Michael Botu's Blog

“Like all Technology, social media is neutral but is best put to work in the service of building a better world” ~ Simon Mainwaring In Politics, it not strange to be called names and mudslinging is expected from all quarters with the press acting as the cannon folder. Politicians will use whatever they can use against perceived stronger opponents. It is on this note that it was not surprising to read Sahara Reporters Claim that “Orubebe’s Hired Crowd Turns Against Him” The report began with a mocking claim by a protester “Why can’t he pay us common two hundred Naira that he said he will pay?” one of the protesters stated, admitting that he was recruited from Ogwashi Uku to pose as a supporter of the former minister. Surprisingly the reporter did not see the deliberate lie in the claim and Sahara Reporters perhaps in their quest for traffic that the name Orubebe will generate went on to publish the blatant fabrications without making any effort to confirm from the Delta P...

“Tonight I remember all the challenges ROTIMI AMAECHI has faced and felt like praying for him...” ~ Dele Momodu I think it would have been fair to say “Tonight I remember all the Challenges Rotimi Amaechi had put himself through and felt like Praying for him” truth is everything Gov. Amaechi had gone through had been his own doing and YES CHIBUIKE ROTIMI AMACHI needs Prayers. I recall at the height of tensions between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and His Excellency Ahmed Bola Tinubu, we never witnessed these kind of belligerence from Gov, Tinubu towards OBJ. For starters; Bola Tinubu is a Democrat per excellence, it is a quality many who parade our Political Space lacks. He not only spoke about democracy he fought for it. He successfully ruled arguably a mini Nigeria of a State and produced a successor that is seen by many as a success himself. Former Gov. Tinubu could have seized every opportunity to denigrate OBJ, but he did not, why?

“Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.” ~ Richard Armour The Peoples Democratic Party is an Amazing Party. After almost Sixteen (16) Years in power, the party seems not to have a clear bearing as to where it is going and individual wishes rather than Party or Country concerns hold sway in the Party. From 1999 till date the Party has produced Three Presidents with different ideologies, Policies and Programs. But the Party itself does not have an ideology, Party Policy or Party Program. A situation that promotes mediocrity that has lead to under performance or non performance in almost all the States it controls. But for a few exceptions the Party had failed Nigerians and there is an urgent need to turn the tide. Recently the Ondo State Exco of the Party was dissolved and for what? But a State like Delta where the Party Chairman Chief Barr. Peter Nwaoboshi acts like a god; disob...

THE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY  UGHELLI - ASABA ROAD THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS ASKING FOR REFUND Federal Roads: Delta Government Requests N40bn refund  “But who is asking any question. Media is on sabbatical and Civil society is on vacation.” ~ Prof. Pat Utomi I bought the first News Magazine when I was in secondary school – “Newswatch: A Nation in darkness” those were the years when the pen was indeed mightier than the gun. The fear of a Journalist was the beginning of doing the right thing for public office holders. It was not surprising therefore that the first and perhaps the only known assignation via a letter bomb in Nigeria targeted a Journalist the indomitable Dele Giwa. Those were the days of investigative journalism, when you can take what a journalist publishes to the bank. Today the story is a far cry from what it used to be, journalist no longer investigate. We are in the era of arm chair journalism.   Many attribute the death in effective journalism t...

Many have criticized and are criticizing the cheering News that the Federal Government has reached an agreement with the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Their reaction is that of cynicism and outright condemnation. Many even ask if a sane Government will ever sign an agreement with a group that had wrecked so much havoc in our land, querying if the United States of America will ever enter into such agreement with groups such as Al-Qaeda or ISIS? My Take: Am not one given to conspiracy theories see: is there a conspiracy against Nigeria  but evidence abounds that Al-Qaeda and ISIS are all creatures of the United States Government Policies. It's also a fact that the first major assignment of the Bush Administration after the horrible September 11, terror attacks on the Twin Towers on American soil, was to ferry the Bin Laden Family to safety in Saudi Arabia. The Bin Laden Family reportedly worth several Billions of Dollars still...

Femi Fani Kayode has proven that he really is an attention and power seeking bigot who speaks from both sides of his mouth. When knowledgeable men begin to peddle rumors and conjure conspiracy theories, you begin to wonder where we are heading as a people.  The fact that God Loves Nigeria is incontestable, but using that Love to buttress some sort of Conspiracy against Nigeria is the real poppycock and bunkum. Femi Fani Kayode went on to use Bible reference that has no correlation to his conspiracies. I have picked some of his conspiracies and my take on them. FFK: “They refused to label Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation until all men of goodwill begged them to do so and until the terrorists had slaughtered no less than 25,000 Nigerians, including innocent children whilst abducting thousands more. MY TAKE:  Has labeling Boko Haram a Terror group dissipated the group or it only emboldens them. Do we need a US labeling before we fight terrorism in our shores...

As Election Year draws Closer and Closer, I want to use this medium to Salute Deltans. Not those in Power, But the everyday Deltan; The Truck Pusher, The Okada Rider, the Farmer, The Teacher, The HouseWife, The Father, The Business Man, The Student, The Jobless, The Conductor etc, who against hope continue to Hope for A Better Tomorrow. May our Hope become a Testimony In 2015 In Jesus Name. I ask all those who have voiced their support for one Candidate or the Other, If they  are Truly certain that, The Man or Woman they support will truly make the Difference? Eight Years After, is His Excellency Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan A Successful Governor? If it were Possible, will you give him another Four Years? Has the PDP that has ruled the State for the Past almost Sixteen Years done well enough to deserve another Governor in it's platform to rule the State?