I came across this -River State Governor acquires $45 million Bombardier jet
This one no be story story o, the River State commissioner for
information, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, has confirmed the purchase. The state
bought a brand new $45million Bombardier Global 5000 (N565RS) jet for
Governor Chibuike Amaechi.
According to the commissioner, the jet was paid for two years ago, and
they bought it for 'safety reasons'. She said the governor consulted the
Rivers state House of Assembly and they approved the purchase.
SaharaReporters reported that the jet was primarily purchased from
Bombardier in Canada for $45.7 million through the Bank of Utah Trustee
account, and was delivered to the state government on October 7th 2012.
Meanwhile, the Rivers state commissioner said the old aircraft, an Embraer Legacy 600, will be sold-
yesterday on Linda Ikeji’s blog and it got me
thinking. Not that it concerns me, but I can’t help wondering if buying
that jet is absolutely the most important thing for that government at this time
or if its even necessary. Am not from Rivers state and I don’t reside there, but I am
a Nigerian and I know fully well that purchasing a jet is not exactly the most important
thing for a government to do now. I mean, I look around, and I see severe
poverty, youth unemployment and restiveness, lack of good roads and decent health
care facilities etc, and am thinking, the least any government in Nigeria
should be thinking about is purchasing a jet for whatever reason. Anyways, that
isn’t the thought on my mind right now. After reading about that, I thought to
myself, now, other state governors will follow suit; sinking millions of
dollars into purchasing jets,( for safety reasons or whatever) that is, if the
Rivers state government isn’t following the steps of some other State government… This unreasonable
spending of tax payers monies, reminds me of where I live, a state where
local government employees haven’t been paid been on strike for close to six months (or
more, or less, am not sure) and yet the government is comfortably financing the
construction of a multimillion naira office complex for the special advisers to
the governor. Anytime I pass that building, I feel pain. I feel pain for myself
and for my people. I feel pain for my generation
and pity for the generation behind and the one behind and the ones unborn… Hahahaha!
Can you imagine? As I was typing the word generation, something in my demented
mind, asked if my father can talk about his generation, talk less of me, a
24year old child. That thing also said to me, don’t even talk about
generation, because, there is no such thing in your country. They say ‘children are the leaders of tomorrow’
but the children of your father’s time are still waiting for their tomorrow,
talk less you and your generation, hmm! Me ehn, I can think nonsense…
That’s just an aside anyway. My landlord’s wife is a local government primary
school teacher in the State I live, and for months, I have lost count, she
hasn’t being to work. Why? Cause for all that time, the primary schools have
been on strike and still are. Is that a joke or something? No, it isn’t, it is
the ridiculous truth, yet,( children are the leaders of tomorrow, how na?) the
government in my state is building a new unnecessary government house,
and office complex for special advisers to the government. (Don’t get me wrong,
the government is very well trying, thank you.) Like I said earlier, these
things are not my business, but hey I can’t help noticing, and
thinking about them and talking about them, only must times, when I do talk about them with friends, they see my
point, but can’t understand why its my business. They give me a look to confirm
what I already know, am crazy. .. as I share it here, am not sure am going to
get any response but am sure nobody is going to give me
that#youarecrazykindalook#. Here, it’s just cold, lifeless letters, staring
back at me and I can handle that.
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