Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Hallelujah! The UK elections have been done

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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Dec 13, 2019, 12:54:01 PM12/13/19
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Nigeria a major African country is in the British Commonwealth, so are other African countries like Ghana, Kenya etc. Yesterday's Tory Victory means Nigeria -,British trade relations will take a larger role unrestricted by British membership of the EU.  That will be an economic boost for Nigeria and other Commonwealth African nations.

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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Hallelujah! The UK elections have been done

The header about the USA-Africa Dialogue Series reads:


 “This series presents debates, data, news, and information about Africa, the African Diaspora, and global events as they relate to Africa. It is a Pan-African listserve that reaches the entire world, and focuses on issues of importance to Africa and its diaspora. Welcome”


Yet, it’s an inexplicable surprise, surprise, unless of course one or more of the wisest pundits, political scientists, futurologists, stargazers of strategists  amongst us want to explain for the lost sheep, bards, Ogas, landlords, men of deeds, why there has been a Zero number of words about this latest UK Elections in which the UK electorate has had to make an epic decision that ( all things being connected) should affect all of us, including those of us in Nigeria, one of the UK’s biggest former colonies, a colony which has grown 

exponentially as a market from a nation with a population of 33 million souls to feed when she became independent on the 1st of October 1960  and  following the progressive doctrine of “be fruitful and multiply” has now  indeed developed as one of the biggest markets, not only in Africa, with a population nearing 200 million mortals and the mothers still  delivering their endless series of endless births


Is the latest UK Elections certainly not an event that relates to Africa and an” issue of importance to Africa and its diaspora”?


Are the former British colonies not members of The Commonwealth and indeed, when some of our African heads of state catch the flu or are in need of urgent medical attention do they not fly or flee to London for that purpose? In fact, is English not the official language of Africa’s Commonwealth nations and are we not going to forge some very important trade, education, cultural relations with post-Brexit Britain?


A possible explanation is a sometimes-distant attitude of “Let them sort out things out by themselves, over there, Ojare!”


Wherever we may be, we do have our various perspectives and understandings. In all fairness, in the runup to that Brexit referendum and shortly after the murder of Jo Cox, it was a matter of great concern for some immigrants, since immigration was one of the major issues, and we did have Barrister Emetulu a British-Nigerian resident/Nigerian-Brit domiciled in the UK, stoutly and  vociferously advocating that they stay in the EU (shmile)


Last night The UK’s victorious and jubilant Prime Minister described his nation as, “The greatest democracy in the world!”  - in my opinion, with enough free air to be an example and an inspiration to some of our fledgeling democracies groping or grovelling about basic rights and freedoms, especially the rights of peaceful and peaceable dissent even dissension and even if some of us, perhaps especially those voluntarily exiled  in the US Diaspora  from where we will be endless  discussing the next US Presidential elections in this series, some of us  more attracted to breathing “the air around Tom Paine” than the air around Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.


There are many matters arising from this Brexit election and one of the most significant ( thinking of ethnicity here) is the spectacular success of the SNP, the Scottish National Party and the  implications therefore  both in the United Kingdom and may be  as something for the multi-ethnic democracies to consider about possibilities for the smallies….

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segun ogungbemi

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You cannot be too sure about it. Nigeria must be careful not to fall into the trap of a return to colonialism. 
Segun Ogungbemi. 

Cornelius Hamelberg

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Dec 14, 2019, 1:46:04 PM12/14/19
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“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars

But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” (Cassius, winding up Brutus)

“Name me someone that's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him” (Visions of Johanna)

What is the current situation, the relationship between the UK and Nigeria?

The tragedy of Nigeria is that she sells oil to obtain all that valuable foreign exchange, unfortunately, manufactures little and imports almost everything, including rice!!!!

Whilst Baba Kadiri is being frustrated by “Nigerian professors of electricity who produce darkness only” and Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju weeps copiously that he often has to read in downtown Lagos by candlelight

“Well it's just that sometimes

By midnight light

I'm frightened by my fears” (Susan’s song),

in the meantime, there are  experiments like this – and Nigeria could do this because Nigeria has been blessed by oil  and by sunshine the year-round from which we could use solar energy !

Professor Segun Ogungbemi’s pithy note of caution is understandable. No amount of philosophical quibbling about this matter is going to solve anything and there’s definitely no harm in his advice that “Nigeria must be careful not to fall into the trap of a return to colonialism.”

Indeed, who wants to return to colonialism?

Or to enter a trap?

And who would like to return to slavery?

What about debt slavery?

As Brutus spoke at Caesar’s funeral:

“Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak—for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak—for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak—for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.”

Professor Segun Ogungbemi’s advice is couched in the present tense, and it is a command: Must be careful!

