therefore, advise families and love ones to warn their wads from any illegal act as anyone caught misrepresenting and misleading the good people of Enugu State with the name, logo or any branded property of AAC must face the provision of the criminal act.

Signed.

Hon. Oko Nnaemeka

Enugu State AAC Chairman.

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How you can enlarge your boobs naturally

See how you can enlarge your boobs.

Can you increase boobs size? Well, the answer is yes. Many wemen want to have the perfect body and for this, every woman would want to have perfectly shaped boobs that you can flaunt off.

Medically speaking, a surgery called breast augmentation is done to increase the size of your boobs. In this surgery, a surgeon places saline and silicone under the breast tissue to make it look puffed. Moreover, there can be serious complications associated with such a procedure. The average life-span of an individual would be 12 years. You wouldn’t want to get this one done.

This are natural ways to enlarg your boobs,such as: enlargement exercises, dieting and enlargement pumps. This article will give you an insight into some of the best natural Side-Effect Freeways of breast enlargement.

Things you should know about boobs.

How to Increase Breast Size at Home? Can you? Of course.

1. Breast Increase Foods

2. Yoga For Big Boobs?

3. Massage Oil For Big Boobs

4. Exercises for Big Boobs

Intresting facts about your boobs

Boobs have a purpose and can do a lot more than you can even imagine,these are facts about boobs and it’s very purpose in a woman’s life.

Do you know that the left boob is bigger than the right? Yes, no two boobs appear to be the same.

Boobs move in the number 8 when you exercise.

Boobs size changes almost 6 times in a woman’s entire life. This is because of the type of bra that is worn.

boobs get matured only after pregnancy and lactation.

Your boobs naturally grow until 4 years after a woman’s first period

Yes, you can increase the size of your boobs naturally by massaging, breast enlargement exercises and foods that make it look bigger. Here is what you need to do to make it look big and flaunt it.

1. Breast Increase Foods

Foods such as milk products, fruits and nuts can aid in natural breast enlargement. Here are some healthy recipes that will ensure results in a month.

MilkYour boobs are entirely made of fat and consuming whole milk products that are rich in fat can increase boobs size.PapayaPapaya mixed with milk increases breast size. However, if you are pregnant, it is not the fruit that needs to be added to your pregnancy diet.Fenugreek seedsContains a rich source of estrogen that stimulates bigger boobs. Make a paste and mix with mustard oil and massage your breasts gently.Fennel seedsAdd fennel seed powder to your food OR make a paste and mix it with olive oil and massage.Flax seedsChew flax seeds OR add flax seed powder to your food.NutsNuts have a rich source of monounsaturated fats that are essential for building breast tissue.SoybeanSoybean is rich in phytoestrogens which is a hormone that is responsible for big boobs. It also prevents free radicals that cause cancer.

2. Yoga For Big Boobs?

Yoga has been a natural healing agent for thousands of healing. It unites the body with mind and helps you counter diseases from within. Moreover, when it comes to making boobs seem bigger, this ancient art can do it for you. Here is how yoga can make your boobs big.

BhujangasanaAlso known as cobra pose- you will have to lie down on your stomach joining your foot straight on the floor and put your hands on your chest. Repeat 10 times every day.UstrasanaCamel pose is kneeling facing your head to the ceiling and bending your back to touch your feet. Repeat 10 times.

This pose also benefits you with good digestion and reduces arms and thigh fat.

DwikonasanAlso known as a double angle pose- this asana includes standing, stretching both your hands backwards and locking it & bending down to touch your head to your knees. This is one of the best yoga exercises for big boobs.

3. Massage Oil For Big Boobs

Of course, massaging is one of the best ways to increase boob size. If your guy is using a cream or lotion to massage your breasts, well, there’s nothing that can match this pleasure. So what natural oils or lotions can you use to massage your boobs? Here is what you need to know.

Flaxseed oil

Breast enlargement creams

Fennel; and

Olive oil

How To Get A Boob Massage?

The best natural way to increase boobs size is by getting an oil massage done. Here are some simple steps as to how to get one done.

Step 1: Move your hands around both boobs in a circulator way.

Step 2: Join both boobs together

Step 3: Repeat for 10 times every day using some of the above-listed natural oils.

NOTE: Do not do this for too long as it can lead to swelling and sensitivity. If this massage is done by your husband or boyfriend, the results will be faster.

4. Exercises for Big Boobs

There are a number of exercises that can increase the size of your boobs and here is what you need to know.

