tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post112895152335010518..comments2014-08-13T13:14:14.054+01:00Jeremy[email protected]Blogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1129565917501434502005-10-17T17:18:00.000+01:002005-10-17T17:18:00.000+01:00<I>A dazzling Fulani village!</I><BR/><BR/>The challenge confronting us is so enormous and the current anti-corruption crusade would be a mere rhetoric as long as the so called impoverished majority continue to be ruled by selfish leaders who lack an inspiring vision, with ambitious but discontinuous (with breaks and irregularities) plans underpinned by a conflict of ideas and motives.<BR/><BR/>China is receiving a lot of press coverage these days for making examples of high-ranking officials who have engaged in corrupt practices. Other times, the crusades remain at the level of rhetoric and do not result in any significant changes.<BR/><BR/>For Nigeria, we owe a lot to future generations so they can look back upon with genuine pride in our heritage. Including the dazzling Fulani village at the bottom of Katampe hill who live with genuine pride in their heritage, half of all West Africans of different civilizations live across Nigeria as various tribes/communities. <BR/><BR/>What remains of our tribes need protecting jealously and, integrity and consistency should become a necessity in every aspect of life within these communities and above all in the process of cultivating and encouraging marvellous intellectual pursuit within. <BR/><BR/>This is what I see.the flying monkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00294875520555839146[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1129548767863554562005-10-17T12:32:00.000+01:002005-10-17T12:32:00.000+01:00Maybe it is because foreigners do not carry any colonial induced tribal baggage.<BR/><BR/> The crux of the matter now is that mismanagement of our resources and lack of vision have left the country in a state of mental moral and financial indiscipline. <BR/><BR/>Etiquette and manners are to be found in traditional society and not the modern. Intellectual pursuits are frowned upon .<BR/>Our so called role models are people of questionable wealth and character who blatantly invoke the name of God so much that I personally gave up on european and arab versions long ago. having grown up in lagos i find that up country in the local communities which have retained their character there is a nobility which is enviable and a source of strength. <BR/><BR/>it is ironic that in the face of all these when foreigners do come to nigeria most times they do not seem to meet intelligent, <BR/>respectable modern nigerians. is it that we do not exist or the outsider prefers the romantic classic version.afrofunkycoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836819008299632062[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1129241253530016392005-10-13T23:07:00.000+01:002005-10-13T23:07:00.000+01:00Very nice post. I lived close to Katampe hill at one time but never knew there was a Fulani village nearby.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I wonder why it is so clear to foreigners that the real problem in Nigeria is a tiny elite class stealing from an impoverished majority. Nigerians never seem to see it that way – to them the problem lies in their different religious ideologies or cultural/ethnic identities. These trivial issues continue to cloud the real problems on the ground.Chippla Vanduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159565441308938442[email protected]