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Migrants in Diepsloot are living in constant fear (Picture by Robert Shivambu, Amnesty International)
SA migrants
Let us now
birth the
expectations
of greatness
conceived
generations
before us
The Speech of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,
SAN, GCON - Vice President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria – declaring
his interest to become Nigeria’s
President in 2023.
living ‘in
constant fear’
This ongoing violence also highlights the inaction
of police and a lack of political will within
government to address the problem
The South African
authorities must do more
to protect migrants in
Diepsloot, Johannesburg, who
have repeatedly suffered from
violent attacks by anti-migrant
vigilante groups, Amnesty
International has said following
deadly unrest over the past
week that has led to seven
deaths in the area.
Migrants in Diepsloot,
located in the north of
Johannesburg, told Amnesty
International that they are living
in constant fear and that they
are being made scapegoats for
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Prof Yemi Osinbajo
Dear Nigerians, for the past seven
years, I have served as Vice
President under a true Nigerian
patriot, a servant of the nation in war and
peace, and a man of integrity, President
Muhammadu Buhari. We have, together,
worked through some of the most
difficult times in the history of our nation,
but we have remained focused on
securing the country, providing
infrastructure and growing our economy.
As stipulated by the Nigerian
Constitution, our tenure will end next
year.
In this period of seven years, I have
served the government in several
capacities, and I have, at the direction of
Mr. President, represented our country in
sensitive high-level international
engagements. I have been to practically
all local governments in Nigeria. I have
been in markets, factories, schools, and
farms. I have been in agricultural, mining
and oil-producing communities in the
Delta, in Kebbi, Enugu, Borno; Rivers,
Plateau and Ondo; and in all other States
of the federation, listening to the diverse
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SA migrants living ‘in constant fear’
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rising levels of crime and
unemployment in the area.
South African President Cyril
Ramaphosa has acknowledged the
violence against migrants,
especially Zimbabwean nationals,
by anti-migrant “vigilante” groups
comprised of non-State actors
operating outside of the law, who
claim to be ridding communities of
crime. According to the
government, at least seven people
have lost their lives at the hands of
these vigilante groups.
“The killings that have occurred
in Diepsloot over recent days are not
isolated incidents. These attacks
represent just the latest wave in a
rising tide of violence against
migrants in South Africa,” said
Shenilla Mohamed, Executive
Director of Amnesty International
South Africa.
“These assaults mirror the
heavily-orchestrated, anti-migrant
attacks we have seen recently in
Soweto and Hillbrow over recent
months. This ongoing violence also
highlights the inaction of police and
a lack of political will within
government to address the problem.
In each case, the deaths of locals and
migrants were entirely preventable.”
Killings
Five South Africans and two
foreign nationals were killed in
Diepsloot over the past week,
according to the authorities, after
attacks and counter-attacks by non-
State actors involved. In one
incident, a Zimbabwean national,
Elvis Nyathi, was burned to death
after he failed to present proof of his
identity to vigilante groups who
demanded to see it. It remains
unclear whether anyone has been
arrested over his murder.
President Ramaphosa has pledged
to boost police capacity to respond
to crime around the country, and
urged South Africans not to resort to
violence, intimidation and extrajudicial
attacks against foreign
nationals.
‘We are afraid to live here and
we don’t feel safe anymore’
Migrants from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique told Amnesty
International they are terrified of
living in Diesploot. The migrants
say they feel unsafe in South Africa
and face constant harassment from
both the police and anti-migrant
vigilante groups, who unlawfully
demand to see their identity
documents.
Joyce Mpofu*, a Zimbabwean
mother of two, arrived in South
Africa in 2010 and lives in
Diepsloot, where she sells
vegetables on the street. She told
Amnesty International that the past
week has been traumatizing. She
could only survive by locking
herself and her two children in her
shack to avoid the violence inflicted
against migrants. She said: “We are
terrified, and we live in constant fear
and we don’t know what to do. We
are afraid to live here and we don’t
feel safe anymore.”
