AH2H 2017 Year End Message

As we enter the new year, the AH2H {AtikuHouse2House} support group wishes all Nigerians a prosperous new year in advance. 

Yes, our new year will only be prosperous when we have planners who understand that running an organisation is a team work and achieving glory requires a positive, proactive team with the requisite mindset, which is what Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (Turakin Adamawa) always stood for. 

The fate of 180 million Nigerians is too big and demanding for a group of people who believe that perception in the public domain according to their dictates is all that matters.

In the passing year Nigerians were being fed with statistics that left well meaning citizens thinking about how we got to this sorry state.

First, it was the case of a badly prepared budget that could not sail until June of this year. Remember a nations budget is supposed to show the income and expenditure of the country for a given year. As at December 2017, the 2017 budget could not achieve 30% execution owing to crass understanding of the challenges at hand.

Before this administration came to power, Nigerians had adjusted to their fiscal year running from March of a preceeding year to the other. However poor we used to think that used to be, the task is being taken to an abysmal low under the current regime.

A poorly prepared budget couldn't be passed until our ailing president got back home, when the year was deep into the second half. The 7 trillion naira plus budget was passed into law but not until Nigerians were told that some funds that were meant for major infrastructural developments like the 2nd Niger bridge were taken away for 'more pressing matters'. 

In essence corrupting the very sacrosanct document that shows the expenditure of our federation.

As if that is not enough, the various money generating agencies of the federation gave us their score cards, with Customs & Excise declaring over 1 Trillion Naira, FIRS 2.3 Trillion, NPA 1.2 Trillion, VAT over 2 Trillion, NOTE, all these without the income from oil and gas.

Yet, the government claims it can only fund 20% of the budget, that it must borrow to fund the budget.

The revenue from FIRS alone as stated is more than 32% of the 2017 buget. The question that comes to mind is - 'what and how' are the other accruals to the federation's account managed? From the revenues so generated, is there any justifiable reason to go borrowing? Enough of the deciet. Our nation deserves an urgent renewal. It is not the retrogressive change that has become the nightmare of the citizens, but a positive push to a new frontier devoid of primodial sentiments.

The year 2017 witnessed a reinvigorated demand for the restructuring of the country. Despite the blatant denials of Restructuring been a cardinal point in the ruling party's manifesto, Turakin Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar stood out as a shining light to the dumbfounded citizens who could not believe that one of the major reasons that made them to vote massively for the ruling party had been tossed to the waste bin.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar stands with the truth and that informed his resignation from the APC.

Nigeria at this hour needs a leader that understands the yearnings of the people. Enough of the lies, let us align with the man that made the deregulation of our telecom industry possible. 

Unlike the empty promises that is now the standard, it is time for pragmatic leadership, let's all join hands and get Nigeria #Atikulated.

By - Louis Ndimele; NMT, AH2H2019

@ah2h2019, @chynedofficial

Have YOU read Change The Change?

  By

Oparaocha Sharon

Apparently, Nigerians are tired of President Buahri's government having seen and felt it that the change he promised us is a negative change.

December 2016 Nigerians managed to fake "a smile" with majority hoping for a better "next year" (2017). In less than 2 weeks 2017 will come to an end with Nigerians feeling terribly worse than we felt in 2016.
Reminiscing ironically over PMB's 2 years old government, it dawned on me that we as a people have been shortchanged, it is our loss.
We are the people suffering the hardship, the economic recession, unemployment, insecurity and so on.

Where did we get it wrong?

With no intention of insulting the person of Mr. President, I wish to reiterate that the choice we made in 2015 is ostensibly a wrong choice.
The present administration promised to fight corruption but has failed to create jobs for the masses especially youths.

In order to fight crime and corruption the masses (youths especially) must be gainfully employed.

Employment is the best tool as well as measure for fighting corruption.
This is exactly where Atiku has successfully wooed Nigerians.
Not yesterday, not today but for a very long time, Atiku has been clamouring for governance not rulership. Governance is the type of leadership where people participate in the processes said Atiku.
Continually, he raised serious concerns about high rate of unemployment in Nigeria , expressing his dissatisfaction over the nonparticipation of youths in governance he said "my candidacy is about the youth. It’s time to hand over governance to them. If I see a more prepared young Nigerian with the capacity to wrestle power from my generation I will back him. But in the meantime let me serve as the bridge to lead this nation to its destination by unleashing the creative energy in our young people" .

