On Tuesday, July 3, 2018, Gbemi Tijani <tijanigbemi@gmail.com> wrote:
Apologia for errata I experienced some wild interference while replying to Dr Anthony Akintola timely contribution to the youth question in future leadership in Nigeria and comparative figures abroad,Because of power epilepsy for the past 48 hours I couldn't finish my positive series rejoinder provoked by Dr Rick Botelho an advocate of Truth equity and planetary health published in Linkedin messaging platform last week--As an addenda llet me safely truthfully say here that the recent youth have been sold to politics of national cake sharing and politics of money and hidden agenda for looting Or politics of righteous leadership to emerge as statesman comparable to the like of Chief Awolowo Michael Okpara and Zik Kwame Nkrumah Of blessed memoriesBesides are they not products of cultism and stakeholders in previous regimes that failed to deliver dividends of democracy?If I were one of those adults and youth aspiring to to presidency I would have prepared myself enoughtowards 2023 and boast in the Lord that I will not revel in nor depend on oil income to fund Nigeria and annual poverty 1st poverty of philosophy which should tackle poverty of materials - which we have in abundance but can't harness sure to poor or barren leadership whereas there are those who could have delivered but for monetary credentials- they are filtered out of that opportunity to serveWhere s grid power in our dear giant nation ? For the past 30 years billions have been budgeted yet no grip power to work ventilate secure lives and properties illuminate homes and offices refrigerate our food and drinks otherwise they rot away as halledns in a recent Easter in Nigeriawhen will Nigeria celebrate one week of power supply . Ghana has examples a decade of that and I witnessed it during a Rotary fellowship in 2007 Other Nigerians spent their weekend in Ghana and returned home !Opunimi Akinkugbe a biz consultant into Games has toured Ghana 2ce in the last 3 months when shall we also annul docility as Sulky Abu observed and wrote in the Guardian of the late 80s?I m so buoyed that the like of you all in this group convened by Prof TF are judicious Living Assets for Change we should desire - the one with philosophical and ideological direction that will move every Nigerian the led and the leaders to good Andy be diligent to move the standard of living and image of black person better and more dignified than hitherto .more info Best wishes and Congrats to those who work on Nigeria Historical Dictionary- we actually will need it badly in our folders and home libraries and the truth should be documented right there including the loooting malaise and sloth to restructure because of fear of weak Central whereas it will not divide us rather it will develop expediently than the monthly sharing of paltry cash to states !Please let them know are there no righteous civilians of whatever calling that can manage Nigeria as a bona fide independent viable state?how indefinite shall we be ruled by military civilian politicians?Can you remember Pat Utomi wrote an article in theJan 2005 in the Nigerian Guardian on this same issue?God has blessed Nigeria already we only need more help and deliverance of both the led and the leaders .accirding to a recent feature in OZy news Nigerian immigrant nuts i the USA and this is true of those in the U.K. Too are among those who have actually made it beyond ordinary - almost all have carved their niche and made their impact in medicine plan engineering and lots as academics of professorial caliber. they are also not doing badly in sports and entertainment Eho else fatten the GDP than home remittances from Nigerians in the diaspora?May the Lord help us abundantly to enable us maintain resilience and pushfulness for a more holistic change and boldly restructure the country and manage corruption which will not be wild to trace as today's anaonymous looting with impunityGbemi tijani Paul Harris fellowPs I have expressed thoughts like this since pre internet time in Nigeria in the Daily sketch Tribune The Guardian in Sunday ,Meditation concord observer NTa herald mostly features and poetry etc. including anatomy of infected democracies,the chemistry of patriotism,Your Armour MOther Africa etcGbemi tjThird July two zero eightamImagine
On Tuesday, July 3, 2018, Gbemi Tijani <tijanigbemi@gmail.com> wrote:Your perception of these differentials are correct. that s what I was saying in the Political Value engineering series I have paused featuring because of poor illustration icons on an online platform . Though it s a widely subscribed professional website - Nigerians have never had a Presidential candidate that actually prepared or groomed for that purpose - we have always had an invited or emi tij decided or consensus candidate . Or again actually shop for one of our past military civilian politicians as the case since 1999. I love the comparative age and achieving coefficient you cited a for Obama & Cameron who made it to top echelon in politics in their mid forties. Whereas there are geniuses Nigerian youth but surely none that one can cite to fit to lead a country like a Nigeria that s yet to consolidate her democracy in many dimensions including what politics and q governance are and developing other ways to fund a blessed nation like Nigeria withoutq begging internationally and yet maintain a. Productive state as was the reality when Nigeria operates a regional