IN THE UNIVERSITY, WE LEARNT TO DO THINGS” WITHOUT”. WE ATE GARRI WITHOUT GROUNDNUT;ATE RICE WITHOUT MEAT OR FISH;WENT TO THE ACCADEMIC CAMPUS WITHOUT-THAT IS GOING ON “LEGEDIS BENZ” FROM THE HOSTEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OF AGWUANROGO TO GET TO BAUCHI ROAD CAMPUS.ALL THIS AND MORE WE DID “WITHOUT”, BECAUSE WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO DO WITH.WE DID NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO, SO WE LIVED A LIFE OF “WITHOUT” I GUESS MOST OF YOU HAVE HAD TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE LIVED WITHOUT, BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE WAS IMPOSSIBLE.IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.IT IS NORMAL.

 HOWEVER, WHEN A COUNTRY LIVE “WITHOUT”, IT BECOMES ” A DEAD BODY THAT HAS AN ACCIDENT”. THIS IS MORE SO WHEN THE COUNTRY CAN AFFORD THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH LIVING WITH.WHEN A COUNTRY REFUSES TO LIVE TODAY AND LIVES IN A CATASTROPHIC AGE UNKNOWN TO HUMANITY,WHEN MEN BECOME ANIMALS, OR EVEN WORSE, THEN RUIN IS THE ONLY RESULT.

 IN THE 1970,ATLEAST IN LAGOS, ENUGU,PORTHARCOURT AND IBADAN, CITIES THAT I HAD THE OPORTUNITY OF LIVING. THE STANDARD OF LIFE WAS HIGH-VERY HIGH. WE HAD LIGHT ALMOST 24 HOURS;WE HAD WATER RUNNING IN THE TAPS AT HOME;THERE GOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS,I AM A BENEFICIARY OF SOME OF THEM(ELIZABETH FOWLER IN LAGOS, AND METHODIST 2 IN IBADAN);THER WHERE GOOD HOSPITALS WITH STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENTS(UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL), AND GOOD MEDICAL PERSONNEL; THERE GOOD ROADS(LAGOS- IBADAN EXPRESS ROAD, IKORODU ROAD,LAGOS- BENIN EXPRESS);THERE WAS JOB FOR MOST GRADUATES.WE EVEN HAD A HEAD OF STATE OR PRESIDENT VISIBLE AND FUNCTIONAL, EVEN IF THEY LACKED THE BRAINS TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY GREAT.WE HAD A COUNTRY, WE EVEN HAD A NATIONAL ANTHEM ,THAT WE SANG JOYFULLY EVERY MORNING.

 30 YEARS LATER. NIGERIA AS A COUNTRY MIGHT JUST BE ABOUT TO BREAKUP. WE ARE ALL TIRED OF ONE ANOTHER.THE IGBOS ARE TIRED OF THE HAUSAS, THE HAUSAS ARE TIRED OF THE YORUBAS, AND THE YORUBAS ARE TIRED OF THE IJAWS, THE BEROM IS TIRED OF THE FULANI AND SO IT CONTINUES WITH THE OVER TWO HUNDRED ETHNIC POLITIES IN NIGERIA.

 BUT THE WORSE IS THAT WE HAVE BECOME A COUNTRY OF “WITHOUT”.NO CREDIBLE ELECTIONS,NO LIGHT , NO WATER, NO ROADS, THE SALARIES OF REAL WORKER DO NOT COME AND WHEN THEY DO ARE WORTH TISSUE PAPER,NO HONOURABLE MEN, NO TRUTHFUL MEN,NO INFRASTRUCTURES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS,NO NATIONAL COHESION, NO NATIONAL IDENTITY,NO AIRPORT SECURITY(MUTALLAB SNEAKED PASS ALL THE UNIFORMED MEN IN LAGOS).

WE DO NO EVEN HAVE A LIVING VISIBLE PRESIDENT.THEY SAY THAT IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND, THE ONE EYED MAN RULES.BUT IN OUR COUNTRY, THE NEAR DEAD MEN ARE RULING THE LIVING.OUR COUNTRY DRIFT EACH DAY CLOSER TO ANARCHY, WHILE THOSE AT THE CORRIDORS OF POWER ARE BUSY DIVIDING WHAT IS LEFT OF OUR NATIONAL AGEGE BREAD.

 ALL WELL MEANING PEOPLE SHOULD PREVAIL ON YAR´ARDUA AND HIS HANGERS ON TO HANDOVER POWER.NIGERIA IS NOT HIS PRIVATE PROPERTY.AND ALL THOSE THAT HAVE BROUGHT TO THIS POINT OF “WITHOUT”, SHOULD BE TRIED FOR TREASON, FOR TRYING TO DESTROY THE POLITY WITHOUT.

 NIGERIA MUST BE MADE TO BE WITH, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MEANS AND MANPOWER TO.