'The Goose that Lays the Golden Egg Should not be Left to Die a Systematic Death' Cries Niger-Delta Indigenes.

This article was written by an ardent member of the ruling party admonishing the Government not to ignore the goose that lays the golden egg because of the level of poverty in the Niger-Delta region, despite being an oil producing area. He further made a comparism of the structural look of the capital city and that of major towns in the Niger-delta region.

WAKING UP THIS MORNING FROM MY HOTEL ROOM AND HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF LODGING IN A THREE STORY BUILDING , I TOOK A WALK TO THE WINDOW AND LOOKED AT THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY CALLED ABUJA.FROM MY ROOM I HAD THE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING FROM A COMFORTABLE HEIGHT THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL COMPOSITION OF THE AREA I LODGED, I REALISED HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS, I BEGAN TO PONDER HOW WE CAN BE SO RICH YET POOR, I ALSO REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT NIGERIA IS OPERATING A MONO ECONOMY,I WONDERED ALOUD WHERE THE STUPENDOUS WEALTH OF THIS NATION IS EMANATING FROM,IT WAS THEN I REALISED IT WAS SOMEWHERE AT THE BACK OF MY HOUSE IN THE CREEK OF THE NIGER DELTA.

I SAID TO MYSELF HOW CAN THE PEOPLE OF NIGER LIVE IN ABJECT POVERTY YET GOD IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM ENDOWED THEM WITH SO MUCH ABUNDANT RESOURCES,I TRIED TO ATTRIBUTE OUR PAINS AND UNDER DEVELOPMENT TO DEPRIVATION OF NOT BEING ALLOWED TO TAKE A SHOT AT THE PRESIDENCY OF THIS GREAT NATION,I LATER REALISED THAT I WOULD BE GUILTY OF AN ERROR OF WRONG PERMUTATION BECAUSE A NIGER DELTA JUST LEFT THAT EXALTED SEAT LEAVING US MORE MISERABLE THAN ALL HIS PREDECESSORS FROM THE NORTH.

IN THE COURSE OF WONDERING WHY WE SUFFER AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE OF EMPLOYMENT AND UNDER DEVELOPMENT I FOUND OUT THAT THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE ISSUE OF LEADERSHIP.

I REALISED THAT I CAME FROM A COUNTRY WERE STEALING IS NOT CORRUPTION AND UNBRIDLED APPETITE IN THE ACQUISITION OF MATERIALISM IS THE ORDER OF GOVERNMENT.

THOUGH I AM GLAD AND HAVE EXPLICIT CONFIDENCE IN THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION ABILITY TO FIGHT CORRUPTION I AM STILL HUNTED BY THE SEEMING NEGLECT AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DECAY IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION
IT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE THAT WHILE WE SUFFER FROM THE EFFECT OF OIL EXPLORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION THE GOOSE THAT LAY THE GOLDEN EGG SHOULD BE LEFT TO DIE A SYSTEMIC DEATH.

IT IS ON THIS PREMISE THAT I CALL ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA TO AS A MATTER OF URGENCY DECLARE AN ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURAL EMERGENCY ON NIGER DELTA REGION.

IT IS WITHIN THE CONFINE OF OUR LEGITIMATE RIGHT AS A PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE GOODNESS OF GOD IN OUR LIVES, WE WILL NEVER FOLD OUR HAND AND WATCH OUR COMMON PATRIMONY SQUANDERED BY ILL CONCEIVED POLITICIANS ON THE ALTER OF UNBRIDLED CORRUPTION AND CLUELESS LEADERSHIP.

I ALSO CALL ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CURB AND ELIMINATE THE SPREAD OF THE BOKO HARAM INSURGENTS AS ANY ATTEMPT ON SOUTHERN NIGERIA WOULD BE MISCONCEIVED AS A DECLARATION OF WAR ON THE GOOD PEOPLE OF NIGER DELTA.

LASTLY I BELIEVE MR PRESIDENT WOULD NOT BE FOUND WANTING IN THE APPOINTMENT OF CREDIBLE NIGER DELTANS DURING THE SUBMISSION OF MINISTERIAL LIST TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT MUHAMADU BUHARI FOR HIS UN RELENTLESS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION, IT IS MY SINCERE BELIEVE THAT NIGERIA WILL RISE AGAIN. I THANK U ALL.
GOD BLESS DELTA STATE
GOD BLESS NIGER DELTA
GOD BLESS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

Ese Darlington Sanco