Cracks in Boko Haram

It is quite interesting reading your account about cracks within Boko Haram. The arrest of some of their leaders and intense effort made by the security agencies to end the activities of the terror gangs suggest so. But then it cannot be said or seen to be over yet. No stone should be left unturned working on the conventional statements extracted from the arrested leaders of the sect, among other things. Better still, if for whatever strategic reason the names of the alleged sponsor politicians discovered in the handsets belonging to the arrested Boko Haram kingpins cannot be disclosed now, then let there be a close watch on them (the politicians) to prevent their sudden or mysterious disappearance from the country. The escape of such aiding politicians stands to work against efforts being made to arrest the situation once and for all.

Emmanuel Egwu,

Enugu, Enugu State.

Nigeria: A Threatened Federation               

Our national woes and catastrophes, no doubt, are a function of leadership and systemic failure. Our leaders made good governance impossible and the consequence of this is the enthronement of violence by the killer network called Boko Haram. The big question is who will bell the cat? The removal of the former IG of police will not solve the problem; neither will the removal of oil subsidy make the desired impact. Nigeria needs total overhauling as a matter of urgency. Government should stop shying away from the clamour by concerned Nigerians to institute a true national conference that will, among other things, examine the causes of our problems and come up with solution on the way forward.

Ndubueze Okonkwo,

Agbani, Enugu State.

 Fraud Unlimited

The revelation in the auditor general’s report reflecting fraud in federal ministries, departments and agencies is indeed mind boggling. The war against corruption cannot be successful in the country unless those at the top are made to face the full weight of the law.

This is because the fraud as revealed in the AGF’s report is committed or encouraged by those at the top, those in charge of the MDAs. It behoves on the law to take its course on all those convicted by the report. If corruption must be controlled, Nigerians should be made to know that no individual or group of individual is above the law.

James Effiom,

Calabar, Cross River State.

I laugh when I hear people say that Nigerian politicians are the most corrupt set of people in the country. That perception, I believe is borne out of ignorance of what is actually happening in Nigeria. The fact of the matter is that the ministries and parastatals are the real bastions of corruption. But this is not surprising, considering that 70 percent or more of our politicians were once civil servants that worked in our ministries, parastatals or one of the various government agencies before joining politics. In the shortest possible time, the present crop of perm secs and directors in the various ministries will metamorphos into big time politicians. If Nigeria must get rid of fraud, then the tap root of corruption which resides in the ministries must be severed.

Ndubuisi Onyenandu,

Abakpa-Nike, Enugu State.

 If a sitting president of a nation can admit that a terrorist group, Boko Haram, has infiltrated his government, it amounts to act of hopelessness. Now, virtually all the government departments are thickly involved in fraudulent and corrupt practices and yet the government is helpless. Do we need a seer to tell us that Nigeria is headed for a failed state? Who will rescue us?

Jonas Egem,

Owerri, Imo State.

When the Hurly-Burly Is Done

Kudos Maureen Chigbo for your sensitive article titled When the Hurly-burly is done. To many, fuel subsidy war is over but to the  rational thinkers; it is not yet over until the federal government tells us (Nigerians)  how much they are making at N97 per litre which they are now selling as against N65 per litre for transparency, accountability and otherwise. As the federal government is warning up for entire deregulation of the downstream sector, they should put things in place to cushion the effect of the hardship caused by the increase in fuel. Keep it up Chigbo.

Emereonwu C C,
Okigwe, Imo State.