Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Letter to Elon musk on 130 milion naira car

Thanks   MST !

On Monday, September 25, 2023, gbemisoye tijani <tijanigbemiy2k@gmail.com> wrote:

..these are already  elitist funnels of cash  from local & global sources.... Otherwise academics will not be alive or thriving till date.

Are majority of Nigerians not in darkness day & night ? Do they have electric power to  work & recreate 24/7? When shall we revist how $16m power funding of the past was spent to procure stable power for Nigerians?How many  %age of Nigerians are feeding well?  Are Nigerians in Town intellectually barren? No.Are Nigerians & their female students in Federal schools secured? No

These areas where Elon Musk s funding could be judiciously urgently used to improve social services ,& support to creative praxies other than well known channels of research grants to publish or perish!

Gbemi Tijani MST

Paul Harris Fellow

Former Unesco club leader and founder in the  late 70s 

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023, 12:54 AM 'Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Dear Elon musk

I have tended to regard  you as doing science  in the original  tradition  not Toys for the rich  so instead   ofselling your car in nigeria for 130 milion  naira why not locate  one of your research  laboratories  in nigeria towards producing an affordable car. 

What more nigerians do not need individual cars or family cars what they need is an  intelligent and affordable transportation system mass transit.. Sell the sizzle and not the sausage. 

Please put it on your X account  that nigerians who are already planning to buy your cars for 130 milion naira  should donate such money to good causes this would not be their first car it's only an expensive toy and I would rather they donate the money to good causes beaing in mind te crisis of our time

Some of these  good causes include donations to the  Nigerian  Academies of letters

S,Engineering,Education, Social sciences,medical specialities,science  and pharmacy.these are the highest temples of knowledge in nigeria

.then the learned societies like political  science,History and philosophy  associations or societies. . Libraries,laboratories, workshops and work stations and studios. Hospitals,maternity centres and incubators,correctional centres and Tech hubs

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