Mpofu and other migrants have
appealed to President Ramaphosa,
asking him to guarantee their safety
and offer proper documentation
after their special residence permits
expired at the end of 2021. She said:
“President Ramaphosa must
organize permits (identity
documents) for us, so that we can
live (freely), because we are
working for ourselves and our
children who are at school. We
cannot go back to Zimbabwe
because we cannot survive hunger.”
Another Zimbabwean woman,
whose special dispensation
residence permit has also expired,
who is also a street vendor and has
lived in South Africa since 2004,
said: “I am no longer free to live
here. We no longer work well
because we live in fear of what will
happen to us next.”
Another said: “I feel pained by
what is happening (to us) here,
because when I crossed the border
to come here, I was coming to work
for myself. As you can see, I am
selling (vegetables). I don’t know
how to steal. They cannot paint us
all with the same brush, of being
criminals.”
Salvador Valoyi*, a Mozambican
national, said: “It’s painful because
they (anti-migrant vigilante groups)
see us (as) criminals in this country,
when we are trying to make an
honest living. We are working for
our families here. I did not just wake
up one day and decide to leave
Mozambique. I left because the
situation is tough there and I wanted
to work for my family and provide
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Violence against migrants in
South Africa first erupted in May
2008, when more than 60 people
were killed. Since then, attacks
against migrants have occurred
every year. Amnesty International
has repeatedly called for a national
strategy to prevent violence against
migrants, and an end to the impunity
enjoyed by the perpetrators of these
fatal assaults.
“The fact that President
Ramaphosa has condemned the
recent killings is a welcome
development. He must now take
concrete steps to protect migrants,
refugees and locals from vigilante
groups and ensure that the
perpetrators of these heinous crimes
face justice,” said Shenilla
Mohamed.
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When you think you need A&E,
contact NHS 111 online first
The NHS is encouraging the public to use NHS
111 online to get urgent medical advice
quickly – in addition to existing services –
ahead of what England’s top doctor has said will
be a ‘winter like no other.’
With more people predicted to suffer from flu
this year and hospitals already treating an
increased number of COVID-19 patients, NHS 111
online offers an alternative way to get immediate
medical advice.
Data from September showed that the NHS
was already experiencing record demand for
emergency services, with ambulances responding
to 76,000 life-threatening incidents and call
handlers taking more than one million 999 calls.
The NHS 111 phone service also saw record
demand, with a call being taken every seven seconds.
It’s recommended that if you have an urgent
but not life-threatening medical need, you should
visit NHS 111 online first rather than going
straight to A&E. You can access the service by
visiting the website 111.nhs.uk.
People use the online 111 service for a range
of reasons, including to check their symptoms and
if an injury or illness requires further investigation,
to get information on mental health support
services available, or to seek advice on how to take
a medication.
The service is also able to arrange for you to
be seen at an Urgent Treatment Centre, GP
surgery, pharmacy, emergency dental services
or A&E should you need it.
If you or your loved one have a life-threatening
illness or injury then you should always use 999.
Just think 111 first.
When you think you need A&E,
go to NHS 111 online 111.nhs.uk
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The umbrella body of UK-based
Nigeria Diaspora organisations –
the Central Association of
Nigerians in the United Kingdom
(CANUK), holds its Annual General
Meeting (AGM) on Saturday May 21
2022.
In an unprecedented break with
tradition, the AGM takes place between
11am and 5pm onboard the Golden
Sunrise boat along the River Thames. It
will sail from Millbank Pier - just
opposite Temple underground station in
central London. Historically, CANUK
has held its AGM at the Nigeria High
Commission’s premises but of late, was
forced to hold virtual meetings due to
lockdown precipitated by the Covid-19
pandemic. This time around however, the
CANUK Executive Committee has
opted to have the AGM “on a boat in true
corporate fashion.”
CANUK‘s 2022 AGM will be
sponsored by Providus Bank, who will
be processing delegates’ Bank
Verification Numbers (BVN) while
opening accounts for them.
The AGM is one of four major events
CANUK plans to hold this year. Others
include a Nigerian Cultural Day UK that
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Providus Bank said: “This fits in with
our idea of offering a range of goodies to
those who are members of CANUK.
