Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Corruption Investigations

I have no words.

On 8/3/15, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <toyinkaidara@gmail.com> wrote:
> A Boko Haram apologist, a corruption apologist for his fellow religious
> and ethnic brother Abacha, a nepotist for whom govt is identical with
> filling positions with ethnic and religious affiliates, a sole
> adminstrator and near dictator who rules alone without the structure of
> govt, a person of questionable career progression and whose sources of
> funding for his quest for political power are unexplainable,a person who
> sorrounds himself with figures known as the embodiment of corruption while
> he uses an anti-corruption drive as an instrument of consolidating power,
> cannot be ramrod straight.
>
> You are welcome to indulge your hopes and fantasies but it would help the
> nation if those living in that cloud were to acknowedge that those hopes
> have problems with being justified.
>
> toyin
>
>
> On 3 August 2015 at 12:33, Abolaji Adekeye <blargeo.dekeye@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> some
>> starry eyed people are
>> acting as if the Nigerian perennial wish for a political
>> messiah is here at
>> last.
>> Oluwatoyin Adepoju
>>
>> Contrary to your perception, the only messiah I listen to is Handel's.
>> Many more people herein listen to scriptural messiahs. Buhari is not
>> one. He is ramrod erect but not infallible. We supported and voted for
>> him because he offered a reasonable and better alternative to the one
>> who couldn't even rein in the crude excesses of his wife let alone
>> female ministers or his bumbling service chiefs. We are willing to
>> support him towards ushering in change, not to ambush and dog his step
>> at every turn. And that is the difference between us: For GEJ you see
>> no evil and hear no evil despite almost 6 years of incompetence and
>> official impunity yet not a modicum of acknowledgement from you
>> apologists. Some are shamed but are never ashamed! Buhari has chalked
>> off 60+ days and already his government has been written off. Who does
>> that?
>>
>> The open sore has gotten gangrenous, the cure has to be surgically
>> invasive and incisive.
>>
>> On 8/3/15, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <toyinkaidara@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > While members of USAAfrica Dialogues Google group churn out learned
>> > arguments for a politician , the politician goes about his job in his
>> > own
>> > crude but effective way.
>> >
>> > He makes his kinsman the director of the state security service.
>> >
>> > he makes his kinsperson the director of the National Electoral
>> > Commission
>> >
>> > he makes his religious and ethnic affiliates the service chiefs
>> >
>> > that way, the most sensitive aspects of rulership are sewn up.
>> >
>> > no loopholes.
>> >
>> > i have wondered why crude dictators like Idi Amin were able to succeed
>> in
>> > a Uganda that housed the honoured Makere University.
>> >
>> > it might be the same or similar reason why Hitler succeeded in
>> > Gerrmany,
>> a
>> > country then at the height of its shaping pf modern science and modern
>> > Western intellectual culture.
>> >
>> > partly bcs some intellectuals/scholars demonstrate a lack of
>> > understanding of politics.
>> >
>> > as Buhari focuses on making nepotistic and clannish appointments and
>> > initiates a war of suppression in relation to the previous govt and its
>> > demographic affiliates in the SS, refrains from setting up a govt, in
>> other
>> > words, creates the structure of a dictatorship, some starry eyed people
>> are
>> > acting as if the Nigerian perennial wish for a political messiah is
>> > here
>> at
>> > last.
