Thanks, Chidi.
Note I qualified my account of what one view describes as his achievements by stating
"These are things most of which I have come across in passing rather than what I know for sure"
At the same time, though, his political journey as central to SW politics requires serious study as I have suggested.
Various perspectives on the facts and their evaluations would be critically juxtaposed.
Is it possible that a pure crook, as you describe Tinubu to be, has so captured the leadership of the SW?
What is his relationship, in terms of strategy and how he is perceived, to the example of Awo, the paradigmatic SW political leader?
What is his relationship, in terms of strategy and how he is perceived, to the example of Awo, the paradigmatic SW political leader?
What does Tinubu represent in a critical analysis of what is demonstrated by the lineage of Lagos governors represented by such figures as Lateef Jakande?
How does he factor in the development of Lagos, from its older locations on the mainland and Island to extensions reaching further afield?
What does the followership he commands and the movement he represents relate to the contrastive Yoruba power blocs of Afenifere and OPC?
These and others are questions that need asking even as the SW charts its path to the future in the context of Nigerian history.
thanks
toyin
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 at 06:59, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:
Toyin,
(1)Tinubu's name has always been associated with infamy, illicit drugs, certificate forgery, corruption, etc.
(2)His participation in the pro-democracy struggles during the Abacha era was motivated by selfishness. He was scheming to become Senate President as a springboard to becoming President, but Abacha's coming(which he helped to facilitate anyway, on the condition that Abacha should handover to Abiola after six months)canceled all that.
(3)Tinubu as Lagos state governor against legal advice created local government areas, when the National Assembly refused to recognize the local government areas he created, he renamed them development areas. The Federal government withheld the Lagos state allocations on the basis of fears that the allocations would be used to finance the illegal creations. Please note that other States were involved. These other States reverted to status quo and their allocations were released, but Tinubu refused to revert.
Let us please endeavour to always set the records straight for posterity.
CAO.
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