Kole,
"A trade-fair like event where Nigerians of all shades can come to present their ideas...."???
Dude, you already have it. It is called USA Africa Dialogue Series, among many other variations on the Internet!! I am not even counting the several pito, akpeteshie, and beer bars all over the country that on any given day provide outlets for noisy, chatterboxes. Oh wait, and if you grew up in my generation, you have the debating societies in the secondary schools too! And let's not forget, the House of Representatives.
How is this trade fair even different from current fora or the ones before?
Kwabby
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| Prof., Nkolika Two of your sentences caught (or is it cut) my attention. (1). [ Many of us own up to three generators because PHC OR NEPA is on stand by. It is so frustrating and energy consuming.] *** It is interesting that the generators for energy production has become energy consuming in its self. Dis Nigeria sef THE OTHER SENTENCE THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AND GOT ME THINKING: (2). [What is the Solution? I am beginning to agree with Prof Nwabueze that we need a revolution.]*** Which kind of revolution do you think the old prof of constitutionalism is talking about? He wants the JJ Rawlings kind of stupidity. Kill a man in a war, you make his children your enemy. It will never stop. What we want in Nigeria is a REVOLUTION of ideas. A non-governmental forum for IDEAS. A trade-fair like event where Nigerians of all shades can come to present their ideas to professors, investors, and implementers. I think instead of KILL ourselves we should work together but I noticed that we are so impatient and unable to create non-threatening avenues where those not as articulate as ourselves can feel free to present their views. Nigeria is NOT THE worst place on earth, it just does not have simple social technologies for citizen participation and the simple virtue of trust. We all are afraid that someone will steal our ideas and we keep it till it is useless. Do I make sense? Kole --- On Tue, 8/10/10, Nkolika Ebele <nkolikae@yahoo.com> wrote:
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