We should begin to define what we want in 2021 in specific terms.
First let me clear the confusion surrounding the name ‘ Biafra’
Biafra is historical name. Millions died under the brand fighting for freedom and social justice. Those that killed the Biafran brand hate the name with passion and would be ready to kill anybody pushing for the rising sun. Unfortunately,those that fought against the rising sun are in Government of Nigeria starting from the president to the beneficiaries of the genocidal war. Many of our brothers in the villages are directly or indirectly benefitting from those who slaughtered millions to ensure that fraudulent one Nigeria is sustained. These people are our traditional rulers ,our president generals ,our stakeholders , political leaders etc. The generality of our people are poor with no access to credit facility. Our only strength is our diaspora brothers and sisters.
We are in a sorry situation .But because our case is divine,God will always show us way.
Biafra to us is an indigenous people living in former eastern Nigeria . It is not an organization. You cannot be a member of your nation . We are Biafrans by indigenous identity but Nigerians by citizenship. Nobody can proscribe Biafra- a people but an organization can be proscribed. Since we are Biafrans living in the former eastern Nigeria,we can decide to determine the kind of life we want to live including determining who governs us .
Therefore,in 2021 and going forward, we demand for a just ,free , equitable and fair society where all men are equal. That society could be within or outside Nigeria . The process has started by the demand for a people Constitution and young people being involved in Political decisions at all levels . With a new Administrator- Dr Joe Agbo piloting the affairs of Customary Government of IPOB in Nigeria ,Biafra struggle will now have a sense of direction with new vigor and determination.
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Have you been wondering why ordinary folks seem to be less affected by covid 19?
Whenever my drivers, house helps and security come back from their leave at home, I always asked them the state of things in their villages. Up till today in the last 1year, none has come back with any news of deaths or serious illnesses requiring hospitalization in their homes or surroundings.
I visited the SABO market in Sagamu and the tomato market at toll gate in ogere. I questioned many traders if any stall or store owners have been missing, or did not come to the market or have actually died. Responses were always negative.
So clearly the prevalence of noticeable infection with covid 19 is less among the lower class and fatalities appear to be higher among the upper class. However, It is necessary to make some adjustment for the fact that deaths among the elite class readily get media attention than those of regular folks.
Melinda gates prediction failed woefully because there was no way she could have foreseen this demographic prevalence factor in the spread of covid19.
The overall infectivity and fatalities in Africa are disproportionately much lower than the rest of the World!!!
*WHAT IS THE MAGIC HERE*?
Simply put, the magic is SUNLIGHT.
People who are daily exposed to sunlight are able to convert some chemicals in their skins to vitamin D, especially D3. Scientists have incontrovertible evidence that Vitamin D seriously boosts human immunity and actually have the capacity to prevent respiratory and lung diseases.
In the case of Covid19, vitamin D3 can prevent infection in some people and in others who still get infected, it decreases the severity of the infection and recovery rate is far better.
Recently a petition signed by 120 physicians spread across the globe, (I have a copy) has been sent to world leaders and governments to treat vitamin D deficiency common in Europe and Americas, who have effective sunlight for just a few months in a year and hence have large numbers of the populace suffering from vitamins deficiency leading to high rates of susceptibility to covid19 infections and deaths.
Many of us elites in Africa are also vitamin D deficient and this makes us ready targets for covid19 infections also. This is because we are hardly in the sun all year round.
Yet a 30 mins lounge daily in the bright sunlight gives one about 20,000 IU of vitamin D in our blood. This figure is much much higher than our daily requirement of which is about 4000 IU of vitamin D.
This is why young people, students, hawkers, traders and many who toil daily under the Sun have a very high immunity against covid19.
So my dear elders, VIPs and Ogas please walk leisurely or lounge in the sun for 20 to 30 mins daily, and with your face masks always on public and observing normal covid protocols, with daily supplications to the Almighty, you will place a Ban on covid 19 from affecting you and your household.
