Thirty months since the inauguration of his government, Nigerians have seen nothing in terms of concrete achievements to warrant the current campaign for Yar'Adua's second term.

In a country yearning for role models, Governor Fashola has become the epitome of leadership: a person that brings about positive transformation of his environment, a person that dares to be different in an age filled with predators and heartless brigands who plunder the people’s patrimony and parade their loot without remorse.

 For those born between 1960 and 1970, they experienced the scattering - the "Andrew is checking out" syndrome. These are in the main, the post independence babies.

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 It is time we forget that we have a government that cannot produce 6000 mega watts of electricity, yet wants to be amongst the nations that generate 70, 000 megawatts, in 10 years...

Other than the pain of bereavement, I wonder if there is a greater pain than the pain of being dumped by a lover. When someone dies, you pray the Lord to take the soul; but when you are dumped, you feel as though your soul is being taken. You feel as though you are losing control and falling into a pit of fire. It burns. It hurts. But gradually, you bring yourself back up. Step by step, inch by inch you make the arduous climb to sanity zone.

Though I didn’t take to arms to publicize the travails of my people, I have been vociferous in articulating my people’s position via social and political commentaries. In that regard, I am a ‘militant’ deserving of sixty thousand monthly, call it whatever you like, salary.

For the first time in several years Nigeria is not listed amongst the most corrupt nations in the world having improved in its ranking in the current assessment of Transparency International. It nevertheless comes 130th position out of 180 countries.