....In fact trying right now to appeal to both sides in this great conflict ruining our nation’s future is worse than talking to a wall; it amounts to talking to two walls at the same time.......Dele Sobowale (Vangard, September 27, 2009)
The strike is being sustained by the inaction of FGN. We have a government that failed to think up a solution to a problem. Without a solution, we wait on God and pray. Remmber we are very religious. Dele, you did not offer any opinion on the way forward. The wall you face is fragile and can collapse with the sound of sweet music. The melodious voice of reason transcends the seemingly impevious wall of bigotry and sophism. Sing to the wall in the tone of a flute and you will hear the echo. ASUU and FGN may come to the dancing floor and we shall see the hostile hug of friendly enemies. We are waiting to give a begrudging standing ovation.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
FGN and Governor Oshiomhole, the mediator
Recently, Governor Oshiomhole visited the Minister of Education, Dr Sam Egwu to mediate on the ASUU labour conflict with FGN, proposing a win-win!
I hope the mediator understands a win-win situation.
Egwu thinks: I am in charge and I have the power. Hang on until I defeat you.
ASUU thinks: This is our country and in our constituency, we call the shots. Not Egwu.
This is a time bomb for our demoncrazy or democracy. We wait to see the outcome. Any government that cannot generate relevance from consensus-building mechanisms is planning the beginning of its end. That is the law of politics except it employs dictatorial instincts of the power-driven maverick, which can only be transitory in effect.
Our hope lies in a government that knows the tenets of democracy, the rule of law and the proper use of state power on behalf of the people.
Acting for the people means speaking to ASUU until a consensus is reached (ie democracy) , finding ASUU to be in breech of the law (ie using the court properly) and not using state power to weaken a democratic institution like ASUU (ie against the people). Let them analyse the options. This strike has the destiny of making or unmaking a political ruling class that Nigerians have been thinking about its future.
I hope the mediator understands a win-win situation.
Egwu thinks: I am in charge and I have the power. Hang on until I defeat you.
ASUU thinks: This is our country and in our constituency, we call the shots. Not Egwu.
This is a time bomb for our demoncrazy or democracy. We wait to see the outcome. Any government that cannot generate relevance from consensus-building mechanisms is planning the beginning of its end. That is the law of politics except it employs dictatorial instincts of the power-driven maverick, which can only be transitory in effect.
Our hope lies in a government that knows the tenets of democracy, the rule of law and the proper use of state power on behalf of the people.
Acting for the people means speaking to ASUU until a consensus is reached (ie democracy) , finding ASUU to be in breech of the law (ie using the court properly) and not using state power to weaken a democratic institution like ASUU (ie against the people). Let them analyse the options. This strike has the destiny of making or unmaking a political ruling class that Nigerians have been thinking about its future.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The python and the hunter story
Nobody knows how the python basks in the sun
Nobody dares to see how the gaping mouth swallows
The hunter’s meat is dry
Dried enough to fill the mouth
Tough enough to defy the teeth
Though the barking canines can grab
They cannot chew a morsel
Tell ASUU, we see no python
Tell Mr President
The hunter is dead
Let’s find a place to meet and tell our stories
Nobody dares to see how the gaping mouth swallows
The hunter’s meat is dry
Dried enough to fill the mouth
Tough enough to defy the teeth
Though the barking canines can grab
They cannot chew a morsel
Tell ASUU, we see no python
Tell Mr President
The hunter is dead
Let’s find a place to meet and tell our stories
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