There’s this king. His name is Igwe Ebeano of Ebeano Kingdom. Ebeano kingdom is made of 36 villages that came together over time to be one. To keep the peace, Igwe Ebeano must take a wife from each of the 36 villages. There’s also an Igwe-in-Council (Igwe’s cabinet of advisers). Apart from these, there’s an Ohaneze, the consultative group of royalty and the people, the height of democracy. Now Ohaneze is very powerful. They make the laws. They approve who can spend what. They must approve members of Igwe-in-Council. Ohaneze is so powerful that, if the need arises, they can
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Monthly Archives July 2018
EBEANO CHRONICLES PART 2
Now, Dr Aristo is reminded that there was already a conference of Ebeano people proposing how Ebeano could be restructured to be better. Ebeano people believe that implementing the report of that Ebeano conference will turn Ebeano(where we are) to Ebeaneje (where we are going). Dr Aristo is to recommend the report to his boss, Igwe Ebeano. Aristo is actually a native doctor, so let’s address him properly N.Dr Aristo. Igwe Ebeano is not a fan of that report because the Igwe before him that did it spent a lot of money doing it while other things suffered. N.Dr Aristo
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EBEANO CHRONICLES – PART 3
Sorry o. I’ve been told that Nna Bros is Pee Elu Si (PLC) and that their address is Ebinpejo (“the people are hungry”) Lane, Idumota Lagos. Ngwanu. Let’s go. Before we start, let us poor libation to the gods. Our son @Excelgist has provided Seamans Aromatic Schnapps and kolanut. From this schnapps, may we drink long life and good health. From this kolanut, may we eat and get peace and togetherness in Ebeano. We must give our ancestors schnapps to drink. But only a little o. The living are more thirsty than the dead. Fave to agree and let’s start.
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Ebeano Chronicles – Part 4
This movie is distributed by Nna Bros Pee Elu See (PLC), 10, Ebinpejo (the people are hungry o) Lane, Idumota, Lagos. N.Dr Aristo out! They insist on giving N.Dr Aristo a chieftaincy title o. Some call him Onwa (the moon), some call him Nwokorobia Agu (the gentle lion). Which title should N.Dr Aristo take? Onwa (the community’s moon) or Nwokorobia Agu (the gentleman lion) — Dr. Joe Abah (@DrJoeAbah) February 19, 2017 It’s time! Ndi Obodo Ebeano, ekene mu unu o. I greet you all. Welcome to our markate skwiya one and all. At our last nzuko (meeting), Ndi
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Ebeano Chronicles – Part 5
Ebeano is clearly in the house! Nno nu. You are all welcome. I see an empty seat. Where’s the scribe to Igwe Ebeano. You say he’s dangling? pic.twitter.com/gMckUDS8gx — Dr. Joe Abah (@DrJoeAbah) April 22, 2017 Mazi Ade @Hammdriller, you came to our nzuko too? Nnooo. How is your leg? Hope it’s healing. You see, Mazi Ade took a young new wife. You see, the young new wife is a gymnast. Whenever she and Mazi Ade are doing what men and women do at night, he has no problem “arriving.” But before she can “arrive”, she must summersault first. Once
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Cuba’s Socialism
I visited Cuba two weeks ago & it was very interesting to see a different system of government. An opportunity to reassess the usual capitalist, market-driven ideology that is forced down your throat as the ONLY way, and the Socialist shouts of REVOLUTION/ Egalitarianism! Thread. First of all, the info brochure from the UK travel agent claimed that “Everyone in Cuba earns the same salary, regardless of the job they do. About $20 per month.” I asked the Cubans and they were LIVID with anger. It is completely untrue and they saw it as deliberate falsehood! Everybody earns according to
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RE: WORKS MINISTRY EXECUTED NO CAPITAL PROJECT IN 2017
I’d like to comment on the fact that the Federal Ministry of Works did not execute any Capital projects in 2017. As always, my comments will be from a technical, rather than political, angle. First, some basics. The way it should run is that the annual budget runs from January to December every year. Quite often, it doesn’t get passed until the May or June of its year of operation (5 or 6 months late). Naturally, this makes nonsense of any plans it should fund. Whose fault is it that the budget is late? We like to blame the
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Making Public Service Reform a Reality in Nigeria
Preamble I want to start by paying tribute to the Africa Research Institute for giving me the great honour of delivering its 10th Anniversary lecture. My invitation to deliver this lecture and the courtesies I have been shown since my arrival from Abuja yesterday is totally in keeping with ARI’s approach of giving Africans the platform to tell the story of Africa in their own voices, with first-hand knowledge, insight, dignity and respect. In the last 10 years, ARI has encouraged debate that has often gone against the grain, and ventilated research that has challenged accepted wisdom about Africa in
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