ADEREMI'S NOTEBOOK

Obasanjo’s 70th birthday (1)

Dare Obasanjo has posted some pictures from his Dad’s 70th Birthday, Nigeria’s outgoing President. Enjoy!
Found via Imnakoya.

Utomi: This Struggle is Now My Life (3)

After reading Pat Utomi’s after election intentions, I’m encouraged.

“As we reflect on dozens of lives lost in protest of election rigging, billions of Naira expended on campaigns even as many of our compatriots are dehumanized by dreadful poverty, it is important to extend gratitude, and commit afresh to the struggle on the long road to freedom for Nigeria”

Such words differentiate men wanting to change Nigeria and men wanting to milk Nigeria of her wealth.

This is why we have hope…

Size isn’t enough, Nigeria is a failed giant (6)

The Economist has a there page article on the Nigerian elections, echoes the same outcry I’m sure you have all read about our flawed elections.

“It is totally false to suggest that Nigerians are fundamentally different from any other people in the world. Nigerians are corrupt because the system under which they live today makes corruption easy and profitable; they will cease to be corrupt when corruption is made difficult and inconvenient. The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.”

24years ago, Chinua Achebe, one of Nigeria’s greatest writer said this, today Nigeria is still a failed giant, but we have hope….