Avuncular advice from a senior statesman, like Moses (Moshe Rabbeinu) coming down from the cloud atop Mt. Sinai, coming down from the summit with the Almighty, Blessed be He, coming down to the folks waiting for him at the foot of the mountain, coming down with the Tablets written by the finger of the Almighty, Blessed be He!

The prudence in the dictum ”better safe than sorry” probably applies in all cases, depending on the degree of safety ensured, assured or guaranteed weighed against the  weight and extent of the folly  that could have been prevented, instead of later on being lamented as what could have been the avoidable sorrow, as we continue in the present continuous mode of shuffering and shmiling…

The same point was made by a British commentator about Trump’s promise to the Brits  - which has generated considerable comments – much of it echoing Professor Ogungbemi’s advice to Nigeria in the case of the Brits, that the UK must be careful not to fall into the trap of a return to colonialism.

But these are all words, “colonialism”, “neo-colonialism” as irritating as the dinosaurs who have not caught up with history and are still talking or braying about “Zionism” when Zionism is very much a fait accompli and we are now living in the post-Zionism era.

Fear not the spectre of neo-colonialism! These days it's all about partnership and Co-operation (Adebayo Olukoshi is an expert on all this). The old Colonial Office was replaced by “The Ministry of Overseas Development” which has now morphed into a new ministerial portfolio the Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom

Indeed, Prime Minister Boris Johnson should be proud of Lord OAA’s optimism which sounds like the UK’s post-Brexit new direction policy when he asserts,

“British trade relations will take a larger role unrestricted by British membership of the EU.  That will be an economic boost for Nigeria and other Commonwealth African nations.”

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I agree with Segun. We must avoid "colonial mentality". Nigerian/African salvation can only be achieved by Nigerians /Africans. Others are looking out for their own national interests (as they should). And we should too, but are not. 

They key thing thing worth highlighting for Nigerian " do or die" politicians is how free and fair elections are run. Notably, until and unless the people are allowed to elect their leaders, nothing else would work as criminals and the least qualified rig themselves into power to loot and mismanage unabashedly. 

For instance, there is this news that Nigeria wants to pay Russia $20 billion for 2 nuclear power station -https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2019/12/nuclear-power-sts  

 - when a fraction of that can and should assure safer and more sustainable energy solutions. Is this not the same Russian that was supposed to help with our steel mills project where we wasted billions with nothing to show for it? 

And this will be on top of $9.6 owed to Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), a company based in the British Virgin Islands just for just signing a contract for a project that they never worked on let alone complete. And now ordinary Nigerian citizens collectively owe this foreign company billions for NOTHING! 

The following is a sad joke someone sent me recently: 

"We ask Russia to build rail tracks for Nigeria. 

China to build roads and bridges for Nigeria. 

India to import rolling stock to Nigeria and help Nigeria with its ICT development. 

Germany to build new power plants in Nigeria, 

US to provide vaccines to Nigeria. 

UNDP to provide grants to Nigerian farmers and improved seedlings, 

Bill and Melinda Foundation to provide Malaria vaccines to Nigeria. 

Turkey to build garment factory in Nigeria. 

England to build new oil terminal in the Niger Delta region to help Nigeria mine its oil..etc.

WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE WE CAN'5 USE IT TO SOLVE ANY OF OUR PROBLEMS?"

And i am sure there are many mire examples. And these need not even be all exactly correct. But you get the point. However, the problem is with leadership not education. If we have the right leadership, we will appropriately utilize the human, natural and other resources within Nigeria/Africa to fully meet our  needs. 

OU

 
On Dec 14, 2019 2:09 AM, "segun ogungbemi" <segun...@gmail.com> wrote:
You cannot be too sure about it. Nigeria must be careful not to fall into the trap of a return to colonialism. 
Segun Ogungbemi. 
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 11:54 AM OLAYINKA AGBETUYI <yagb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Nigeria a major African country is in the British Commonwealth, so are other African countries like Ghana, Kenya etc. Yesterday's Tory Victory means Nigeria -,British trade relations will take a larger role unrestricted by British membership of the EU.  That will be an economic boost for Nigeria and other Commonwealth African nations.

