When i was in elementary school we used to dream of health, food, housing, clothing, education... everything for all by the year 2000. Each time NEPA plunged us into another night of darkness plagued by mosquitoes, we took solace in the magical ability of the year 2000 to wipe away our sorrows. Anytime we had to sit at home because of prolonged strikes, we looked forward to a time when teachers salaries would be promptly paid and we would have free lunch in school...

7 yrs after the year that was meant to turn our deserts into flowing gardens, we are left with clutching at empty promises, dashed hopes and false dreams. A few weeks ago our kleptocratic leaders were busy angling for the rights to host the commonwealth games in the year 2014 allegedly on our behalf. While they were busy promising the world roads paved with gold in Sri Lanka, we the people they claimed to represent were trying to pick up the pieces of our shattered dreams. We knew the games were not about us... it was simply an opportunity for them to fleece the treasury through phoney contracts, outrageous estacodes and one more avenue to provide jobs for retired politicians like Yakubu Gowon.

Now that the entire world has seen through our deciet and rightly awarded the hosting rights to the more deserving city of Glasgow, we the people have finally come up with a better plan; good governance 2014!
It is about time we the people hosted good roads, uninterrupted power supply, health care, good education, jobs, security of lives and property, housing and food for all by the year 2014. Surely the "wise men" who drew the roadmap for the ill-fated commonwealth games bid would be able to channel their energies to making sure we the people they love so much are taken care of first.

Until we can provide for ourselves we have no right to demand to host tournaments that we are not sure of winning since we never prepare anyway... we spend too much money planning to host that we forget to plan to win.
Let our officials stop whinning about Africa's turn to host anything... let someone remind them that it is Africa's turn to host peace and development first!