>> >
>> > thanks
>> > toyin
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 3 August 2015 at 08:18, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunlakaiye@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> *In his rejoinder to Segun Ogungbemi, K. Gozie Ifeshinachuku wrote,
>> >> "Nigeria is not a serious country. We know what ails us; we just don't
>> >> want
>> >> to solve our problems." *
>> >>
>> >> *I will rather say Nigerians are not serious people. Nigeria is a
>> country
>> >> where people pray to God to give them electric light when they have
>> >> Professor of electricity as Minister of power producing Mega Watts of
>> >> darkness despite collecting millions of naira as salaries and fringe
>> >> benefits from the nation. Nigeria is a country where people pray to be
>> >> rich
>> >> without work and Nigeria is a country where students no longer read,
>> >> but
>> >> pray, to pass exams. In 1999, corruption was in the secondary school
>> >> but
>> >> between 2007 and 2015 it has become a Professor. Thus, the greatest
>> >> thieves
>> >> in Nigeria are the educated elites, at Federal, State and local
>> >> government
>> >> levels as well as in Departments, Agencies and Parastatals, and
>> >> the educated elites are the intellectuals. In the *Anthills of
>> >> Savanah*
>> >> Chinua Achebe told us that the Colonialist met a Nigerian Twin, he
>> >> made
>> >> one
>> >> a President and the other a shit carrier. If I were to complete
>> >> Achebe's
>> >> theory, I will add that the colonialist taught one of the twins how to
>> >> write and speak the colonial language properly for the purpose of
>> >> transacting colonial business. The mentally colonised has seen to it
>> that
>> >> his twin-brother is shielded from learning how to write and speak the
>> >> colonial language and therefore force him to continue as a shit
>> >> carrier. While I agree with you that we know what ails us, I will like
>> to
>> >> add that we refuse to agree on the medical solutions to our ailments.*
>> >>
>> >> *Earlier on where the regime of Buhari should start his corruption
>> >> investigations, Oluwatoyin Adepoju, Ikhide Ikheloha and others had
>> argued
>> >> that the investigations should be extended to previous regimes
>> commencing
>> >> from 1966 and not limited to Jonathan regime. Oluwatoyin Adepoju even
>> >> went
>> >> to the extent of dis-recognising Buhari as the President that has the
>> >> right
>> >> to probe the government from which he took over power adding that
>> >> Buhari
>> >> should first probe himself before probing past regimes. While not
>> >> disputing
>> >> there were corruptions before Jonathan, Segun Ogungbemi counselled the
>> >> protagonists of extended corruption investigations to all previous
>> >> regimes
>> >> to go to court if they have any concrete evidence to support their
>> >> allegations. In view of Segun Ogungbemi's submission, you have
>> >> forwarded
>> >> some internet links about Halliburton bribery scandal in Nigeria as a
>> >> concrete evidence that could be used in a court of law in Nigeria.
>> >> Going
>> >> through your five internet links which are supposed to be concrete
>> >> evidence
>> >> of bribery payment by Halliburton in Nigeria, I discovered the
>> >> following
>> >> information about the amount said to have been paid as bribery:
>> >> Huffington
>> >> Post- US $180 million; India Express- US $182 million; Punch Nigeria
>> >> -US
>> >> $180million; ICIJ-US$182million; and CNN- about US $180 million. As
>> >> you
>> >> can
>> >> see, the amount paid as bribe was not even certain and if anyone is to
>> go
>> >> to court in Nigeria, which amount will the plaintiff claim to have
>> >> been
>> >> paid and received as bribe?*
>> >>
>> >> *Further in your links, it was revealed that the Nigerian Government
>> >> entered into agreement with Halliburton for settlement out of court on
>> 22
>> >> December 2010. It read thus, "Pursuant to this agreement, all lawsuits
>> >> and
>> >> charges against Halliburton and Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR)
>> >> corporate
>> >> entities and associated persons have been withdrawn. Nigerian
>> >> officials
>> >> agreed not to bring any further criminal charges or civil claims
>> >> against
>> >> those entities or persons." Halliburton paid Nigeria the sum of US $35
>> >> million which included US $2.5 million to pay legal fees and other
>> >> expenses
>> >> for the Nigerian government. In addition, Halliburton also agreed to
>> help
>> >> Nigeria recover money from a Swiss bank account set up by a former
>> >> agent
>> >> for its Nigerian venture, TSKJ. The amount was said to be about US
>> >> $130
>> >> million. In spite of that agreement, three people were charged at an
>> >> Abuja
>> >> High Court presided over by Justice Abubakar Umar, in Nigeria on 17
>> >> February 2011 but on Monday, 26 March 2012, Justice Umar struck out
>> >> the
>> >> case for non-diligent prosecution. Although Halliburton bribery
>> >> scandal
>> >> began in 1994 and stretched up to 2004, the legal settlement in
>> >> Nigeria
>> >> occurred between 2010 and 2012 when Goodluck Jonathan was President
>> >> and
>> >> the
>> >> Attorney General and Minister of Justice was Michael Aondoakaa in a
