The battle between the lawmakers and the media on the Freedom For Information (FOI) Bill was dragged for months and we were all forced to go along with them.

The Lawmakers tardiness and obvious reluctance to give the gloabally accustomed freedom to the media was criticised and labelled as an indirect oppression in a democracy.

Fast forward to yesterday, the first day of a nation-wide strike, protests and shootings; and 80% of our media houses made Nigeria look like it was a scene from Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland.

What happened to transperancy and a desire to promote the truth wherever it may be? Why clamour for freedom and act lily-livered in the face of the litmus test?

How can the international media, through the aid of social network updates focus on the protests and the rallies, whilst our local stations transmit soap-operas, cultural displays and weddings?

Why bombard us with pre-recorded footage hours after the events have occured and people have dispersed to their homes or sponsored programs on how well the Petroleum Minister and the President have effected changes in a sector that has been deadened by corruption and stagnancy?

Whatever happened to articulate interviews where Government officials are fired with factual, intelligent and analytical questions?

The family of the Slain Boko Haram leader was awarded 100 million naira by the  Borno State Government on the ruling of the Court for extra-judicial killings.

I am conversant with the complexities of the Law but this can be likened to a typical “Are you kidding me?” moment where the thief sues the victim because he sustained injuries in the course of the robbery and wins the case.

After all the atrocities committed by this fanatical religious sect, their families stand the chance of being compensated huge sums of money because they were not blessed with a fair trial?

What fair trial did their victims receive dying because they believed in a different god and spoke a different language?

What measures have been put in place to nip terrorism in its fast blossoming bud?

How do the victim’s families get justice for the untimely deaths of their loved ones?

As educated as I have been fortunately blessed to be, somethings just sound extremely wrong here.

The management of a bank ordered non-IT staff of seven of its branches to resume at work (although, they did not open publicly to customers).

They later sent some home and turned off the generators at the others to give off the semblance of inactivity to angry NLC officials who came around the various premises.

Are bank staff not part of organized labour? Are NLC, TUC, Civil Societies and the thousands of citizens who have placed their lives at risk not fighting for the common good?

How long are Nigerians going to act in isolation of the happenings of their environment? What is wrong with obeying a national directive to stay at home; if you dont have the courage to walk the streets?

The success of a revolution is as a result of the collective direct and indirect actions of all...the bank has since released false statements denying the accusations; but close sources have confirmed the report to be true.

Opposition leaders have seized the opportunity of the current displeasure with the incumbent administration to profer solutions, enjoy the sounds of their own voices and campaign to a fatigued populace ready for change.

On my twitter page, I asked a series of questions: what was the contribution of these politicians when they were in power; what changes did they effect to the removal of corruption from governance?

A majority of their wealth was made during their tenures in government  and most of them own enterprises and assets individually or by proxy from stolen money; are they ready to return all this stolen wealth back to the nation’s custody?

They and their families enjoy the basic amenities of life in other countries whilst those of the nation rot in the shadows of neglect; are they ready to come back home and exist on the same levels of the average Nigerian?

Are they ready to cut down their excessive allowances, amount of aides, advisers and convoys? There is no need to paint the current president as the devil just because he doesnt dorn their party colours.

The Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria came on AIT this afternoon to appeal to the insensitivity of Nigerians: the removal of subsidy is to save the nation 1 Trillion Naira, and this money is to be ploughed back into the 6000 pending projects left uncompleted over the years.

It is to rid the country of the devious cabal who have been enriched from the exploitation of the masses; the refineries would finally be repaired and production output increased; secondly, no international investment is possible if refineries are built and the investors are forced to sell at the 2011 price of N65.

If the 1 trillion to be saved is a loan, how are we saving the money? What happens to the revenue from the sale of crude oil, cant that be used to finance projects? What happened to the revenue from the various taxes levied on the various sectors of the economy; and our other export assets? What happened to the funds allocated for the ‘6000 uncompleted projects’ in the past budgets; how were they spent and where is the evidence of expenditure; wasnt the money allocated sufficient at the point it was allocated? Why should the populace make sacrifices for the Government (who spends 75% of the annual budget) to enable it carry out its own civic responsibility?

When are we going to fish out eloquent and self-serving experts to do the jobs properly, instead of parading half baked individuals who make us all look stupid? When are we going to drastically cut down the cost of governance? When are we going to wake up?

What do the ‘cabal’ stand to lose? Absolutely nothing......

We march on into Day 3, in the quest to take our country back.

“ In our quest for happiness and avoidance of suffering, I believe we are all the fundamentally the same and therefore all equal”- Dalai Lama.