Breast Enlargement ExercisesHow To Do?Arm CirclesStep 1: Stretch out both your arms

Step 2: Gently move it around backwards for 1 minute.

Step 3: Gently move it round forward for 1 minute

Step 4: Then gently circulate it for 1 minute

Step 5: Repeat this for two minutes.

Arm PressesStep 1: Open your hands until they go behind and again.

Step 2: Bring your hands front and back.

Step 3: Repeat this for 1 minute.

Horizontal Chest PressStep 1: Stretch your arms in front of your body bend it in a 90-degree angle.

Step 2: Open your arms wide and bring them back together

Step 3: Repeat this for 1 minute.

Prayer PoseStep 1: Join both your hands

Step 2: Then stretch both front and back

Step 3: Repeat this 15 times.

Modified Push-UpsStep 1: Lie on the ground with your face facing the ground.

Step 2: Place both your hands on the ground.

Step 3: Push your body upwards and downwards.

Step 4: Repeat this 15 times.

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Can Supplements Increase Breast Size?

Yes, breast enlargement supplements do help you get bigger boobs. You don’t have to be worried because most supplements are made from natural ingredients and do not offer any side-effects. The only possible thing that can affect you is the cream, lotion or capsule can make you allergic. Make sure you consult a doctor before you opt to use breast enlargement supplements.

It is recommended that you use essential oils such as olive oil, tea tree oil and lavender oil to massage your boobs 10 times daily. These oils can also prevent you from risks of cancer and other allergies.

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FAQs

Increasing breast size the natural way is good can boost your self-confidence and keep you relaxed. Here are some frequently asked questions that will shed more light on this topic and some of its other facets.

1. How to increase breast size in 7 days at home?

Here is what you need to do. It’s simple!

Add estrogen rich foods to your everyday diet. (Apple, Fenugreek seeds, olive oil, oranges, peaches, dairy products, walnuts, ginger, peanuts etc.)

Regular breast massage. (Increases production of prolactin, a hormone that is responsible for breast enlargement).

Drink dandelion root tea every day. (Helps in growth of new breast cells and tissues). Must be consumed twice daily for better results.

2. Does breastfeeding make boobs permanently big?

No! A lactating mother’s breasts seem bigger because of its storage of milk in it. After breastfeeding comes to a halt, breast size tends to shrink.

3. Why does breast size increase after marriage?

Post marriage excitement builds as sex drives increase. During this stage, women’s nipples tend to erect due to sexual arousal. You will begin to notice that there are small veins visible often understood as a sign that breast size is increasing.

4. How much milk can a boob hold?

A lactating mother can produce 30ml of milk every day. You will generally witness a rise in the number of milk produced from 30ml to 900ml in 40 days.

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Police Arrest Woman For Dumping Baby Inside Pit Toilet In Anambra State

he police in Anambra State on Saturday arrested a 30-year-old woman, who allegedly threw her newly born baby inside a pit toilet at Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.

The suspect, Franca Udokwu, a native of Obuba Obofia Nkpor community in Idemili North LGA, was said to have admitted to the crime before leading police to the scene.

Confirming the incident, spokesperson for the police in the state, SP Haruna Mohammed, said the baby was recovered from the toilet but certified dead by a doctor.

He said, "On the 22/8/2020 at about 8:30am following a tip-off, police operatives attached to Ogidi Division arrested one Franca Udokwu ‘f’ aged 30 years of Obuba Obofia Nkpor Community in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State. Suspect allegedly gave birth to a baby boy and dumped the child inside a pit toilet inside her house.

“Upon interrogation,the suspect led police detectives to the scene of crime where the baby was recovered and taken to a hospital for medical attention but was confirmed dead on arrival by a medical doctor.”

Mohammed added that the corpse was deposited at the hospital's mortuary for autopsy while case was under investigation.

He said that the suspect would be charged to court for prosecution.

The 9th National Assembly In Its First Year By Sesugh Akume

Of the 109 senators of the 9th National Assembly (NASS) with only 7 women (representing 6.4% one of the lowest in the world -- with only 1 woman out of 57 senators from the 19 states of the entire northern Nigeria) 2 women are among the 10 best performing senators by number of bills sponsored. The 2 incidentally are from Anambra, Stella Oduah (Anambra North) with 26 bills, and Uche Ekwunife (Anambra Central) 16 bills.

In the House of Representatives with 360 members, and only 11 females, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha from Abia is number 7 on the list of top 10 with 19 bills. The women are clearly making a point. Incidentally, all of them are from the southeast.