>> >> PDP
>> >> government. Even if Buhari should revive the Halliburton's bribery
>> >> scandal
>> >> as being demanded by Ikhide and Oluwatoyin Adepoju, it is immediate
>> >> past
>> >> President Jonathan who must tell Nigerians what happened to about US
>> $130
>> >> million recovered from Switzerland according to December 22, 2010
>> >> agreement
>> >> with Halliburton.*
>> >>
>> >> *Since 2007, 33 former Governors have been facing trial for looting
>> their
>> >> states during their tenure in office. Judges have not only seen to it
>> >> that
>> >> the Ex-Governors were granted bails, but cases against them have been
>> >> adjourned indefinitely. Buhari and his APC have promised Nigerians to
>> >> strengthen the law so that looters of our national treasury should
>> refund
>> >> their loots and receive appropriate punishments. The majority granted
>> >> by
>> >> the electorates in the legislature has now been altered by some APC
>> >> members
>> >> fraternizing with PDP to prevent making of any law that would make
>> >> treasury
>> >> looters accountable and punishable. All honest Nigerians should
>> >> protest
>> >> to
>> >> recover mandates given to Buhari and APC by the electorates from the
>> >> *Like
>> >> Minds* looting Senators.*
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ------------------------------
>> >> From: kgifesi@austin.rr.com
>> >> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>> >> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Corruption Investigations
>> >> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 17:06:07 -0500
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Prof. Segun Ogungbemi,
>> >>
>> >> Nigeria is not a serious country. We know what ails us; we just don't
>> >> want
>> >> to solve our problems.
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
>> >> Please feel free to institute lawsuits in Nigeria against relevant
>> people
>> >> in previous and current government or sponsors with some of the
>> >> information
>> >> extant on the internet regarding Halliburton bribery trials and
>> >> convictions
>> >> and see how far you get. Nigeria is not a serious country. Ikhide is
>> >> simply
>> >> more blunt in making his points which is more out love for Africa in
>> >> general and Nigeria in particular.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/albert-stanley-halliburton-kbr-bribery-sentence_n_1299760.html
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-others/files-point-to-182mn-halliburton-bribery-scandal-in-nigeria/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.punchng.com/news/how-govt-agencies-killed-180m-halliburton-bribery-case/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.icij.org/project/swiss-leaks/files-open-new-window-182-million-halliburton-bribery-scandal-nigeria
>> >>
>> >> http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/12/21/nigeria.halliburton/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Gozie
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *From:* usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:
>> >> usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Segun Ogungbemi
>> >> *Sent:* Saturday, August 1, 2015 1:16 PM
>> >> *To:* usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>> >> *Subject:* Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Corruption Investigations
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Any probe that worths its salt must be supported with concrete
>> >> evidence.
>> >> I
>> >> mean concrete evidence that is not based on assumptions or ethnic
>> >> considerations.
>> >>
>> >> Any Nigerian including those in the diaspora who have concrete and
>> >> verifiable proofs can go to court in Nigeria and press for prosecution
>> >> without waiting on Buhari administration. We all have the rights to
>> >> collectively fight corruption. We need to chase the recalcitrant goat
>> of
>> >> corruption out of the farm yard.
>> >>
>> >> If anyone is serious about digging to the rock bottom of corruption
>> since
>> >> 1960 let him do so through the judicial system. It is his right. So,
>> >> Toyin,
>> >> Ikhide and others can lead the team.
>> >>
>> >> Best of luck.
>> >>
>> >> Prof. Segun Ogungbemi
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Aug 1, 2015, at 10:19 AM, "'Ikhide' via USA Africa Dialogue Series"
>> >> <
>> >> usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> You will notice how the author of that fiction conveniently forgot the
>> >> mother of all looters - Olusegun Obasanjo, the thief hiding in plain
>> >> view,
>> >> the kleptomaniac that gave us Yar'Adua and GEJ. When I tell you that
>> >> 99.9%
>> >> of Nigerian intellectuals are complicit in the Shane playing out
>> >> today,
>> >> you
>> >> think I am mad. How can we in good conscience exempt Obasanjo from a
>> >> probe?
>> >> How can? Nonsense.
>> >> - Ikhide
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Aug 1, 2015, at 3:56 AM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju
>> >> <toyinkaidara@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Pure fiction :
>> >>
>> >> 'the scale of looting under GEJ beggars belief. It trumped even the
>> >> lootocracy of Abacha.'