Going forward, we are looking at
offering our members a CANUKembossed
credit card, a BVN, a
discounted National Identity Number
(NIN), discounted shopping at selected
stores and maybe access to a Nigerian
drivers licence too.”
Olajumoke Ariyo, CANUK‘s First
Vice Chair, added: “It is now compulsory
that you have a NIN before you are
issued with a Nigerian passport, so
CANUK has had to get involved. We are
offering all our associations mass
registration of their members at £35 each
and have decided to extend this package
to other areas for everyone who has a
CANUK membership card.”
CANUK’s Chair - Ayo Akinfe added:
“When we started this journey, there
were 35 associations in CANUK but by
our end-of-year party last year, we had
got that number up to 70. By the AGM
we will have 100 member associations
and aim to make this 200 by the end of
our tenure next year.”
“One way in which we aim to achieve
this goal is to launch Operation Alumni
next year, whereby we will seek to
recruit every single alumni association in
the UK. Our Vice Chair (Associations)
will be in charge of the operation and we
hope that by this time next year, we have
recruited at least 50 Nigerian alumni
associations in the UK into CANUK.”
CANUK was established by the
Nigeria High Commission in the United
Kingdom in 2005 in recognition of a
clear need to unite the various Nigerian
groups under one umbrella organisation.
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* Before they call I
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Balogun, Chair - Ayo Akinfe and First Vice Chair -
Jumoke Ariyo
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Deliverance: Every Wednesday
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Midweek Church Service: 7pm – 9pm
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London SE8 4AG
Other Service: Sunday Thanks giving 11am – 1.30pm
CANUK's AGM will hold on River Thames on May 21
CANUK's AGM will hold on River Thames on May 21
* He will call upon me and I
will answer him: I will be
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deliver him and honour him
(Psalm 91: 15)
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Let us now birth the expectations of
greatness conceived generations before us
Continued from Page 1<
experiences and yearnings of our people.
I have visited our gallant troops in the
North East and our brothers and sisters in the
IDP camps. I have felt the pain and anguish
of victims of violent conflicts, terrorist
attacks, flooding, fire and other disasters. I
have been in the homes of many ordinary
Nigerians in various parts of the country. I
have sat with our techprenuers in Lagos, Edo,
and Kaduna, with our Nollywood and
Kannywood actors; with our musicians from
Lagos, Onitsha and Kano. And I have spoken
to small and large businesses.
I stood where they stood and sat where
they sat. I know their hopes, aspirations and
fears; and I believe that in those hopes and
aspirations are the seeds for the great Nigeria
that we all desire.
I believe that the very reason why the
Almighty God gave me these experiences,
these insights, and these opportunities, is that
they must be put to the use of our country and
its great people.
This is why I am today, with utmost
humility, formally declaring my intention to
run for the Office of the President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, on the platform
of our great party, the All Progressives
Congress, APC.
If by the grace of God and the will of the
people, I am given the opportunity, then I
believe that first, we must complete what we
have started, radically transforming our
security and intelligence architecture;
completing the reform of our justice system
focusing on adequate remuneration and
welfare of judicial personnel, ensuring justice
for all and the observance of rule of law,
rapidly advancing our infrastructure
development, especially power, roads,
railways and broadband connectivity.
Providing an excellent environment for
businesses to thrive; taking the agriculture
revolution to the next level especially
mechanization and developing the farm to
table value chain.
Making sure that the government, its
agencies and regulators serve the business
community, creating a tech economy that will
provide jobs for millions, enhancing our
Social Investment Programmes to a full-scale
social welfare scheme, completing the
promise of lifting 100 million Nigerians out
of poverty within this decade.
Completing the task of ensuring that all
Nigerians, male and female, attend school,
reforming our educational system for
relevance to the challenges of this century,
completing the task of universal health
coverage for all and strengthening the
Prof Yemi
Osinbajo
capacity of States and Local Governments to
deliver on their respective mandates.
Above all, front and centre of our efforts
will be the provision of jobs and opportunities
for our young people. I now most solemnly
and respectfully seek the support of fellow
Nigerians everywhere in this land, and the
diaspora, young and old, male and female, in
the great and exciting journey that we have
ahead of us. I seek your own support.