I left the rogue now terrorist group IPOB-IPONK in late, 2017, on a clean record of no form of any atomic allegations whatsoever, prior to that I’ve already started questioning some ills activities in the group. I was true to my service to the rogue now terrorist group and I was honest, fearless, committed, passionate, selfless, and humble at the time I held sway as the Media Officer Onitsha-South of the rogue now terrorist group.
These idiots expelled in recent months from the rogue terrorist group from, 2020, are not necessarily fighting the monster but they are positioning to enthrone themselves as the supLim Reader did when he presented himself as saint, gave us high hopes, castigated and maligned every souls threatening his enthronement painting them as evil.
From Uche Mefor down to the least expelled idiot, they are all worst than the supLim Reader of the IPOPIGS-IPONK, they have been complicit in the illicit deliberate exploitation of our people ab initio, sponsored and led many to deaths, destroyed many lives, rendered many incapacitated due to injuries sustained from gunshots and tortures from incarcerations, rendered many useless and above all rendered many senseless.
Until they start telling us the contents of the oath they administered to people or supervised its administration to people before the sacred shrine of Ibini Ukpabi.
Until they tell us those who gruesomely murdered Anthony Nwoko.
Until they start telling the very contents of the signed, sealed and delivered documents of 2019.
Until they start telling us how he landed in Israel starting from how he left the palace in a military convoy been driven in the jeep of one of his most trusted top security protocol.
Until they start telling us what they went to do at the EU building.
Until they start telling us those that benefitted from the Allen Onyema’s sponsorship to US.
Until they start telling us how they were complicit in returning the drunk in Agu Awka for his second tenure in guise of OFE-NSALA DAY.
Until they start answering these few pertinent questions then we will all know how to classify them but for now they are fighting to position themselves by dethroning the very monster they aided in his evil acts.
Nwafor IfeanyiChiukwu Awgu,
Concerned Biafran, Writes from Fegge, Onitsha South.
BVI desk just received information about the death of Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu. According to Prof Chidi Osuagwu ,’ he was home during the Christmas season for the introduction ceremony of his daughter who was getting married to a man (both of them from abroad). Had mild cough then and his condition deteriorated suddenly. Had to quickly fly back to Lagos where Covid-19 infection was diagnosed. He’s been on intensive care with oxygen. Those still doubtful about Covid-19 should take note’ Prof Osuagwu concluded.
A former Military Governor of Lagos and Imo States, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (retd.), has died at the age of 77.
Kanu’s associate and ally, Mrs Joe Okei-Odumakin, confirmed this on Wednesday.
“I can confirm that he has passed on. This is very sad news. A statement will be issued soon,” she said.
The cause of his death could not be immediately confirmed.
Kanu, who was appointed into the Supreme Military Council headed by the late Head of State, Gen. Murtala Muhammed in 1975, later became a human rights activist after leaving the military.He joined the pro-democracy movement, NADECO, and played a leading role in the agitation for the actualisation of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election.
Moghalu punctures FG’s claim on economy recovery in Q1 2021
…says NIMC pushed CBN to introduce BVN
A former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu has posited that the year 2021 will be much like the past year.
He also disclosed that CBN introduced bank verification number out of frustration when National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) was moving at a slow pace in registering Nigerians.
He spoke during a television programme monitored in Abuja on Tuesday, while responding to Federal Government’s optimism that the economy would rebound from recession by the end of the first quarter of this year.
Moghalu, who was presidential candidate of Young People’s Party (YPP) in the 2019 general election said “the second wave of covid-19 will bring about another lockdown in many countries of the world and it is already happening.
He said: “As those countries are locked down again, industrial capacity is not being used at full capacity; demand for Nigeria’s oil would keep dropping and in order to manage the price of oil, OPEC members have instituted production cuts that affected Nigeria.
