In Memory of Col. Muammar Qaddafi

Stephen Uwafiokun Obakpee

26 March at 16:54

Before the West murdered Ghadaffi

1. There was no electricity bill in Libya, electricity is free for all its citizens.

2. There was no interest on loans, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans given to all its citizens are at a 0% interest by law.

3. Home was considered a human right in Libya. Gaddafi vowed that his parents would not get a house until everyone in Libya had a
home.

4. All newlyweds in Libya received $60,000 Dinars (US$50,000) from the government to buy their first apartment.

5. Education and medical treatments were free in Libya. Before Gaddafi started ruling Libya, only 25% of Libyans were literates. Before he was murdered, the figure stood at 83%.

6. Libyans took up farming as a career, they received farm land, a farming house, equipment, seeds and livestock to kick- start their farms – all for free.

7. If Libyans could not find the education or medical facilities they needed in Libya, the government funded them to go abroad for it.

8. In Gaddafi's Libya, if a Libyan buys a car, the government subsidized 50% of the price.

9. The price of petrol in Libya was $0. 14 per liter.

10. Libya had no external debt and its reserves amount to $150 billion – now frozen globally.

11. If a Libyan is unable to get employment after graduation, the state would pay the average salary of the profession as if he or she is employed until employment is found.

12. A portion of Libyan oil sale is credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.

13. A mother who gave birth to a child under Gaddafi, received US $5,000 as child benefit upfront.

14. 40 loaves of bread in Libya cost was $ 0.15

15. 25% of Libyans had a university degree.

16. Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project, known as the Great Man- Made River Project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country.

Is this the definition of a Dictator?
I wonder what type of Leadership Democracy provides!

In memory of Col. Muammar Gaddafi.