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I decided to watch the Channels Tv news at 10 last night and couldn't help but wonder at some of the stories. 

First the government launched one of their rather skewed projects with a WIN suffix.  It was tagged GWIN or something like that.  You-win, G win or whatever acronym they come up with must ready cause their hearts to do back flips.  It's supposed to be for girls and women and the launch had quite a number of Jonathan's cabinet in attendance.  The minister that always talks about ICT, the finance minister and the presiding minister of the economy were all there.  One Queens college girl was talking about having a career in the ICT industry and the minister of state for health was bamboozling people with talk about VVF and other associated health issues suffered by women.  

I do not know if GWIN would ensure protection for women against violent acts or if it would end underage marriages in some quarters which has been linked to VVF. I don't know if it would shield females from domestic violence,  rape and untold atrocities such as the stolen pepper tragedy a while back.  I do not know if it would protect women who want to prosecute their abusers and guarantee justice for them. I just think there are more important issues than bringing young school girls together to recite what they have perhaps been programed to say all in a bid to appear busy and innovative before foreign guests and international bodies;  I may be absolutely wrong...These are only my perception based on the news report. 

Then I saw this Nigerian diplomat;  I didn't quite get if he was the ambassador to Indonesia.  He was speaking rather nonchalantly with the Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria requesting for clemency for Nigerian prisoners on death row in that country.  He also touched on the possibility of prisoner exchange between the two nations and I wondered for a second if there were Indonesian prisoners in Nigeria worthy of exchange. Mr diplomat asked for clemency for one Mr Salami who he was certain was billed for execution on a deserted island at a time he wasn't abreast of;  that the death sentence be commuted to a prison term. Even if Nigeria wanted to fight for her citizen,  was yesterday not rather too late to prevail on Indonesia? The Indonesian ambassador from the little remark he made which was broadcast during the news reiterated the grounds that warranted execution especially narcotic peddling.  He also mentioned that pregnant women and the mentally unstable would never be executed for the same offences which had death sentences as reward.  

That ambassador didn't sound like someone who was interested in what the Nigerian was saying;  do we expect Indonesia to bend over because we asked and allow Nigerian drug peddlers to return home in a pseudo-prisoner exchange to serve their terms in Nigeria?  Who is Mr Salami? Was he in Indonesia on his own accord or was he a mule for a well connected syndicate?  The foreign ministry should become more active in salvaging Nigerian citizens by getting involved in their defence and perhaps training them in insanity tactics to deflect the death penalty. 

And there was the Ijaw leader Mr Clark who visited a location in the Southwest. The old man jettisoned his regular traditional outfit for a lace-like lemon green agbádá and fìlà to match.  The dude was surprisingly preaching true federalism which was shocking.  I think it's getting clearer to the PDP with each passing day that their campaign may already be doomed hence the Clark parley. 

There were about 2 reports on Chibok one of which I found very sad.  A Chibok representative released a statement rejecting the rebuilding of the Chibok school when girls remained missing.  The fellow lamented the failure of the government to empathise with the sorrowful community by signifying them with a visit, the statement mentioned that the concerned individuals were instead ferried to Abuja to meet with Jonathan aboard a military cargo plane.  Cargo plane?  If that report is true then our lives are indeed worthless in this nation.  Utter disgrace! !!

Other stories involved the shenanigans of those canvassing against the use of card readers and some comedians demanding for the sack of Atahiru Jega after passing a vote of no confidence.  One guy in particular who would have been cast perfectly as Michael Angelo without the need for makeup in the recently released TMNT movie and his fellow PDP pressure group relics were simply making fools out of their generations addressing a press conference. 

There was a report on the commissioned independent power project in Lagos to serve Victoria island as well as other less prominent stories.  That was it for me before going to bed.  I am looking forward to the next gaffe coming from Patience Jonathan or just about anyone affiliated to the PDP campaign.  In the interim,  they need to review how the upcoming presidential election will be rigged considering that just over 55 million PVCs have been collected with a northern majority keeping in view that the last election recorded just a 53.7% voters turn out. We only had just over 50% in 1999 even when we were very desperate to unseat the military. Let us assume 30 million PVC holders turn out to vote and 6% fail the card reader verification exercise;  would Jonathan be rewarded with the same 22 million votes he got in 2011 while Buhari manages 8 million?  Even Ganiu Adams is vocal in support of Jonathan and calling for Jega's head;  that is how low we have fallen in this nation.