POEM: HOW THE UNDISCOVERED FORESIGHTEDNESS OF OUR LEADERS MOVE IJAW NATION REARWARD BY SIDON CHARLES ANGAYE

HOW THE UNDISCOVERED FORESIGHTEDNESS OF OUR LEADERS MOVE IJAW NATION REARWARD BY SIDON CHARLES ANGAYEANGAYE

SIDON CHARLES ANGAYE

We live at the banks of the coastal region with flowing waters Comfortable with the amenities that made us who we are Fishing, farming and hunting for survival were our priority for living Ingenious & indigenously civilized, yet peaceful, in harmony and love Our existence is consciously based on customs, believes, traditions and the old sacred religions 

Which distinguished the entire kind and set it apart Life was a whole lot easy, interesting, exciting and fun Too comfortable and neglected the factor that put people at the top echelons of the society Many set out for the course, a few strove through the means of height attainment Others dwell upon hoes, nets, bows and arrows as a means of lively hood Now the world is fast growing rapidly, the jet age generation We did not start early enough, we are lagging way behind Time passed on and we were too sleepy to be awakened to reality The nights were so dark yet fussy to those who understood what tomorrow stood for When the day broke our eyes were dizzy & our minds careworn on how to go about with the activities of present time They came and tore through the core of her virginity made her bleed so badly made her infertile in some areas and polluted her marine habitat, farm lands & her ambient at large Her bowels bear fortunes for a life time yet her children carry begging bowls, frustrated, retarded and confused without even knowing which way to follow Those in a verse open space grew mansions out of the dust in unity and love Her very own lacks unity, understanding and discipline You can't be called your brothers keeper if all you do is bear false witness false report, hate, betrayal, lack of trust, insensitivity & favorable self disapproval Izon otu wo dudu tare ye' wo dudu tare aba weni bolou fa ngi mee' Too rich to be poor Too important to be neglected Too united to be in chaos Too responsible to be culpable Too brave to be frightened Too intelligent to be zany Those are the true core values of our existence Yet like a wind it's blown and gradually eludes our being We need to wake up from this terrible bane else the future is doomed. Wo meni wo ongo dee

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AVOWAL:An open letter to Brigadier General. Paul Tarela Boroh (rtd) Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs / Coordinator Presidential Amnesty Programme.

An open letter to Brigadier General. Paul Tarela Boroh (rtd) Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs / Coordinator Presidential Amnesty Programme By Comr. Fanti B. Covenient

October 3, 2015

Sir,

Ref: Save us from this untimely death for the sake of our Parents and Children before we see ourselves laying down six-fit under the ground.

BGD. GEN. PAUL TARELA BOROH (RTD)

Congratulations on your few months in office as our benefactor. As cultured youth with respect and humility for elders and leaders, it is an advanced stage to use this lucid, pellucid and prerogative avenue to bring to your notice ones more our predicaments which have reached an alarming rate.

Sir, myself and other 39 beneficiaries of the presidential amnesty programme were deployed on October 19, 2013 to study in Mapua institute of technology, manila, Philippines under the Chairmanship of Hon. Dr. Kingsley Kemebradigha Kuku (K3). Then, the program was ornate, propitious and regimented. Since the emergence of General Muhammadu change Buhari as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the presidential amnesty programme (PAP) suddenly became prodigal and turned to a procrastination ministry while we are under nemesis. Is the Federal Government elegantly or technically terminating the program?

As you are reading, we are in a state of peril, most of us have been served evicted by our house owners and we are just hanging around the streets, we are like in between the lion and the red sea, no food to eat, no transport to school, we can't pay our bills and soon we will be thrown into the streets of Manila. Why the General Muhammadu Change Buhari led administration truncating our vivacious lucent future? Our condition is so dire, we have no one to turn to and seek for assistance here in Manila, hence, we keep bothering you with our emails, though we know that it is the bureaucratic-bottle-neck and the so called due process that had caused this undue delay in the remittance of our stipends and tuition fees, we are still crying out for help because the hardship is now unbearable.

These endless quandaries might lure us to involve in drug activities and so many other evil things just to survive. But, Iol and behold, we won't partake in any bad thing to tarnish the good image of our dearly beloved country (Nigeria), our humble and patriotic selves. Hence, it is the collective prayer of the 40 Nigerian students that you please intervene and do anything within your reach and save our souls. Below are some of the predicaments we are facing in the Philippines while the government promised to take care of.

COMR. FANTI B. COVENANT

(1) Tuition Fees: The unpaid school fees of the past terms and the new term that commenced 20th Sept. 2015 need to be paid as soon as possible or the following shall be the consequences;
I. We will be disallowed from enrolment
II. Face deportation

(2) Unpaid In-training allowances: We have not been paid our in-training allowances for the months of July, August, September, October and November 2015, which has resulted in an untold hardship on us.

(3) Unpaid Book Allowances: Our book allowance which ought to be paid every year had been left unpaid for 2014 and 2015, as a result, we cannot buy books and this is affecting us in our studies.

(4) Unpaid Accommodation Allowance: The accommodation allowance which ought to be paid monthly has not been paid for the months of August, September, October and November 2015, and as it is, we have all been served eviction notices to leave our respective accommodations on the 20th of November 2015 or face legal action.

(5) No Medical Scheme: There is no medical scheme or what so ever that is put in place for our health and welfare. All along we have been left alone to take care of ourselves with the little In-training allowance which ought to have been used only for feeding.

(6) Expiring passports: Recently, some of our passports got expired and we borrowed money from classmates with %80 monthly reading interest while waiting for the government for reimbursement and some will be expiring early next year.

Sir, the above cogently aforementioned critical concerns raised in this letter have pushed us to unexpected unbearable and unmanageable invisible battle here in the international community (foreign land). Please, do everything under your power to save our souls within this week.

Finally, I strongly commend, acknowledge and extol you for your industrious effort so far and the Federal Government of Nigeria as well. On behalf of my distinguished colleagues, we will keep on hanging all hope on God and maintain our good ambassadorship and the peerless image of our dearly beloved country (Nigeria).

We would be extremely grateful if my plea is considered.

Thanks and God bless you for your anticipated kindness and cooperation.

Best regards

Fanti B. Covenant
President, OSAPND (PAP) STUDENTS STUDYING IN MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANILA, PHILIPPINES.