That it was a bleak Christmas for residents of Jos, the Plateau State capital is hardly news any longer. No thanks to the seven explosions which sent over 30 people to their early graves, amputated limbs and other human parts and ensured that many others spent the Christmas on hospital beds with the conditions of many still uncertain.

Disability is not a sickness, I am not ashamed to sit on this wheelchair to address this great audience. Nigerians should not relegate us to the background because persons with disabilities can live a productive life. Parents should not abandon children with disabilities because there is hope for them.’‘

The price of onions has gone beyond what I expected. I can say it is one of the most expensive food items in the market today.

He worked as a driver in a private company for the past ten years and had dreamt of setting up his own his transport company on retirement.

WHEREAS many had expected that these tears would address the problem that elicited it, it only appears to have made mockery of a helpless situation, given that two years after, the issue remained as if no one saw the tears. Perhaps, that was why many had described that display of emotion by then Minister for Transport Diezeani Allison Madueke, on Benin/Ore Expressway as mere lip service.