no one is denying awos great achievements.
thus is this not taking awo veneration too far-
' Therefore what the Coker Commission reported as a loss to the people of the South West is in fact exponential gains of transformation of value, when analysed in this manner.'
the conclusion of the commission according to the scholarship is that money meant for more of this development was used in funding a political party.
toyin
On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 at 20:43, OLAYINKA AGBETUYI <yagbetuyi@hotmail.com> wrote:
--Chikwendu:
Its like you read my mind! I was about to say while his political rivals were busy laughing at him wondering where he was going to get the funds to execute his programmes of free this and free that, build cocoa house, modern health care e.tc , Awo knew precisely how he was going to have the last laugh and prove them wrong: development of human capital versus growing capital in bank vaults.
People keep referring to how the South West economy out performed the North. Answer: the return of interests on human capital grows exponentially in geometric proportions while the interest rate of money put in the bank grows in arithmetic proportions.
The results of the ,£6.2 millions depleted in the Regional Marketing Boards Account is the exponential business growth in the South West by the human capital development afforded by the re- allocation of the funds in quadripulates with these enlightened business elite building businesses worth 20 times more than the worth of the parent fund generating Marketing Board. Its the biblical parable of the 10 talents all over again.
Therefore what the Coker Commission reported as a loss to the people of the South West is in fact exponential gains of transformation of value, when analysed in this manner.
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Even if Awo appropriated govt. funds, it is refreshing to see or read about a Nigerian political leader who accomplished so much during his time in office. Compare him to the rogues, and developmentally illiterate leaders, who have occupied political offices since the end of the civil war and in custody of billions of public money. They build roads that crumble in 6 months, school physical environments make one nauseous and produce pupils and students unable read and write. The once dependable electricity and water systems built by their predecessors are now things of the past. In many places, it is now personal boreholes of which their long term geological consequences are unknown. Unemployment has gone through the roof. Nigeria de-industrializes without industrializing. There is an unconscionable amount external debt, plus watching Nigeria turn into a slum society. The list of failures goes on including supervising a society in which corruption is taken for granted yet Nigerian government and state governments have been in custody of more money since the end of the civil war than in the time of Awo.I do not know whether Awo appropriated public funds for his personal benefit. Even if he did, he still achieved something that benefited and continue to benefit his people. Is it any wonder that Ojukwu dubbed him, "The Best President Nigeria Never Had." Nigeria's social and economic indicators, and so quality of life, have plummeted because the likes of Awo have not been replicated on national and regional landscapes since the end of the civil war. All those who have criticized Awo in the current thread because he rejected Babangida's invitation to the political debate are in grave error. Awo's response was no prophecy. It was a response driven by a profound store of imagination and political sagacity. He knew and understood that the foundation on which the Nigerian geoethnopolity was built is a false one. He was vindicated by the fact that the same Babangida who invited him to contribute to the debate was the same person who annulled the 1993 presidential election without any discernible reason or logic, but in my opinion to benefit his own people. Was Awo's skepticism of the Nigerian project plausible? You be the judge.
Chikwendu Christian Ukaegbu
--On Saturday, December 28, 2019, 6:02:49 AM CST, Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com> wrote:
Concerning Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the Political Moses and the forces that were allied against him, I enquired from Professor Google if he had any data on what Chief Obafemi Awolowo had to say on The Coker Commission and got 62 200 results . You can take your pick. I say you can take your pick because there is and was a lot of stuff and nonsense out there; for instance in reading through the data that Hon. Toyin Adepoju provided just now when I came across the name Samson Nzeribe ("Baze University Abuja") – the name seemed to ring a bell ( Arthur Nzeribe) and so I came to the hasty but profound conclusion that this is not and cannot be it – it must be nothing less than some enemy "testimony". The lyrics of Bob Marley's "Them got so much things to say right now", ringing in my ear:
"Eh! But I'll never forget no way
They crucified Jesus Christ
I'll never forget no way
They sold Marcus Garvey for rice
I'll never forget no way
They turned their back on Paul Bogle
So, don't you forget (no way) your youth
Who you are and where you stand in the struggle"
As he knows, I do not bear any personal animosity towards him. On the contrary. My ire with Ibrahim Abdullah is based on what, once upon a time, he himself understood about the reprehensible, in a very personal capacity, and probably remembers the pain he suffered being the victim of his political enemies' malicious calumnies against him, at his workplace in Sierra Leone, and, of course, thank God, the triumph and satisfaction he and I also felt when he was finally vindicated, exonerated.
The lesson is clear - it's known as the Golden Rule as explained by Hillel the Elder to someone who demanded that Hillel teach him the entire Torah whilst he was standing on one leg : "What is hateful to you, do not to your neighbour: that is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary; go and learn it."
In equal measure, the Quran exhorts the Muslim Faithful, "Produce your proof if you are truthful
On Friday, 27 December 2019 11:53:25 UTC+1, Ibrahim Abdullah wrote:Happy Holidays! I never runaway from a fight/a good fight.
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On 26 Dec 2019, at 12:35 PM, Mobolaji Aluko <alu...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ibrahim Abdullah:
Despite your pedantry, I apologize for adding an "i" to your name.
Fanatic? This is a clear case of projection. From nowhere, you brought up the Coker Report and Awo's non-saintliness, and you presumed that you won't be tackled? Mba nu...
Let us move on. Season's greetings.
Bolaji Aluko
--On Thu, Dec 26, 2019, 05:49 Ibrahim Abdullah <ibdu...@gmail.com> wrote:
Bolaji:--Ibrahim Abdullah---don't do as usual: Abdullahi is not Abdullah. I do have a xerox copy of Coker---dated 1970. Am no rumor monger nor a fanatic like you. Awo did what the Commission alleged: misappropriation!
