Perhaps, we could refocus our energies on how to improve living conditions for the millions of Nigerians and Africans who simply cannot meet their basic needs on a daily basis. Based on research that I have conducted, including visits to the Niger Delta and other regions throughout the continent, these brothers and sisters are not asking for money or other forms of handouts, but for improved opportunities (and conditions) so that they can "fish" for themselves. So, why don't we engage in robust discourse to find a way to improve opportunities for self-actualization for these, our brothers and sisters.
Certainly, a bunch of highly educated, skilled and well-informed individuals such as us can come up with a fully articulated document that can be sent to our leaders back home suggesting to them what we believe should be done and how.
I will take notes, unless there is another volunteer.
Best regards,
Sincerely,
John Mukum Mbaku, Esq.
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 4:39 AM, Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com> wrote:
Oluwatoyin Adepoju,
The "incongruity of (my) position" ?
Which position ?
I counted at least seven Africans in the French National Football Team – and a few more on the substitute bench. They could have all come from Kaduna, but what do you care...
You have been bombing this forum with endless anti-Buhari items through which you have established firmly that as far as you are concerned Brother Buhari is not made of gold.
True, true, nor are our hearts carved out of stone.
I'm sure that your heart beats for Nigeria. Maybe, also Biafra? You'll soon be requesting a referendum? You want Brother Buhari to say that all who want to go are free to do so?
"medieval mind set" Who? Brother Buhari?
And the Constitution?
You want him to do all the things that his predecessors had left undone?
On Sunday, 10 July 2016 20:18:17 UTC+2, Oluwatoyin Adepoju wrote:Cornelius Hamelberg,It seems you have forgotten my position on Buhari.I was alluding to the incongruity of your position, not its validity.I dont consider that character worthy of my efforts to point out his mendacity which some of us saw for what it was before the country was deceived into putting him in a job from where he unleashes a medieval mind set on the nation.toyinOn Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye <opini...@gmail.com> wrote:The last time I checked, this was an interview given by Dr. Junaid Mohammed, the man who has built a reputation for his pro-North mindset, but who in this interview chose to sing a new tune. I wonder why the "author" or the "interviewer" should be the butt of attacks here, instead of the man whose views he merely reported? And how does merely reporting an interview translate to someone wishing that Buhari surrounded himself with South Easterners? I doubt if Dr. Junaid Mohammed would go to the extent of proposing that. The way we reason in Nigeria can at times be very strange...--
On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 1:50:19 PM UTC+1, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye wrote:Buhari Is Championing Nepotism – Junaid Mohammed
…His Relatives Dictate Aso Rock policy
*President Buhari Interview by Ishaya Ibrahim (Acting News Editor)Muhammadu Buhari's relatives are the ones dictating policy in Aso Rock for 170 million Nigerians, adding nepotism to the festering allegation of narrow mindedness levelled against the president, who critics say surrounds himself with Northerners in running national affairs.Junaid Mohammed, radical politician and Second Republic lawmaker, named at least seven relatives of the president who are the power behind the throne in the Villa – apart from the heads of all vital security agencies who are from the from the North.
In a telephone interview from his base in Kano, Mohammed accused Buhari of giving key positions to his cousins, nephews, and in-laws, and is therefore guilty of the corruption he is trying to fight.
Mohammed, a virulent critic of former President Goodluck Jonathan, and originally a supporter of Buhari, said nepotism compromises Buhari's ability to rule the country well, fight corruption, and deal with rogue lawmakers who pose a threat to his administration.
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