ONE OF MY BIGGEST COMPLAINTS ABOUT NIGERIA, IS THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE, BUT CAN'T OFFER CONCRETE ANSWERS. SO IN RESPONSE TO MY RECENT RANT ABOUT THISDAY NEWSPAPER INVITING FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR AND FORMER US. SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEZZA RICE, HERE IS HOW I THINK WE SHOULD CELEBRATE/USHER IN OUR 50TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY. WE ALL KNOW THERE ISN'T MUCH TO CELEBRATE, BUT THERE'S MUCH TO DEBATE, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK:
As Nigeria enters its 50th year, it would seem only evident to usher it in and celebrate it with a series of reflectures (reflection lectures) called The Reflectures: Nigeria at 50, a 4 part round table on keys issues concerning the state of the nation. The reflectures shall deal with the following issues:
• Education
• Health & Environment
• Vision 20: 2020, M.D.Gs, IMF and Foreign Policies
• Unemployment
Each lecture shall be set three months apart and preferably televised on TV. The events shall be opened to the public and will include special invited guests to discuss each season’s topic.
SPECIAL ASISTANCE:
To get the most out of our lecture series, the co-operation of the Ministry of Information and Communication shall be vital.
VENUE:
The choice of venue needs to be able to carry an audience as well as a television crew if possible.
BACKGROUND:
The background of each event is important and should include the words “NIGERIA AT 50” clearly visible on wallpaper and perhaps the main topic being discussed.
ATTENDANCE:
Attendance should be open to the public.
PROMOTION:
The promotion of each lecture shall include the use of the social Internet groups such as facebook to create awareness by getting the public to participate and to send in questions they’d like to have answered.
POSSIBLE ISSUES TO DISCUSS AT EACH REFLECTURE
EDUCATION:
• Achieving the M.D.G on education
• Why there’s no ministry of higher education and if they should be
• ASUU strikes
• How will the Abdulmuttalab terror incident affect Nigerian students wishing to study abroad, especially those with Arabic names and/or Islamic backgrounds?
• Adult illiteracy
• The future of Nigerian education
POSSIBLE GUESTS:
• Special assistant to the president on the M.D.G- Hajiya Amina Az- Zabur
• Minister of Education- Dr. Sam Egwe
• Minister of State for Education- Hajiya Aishatu Jibril Dukku
• President of ASUU
• President Abuja Writers Forum- Dr. Emmanuel Shehu
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT:
• General public sanitation
• Malaria and H.I.V/AIDS awareness
• The treatment of gunshot wound victims
• Climate Change
POSSIBLE GUESTS:
• Minister of health
• D.G NAFDAC
• Minister of Environment
• Minister of Police Affairs
• Minister of the F.C.T- Senator Adamu Aliero
• Interested N.G.Os
VISION 20: 2020, M.D.G, I.M.F AND NIGERIA’S FOREIGN CONUNDRUM:
• How feasible is Vision 20: 2020?
• How far with the M.D.G?
• How does Vision 20: 2020 and M.D.G relate to the president’s 7 point agenda?
• Should Nigeria be borrowing from the I.M.F?
• Nigeria’s placing on the U.S terror list.
POSSIBLE GUESTS:
• Minister of Finance- Mallam Mukthar
• Minister of National Planning- Dr. Shamsudeen Usman
• The Vision 20: 2020 committee
• Special Assistant to the President on the M.D.G- Hajiya Amina Az-Zabur
• The President’s special assistance on the 7 Point Agenda
• Head of I.M.F in Nigeria
UNEMPLOYMENT
• How to solve the crisis of unemployment
• The impact, if any, of N.Y.S.C on employment
POSSIBLE GUESTS:
• Minister of Labour
• D.G N.Y.S.C
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