Atiku and late Umaru Musa Yar'Adua share two things in common -rule of law(equity) and a Nigeria where power is balanced evenly. This explains his openess to restructuring.
Atiku accepted many years ago that Nigerian political structure needs to be restructured ,so I am (we are) confident that he will restructure Nigeria. Insisting that South East particularly, are not integrated in the country's National politics. He sees it as a problem and an anomaly.

Recalling some of these past events, his utterances, achievement and actions towards Youths and Nigeria as a Nation it becomes even clearer that we need to change the change with Atiku.

#AtikuForPresident2019
#AtikulateNigeria2019
@ah2h2019
@chynedofficial

A MUST READ: This is why it should be Atiku

Why Atiku?

By Ndubuisi Emedosi

If you will agree with me, since the inception of APC led government, Nigeria seems to have lost the touch of good governance, equitable distribution and all inclusive government without favouring a particular tribe.

They came on board with zero tolerance on corruption, but in reality the corruption is actually becoming so alarming and yet nobody is calling the corrupt actors to order maybe because of there affiliation to the ruling party.

I still maintain that Nigeria was better of under PDP led federal government than what we are seeing now. Reasons among others are as follows:

*  recall that when the rest of the world were hit with economic recession and melt down, Nigeria didn't felt the vibe of the economic cancer because the then government armed itself with the best of brains that aid her manage the economy very tight.

*  No tribe was treated as 2nd or 3rd class citizens as every tribe were fully represented at various agencies.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar ( Turaki Adamawa ) no doubt is one man among men that will bring the meaningful CHANGE as against chain we have been witnessing.

He is a strong advocate for youth involvement in politics and government which was part of the reason he left APC, because the APC led government has failed to live up to expectations.

More so, Atiku is the man that will greatly uphold the unity of this nation, revive our battered  economy by encouraging and supporting both foreign and local investors alike vis-à-vis INNOSON, DANGOTE, MTN, e.t.c which will end up creating more employment opportunities, growing the economy and reducing poverty and crime in our society.

He is a disciplined man, a master builder with chains of business connections, highly detribalistic, visionary and an expert in human capital development.

Having said all these, permit me to sign out with this: With Atiku as President, Nigeria will Cheer and not in tears.

#AtikulateNigeria2019
#Atiku_for_president_2019
@ah2h2019
@chynedofficial

THE REAL ATIKU ABUBAKAR

THE REAL ATIKU ABUBAKAR!!

My candidacy is about the youth. It’s time to hand over governance to them. If I see a more prepared young Nigerian with the capacity to wrestle power from my generation I will back him but in the meantime let me serve as the bridge to lead this nation to its destination by unleashing the creative energy in our young people.

I am not running for the presidency for power sake, I am not desperate for power, I am doing this because I’m convinced it’s your time.

Trust me, even though they say I’m corrupt, I’ve asked that they bring the allegation to the temple of justice but after ten years out of government and without immunity they haven’t been able to. I make bold to say I am too rich to be corrupt,

Nigeria is so full of opportunities that I don’t need to be your president to make money. This is not about me, it’s more about you. Young Nigerians let’s do this together.

My name is Atiku Abubakar and I am offering myself and my immense knowledge of this country accumulated over the years to serve you.
Please join me on this historic journey, let’s do it together.

I wish you all a merry Christmas and prosperous year ahead...

#AtikulateNigeria2019
#AtikuAbubakar
#TaiEmeka, @ChynedOfficial

A must Read: Atiku, The Bridge Builder.

Atiku, The Bridge Builder.

By Tai Emeka Obasi.

There’s one very striking thing about former vice president, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar. He’s one of the very few successful people known by their first names. But there’s something more striking – he’s one of the very few detrabalised Nigerians. And believe it or not, tribal sentiments contribute more than any other factor to the stagnation of this entity called Nigeria.

I knew the ex-customs boss fairly well but I got to know him appreciably better through Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, another detrabalised Nigerian. For those who don’t know, Ndukwe was the Executive Vice Chairman, EVC of Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. Appointed in February 2000, the Oraifite-born technocrat was the man, who increased telephones lines in the country from a paltry 400,000 to over 80 million before leaving after 10 years of maximum two five-year terms.

I got close enough to Dr. Ndukwe when he ran for Anambra South Senatorial election. As his Campaign Director of media I got to know the former NCC boss pretty well. And let me say for the umpteenth time that there are few Nigerians God created with the passion, energy, know-how and the deep-seated patriotism to move this country forward and improve humanity generally like Dr. Ernest Ndukwe.