We will be working together to establish,
by the grace of God, the Nigeria of our
dreams in a few short years. We will build on
the foundation laid by our predecessors. We
will need to move, with much speed,
intentionality, and perseverance, towards the
vision of a prosperous, stable, and secure
nation.
I am convinced beyond doubt that we
have the creativity, the courage, the talent, and
the resources to be the foremost black nation
on earth. Let us now birth the expectations of
greatness conceived generations before us.
Let us build a Nigeria where the man from
Nnewi sees the man in Gusau as his brother,
where the woman in Warri sees the woman in
Jalingo as her sister, where the love of our
nation burns alike in the hearts of boys and
girls from Gboko to Yenogoa. Where
everywhere in this land is home for everyone,
where our diversities, tribes and faiths unite,
rather than divide us.
Let our tribes become one tribe; the
Nigerian tribe, where all are treated fairly,
justly and with respect. Where all are given
equal access to the abundant opportunities
that God has bestowed on this nation.
May God bless and keep our Republic and
her great people.

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Opinion
USA’s largest Consulate
to be built in Lagos
For the US to be building its
largest yet Consulate in Nigeria,
and in Lagos, what does that tell
Nigerians and the world? Forget about
them making money from visa
applications and other consular and
non-consular matters.
This is the same USA‘s Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) which a few
years ago was said to have predicted
that Nigeria will break up and
disintegrate within 25 years. So, what
has made the USA change its mind
about their intelligence report and
conclusions of impending doom for
Nigeria? I really don’t know, unless the
CIA has, in the last 5 years, reviewed
and revised their intelligence reports on
Nigeria, although they are still warning
American citizens to give a wide berth
to many hotspots’ areas of banditry,
terrorism, kidnappings and communal
clashes prevalent in a large swathe of
the country, especially the Northeast.
We do not love or respect our
country. Foreign countries have to do
that for us. I just don’t know why we
can’t seem to live together in peace and
harmony, and all cooperate to develop
this potentially great country.
An aerial impressionn of the new U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria
Even look at our geographical
location on the world map. Right bang
in the centre!
Or am I getting it wrong from my
point of view?
No, I don’t think I am getting it
wrong. America understands our value
and future more than we do. They see
the potential and development of our
citizens in their country, so they know
what stuff we are made of. They,
therefore, can predict that the future can
only be great since we have now
outlived their doom prediction.
We can live in harmony because
many of us understand that value.
Unfortunately, a few have strong
rhetoric and use their manipulative
skills to drive negativity and division.
The majority of them are in the
Southeast and Southwest; they are the
ones driving the Biafra and Yorùbá
nations. They have a sizeable number
hoping they are right and therefore
sitting on the fence. Far too many
Nigerians are too cautious even to
condemn them. It is this rhetoric and
the visionless greed of some, nay!
many politicians who want power and
wealth at all costs that is driving the
division.
By Akintokunbo
A Adejumo
(akinadejum@aol.com)
Unfortunately, these politicians,
civil servant and so-called captains of
industry are protected by corruption
because the government finds it
challenging to provide evidence to nail
them. A few of them are also insiders in
government.
Are you not surprised that Tinubu
was the only top politician to witness
that ceremony of the US at Banana
Island. The UK High Commissioner
was present. Why? A day or two later,
the Ambassador of France visited
Tinubu at home; why? Beats me. I am
not a supporter of Tinubu’s presidential
ambition, by the way, neither do I, or
even can I, oppose it, if he insists. The
democratic process should be the
determinant of that.
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Opinion
USA’s largest Consulate to be
built in Lagos
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These countries also know
something we don’t or something we
are ignoring or taking for granted.
Or if the US is preparing for when
the country will eventually break up,
then the Consulate in Abuja will serve
the Northern Protectorate while that of
Lagos will be for the Southern
Protectorate?
Seriously, the US and Europeans are
seeing a lot of potentials and resources
that we are not seeing. Like a former
Israeli friend of mine in the UK would
say: “Nigeria is one nation where her
citizens are sitting on enormous
wealth, which is the envy of many
countries in the world, and they could
not see it, and if they see it, they do not
know the value, and if they know the
value, they’re busy fighting over it”.
