Inspiring greatness-based ideas
A Homily Delivered at 2014 Ebonyi Women Day Celebration holding at Abakaliki Township Stadium on November 4, 2014 1.0 INTRODUCTION I must confess my admiration for the theme of the years, annual women summit- Women as Vanguard of Security in Ebonyi State. For me, it is a drift from reaction-characterized pattern of recent years to address gender role Read more
INTRODUCTION- Before ever the white man happened to us Africans, governance was a small scale. But it was more just, effective although limited in scope than what we have today. The contact with the West destroyed Africa’s own legitimate institutions and structures of authority. The initial military triumph of European power over the local rulers was itself enough of a Read more
Nigeria will be disqualified if a rigorous definition of democracy were applied, that is extending the definition beyond mere holding of regular elections. Our democracy has a military skin with civilian mask. The current ‘winner-takes-all’ politics in ethnically divided country like Nigeria leads to at least one major group being excluded from any access to the benefits of office and Read more
1.0 INTRODUCTION Nigeria is a reputed country of missed opportunities for want of selfless leadership. Nigeria’s many years have been lost to wasteful, visionless squander mania as rampant, unchecked elite egoism has smothered many a promising grand idea. The country is today a huge graveyard: a cemetery littered with shattered dreams, dashed hopes, and asphyxiated aspirations. If Nigeria will Read more
In one of his famous lines, Edmund Burke insists that ‘People will never look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.’ The attempt to modernize an African without consulting his cultural continuities has backfired. Things are not working; institutions of governance and morals are decaying, structures rust as if the ancestors have pronounced the curse of cultural Read more
(A Paper Presented at 2013 Ebonyi Annual Women Assembly at Women Development Centre Abakaliki, This Day July 30, 2013) 1.0 WE ARE NO LONGER WHAT WE WERE Not without a touch of irony, the fight to liberate Ebonyi man, restructure his psychological profile and instill in him a sense of pride has been long, passionate and arduous. Child trafficking Read more