>> >> Abolaji Adekeye
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Can you point us to any significant evidence that justifies this
>> >> claim?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> A true crusader for justice who wants to reset the direction of the
>> >> nation
>> >> would probe himself and his allies.
>> >>
>> >> Not probe only his opponents- wuru wuru, wayo [Nigerian pidgin English
>> >> for
>> >> cunning and obfuscation] govt style.
>> >>
>> >> Were the Watergate <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal>
>> >> investigations not carried out in US President Nixon's administration,
>> >> leading to his resignation?
>> >>
>> >> Was the Monica Lewiskly scandal
>> >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewinsky_scandal>not investigated in US
>> >> President Bill Clinton's admin, leading to Clinton's impeachment?
>> >>
>> >> So, why must the so called anti-corruption crusader in Nigeria
>> >> investigate
>> >> his opponents but not himself and his allies in the past and present
>> >> administrations, talk less his allies in older administrations
>> >> described
>> >> as
>> >> redefining on a monumental scale public theft in Nigeria?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> thanks
>> >>
>> >> toyin
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 31 July 2015 at 19:01, Abolaji Adekeye <blargeo.dekeye@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The pettifogging and specious arguments deployed by People like
>> >> Oluwatoyin and other Jonathadeens is amusing. They would have us
>> >> believe that Goodjo's administration is being persecuted. They would
>> >> also have us believe that Goodjo is corruption free and even if his
>> >> goat nibbled on some tubers of yam from the communal barn, it should
>> >> be overlooked because goats from other seasons are equally guilty of
>> >> "Yamming"
>> >>
>> >> They tell us that GEJ deployed "te ki ina loji" to prevent corruption.
>> >> A fat lot of good that technology did to prevent the pension scam,
>> >> Nimasa's and NNPC's ! These advocates of corruption want PMB to
>> >> declare an amnesty on a corrupt administration, overlook all and just
>> >> deploy that supreme tech that worked so well under their principal.
>> >> Hear! Hear!!
>> >>
>> >> "Thirdly, GEJ's approach to corruption is the more
>> >> honest approach of
>> >> prevention through financial restructuring rather than
>> >> Buhari's dishonest
>> >> witch-hunting strategy"
>> >>
>> >> This is chicanery taken to an olympian height of farce. Some people
>> >> wouldn't see truth if it pokes them in the eye. Yes, the history of
>> >> Nigeria is that of serial heists by successive governments but the
>> >> scale of looting under GEJ beggars belief. It trumped even the
>> >> lootocracy of Abacha.
>> >>
>> >> Call it whatever you like; persecution, witch hunt, scape goatism. One
>> >> thing is certain, ex prez Goodluck has nothing to fear if he has done
>> >> nothing to warrant fear. Let the probe commence from his
>> >> administration but shouldn't terminate there is what I advocate.
>> >>
>> >> On 7/31/15, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <toyinkaidara@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > *EDITED-*
>> >> >
>> >> > First, Buhari says he will probe only GEJ.
>> >> > So, your claim, Kadiri, that 'Buhari should start clearing the log
>> >> > of
>> >> > corruption trees from the top' is different from Buhari's agenda.
>> >> > Secondly, I am stating that Buhari is not morally qualified to probe
>> >> anyone
>> >> > bcs Buhari and his allies have corruption, treason and other charges
>> to
>> >> > answer.
>> >> > I have given a list of such corruption and treason charges relating
>> >> > to
>> >> > Buhari and his allies as evident from the last election cycle, the
>> last
>> >> > administration and the current one.
>> >> > So, don't bother continuing with your effort to generate ridicule by
>> >> going
>> >> > into the distant past.
>> >> > Aregbesola, Amaechi, Tinubu, El Rufai, Buhari and his campaign
>> >> > financing,
>> >> > Shettima and the Chibok incident are all cases live at the present
>> >> > moment
>> >> > as I demonstrate in my earlier post.
>> >> > We dont need to return to the beginning of the world to examine what
>> is
>> >> in
>> >> > front of our eyes.