OAA



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Date: 13/12/2019 11:35 (GMT+00:00)
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Hallelujah! The UK elections have been done

The header about the USA-Africa Dialogue Series reads:


 “This series presents debates, data, news, and information about Africa, the African Diaspora, and global events as they relate to Africa. It is a Pan-African listserve that reaches the entire world, and focuses on issues of importance to Africa and its diaspora. Welcome”


Yet, it’s an inexplicable surprise, surprise, unless of course one or more of the wisest pundits, political scientists, futurologists, stargazers of strategists  amongst us want to explain for the lost sheep, bards, Ogas, landlords, men of deeds, why there has been a Zero number of words about this latest UK Elections in which the UK electorate has had to make an epic decision that ( all things being connected) should affect all of us, including those of us in Nigeria, one of the UK’s biggest former colonies, a colony which has grown 

exponentially as a market from a nation with a population of 33 million souls to feed when she became independent on the 1st of October 1960  and  following the progressive doctrine of “be fruitful and multiply” has now  indeed developed as one of the biggest markets, not only in Africa, with a population nearing 200 million mortals and the mothers still  delivering their endless series of endless births


Is the latest UK Elections certainly not an event that relates to Africa and an” issue of importance to Africa and its diaspora”?


Are the former British colonies not members of The Commonwealth and indeed, when some of our African heads of state catch the flu or are in need of urgent medical attention do they not fly or flee to London for that purpose? In fact, is English not the official language of Africa’s Commonwealth nations and are we not going to forge some very important trade, education, cultural relations with post-Brexit Britain?


A possible explanation is a sometimes-distant attitude of “Let them sort out things out by themselves, over there, Ojare!”


Wherever we may be, we do have our various perspectives and understandings. In all fairness, in the runup to that Brexit referendum and shortly after the murder of Jo Cox, it was a matter of great concern for some immigrants, since immigration was one of the major issues, and we did have Barrister Emetulu a British-Nigerian resident/Nigerian-Brit domiciled in the UK, stoutly and  vociferously advocating that they stay in the EU (shmile)


Last night The UK’s victorious and jubilant Prime Minister described his nation as, “The greatest democracy in the world!”  - in my opinion, with enough free air to be an example and an inspiration to some of our fledgeling democracies groping or grovelling about basic rights and freedoms, especially the rights of peaceful and peaceable dissent even dissension and even if some of us, perhaps especially those voluntarily exiled  in the US Diaspora  from where we will be endless  discussing the next US Presidential elections in this series, some of us  more attracted to breathing “the air around Tom Paine” than the air around Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.


There are many matters arising from this Brexit election and one of the most significant ( thinking of ethnicity here) is the spectacular success of the SNP, the Scottish National Party and the  implications therefore  both in the United Kingdom and may be  as something for the multi-ethnic democracies to consider about possibilities for the smallies….

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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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I dont see how colonialism can be an option.Nigeria is not the only country in the Commonwealth.  Members of the Commonwealth will not trade with the UK alone.  Misplaced fears that can lead to Nigerian economic losses to rival economies.

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You cannot be too sure about it. Nigeria must be careful not to fall into the trap of a return to colonialism. 
Segun Ogungbemi. 

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 11:54 AM OLAYINKA AGBETUYI <yagb...@hotmail.com> wrote:

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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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OK leadership.  We have said this for 60 years it is now a hackneyed phrase.  How do we get the real leadership and get them to do their jobs?
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I agree with Segun. We must avoid "colonial mentality". Nigerian/African salvation can only be achieved by Nigerians /Africans. Others are looking out for their own national interests (as they should). And we should too, but are not. 

They key thing thing worth highlighting for Nigerian " do or die" politicians is how free and fair elections are run. Notably, until and unless the people are allowed to elect their leaders, nothing else would work as criminals and the least qualified rig themselves into power to loot and mismanage unabashedly. 

For instance, there is this news that Nigeria wants to pay Russia $20 billion for 2 nuclear power station -https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2019/12/nuclear-power-sts  

 - when a fraction of that can and should assure safer and more sustainable energy solutions. Is this not the same Russian that was supposed to help with our steel mills project where we wasted billions with nothing to show for it? 

And this will be on top of $9.6 owed to Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), a company based in the British Virgin Islands just for just signing a contract for a project that they never worked on let alone complete. And now ordinary Nigerian citizens collectively owe this foreign company billions for NOTHING! 

The following is a sad joke someone sent me recently: 

"We ask Russia to build rail tracks for Nigeria. 

China to build roads and bridges for Nigeria. 

India to import rolling stock to Nigeria and help Nigeria with its ICT development. 

Germany to build new power plants in Nigeria, 

US to provide vaccines to Nigeria. 

UNDP to provide grants to Nigerian farmers and improved seedlings, 

Bill and Melinda Foundation to provide Malaria vaccines to Nigeria. 

Turkey to build garment factory in Nigeria. 

England to build new oil terminal in the Niger Delta region to help Nigeria mine its oil..etc.

WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE WE CAN'5 USE IT TO SOLVE ANY OF OUR PROBLEMS?"

And i am sure there are many mire examples. And these need not even be all exactly correct. But you get the point. However, the problem is with leadership not education. If we have the right leadership, we will appropriately utilize the human, natural and other resources within Nigeria/Africa to fully meet our  needs. 

