Opinion: Akinwumi Adesina’s Travails and the Failure of the Post-Colonial State, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
It has confirmed the stereotype of black people’s inability to govern themselves and prosper. Anyone who “respects” us is actually condescending. Respect is earned. People like Lee Kuan Yew and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum earned it. We cannot run away from our reality. Basil Davidson in, correctly pointed out that the post-colonial state in Africa must be re-engineered for any meaningful advance.
What we have achieved is all motion without movement. When President Shehu Shagari spoke, Nigeria still had some clout. Disrespecting Nigeria now is a contradiction in terms. President Charles de Gaulle said in 1964 that, “Brazil is not a serious country.” That is a fitting description for Nigeria now. Nigeria is not a serious country. Nobody can disrespect a non-entity. Good luck to Dr. Adesina.
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