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On 26 Dec 2019, at 5:29 AM, Mobolaji Aluko <alu...@gmail.com> wrote:
Salimonu Kadiri:
This is why I have stayed on Ibrahim Abdullahi, to see whether he is a pepper-soup rumor-monger, or a serious commentator on this Coker Commission caper.
Awo - in his book "Adventures in Power Book Ii: The Travails of Democracy and the Rule of Law" spent a whole Chapter on this Coker Commission Report, and excerpted detailed analysis of the report by three intellectuals of that day: Prof.. S.A. Aluko (my father), Prof.. Hezekiah Oluwasanmi and Prof.. Akin Mabogunje.
1. What Disgusts Me Most in the Coker Report - by Aluko2. A Most Infamous Rationalization - by Oluwasanmi3. It is a Travesty of Justice - by Mabogunje
Bolaji Aluko
--On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 8:36 PM Salimonu Kadiri <ogunl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
--Mallam Ibrahim Abdullah,ÈGÀN KÒ PÉ K'OYIN MÁ DÙN, derision cannot cause honey not to be sweet. Every sane Nigerian knows that the Coker Commission of enquiry was inaugurated by the Federal coalition government of NPC and NCNC after overthrowing the Action Group controlled Western Government. The sole purpose of the Coker Commission of enquiry in June 1962, was to rubbish the image of Awolowo who had left the Premiership of Western Region to contest the 1959 Federal Election. If Coker had discovered stealing and misappropriation of Western Region by Awolowo, there would not have been treasonable felony trial against Awolowo who would have been prosecuted, instead, for embezzlement, fraud, corruption etc. Coker Commission discovered that Awolowo spent cocoa money on free primary education for all. Initially, it was intended to be compulsory but when his any campaigned that he wanted to deprive parents helping hands of their children in the farm, he changed it to voluntary. The first Television Station in Africa, WNTV, was established by Awolowo's government, the flood-light Liberty Stadium was built with Cocoa money, major towns in Western Region had access to pipe-borne water, farm settlements producing dairy products were established throughout Western Region, Cocoa House (a Skyscraper) was built in Ibadan and a large area of Land was turned into industrial estate in Ikeja which belonged to Western Region then. I challenge you to quote directly from the report of Coker Commission of enquiry into the finances of Western Region Government up to 1959 where it was stated that Awolowo corruptly enriched himself by stealing public funds and what amount of money was it.
As all human beings, Awolowo had his shortcomings but among his political peers he was the best. Saying that has nothing to do with my ethnic origin, since in some aspects I also admire the political ideologies of Samuel Gomsu Ikoku, Anthony Enahoro, Aminu Kano, Mokwugo Okoye, to mention few.S. Kadiri
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Ämne: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Awo's reply declining membership of the 1986 Political BureauO ko owo je like all the others and used Sonibare to play the game. Awo chopped cocoa profit well well. You cannot cover your beloved Papa. Only blind AGroupers will want to whitewash Coker Commission and deify the proclaimed Sage!
So funny---covering up for Awo.--
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On 24 Dec 2019, at 10:19 PM, Mobolaji Aluko <alu...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Ibrahim Abdullah:
What do you know about the Coker Commission report? If that was what makes you declare Awo a non-saint, then he was indeed a saint. The Coker Commision was a cooked-up concordance..no pun intended.
No - Awo was not a saint simply because he was human. But he stands almost paradigmatically alone in the pantheon of Nigeria's original leaders.
Season's greetings!
Bolaji Aluko
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 14:46 Ibrahim Abdullah <ibdu...@gmail.com> wrote:
Awo was no saint. Coker Commission report is there for all to see.
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> On Dec 24, 2019, at 10:35 AM, Tunji Olaopa <tolao...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Reading Papa Awo's letter declining to serve on IBB's Political Bureau in 1986 again, and with the clear declining fortune of the Nigeria Project, I woke up this morning wondering, did the sage saw something about the future that we are in that we were perhaps too blinded to see?
>
> RESTORING GOVERNMENTAL AND SOCIAL ORDER - CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO
>
> In 1986, former President Ibrahim Babangida had asked Pa Awolowo to provide input into charting a New Social Order for Nigeria via a National Debate. A couple of my bosom friends have over the last few days reminded me of the force and depth of Pa Awolowo reply:
>
> "Dear Sir, I received your letter of February 28, 1986, and sincerely thank you for doing me the honour of inviting me to contribute to the National Political Debate. The purpose of the debate is to clarify our thoughts in our search for a new social order. It is, therefore, meet and proper that all those who have something to contribute should do so. I do fervently and will continue fervently to pray that I may be proved wrong. For something within me tells me, loud and clear, that we have embarked on a fruitless search. At the end of the day, when we imagine that the new order is here, we would be terribly disappointed. In other words, at the threshold of our New Social Order, we would see for ourselves that, as long as Nigerians remain what they are, nothing clean, principled, ethical, and idealistic can work with them. And Nigerians will remain what they are, unless the evils which now dominate their hearts, at all levels and in all sectors of our political, business and governmental activities are exorcised. But I venture to assert that they will not be exorcised, and indeed they will be firmly entrenched, unless God Himself imbues a vast majority of us with a revolutionary change of attitude to life and politics or, unless the dialectic processes which have been at work for some twenty years now, perforce, make us perceive the abominable filth that abounds in our society, to the end that an inexorable abhorrence of it will be quickened in our hearts and impel us to make drastic changes for the better. There is, of course, an alternative option open to us. To succumb to permanent social instability and chaos. On the premises, I beg to decline your invitation. I am yours truly, Obafemi Awolowo."
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