Educating Reno Omokri By Lauretta Onochie
Some
years ago, I met a wonderful Nigerian/Canadian man, who was not only an
intellectual but has made a mark as an entrepreneur in Canada.
During
one of our many discussions, he expressed delight that his personal
friend, Barack Obama, had won the nomination to run as the President of
the United States of America under the Democrats.
A few weeks
later, my friend was very unhappy. The source of his unhappiness? He was
eager to support his friend financially. But he was not an American
citizen and so, was PROHIBITED by law, American law, from contributing
to his friend, Obama's campaign funds.
So, I was mortified that
Reno Omokri does not, in 2016, know this fact before embarking on
fabricating a story about President Muhammadu Buhari part funding Mrs.
Hilary Clinton's campaign with a whooping $500 Million! And under this
economic hardship that Reno's paymasters bequeathed to Nigerians?
Reno
Omokri obviously views America through the lens of PDP where even funds
appropriated for developmental projects, ended up being used to fund
elections. Even if the government of President Buhari has the funds to
spare, which it doesn't, American laws have ensured that no American
candidate would foolishly accept foreign donations.
There's
quite a lot such a huge amount can do at this time of Nigeria's economic
recession. The government is scraping together its scarce resources to
meet its daily obligations to Nigerians and corporate bodies.
For
example, It has since been revealed that Reno Omokri's masters failed
to pay for fertilizers in 2014 and this debt was not reflected in their
handover notes. Consequently, farmers yields depreciated in the 2015
farming seasons, giving rise to the "Hunger in the land." That
obligation has now been met by this administration, the reason we are
optimistic about a 2016 bumper harvest.
Again, Nigeria is now
compelled to pay $5billion final settlement to Western Energy Companies
(Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil, Eni, Chevron and Total), a group of
companies involved in crude oil exploration and production in a joint
venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
As
Exploration and production costs are split between NNPC and the Western
Energy Companies, NNPC failed to pay its portion of the expenses
between 2010 and 2015. Five years when Nigeria made more money from
crude oil sale than any other period in the nation’s history. This has
prompted the groups to hold back on vital investment to continue
production activities in the oil fields.
Construction companies
across the nation were made to lay off their workers and abandon their
equipment for lack of due payments while funds appropriated for such
were used as slush funds to buy Nigerians during the 2015 elections.
This information was also lacking in their hand over notes. But these
obligations have also been met, and construction companies are back on
their beats.
Just as Reno has continued to lie through his
teeth, the President Jonathan transition team was very economical with
the state of the nation's economy and indebtedness. It took one of their
own, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to inform a not-too-shocked nation that
the economy had been down for three years before Pres. Buhari came
along.
The Jonathan era was when the administration elevated
corruption from the ordinary to the ridiculous. People like Reno Omokri
sold lies for a living and has continued to do so. But Nigerians are
sick and tired of the lies of the Jonathanian era. They know the truth.
They won't swallow their lies anymore because they know it's corruption
fighting back.
The more we try to forget these people who ruined
our nation, the more they remind us of their ignoble deeds that brought
our nation on its knees. It was therefore, a cheery piece of news when
the Federal Government restored History, as a subject in our schools'
curriculum. That means we can now freely discuss the sins of the past
administration without being told to move on. It also means that our
children can learn how Reno Omokri's masters squandered our commonwealth
in selfish and ostentatious living.
How can we know where we are
heading to if we do not relate to our past? How can we avoid repeating
past mistakes if we bury the past and refuse to even talk about it? We
will continue to confront and shame them with the facts and the truth.
When
in 2015 some Nigerians invoked Isaiah 54:17 on President Buhari, those
who ruined our nation thought it was a joke. Reno Omokri and his ignoble
team are experiencing it today. Lies after lies, and they get exposed
for the fraud they are.
American elections are funded with
American Money. A simple question on google could have saved Reno Omokri
this mockery and embarrassment. As usual, with all his lies, Reno has
mud in his face. Always ask Google.
Lauretta Onochie - PA To The President On Social Media.
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