If we remove politics and religion
that easily divide us as a people, we
have the capacity and capability to
become a very great nation.
Some school of thought believe
such an initiative by the US
Government cannot possibly be
altruistic by any means. They feel it can
only be strategic and intended for an
end that can only profit USA ultimately.
And that essentially, it suggests there’s
something unique and strategic about
Lagos and Nigeria, on a long-term
basis, that they can envision now. Or
can they possibly be envisioning the
likelihood of a Yorùbá nation with
Lagos as the capital ultimately in the
near future?
My take on this is that do we think
there’ll be a Yorùbá Nation without
violence, anarchy and war and the US
will be prepared to build such a huge
consulate under such adverse and
hostile environment and state of
violence, and think when the
conflagration is taking place, it would
not be affected?
The USA does not do things in an
irrational and illogical manner. They
see a country that has huge potentials
and a regional powerhouse, and they
want to be slap bang in the middle.
The size of the Consulate indicates a
large diplomatic squad and readiness to
cater for even more Americans willing
and ready to do business in Nigeria.
And do not let’s forget the collection of
intelligence, not just intelligence on or
in Nigeria but as a hub for the whole of
Africa. They’re a superpower anyway.
They have probably realised their
miscalculation about Nigeria splitting
up because every single death knell of
the country has been rebuffed with a
Phoenix-like rise from the ashes (Eric
Ayoola’s phrases). Nigeria is not going
to splinter or shatter for a long while to
come, if ever ...at least not in our
lifetime.
And the Americans now see this and
are willing to put their money where
their brains say they should.
As for us Nigerians, we are our own
worst enemies. This has been
established a very long time ago during
our descent into what we find ourselves
now. For some bizarre, insane and
mentally unbalanced way, many
Nigerians do not mean their country
well – another established fact. They
have been conditioned by the
separatists’ agitators and tribal
warlords. Aside from this, our penchant
for corrupt and criminal activities
An impressionn of the new U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria
supersedes any patriotic or communityspirited
ethos in us.
We keep on destroying the country
and yet complain about the country not
moving forward. What a people we
are!!!!
Yet, despite the worst efforts of the
tribalists, thieves and thugs amongst us,
the potentials are there and the country
trudges on like a determined runner
exerting energy against a ferocious and
energy-sapping headwind.....and
keeping on and keeping on....(again,
courtesy of Eric Ayoola)
We would begin to overcome many
of our travails if we chose well in 2023.
Specifically, electricity, security and
youth unemployment and improve the
national tax base, in that order.
For electricity, I am clear in my
mind that we need to start from basic...
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new substations. And finally new
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and women to effect this; from front
line staff to back-room support. IT
skills, customer service skills etc. They
will register people and companies on
the spot. Backed by law; if you don’t
comply you are in trouble. The police
will follow up non-compliance.
Household registration too.
Environmental services will boom
because it will become compulsory for
every house in at least all the capital
cities to have a wheelie bin to be
collected. This will be run at State and
Local Government levels though. The
environmental companies will be set up
by private individuals and with patches
awarded to them. They will pay licence
fees to government and the people will
pay them for their services. By being
compulsory, it will be cheaper since
cost will be spread out.
And as electricity becomes more
stable, businesses will pick up, jobs
created, and prices of commodities and
services will be lowered.
Nigeria will be better. We just need
to have more people working for, rather
than,
country.
God bless Nigeria.
working against their own
My thanks go to Dr Gbolahan
Gbadamosi, Otunba Eric Ayoola, Mr
Yinka Fatoki and Mr Adekunle
Babalola for furnishing me with ideas
and facts in writing this article.

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Nigeria and its warped politics and
political perverts
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
(akinadejum@aol.com)
That crazy (and actually dangerous,
if we don’t mind the banditry,
kidnapping, and terrorism) season
is here in Nigeria again, where all
governance ceases, the poor, ignorant,
unknowingly disenfranchised populace
fall prey to the wicked and power-hungry
politicians all looking to have another
chance or a chance at a piece of the cake
– copy, treasury. It is called politicking.
