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From: Dr. Valentine Ojo
To: Chukwuemeka Okala
Cc: Yorubas Community ; TalkNigeria ; AbujaNig ; Eleikwerre ; Ndi-Igbo ;
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Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 12:22 AM
Subject: [abujaNig] RE: What the President said outside his prepared lecture
"Frankly speaking, I saw the man as very skilled in the art of answering
impromptu questions - no matter how difficult, to satisfy the audience.
Which of course matters in the first place."
Emeka Reuben Okala
London
If that's what matters in the first place - satisfying the audience - are we
then surprised nothing is changing for the better in Nigeria?
And when will he begin to have answers that will satisfy the Nigerian
populace, and not just his audience?
Val Ojo
-----Original Message-----
From: Chukwuemeka Okala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: NaijaPolitics; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ndi-Igbo; Eleikwerre
Subject: [Naijanet] Re: [NaijaPolitics] What the President said outside his
prepared lecture
Dear Ndubisi Obiorah,
Yes, many participants raised their hands to
individually bombard the President with questions, but
the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth who
moderated allowed only four questions.
Nonetheless, if my observation were anything to depend
on, permit me to say that Obasanjo could have
adequately addressed any question - no matter how
difficult and embarrassing - including the type that
you pose below, and wriggle out of its complexity. You
may personally leave the hall unsatisfied, but
adequate answer to satisfy the audience arising from
your question, he would give. And since you cannot go
into a dialogue with him, you will finally leave the
hall with what he gives to you.
Frankly speaking, I saw the man as very skilled in the
art of answering impromptu questions - no matter how
difficult, to satisfy the audience. Which of course
matters in the first place.
Remain blessed.
Emeka Reuben Okala
London, UK
--- Ndubisi Obiorah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Why didn't anyone ask about Anambragate or the Court
> of Appeal
> judgement on the 2003 elections? Also, what has
> become of those
> charged in the ID scam case since Chief Afolabi
> died?
>
> Ndubisi
>
>
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:11:54 +0000 (GMT),
> Chukwuemeka Okala
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID OUTSIDE HIS PREPARED
> LECTURE.
> >
> > By Emeka Reuben Okala
> >
> > President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and the
> current
> > Chairperson-in-office of the Commonwealth
> delivered a
> > lecture titled: "The Commonwealth in the 21st
> Century:
> > Prospects and Challenges," on the eve of Tuesday
> 15
> > March 2005 at the Logan Hall of Institute of
> > Education, University of London.
> >
> > The crowd was mammoth and atmosphere tranquil.
> This
> > writer attended the lecture as the representative
> of
> > the NANC, UK �?" an acronym for National
> Association of
> > Nigerian Communities, UK. Formerly NNU, UK & EIRE.
> >
> > Aside from the main meat of his lecture, the
> President
> > fielded a few questions from the participants on
> other
> > issues affecting his country and the Commonwealth:
> >
> > On why there has been no legislation to prevent
> > General Ibrahim Babangida from contesting
> presidential
> > election in Nigeria given his bad record and all
> that
> > he represents to the people of Nigeria.
> >
> > The President said that the right of any citizen
> of
> > Nigeria to contest for any political position �?"
> > including the presidential, is constitutional. He
> said
> > that even as bad as Abacha was, if he were alive
> today
> > and wanted to contest for any political position -
> > including the presidential, he could have been
> > constitutionally free to do so �?" provided that
> one of
> > the political parties gave him the ticket as its
> > flag-bearer. "It is purely a Constitutional
> issue". He
> > said.
> >
> > On resolution of crisis in Sudan, Obasanja said
> that
> > with due respect to the international Law and its
> > methodology for conflict resolution, he would
> > personally prefer the African model. He said that
> the
> > end product of the African model which he
> described as
> > cost-effective is genuine reconciliation.
> Explaining
> > the nitty-gritty of his statement, the
> Commonwealth
> > Chairperson practically gave a hypothetical
> example of
> > how the African model works: An intervention is
> made
> > between X, who committed war crime/s against Y, Z,
> or
> > an entire community. X admits his crimes against
> him
> > (Z or Y) or them and gives reasons for committing
> the
> > crimes (emphasis mine). He pleads for forgiveness
> from
> > those he offended or their relatives in cases
> where
> > deaths have occurred. The victims accept his plea
> and
> > agree to forgive. Little compensation is made as
> both
> > parties pledge to forget the past and move forward
> > with their lives and the society, as healing
> process
> > sets in. He said that this contrasts very much
> with
> > the International Court of Justice model where
> > millions are voted and spent in lengthy court
> > proceedings just to find the guilty party and
> > establish justice. Yet reconciliation is absent.
> "I
> > believe in dialogue as a way of achieving peace."
> He
> > said.
> >
> > On Education, the President said that this sector
> has
> > always been given top priority over and above all
> > other sectors in all the administrations that he
> has
> > ever led �?" including the Military. He said that
> in the
> > new dispensation, Education takes the lion share
> of
> > the budget in all the three tiers of government in
> the
> > country �?" Federal, State and the Local
> governments.
> >
> > At the end of the lecture, foods and drinks were
> > served in large quantities, in a cocktail. The
> > President felt very much at home with everyone who
> > desired to shake hands with him, white, black,
> red,
> > yellow, brown, etc or pose for a photograph or
> appear
> > in a camera with him. It was funfair.
> >
> > Emeka Okala is the National Vice President of the
> > NANC,UK.
> >
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