In fact, African culture does not glorify theft--either in private space or in the public domain. It abhors it! It penalizes it. To say the least, African culture does not glorify theft though we know that money can buy influence, accolades, and even village chieftaincy titles, nay, national chieftancy titles as well. A more fanciful name for the latter is an illegitimate chief--oh, an illegitimate president. Political theft is no different from other forms of larceny, except that political theft usually involves the highly dollarized untouchables of society. Don't forget that being a billionaire in naira no longer counts. What now counts the most is being a billionaire in dollars even from one's Nigeria's place of operation, the locale of the larceny. And so, while society often punishes and even jails a kid from a poor family for, say, stealing a handset, all too often, friends of political thieves shamelessly rush to shower accolades on their big thief--the biggest of them all!
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Back in the day, when someone steals from others, we call them a thief. We do not congratulate them!Chimakonam--On Wed, 1 Mar 2023, 05:48 Chielozona Eze, <chieloz@gmail.com> wrote:Congratulations to Tinubu!We pray for his successful term in office. May all Nigerians experience pride in being Nigerians. May his term bring about flourishing for all.ChieloChielo EzeBernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research ProfessorCoordinator, African and African American StudiesProfessor and Coordinator, African and African American Studies, Northeastern Illinois University https://neiu.academia.edu/ChielozonaEzeGoogle Scholar: Chielozona Eze--On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 9:19 PM Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:--
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