Mind you, it is not even campaign time
yet! I never cease to wonder what time
those of them in government already
have to perform their duties, if they have
any duty to perform at all.
Now and then, it is significant, and
sometimes borders on the ludicrous,
ranging from the tragic to the bizarre;
from the corrupt to the sincere, inordinate
to the proportionate ambition. Everybody,
it seems, wants to rule Nigeria. And why
not? The country is full of absurdities, the
inane, the inept and the clueless.
I have always contended that the way
we Africans, and speaking of Nigerians,
play our politics and brand of democracy
is bizarre, wrong, an anomaly, primeval
and will always yield negative results and
repercussions. We know and feel it now,
don’t we? At 62 years of age, we are still
in the quagmire that has made us the
laughingstock of the world. It is almost
comical, if not tragic.
As long as we insist on playing
bizarre and dirty politics and democracy
in aberration and negation of what are
both essentials to human development
and progress, we will continue to have
poor and bad leaders, in all areas and
levels of governance, we will continue to
have poor, bad, inconsiderate,
conscienceless, uncaring, clueless, and
corrupt leaders. It is not a curse; it is a
fact. The political and governmental
landscapes are replete with examples,
which should be learning curves, but we
refuse to acknowledge and remedy these
anomalies and mistakes.
Why? I don’t know, except to proffer
a theory that perhaps the Western type of
politics and democracy are alien,
incompatible and unsuitable to our
psyche, mindset, and culture, and will
take many generations of intense and
radical re-direction and education to alter.
And this is also subject to and
depends on whether we should change or
adapt these to our environment, psyche,
culture, and orientation.
I have absolutely nothing against
Tinubu vying to become the President of
Nigeria come 2023. It is his right as a
Nigerian. Neither do I have anything
against Vice-President Osinbajo putting
his hat into the presidential contest ring.
Again, it is his right. And so do Atiku,
Peter Obi, Amaechi, Moghalu, Sowore,
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Photo - Chatham House via Wikimedia Commons)
Orji Kalu, Dele Momodu, Ayodele
Fayose and almost fifty others; and
incidentally, so do millions of eligible
adult Nigerian citizens and I, at least on
paper.
However, for now, it should be noted
that, they are all VYING, jostling for
position, so to speak. I capitalised
VYING because none of those
prospective, interested contestants have
even been chosen by their Parties to
represent them. The people of Nigeria
Prof Yemi Osinbajo
have not chosen them either. Some of
them do not even have a political party.
What we have is a lot of shouting and
jostling and declarations to get into
position, or to test their popularity and or
acceptance by either their Party or the
people. For now, we know where the
loudest noises are coming from.
Campaign has not officially commenced
but the social media, radio and TV and
beer parlours are in full campaign swing.
That we all have our preferences is a
normal political and democratic process.
But when irritable words like “betrayal”,
“Judas” are being bandied about,
methinks, with all our so-called
sophistication and education, Nigerians
are still in the Dark Ages and are, sadly,
politically primordial.
We really should up our game and
knowledge of politics and democracy
through a massive and concerted
reorientation and education, especially
the educated elites, and of course, the
masses.
In politics, favours are fleeting and
not permanent. It is not unique to Nigeria
and Africa. Politics is not about morality
but about opportunities and connections;
one might even throw in opportunistic
and luck, sometimes,
Politics is not practiced alone; it is
people-oriented and people-driven. A
politician cannot succeed without others,
and that includes his/her opponent or
rival. It is the people who will ultimately
decide to vote or not to vote for you or to
vote you out.
The people who supported you in
office, that is, your administration, or
cabinet are those who make or break you
– make you succeed or fail as a leader.
There’s really nothing like you helping
them; they are the ones helping you.
Unfortunately, with humanity, as we
know, it is the head that wears the crown
who either gets the blame or gets the
accolade. The faceless staff will not be
blamed or receive the kudos.
We always think we are very much
savvy politically and sophisticated, but
beneath that façade, lurks ignorance and
a dearth of knowledge of what politics
really is. We just copy and paste and
proceed to warp the process to fit our
primordial narrative.
