ADEREMI'S NOTEBOOK

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Nelson Mandela Said (6)

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
- Nelson Mandela

via Mentalacrobatics

— Everything Ed Boyden Learned at MIT. #

IBB for President? (4)

AllAfrica.com interviewed Alex Akinyele, a former minster who believes Ibrahim B. Babangida (IBB) should run for President. IBB headed a military government from 1985 until August 1993. The interview confirms some of the problems Nigeria is still facing in the very short term, only ex-military men will run the country for sometime. When Akinyele was asked about Obasanjo’s performance to date, he had this to say:

If an ordinary civilian was president, the military could have come out of their barracks about four times, because there were times when the government did things which the military would not have favored.

I agree with him on the fact that corruption is at an all time high in Nigeria with privatisation issues going on in Nigeria, however I found his comment on IBB and corruption astonishing.to say the least. (please bear in mind that he was the sport minister during IBB’s regime)

Babangida as a person is not corrupt. Corruption has come to stay with us in Nigeria for quite a long while. Babangida was not the one who introduced corruption to Nigeria.

I can’t help but feel he is suggesting that all Nigerians are corrupt, inherently IBB must be corrupt. I mean there is nothing wrong with that right. It is already in the blood.

Again he does speaks some true words:

Nobody could have given Nigeria political stability outside President Obasanjo. But after political stability, we need economic stability. We need social stability.
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Ours is not the politics of philosophy or ideology. It’s “from where does Akinyele come?” After that, it’s “what is his religion?” These are the things that destroy political leadership in Nigeria. Some people in Nigeria now say that the Yoruba man who does not support Obasanjo is a fool. He is a traitor. That is the nature of our politics. Until we can get that out of the way, we cannot get the best for Nigeria.

I can only agree.

Willing People (4)

The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
- Robert Frost

Kenyan Blogs Webring (2)

Mental Acrobatics is back after some time off-blogging. He has also introduced the Kenyan blogs, a webring devoted to blogs witten by Kenyans or about Kenya. Take some time out to stop over at the site. He makes politics interesting and a good read.

p.s Nigerian Weblogs Ring is also up and running, it is maintained by Timbaland.

— Jennifer Lopez marries Marc Anthony; Clearly Marriage has a different meaning to her #

Evan Williams said (0)

The funny thing about technology entrepreneurs is that they want to: a) change the world; and, b) do it in a hurry, before someone else does.
- Evan Williams, co-founded Blogger

All I got is $14 (2)

From 14bucks, the mission;

My goal is to take $14 and turn it into $1,000 in one year with low risk and a minimal amount of work.

Could work but I will be interested to see the investments and how they work. Ideally the quickest and yet the riskest would be in the stock market in one of the so-called growth stocks. Then again the low risk profile means none of that. [no poker games or lottery tickets allowed either]

The whole point of this project is to experiment with capitalism. I’ve always believed that here in America, success can be had for anyone willing to strive for it. I’m hoping to train myself - through this small project - to constantly seek out opportunities to better my own situation. The $1,000 goal I set was just enough to make me wonder (and apparently you, too) if I could actually do it.

Food for thought while you do the dishes.