Ghana Minister of Sanitation Turned Her Home Into a Bank

The news agency Reuters reported a story about corruption in Africa involving a Ghanaian politician and the headline goes: Ghana sanitation minister resigns over alleged stashed cash. Headlines reporting corruption in Africa are not new and anyone who claim to be shocked hearing news of corruption perpetrated by African politicians is either a non-African who don't care about Africa or Africans who are agents and collaborators of these criminals who steal from their commonwealth. African politicians do not steal from their people because they are really in need, it is because they have some undiagnosed afflictions. Some illness I believe is of spiritual nature; perhaps mental derangement. Any average reasonable human being may tend to have some limit.

God Is Broke: Money, Nigerians And God

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For the Nigerian, there is God o, they would wail when things go wrong. Yes, but it's usually money first, themselves and then God. When a Nigerian arrives, meaning when they stumble upon money regardless of whether it's legit or illegit, they beat their chest and boast about how smart and/or hardworking they have been. It's their power, hard work or cunning skills. More often than not they take the credit and God comes last as they gloat. 

But then they are put to the test, like health challenges, career challenges, loss of business or jobs, financial misfortune, death of loved ones etc., God immediately come to mind and the first mention of God goes like this: God, why me, why now and what did I do to deserve this? There is God O becomes God, if you exist, God, where are you at this time of need?  What they know not how to do is self-examination, soul-searching sort of. 

Lagos And The Faux Lagosians

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Lagos is a cosmopolitan mega city with major conurbations. Before Abuja, it doubled as the main economic and industrial hub as well as the seat of the federal government of Nigeria. Lagos is still the economic capital of the country; it can rightfully be described as the melting pot for major industries, businesses and trading posts which has attracted public and private sector actors from across the country. 

Though the natural home to some Yorubas, Lagos belongs to Nigeria as Port Harcourt, the natural home to the Okrika and Ikwerri people in Rivers State, belongs to Nigeria. The same is true in all sections of the country. Until the the different tribal nations or geo-political regions of the country decide to go their separate ways as independent countries every Nigerian has the right to reside, work, engage in lawful enterprise, pay tax, vote and be voted for in elections anywhere in the federation. 

Why Is Africa So Attractive, Yet So Poor?

 Why is Africa so attractive, yet so poor? - Prof. PLO Lumumba. 

This question, I believe lingers on the mind of millions of  well meaning Africans all over the world. I do not only think about this question, I do worry about it. I do worry because Africa lacks internal fitness in my opinion; it means that Africa is easily vulnerable to external negative influence. But most worrying is Africa's susceptibility to external exploitation which is made possible by the involvement of rogue and corrupt state and non-state African collaborators. Slavery was sustained by internal collaborators so much as they continue to collaborate with imperialist exploitation of the continent.

Africa is down on it's knees because the average African politician is an avaricious and corrupt loose cannon ball - aimless, selfish and very cheap to be purchased by any imperialist actor. 

Brother Wole And The Emilokan Dance

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Pardon me, it's Professor Wole Soyinka. Who else? The activist whose blood boiled in 1965 in Ibadan where he invaded a broadcasting station to stop the announcement of the winner of what he considered to be a fraudulent elections. He was 35 years old then. The same man, now an elder statesman in 2023, turned a defender of a more dangerous and sophisticated variety of the undesirable political actors and their malfeasance which Nigeria has been battling to get rid of for nearly sixty years after independence. 

Political corruption was (and still is) so pervasive and glaring that in 1965 brother Wole invaded a radio station and forced the broadcaster at gun point to announce what he thought was the right results. He did not wait for the judges to decide; he took the law into his hands.

Ghana Must Plan For The Future

First published in December 2010

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It was a busy day for me, yesterday. but I managed to wade through the day. Snow fell overnight and still falling. I called the nursery and they were open but not sure if they stay open the rest of the day. Heck! I still took my daughter there anyway so she can join other kids at the nursery to make snowman so that I can have the focus on work. Got there and they turned us back saying some staff had phoned in to take a day off. Its great being a dad but sometimes it makes no sense when you look into the future based on what is happening today especially as an African. Being an aware African living in the west can be quite challenging and sometimes depressing. It looks bad for the African from anywhere he exists and worst on the continent we all call home.

I happen to stumble upon a news item titled “In The Name Of Oil, Ghana Is Already Swimming in a Flood of Debt”. Given the recent gains made by the people of Ghana in sustaining  what is beginning to take the shape of a democratic system we can be forgiven for singing the praises of the Ghanaian leadership. Ghana has found oil which has attracted the foreign parasites. They have smelt blood and are circling with their mouth wide open and fang-like teeth exposed and ready to hack into the pie.