THISDAY

FESTUS KEYAMO – ARE YOU SERIOUS?

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I am reading that you are saying that you do not need to have WAEC to be president of the country. If this is true then what we now have is a bitter-sweet moment. First, I am personally happy at the minimum academic qualificat­ions to be Nigeria’s president. This means that the millions of Nigerians due to our poor educationa­l level who would have been disenfranc­hised can now aspire o. Na just primary six and on the flip side you begin to see where the problem of leadership is coming from. How can we compete or even begin to understand the issues that pervade the global polity? When you carry someone with primary six to go and sit at the United Nations where global warming and green gas issues are discussed, or the threat to global peace by the upsurge in nuclear proliferat­ion especially in the Korean peninsula. Or the threat to global security with the issue of Facebook and the new threat that is cyber terrorism , why won’t you be talking about fighting corruption, looters and resettling herdsmen as your main contributi­ons to global discourse? You see this na very sensitive topic and as my dear mother who called from Uyo last week once again to advise and warn me ’Ini- that is what she calls me – mbok my son, leave Buhari o, can’t you write about me and your father, yab us as much as you want and if that is not enough for you look for some actress and musician to be yabbing o. Mbok leave Buhari o.’ me I am taking my mother’s advice o on this matter I will keep quiet o. I cannot come and shout. I dey find school fees.

 ??  ?? Festus Keyamo
Festus Keyamo

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