Touch Patience and Nigeria will be destroyed - Top 13 quotes

The hardship currently being experience by Nigerians is telling greatly on political stage, even as there is great pressure on federal government to put the people our of there misery.

Nigerians are really feeling the scotch of recession, even as cost of living hits an all time high. Within the course of the passing week, alot happened within Nigeria, events that shape the future of Nigeria as a nation. While there were some events that tend to spur hope, there were others that stirred dismay and doubt in the hearts of many Nigerians. Below are 13 quotes from events within the passing week, quotablequotes which speak a big deal about Nigeria’s plight.

1. “Let the civil society and media be vigilant watchdogs” Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, September 19, revealing major ways by which Nigeria can win the war against this menace that won’t allow the country grow.

 2. “The federal government has not told us how those herdsmen acquired the AK47″ Bishop Abraham Chris Udeh, the general overseer of Mount Zion Faith Global Ministries Inc, aka (By Fire By Fire), berating the international community over its silence in the continued imprisonment of the Director of Radio Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

3. “Until the federal government takes the proper steps, this song will continue to play” One of the militant groups, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), boasting after blowing up another key crude oil delivery line belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) in Delta state.

4. “No matter what government and those opposed to government are saying, there is no easy way out of a recession” Doyin Okupe, who was the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former presidentGoodluck Jonathan, proposes his help for President Muhammadu Buhari.

 5. “With all due respect, the EFCC is a BIG THIEF!” Nigeria’s former First Lady, Patience Jonathan has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) 14 days to defreeze her account or face a N5billion suit .

6. “If APGA will be given the opportunity to rule Nigeria, a bag of rice will be reduced to N9000″ The Anambra state governor, Willie Obiano, on Monday, September 19, asserted that if the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is given a chance, a bag of rice will cost only N9000 . Read more.

7. “If our leaders had demonstrated the foresight, uprightness and managerial skills of Chief Bisoye Tejuoso our economy would have been better” Past leaders of Nigeria were on Monday, September 19, blamed by President Muhammadu Buhari, for the country’s woes.

 8. “The intention of the government was to arrest former President Goodluck Jonathan. But they feel that arresting Jonathan without arresting me may be difficult” The embattled former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, has raised alarm over the quest for his arrest .

9. “We will not spare anybody. We cannot protect anyone from answering to the people” Ibrahim Magu who is the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has promised that Patience Jonathan would be investigated for the $15,591,700 she claimed belonged to her.

10. “I see leaders who have the fear of God emerge. I see leaders whose priority is for people’s welfare, security and unity take their place in the country” Prominent man of God, Pastor Emma Chris Ifeanyi of Rain Of Power Ministries unveiling fresh prophecies for Nigeria and for the whole world.

 11. “We, IPOB and MASSOB, hereby dissociate ourselves from the directives of Radio Biafra broadcasting from overseas” A Coalition of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), lashing out at those calling for a stay-at-home on Friday, September 23 .

 12. “We shall simultaneously bomb the 4 wings of the NNPC Towers the day it is announced that Mrs. Patience Goodluck Jonathan has been arrested” The militant group, NDPPVF stressing that they will detonate a bomb at the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

1 3. “We are weaning ourselves from a historical dependence on crude oil, diversifying our economy, and putting it on the path of sustainable and inclusive growth” President Muhammadu Buhari sending a message of assurance to potential investors that Nigeria would soon be one of the most attractive places to invest .