There are three things I singled out amongst many which he did that made communications the success we enjoy today while power continued to be the failure it has ever been.

1) Holding the most transparent Digital Mobile License, DML auction process that gave operational licenses to four companies, MTN, ECONNET, NITEL (MTEL) and CIL. The exercise was lauded by International Telecommunications Union, ITU and other professional bodies across the globe as the most transparent ever in Africa and one of the most transparent in the history of global communication auction bidding licenses.

2) When Chief Mike Adenuga’s company, Communications Investment Limited, CIL failed, at the last minute, to meet the 14-day deadline stipulated by NCC for complete payment of USD 285 million, less USD 20 million upfront payment to guarantee one of the very strict criteria for participation, Ndukwe refused to budge in giving any concession. Despite pressures from all quarters that eventually got to the presidency, Ndukwe insisted on a level-playing field and Chief Adenuga went home, obviously not believing there were still Nigerians like Dr. Ndukwe. But the multi-billionaire came back more prepared two years later to launch Globacom.

3) Ndukwe insisted that competition and market forces should determine call rates instead of government via NCC fixing any rate for service providers.

There were many more firm decisions Ndukwe and his team made that gave Nigeria her best success in any sector since independence. In my book; NIGERIA’S GSM REVOLUTION – NDUKWE’S TOUCH OF MIDAS (now in the print house), I outlined a journey into all Ndukwe and his team did for dear country.

It was in the cause of research and countless interviews that Ndukwe himself told me how he was recruited and kept on the job. He said he never applied for the job and was rather dreaming of one day becoming the MD of NITEL. He believed he knew exactly how to make NITEL to not only survive but also become a real giant. He had presented countless papers on how to make communications blossom in Nigeria. By then he was the MD of General Telecommunications, GT and the president of Association of Telecommunications Companies Of Nigeria, ATCON.

But one day in the year 2000 his phone rang. He was told by a strange voice that he was being considered for NCC’s EVC and could he meet with the vice president in Abuja within the next 48 hours?

He complied with the directive and met with the vice president in the latter’s office at Aso Rock. The Turaki of Adamawa  took less than one hour with Ndukwe to convince himself the then president of ATCON was the man he was looking for. The man the nation needed to drive her to the new world of GSM. By then Atiku was in charge of Bureau for Private Enterprise, BPE and one on whose shoulders President Olusegun Obasanjo placed the burden of unearthing capable Nigerians to steer her fourth Republic on a people-oriented development ride.

When he recruited Ndukwe, Atiku had not met the communications guru on a personal level but Ndukwe guessed the ex-customs boss was monitoring him and had absolute trust that he would deliver. As it panned out, Ndukwe more than delivered.

Hear Ndukwe, “yes, President Obasanjo confirmed and signed my appointment letter but all based on Atiku’s recommendations. He fished me out and kept me on the job. And it wasn’t only me. He unearthed truly capable Nigerians all over the country to build this nation from the ruins of incessant military rule.

‘’But most importantly, Atiku gave me the free hand and independence to pilot the affairs of NCC as I deemed professionally appropriate. It is on record that the Presidency hardly interfered with my job and that was a very very big boost to whatever successes we recorded in the sector.

“If not for the unfortunate incitement from some quarters to the president that his deputy was over shadowing him, which ended up bringing a feud the nation didn’t need, the Obasanjo government would have achieved more if they had ended the way they started.

“Atiku is a detrabalised Nigerian who means very well for this country. He would have made a very good president if he had succeeded Obasanjo,” Ndukwe told me in 2015.

Anybody who knows Ndukwe knows he’s never one who uses the words he used for Atiku lightly.

Today, two years later, I will add that Atiku will still make a very good president if he succeeds President Buhari. In fact, the experiences he has garnered since then will help him to become even a better president.

The problem with Nigeria is usually steering away, wittingly or unwittingly, from a path that truly would lead to appreciable progress. The ugly effects of cancelling June 12, 1993 election still live with us. The design by President Obasanjo to ditch a deputy who served him for eight years in place of a dying man drove this nation very painfully backwards. The rush to oust Goodluck Jonathan and PDP out of power without any progressive plan besides propaganda is now mercilessly devastating the nation.

There is one route to righting most of those wrongs – Atiku becoming president in 2019.