OU

 
On Dec 14, 2019 2:09 AM, "segun ogungbemi" <segun...@gmail.com> wrote:
You cannot be too sure about it. Nigeria must be careful not to fall into the trap of a return to colonialism. 
Segun Ogungbemi. 
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 11:54 AM OLAYINKA AGBETUYI <yagb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Nigeria a major African country is in the British Commonwealth, so are other African countries like Ghana, Kenya etc. Yesterday's Tory Victory means Nigeria -,British trade relations will take a larger role unrestricted by British membership of the EU.  That will be an economic boost for Nigeria and other Commonwealth African nations.

OAA



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From: Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com>
Date: 13/12/2019 11:35 (GMT+00:00)
To: USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Hallelujah! The UK elections have been done

The header about the USA-Africa Dialogue Series reads:


 “This series presents debates, data, news, and information about Africa, the African Diaspora, and global events as they relate to Africa. It is a Pan-African listserve that reaches the entire world, and focuses on issues of importance to Africa and its diaspora. Welcome”


Yet, it’s an inexplicable surprise, surprise, unless of course one or more of the wisest pundits, political scientists, futurologists, stargazers of strategists  amongst us want to explain for the lost sheep, bards, Ogas, landlords, men of deeds, why there has been a Zero number of words about this latest UK Elections in which the UK electorate has had to make an epic decision that ( all things being connected) should affect all of us, including those of us in Nigeria, one of the UK’s biggest former colonies, a colony which has grown 

exponentially as a market from a nation with a population of 33 million souls to feed when she became independent on the 1st of October 1960  and  following the progressive doctrine of “be fruitful and multiply” has now  indeed developed as one of the biggest markets, not only in Africa, with a population nearing 200 million mortals and the mothers still  delivering their endless series of endless births


Is the latest UK Elections certainly not an event that relates to Africa and an” issue of importance to Africa and its diaspora”?


Are the former British colonies not members of The Commonwealth and indeed, when some of our African heads of state catch the flu or are in need of urgent medical attention do they not fly or flee to London for that purpose? In fact, is English not the official language of Africa’s Commonwealth nations and are we not going to forge some very important trade, education, cultural relations with post-Brexit Britain?


A possible explanation is a sometimes-distant attitude of “Let them sort out things out by themselves, over there, Ojare!”


Wherever we may be, we do have our various perspectives and understandings. In all fairness, in the runup to that Brexit referendum and shortly after the murder of Jo Cox, it was a matter of great concern for some immigrants, since immigration was one of the major issues, and we did have Barrister Emetulu a British-Nigerian resident/Nigerian-Brit domiciled in the UK, stoutly and  vociferously advocating that they stay in the EU (shmile)


Last night The UK’s victorious and jubilant Prime Minister described his nation as, “The greatest democracy in the world!”  - in my opinion, with enough free air to be an example and an inspiration to some of our fledgeling democracies groping or grovelling about basic rights and freedoms, especially the rights of peaceful and peaceable dissent even dissension and even if some of us, perhaps especially those voluntarily exiled  in the US Diaspora  from where we will be endless  discussing the next US Presidential elections in this series, some of us  more attracted to breathing “the air around Tom Paine” than the air around Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.


There are many matters arising from this Brexit election and one of the most significant ( thinking of ethnicity here) is the spectacular success of the SNP, the Scottish National Party and the  implications therefore  both in the United Kingdom and may be  as something for the multi-ethnic democracies to consider about possibilities for the smallies….

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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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What I have stated is an unavoidable reality that featured in the Brexit debate.

For what Nigeria will be producing go and ask Aliko Dangote who has invested 23 billion Naira Sugar plantations in both North East and North West Nigeria for consumption of Nigerians and for export.  The same goes for rice on account of which the FG is banning imports of such products.

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For starters, my brother, we (1) name and shame obvious instances or examples of bad leadership (rather than defend or excuse that); and (2) highlight and reward obvious examples of good leadership (positive reinforcement). Notably, we naturally get more of what we reward and defend; plus increases in geometric proportion as "like begets ;like". Best Regards!

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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Oga Ukechukwu.

How can we apply that to Nigeria?
Not a lot of people named and shamed Oga Obasanjo's bid to succeed himself till Oga Ken Nnamani did the silent majority the favour of throwing the bid in the bin where it belongs.  The same goes for Oga Jonathan who actually gave a spirited electoral fight towards a third term with many actually voting for him.  And as it lately turned out all in a bid to continue the lootocracy through his wife and other surrogates.  Nobody criticized them at the time.  In fact the northern president that unseated him was hated by many for that service.



So how can this leadership thing be effectively implemented.

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And I know that even the current president too has been accused of  keeping government jobs in the family...

What to do with Nigerian Presidents as a tribe?

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