In the aftermath of understanding the MOU as a makeshift between them and Rotberg, why have governors taken MOU with the grand passion of an article of faith? As if all sunniness would blackout in Nigeria without their 419 MOU!
Rotberg educated them enough for governors to realise that MOU had nothing to do with Harvard in its hurried and toothy shape: what are these ho-has all about, about MOU by some laggard, corrupt and morally bankrupt governors? Well, there’s no doubt that despite their swell and yet crooked degrees, most Nigerian governors are functional illiterates, who cant apart orange from apple. And worse still, most lack emotional intelligence otherwise, we couldn’t be here debating an ordinary civil MOU to and fro.
Harvard should sofortwith announce governors as persona non grata and the U.S.A. should for modesty sake, ban them from entering United States for life. They’re economic hit men as they’re scavengers to the socio and economic well being of Nigeria and Her citizens.
I blame Edo State governor Oshimhole, for being amid that bunch. I doubt if Lagos State governor Fashola, has any issue with those bunch of layabout loser-governors.
Oshiomhole should err on the side of caution how much he pal along with godforsaken bunch of fast money and political con artists. I know Oshimhole like to mix and mingle with movers and shakers since he was NLC ace person and still, he likes to dress down in every occasion instead to the nines. He likes to cut for himself the image of a hardcore and diehard conservative socialist in the shape of the uniform-wearing Fidel Castro. Time shall tell whether he’s for real or just another faker hustling his place in the crowd psychology of the bad and ugly.
While I think there are some existing apartness between Oshimhole and his co-schizos, wackos and out-of-control governors, he need check his compulsion to mixing and mingling with the wrong people for all the wrong reasons. He’ll do well anyhow. The less he knockabout, the graver chances he has to focus, excel and improve the Edo lot.
What stop governors and their grandee, the chief anarchist President Yar´Dua, from empowering an institution with the wherewithal to assume the functions those governors are now shopping abroad? How about asking Harvard to send their teachers to Nigeria to lecture governors instead of organising such wayward sweet dilly-dally yonder, in America, with taxpayer’s monies in pretension for further enlightenment?
These governors cum Nigerian political and church leaders don’t understand the working dynamics of the 21st Century Internet Age. Nigerian Print Media and co. might look the other way to leadership dalliance and buccaneering nature of our leaders: but, be rest assured that Nigerian blogosphres suchlike Sahara Reporters, Nigerianvillagesqure, Pointblankness.com and co. would report them if they lie or fail to report themselves.
With the Internet in the palm of our hands political Maradonas and evil geniuses of leaders have no chance to thrive. This time and age, call for amends in the positive. For their personal betterment and good of all, politicians, church leaders and monarchs in Nigeria should try to walk on a straight line.
I do hope that governor have learnt their lessons. They deserve the badmouthing from Online bloggers and the Nigeria-wide participation in cursing and wishing them harm’s ways.
Let me remind our governors and leaders in Nigeria that there is another meaning for RICHES: “if we had enough groceries, and a nice place to live, plenty of room to keep and feed my bird dogs, a place to play tennis, and means to get the kids good educations---that’s rich.” Said Samuel Walton, grounder of Wal-Mart and the richest man on this Planet in 1985 according to Forbes Magazine. You’ll find this quote in page 7, line 31 of Sam Walton’s book tiled ‘Made in America.’
The greed-inspired looting going on amid governors and their cohorts in Nigeria is primitivism. It’s not their basic needs that goad them onto the massive looting and profanity that have become their second nature.
S. Njokede writes from the European Union
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