FORGIVE me for quoting myself but it is merely designed to remind our readers of the fears that were expressed immediately after the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN announced the new strategic alliance for the naira on Tuesday, August 14, 2007.

THE five senses are the instruments for navigation through our foray in life. They guide us in different ways but they work best when all are at our disposable. In cases where some are missing; in the case of the blind, the vision is compromised but the sense of hearing steps in to become extra sensitive and be a tour guide very effectively.

SOME of these damages are long term, and would require years of uninterrupted improvement in quality to put right. Secondly, at ASUU congress meetings, lecturers scathingly excoriate top government officials. We are fond of name-calling the president, minister of education members of the legislature and all the sybaritic occupiers of high official positions.

I WAS home to Imo State this past May to bury my father who died on May 3 at the Federal Medical Centre in Umuahia and was buried on June 6, 2009 in his home at Mbaise. Just as an aside, I wish to thank all those who through their messages, gifts, prayers and presence supported and stood by my family throughout the period of the funeral rites.

WHATEVER our situation, rich or poor, high or lowly, the first thing on most prayer lists is ‘long life’. We spend all our life working towards a peaceful, happy and prosperous old age. For a handful across the globe, God makes this possible. But for many, especially the masses, this is elusive.