This 9th NASS also has by far more proposed bills than previous National Assemblies. For instance, Nkem Abonta (Abia) who is third on the list of top in the House of Representatives already has 30 proposed bills in this first year, whereas he had 65 in the entire 8th NASS. Abbas Tajudeen (Kaduna) who is currently top on the list has 59 proposed bills.

Plateau appears to have the most hard working legislators in this regard, with 3 in the top 10 in both the senate and House: Simon Mwadkom, is the 6th in the House with 22 bills; Dachung Bagos, 4th with 27; and Istifanus Gyang, 4th on the list of the top 10 in the senate, with 11 bills. That's all about it, with this 9th NASS that's positive.

A rubber stamp NASS and its leadership

On Wednesday 28 August 2019, Ahmed Lawan, the senate president and leader of the 9th NASS declared at a town hall meeting in his Yobe North constituency that the 9th NASS would not fail Buhari, thus pledging allegiance to the president and not the people who elected him, at whose pleasure he serves. This aberration is the very first of its kind. No leader of the legislature has ever declared open allegiance to the executive which the legislature exists to put in check, since 1861 when the history of the legislative council began in Nigeria. It's important to note that those ones were appointed, not elected yet none felt they need to pledge and prove their subservience to the executive, as their benefactors. No president of the senate since its inception in 1959 has even committed such an unforgivable blunder before Lawan did last year.

The 8th NASS resolved that clearing ministers for appointment in 2015 that henceforth, executive lists of ministerial nominees should come along with their portfolios for better confirmation hearings. In the 9th NASS, Lawan repudiated that senate resolution in order to please Buhari by accepting a ministerial list without portfolios. This has in part been responsible for confirming the worst set of ministers in the country's history.

From Geoffrey Onyeama, the foreign minister, who is quick to defend other countries when they assault Nigeria and Nigerians; to Pauline Tallen, the women affairs minister, who didn't know what GBV (gender-based violence) was at a town hall meeting; to Sabo Nanono, the agriculture minister, who said there were places in Kano a person could eat to their satisfaction with just 30 naira, but fact checks proved this to be false. A minister of agriculture who doesn't know that his northeast leads the country in severe acute malnutrition, but is quick to budget 13 billion naira for pest control in 12 states for 2020.

Or Saleh Mamman, the power minister, whose first policy pronouncement as minister was to ask for prayers as he confessed knowing nothing about the electric power sector but was quick to abuse his office by suspending the heads of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), and Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET), the only 2 heads in the sector that gave hope, a thing clearly ultra vires him? He knows nothing, but was quick to abuse powers he didn't have by suspending the women. The so-called suspensions were later overruled. Or is it the defence minister, Bashir Salihi Magashi, who it is on record stole $550,000 and has gone incommunicado since his inauguration; to the numerous other EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) alumni and veterans on the list? Is it Adamu Adamu, the education minister who went AWOL since his inauguration?

The Finance Bill 2019, which was an executive bill, had passed the second reading and gone on for committee work without senators sighting it. Binos Yaroe (Adamawa South), and Betty Apiafi (Rivers West) referred Lawan to the senate rules, that it was a violation for the bills to be passed without senators having copies or seeing them at all, for which overruled them and proceeded. He went to such extremes, including violating senate rules to please Buhari. He had earlier stopped Istifanus Gyang from raising discussions on Buhari's June 12 speech, on Nigeria's first Democracy Day.

NASS went ahead to pass the Finance Bill to increase value-added tax from 5% to 7.5% against expert counsel that it would cause an increase in inflation leading to job losses, more hardship, and so on. They were adamant, and this has come to pass.

This same rubber stamp NASS approved Buhari's loans within minutes of reading his request without any scrutiny. In the House, the media was diligent to note that it took all of 7 minutes to approve billions of dollars of debt shackles on Nigerians. Never mind, that experts, including the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) individually, and as a committee, had decried the level of public debt and its negative impact on the country and its economy. NASS didn't care. They live to please politicians who know nothing about the economy or could care less.

Femi Gbaja, the speaker of the House said his job was not to 'fight' the executive. Possibly, to be a rubber stamp.

It must not be forgotten that Ovie Omo-Agege, the deputy senate president, was at the heart of the desecration of NASS and theft in broad daylight of the senate mace in the 8th NASS, wherein thugs invaded NASS and made away with the mace unchallenged.