governmentNigeria has bred many intellectuals who are now abroad and a lot are still at home how have past governments judiciously use these intelligentsia to the best advantage including more than 60% qqq1budget implementation? Why not even 75% ? All arms of government have been operatin in tandem with as -business- as -usual incongruous sloganQ online after Ian examiner - profs Ipinyomi and another that said all fried dollars to purchaseITwo elections should be returned because there is poverty in the land!less than a fortnight from today a prominent politician has just returned 650milkiin being a sum advanced her group to secure the winning of the last electionActually I m continuing my positive rejoinder to Dr Rick Botelho a Us advocate ofWin GOn Monday, July 2, 2018, Anthony Akinola <anthony.a.akinola@gmail.com> wrote:------------ Forwarded message ----------
From: Anthony Akinola <anthony.a.akinola@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 10:12 AM
Subject: GROOMING FUTURE NIGERIAN LEADERS-Punch
To: Anthony Akinola <anthony.a.akinola@gmail.com>Grooming future Nigerian leaders
When we make comparisons between different societies, it is important that we do not take things at face value. It is attractive for anyone who argues for a generational change in political leadership (not-too-young-to- run) in Nigeria, for instance, to point at Great Britain where David Cameron became Prime Minister at the age of 43,or the United States of America where Barack Obama was President at 46. A more critical evaluation of leadership in Britain and America should focus on the grooming of the individual for the role that he or she will play in the future.
Not the least due to factors that are not unconnected with their stage of educational, political and economic development, children in some societies tend to achieve maturity much earlier on than in others. In Great Britain, for example, the age of consent is 16. When a child has attained the legal age of consent, he or she becomes responsible for their omissions and commissions. At 18, a child is assumed to have become 'independent' of his or her parents. By 21, it would be in exceptional or curious circumstances that one would still want to live under the same roof as one's parents. Parents in Britain do demand and collect rent from children of working age who choose to live at home. Of course, it must be admitted that Nigerians of means do take care of their parents in their old age.
The British society is so structured that when a child tells you of his or her age it would be more than mere guesswork to know exactly what stage of education he or she has attained. It is an age group thing; those who have chosen to attend university would have started their degree programmes at the age of 18 and finished by 21. Those of them who, for instance, want to go into politics choose relevant subjects for that call. At Oxford and Cambridge, for instance, future politicians are most likely to be studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics or Law. Most identify with political parties based on viewpoints and they do voluntary or paid work in their local constituencies, particularly at election time. They imbibe the culture of rigorous debating during their apprenticeship. Your degree in biology or zoology, even when at the doctoral level, may not have prepared you adequately for a career in politics.
The point one is trying to make here is that the David Camerons and Barack Obamas of this world made their choices quite early in life. Although they might have become leaders at relatively young ages, their experiences in politics could have been that of about 20 or more years. The suitability, or otherwise, of a candidate for a leadership position becomes important from records of past behaviour. The type of company you keep at school and the marijuana that you may have smoked at a relatively innocent age could, surprisingly, be an electoral issue that comes to haunt you in later life. Those who engage in cultism and other forms of criminality should be made to know that they have written themselves off from important leadership positions in society. So, there is an element of parental grooming in all of this.
Obama knew very early in life what he was aiming at. Even at a very early age he told one of his teachers that he wanted to be the President of the United States. Prior to becoming state senator at Illinois and first-term senator in the American Congress, he had engaged himself in various community activities. His books spoke clearly for his future intentions. One is still looking around for that book in which any of our presidential aspirants may have told us about his or her background and their vision of society.
The general poverty in the grooming of our political leaders suggests that we lack a capacity to engage counterparts elsewhere in coherent articulation of economic and political issues. We are deficient in the understanding of the history of our nation, as well as in the cultures of our diverse peoples. Future political leaders must be brought up to understand the different cultures and religions and evolve a new society where prejudices no longer predominate our ways of life. Our politics exists only at the elementary stage and this can change if future leaders are deliberately and properly groomed to assume important roles in our society.
Dr. Anthony Akinola sent this piece from the United Kingdom
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