FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S COMMENT ON PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA
Perhaps what will turn out to be the story of the week was the comment of former President Olusegun Obasanjo concerning the health of President Yar'adua.
Obasanjo said: “It is the height of an insult for anybody to say that I deliberately put an invalid to rule this country, after putting all my efforts, even through war, to sustain this country.
“I love this country so much that I cannot impose somebody who will destroy this country. God should punish me if I did so,” he said.
The former President declared that if a leader could no longer perform on the ground of ill health; “it is on the path of morality and honour for that person to leave the scene.”
In my opinion, this comment comes as a rude shock and surprise to me. So how then do we now explain the events that occurred before the primaries of the PDP, where such power horses like Odili et al surprisingly stepped down for Yar'adua?
THE DECISION OF THE HOUSE OF REPS TO SEND A FIVE MAN DELEGATE TO MEET MR PRESIDENT
Wonders never cease to end in Nigeria. I just wonder what these people think they are doing. Buying time for the President to fully recover and return to the country?
Well I cannot exactly see how that will be possible. The simple truth is that the six man delegate cannot, will not and do not have the powers to cast a special magic or spell or healing power on the President; this is based on the assumption that that is not there mission there.
So the question is: What does the leadership of the House of reps hope to achieve with this move?
SUPER EAGLES' PROGRESS AT ANGOLA 2010
Like I said in my last post, we all can't be critics.
With two straight wins, it seems the team is back to winnings ways; and the fact that they would be playing against Zambia (a team I respect and fear) in the quarterfinals, gives them an opportunity to play in the semi finals.
Interestingly, a win against the Chipolopolo will set up a semi final clash with the winners of the match between Angola and Ghana. Obviously, the team has a very good chance to play in the finals.
Like I said after the loss to Egypt, the team can still improve if they decides to do so. The changes that have been rung by Coach Amodu have obviously changed some aspect of the team's play. The recovery of Osaze Odemwingie and Obafemi Martins has obviously given the team some bite in the attack; a fact that was displayed in the victory over Mozambique.
Looking back at the match against Mozambique, i observed that the team played with more control than what was displayed in the qualifiers of the World cup and Nations cup. Men against boys you can say.
It is still early to call, the best that the team can do is play to their best.
I hope that Coach Amodu can lead the team to victory against the Zambians, so that he would have met the target given to him before the tourney kicked off.
