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    The Arbiter: Re-Readers’ Comments (1) – By Dr Hassan Gimba

    By Hassan GimbaOctober 7, 2024
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    FROM time to time, we try to give way to our readers to make their voices heard through their input. Well, it has been quite a while since we did that. We will start serialising such inputs.

    Nigeria and Presidential Democracy: Any Better Alternative?
    I enjoyed reading this. I wish it didn’t end. Sannu da kokari, Sir. I hope and pray that everyone who reads this, including our lawmakers and other segments that make up the government, brood over this.
    We are a people whose identity is being lost every day, while the new one we have borrowed is yet to be understood not to imagine working for us. As a result, as you rightly pointed out, we are neither here nor there. Sad.
    Much as I believe in a united Nigeria, I fear aligning with others who see the marriage between the Northern and Southern parts of this country as one of inconvenience. Marriage, like any other relationship, works out well only where the parties involved sincerely understand, accommodate, honour and respect one another, and agree not to undermine the other. This is not the case with us.
    I fear adding that, except for the Southwest, other regions have continued to be further divided by varying interests, most of which are ethnic and religious in nature. We must find a way out, and that way out should preferably be homegrown. More ink to your golden pen, sir.
    Yahaya Abdulrahman

    Wow! My brother Dr. Gimba, sir, we appreciate you very much for the superb and quality journalism. You are making impacts continuously. Thank you for your everlasting support for the citizens and for advocating for a great Nigeria.
    Dr Umar Baba Blisco

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    Very interesting and well-written. We’re following with keen interest. More ink to your pen, sir.
    Yusuf Lawan

    Not simple research, wonderful and so interesting.
    Keen Fahad

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    May Allah bless you with all the happiness this world has to offer. Keep tears away from your eyes and grant you the highest level of Jannatul Firdaus.
    Highly educative piece. It means Nigeria has experimented with many forms of democracy in different fashions, including the “hybrid regime”. Perhaps trying the Switzerland type of direct democracy where citizens are at the pinnacle of power could offer the best of options for Nigeria. Alternatively, a system that could accommodate our peculiarities should be developed, not necessarily copying from the Western world that has no consideration for diversities. Just my opinion, sir. Allah ya kara maka basira.
    Abubakar Habib Ndagi

    This is deep, sir. All the questions you raised and probably more need to be answered. On my part, I believe that continuing this way will only aggravate our problems. So, we have to look deeply inward. While awaiting the continuation of this rich piece, and soonest, I pray Allah continues to bless your pen, so it continues to pen down informative, educative and problem-solving articles such as the one I just read.
    Yahaya Abdulrahman

    Thomas Sankara African Leadership Prize

    Your doggedness on contemporary issues in our land is unmatched. The articles are current no matter the duration. Bless you, Editor!
    Raymond Gukas

    Scamming NGOs and the need for government intervention
    Good observation about this NGO, but corruption in this country will not allow us to checkmate them properly. I pray the two NGOs you mentioned will be honest and brave to stand their ground in checking their activities properly and, secondly; I believe if Nigeria as a whole can address this corruption, all other things will fall in shape.
    Sqd Ldr (retd) Hajara Kolo

    Nigerian TAX Reform - Federal Goverment

    Good evening, Mr. Gimba. I just read your article posted above. It is brutally honest. Thank you. However I will advise a different approach considering that the government is also given to bad behaviour. Donors should give conditions that grants should be distributed to sub-grantees using the same currency in which they receive the grant so that they don’t underpay the beneficiaries.
    However, I salute your courage.
    Mr Ajibola

    Elite Brigandage and Tinubu’s Class Suicide
    This is an interesting submission on the state of the nation. The issues discussed therein are the true situation of things in our dear country and if not for writers like (Dr.) Gimba, one hardly hears a discussion on vital aspects of our societal lives like these, especially those that require reflection and pondering. Time will tell if President Bola Tinubu will differ from his predecessors if the trial of some notable Nigerians is political or otherwise. May Allah reward you for the enlightenment. Thank you, sir.
    Yusuf Nasidi

    El-Rufai and the trek to posterity
    This is a beautiful piece, worthy of a cable view. God bless you, sir, for this.
    Begun Onibiyo

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    Honestly, El-Rufai is harvesting what he sowed, because of ego, he condemned the northern elders, and killed innocent Shiite members on several occasions, all in an attempt to twist Tinubu, after clinching power, thank God! Tinubu has taught him a lesson of betrayal and Gov Uba Sani, is doing the right thing by informing the masses of the state of the destroyed economy he inherited. You’ve said all in this commendable article, more grease to your elbow. Your assessment of El-Rufai and his son’s thoughts pointed out his true colour and the consequences of selfishness in choosing successors.
    Malam Umar

    One standard hospital per state
    Very interesting. Sir, I don’t think our so-called leaders who are supposed to be addressed and called looters can do such in the country and the worst of it is the third ingredient (manpower) would not allow such investment to be for the public.
    Bilyaminu Z Mamu

    May Allah grant you complete healing, sir. I took my mum to Makkah Saudi German in December 2023. All you wrote about the hospital is exactly as it is. Just the way you are received alone will psychologically boost your healing mechanism and I feel they are affordable, too. We pray our government and wealthy Nigerians we have will invest in health care.
    Hajiya Husseina Babaninna

    This is a very common-sense suggestion that our leaders have ignored so far. Both Federal and state governments. I don’t know what they discuss at the Governors’ Forum meetings. Or at the Association of Local Government Chairmen’s meetings.
    Ezekiel Oloriegbe

    Yes, sir. We do. So unfortunate that the Governors have no time to care for the health of their citizens. They have nothing to lose. Their health issues have been taken care of. They can be taken to the best hospitals ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. They always forget their relatives who are also ordinary citizens. So sad. The self-certainedness (I hope there is a word like this) of these so-called leaders.
    Hajiya Rakiya Idi

    Our Parlous Health System and the Yobe Example
    Lagos is moving out of this rot gradually. Not there yet, but Lagos now attracts the best medical personnel and also enjoys good patronage because of world-class health facilities in areas of the state. Not cheap though!
    Ade Adebola

    It gladdens my heart to know that Yobe State has gone this far in terms of good healthcare delivery, especially at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital. I pray this is sustained and expanded to other hospitals in the state. Governor Mai Mala Buni has indeed set the pace; other states have a less task in improving theirs as an example is already on the ground. Dr Hassan Gimba is an illustrious son of Yobe, who always derives pleasure from seeing the state moving forward. At every discussion one has with him, you will understand that he has the state at heart. This week’s column has further demonstrated that. In fairness to him, he is the only one I’ve read who cares to tell the world these facts about Yobe. May Allah continue to bless Yobe with people like you.
    Yusuf Nasidi

    • Dr Gimba is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Neptune Prime. His syndicated column, The Arbiter, appears on News Point Nigeria newspaper on Mondays.

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