>> >> > Thirdly, GEJ's approach to corruption is the more honest approach of
>> >> > prevention through financial restructuring rather than Buhari's
>> >> > dishonest
>> >> > witch-hunting strategy as is demonstrated in these essays :
>> >> >
>> >> > "Blocking Corruption Through Technology: Nigeria's IPPIS and IPSAS-
>> >> Method
>> >> > and Supervision by Isuph JT and Chioma Mbakwe Ojukwu
>> >> > <
>> >>
>> https://www.facebook.com/notes/oluwatoyin-vincent-adepoju/blocking-corruption-through-technology-nigerias-ippis-and-ipsas-method-and-super/10152612253744103
>> >> >"
>> >> >
>> >> > "7 Impressive Ways President Jonathan Fought Corruption (No. 3 Will
>> >> > Make
>> >> > You Scream
>> >> > <
>> >>
>> https://www.facebook.com/notes/oluwatoyin-vincent-adepoju/7-impressive-ways-president-jonathan-fought-corruption-no-3-will-make-you-scream/10152621775954103
>> >> >)
>> >> > "
>> >> > summing up the GEJ govts' understanding of the anti-corruption
>> struggle
>> >> as
>> >> > more of a comprehensive restructuring of the entire socio-economic
>> >> > landscape than the sloganeering of fighting monetary corruption
>> >> > which
>> >> > is
>> >> > all Buhari has to offer, a contrast in perspectives summed up by
>> >> > Vincent
>> >> > Unachukwu
>> >> > <
>> >>
>> https://www.facebook.com/notes/oluwatoyin-vincent-adepoju/leadership-as-structural-thinking-and-action-by-vincent-unachukwu/10152624307539103
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> > .
>> >> > Finally, I have concluded that the country needs to be renegotiated
>> bcs
>> >> it
>> >> > has no unifying ethos.
>> >> > Any other initiative that claims to restructure Nigeria's ultimate
>> >> > direction is either a waste of time or sheer dishonesty or both.
>> >> > The culture of going backward nationally in Nigeria, a symptom of
>> >> > the
>> >> need
>> >> > to renegotiate the nation, is demonstrated by the election to the
>> >> nation's
>> >> > highest office of a man who could not present even a primary school
>> >> > certificate as his educational qualification to contest for office,
>> >> > who,when the pressure became deafening, had to call a press
>> >> > conference
>> >> > to
>> >> > make claims he could not verify about the whereabouts of his
>> >> > secondary
>> >> > school certificate, demonstrating conclusively that his rising to
>> >> > the
>> >> rank
>> >> > of general or even the terms on which he entered the Nigerian army
>> >> > are
>> >> > questionable at best, a quota President of questionable education in
>> >> > a
>> >> > country where it is unthinkable for a Presidential candidate from
>> >> > any
>> >> > region other than the Muslim North to show up with anything less
>> >> > than
>> a
>> >> > first degree, in a world where sophisticated education is at a
>> >> > premium
>> >> > in
>> >> > all aspects of public life on account of the complexity of modern
>> >> > civilisation.
>> >> > This fraud was elected based on sentiments deriving partly from his
>> >> > military background yet the best he has done about the Boko Haram
>> >> > Islamic
>> >> > terrorism ravaging the North is to beg the the terrorists to
>> negotiate.
>> >> > Not suprising bcs he has repeatedly identified with the terrorists
>> >> > by
>> >> > arguing
>> >> > they should not be combated
>> >>
>> >> > <
>> >>
>> http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/clampdown-on-boko-haram-injustice-against-north-buhari/
>> >> >
>> >> > and that war agst them is agst the North
>> >> > <
>> >>
>> http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-military-offensive-against-boko-haram-anti-north/149256/
>> >> >.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > So, what remains- the so called fighter will not fight.
>> >> > We are faced with the complexities of govt.
>> >> > He has made himself into a civilian dictator who rules alone, under
>> the
>> >> > pretext of not finding honest people to appoint.
>> >> > By the time he appoints the staff to run the govt as is vital in a
>> >> > democratic system, he would have consolidated his dictatorial hold,
>> >> leaving
>> >> > ashes in the mouths of Nigerians, feeding aborted visions to those
>> >> calling
>> >> > for change by appointing the whitewashed dictator.
