#2015 Politics.

This piece is written by Ademola Adeyeye.



Good Day, Oriade!
Good Day, Obokun!

It is indeed very great to see the Hon. Agunbiade Nathaniel page back on Facebook; I am indeed delighted as it has been a while! This is even as Hon. Wole Oke is as well there… That simply makes us have the flagbearers of the two major parties for the House of Reps on one single page where anyone can post from anywhere in the world and it reaches them!
For me, there are a lot of posers and I will start posing!

Barrister Nathaniel Ige Agunbiade in four years in the House of Reps… What do we have of Bills, Motions, Matter of Urgent Public Importance, Speaking on the Floor, Committee Work, Interventions, Petitions and all that? What do we have as the involvement of our MHR in community service as well as constituency feedback? Do we even have a working Constituency Office… How about staffing; SLAs, LAs and Co? What of the rumoured or rather unsubstantiated collection of funds on your behalf by a one of your top staff members in order to secure jobs for constituents? What about Oversight Functions and the Ecowas Parliament you belong? What House Commitees are you even in? How come we never see you on the floor speak most times like Hons Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Kawu Sumaila or Samson Osagie? Or you simply, in legislative parlance, never catch the speaker’s eye? And Constituency Projects too… Unconfirmed Reports of the 110Million Naira collected annually and supposedly pooled by all Osun Nat’l Assembly Members that have been pushed into the Ipetu Ijesa Water Scheme, building of the megaschools including 1Billion Naira planned to be spent revamping Esa Oke Grammar School, Esa Oke! And by the way, what is your Billboard doing at Olaiya Roundabout when eligible voters in Iponda, Ijeda Ijesa, Ibokun, Esa Odo, Ilahun, Ere and Co don’t even see a billboard of their Candidate! What Bills and Motions do you, through your Legislative Research Team, plan to present on the floor if you get into the eighth assembly? How will these Bills and Motions affect your Constituents if you eventually get elected?
MANY QUESTIONS!

Barrister (in view) Oluwole Olubusayo Oke who spent eight years in the House of Reps and wishes to contest afresh… First, I am assured you are one astute businessman as it is easily visible that all the money you pool into campaign isn’t just from politics! Anyway you already asked that ‘any politician who can boast of having 100 million naira in his account before entering politics should come out as it is evident you aren’t involving in politics to loot or make money; you are already a made-man! Nonetheless, How many Bills did you sponsor between 2003 and 2011? How many Motions did you raise on the floor? How involved were you in debates and contributions in the hallowed Green Chambers? How come I have never heard of a popular bill or motion in your name? Did you even debate on the floor those years? What of the Constituency Funds particularly then that you were summarily given the cash? Most of the Constituency Projects you initiated, how come they are moribund today? Do you need to go to the House of Reps to revamp then, particularly considering that it’s your party, the PDP that has been at the centre all these years? How about Oversight Functions and the Defence Committee which you chaired… What do you have to say about Boko Haram and the insecurity that pervades us as a Nation today? I am also forced to wonder, you contested the gubernatorial primaries of the PDP and lost to Senator Iyiola Omisore, Isn’t it looking desperate that you simply want to hold on to power by any means available such that if Governor no do, at least I fit go Reps? If you had won, would you still want to be a member of the House of Reps? And is the possibility of you becomes Speaker of the House of Reps realistic with this mantra of Change going on around which might lead to an APC majority house where your party, the PDP, will be in the opposition? What Bills and Motions have your retinue of aides prepared and you plan to bring to the fore, if eventually you get elected again for the 3rd Term in the Green Chambers to further alleviate the sufferings of our people?
MANY QUESTIONS!

I WANT ANSWERS!
Please note that I have asked neither aspirants how many tricycles were distributed to ACOMORAN or the number of Cars bought for Traditional Rulers! I haven’t asked how many of your Party Members got slots to Jerusalem, Mecca or your got jobs in Federal Parastatals and Agencies! I have not either asked about the donations to building the Erinmo Civic Centre or the Ibokun Central Mosque! I have not asked about the plenty and many cash donations to individuals, groups and associations!

I have only asked about your actual legislative responsibilities of LAW MAKING AND OVERSIGHT! I am a ‘legislative person’ and I believe this should be the focal point of manifestoes! I have asked about the motion and bills you will present! I have asked about your thoughts regarding the Economy, Security – Safety of Lives and Properties, and the total well being of our People!
I WANT ANSWERS!





‘Demola Adeyeye (@AAAdeyeye) is the pioneer Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Relations, Nigerian Youth Parliament. He is a theoretical agriculturist, learning counsel, public relations consultant & youth development enthusiast, born again Christianm and esponsive politician.

#Thought you smiled

#Love is madness. Did you just ask why I said love is madness? If the affair is smooth, you think life's good; once it goes soar, a rage of vengeance, madness and hatred starts to overwhelm.