Some politicians think and act like
they are veterans – all-knowing and allglowing,
godfathers. But they are really
charlatans, mediocre and despicable
opportunists, who do not even know, or
have read and digested, not only their
party’s manifesto and constitutions, but
also have absolutely no working
knowledge of the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria. Yet, they
regard themselves as veterans, egged on
by an ignorant and misguided, gullible
populace. Both of them revelling in this
quagmire of duplicity, prosaic, and
obliviousness.
And we get regaled by big vocabulary
on social media and newsprint by all
kinds of paid writers, trying to modulate
our mindset to their own personal beliefs
and pseudo-activists acting on laid-out
and defined insidious scripts of endless
manipulation.
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Many Nigerians get very excited and
carried away on social media, especially
WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, and
Facebook. They think these are the
spaces where the noise matters.
The electorates don’t know their
RIGHTS but know their MOUTHS, and
hence we coined Stomach
Infrastructure, courtesy of ex-Governor
Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State. During
campaign, you will see elderly people
may be 50 or 60 years old, locking up
their businesses, put on their best clothes
and run around with politicians for the
whole day and coming back home with
just 1000 Naira. Politicians owe us
NOTHING, because they paid to be
voted for.
The Nigerian politician knows the
MOST average Nigerian is STUPIDLY
GREEDY. A Governor owing 22 months
salaries of civil servants, six months to
election pays 3 months’ salaries out of the
22 months owed; then pays for all the
months leading to the election. Then a
month to elections, he pays another 3
months. Gbam! The whole civil service
will come out to vote for him because
“he is a caring and listening governor”.
After elections, no salaries and NLC
wants to go on strike, and they want the
Governor to take them seriously?
We write articles expressing our
views in newspapers and online
platforms. We jump up and down. We
even abuse and insult each other over
nothing. Probably, less than 1000 people
would read it if lucky and well circulated.
Forget the likes. We are talking about
people who internalise the points raised.
Out of the 1000 readers, many do not
fully agree, and less than 10 will probably
vote (e.g., in the Primaries). So, what is
the point of all the drama? It is all just
academic.
Can we change the electioneering
process in Nigeria? Politics money is
huge and putrid, but it spends nicely, and
they only stop asking you for more when
they are ready to discharge you as the
scammers discharge a “mugu”
As my brother Gbolahan Gbadamosi
wrote, “Many people here and
elsewhere are resolved and resolute that
they will not support either Tinubu or
Osinbajo if one wins and the other loses.
They will support the Party’s candidate
only if their candidate wins. Yet, that is
never how democracy works. After the
primaries, the ideal, decent, and proper
thing is for all to unite behind their
Party’s candidate, give the winner their
unalloyed support and work to see that
candidate win. Not Nigerians! It is my
candidate, or the road is closed.
Scorched earth.
“This is our problem, and this is why
there is so much heat.
“As it is in APC, so is it in PDP, so it
is in any other Nigerian political Party.
It is a Nigerian problem, a Nigerian
plague. If Atiku wins again, it will split
the party again. If Atiku loses, his diehard
supporters will find another home.
“We never lose, accept the results,
and wait for another opportunity.
Ironically, we proclaim the name of God
so much. We claim God will choose
whom He wills. We declare nothing is
possible without His permission. Yet,
once our candidate loses, God has
nothing to do with it again.
“It is us that need to search our
souls. We are the problems we seek to
solve”
If we don’t change how politics is
played in Nigeria, nothing will change. It
is a long process to change it. I will not be
deceiving myself to say we have started
because I am sure we haven’t.
But educated people come on
platforms everywhere arguing about a
good candidate, but a bad candidate with
good money wins all the time.
Are we evolving politically? Are we
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difference in elections. In America,
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with electoral manipulation, cheating,
rigging, intimidation, thuggery, votebuying,
ballot-snatching, underage
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As a player, Aliou Cisse was never
satisfied just to do exercises in
training. He also wanted to know
why he was doing them. Cisse said that
this curiosity accompanied him
throughout his playing career which took
him to both France and England and saw
him captain the history-making Senegal
side who qualified for the FIFA World
Cup for the first time in 2002 and
reached their first African Cup of Nations
(AFCON) final the same year.