Stolen, wicked, and insensitive legislations

The 9th NASS plagiarised (plagiarism is theft) 2 bills in its first year, the Social Media Bill, and the Infectious Diseases Bill. Incidentally, both from Singapore. Others may have been stealing bills too, but it hasn't been noted, this is on the record, and in their very first year.

It had obnoxious bills ranging from the Social Media Bill (to shut citizens' voices on social media) by Muhammad Sani Musa (Niger East); the Hate Speech Bill (to create an agency for hate speech, and kill anybody who found guilty under the law, who says what doesn't go down too well with the political class) by Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (Niger North); the Generator Bill (seeking to ban the importation, sale, and use of generators, as if anybody likes to use generators) by Bima Enagi (Niger South). Clearly, Niger has gifted Nigeria by far the worst breed of senators in this 9th NASS. All 3 of them had insensitive, meaningless and annoying bills to sponsor.

There is also the Boko Haram Bill (to pamper and reward ex-Boko Haram terrorists, give them foreign education, create an agency for them, etc) by Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe East). There is also the NGO Bill in the House (to overregulate and strangulate NGOs, civil society, and constrict the civic space) by Abbas Tajudeen (Kaduna), among numerous others. Never has a NASS had so many vexatious bills in 1 year, worst off, its very first year.

The 9th NASS has failed to pass any COVID-19 legislation at all, which would have, among other things, provided clear guidelines to navigate this trying season and provided funds to cushion its effects also for research for vaccines and other scientific solutions to it. It would have stated who is eligible to access the various funds and how, along with accountability mechanisms for them. It would have included a stimulus package to keep the economy afloat, bonuses for essential workers like health workers, journalists, etc. Every serious country has a COVID-19 legislation, others have more than 1.

Rather, they preferred the lazy way of passing motions (which are non-binding) asking the government to release monies piecemeal, including 15 billion naira to Kano, which by the way had denied having issues with COVID-19, in the first place. Despite being taunted by the secretary to the government of the federation, Boss Mustapha, on behalf of the executive to come up with COVID-19 legislation, they failed. It should be noted that nothing has stopped the executive from sending an executive bill to NASS. Many COVID-19 legislations around the world originated from the executive arm. The Emergency Economic Stimulus Bill passed by the House has not been ratified by the senate for assent by Buhari to become a law. It's lying somewhere fallow.

More than half of the proposed bills in the 9th NASS are establishment bills. At a time they should be winding down and consolidating most of the government agencies, they seek to create more, with what money? How do they expect us to borrow to create and fund more and more agencies?

Poor representation and oversight

In the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown, the police and other security forces killed more Nigerians than COVID-19, nothing was done about it. Their innocent blood cries out for justice till date. Sadiyya Umar Farouq, the humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development minister has ran amok, dishing out bogus, mind-blowing, unverified and unverifiable figures of conditional cash transfers, school feeding programmes, etc with zero scrutiny. Nobody knows how much has been raised, donated, or expended on COVID-19.

The central bank says it is giving out 50 billion naira loans to support homes and small businesses affected by COVID-19. Fifty billion naira is not 50 naira. No serious or normal country spends even 50 kobo without appropriation and oversight, not Nigeria. Who appropriated the 50 billion naira, and under what law? What is the oversight on it, who is accounting for the disbursement and to whom and when? Get ready for all kinds of fairy tales around this 50 billion naira that is likely to go down the drain in the end. That is 50 billion naira gone with zero accountability just like the billions Ms Farouq, and the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 are overseeing for which nobody else can testify. Simply because NASS failed in its duty, or as some suggest, they go behind, collect their cut, and look the other way.

It has to be noted that it was at set of COVID-19 that members of the House began receiving their exotic cars. Such was their priority, at a time there were scare health facilities and equipment, including ventilators for patients, and so forth.

Aisha Jibril Dukku (Gombe) who had said God created the Fulani herdsmen to esteem the life of cows above humans got the House to reject and block the ongoing reforms of the almajiri system by governors of the 19 northern states. They voted to keep the system as is until the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) comes up with a solution, but neither the almajiri system nor basic education are the preserve of the federal government but of states and local governments. How they missed this remains a mystery.

On 5 May, in support of police decentralisation the senate urged state assemblies to make laws to enable for community policing, however, states cannot legislate on matters of security as security is on the Exclusive List of the Constitution, and is, therefore, the sole responsibility of NASS. How they didn't know this bugles the mind.