“These things affect Nigeria’s ability to earn revenue because the country has left itself vulnerable by being a one product economy.
“All these along with the policy direction of the economy which has not been friendly will combine to create a situation where it’s going to be difficult though, not impossible for Nigeria to grow by 1.9 percent in 2021 but I doubt it can happen in the first quarter. It can happen from the second or third quarter.”
According to him, there is no question on the need for biometric data in any 21st century situation to be able to secure citizens.
“When we were at the central bank, we executed a lot of reforms in the payment system. And as deputy governor of operations, I led the team that conceptualized and introduced the bank verification number (BVN).
“Why did we do it? It was because we were frustrated with the pace of the national identity number rollout. We were not satisfied and we said ok, but we control the financial system as regulators.
“So within that space, we will do what we have to do to make financial transactions more efficient, more secure with unique identifiers.
“That was why we developed the BVN and it worked. There are 40 million people in Nigeria today who have it.
“If the same efficiency and effectiveness were used by the wider government, we would have been at a far better place by now.”
He however said it was not sensible to force millions of Nigerians to obtain NIN registration in the middle of a massive pandemic as people are massing at various centres, super spreading covid-19
He advocated a reform of the education system, which he said was not structured to drive an economy for a 200 million population country like Nigeria.
Continuing, Moghalu said: “We also need to invest in human capital and that level of investment is not taking place. We focus on the shiny bright object of infrastructure but who is going to use that infrastructure if half of your youth do not have jobs, half of them do not have skills?”
Moghalu also advocated creation of a N1 trillion venture capital fund where the government will invest N500 billion and the private sector will contribute the rest but the private sector will administer the fund.
“In Nigeria, you have government running everything and once you have that situation, politics, corruption and rent seeking will take over.
“That is why the country is not moving because government has too much control because politicians want to make money from all these so-called schemes.
“The Federal Government must create an enabling environment for private sector investors to come in and do these things on an economic basis, people would be serious, “he added
In BVI Channel 1 ,we believe in Freedom before Independence .We struggle to achieve freedom in Nigeria first before deciding on whether we desire a separate Nation.
For now we desire ;
1.Economic Freedom
2.Political Freedom.
3.Social Cultural Freedom
4.Spiritual Freedom
All of these types of freedom can be achieved in a restructured Nigeria into Regional Government running autonomously.
We all desire a just ,free ,fair and equitable society where all men are equal before the law.
The Federal Government says it has issued licences to selected private and public institutions to provide National Identification Numbers to citizens both in urban and rural communities.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami who disclosed this stated that a private company had deployed over fourteen thousand facilities nationwide for the registration of citizens who did not have National Identification Numbers.
He said all the organizations are free to establish their centres across the country and give National Identification Numbers, as the numbers are free to all citizens including legal residents in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Communications Commission has allays fears of mass disconnection from the telecommunications network.
The Nigerian Communications Commission in a statement said its attention has been drawn to numerous publications regarding fears of mass disconnection of telephone subscribers as a result of the ongoing linkage of Subscriber Identification Module, SIM, registration records with National Identification Numbers.
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‘You can’t address structural problems with knee-jerk approaches’
A development Economist, Dr. Chiwuike Uba, has picked holes in the proposed 2021 national budget, saying the estimates and sectoral allocations do not align with the theme of the budget.
He said the proposal lacks the potential to drive economic recovery and resilience.
He stated in Enugu on Sunday that the decision by the National Assembly to increase the budget from N13.08 trillion to N13.58 trillion has exposed the weaknesses of Nigeria’s fiscal framework.
Uba, who consults for the World Bank, noted: “The passage of the 2021 proposed national budget, after 74 days of ‘intensive’ deliberations and lobbying, is commendable. However, the allocations to key social and economic sectors are too poor to jumpstart or reposition the economy for recovery.