“I needed to know why I had to run so
much to play football,” he said. It was
therefore no surprise when Cisse turned
to coaching after ending his playing
career. Having led the Senegal under-23
side from 2013-15, he was promoted to
the senior team where he has stayed ever
since – a remarkably long tenure in the
topsy-turvy world of African national
team coaches.
Under his inspired leadership,
Senegal have reappeared on the football
map. They qualified for their second
World Cup in 2018, reached their second
AFCON final the following year and, in
February, went one better as they won
their first AFCON title, sparking joyous
celebrations in the country.
This has made Cisse an inspiration for
African coaches, who have often
struggled to find their space. He recently
took part in FIFA Coach Educators’
Development Programme in
collaboration with the Senegalese
Football Federation, and in this interview
speaks of the importance of good
coaching and infrastructure, and the
progress being made by African coaches.
FIFA.com: Can you walk us
through your debut as a coach, and tell
us about your mentors and the coaches
who trained you?
Aliou Cisse: I’ve always been
passionate about this job, even when I
was playing. I was always curious to
know the purpose of the drills we were
doing. So, in that sense, I wouldn’t just
get my head down in training as a player
without knowing the whys and
wherefores. I often spoke a lot with my
coaches because when I was asked to run,
I needed to know why I had to run so
much to play football. I had this curiosity
throughout my whole playing career. I
think it’s a very good thing to watch what
others do, but what’s more important is
to have your own identity and methods.
Ultimately, the objective is to be able to
mix everything I experienced as a player
in terms of technique and tactics into my
coaching job.
You’re here as part of the FIFA
Coach Educators’ Development
Programme in collaboration with the
Senegalese Football Federation. How
do you assess this programme, which
is being launched in Africa by Senegal?
I’m a local coach today, as I was born
and grew up here. Although I lived in
Europe for years, I’m still African and
Senegalese. Football plays a very
significant role in our country today.
The fact that FIFA has come today
and keeps supporting the development of
our coaches here is really a great source
of pride for us. It proves that African
football has really taken charge of its
affairs and that FIFA has put all this
together in order to improve the situation
in certain federations and their technical
departments.
To what extent could these courses
improve the work of coaches at local
level?
Sport
Aliou Cissé: African football has really
taken charge of its affairs
Aliou Cisse who captained and coached Senegal at the FIFA World Cup (www.FIFA.com); led
Senegal to first AFCON title this year; explains the importance of developing local coaches
and infrastructure. He recently took part in FIFA Coach Educators’ Development Programme
in collaboration with the Senegalese Football Federation.
Aliou Cissé
In terms of coaching and coaches, we
realised that we had to progress as we
weren’t good enough to coach in Europe
or be in charge of our national teams. In
that regard, too, if you look at the number
of foreign coaches at the 2019 AFCON
compared to the 2022 AFCON, you
notice that the number of homegrown
coaches increased. It means that we’ve
been training technicians, and skilled
technicians. Now, I think it’s important to
keep going further in terms of enhancing
our techniques and abilities and
strengthening our technical departments.
Senegal has been very successful
with a local coach. Could this inspire a
new generation of coaches?
I don’t know whether or not I’m an
inspiration because, before me, we
mustn’t forget that there were other
federations who put their trust in their
own coaches. What I’m saying is that,
yes, things really are progressing, so it’s
up to us to keep it going. We know that it
isn’t easy to be the Head Coach of your
own country. Whatever people might say,
it’s a lot more difficult. There are more
and more expectations, and it’s also a
challenge for us to show that we’re
capable of taking charge of it and to show
that we’re not just meant to chase after a
ball.
We’re capable of being great players,
but we’re also capable of thinking,
planning and putting things in place, and
as things move forward nowadays, we
can see that other federations are putting
their faith in their homegrown products
with the help of FIFA, of course, who are
there to help those coaches to improve. If
there are competent coaches locally, I
don’t see why you should go looking
elsewhere; you should put your faith in
them.
That’s our fight, because I think that
in order to manage a national team, you
need to know the reality of the country
and be highly competent in a technical
and tactical sense; but in reality, it’s also
important to know about the country’s
past. For me, if you don’t know about the
past, it’s difficult to talk about the future.

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