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Failure of leadership and Effects of Corona Pandemic in Nigeria

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p><div class&equals;"cZpI6dYQ" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;"><b>By Aminu Halilu Tudun Wada<&sol;b><o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">The more difficult the road &comma;the greater the <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>satisfaction&period; But ours is different that leaves <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>bitter pills to swallow &comma;Ask average&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"x5iJSlir" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; 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&quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;"> Nigerians are they happy with fire brigade approach to government&nbsp&semi; policies at all levels &quest;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">Guess the answer by yourself&comma; i know&nbsp&semi; you knew better than me&period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">Our complains rage <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>daily due to the unplanned failed policies that keep on taking us back &comma;retrogressive and primitive moving at Tortoise speed in&nbsp&semi; desert&period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">As if<span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>we are not in 21st century whereby the light speed train of development roaming across&nbsp&semi; countries that planned and execute excellent polices with clear vision and mission through<span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi; <&sol;span>committed leaders that&nbsp&semi; are nationalists&nbsp&semi; and have patriotic zeal and development of their nations &period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">From Asian tigers like Malaysia&comma; Singapore&comma; to Gulf nations of Unites Arab Emirates&comma;&nbsp&semi; Qatar&comma; via our continent whereby Rwanda and Ethiopia excels and are developing by the day&period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">What our leaders at the helm of public affairs lack is coherent and wherewithal to formulate good policies for this country &comma;hence the consequence is how <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>people are becoming angry by the day &period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">Take into cognizance &comma; the Corona Virus <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>pandemic &comma; that is spreading like wildfire and&nbsp&semi; causing tension among the developed countries &period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;"><span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>If countries like United States&nbsp&semi; &comma; England&comma; France &comma; Italy &comma; Spain and Germany lock down their countries and declared state of emergency coupled with the cry for help for the unprepared&nbsp&semi; <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>catastrophic who are we as Nigerians with dilapidated thirteen century medical<span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>facilities &quest; <o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">It was only <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>in the twentieth century Nigeria that we are waiting for the pandemic <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>then <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>rush and build emergency centers then equip them with medical facilities to cater for ourselves&period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">At the time that Nigeria sink billions of dollars since the late eighties&nbsp&semi; to get standard and permanent power&comma; and gallivanting in between three to four thousand megawatts for over 180 million people and their industries &comma; the two holy mosques of Makkah and Madinah &comma; as of September 2015&comma;&nbsp&semi; boast and generated eighteen thousand six hundred and eighty megawatts &comma;according to Saudi Electricity Company &lpar;SEC&rpar; chief &comma;Ziyad Bin Muhammad Al Sheiha&comma; what an inconsistent policy <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>we are operating&period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">We have well articulated and formulated polices that have been promulgated &comma; from War against Indiscipline &lpar;WAI&rpar; to Structural Adjustment Programme &lpar;SAP&rpar; of military regimes of Gen Buhari and Babangida&comma; down to Sani Abacha’s<span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi; <&sol;span>Family Support programme &lpar;FSTF&rpar; and Obasanjo’s &comma; Small and medium enterprises development agency of Nigeria &lpar;SMEDAN&rpar;&comma; to Goodluck Jonathan Nigerian Industrial Revolution plan &lpar;NIRP&rpar; and Muhammad Buhari’s<span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi; <&sol;span>various policies on Agriculture&comma; Npower&comma; Economic policies &period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">Many Nigerians <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>are doubting<span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi; <&sol;span>the development of this nation due to the bad leadership and inability to implement policies &comma; like what dethroned <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>Emir of Kano Muhammad Sunusi II&comma; was saying as an Economist &period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;"><span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>If care is not taken policies that are yet to be focused on harnessing the huge potential of our population we may end up destroying our limited resources&period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi;">In situation like this Nigeria need policies that will give <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>us hope &quest; The top priority is political will and<span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi; <&sol;span>commitment &period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"line-height&colon; normal&semi; margin-bottom&colon; &period;0001pt&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 0in&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; &quot&semi;tahoma&quot&semi; &comma; &quot&semi;sans-serif&quot&semi;&semi; font-size&colon; 14&period;0pt&semi; line-height&colon; 115&percnt;&semi;"><b>Aminu Halilu Tudun Wada&comma;<&sol;b> is a Journalist and Public affairs commentator wrote from Kano&period;<o&colon;p><&sol;o&colon;p><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; 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