Excerpt of a talk ‘The Crisis of Leadership – The Case of Nigeria’ given by Grimot Nane at a meeting of the Democratic Alternative (DA) about the leadership problem in Nigeria – 15/05/2017.
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Posted: May 19, 2017 in Corruption, Governance, Government, Leadership
Tags: delegated leaders, foundational leaders, Grimot Nane, Nigeria, terminal leaders
Nnamdi Kanu is a Made Man: Made by Buhari
Posted: May 11, 2017 in Government, Human Rights, Justice, Leadership, Social RelationsTags: Boko Haram, Government of Nigeria, Grimot Nane, Niger Delta Avengers, Nnamdi Kanu, President Muhammadu Buhari, prison, rule of law, unconventional opposition
Today, on Nnamdi Kanu’s release he has become “cause celebre” supreme in Nigeria. He visits and is visited by an impressive list of the ‘high and mighty’ in the land. Despite his oppressive bail conditions which prevent him from undertaking any activism or agitation activities, Kanu’s persona is flourishing. Kanu has become an unlikely but genuine national icon of the “Igbo struggle”. Igbo leaders who shunned Kanu when his troubles began must now embrace him, expediency would not permit otherwise. Otherwise, Igbos and other Nigerians who saw him a mere nuisance cannot deny his current moment of greatness. Yet, Kanu’s greatness was a far too visible and predictable product of an unwitting incarceration by the government of Muhammadu Buhari; Buhari made Kanu [great] as foreseen in The Government Has Jumped Up Biafra (see http://wp.me/p1bOKH-pt). Read the rest of this entry »
Reflections on the May Elections: The Relevance of Voters?
Posted: May 6, 2017 in Corruption, Elections, Governance, Special Interest GroupsTags: corporations, democracy, Immigration, local elections, neoliberalism, Politics, United Kingdom, voters
Never underestimate the wisdom of the old saying, “what Britain needs is another good war”. Peace, jobs, wages, NHS are boring and responsible for the national malaise in politics. Or are they? The May 5th local elections are over and the June 8th general election is on its way. Read the rest of this entry »
Fulani Herdsmen in Abraka: Savagery Without Response?
Posted: April 29, 2017 in Governance, Government, Human Rights, Justice, Leadership, Niger Delta Crisis, PowerTags: Abraka, Auto-Colonialists, cattle grazing, Fulani, Fulani herdsmen, Government of Nigeria, militants, self-defence
It is unfortunate that the ethnic group that the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, belongs to is a “nation of habitual butchers”; the Cattle Fulani. This is the unequivocal belief of the nations within Nigeria victimised by Herdsmen violence. First, it was military men in uniform and now it is wandering Herdsmen; both have enjoyed peerless impunity. The university town of Abraka in Delta State, Nigeria has witnessed another incidence of menacing violence by Fulani Herdsmen against its residents this week, a repeat of what occurred in the same town last year. The people of Abraka (Urhobos) have experienced an atrocious mix of intimidation, violence, mayhem, murder, trauma and vandalism at the hands of Fulani Herdsmen in their very own indigenous land. Why are there no credible responses from the state to deal effectively with the crisis other than shoddy policing? Read the rest of this entry »
“Coconut Head” Corruption
Posted: April 25, 2017 in Corruption, Governance, Government, Human Rights, Institutions, LeadershipTags: Africa, Anti-Corruption, China, Coconut Head, debt, George Ayittey, Grimot Nane, Indigenous institutions, Intelligent Retrogression, neo-colonialism, Nigeria
“There is no good name for a terrible disease” – Urhobo proverb
“The solution to Africa’s problems lie solely in Africa” – George Ayittey
Coconut Head Corruption (CHC) is a term derived from the vocabulary of George Ayittey, a distinguished U.S. based Ghanaian economist, and is used to describe the observed hollow-headedness and thoughtlessness exhibited by corrupt African leaders and their clients who have engaged in corruption since the beginning of the post-colonial era. Ayittey consistently and emphatically in his works and on social media uses words like “Coconut Leader”, “Coconut combat” or “Coconut solutions” to address misgovernance and bad leadership in African. Coconut-prefixed words as Ayittey uses them is just one aspect of the sincere, blunt and uncompromising vehemence with which he is opposed to corruption and deliberate under-development in Africa. Solving Africa’s problems is not a ‘popularity contest’, it is about consistent successful approaches and outcomes; political correctness has not done anything for Africa (Ayittey 1992). Read the rest of this entry »