“The deficit of 3.64 per cent of GDP is also above the three per cent threshold set by the Fiscal Responsibility Law. In addition to the weaknesses occasioned by the non-specificity of the power of the legislature to increase the budget presented by the executive, the principle of transparency and accountability in governance are impaired.
“This is even more worrisome when the citizens are rarely and/or inadequately consulted and/or engaged in budget planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. In most cases, the national and subnational budgets do not adequately reflect the expectations and aspirations of the citizens.
“Some of the budget parameters are realistic, while a greater percentage of the parameters/ estimates are overtly too ambitious and unrealistic. The oil price benchmark and oil production output are realizable. The inflation rate of 11.95 per cent, the exchange rate of N379/$1, a growth rate of three per cent, revenue and fiscal deficits projection appear very unrealistic, given the available data and trends.
“In fact, pegging the exchange at N379/$1 creates room for the black market, round-tripping, and multiple exchange rate regimes. More so, given the increasing cost of goods and services, the current inflation rate of over 14.89 per cent is expected to be on the rise till sometime June 2021. Therefore, even before the implementation commences, the 2021 budget is already showing signs of credibility issues.
“The revenue projection of N8.3 trillion is unrealistic given the previous years’ performances. Since 2015, the actual revenue of the Federal Government has only increased from N3.24 trillion in 2015 to N3.86tn as of 2019, representing an increase of less than 20 per cent. On the other hand, public debts and unfunded deficits have witnessed a steady increase.
“The budget deficit increased from N1.52 trillion in 2015 to N5.2 trillion in 2021, and public debt of less than N10 trillion as of June 2015 to N25.2 trillion as of June 2020. In the same vein, the debt service increased from N624 billion in 2014 to N3.3 trillion in 2021. Painfully, the budgeted 2021 fiscal deficit will increase at the end of 2021, with its attendant implications on debt servicing. Nigeria, therefore, is gradually heading towards a fiscal cliff with debt service to revenue ratio hitting over 90 per cent.
“This situation is worsened by the increasing cost of governance. The recurrent expenditure has continued to increase despite the hardship many Nigerians are subjected to by the government. Almost 50 per cent of Nigeria’s 2021 budget will be spent by less than 0.2 per cent of the population. When subjected to further scrutiny and analysis, the amount for recurrent expenditure may even be more, due to classification issues, or, administrative budget manipulations, or smartly inserted frivolous items as part of capital expenditures.
“In addition to over N200 billion frivolous items in the initial budget presented by the President to NASS, items such as the purchase of catering materials, computers, purchase of office buildings among others are still included in the 2021 budget. Unfortunately, some of the items classified as capital expenditures do not have any direct impact on the citizens. Economic recovery and resilience cannot happen in such an environment.
“The proposed sale of some of the national assets is not the solution to the revenue challenges facing the country. What happens when all the national assets are completed sold? Nobody solves fundamental and structural problems with a knee-jerk approach. It is the same reason the increase in budgetary allocations to defense and security has not solved Nigeria’s security challenges. In fact, evidence shows that the more money expended on defense, the more insecurity in Nigeria. Obviously, we misconstrue spending as budget performance. Nigeria’s annual real budget performance is less than 30 per cent when it is evaluated on the basis of value for money and cost-benefit analysis (including outcome and impact).
“Achieving the objectives of the 2021 budget of economic recovery and resilience requires real investment in key infrastructure – health, education, and other key economic and social sectors. Infrastructure financing through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) vehicle as well as CBN’s funding to targeted sectors needs to be deepened. Instead of giving small amounts of money as grants/loans to millions of Nigerians, it is important to identify, at least, two key businesses/ entrepreneurs, with the capacity to scale up and employ more people in each State and fund their businesses, accordingly.
“Seventy-two big and solid corporations in each state are better than the millions of businesses funded by the CBN without any impact on the economy. Economic recovery and resilience require big and bold decisions. Economic recovery and resilience can only be guaranteed when there are enough good jobs to provide and maintain a standard of living.”
