Thread by @HisKnowledgeabl

KEY ISSUES BEFORE NIGERIAN GOVERNORS MEET WEDNESDAY?

'Worried' about Nigeria's continued tanking security architecture; amid prevalent economic misfortunes; breakdown of law & order, etc, Governors under the aegis of the @NGFSecretariat are billed to meet on Wed, Dec. 2, 2020?

2/ Sept. 2, 2020, in a @THISDAYLIVE op-ed by Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, he wrote: "The quality of men and women at the helm of affairs cannot rescue this country (Nigeria) from its current state of decay and looming decomposition."

3/ Feb 11, 2020, in his homily at the funeral mass of Michael Nnadi, a student of the Catholic Good Shepherd Seminary, Kaduna, who was abducted and subsequently murdered by 'unknown gunmen,' Bishop Kukah lamented: "Nigeria is not worth dying for."

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4/ Like 18-year-old Seminarian Michael Nnadi, like many other ordinary Nigerians helplessly killed by blood-tasty state & non-state marauders, the @NigeriaGov failed them all.

5/ Yours Truly would've given up on the Nigerian-State. But when I go through Alexis De Tocqueville's "Democracy in America and Two Essays on America," a book that captured his 9month visit to America with his friend Gustave de Beaumont, in May 1831, I'm cautiously optimistic.

6/ America is 244 years old, as its declaration of Independence was on July 4, 1776.

For 244 years, Her democracy has evolved through popular struggles & movements, that when conflicts arise, they're solved by the groups in power and the groups that aspire to share power.

7/ Since the 1914 amalgamation, Nigerians have made two successful attempts for #ABetterNigeria:

1. The Nationalist Movement (1920-1960)
2. Pro-democracy Movement (1983-1999).

Such progressive movements are lacking today, that I insist, Nigeria urgently Restructures or Bursts.

8/ Without much ado, before the @kfayemi-led @NGFSecretariat meets tomorrow, the following germane issues must be religiously looked into:

1. Reforming @DefenceInfoNG
2. Decentralising @PoliceNG into 37 Independent State Police & 774 Independent Local Police Departments

9/ 3. Devolving excess powers to States & LGAs from the 68-item Exclusive Legislative List
4. Immediate & compulsory elections across Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas between now & May 29, 2023
5. Steeply reducing the emoluments of elected politicians, amid rising poverty

10/ 6. Cancelling the bogus retirement packages for ex-governors
7. Doing away with the secretive Security Votes for Governors
8. Opening the Budgeting System across Federal, State & Local Council levels
9. Central Database with unique Social Security Numbers for all Nigerians

11/ 10. Conducting a compulsory, true & unbiased census every 10 years
11. Immediate electoral reforms- electronic voting with paper trails
12. Immediate reforms for Nigeria's Policing, Judicial & Prisons System
13. Immediate re-deregulation of Nigeria's oil & power sector...

12/ NATIONAL IDEALS: To save Nigeria from further tanking, @kfayemi-led @NGFSecretariat must religiously look at entrenching ideals such as:

1. Sanctity of Human Lives
2. Justice for all
3. Rule of Law
4. Republicanism
5. Social Equality
6. Egalitarianism ideals of Jesus Christ

13/ NATIONAL IDEALS:
7. No social distinction between public officials and ordinary citizens
8. Love for Freedom & Independence
9. Spirit of Association & Locality
10. Spirit of Individualism & Communalism
11. Separating Religion from the State

14/ Tied to the abovementioned, to halt Nigeria's long-term decline since 1962/1963, there is need to drive the seedbeds of civic virtues through:

1. Families
2. Local Communities/Neighborhoods
3. Faith Communities/Religious Institutions
4. Voluntary Civic Organizations, etc.

15/ Dear Chairman, @kfayemi, additionally, laying a solid foundation for Nigeria for the benefits of future generations, the @NGFSecretariat urgently needs to discuss:

1. Resource Control
2. Birth Records System
3. Death Records System
4. Marriage Records System
5. Tax System

16/ 6. Massive investments in Road/Rail Infrastructures- #OperationTarAllRoads
7. House Numbering System
8. Mailing System
9. Decentralised Departments of Motor Vehicles, Licensing System & Road Rules
10. Emergency Toll-free Services to get hold of the @PoliceNG & @Fedfireng

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17/ 11. Compulsory Auto Insurance
12. Credit Worthiness System
13. Electoral Reforms with Independent Electoral Umpires
14. Water System
15. Drainage System

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