Having passed loans of billions of dollars, ostensibly to build infrastructure, it came to the attention of others that the entire southeast Nigeria is not covered for the infrastructure provision at all. That is the consequence of being a rubber stamp legislature, that passes loan requests in minutes, and having docile, malleable legislators from a region, including those with the highest number of proposed bills. An effective legislator is assessed by their active committee work, interventions in plenary, and the ability to attract good to their constituency; not just by the number of bills sponsored.

Follow the money

Nothing proves the heart and soul of this 9th NASS and its priorities as the budgets it has passed. The 2020 budget which came into force on 1 January this year needed to be reviewed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the the 10.59 trillion naira for it was no longer realistic. It would've made sense that the budget was reviewed downwards, rather it rather increased to 10.81 trillion naira. The amount for recurrent expenditure and debt servicing increased astronomically. These are areas that do not affect Nigerians directly, or if at all, affect us negatively as a burden. These are the areas they increased spending.

The 5 critical areas of education, health, agriculture, security, and infrastructure (which includes electric power, roads, bridges, housing, etc) that have direct bearing on the Nigerian people constitutes only about 17%, under 20% of the entire budget, but debt servicing takes 27%. In essence, to the 9th NASS, servicing debts is more important than all those 5 critical areas put together. No wonder they keep plunging us more and more into debt. In fact, debt servicing takes a larger chunk of the budget than capital projects which is 26.63%.

To be sure, in this revised 2020 budget, the basic health budget was cut from 44 billion naira to 25 billion naira ie by 43%, and basic education by more than half (54.5%) from 112 billion naira to 51 billion naira. Any normal person would expect that during a pandemic there should be more provided for health in particular. Not, the 9th NASS which in fact defunded health, with the implications of this well known to them. They don't care!

On May 13, UNICEF had warned that 950 more Nigerian children could die every day from preventable causes (in addition to the 2,300 the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA reports already die daily) over the next 6 months as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts routine services and threatens to further weaken the existing health system. It didn't bother them. They can all die.

How did the 9th NASS budget for itself?

They not only retained their 100 billion naira for 'constituency projects' keeping it intact, maintaining their 125 billion naira running costs, they actually increased it by 3 billion naira to 128 billion: 2 billion naira to build their library, and 1 billion naira for 'constitution amendment'.

In essence, when they passed the 2020 budget last year, it didn't occur to them that they needed work done on their library, and to provide for constitutional amendment, the COVID-19 pandemic opened their eyes to these pressing, life-threatening needs. These are aside from the billions they approved for themselves to renovate the NASS Complex, under the budget of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).

Termed 'Zonal Intervention Projects' that 100 billion naira gifted NASS members for close to 2 decades avails each of them up to 200 million naira to 'nominate' projects of their choice in their constituencies. It is from these funds that they buy head pans, sewing machines, tricycles, grinding machines, etc as 'empowerment' every year, and pocket the rest. Some nominate 'projects' like 'cultural orientation for junior secondary schools' at 50 million naira, or like sum for other such frivolous, meaningless, unaccountable activities. These are the funds they ensured to keep intact at this time.

The 9th National Assembly, along with its leadership, in its first year has been the very worst, most callous and insensitive, ever, and if it continues on this track will be Nigeria's undoing.

Bus conductor ‘rapes’ four-year-old daughter in Anambra

A 43-year-old bus conductor in Onitsha, Anambra State, Ikechukwu Ekenta, has been arrested for allegedly defiling his four-year-old daughter.

The incident, it was gathered, happened at their residence in the 3-3 area of Onitsha, Anambra state.

The suspect, who hails from Imo state was arrested by the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, in collaboration with security agencies.

A statement from the office of the Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Ndidi Mezue, obtained by our correspondent on Thursday in Awka, said Ekenta was alleged to have committed the act when the mother of the girl was in an undisclosed hospital where she was delivered of a baby.

The statement partly read, “The mother of the girl returned from the hospital where she was delivered of a baby girl. On getting home, she discovered that her first daughter was feeling pains in her private parts.

“She demanded to know what happened, the girl of four disclosed to her disbelief, that the father had fingered her and also had carnal knowledge of her.

“Receiving the report of the rape incident through a concerned citizen, the honourable commissioner immediately dispatched a team of social workers and another security agency to effect the arrest of the man who works as a conductor in the commercial city of Onitsha.

“A medical examination on the child confirmed that there was penetration and serious injury in the girl’s private parts.

“While the investigation into what transpired between the man and his biological daughter is still ongoing, the woman and her three daughters have been evacuated and are being cared for by the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.”

Good Afternoon My People Of IPOB.