Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Is Cote d'Ivoire Now FREE?

Hardly. But the prospects are good. And we wish the people all the best in the difficult task of rebuilding, reconciliation and rebirth - true renaissance.

President Alassane Ouattara has his job cut out for him, and his team. He is a well-equipped man. Let him do the job as a professional, not a typical African politician. He has so much goodwill, empathy and sympathy going for him and the beleaguered country. Squander them not, sir!

Let's plead with Ivoriens: give your nation a chance to heal, and to bond. You have no other land.

Goodluck brethren!

Monday, April 11, 2011

KUDOS to Jega's INEC

You can feel it in the air: Jega was right, his detractors were wrong! He knows himself, his INEC and his nation. His critics doubt all three. Fair enough.

With the high marks he's garnered from all and sundry over the just concluded national assembly elections, let his sights be set even higher.

May the cynics remain but stay grounded. This is not the country of free-sailing for reformers. Yet it is one that always wins over naysayers. This time, the gains will be permanent!

Kudos to Jega & Co. More grit to your elbows!

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

The APRIL of our LIFE!

I am an April Boy! Had my birthday on the 5th, after we couldn't vote on the 2nd. It gave me the chance to do much thinking. If at 57 I can't boast of this country, I wondered how Pa Anthony Enahoro felt on his way to the Land of Elders! This, after and despite his heroic roles in securing Nigeria's independence and procuring true democracy in our land. Will things change before I head same way? Absolutely, I resolved.

Why and how? The rescheduled election will hold, and succeed, and be a plus for the nation; and a justification for our struggles. I see the signs, you'll have the evidence in abundance on the 10th - the morning after.

This April 2011 is the April of our Life! We must make it the beginning of all good things electoral, all great things democratic. I see the seeds, we'll reap the fruits in abundance from 29 May this 2011 - the month after.

So, I celebrate my day to elevate my country to its just status, its manifest destiny. This April.