Thought you smiled,
I assumed it was to me.
But I saw you laugh,
I thought I made you happy.
You indeed were happy,
I thought I was the cause of joy.


Thought you slept in my arms,
I felt I was a relief.
But you indeed snored on my chest,
I thought in me you've found comfort.
Thought you were cold,
So my thoughts were vain?

Now I weep,
like a Hyena.
Cloaked as a love predator,
waiting on time to avenge.
This time,
you will "thought" like I did

#the nation in the dark

THE NATION IN THE DARK
I

From Mongo Park’s canoe,
over the river of Niger,
down to Flora Shaw’s orgasm
that named Nigeria,
all is a distorted history.


II


From Royal Niger Company,
to amalgamation,
down to independence
that begat our troubles
all is a misnomer.
From our Republic,
to the 1966 troubles,
down to the failed military revolution,
this impregnated our regions
into continuous cold war.
From the young guerilla soldiers,
to the night of bloodshed
down to the Igbo massacre
that birthed the civil war
all is the handiwork of colonialsim.


III


From our deep history of glory,
to our days of fallen brothers
down to our neglected days,
that resulted in our slavery in a civilian era,
All is the African man’s fault.


IV


There is a train that goes
from Mafoluku Oshodi to Ikeja Along.
There is a girl,
who manages the Tony street down to Allen Avenue.
______ deprived of life.
The train carries young men,
hard working and relentless to survive.


V


The girl labors,
she is a farce of Nigerian democracy.
There is a creek,
Makooko creek, on water, all is done;
bathing, stooling and love making,
all done on the Makooko creek.
Canoe runs Makooko,
a creek, yet in the Urban of Lagos.


VI


I remember,
that Marooko was a slump,
another government said it’s chanties,
rendering people homeless for the few rich,
Who will house the slump dwellers?
The masses,
The Mekunu are starved.
_____ the people need to rise for power!


‪#‎Writing‬ truths of Africa

#CALL YOUR SONS, OGONI

#‎Ogoni‬ ‪#‎Justice‬ ‪#‎Oil‬ ‪#‎Nigeria‬ ‪#‎Revolution‬ ‪#‎Government‬ ‪#‎demand‬

CALL YOUR SONS, OGONI*

Droplets of sweat,
clouds of wisdom,
what of amnesty?
No says, kangaroo court!
For us it’s a long night of persecution.


Let the drums of your heroes sound,
your enemies smitten by your chants.

By determination,
our death should be your drive now!
Ogoni, rise! Avenge your land.

Ogoni, land of the minority,
yet provide for the majority;
Ogoni, do not crack your struggle with corruption,
agitate, demand, rise and fight*
avenge the death of your sons, Ogoni!

Dedicated to Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni Chiefs killed for championing justice for Ogoni people*
© Enoch Ojotisa
poetojotisa@gmail.com

#LOVE IS BUT AN ATTRACTION

Here is a poem I wrote some years back... ‪#‎Love‬ is but an attraction of sweet sensation, yet its taste depends from whom it is desired*


Truly I am no different from the other.
But you shaped me like a porter;
You raised my eyes to yours in the night of mood;
Though the day was crude;
For only a saint might have conquered that hour,
The hour of a woman’s power…
That it might come to past,
So we glued our tongues to last.
But what profit has it brought?
We have actually been lost.
But lost is it? Lost in lust?
Infatuation governs my thought?
Alas woman, you graced my existence with your elegance
And thou only brighten the night of my heart with your remembrance.
That which is not of passing away but of craving and perspiration;
Height of yours I know is an elevation,
Which you have above all; beauty like more of goddess,
I know you own like powers like a priestess,
Offering prayers in the holy closet;
You offer my body in congenial prayers; according to our precept.
You are the moon that is closed in my heart;
Shining over the shadows of earth***
Love is the answer; that made me a better man;
And this I learnt at your heart step; its fate’s plan.


This you prepared in the darkest hour of your heart;
That, which I talk, is the kind expression talk of your heart.
For in the past have I asked;
That will she be there? So love had me masked***
That I thought, positivity will be the result;
But negative print stood on my injury like a salt.
Like an orphan, you raised the dust of fear from my body.
You became a soul in my body to make a whole somebody.
Like a sweet lullaby, so are the rhythms of our memories;
Our sole hours of silence have got many purposes.
Those reasons I cannot depict;
But I have no words of deceit.
Sooth me oh lady like once forever;
Be a love soothsayer; that I may continue to be clever.
You , the bravest of all lights
Surviving heart plights;
Never afraid of the night, I learnt you are.
Every second and promise is for what you are and not who you are.
When the storm arose against me; you faced it like it were for us,
You championed me through like a warrior’s horse.
When the tears rise up; I will hold on all night for you.
And the promises I made; sticks with you.
You make up the factions of my dream;
And so I know you as a soul cream.
Go on!
Once more, you had my cloth of sorrow and fear, torn.