ADEREMI'S NOTEBOOK

Evelyn Waugh said (0)

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored

Evelyn Waugh’s quote brings two things to my mind. Ignore the first, the second-Naija parties!!! (via Paul Kedrosky)

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….

Abba Eban said (0)

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Abba Eban

Unexpected (0)

You cannot prepare for the unexpected,you can only prepare to be surprised.

What is a Parliament? (1)

Parliament is more than ever like a grand club, whose members have in the past few years voted themselves huge pay rises, increased support facilities and expenses, far shorter hours, and much more power. No wonder MPs are unpopular.
- Luke Johnson

Francis Bacon Said (3)

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
- Francis Bacon

Quote of the Week (0)

Did you hear about the two antennae that got married? The wedding wasn’t much but the reception was great.

Warren Buffet Said (0)

The stock market is a wonderfully efficient mechanism for transferring wealth from the impatient to the patient.
- Warren Buffet

Evan Harris said (0)

Sticking with something you hate may take hard work, after all, but knowing when to quit, that takes wisdom
- Evan Harris, author of The Art of Quitting