>> >> > thanks
>> >> > toyin
>> >> >
>> >> > On 31 July 2015 at 13:53, Oluwatoyin Adepoju
>> >> > <toyinkaidara@gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> First, Buhari says he will probe only GEJ.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> So, your claim, Kadiri, that 'Buhari should start clearing the log
>> of
>> >> >> corruption trees from the top' is diferent from Buhari's agenda.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Secondly, I am stating that Buhari is not morally qualified to
>> >> >> probe
>> >> >> anyone bcs Buhari and his allies have corruption, treason and other
>> >> >> charges to answer.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I have given a list of such coruption and treason charges
>> >> >> relating
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> Buhari and his allies as evident from the last election cycle, the
>> >> >> last
>> >> >> administration and the current one.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> So, dont bother continuing with your effort to generate ridicule
>> >> >> by
>> >> >> going
>> >> >> into the distant past.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Aregbesola, Amaechi, Tinubu, El Rufai, Buhari and his campaign
>> >> financing,
>> >> >> Shettima and the Chibok incident are all cases live at the present
>> >> >> moment
>> >> >> as I demonstrate ion my ealier post.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> We dont need to return to the beginning of the world to examine
>> >> >> what
>> >> >> is
>> >> >> in front of our eyes.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thirdly, GEJ's approach to corruption is the more honest aproach of
>> >> >> prevention through financical restructuring rather than Buhari's
>> >> >> dishonest
>> >> >> witch-hunting strategy as is demonstrated in these essays :
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Blocking Corruption Through Technology: Nigeria's IPPIS and IPSAS-
>> >> >> Method and Supervision by Isuph JT and Chioma Mbakwe Ojukwu
>> >>
>> >> >> <
>> >>
>> https://www.facebook.com/notes/oluwatoyin-vincent-adepoju/blocking-corruption-through-technology-nigerias-ippis-and-ipsas-method-and-super/10152612253744103
>> >> >"
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "7 Impressive Ways President Jonathan Fought Corruption (No. 3 Will
>> >> >> Make
>> >> >> You Scream
>> >> >> <
>> >>
>> https://www.facebook.com/notes/oluwatoyin-vincent-adepoju/7-impressive-ways-president-jonathan-fought-corruption-no-3-will-make-you-scream/10152621775954103
>> >> >)
>> >> >> "
>> >> >>
>> >> >> summing up the GEJ govs understanding of the anti-corruption
>> >> >> struggle
>> >> >> as
>> >> >> more of a comprehensive restructuring of the entire socio-economic
>> >> >> landscape than the sloganeering of fighting monetary corruption
>> which
>> >> is
>> >> >> all Buhari has to offer, a contrast in perscetives summed up by
>> >> >> Vincent
>> >> >> Unachukwu
>> >> >> <
>> >>
>> https://www.facebook.com/notes/oluwatoyin-vincent-adepoju/leadership-as-structural-thinking-and-action-by-vincent-unachukwu/10152624307539103
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> >> .
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Finally, I have concluded that the country needs to be renegotiated
>> >> >> bcs
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> has no unfying ethos.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Any other initiative that claims to restructure Nigeria's ultimate
>> >> >> direction is either a waste of time or sheer dishonesty or both.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The culture of going backward nationally in Nigeria, a symptom of
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> need
>> >> >> to renegotiate the nation, is demonstrated by the election to the
>> >> >> nation's
>> >> >> higest office of a man who could not present even a primary school
>> >> >> certificate as his educational qualification to contest for office,
>> >> >> who,when the pressure became deafening, had to call a press
>> >> >> conference
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> make claims he could not verify about the whereabouts of his
>> secondary
>> >> >> school certificate, demonstrating conclusively that his rising to
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> rank
>> >> >> of general or even the terms on which he entered the Nigerian army
>> >> >> are
>> >> >> questionable at best, a quota President of questionable education
>> >> >> in
>> a
>> >> >> country where it is unthinkable for a Presidential candidate from
>> any
>> >> >> region other than the Muslim North to show up with anything less
>> >> >> than
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> first degree, in a world where sophisticated education is at a
>> >> >> premuim
>> >> >> in
>> >> >> all aspects of public life on account of the complexity of modern
>> >> >> civilisation.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This fraud was elected based on sentiments deriving partly from his
>> >> >> military background yet the best he has done about the Boko Haram
>> >> Islamic
>> >> >> terrorism ra
>> >>
>> >> --
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