"THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS NOW OFFICIALLY CRIMINALIZED IN NIGERIA"

This President of Nigeria was reported to have secretly signed a bill into law that punishes the same-sex marriage with prison terms in Nigeria. Under the new law, anyone in a same-sex marriage or union would face up to 14 years in prison, with such partnerships reached overseas considered void in Nigeria. President Goodluck Jonathan signed the law because he considered it consistent with most Nigerians’ views toward homosexuality, his spokesman, Reuben Abati, told AFP.

As a Nigerian, I have a number of questions that I would like this President to answer for me:(i). Is the same-sex marriage the biggest issue that confronts Nigeria and Nigerians today in all truth, honesty and reality? (ii). What are the practical and the visible achievements of this President since 2011 that have directly added more beautiful colors to the life of the ordinary Nigerians? (iii). Are the same-sex marriage partners the ones who are directly and indirectly looting our treasury blind and mismanaging our state resources today as a country?

(iv). How is this law against the same-sex marriage in Nigeria in 2014 going to address the Nigeria's most important issues of our time (massive poverty rate, poor wages, huge unemployment amongst the youths, failing educational system, collapsing health care services, lack of social services, insecurity to life and properties, outdated state infrastructures, oil theft, Boko Haram terrorism, official corruption, lawlessness, the rule of brutality and hefty resource mismanagement)?

(v). Why has this President refused to date to make the most needed and required tough laws against the reign of official corruption, oil theft, electoral frauds, terrorism and tax evasion that are all the daily symbol, the reality and the hallmark of his inept, myopic, visionless, mediocre and heavily corrupt presidency since 2011 to date? In conclusion, President Jonathan Goodluck has now succeeded in throwing a red meat to the hungry, gullible and the religious bigots of Nigerians as a distraction while the business of the official corruption and the 2015 presidential election project go on unabated.